Chapter 215 : Vadim (6)
Chapter 215 : Vadim (6)
Sirens live in a single territory.
This means that, unlike elves or other races, their settlements are not divided.
'Found them.'
He had found the Sirens who had hidden.
And as if their livers had come out of their bellies, they had even appeared in a place clearly visible from the land.
"They must be asking to be caught and killed."
They were people he had wanted to tear to shreds anyway.
And Giestio's atrocities were unspeakable.
'But...'
There was no need to rush. Now that he knew where they were, he would be able to go and overturn everything soon.
'They probably wouldn't have touched the dwarves anyway.'
Since they were precious resources, they would not have treated them carelessly.
And Vadim had also awakened now.
"I'll kill them all soon."
The moment Vadim opened the gate and sent the demons to the demon world, he would drown them all.
Especially Giestio, who had stabbed him in the back with a smiling face, could not be sent away so gently.
Lucas took one last look at the sea and then turned his feet.
***
Lucas, who had returned after buying a lot of food for Vadim, looked for Vadim.
'There he is.'
Vadim was standing tall in the middle of the lair alone.
"Vadim-nim."
Vadim, who was startled as if he hadn't known Lucas was coming, turned around.
"Oh. Right."
Vadim's eyes sparkled as he looked at Lucas.
'He's not even a child waiting for candy.'
Vadim even tilted his head as if to say, 'hurry up and give me what you bought'.
"Is the research going well?"
"There's nothing to call research. It's just a matter of rewriting the formula a little to fit this world."
Vadim shrugged his shoulders as if it were nothing and waved his hand in the air.
-Paaat!
At that, a small black gate appeared in the air.
"...You've already made it?"
"Well, the size is just enough for a rabbit to barely fit through. But it's definitely connected to the demon world."
Vadim smiled faintly, looking at the gate.
"Now I just need to make it bigger. Shouldn't at least one person be able to fit through?"
"You're amazing."
Although he had stayed up all night with Aellas trying to open a gate, he couldn't even make this small one.
But Vadim, who was in front of him, had done this while he had been out for a while. As if it were a very easy thing.
"How long will it take?"
"Let's see... about two days should be enough."
The speed was also amazing.
"But hurry up and give it to me. I've been using my head for a long time, so I'm craving something sweet."
Vadim held out his hand as if he couldn't wait any longer.
"Ah."
Lucas, who had forgotten for a moment while admiring the created gate, led Vadim to the table.
"I'm looking forward to it."
Vadim was now rubbing his palms together and fidgeting.
"Haha. Please wait a moment."
Before opening his subspace, Lucas first used magic to fill the teapot with warm water.
"I couldn't get the best quality because I didn't have time, but this is also a good flower tea."
"Oh! Unlike the one I drank earlier, this one is a purple flower!"
Vadim clapped his hands as he watched the dried flower petals dissolve in the water.
'He has a cute side.'
It was also because Vadim's appearance now looked to be in his twenties.
The brilliant vermilion hair and the contrasting gray pupils blended harmoniously.
'What a taste.'
And since his face was also a very handsome man, it was cute to see him clapping his hands at the sight of food.
"Is that a pumpkin pie!?"
Vadim's eyes widened as he saw Lucas opening the box with a careful hand.
"Yes. It's very delicious."
Lucas carefully moved a piece of the pumpkin pie he had taken out onto a plate.
"My goodness!"
Vadim's mouth dropped open as he saw the cut section of the pumpkin pie.
"It's brilliant. It's a very brilliant and pretty light."
He lifted the plate and turned it around in front of his eyes, letting out a cry of admiration.
"Please try it."
At Vadim's reaction, Lucas also became expectant.
'How delicious will he find it?'
He even felt that he would be happy if he saw him eating it deliciously.
"I will!"
Vadim, who had swallowed hard, quickly sat down and picked up a fork.
"I'll have a sip of tea first."
Vadim, who had lifted the teapot and had poured the tea into a cup, twitched his nose and savored the aroma.
"Hmm~"
"Hahaha."
Seeing that, Lucas also laughed.
"Keu! It's very delicious. It's an amazing flower tea. When I inhaled the aroma, it was as if I were standing in a flower garden, and when I took a sip, it was as if I had become a flower."
"I'm glad."
Vadim picked up a fork with an excited expression.
"Oh. The outside is crispy and the inside is very soft."
Vadim's face, as he poked the pie with a fork, was flushed.
"Umm! M-my goodness!"
At the reaction that was unbelievable for just having a bite of pumpkin pie, Lucas also couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"This is a taste that can't be eaten alone! Hurry, hurry and you sit down and have some too!"
"I'm fine."
"I said have some! I said this is really delicious!"
"I know the taste."
"T-this! How can you refuse a taste you know! I can't believe it."
The expression on Vadim's face, as he opened his mouth wide as if he couldn't believe it, was a sight to see.
"There's more, so please eat as much as you want."
As Lucas took out numerous pie boxes, a box of flower tea, and a honey pot from his subspace, Vadim's face began to flush even more.
"Y-you..."
Now it was a moved expression.
"Did you buy all these things for me?"
Although Vadim's sparkling eyes, as if he were about to cry, were a burden, Lucas nodded his head.
"Yes."
Because there was nothing wrong with giving him a good impression.
"I'm really, really moved. I, Vadim, would have helped you with all my strength even without a soul contract with you!"
"Haha. It's just food."
"Just food!!!”
As Vadim shouted, Lucas flinched and looked at him.
"Isn't it essential for a living being to live! Even if you don't want to, you have to eat to live, so isn't it so much better if it's delicious!"
He was like a person who had a grudge against food.
'There's no way a dragon would have had no food...'
There must have been food in the world Vadim had lived in. No, to be precise, delicious things.
But he couldn't understand why he was acting so sensitively, like a human who had been starving since he was young.
"Keuk! And new delicious things... I want to go to another dimension when my life here is over. Won't there be delicious things there too!"
"Ah."
Vadim was just a dragon who was serious about food.
"And how many things have I not eaten in this world yet! I'm really so happy."
Vadim took another big bite of the pumpkin pie and let out a cry of admiration.
"Hmm~ It's really a heavenly taste."
"I'm glad."
He was a dragon he couldn't grasp.
To think he would get so angry and then so happy with just a bite of pumpkin pie.
"And to think you bought so much. You are a really good person."
"You're welcome."
"Oh! I have a good idea..."
Vadim suddenly lowered his voice and blushed.
"...?"
"No, I don't mean anything by it... it's just that there are so many pies and teas, so it's a little much for me to eat alone..."
It was strange that he kept trailing off his words.
"Please speak."
Lucas, who had a rough idea of what he was going to say, forced a smile.
"Well... how about we call the good-natured Silver dragon and eat together?"
"..."
"I-it's not that... oh, right! How about we call the Gold clan child we saw earlier and share some pumpkin pie?"
Lucas felt like he wanted to punch Vadim's face, who was looking up at him and asking brightly.
'One disappeared, and another one came out to torment me.'
Lucas, who had let out a small sigh, shook his head.
"How about you eat alone today? I'll arrange a meeting with the Silver clan next time."
"Tsk."
At Lucas's words, Vadim's snout stuck out a mile.
'How shameless.'
The person who had been blushing and stuttering just a moment ago was now pouting and grumbling, which was also absurd.
"Please eat. We have a long way to go."
"I know! I know!"
Vadim, who had shouted, poked the pie nervously.
"Hmph. I just wanted to share some pie!"
"I'll buy you a cherry tart from a kingdom called Morain next time."
"...What's that?"
"That is also rumored to be a heavenly taste. People come from other countries to eat that tart."
"Is that really true!"
"Yes. And although this is a long-standing civil war area, it is a shop that the nobles and the royal family protect. It means it's that delicious."
"A tart shop that the country protects! I'm very much looking forward to it!"
Vadim, who had been grumbling just a moment ago, had disappeared in an instant.
'He's easy.'
Lucas, who had completely mastered the art of taming Vadim, smiled with satisfaction.
"Yes. So you have to eat quickly and open the gate. Because many delicious shops have been damaged by the last war."
In an instant, a fighting spirit appeared in Vadim's eyes.
"I know. Just trust me."
***
Thanks to Lucas's food offering (?), the gate took shape in just one day.
"How is it!"
"It's amazing."
Lucas had also learned a lot by watching and helping Vadim for a whole night.
'His application skills are amazing.'
Although Vadim's mana was lower than his, not only was his ability to use that mana to the fullest amazing, but his ability to apply and transform existing formulas was also amazing.
"Now. Shouldn't we start the next thing?"
Vadim smiled faintly at Lucas.
"Hurry up and bring me the cherry tart you promised."
"Yes. Of course."
Lucas also nodded his head with a satisfied face.
'Of course. I'll have to catch the owner of the cherry tart shop and bring him here.'
The gate, which had grown to his height, was shimmering.
'There's one last thing to do...'
As he thought that, Lucas's heart sank in an instant.
'I have to do it.'
It was time to meet Yastan and finish things.
***
Lucas was trying to contact Yastan with the crystal ball coordinates he had received when he had met him before.
Every time the crystal ball brightened and then darkened, Lucas felt as if his heart were burning.
'It feels like I'm giving a death sentence.'
Although he could save everyone with just Yastan's life, since it was not what Lucas had wanted, his heart was heavy.
-Paaat.
The crystal ball, which had darkened, brightened again, and a figure began to form on the other side.
"Yastan."
[...]
As the figure in the crystal ball gradually began to be revealed, Lucas couldn't believe his eyes and closed and opened his eyes several times.
"...Why are you."
[Hahaha! It's been a long time. Ah, since we met at the sea then, is it not that long?]
[End of Chapter]
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