Episode 357
Episode 118. As Rollmandi’s territory (1),
the party was scheduled to head to Port Ratts. It was because they had to get a boat there and go to Inzbikan.
With the tulka running at full speed, it took a day to reach the port of Ratz.
However, while the alcohol was not going away, the party who suddenly used their strength decided to move slowly. From dawn to evening, Yuma did not increase Tulka’s speed.
He must have felt tired all of a sudden, and he needed time to organize his thoughts about the white dragon.
‘As I hypothesized, if the Lord really gave the test, it was a story that I had to make the White Dragon on my side without the help of other dragons… Even
thinking about that, my head was pounding.
How the hell can I build a beautiful relationship with that extreme human hater? He has such a broken personality that it wouldn’t be strange to annihilate all humans if he had the power right now.
Besides, it wasn’t good from the start.
Since they attacked first, they trampled on their pride and let go. And judging by its twisted personality, it seemed that the white dragon’s hatred for not only Yuma but also all humans had risen to a higher level.
‘I don’t think that stupid dragon will understand what I’m talking about beating like Igor. It can’t be subjugated by authority like Rakir.
I can’t even bake and boil by feeding bribes. The conversation didn’t work from the beginning!’
Bubbling and bubbling…
While I was thinking about it, the soup on the bonfire boiled with a delicious sound. Yuma looked dazed, and Marlon and Zecca looked a little nervous.
The reason for the two people, who should normally be drooling and chattering about whether they should add more beef jerky or if they should serve it quickly, was quiet.
“Hey Yuma. He… can I just leave him alone?”
“I know. I’m very concerned I wonder if it would be okay if I let that kind of demon roam around in the land of demons…
Ha, if it weren’t for girls, I’d just kill them.”
The white dragon, the main culprit of last night’s riot, is blatantly watching them.
In the minds of Marlon and Zecca, Ariel was already recognized as ‘Malong’.
She was perched on a plain about 500 meters away from the group. From the moment the fight ended, he kept a distance of that much and was still chasing him.
Fortunately, the road to Port Ratts was a deserted plain, so Ariel did not attract the attention of ordinary people.
“Jacka. Pidgin Carta, who is sealed in your chest, has anything else to say? You said you were having a conversation with him?”
Marlon asked. Then Zecca rolled her eyes white for a moment like a possessed person and began to mutter something incomprehensible.
It was quite a creepy scene, but it seemed to be a way of talking to Pi Jean.
“I don’t think you want to get involved very much. Originally, even among dragons, White is famous for his pride. I heard that when Pi Jean was born, it was the Whites who rejected him the most.”
When Jecca’s eyes returned, Marlon nervously brushed his hair.
“Aagh! can’t do it either Even if it’s a girl! Even if the appearance is beautiful! As the assault leader of the Black Wolves, I can’t just watch the Demon Dragon run wild in the land of Matan!”
Marlon suddenly jumped up and pulled out Euryx. Then, just as he was about to stride towards Ariel, Yuma held out a bowl of soup in front of him.
“I’ll defeat Marong before this soup gets cold. I will eat rice then.”
“No, it’s not your food.”
“what?”
“Go and tell me. to that dragon.”
“crazy! why me!”
“I have to think about that from now on too. Marlon almost swung the Euryx he was aiming at Ariel at Yuma.
“…after that. We need the Balaur’s help in the upcoming war. Is it because of that?”
“You know us very well. go and go Didn’t you forget what Hugo-sama asked you to do before you left headquarters yesterday morning?”
This is what Hugo said to Malone who was leaving the road after drinking.
– Marlon.
-Yes Boss.
-Be sure to actively follow Yuma’s opinion until the next war is over.
You have a lot to learn from him.
-I’m the assault leader of the Black Wolves.
-If you don’t have much interest in the position of general manager in the future, you can do whatever you want.
Hugo wanted Marlon to learn the qualities of a leader from Yuma. Malone was a natural insolent, not far behind Yuma, but his tolerance to lead the organization was another story.
“profit! damn i knew Got it.”
Marlon snatched the soup and went to Ari Earl. I didn’t forget to put on a forced smile that made my face twitch.
“hey. this. It’s Yuma.”
Ariel treated Marlon like an invisible man.
“Leave. going. yes?”
If I had known it wouldn’t be so rude, I would have just cut off girls and all. Hard! I broke my teeth.
Up to that point, he endured, but in the next moment, Marlon had no choice but to explode.
Wow!
Ariel threw a dragon breath at Marlon who turned around. But, like yesterday, it wasn’t an attack to kill for real, it was just a threat to make sure it didn’t reach.
“Come on, I’m not dressing up.
Make jerky for today… pierce!”
Yuma ran over and pulled Marlon by the back. Yuma calmed down Marlon at the bar lighthouse and made eye contact with Ariel.
“We will go to Inzvikan and become Kriesha. If you have nothing to say, don’t follow us, as we don’t want to brawl with you in front of the Guardians of the North Sea.”
[Who’s following you guys?
It is your side that gets in my way.]
“Ah. Got it. This time, for just that reason, he shot a breath at the human who spared his life and even shared the soup. If you don’t like it that much, we’ll use another route. I’ll leave the soup, so take care of it.”
As Yuma tried to turn around, Eriel suddenly cleared his throat.
[It was just a threat in the sense of not bothering you.]
“It’s really clumsy. Isn’t that the way of noble beings, dragons, who live for thousands of years? Even humans don’t have that thick faces!”
[Your provocation has no effect on me.]
“It’s not your provocation, it’s your actions. I honestly feel like I’m not dealing with a dragon, I’m dealing with an adolescent kid with a twisted personality. Wouldn’t it be better to stop getting involved with each other? Go on your way.”
In fact, Ariel was also going to be frustrated and crazy in her own way.
Although he had a bit of an angular personality, Ariel was a dragon who had lived for more than 2,000 years. She lost her insight for a while due to her anger, but she too began to realize that Rod had ‘put the test’ on her.
-Ariel Do you hate the fact that I let you run errands?
– Lord, it’s not.
– You can’t be honest. Come get some fresh air. Since you were born, you have never left the land of dragons.
-I’m not curious about the outside world.
-There are dragons like you who never go out, but there are no dragons who go outside only once. You’re a smart kid, so you’ll soon find out what I mean.
It was a conversation Ariel had with Mahatricya before leaving to deliver cigarettes.
To be honest, it was still difficult to fully fathom Lord’s will, but from the moment Ari Earl was defeated by Yuma’s party, he was suffering from strange and strange feelings that he couldn’t understand.
shame.
When I was not even 100 years old, I read the first article in the library that described such feelings.
I’ve never experienced it myself. In that harmonious and perfect world, the land of dragons and dragons, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
But there was something else that confused Ariel more than the fact that she was feeling ashamed.
‘Those lower humans are obviously unpleasant, but somehow I want to keep being unpleasant. Strange. Why am I like this?’
Especially Malone, the stupid human who handed him soup. He seemed to be looking at a small, stupid and cute spirit, so I even thought of wanting to bite him.
Under the thick, hard scales of the dragon, her pale skin seemed to heat up on its own. It felt like a hot breath was filling my mouth every time the mana flowed in and out of my body along with the air.
[…Kriesha-sama isn’t in Inz-B Khan right now.]
It was a word I said without even realizing it.
Ariel hurriedly covered her face with her wings and blinked three times a second.
‘Why did I, a madman, tell him about it!’
thump thump thump!
A tremendous sense of immorality was hitting the dragon heart like a hammer. It was so embarrassing that Yuma and Marlon in front of him looked infinitely gigantic.
“Oh is that so? Why are you telling me that?”
[It’s because I don’t want your filthy feet to come into Kriesha’s sacred land.] I
almost stuttered.
Ariel rubbed her chest inwardly.
“What do you say about that trembling voice?”
Isn’t this dragon’s personality not just dirty, but a bit lacking?
Suppressing the laughter that was about to burst out, Yuma said with a sharp look.
[Do you think I’ll tell you the secrets of the Balaur?]
“Then I can’t help it. We’ll have to go somewhere other than Innz Bikan then.”
[As expected, you guys are a ungrateful tribe. No matter what my intentions were, I didn’t even
say thank you when I didn’t walk in vain ?
[That means you and I are different.]
“You’re out of your mind.”
“okay! You Marong, I’m just holding back because I’m dirty, but just in case, try touching the people of Matan. At that time, whether it’s the boss’s order or the power of the dragons for the next war, you won’t need anything.”
Yuma decided to change his destination from Inzvikan to the Rochshire region of the Empire, Rolmandi’s domain.
If he couldn’t meet Kriesha, he thought it would be better to go to Rochshire and see for himself the site where the warlock Shiram sacrificed an ogre.
‘I got some unexpected information.
The fact that Kriesha-nim is not in the Golden Tower means that Ballinann’s test is not over yet. That means he’s alive!’
He wanted to ask Ariel for more information about Ballinan, but Yuma decided to be content with being assured that he was still ‘alive’.
“Well, since the dragon seems to want ‘thanks’ from us lowly humans so much, I’ll just say thank you.”
[You’d better not think I’d give you back the same just because I heard you say thank you.]
“I didn’t expect it. But if there is a hospital in the land of dragons, go see it… It’s serious.”
The two went back to the tent, shared soup, and camped out.
“If Yuma did this, that crazy dragon would go back too, right?”
“No, they will probably follow us tomorrow too.”
As expected by Yuma, Ariel did not leave the group the next day.
“Why are you following me again! why!”
“Now, again, I want to ask why you are following us. Dear God,
We are going to Rochshire.”
When Yuma asked with an evil smile, Ariel only trembled and answered like this.
[I can’t go back to the land of the Balaur until I return the humiliation I received from you guys.]
“Such a pitiful situation.
I hope you succeed in revenge.”
[I also have something to see in that place called Rochshire.]
“Even such an absurd coincidence!
But what the dragon says… I’ll try to believe it.”
In the end, Yuma and Ariel went all the way to Rochshire.
Ariel continued to maintain a distance of 500 meters for just one day, then gradually narrowed it down, and soon she was seen stealing the only tent from the group and holding it to herself.
It was truly iron skin. He didn’t get cold, but he didn’t like being exposed to the morning dew.
“Are all Yuma dragons originally like that? You’ve met many other dragons in the east. I’m not angry anymore. I just laughed because I was dumbfounded.”
Marlon, who had slept on the road the day he arrived in Rochshire and was drenched in the morning dew, said in a dejected tone.
“Well, I hope that doesn’t happen to everyone.”
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