Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 213 : Vadim (4)

"Vadim-nim?"

Lucas tilted his head as he called Vadim.

"...Bbiyong."

Vadim rolled his large eyes and avoided Lucas's gaze.

"That's enough."

"Bbiyong..."

Vadim, who was in Aellas's arms, buried his head and rubbed his forehead, pretending not to hear.

"Oh my!"

At that, Aellas, who was startled, lifted him up and put him down on the floor, and Vadim let out a deep sigh.

"Bbio-o-o-ong..."

And then Vadim's body was engulfed in a bright light.

"See. I knew it."

"My goodness! You're really sly, aren't you!?"

Vadim, who had polymorphed into a handsome man with vermilion hair that reached his waist, scratched his forehead awkwardly.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Vadim Artis. I'm from the Topaz clan."

Vadim smiled faintly and held out his hand to Aellas.

"Hah! No, thank you."

Aellas, who had been completely fooled by the baby hatchling's appearance just a moment ago, snorted and turned her head away.

'What a sly dragon.'

To think he had made such a 'bbiyong' sound, snuggled in Aellas's arms, pretending not to know, even though he had all his memories from the beginning!

"Vadim-nim."

"..."

He also seemed to have a conscience, as he pretended not to hear Lucas's words and looked at a distant mountain.

"Vadim-nim!"

"Why, why are you calling me! I can hear you!"

Vadim shouted in annoyance, as if he were embarrassed.

"We have a lot to talk about."

"Ahem! I'm the same!"

As Vadim turned his head and grumbled, Lucas, who had let out a small sigh, said to Aellas.

"Aellas. Stay here for a moment."

"Yes. Don't worry and go."

Aellas's gaze towards Vadim was not good.

'He's really got a bad reputation. You perverted old dragon.'

***

Lucas, who was sitting alone with Vadim, had so much to say that he didn't even know where to start.

"Bring me some tea. Really."

In the end, Vadim, who couldn't stand the silence, frowned.

"Ah."

Lucas obediently set up the tea with magic.

Vadim's nose twitched as he looked at the steaming tea.

"Hmm. What kind of tea is this?"

"It's a flower tea from an island called Divanos. The residents there mostly make a living by making and selling tea or alcohol from the flowers that grow there."

"Ho-oh. Flowers... In the place I was in, wild grass tea was much more valuable. Anyway, if they make a living by selling this, it must taste quite good."

Vadim's eyes sparkled as he lifted the teacup and brought it to his mouth.

"Hmm~ It's fragrant."

Vadim's eyes widened as he took a deep breath to savor the aroma first and then took a sip.

"Oh! This taste!"

"..."

"Amazing! To think that a flower can have such a taste! It's much more fragrant than wild grass!"

"I'm glad it suits your taste."

"What is this cookie made of?"

This time it was the cookie.

"That's a regular butter cookie. But since it's a famous cookie from a place called Arant, the largest empire, it should taste good."

"Oh!"

While Vadim quickly picked up a cookie and brought it to his mouth, Lucas began to organize his thoughts.

'I'll have to explain the situation first.'

Lucas and Hasel had made a soul contract with Vadim.

'So even if he doesn't want to, he'll have to fight for us.'

While Lucas was organizing his thoughts, Vadim was stuffing his mouth with butter cookies and chewing.

"It's so, so delicious!"

Vadim's eyes rolled back as if he had encountered a heavenly taste.

"W-well, that's a relief."

To think he would have such a reaction with just tea and cookies.

"You seem to be serious about eating."

"Tsk! Don't say that. If you take away the pleasure of eating during this long life, what pleasure is there to live for? It's not like we can drink and get drunk like humans, or get high on drugs."

Lucas, who was listening to Vadim's words, tilted his head.

'What's that again?'

Right. Although he couldn't get drunk on most alcohol, drugs were different.

"You can't get high on drugs?"

"Where is there a drug that a dragon can get high on! Even poison doesn't work."

"...?"

Of course, you couldn't kill a dragon with most poisons.

Unless you filled a large container that a dragon could fit into with a deadly poison and gave it a bath.

'Is he talking about that?'

As Lucas made a puzzled expression, Vadim's eyes widened again.

"Don't tell me... do the dragons here get drunk on alcohol and high on drugs?"

"Of course."

"...This is heaven."

"But as Vadim-nim said, you don't get drunk on most poisons or alcohol."

"But you can still get drunk!"

Vadim's voice rose to the sky.

'We lived just fine without looking for such things...'

Well, the years they had lived were too different.

'Does it become like that when you live for about thirty thousand years?'

Vadim's face, as he was eating cookies, looked infinitely happy.

'It should be fine to give him time to eat cookies.'

Although there was a long way to go, he could wait for him to eat.

"It's really so delicious! It's an amazing taste!"

"I'll give you more delicious cookies next time. If that cookie and tea suit your taste, there will probably be a lot of food for Vadim-nim to enjoy in this world."

"Haha! I see. I'm already excited just thinking about it!"

Thanks to the cookies he had eaten, Vadim's mood seemed to be flying.

'You shameless old dragon.'

It was to the extent that he wondered if he was the same person who had been rubbing his forehead against Aellas's chest, pretending to have lost his memory, just a little while ago.

"But why did it take you so long?"

It was time to start talking.

"I was about to talk about that!!!"

At that, Vadim shot up from his seat and shouted.

"...?"

"Why on earth didn't you come to give me your aura! I said it would take three days, but I didn't say it would work without mana!?"

"Ah."

The task of giving Vadim mana had been entrusted to Amarok.

"...I'm sorry. I didn't think of that."

He was so ashamed that he had blamed Vadim for not waking up.

"Tsk! And then what? You insult me by calling me a braggart and a liar?!"

"..."

It was the moment it was proven that his lover, Lewin, was right.

'The egg really hears everything.'

Since most hatchlings couldn't remember when they hatched, he had thought it wasn't true.

"The child who was supposed to help me wake Vadim-nim... died."

"..."

"I was in a state of shock. It's my fault."

Lucas bowed his head and clenched his fists.

'Even if I was in a state of shock...'

If only Vadim had been there from the beginning, the tide of the war would have changed.

But because he had forgotten that, the situation had come to this.

'It's already in the past.'

But wasn't it a relief? That Vadim had woken up even now.

"W-well, then it can't be helped."

"Thank you."

Vadim sat back down after receiving the apology.

"The situation seems to be very bad?"

"It's a little better now."

"Hmm... how many of your kinsmen did you lose?"

"Half."

"...Tsk."

Vadim slammed his hand on the table as if he were pitiful.

"Losing a kinsman is a sad thing."

"..."

"But you'll be able to meet them all when you go up."

"Their souls were annihilated."

"..."

Vadim's hand, which had been placed on the chair, trembled.

"Their souls were annihilated?"

"Yes."

"Who did such a thing? That's a taboo."

"The demons."

A 'kadeuk' sound escaped from between Vadim's teeth.

"But we have decided to send the demons back to the demon world."

"What?!"

Vadim shouted in anger.

"You're saying you're going to let those despicable bastards go?! Their souls should also be taken and burned!!!"

"..."

"The leader of the clan made such a soft decision even after losing half of his kinsmen!"

Vadim's voice echoed throughout the cave.

"They were not in this land anyway! They were people who would have been driven out to the demon world and would have never been seen again. But to send those bastards back to the demon world? That's not a decision made for the order of the world. It's just because of your useless sympathy."

Vadim's pupils were burning with anger.

"I know. But the entire clan has agreed."

"Your pride as a clan will be hurt because of your well-known pride."

Lucas also clenched both his fists at Vadim's sharp words.

'I also know all that.'

His words were also right. But since Vadim did not know all the circumstances here, he felt that he needed to explain.

"It was something that happened in our world. And I also did not want to let them go."

"But?"

"The one who drove them out was me, and the one who made them come back with a blade of revenge was also me."

"Hah! And yet you're going to let those bastards go? You're telling me to let them grow in the basement and come back up again."

"That's also possible. But..."

Vadim's brow furrowed.

Vadim was also genuinely angry about the situation as if it were his own, and he seemed to be holding back a lot.

But Lucas was the same.

Although Vadim was angry as if it were his own business, it was really Lucas's business.

"They are not guilty. They just followed the decisions of their superiors. Of course, among them, there were also those who had lost their ancestors and had been persecuted because of the dragons, but there were also those who just wanted a peaceful day in the demon world."

"..."

"I didn't want to make them suffer the pain of death. I wanted to give them a chance to live again."

"Is that sending them back? The kinsmen you have lost have lost their souls without even a chance of reincarnation. And yet you're going to give a chance to those who just followed their superiors because they are pitiful?"

"..."

"You're just spouting foolish and stupid things."

"..."

Vadim was angry and indignant.

"We have decided to punish their king. And to let the people live."

"..."

Vadim, who had been about to open his mouth, closed it.

"Please help me. No matter what their past was, no matter what pain they gave us, please give them a chance to live again."

As Lucas bowed his head low again, Vadim let out a long sigh and took a few deep breaths.

"Hoo..."

Vadim, who had let out a long breath for the last time, said to Lucas.

"Right. I've never thought you were stupid when I first saw you. There must be a reason why you made such a decision."

"Thank you."

"So I'll have to hear your history."

The opportunity to explain the past to him had come.

'That's a relief.'

Lucas had been worried that Vadim would get up and wipe out all the demons.

'Since there is also the story that the demon is an enemy in the contract.'

Lucas took out a new cookie and tea to make Vadim's mood a little better.

"Please eat slowly. It's a pumpkin cookie and coconut-flavored black tea."

"...I will."

Vadim's lips twitched.

"First, the demon god has been annihilated."

"Khaha! That's great!"

Vadim, who had put a pumpkin cookie in his mouth, laughed out loud.

Since Vadim's anger seemed to have disappeared, the conversation seemed to be much easier now.

[End of Chapter]