Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 127 : Valima's Heart (4)

The place Lucas arrived at was none other than an island.

'Seven islands marked on the other map. The only place with that shape is here.'

The wave pattern and seven small circles drawn on the map. Among them, one dot in the middle was colored in.

Lucas was now on an uninhabited island located in the very center of the seven islands arranged in a crescent moon shape.

This island, located near Trin Island in the southeast, was known to anyone who sailed the seas because of its unusual arrangement.

If you explained it as the second island next to Trin Island, everyone would nod their heads with an "Ah-".

'There was a tree drawn on it.'

Lucas, who once again recalled the map in his head, headed straight for the center of the island.

It was an uninhabited island where no one lived, but that meant that no humans or other races lived there.

As he entered the center of the island, unpleasant sounds, as if not welcoming an outsider, echoed from here and there.

-Kee-oh! Kee-oh!

But Lucas ignored such sounds and headed straight for the tree.

The entire island was made of trees, but there was only one tree worth marking on a map.

"There it is."

The tree that seafarers in the past had called a divine tree and had visited to perform rituals, braving the threat of monsters.

"It seems to have grown bigger than when I saw it in the past."

The tree, which had grown larger than any other in the middle of the lush forest, boasted a majesty that was not lacking for humans to call it a divine tree.

'Should I pull it out?'

Lucas, who had been looking at it for a while, pondered. Whether it was okay to break this huge tree, which he did not know when it had taken root on this land, like he had broken the turtle rock.

'It feels a bit wrong to pull it out.'

It was a tree that had been there since Lucas had first visited this island, so it must have been at least five thousand years old.

'Still, should I pull it out?'

He, uncharacteristically, continued to ponder and circled the tree once.

It was when he had taken a long time to circle the large tree.

'I'm glad I didn't pull it out.'

Lucas, who was slowly feeling the energy of the tree, moved his gaze to a place where he felt a foreign energy.

-Whoooong.

A foreign energy felt from the very top of the tree. At that, Lucas created a wind and floated up.

-Thud.

Lucas, who had arrived at the top of the tree with a light movement, landed on a sturdy-looking branch.

Then something small and sparkling between the thick branches caught his eye.

"That's right."

Lucas, who had carefully gone down between the trees, reached out and grabbed it, but it was stuck tight and did not come out easily, perhaps because it had been in the tree for a long time.

'I didn't pull it out, so this much is fine...'

Lucas created a wind at his fingertips and rotated it like a blade.

Then the tree that was holding the gem tightly began to be ground away.

When it was ground away enough, Lucas put his hand in again and took it out, a satisfied smile on his lips.

'Now there are ten left.'

Lucas, who had opened his subspace pocket and had put it in carefully, teleported.

-Flash!

***

There were a total of eight of Alita's relics that Lucas remembered collecting in his past life.

Most of the things known as Alita's relics were of no particular use.

Therefore, Lucas had enjoyed finding them, but he had not been very interested in collecting them. That's why, if the dragons around him showed interest, he would give them away without much thought.

'Hasel is still a bit awkward...'

The easy one was Aman.

And so, Lucas, who had come to Aman's office, sat down calmly and waited for him.

"Lord?"

Not long after, Aman appeared.

"Aman."

"Did you find the item you said you were looking for?"

Aman also naturally sat down across from Lucas and asked.

"No. Instead, I'm having a fun treasure hunt for the first time in a while."

"Oh. Can I join too?"

Aman asked with sparkling eyes.

"Well, it's not that you can't, but aren't you busy?"

At Lucas's words, Aman's expression quickly became sullen.

"Yes. I'm busy. Ha, maybe I should just quit this game."

"It seems like you've put a lot of effort into it to do that."

"Haa... that's true too."

That's what a dragon's game was like. The most fun thing that they, who lived their long lives as the strongest, could enjoy.

Therefore, there was a part of a game that had been put a lot of effort into that was a waste to throw away in one go. Aman's game was like that now.

He had started with a clear purpose, and Aman had designed and planned it for a long time.

"You don't have to do that. And the game you're playing now might be the most fun game of your life."

"That would be a little sad."

"It means that you're enjoying the fun part that much. There's an adventure element, and you're busy in your own way."

"Well, since the Lord says so. Then I'll give it a try. It's also comfortable for me to help the Lord by his side in this form."

Lucas nodded his head at Aman's words.

"But what brings you here? Do you need something for your treasure hunt?"

"Ah, right. I need Alita's relics."

"Huh? Alita's relics?"

Aman also knew about Alita's relics.

"Right. I think I gave you one in the past."

"Yes. You did. Was it Alita's bible then? You gave me a book."

"Right. I need all of them. Can you gather them for me?"

"Yes. Well. Alita's relics aren't particularly useful anyway. They're just one of the collectibles, so even if I ask other dragons, they'll give them without hesitation."

It was a relief. In his past life, he would have told those he had given them to to give them back because he needed them for a treasure hunt, but now was not the time for that.

"Hasel should have about two of them."

"Yes. I'll ask my father. If you say the Lord needs them, he'll also speak to the other dragons on your behalf."

Lucas flinched for a moment at Aman's words.

'Hasel must still be angry.'

In his past life, Hasel and Lucas had been very close, but sometimes their opinions had differed.

Whenever that happened, Hasel would not visit Lucas for years and would be sulky.

"Don't worry too much. You know how happy my father was to see the Lord again, don't you? And in fact, my father was probably worried."

"Worried?"

"Yes. Do you know what my father's expression was like when the Lord told him what he had been through? Phew. He was so happy at the very fun parts, but when he heard the bad things the Lord had been through, his face would turn red and blue!"

Lucas hadn't thought that far.

He had been so engrossed in talking to Hasel, whom he had met after a long time, that he had been busy telling his own story, and being in his lair with Hasel had made him feel exactly the same as in his past life.

Therefore, he had just spoken without thinking, as if he were telling an episode that had happened during a game, but it seemed that Hasel's position was not like that.

"How surprised my father must have been. When I came back later and thought about it, I felt the same way. The Lord not only made a contract with me, but he has also suffered so much in a human body until now... I can't say I don't understand my father's position."

Lucas, who had let out a small groan at Aman's words, slowly nodded his head.

"I see... I hadn't thought that far. When I was talking to Hasel, I just felt the same as in my past life."

"Yes. I understand what the Lord is saying too. But my father must have been more worried. And the Lord also said that he wanted to end this life well..."

Aman swallowed his next words for a moment.

"And you're human, aren't you? We all know how weak a being a human is. So he must have been even more worried."

"Right."

"But my father wasn't angry. He was just worried that the Lord would be in trouble, so he got angry instead."

"Right."

"So if I tell my father, he'll gather them for you."

Everything Aman said was right. Conversely, if Hasel had come to him in human form, Lucas would have done the same.

No. He would have done more, not less.

'I guess my thoughts have become like this after living as a human for a little while...'

He was ashamed. He was so ashamed of himself for having his thoughts change after living as a human for only a dozen years.

"So please leave Alita's relics to me."

Aman winked.

***

And so, Lucas, who had a short break, headed to Lake Mare.

As always, he sat on a large rock and looked at the calm water, and he began to organize his thoughts.

'If the demons come up to the surface.'

Starting with that, his thoughts began to wander in his head, one after another.

'The demons with the Demon God on their backs.'

He thought about how he should stop them. No, before that, he thought about how he could prevent them from setting foot on this land.

'The position of the main god is vacant. But Taras is aiming for that position.'

The vacant position of the main god. This was no different from a fox coming into an empty tiger's den and acting like a king.

'It would be nice if that tiger came back...'

The tiger's den that did not return would be taken over by the fox.

Moreover, the gods that Lucas knew were incredibly individualistic, so there was a high probability that they would not care what the Demon God did, as long as it did not harm them.

'And when Taras had such a bold thought, there must have been those who followed him.'

Gods like Taras, Amore, and the well-known Herdone were upper-class gods. And below them were middle-class and lower-class gods.

But no matter how middle-class or lower-class a god was, a god was a god. If three middle-class gods joined forces, they could do something about one upper-class god, and if there were other gods on Taras's side, that was another serious problem.

'It could turn into a war of the gods. If that happens, it will be a case of a shrimp's back breaking in a whale fight.'

Even when mere humans wage war, the continent is stained with blood. If a race war breaks out, it will be even more tragic.

But what if that war is a war of the gods?

The continent, no, this world could disappear.

If that happened, the dragons and everyone else would just be shrimps whose backs were broken in the fight of the gods.

'Is there a way to stop it?'

Among the chaotically scattered thoughts, brilliant ideas occasionally popped up, but not long after, they became useless thoughts, not brilliant ideas.

'No, that won't work.'

But there was still one thought that was lingering in his mind.

'No, I don't want to do that.'

He didn't want to admit it, but the god who was closer to him than anyone else right now, and who was clearly on the opposite side of Taras.

Amore. He kept popping up and making Lucas feel bad.

'No, I don't want to.'

Lucas, who was shaking his head to get rid of that thought.

'But there's no way... no, I don't want to.'

Another thought that came to mind.

Lucas, who was sitting on the rock, continued to think, shaking his head and nodding like a madman for a long time.

'Still, I can't just stand by and do nothing.'

Lucas, who had organized his thoughts to some extent, got up from his seat.

[End of Chapter]