Chapter 84. I was so fooled (6)
that there were still many hidden things.
There were still many things I didn’t know.
“I didn’t scare you this time. You came.”
Because there were still so many hidden and unknown things going on, it took me a little while to understand what Arnaizel meant.
“You said you were scared of the sea.”
“ah.”
Thanks to this, I only understood properly after listening to Arnaizel’s explanation further.
Arnaizel was different from Danu. Despite the fact that he looked like Bern, he didn’t care and immediately said what Calian had said when he met him in Secretia.
Below article. If you think about it, it’s natural. Unlike Danu, isn’t it said that dragons are like the source of magic? There was no way that magic trick would work in their eyes.
In any case, Calian, who had not tried to deceive Arnaizel with a magic item for disguise, nodded and answered.
“Yeah. I said I was scared of the sea.”
“Are you not scared anymore?”
“I’m scared. Still.”
“Then why did you come?”
“Just because you are there.”
“Are you here to see me?”
“okay.”
“Why do you have that piece?”
“I got it from Sispanian.”
“Did you meet a Sispanian?”
Sispanian wanted to understand everything.
Arnaizel is curious about everything.
In fact, the one who came to ask Arneizel a question was Calian, but Arneizel asked endless questions. This is the only way to wonder whether the person standing in front of you is Arnaizel or Arianne.
“No. I was mistaken because I thought it would be similar to Cispanian.”
Similar to Cispanian, but slightly different. Although they are similar to earthly dragons, is this because they are a slightly different race, or is it just a difference in personality? It’s something we don’t know yet.
“Anyway, after I met you, I went to Sispanian’s nest. I met Sispanian there and received the piece you had.”
“You gave it to the King of Men? Sispanian?”
“Yes. He gave it to me. Sispanian.”
“I see.”
“And I am not the king of men.”
“But Danu calls me that.”
“No. Anyway.”
If I ever meet Danu again, I will have to tell him his name.
Thinking this, Kalian looked around for a moment. Just a little while ago, I could see waves crashing over my head, but now I was in deep, deep water. I only closed my eyes for a moment, and then I was dragged to this place.
Calian, surrounded by a huge air bubble just like the day he first met Arnaizel, turned his gaze. He opened his mouth to Arnaizel, who looked like a young mermaid with fins sparkling with black and blue light.
“I heard Sispanian likes butterflies. I guess you like fish.”
This was something I said to get the young dragon to stop asking questions. I really disliked the word fish.
“It’s not a fish!”
As expected, a response of unreasonable resentment is conveyed. Calian, who was smiling, was about to get to the point in front of Arneizel, but Arneizel’s words were heard first.
“And I’m doing this not because I like it, but to make humans afraid.
I need to get to the point. I’m
really curious about what Arnaizel said.
Calian looked like he wanted to shut his mouth, but eventually couldn’t hold it in and opened his mouth.
“I’m scared of humans . You took on the appearance of a mermaid just to get it done. What do you mean?”
“Humans are afraid of butterflies.”
“Rather, they are afraid of black butterflies.”
“Even if they are afraid of black butterflies, they don’t go near butterflies anyway. Because of Sispanian.”
“Why is it because of Sispanian?”
“The butterfly was not Sispanian’s favorite, but Sispanian’s companion. Cispanians liked pets other than butterflies. So Sispanian went to the place where his pet was buried every day in the form of a butterfly. Then the humans avoided the butterflies. That’s why I became a mermaid too. If you do that, humans will stay away from mermaids.”
“… So the butterfly.”
A black butterfly kept visiting the tomb of the dead king. Those who could not have guessed that it was a Sispanian created an interesting story. . They used the black butterfly as a symbol of death. They were reluctant.
Calian told this to Sispanian. People do not welcome black butterflies. Sispanian did not get angry at his descendant’s words. He was disappointed or did not give an explanation. I didn’t do it. Even though it must have been unfair. Hatsuara was also a human being, so she must have felt sad to hear that she wasn’t welcome. “When I meet her… I’ll have to apologize.
”
Calian, who was reflecting on the fact that he now knew the truth, said. I looked at Nigel.
“It’s a different case. Just because a blue dragon appears with a fish tail doesn’t mean humans are afraid of mermaids. It’s hard to meet a mermaid in the first place. So, don’t waste your time, just do it the way you did.”
“Is it a waste of effort?”
“It’s a waste of effort.”
“Is it useless?
” “Nothing.”
There really is no such thing as a child.
Arnigel, who was rubbing his lips at Calian’s words, nodded. . Then he moved his arm and said ‘Pang!’ He lightly tapped his tail as if he was going to make a sound. Then.
– Saaaa!
Arnaizel, who had been in the form of a young mermaid until just before, revealed her true body. Her body, which was similar in size to a human, swelled to a gigantic size and stretched out to an indecipherable length. . It changed into the image in the story of a huge, long snake with a body and bat wings, which I had only heard of through rumors. That’s right, it was exactly the same as I saw in the storybook. It
became
a real sea dragon that I had only seen in pictures. Even though it was under the sea, it was flapping its wings. It felt like there was a sound.
But there was just one difference.
The body wasn’t blue. The wings, which were bigger than the large ship he had boarded in Secretia, were also not the color Calian was familiar with. It was different. That difference was very pleasant. Calian, who had not done anything, muttered quietly.
“The appearance of the mother tree was quite impressive.”
If a piece of the mother tree was torn off and made into the shape of a sea dragon, wouldn’t it be like this? Calian thought about that for a moment. It could
n’t be helped. .
Right now, Arnaizel was the same color as the transparent whale that he encountered on the ship that went up to watch the sunrise of Secretia, which looked like it was carved from crystal. “This is my original appearance.” “The sailors of Secretia are looking at
you
. I didn’t tell you that way. Even if you saw a mermaid, you wouldn’t know it was you, but those who saw your real body said otherwise.”
“This is what happened.”
“You mean you changed?”
The eyes of the sea dragon, so huge that they couldn’t be seen in one glance, were focused on Calian. Calian. Arnaizel blinked once with her black pearl-colored eyes that seemed to be larger than the enveloping air bubbles.
“The sea has lost its color.”
“It has lost its color?”
“It has changed little by little a while ago. If I want it to be the color it used to be, I have to make it on purpose. Just like you are doing now.”
The dark blue body that seemed to be a mixture of sapphire and black pearl and the wings of brilliant black light. It was said that it had lost its color. It gradually changed to a light like Danu, so if it had to shine before, it would be Kali now. Just as Anne took the form of Bern, a separate magic must be used.
Calian frowned at the incomprehensible words. Then Arneizel’s huge gaze looked directly into Calian’s eyes. Light purple eyes that were completely different from his own. I looked at him and asked,
“Are you going to move time again? Did you come to me to ask how to do that?”
It was a sudden point.
“Why did you suddenly say that, instead of just saying that you had bleached your hair without asking?” ”
Danu said that. They said time went back and you appeared. Danu told me that I started to change from then on. “If time goes back, will I also go back to the way I was?”
That blue fish has become discolored. It has been like that since I came here. But I don’t know if it will be dyed again if I turn back time. I ask if it will regain its original color
. The question of whether to go back to the way it was was not a question filled with anticipation. It was asked purely out of curiosity. To examine Arnaizel’s expression, all Calian could see was a huge eye, but he could tell because the emotion was conveyed along with it. “
First of all, I came to know how you used that piece.”
“If I tell you, will you turn back time?”
“I won’t turn back time.”
“Oh, then.”
Then I heard another unexpected answer.
“–like. Are you going to write it like that?”
Calian,
who was feeling even more confused, opened his mouth.
“Who?”
“——.”
His voice is not heard.
“… If you mean King Secretia. That’s right.”
“Huh? How did you know?”
“There was only one person who wrote that.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
King Secretia was not someone whose existence was forgotten. He decided to erase all records of himself. He was different from Bern. Still, that name was used. It is not conveyed.
Even if he knows something by asking these questions, it is clear that he will not be able to tell it. So I was about to give up, but I heard Arnaizel’s voice. “You are a smart person.” “There is another
person
smarter than me. ”
“Yes?”
“Yes.”
Arnaizel smiled.
It meant that his eyes, which were the size of Calian, were slightly bent.
“Anyway, you’re smart, so you know how to read mana flowing, right?”
“I understand. “Not long ago.”
I’m still not used to it.
Arnaizel stretched out his hand with an expression on his face that didn’t tell me whether he’d heard this addition or not. Oh, of course. Of the four short feet on that long body, the one on the front could be called a hand. I’m not sure if it’s good.
But since Pea used to call Lucy and Anne’s two front paws ‘hands’, I guess the paws she has are hands too.
“Sispanian said I should apologize to you. He said he shouldn’t have left you at sea, but he didn’t care. “You said you were afraid of the sea, but I forgot that humans are weak and different from mermaids, so I told you I was ‘wrong’.” He said he was scolded. For leaving
Calian
alone in the sea.
He said he was still a young dragon, but he really was. I guess so. When Calian had that thought in his head and smiled, a blue-silver energy stretched out from the tips of Arnaizel’s fingers. It soon entered the air bubble surrounding Calian and disappeared into the wizard’s pouch he kept in his arms. He lost.
But that was it. Nothing in particular had changed. If that energy had swept through Calian’s body, one would have expected a sudden burst of great power like the story of the hero that Louise had read to him when he was young, but that was not the case. . Of course, no special knowledge came into my head, and there were no other changes that could be immediately felt. It was
just an ordinary thought.
“If you look again, you will see it.” You can figure it out.”
He says, check for yourself.
After all, life doesn’t go like a storybook.
Nothing is easy.
“I understand.”
“I’m sorry. “I’ll take you there properly this time.”
“Okay. thank you. For letting me know.”
Calian expressed his gratitude after receiving Arneizel’s apology well. Watching the forgetful young dragon’s nostrils pop, not a grand force, but just pleasant bubbles rising to the surface of the water. “Then it was nice to meet you
.
See you again!” A cheerful greeting is heard from the sea dragon, which grew up under the protection of mermaids in the sea where Danu’s power resides. I felt uneasy for a moment, thinking that they would not leave me in the sea again after apologizing like this, but then my vision changed. Once again, the darkness was far away
. came in.
The sound of waves roaring in my ears breaks the silence.
– Kugu Palace… Ooh!
One night when the storm was strong, I was looking down from the roof of the villa, and I could hear the sound of the sea nearby. And in between. .
“Kalian.”
A familiar voice is heard.
“I… again.”
No, why did I get boiled again?
When did he tell me to come in and out? While I was
grumbling like this, the darkness cleared and my vision returned. Without fear, I walked away. I see a pea moving towards the waves.
“You can’t swim. “The waves are so bad.”
Now, both the guy who barely knows how to float and the guy who will never learn how to float in the water know that in front of those waves, they are just like a pebble, so they hurriedly walked away. Even forgetting to excuse me for a moment, the sea water poured all over my body
. I forgot about the dripping and grabbed the pea to prevent it from rolling further.
“How smart you are. There’s nothing wrong with what you said.”
If you end up pickling boiled peas in salt water, you’ll be in big trouble.
* * *
We had a short negotiation.
– Now I know that Danu didn’t kidnap me, but you all understand that his method was quite coercive. I believe it is. I will condone it, so you should also condone the long-haired guy over there calling me ‘brother.’ My younger brother is currently in Whitlin territory. It was because of Narzan. Narzan had seen
Devlan
. Isn’t it? In addition, it was said that Calian’s personality resembled Devlan’s. Nevertheless, Calian came here in the guise of Vern. ‘It doesn’t matter if you saw Devlan. No matter how much we resemble each other in appearance, you can’t associate me with Secretia
. You can’t build it. Haven’t you seen the Balkan crew?’
He was talking about what he learned from the battle with Vulcan.
Even though Bern’s appearance was revealed in front of so many people, no one showed any doubts. Even though they remembered Bern’s appearance and thought it was cool, they were curious by linking Bern and Chase. He didn’t exaggerate it. He didn’t want to know in detail who the ‘man with long blue-silver hair that resembles the King of Secretia’ was. He was told to keep Bern’s appearance from being revealed to the outside world, but it was a different matter. The wizard
‘s Curiosity doesn’t disappear just by keeping your mouth shut.
‘Perhaps… that’s also Serenti’s taboo.’
The appearance was not erased as strongly as Verne’s name. However, no one became curious about the appearance unless they were someone like Randel or Arianne who noticed or knew about Calian’s identity. The curiosity that they should have was lost. After erasing the
name
, It was a terrible prohibition, no different from the previous one.
‘It’s annoying.’
‘Why is your brother so irritated?’
‘If I don’t do it, will my brother be angry?’
‘I’m not angry.’
‘why.’
‘It’s a bit embarrassing now that I’ve been caught so many times and gotten angry. Besides, if I don’t ask questions, the risk of being caught by Yan or His Highness will be reduced.’
Calian said he wanted to do that. He said it was better. So Plantz deliberately made such a negotiation with Narzan. Calian
said there was no need for it, but Plantz was not. I wanted to go to such lengths to prove that my brother was a fiction. Because he didn’t go. So, he paid a fair price and asked them to turn a blind eye to ‘Bern’. Although his words were disguised as ‘tolerate Kalyan’s coming here’, the intention was that. “So we will not negotiate with that
. “Did you do it?”
The sun was setting on the sea, which had become quite calm.
While waiting for Randel, who had gone to see Narzan, and Kyrie, who had gone to escort Randel, Calian had gone out to sea again.
The feeling of being submerged in the sea had not completely improved yet, but all around I did it because I felt like I was suffocating for no reason because I was in a closed place. It was because I thought I would be able to breathe as well when I saw the open sea. It was contradictory. Of course, I didn’t forget to bring Plants with me. If I were to think about the cause, I had someone to escort me
. The reason was that I didn’t have any, and to be honest, I felt like I would suffocate again if I went out alone. ”
There are so many other important things that I would like to ask for, even if it’s not about Brother Randel.” ”
Brother Randel is probably handling the negotiations for Tensil right now. .”
“So. Wouldn’t it be a lot easier?”
“Why me?”
Plantz, who had responded briefly, immediately continued.
“I have to do something nice for Brother Randel.”
Calian looked a little surprised at these words.
Plantz looked at Randel. It wasn’t because I wasn’t going to do something good for him. It was just something that was taken for granted now, so I wasn’t surprised because of it.
“Brother, you’re speaking at length. Even if I asked you to say it in four letters, you said you didn’t want to.”
“You’re not going to hear strange things again and do strange things.” ”
I didn’t go into the sea because your words were short, but because I didn’t understand.” ”
Why are you talking like that?”
“Then it’ll be useful again. “You’re not going to blame your brother for nothing.”
“Then aren’t you both at fault?”
“No.”
“Why? “Why?”
“You’re the kind of person who blames yourself for finding out something you didn’t even know about. You need to shorten it by at least one.”
Because I didn’t retrieve the leather strap that was lost again after being swept away by the sea, my long bluish-silver hair, which was clearly different from the red-gold water scales that illuminated the sea, fluttered in the wind. I swept my familiar, messy hair for a long time. Kalian continued,
“I heard. “Somehow.”
When an unfamiliar person handles communication equipment, what they say on the outside and what they say on the inside tend to get mixed up. A similar problem arises when someone who is not able to concentrate has a communication equipment. Before you know it, you end up conveying your voice without even realizing it. That smart plan
. When Tsu told Danu about his younger brother, Plantz’s bracelet and Calian’s ring, which did not require magical power, shined again. Plantz’s overt words to Danu soon became true words and were passed on to Calian. Calian was my friend. As if he had conveyed his entire thoughts, the memories mixed in with those words were conveyed intact.
Thanks to this, Calian recalled one more memory that he had not bothered to reveal.
“I was gently rubbing the back of my head, thinking that I was fooled this time… I guess I was a little angry. After. I told him to be scared, but he didn’t, so he just abused his hair, which he told me not to use. It wasn’t a method I really liked, so I was thinking of saying something after you finished talking with Danu.”
Kalyan continued.
“I couldn’t do it. “I am.”
Planz did not answer.
Bern, who had been staring at the swaying sea for a while, opened his mouth.
“I will raise a dog. me instead. By all means.”
“… I will raise it even if you don’t promise.”
“I have to promise to raise it so I don’t forget.” “Okay.
” “I guess
I can raise it as a great desert dog.”
“Why.”
“That’s good. Big and warm.”
Because I can’t tell you not to blame yourself.
I can’t even say it wasn’t your fault.
“Okay.”
I just made a promise.
Bern, not Calian, spoke on Calian’s behalf.
