Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 216 : The Demons (1)

Chapter 216. The Demons (1)

[Were you surprised! Hahaha!]

Giestio, submerged in the blue water, was laughing with an unconcerned face.

"...Where is Yastan?"

An ominous premonition arose.

[Oh... Yastan...]

Giestio rolled his eyes upward, looked at the non-existent sky, and said.

[He is probably over there.]

Although he had his hand on his chest as if in pity, the small fin on his waist was shaking vigorously.

"You're walking into your own grave, Giestio."

[Oh! No way. I will never end up like that. Hahaha! The mere thought of it is frightening!]

In the end, Giestio had killed Yastan.

'I shouldn't have let it happen.'

He was pitiful. Without knowing what he truly wanted, he had been swayed like a puppet and had died.

When he stole the dragon's egg, it was the will of foolish vassals and humans, and when he pointed his sword at the dragons, it was actually the will of the Sirens.

He had lived his whole life being swayed, his foolishness his only crime, and then he died.

"Giestio."

Lucas's low, sunken voice growled.

[Ah! Don't worry about the dwarves. Even if the whole world becomes the sea, I will be sure to leave them.]

Giestio smiled faintly and showed an object.

[With this, I can create land anytime!]

It seemed to be a new artifact made by the dwarves.

"I will find you and kill you."

[My goodness! Don't say such things.]

Giestio's face, who flinched in an exaggerated way, was full of mischief.

[In any case, the dragons will live for a long time... but what, if the whole world is the sea, will we have nowhere to go! And the sea is much wider now. Hahaha!]

"I will kill you in the most painful way I know. And I will watch your face writhing in pain until the very end."

[...]

At the sharp killing intent, Giestio lost his words and stared at the crystal ball for a moment.

[Do as you please.]

But he soon smirked.

Lucas suppressed his boiling anger and resisted the urge to throw the crystal ball right away.

[Ah. And...]

Giestio, who knew that Lucas was about to cut off the connection, held him back.

[Is it Pamela? I heard Yastan gave her a new name, but I can't remember what it was.]

"How do you know that name?"

Lucas, who was surprised by the sudden mention of Pamela's name, asked back.

[She's here. That child.]

"..."

[She's a very clever child. Watch and see how she will be used until the very end.]

Giestio provoked Lucas, having noticed his momentary wavering at the name Pamela.

"Do as you please."

This time, Lucas smirked.

"She was a child I was going to kill with my own hands, so I'd be grateful if you took care of her yourself."

[...]

"Ah, and if you're hesitant to take care of her, hold her tight before you die. I'll send you off together."

With those last words, Lucas cut off the connection, and a 'kadeuk' sound escaped from between his teeth.

'How dare he.'

Yastan had been defeated.

'Are the demons okay?'

Since there was no connection with the demons other than Yastan, it was difficult to know the news.

'How on earth did he kill him?'

If Yastan had been defeated like that, there was a high probability that the other demons were not safe either.

"Damn it!!!"

In the end, a loud cry burst out from Lucas's mouth.

It was a feeling of helplessness.

A feeling as if he had become a person who could do nothing.

'I don't want to lose anyone else.'

It felt as if his insides were rotting.

'No more...'

***

Lucas, who had somewhat calmed his mind, set out with Hasel to find the demons' base.

"Where did they all go?"

They, who had first stopped by Delladakhan, were first thinking about where the demons, who had disappeared without a trace, might be.

"I have a place in mind."

A place came to Lucas's mind.

***

It was a conversation he had had with Yastan in his previous life.

"Lanos-nim. Do you happen to know that there is a small forest next to the Esteril Desert?"

"A small forest?"

The two would sometimes meet, talk to each other, and enjoy tea time.

Yastan would tell him about the big and small things that had happened between the humans and the demons, and Lucas would also talk about the holy relics or artifacts that the dragons had recently found.

"Yes. I heard that grass started to grow there one or two at a time, and then a forest was formed."

"Really?"

The Esteril Desert was literally a wasteland. But a forest?

"You're not talking about the place where the forest starts if you go north, are you?"

"Hey. Lanos-nim, you're really something. Do you think I wouldn't know that place?"

Lucas nodded his head.

"Hmm... a forest."

"Yes. One of my kinsmen said that a forest had started to grow there and expressed his desire to move there with his family."

"Really?"

"Yes. That kinsman's partner is an elf."

"Right. Then that elf must have been kicked out of the village."

"Yes."

The elves were strongly against marriage with other races.

Some of the more radical ones even called other races 'dirty blood'.

"But since it's a place where a forest is just beginning, it will take quite a while."

At that, Yastan also nodded his head.

"Yes. I was also worried about that, so I asked, and he said that his partner can handle earth spirits."

"Hmm. Then it would be a little better."

"How about you go there sometime? I also found it amazing when I went. The small lives starting in the desert were quite lively."

"I will."

Yastan was always like this.

If there was something good, he would come to him and share it, and if there was a good place, he would come to him and suggest they go and see it together.

In his previous life, Lucas had cherished such a Yastan.

***

The forest he had found a while later was quite mysterious, just as Yastan had said.

"It's quite nice."

"Isn't it?"

It seemed as if the sand of the desert was gradually hardening from a certain point, and then a forest suddenly began.

"Right. It's as if the god of the forest had played a prank."

"Haha! Lanos-nim, you thought so too."

Flower seeds, which he didn't know where they had flown from, had taken root in the ground and were blooming, and small saplings, which were still only up to his waist, were sprouting here and there.

"It must be over there."

As he went a little further into the forest, a small hut came into view.

"Yes."

A man with ashen skin and a woman with pointed ears and white skin were squatting together and looking at something.

"Tedras."

"Demon King-nim!"

As Yastan called him, the man called Tedras quickly ran out.

"What brings you here!"

Although it was an attitude that could not be imagined as an attitude towards a king, the demons were like that, unlike humans.

They did not consider formality important.

But they were united with a tremendous trust and loyalty that allowed them to trust and entrust their backs to each other.

"What do you mean, what brings me here? I came to support your new life. How is it? Isn't the forest too small?"

"Haha! It's fine. And for some reason, the monsters living in the Esteril Desert can't invade this place."

"Really?"

Lucas, who was listening from the side, also nodded his head as if he were amazed.

"That's amazing."

"Uh...! Isn't that a dragon-nim!"

"Right."

At that, the elf woman, who had been watching Yastan and her husband from a distance, also approached with quick steps.

"I greet the king."

The elf, who had seen Lucas, bowed her head and greeted him.

"Right."

Lucas also naturally accepted the greeting.

"Ah. But I have something to give you."

Yastan took out a small present from his pocket.

"What's this? A watering can!?"

The demon, who had received the present, widened his eyes and showed a clear look of disappointment.

"Right."

Yastan, who saw that, smirked.

"Do you think I would have given you an ordinary watering can?"

"..."

"Try watering."

"Yes? Now?"

At Yastan's words, Tetras asked back, looking at the empty watering can.

"Right. I told you to water."

Tetras, who could not hide his puzzled expression until the end, tilted the watering can downwards.

"Oh, oh!"

At that, clear water began to pour out of the watering can.

"Right. It's very expensive."

Yastan whispered playfully in Tedras's ear.

"Thank you! I was worried because there was no pond nearby!"

"Right."

Lucas was also impressed by Yastan's sensible gift.

'Should I give something too?'

Lucas looked around once.

"Then I should also give something."

Lucas, who had thought of a gift to give them, smiled faintly at the elf who was standing in front of him, her eyes shining.

[αὐξάνω ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου]

As the ancient language of the dragons flowed from Lucas's mouth, the eyes of the others filled with anticipation.

[...Grow and fill the forest.]

As the long-lasting spell ended, the forest began to fill with life force.

"...Ah."

The trees, which had been up to his waist, instantly grew taller and began to fill the forest densely.

The ground, where sand had been visible here and there, also began to be filled with wild grass, and small wildflowers also filled the ground.

All those who saw that had a reverent expression, as if a god had descended, and were amazed at the wonder of life.

"It's really, really amazing."

"Lanos-nim. If you give such a gift, what will my gift become..."

Yastan grumbled in a crestfallen voice from the side.

"Your gift will be used to grow these things."

"I don't know what to do with such a great gift."

The elf's head was bowed as if it would touch the ground.

"The magic I cast will exert a stronger power when you live here."

"Thank you."

"If you leave this place, the forest will grow at its original speed. So you two live here happily for a long, long time and grow the forest even more."

The demon and the elf held each other's hands tightly.

"Yes. Thank you."

"Let's go."

Lucas, who had smiled faintly at them, said to Yastan.

"Right. Live well. If you need anything, contact me anytime... no, just solve it on your own."

Yastan, who had spoken playfully, also turned his body, following Lucas.

'Quite cute.'

The feeling of supporting a newly started young couple was not bad at all.

***

"Was this the place you had in mind?"

The place he had arrived at, following Lucas, was a small forest in a corner of the Esteril Desert.

People had once praised this place as the Forest of Life.

Although it was not a forest with a grand name like the Forest of Life now, it was a strange forest.

Since a forest had suddenly appeared in the desert.

"Right."

Lucas said, walking into the forest.

'Tedras.'

He remembered seeing him briefly with Yastan.

"Still, it seems a little better than the last time I came."

The tall trees were full of life.

Seeing that, Lucas became even more certain.

That the demons were here.

"Huh? I feel it. It seems they are here as the Lord said."

Hasel's eyes, who was casting a search spell, widened.

"Right."

A bitter smile appeared on Lucas's lips.

'You haven't forgotten.'

The smile of Yastan, who had been laughing here, came to mind again.

[End of Chapter]