Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 161 : The Saintess's Identity (1)

"Where on earth is it!"

Hasel shouted in frustration.

"That's what I'm saying."

At that, Apre, the Gold Dragon, also nodded his head with a serious expression.

"Hah, to think it's nowhere to be found even after searching the entire continent. Does this make any sense?"

The demons were clearly opening gates and coming to the surface one after another. But far from catching the moment the gates opened, they couldn't even figure out where they were headed.

Moreover, if they had come to the surface, they should have found at least a single hair of a demon by now, but as time passed, they couldn't find even a single eyebrow, let alone a hair.

"Are we all going to die at this rate? No, no matter how much the demon god is protecting them, it doesn't make sense for there to be no trace like this!"

Tene, the Red Dragon, slammed the table and got angry.

"Tene."

"Ugh! It's because I'm so frustrated!"

As Hasel called her name softly, Tene pounded her chest as if frustrated.

"It seems they are consistently making contact with the other races..."

"The elves are already finished. The only ones who have clearly said they will side with us are the dwarves and the sirens."

"Isn't there the Toto tribe too?"

At Apre's words, Hasel and Tene both hung their heads low.

The Toto tribe had a speed as fast as their small bodies, but they were a race with no particular talent.

"The pixies would be better."

"The pixies haven't clearly said they will side with the demons either, have they?"

"Ugh! You old man, you're frustrating too. No, honestly, are we doing this to get help from the other races? It's just annoying. Annoying! When did they ever revere us as kings!"

Tene shouted.

"Tene."

Hasel called Tene once more.

"Aigoo! I can't stay here. I feel like I'm going to explode from frustration. I need to go outside and get some air."

Tene, who had shot up like that, teleported and disappeared.

'What am I supposed to do.'

Tene's words were not wrong. They could have easily dealt with the demons without the help of the other races, but now they couldn't even find their whereabouts.

So he was anxious. Because he couldn't gauge how much power they were hiding.

"Hasel. I also know how you feel. But for now, this seems to be the best we can do. More than five dragons have searched the entire world as if with a fine-tooth comb all day, but nothing has come up."

As Apre subtly raised the white flag, Hasel felt the same anger as Tene a moment ago.

"..."

Hasel, who had taken a moment to calm his anger, looked straight into Apre's eyes.

"Apre-nim. Aellas hasn't even lived for a thousand years yet. She is a dragon who has just started to shed her hatchling skin. The same goes for my son, Aman."

"..."

"Our children can't be the last, can they?"

"Hasel..."

"So it's okay for you to stop here, Apre-nim. But I will have to try my best for my children until the end."

Hasel's calm eyes looked at Apre steadily.

"No. My thoughts were short. As you said, our Aellas can't be the last."

"So please put your efforts into persuading the others, Apre-nim. Even the Toto tribe, whom we have looked down on, are joining forces. So..."

"Alright. I will try a little harder."

Hasel and Apre clasped hands.

***

"Stun-nim. This way, please."

A demon with ashen skin approached and said.

"Yes."

The door opened, and Stun's expression was excited as he carefully set foot inside.

'Finally, finally!'

The time he had been confined to the ducal residence, being pointed at as a madman, flashed before his eyes like a panorama. Stun's heart pounded at the thought of finally meeting the one he had so dreamed of and wished for today.

"Please enter."

As he entered the room, there he was, the one he had dreamed of.

"You've come."

The high-protruding horns and the smooth, ashen skin. When his solemn voice was added to that, Stun was certain.

"I greet the King."

That he was his king.

"Rise."

The Demon King, who saw Stun kneeling and bowing his head, smiled with satisfaction.

"Right. I heard your contribution was great."

"Not at all. It is but a meager talent. I will strive even harder in the future."

Stun spewed out words he hadn't even been asked and repeatedly bowed his head.

"You are trustworthy. As you know, our clan has suffered an unjust affair."

The Demon King said with a blank expression, repeatedly levitating and dropping the quill he held in the air.

"Yes. I know."

"So we desperately need a talent like you right now."

The Demon King approached Stun.

"You may have noticed, but we plan to drive the dragons out of this land."

To drive out the dragons, the strongest creatures on the surface! Stun was once again certain that he was his lord.

"And the humans who threw stones at our clan... most of them will die."

At that, Stun's face hardened rapidly.

'To kill humans? I'm a human too!'

The Demon King, who saw that, smirked and placed a hand on Stun's shoulder.

"Don't worry. I'm not saying I'll kill them all. In life, there are things that someone has to do. I was thinking, what if a human did that?"

The Demon King patted Stun's shoulder.

"What you mean is..."

"You seem to be the most intelligent among the humans... how about you become their king? In the new world we are creating."

As the word 'we' came out of the Demon King's mouth, Stun felt a thrill run through his body.

'To think I can stand shoulder to shoulder with him...!'

The Demon King carefully removed a small thread attached to Stun's shoulder with a delicate gesture.

"Me... you mean?"

He lightly burned the thread in his hand and then nodded his head.

"Right. If not you, who else could do it?"

"I-I pledge my loyalty! I will give my all!!!"

Stun bowed his head low and shouted in a loud voice. As if the volume of his voice represented the size of his loyalty.

"Hahaha! Right. I needed a talent like you. I must reward the one who recommended you and got you out of that hellish house."

"Keuk!"

A hellish house. At the choice of words that seemed to have read his mind exactly, he felt like he would burst into tears.

"And I must also give you a reward."

A dark red streak of light began to emanate from the Demon King's hand.

"A reward befitting the new king of humans."

Stun's eyes, looking at that light, were dazed.

'Finally... finally my faith is bearing fruit...'

He, who had trained in black magic without a moment's rest during the years he was confined in that hellish house, thought. That light was a definite reward for his suffering, and a new power.

"I'll be counting on you until the new world opens."

The dark red light wrapped around Stun's body once and then gathered near his heart.

"You will soon become the new king of humans."

The Demon King smiled benevolently.

***

Lucas, who had seen Skir's expression not being good from time to time during the vacation, began to search for Stun again.

'Right. You X-like bastard. I'll find you soon.'

No matter how half-mad he was, Stun was also a quite skilled mage.

'Where should I start looking for this bastard.'

Lucas first began to search all the places Stun might have gone.

From the places where groups that researched black magic were, to small mountain ranges and valleys. He searched all the places he might have gone, but there was no trace of Stun.

"Aigoo."

He had been poking around here and there all day, and he was getting hungry.

"Shall I eat and then continue."

In the end, having come all the way to Rieberk, Lucas couldn't bear his hunger and looked for a restaurant.

A small bell rang, and an employee guided him to a seat.

"Please let me know when you've decided."

"Just the chef's recommendation, please. And please bring out whatever is fastest first."

"Yes. Understood."

As he spoke without even looking at the menu, the employee, who had somewhat grasped Lucas's hunger, quickly took the menu and disappeared with short steps.

"Now I feel like I can live."

After gulping down the cool water and quenching his thirst a little, only then did the scenery of the restaurant come into view.

'Ah, this is Rieberk.'

Lucas thought, looking at the unfamiliar wooden decorations here and there.

He had searched all over the place and had ended up in Rieberk, a place he had rarely visited.

'What was the delicious menu here these days.'

Just as he was looking forward to the chef's recommendation, the voices of the people sitting at the back table were heard.

"The Saintess?"

"Right. They say she's currently touring the village."

"Ugh. She's really an angel. How can she work so hard for the people without a single day of rest!"

Lucas's brow furrowed slightly as he listened to their words.

'A saintess? What was the temple here.'

Among the high-ranking priests who often stayed in places close to the gods, there were cases where female priests of the healing class who had received an oracle or a crest on their forehead or neck were called saintesses.

"That's what I'm saying. Who would have thought that such a person would come to our Rieberk, which doesn't even have a decent temple?"

"Right. And the shopping district is so lively these days! Ah, did you see the flower tea that came in from Divanos last time?"

"Did I just see it? I quickly went and bought one. I now know why the people who went to the mainland praised the Divanos flower tea so much!"

But listening to their conversation, it seemed that there wasn't even a decent temple here. But a saintess?

It was when Lucas was thinking of going to them and asking what they were talking about in detail.

"Ah, but more importantly. You know about the corpse that came out of the forest this time, right?"

"Of course. The one that was said to have died a gruesome death? But this time, the king said that it was just someone who lived in the forest who had died of an illness."

But as an interesting conversation was heard, he put his butt, which he was about to lift, back on the chair and listened.

"That's right. Ugh! I was just scared for nothing, believing the rumors. But they say the Saintess cried so much when she heard that. That it was her sin."

"My goodness...! So that's why she's touring the village like that these days? Ugh! Where else in the world would there be someone like our Saintess Pamela."

Hearing the name that came out of their mouths, Lucas almost shot up from his seat.

'Pamela? No way...'

But since Pamela was a common name, he soon shook off the thought and listened to their story again.

"They say Lord Liwol loves Lady Pamela so much. So it's a relief, isn't it? In the case of other temple priests, they can't even get married."

And hearing that she even had a lover, he thought it was a needless worry.

"That's right. I think Lady Pamela might be an angel who has lost her wings. Ah! Look, look at this."

The woman rummaged through her bag and took out a book and handed it to her.

"Oh my! Goodness. Who wrote this?"

"I don't know~ But the writing is amazing! The love story of a saintess and a woodcutter. I stayed up all night reading that."

The woman opened the book she had received with interested eyes.

"Oh my, oh my! What is this line~! Pamela Pelleve. I will be your strongest sword and your sturdiest shield~? Kyaa~!"

-Bang!

In the end, as Lucas slammed the table and shot up, the startled women glanced at him and discreetly closed the book.

'Damn it!'

[End of Chapter]