Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 132 : Alita's Relic (2)

The Siren King seemed incredibly pleased to have a visitor after a long time.

'Do Sirens also wag their tails like this when they're excited?'

It was a fair thought, as the Siren King's tail was wagging up and down with such excitement.

Moreover, the two small fins on his waist were flapping so hard it was a wonder they didn't fall off.

"Hohoho! It's been so long since we've had a visitor! Here, please have some! Ah, and take this."

The king handed Lucas a large necklace he was holding.

"In the water, this is the best! Not only does it allow you to breathe, but it also helps you withstand the pressure!"

"Ah, thank you."

The necklace seemed to be an artifact prepared for any potential visitors.

'This is a bit much.'

But its size was seriously burdensome. The chain, as thick as a child's wrist, was long enough to reach Lucas's sternum when he wore it, and it even felt heavy despite being in the water.

"It also keeps your clothes from getting wet! It's perfectly waterproof, you see! Hahaha!"

As Lucas put on the necklace, the king threw his head back and laughed heartily.

'How many more of those are there?'

On the wall behind the throne, dozens of necklaces identical to the one on Lucas's neck were hanging.

"Hahaha! You saw them. When I inherited the throne, I had that many made to give to guests when they came! But alas, no guests ever came, so they've become mere decorations!"

"I see."

Lucas looked at the necklaces once, then at the king, with a pitying gaze.

"Hahaha! It's alright. Ah, but more importantly, what brings you to the depths of this sea? You must have had a very hard time coming here."

The king's small fins, leading Lucas, flapped ceaselessly.

"I came because there is something I am looking for."

"Ooh! Something you are looking for. It must be one of the items that unfortunately sank into the sea."

"Yes. By any chance, is Alita's relic here?"

"Alita's relic... Do you perhaps know what it looks like? As you know, we have numerous lost items. Ah, how about you take a look at our warehouse? We have a place where we store items that have flowed into the sea."

They were truly a benevolent race. Even though he was the Blue Dragon's contractor, to so readily offer to show him their precious treasure warehouse without any suspicion.

"In that case, thank you."

"Hahaha! No need for thanks. Now, this way, please. Ah, but have you eaten? If you taste our deep-sea delicacies in the middle of the ocean, the taste will be absolutely breathtaking."

Lucas almost answered that he hadn't eaten yet.

'I might get caught and not be able to leave.'

But if he were to have a meal with the king here, he might be held up for hours and unable to leave this place.

'No, it might even be days.'

Lucas nodded his head slightly and made a regretful expression.

"Unfortunately, I just ate on my way here. I'll have to have a meal next time."

"Oh dear... Ah, by any chance, did you not come through the whirlpool? If so, you must be feeling very nauseous, did you not vomit? If so, your stomach will be empty and you'll be in bad shape..."

The king looked at Lucas with pitiful eyes that didn't match his large frame.

"I'm fine. But if you give me something to know the coordinates of this place, I will visit again next time. Today, it's an urgent matter my contractor asked of me..."

There, Lucas added the contractor to sell the story, and the king nodded as if he had no choice.

"But I will definitely visit next time."

At that, the king's slowed fins began to move quickly again.

"Hahaha! That's wonderful. If you don't mind, please bring the Blue Dragon Lord with you! I heard the Blue Dragon Lord was newly born, and I was just feeling sad that I haven't met him yet!"

"Of course."

As Lucas smiled, the king swished his tail even more vigorously and moved forward.

"This is the place!"

They arrived at the place called the treasure warehouse, but there was no one guarding the front of it.

'I'm only just realizing it, but besides the entrance, there's no one guarding this place.'

This alone showed how peacefully they lived. What's more, they didn't even have knights to protect the king.

The only knights were the two guarding the entrance, and they too seemed to have the role of announcing monster invasions or the arrival of outsiders.

'Peaceful.'

Their peacefulness quickly spread to Lucas's heart as well.

As the king personally pulled open the heavy door, Lucas bowed his head once to express his gratitude and stepped inside.

"Now, this is the place!"

"Huh..."

Countless gold and jewels piled up like mountains. Next to them, numerous artifacts placed on high shelves.

It had a different feel from a dragon's treasure warehouse, which collected only truly rare artifacts or gems.

"Hahaha! These are items that are not very useful to us. Now, go in, look around comfortably, and if there is anything you need, you can take as much as you want!"

If humans had known this fact, they would have mobilized all their mages and artifacts to invade this place.

"Thank you."

Lucas, who had carefully stepped into the warehouse, first began to scan the shelves.

'This was here!'

Among them was an artifact Lucas had been looking for in his past life.

'Whose holy relic is this?'

There was also something that looked like a god's holy relic.

The more he looked, the more he was filled with admiration. Lucas, eyeing a few things he coveted among them, began to look for Alita's relic.

"Found it."

Not long after, he was able to find Alita's relic at the end of a shelf.

A blue gem sparkling inside a crafted silver pendant.

"Hoh! You've found it already!"

"Yes. Is it alright if I take this?"

Lucas, holding Alita's relic in his hand, asked the king.

"Of course! Is there anything else you need?"

"There are a few more things I covet."

Normally, he should have refused, saying it was fine, but honestly, there were a few items he coveted too much.

"Of course! Of course! You've come all this way to visit. They are items lost by humans, so it is right for another human to find them! Hahaha!"

At the king's hearty laugh, Lucas's eyes sparkled as he picked up a few more items from the shelf.

"May I take these?"

"Hahaha! As expected of the Dragon Lord's contractor, you have an excellent eye! Of course. You may take them."

"Thank you. In that case, I would like to repay you in some way, is there anything I can help with?"

Lucas, who had quickly opened his pouch and packed the items, asked.

"Ooh! Really. In that case, please tell me your name, visitor."

"Pardon?"

"It may be an unreasonable request. But I would like you to know this. That rumor is not true at all."

It was a somewhat absurd request, but after hearing the king's words, Lucas, who finally understood the reason, nodded his head.

One of the rumors circulating about the Sirens.

That if your name becomes known to them, you die.

Because of this, there was even a superstition among sailors not to call each other's names when passing through the Siren's waters.

"I apologize for the late introduction. I am Lucas Rodrigo."

"Ooh! To tell me your name. Thank you so much. I am Giestio Arda, the king of the Sirens."

At that, the king also told him his name and clasped Lucas's hand once more.

"Thank you so much for your visit!"

At that sight, a part of Lucas's heart felt poignant.

'The king I saw in my past life wasn't this extreme.'

When he had visited this place once with the Blue Dragon in his past life, the king had also seemed a little excited, but he remembered that he had not expressed this much joy, perhaps because they were dragons.

But Giestio was as excited as a puppy that had found its lost owner.

"I also thank you for your hospitality."

"Hahaha! It is only natural."

"Then I will definitely visit next time. Here..."

As Lucas took off the necklace to hand it over, Giestio quickly grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"Ooh! No. Please keep that and wear it before you visit next time."

Regret was clearly visible on Giestio's benevolently smiling face.

"In that case, I will visit this place again soon."

"Go safely. Ah, and please take this too."

He handed Lucas a small, ordinary-looking conch shell.

"This is an item that allows you to communicate with this place at any time. And the coordinates of our kingdom are written here."

When he pointed, Lucas saw that the coordinates were engraved in very small letters inside the conch shell.

'He must have made this thinking he would give it to any visitor who came.'

Seeing that, Lucas's heart felt even more poignant.

'I must come back.'

"Thank you. In that case, I will contact you with this before I visit."

"Ooh! Understood."

As Giestio's fins flapped excitedly, Lucas felt a twinge of regret for having said that.

'He's not going to be waiting by the conch shell every day, is he?'

"Please be on your way!"

Perhaps worried that Lucas might not come next time if he seemed too clingy, he first told Lucas to be on his way.

"Then I will be going."

-Flash!

Leaving the gently smiling king behind, Lucas teleported.

'What an incredible haul.'

Lucas couldn't hide his proud heart as he thought of the items in his subspace pouch.

'This will definitely be a help to the children.'

The items Lucas had coveted were not for himself, but for Skir, Pola, and Nella.

They were items that could not be found on the surface, and even if found, their value would be enormous.

Yet Giestio had given away such items without hesitation and without asking for anything in return.

'The Dwarves.'

Instead of going to the boat, Lucas decided to go straight to the Dwarves, where the next relic would be.

'It's better to think I'm dead.'

Since he had jumped into that rough sea anyway, it was better for them to think Lucas was dead than to think he had returned alive.

'Ignos. It's been a while. The dwarf I saved last time was one who lived on the outskirts of this place.'

Lucas, who had entered the center of Ignos, the village of the Dwarves, looked at the buildings built small to match their height and was briefly lost in memories.

'In the old days, I caught a dwarf and made him repair an artifact.'

It might sound like a bad deed just by hearing it, but that dwarf had considered it a great honor.

Moreover, the artifacts the dragons brought were all incredible things, and it was no exaggeration to say that the experience and skills gained from repairing them had made the dwarves what they are today.

'Should I go find the chieftain?'

Lucas's gaze went straight to the top of the high hill.

-Flash!

It was when Lucas, who had teleported there in an instant, was about to knock on the door.

"Hey! Tall guy! Where do you think you are, coming here and daring to knock on the door? Huh? I ought to just break your wrist and use it as fuel for the furnace!"

A gruff voice came from behind.

"I'd like to meet the chieftain."

"Hey! Do you know how many guys like you come looking every day?! Just get lost, will you?!"

At that, Lucas pondered for a moment.

'Should I kidnap the chieftain?'

They were born with a natural talent for making weapons and handling fire, but in terms of physical strength, they were not very impressive.

Their short limbs were unsuitable for handling swords or other weapons, and they had no great talent for magic or spirit arts either.

"Descendant of Eward Balda. I am the contractor of the Blue Dragon. I have come at the request of my contractor, so will you let me meet the chieftain?"

At that, the dwarf who had been spouting curses had his eyes waver.

"The contractor of the Blue Dragon, you say?"

"That's right. He said he was a friend of Eward Balda."

Eward Balda was the name of the dwarf Lucas had kidnapped in his past life. He later became a hero of the dwarves, a teacher who led them, and a god-like existence.

"W-wait!"

The angry dwarf changed his attitude and immediately knocked on the chieftain's door.

"Chieftain! Come out!"

At that, the door opened, and the chieftain, who seemed to be still not fully sober, appeared, scratching his belly.

"What is it? Did someone challenge me to a drinking contest again?"

"No, a human came, and he says he's the contractor of the Blue Dragon Lord, who is a friend of Lord Eward."

At that, the chieftain barely opened his eyes and looked up at Lucas.

[End of Chapter]