Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 195 : The Starting Point of the War (1)

Lucas, who faced the being that had emerged from the water, couldn't believe it.

"...Giestio?"

"Haha! I came to see who did this, and it was you, Lucas-nim!"

Giestio's fins, which had come up above the water, did not sway as they did in the water.

"How could you..."

It was absurd. Why on earth?

"Hahaha. How... should I say I helped?"

Giestio smiled brightly.

"But Lucas-nim's contribution is great. Thanks to you sending the dwarves to me, the work became very easy."

It was absurd.

"No. That can't be. It can't be..."

Lucas muttered the same words as if his thoughts had stopped.

***

A hundred years ago.

The demons who had left for the demon world had settled down there and were living quite well.

"Your Majesty. How about this place? A river flows in front, so it will be good to spend the summer."

"Hmm... I don't like the road behind."

"Ah, you don't have to worry about that back road. It was originally a place where the natives lived, but it's been a long time since they left because it's not suitable for farming."

The Demon King Yastan was looking for a piece of land to build a villa.

"Let's take a look over there too."

"Yes."

Yastan, who was walking along a path overgrown with bushes, turned his head at the sudden feeling of a suspicious aura.

"What's wrong?"

"I feel a suspicious aura."

A feeling as if space-time had been distorted. Yastan turned his steps towards that place.

"T-that's!"

The servant standing next to him shouted, seeing a gate the size of a person opening.

The scenery seen beyond the gate was marvelous.

"...Is it the Siren's territory?"

A castle built in the clear blue water that made his eyes ache.

And the large and small houses built around it.

Yastan could tell where it was at a glance.

"You stay here."

"Yes. Yes?! Are you saying you're going there now? You can't! What if you can't come back..."

At his words, Yastan smiled faintly and answered.

"Then it would be even better."

He was tired of living trapped in the stuffy demon world anyway.

And Yastan could feel it instinctively. That he would surely be able to come back.

Yastan's face, as he set foot in the Siren's territory, was puffed up with anticipation.

He wrapped himself in protection magic and other magics in preparation for the deep water.

As he passed through the gate, two Sirens immediately approached him.

"Hello. We have been waiting for you."

It was as he had expected. The gate that had appeared in front of him was by no means a coincidence.

"The king is waiting for you."

As he entered the castle with their polite guidance, another servant approached and handed him a tacky necklace.

"This is a necessary item here."

"Thank you."

As he put the necklace on, his body became comfortable.

'A useful item.'

As he passed through a large door with the servant's guidance, Giestio swam towards him like an arrow from a distance.

"Welcome! You have answered my call!"

"..."

"I am Giestio Arda. The leader of the Sirens, should I say. Hahaha!"

It was his first meeting with the infinitely cheerful Siren King.

***

After that, Yastan and Giestio became close at a rapid pace.

Giestio had a stuffy life because he couldn't go out of the water, and Yastan had a stuffy life because he couldn't go out of the demon world, so the two had a lot in common.

"My friend. But the demons must be wronged."

"Hmm... what's there to be wronged about? Well, if you say it's wronged, it could be wronged. Since the people are also receiving the punishment for the sins I and the high officials have committed."

That gate was no different from being made for Yastan alone.

The gate could only accommodate one person, and even then, it couldn't be passed through unless it was the person who had used it for the first time.

Therefore, Yastan had sealed off the place where the gate was and had kept it a secret, and he had been coming to meet Giestio almost every day.

"Hoho! You are very understanding. If I had been in that situation, I wouldn't have been driven out like that."

"I had no choice. What could I do when all the demons were being ostracized? The only silver lining is that Lord Taras gave us a new demon world."

"Right! Lord Taras. How about you ask Lord Taras? To let you come up to the surface again."

At that, Yastan shook his head.

"That's not possible. But don't be so angry. The demon world is quite a good place to live."

It was not a lie. He didn't know what it had been used for in the old days, but the demon world was quite a good place to live.

There was a large territory no different from the surface, and there were also seas, mountains, and rivers.

And since the number of dangerous monsters and demons was much smaller than on the surface, it was a good place to live.

"Tsk tsk... but since it's only your kinsmen, what fun would there be? I'm just saying this because I feel sorry for you, so don't mind me."

He felt at ease when he talked with Giestio.

Although they were his kinsmen, since he, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't just grab someone and complain, the conversation with Giestio, to whom he could confide his inner thoughts, was always enjoyable.

"Ah. But did you bring the thing I mentioned last time?"

"Of course. I gave it to the servant right away."

"Thank you so much! Thank you so much!"

And Giestio was simple. Although there must have been a lot of things he couldn't get in the sea, he had said that his hands shouldn't be heavy and had sometimes asked for spices or sugar that could be obtained in the demon world.

"You too. No, you said your hands shouldn't be heavy, but why do you give me so much every time I go back, just like last time?"

"Haha! It's one thing to come lightly, but it's another to go back!"

They built and strengthened their friendship every day.

"Ah, but about the thing you mentioned last time."

"...?"

"The gate. I think I can open it a little more."

At Giestio's words, Yastan's eyes widened.

"But the number of people who can come and go will still be small. But I think I can make it so that your wife or son and daughter can come and go..."

Yastan swallowed dryly.

'It's only been a short time...'

It seemed that the Sirens were a race that did nothing but research every day because they had nothing to do in the sea. To think that he could open the gate again after only a short time?

"If we continue this research, someday... there might be a day when everyone can come, right?"

"...Is that really true?"

Greed began to grow. How good would it be if, as he said, all the races could come?

Yastan thought it would be good even if he just came and went to this beautiful kingdom.

Since the demons were also pure, he thought they would get along well with the Sirens.

"Right. And didn't you say that the sea of the demon world is an unknown territory! We also want to taste that sea a little."

Giestio smiled brightly.

***

As Giestio had said, a gate that could accommodate about five more people was made not long after.

"It's so beautiful!"

Yastan's youngest son, who had a golden necklace around his neck, smiled brightly and waved his hand.

The way he rolled his eyes as if the air bubbles that formed in front of his eyes whenever his hand moved up and down were strange was quite cute.

"Do you like it so much?"

"Yes. And I've only seen Sirens in books, but to think I can meet them like this!"

"Haha. Right. If you like it, then it's fine."

The first and second sons had already gone to the library, saying they wanted to see the books the Sirens had collected.

"Your Majesty. This place is truly beautiful."

"My lady. We can come anytime now."

He was so happy to see his family happy.

***

"Giestio! The second gate has closed."

A few months later, the gate that his family had been using had closed.

"I had a feeling..."

Giestio looked at Yastan with a dazed expression.

"A little while ago, the Blue Dragon Lord visited this place. He said he felt a suspicious aura and went towards the place where the second gate was..."

"..."

He was upset. But the biggest problem was his youngest son.

He had already made a friend here and had been talking about that child all day.

But when the gate closed, he had become sullen and had refused to eat.

"I think the formula was broken when I turned over one of the artifacts that opened the gate for a moment."

"...I can't help it."

He remembered the words Giestio had said when he had opened the second gate.

He had said that a few Siren mages had almost been unable to use magic forever to open this gate.

Since he had heard such words, he couldn't make the shameless request to open this gate again.

"I'm so sorry, Yastan."

"No. I'm grateful that you showed this place to my family."

"This is... it would be good if you could just come to the surface. How good would it be if all the demons could see this beautiful place! And you wouldn't have to face those evil races on the surface."

At that, a thought flashed through Yastan's mind.

"Giestio. If I send the mages in our demon world to this side... will the research be a little faster?"

"The gate? What's there to say! Of course. And since the way of using magic is completely different, it will be helpful to both races!"

"You said you would show me the artifacts you have someday. Can I see them today?"

The countless holy relics and artifacts that had sunk into the sea. The Sirens had said they had all of them.

"Of course! And this warehouse is a warehouse that even the dragons don't know about. I'm only showing it to you."

Giestio's fins, which were leading the way, quickened.

"It's a secret warehouse that only I can enter."

His heart pounded as he went towards the secret warehouse hidden like a maze.

He was excited just by imagining what kind of amazing relics there would be.

'No. But I can't do that against the dragons.'

He tried to ignore the thoughts that were raising their heads from deep in his heart.

'Because it's true that I did wrong.'

As the warehouse door opened and he faced the countless relics sparkling in the water light, Yastan's mouth dropped open.

"T-this is all..."

"That's right! This is no different from the final weapon of us Sirens."

Giestio, who was swimming across the middle of the warehouse, looked different.

"With this many relics, it would be possible to conquer the world."

"Haha! But aren't we Sirens? It's a little difficult if it's not in the water."

Was it just his imagination that the simple smile looked a little different for a moment?

"But it would be different for you. I actually feel very sorry for the demons. It's true that they committed a sin... but it's not a sin that deserves to be pointed at by everyone in the world."

As Giestio picked up a crown in the middle and held it high, the jewel embedded in the crown shone particularly brightly.

"I think the time has come for a new king on the surface."

"A new... king..."

"Shouldn't the world where the cunning ones are rampant end now?"

Giestio handed over the crown.

"But..."

"It will be possible for you. I will help you."

Yastan accepted the crown.

"I will be your strategist."

[End of Chapter]