142 – Dragon’s Heart (1)
[Oh…… ?]
After Tsumei finished speaking, Flügel let out an excited voice as if he was very surprised.
At that moment, all the attention of her audience was focused on her.
[Yu, body? I? Can you have a body?]
If she had her own body now, wouldn’t she probably be flinching loudly and pointing her finger at herself?
There was that much confusion in her voice.
[No, I knew about golems because I heard about them. At one point, they said my condition was so unstable that even though I made it, I couldn’t use it.]
Flügel spoke to Tsumei in a dazed manner, as if she couldn’t believe it. Didn’t you use the golem the day you first woke up?
Hearing her words, three pairs of eyes turned to Tsumei.
“Of course it was. “Because your condition was really out of the question at the time.”
Tsumei reacted quite calmly.
A nonchalant positive attitude.
Actually, I knew that story, Flügel knew it, and of course Beatrice also knew it.
At that time, Flügel had clearly purified the seeds of evil, but to conclude, it would be a bit unfair to call it a complete cure.
Now that I think about it, it was definitely because Beatrice’s divine power had not yet reached the effect of the Holy Grail.
But that is true.
In other words, wouldn’t it be true that the situation has improved so much that it can’t even be compared to then?
Just the holy water that fell into Flügel a few days ago is about three drops.
‘It would be strange if it didn’t get better. Now, you don’t have to worry about further surges.’
Of course, in order to completely eradicate the seeds of evil, the devil of Yeokcheon had to die.
This means that the best that can be done for now is simply neutralization or mitigation.
Well, since it was so difficult to kill the magician who put the curse, it wasn’t like there were other ways if you looked for it.
For example, a user of divine power attempts purification while almost reaching the state of a semi-god.
At that point, I glanced at Beatrice for a moment. Isn’t she the only user of divine power here?
Moreover, she was a saint.
In fact, the conditions themselves could be said to be absolutely perfect…….
‘That might be a bit difficult, maybe.’
No matter what, I felt sorry for placing such expectations on Beatrice.
Responsibility is responsibility, and I know that according to the collection of settings, there was only one saint in history who reached the level of a demi-god.
In the end, the best option we can choose is to kill the devil in the reverse sky directly.
Wouldn’t it be better than asking Beatrice for human transcendence(?)?
‘I can’t imagine Riche becoming a goddess in the first place.’
It doesn’t suit the party at all.
Is Beatrice a goddess or an angel?
In fact, it was not that easy to expect such a benevolent side of her or her image.
I burst into laughter with such a foolish thought.
Tsumei’s work of taking Flügel into his arms and injecting him with mana finally came to an end at that point.
“…… Phew.”
Is it because a considerable amount of mana was consumed? Tsumei smiled faintly as she wiped away the cold sweat that had unexpectedly flowed.
“Just as you said, it looks like they really used the Holy Grail. I still can’t see the seeds of evil very well. Still, the condition has improved almost ten times compared to before.”
And the words spoken were full of quite positive elements.
Soon Flügel’s body began to tremble slightly.
[Lee, aunt. So that means…… ?]
He then asked carefully, and judging by the fact that the blade turned red again, he seemed to be in a slightly excited state.
I was very curious about the mechanism by which that blush rose, but anyway.
“Yes.”
To Flügel’s question, Tsumei nodded her head without hesitation.
She does not hesitate and gives the answer she wants.
“I can finally use a gift that has lost its useful value. I feel proud for some reason. “At one point, I thought I might really not be able to use it.”
[Wow…… !]
Tsumei speaks with the face of a ‘parent’ that is only seen occasionally. And Flügel is more than impressed by her words.
She squealed out loud with excitement, literally like a child receiving her birthday present.
-Yay!
“…… For that reason, I will leave Flügel in charge for a while. It will take some time. “Three days, maybe four?”
Anyway, that was Tsumei’s explanation. The time it takes to work, approximately three to four days.
It wasn’t a time she couldn’t wait, but-.
‘Wait, what should I do with this again?’
For me, it was a very slight, not that important issue, but I couldn’t help but think of one small concern.
The absence of Flügel.
Of course, if Flügel can use that Hyper Ultra Great Beautiful Girl Golem, it is absolutely right to do so.
I know that too, but…
“…… If this happens, won’t you no longer be able to use your supernatural ability properly?”
“Hmm.”
At that moment, Beatrice on the other side mentioned a worry that made me feel sick.
That’s definitely the problem.
‘It’s all thanks to Flügel that I’ve been able to use this ability without much damage until now.’
In the first place, if the unique ability of the Diamond Sword had not been added to the magic sword, which is about the size of a Flügel, Heavenly Thunder is a special ability that is so lacking that it cannot be used properly.
In fact, until I got the Flügel, I almost fainted as if it was a meal.
“How can I do this?”
As I covered my mouth and made a groaning sound, Tsumei made an ‘oops’ expression as if she had finally realized the problem with my special ability.
Occurrence of unexpected problems.
[Uh, um… ….]
And Flügel’s voice also slowly began to deteriorate.
I feel a little downcast.
[…] … That’s right.]
In the awkward silence, Flügel sighed as if he had finished worrying about something for a short period of time.
Soon she spoke, her efforts disguising her cheerful demeanor.
[I can’t help it, it looks like Dante won’t be able to do it without me! It’s a bit of a shame that I can’t have a body, but I’ll try to endure it for Dante’s sake!]
“… ….”
“… ….”
And an even more burdensome silence fell in the dean’s office.
Flügel was in tears.
[No, I said I would try to change the atmosphere, but why is no one responding? Are you saying it’s just a little disappointing? I’m really fine! Uh? Dante, and aunt too!]
“… ….”
“… ….”
[…] … Huh, are these people real?]
He kept trying to restore the atmosphere to the way it was, but when he couldn’t do it, Flügel also turned the tip of his sword as if he was pouting and declared, ‘I won’t say anything either!’
Of course, that didn’t mean anyone would comfort her…
‘…… When you think about it.’
The important thing is that at this time, I was not staying silent simply because the situation was embarrassing or difficult.
First of all, I should say that I am just trying to get my head around it.
Anyway, I was looking for a way.
And surprisingly, I soon found a way.
-Blood of the Ogre King, Perennial Spirit Plant, Tears of the Divine Beast. These are the resources invested to perfect your body.
-You can’t even properly bring out the power contained within your body.
“… ….”
-Who do you think transplanted the dragon’s heart into your body?
Those are Duke Blake’s remarks that can now be considered somewhat welcome. Each and every clue was so gem-like that I almost felt a little grateful.
I denied it after just three seconds, saying it didn’t seem right.
Anyway, what I particularly focused on in Duke Blake’s few words was nothing else.
‘You are not using your body’s strength properly’, the words Duke Blake uttered to criticize me.
But if you think about it, didn’t Duke Blake talk back and forth without leaving anything behind?
Blood of the Ogre King, Everlasting Herb, Tears of the Divine Beast.
It was such an incredible treasure that even I, who secretly did not know much about this world, knew about it.
In other words, things that can be called the supreme elixir.
I actually know more about that. I had no choice but to know better.
That’s because all of those things used to appear in games as well.
First of all, it is the blood of the Ogre King.
An ogre, a monster also known as a symbol of regeneration and recovery.
Of course, the blood and tendons of that race had many uses and were extremely effective, but-.
The king’s things could not be compared with those things.
Unlike the Ogres, who are just mid-level monsters, the Ogre King is a named entity that drives a colony of his species.
I heard that even that is something that may or may not be discovered once every few decades.
In addition to this, it grows wild in the snowy areas of the northern part of the continent, and in order to obtain it, it is said that many explorers died while trying to overcome the crazy northern blizzards. In addition, you must receive the favor of a monster, a monster of a similar level to the mountains of Yeongsan. Even the tears of the divine beast that can be saved.
All of that may still remain in my body right now.
Gulp-
I swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
Is this tension or anticipation?
I tried to calm down the corner of my mouth that was about to twitch, and then immediately raised my head and looked at Tsumei.
At that moment, she also noticed my gaze.
“Dean.”
“…… “Why, do you think there is some way?”
She asked back, and I nodded her head.
I confidently said without hesitation that there would be no problem.
Three supreme elixirs, plus more imperial treasures that may have entered me.
No doubt they are what created my body’s abnormal recovery ability.
Actually, there was one thing that needed to be figured out above all else.
I took a short breath before talking about him.
It’s a little, but I’m also nervous.
This time it is not an expectation.
But it’s a topic that has to be brought up, because if you think about it, it’s about ‘something’ that few people other than Tsumei can ask for advice on.
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I took one last deep breath and looked at Tsumei.
“…… Dean, I’m just telling you this just in case.”
And opens her mouth.
I asked for words.
“Do you know how to use the heart of a dragon with a human body?”
At other times seriously, at other times really nervous.
About the heart of the evil dragon Bahamut.
“…… ?”
I didn’t even think about how Tsumei would hear those words.
“What are you saying now…” … ?”
“Yes?”
Interrogative sentences with different tones.
And a short silence.
Tsu Mei, who had been shocked for a moment, quickly covered his chest with both arms.
“You, you, you…” … !”
And then he screams with a red face.
“Are you crazy? Are you crazy? No! Well, that can never happen!”
No.
That’s not it.
*****
There was a minor incident.
Soon, a few minutes later.
The others left the room for a moment, and there was a very strange silence in the dean’s office, where only Tsumei and I were left.
“…… “It’s true.”
Tsumei put his hand on my topless chest and looked up at me with a puzzled expression, as if he was both dumbfounded and disturbed.
Her dark red mana was touching my second heart.
…… The second heart, the existence of which I did not even notice.
I thought, why is this real? It was amazing and amazing in many ways.
“You are right. This heart’s original owner must be…….”
Around that time, Tsumei spoke with her voice swooning, and there was a certain amount of indescribable complexity in her voice.
In fact, it was natural.
If you think about the heart that was supposed to be inside you, who is its original owner?
Whether we get along well or not, we are all the same people.
That’s because one of the only four mythical dragons on the continent, with whom they felt the greatest kinship, was the owner of this heart.
Evil Dragon Bahamut.
I also remember seeing the real thing when I visited the Eve and Imperial Museum.
But I didn’t know it was fake.
How much more so, that the real thing was inside my body without having to go far…….
“Hmm.”
It was a time when I was inwardly laughing at the incredibly messy secret that was revealed.
Tsumei looks up at me with a small frown.
And he just stared at me for a moment, but he didn’t open his mouth and just muttered, which seemed like he had something to say but was hesitant to say it.
“Do you have anything to say?”
That’s why I decided to push his back. In response to my question, Tsumei shyly avoided looking away.
“…… If you don’t want to talk about it, of course I don’t want to force you to listen. “I think I should ask first.”
“… ….”
“Bahamut, even though he had a bit of a personality, he wasn’t a bad guy.”
Tsumei muttered those words as if she were secretly spilling them.
She immediately looked at me with flawless eyes.
“What happened? This.”
The question I soon asked was, of course, about my heart.
If I were to ask the question, originally I would have found it difficult to answer.
That’s true, because it’s clear that I also didn’t know the origin of this heart. Before that, you probably didn’t even know that this was the heart of a dragon.
But… ….
“First of all, we need to talk about the past.”
Now things are a little different.
I learned about my body’s past.
I learned about the identity of the heart from Duke Blake, and since Tsumei knew that the corpse of the Sky Dragon was kept in storage, I knew that mine must be the heart of the evil dragon.
And anyway, since I found out about that secret, I will have to explain it briefly to Tsumei.
I don’t know, but I thought it was the right thing to do.
Still, he was of the same race, so his feelings must have been complicated.
“Actually, I am from the imperial family.”
So I decided to just tell it all. Actually, is there anything wrong? Even so, it’s just a boring old story.
“…… ?”
But the problem is that Tsumei’s eyes immediately widened as soon as he started talking like that.
She frowned at me.
“Well, what are you saying now?”
And when he asked, I scratched the back of my head and decided to answer right away.
“I’m a member of the royal family.”
“…… “What group?”
“The royal family.”
“Imperial family?”
“Yes.”
After repeating the question and answer a few more times, Tsumei also seemed to press her eyebrows as if she finally understood.
Of course, that absurd expression did not change.
“…… No, this is the first time. Really.”
“That’s because I didn’t say anything.”
“Oh, that’s right. “You didn’t say anything.”
Tsu Mei also nodded her head a couple of times as if she was fascinated by my naturally virtuous response.
Then she says ‘vah’ and glares the next day after coming to her senses.
“…… So what is it? Why are you bringing up the old story that has been hidden so far? “Are you saying it has something to do with the heart?”
Then again, the slightly sharp tone of his words was probably not my mistake.
She seemed to feel a little sad about hiding her origins.
‘But I didn’t know, really.’
…… If it was unfair, you could say it was unfair, but of course I didn’t say those words.
It’s a bit difficult to come up with a useless concept of memory loss.
I felt like Jibril thought of me that way. Maybe not, maybe Beatrice too.
“…… Well, as you know, the name Dante is not recorded in the imperial genealogy. “I was in a somewhat special situation.”
Anyway, I had to continue the conversation, so I brushed it off and tried to calmly organize my thoughts.
Okay, how should I start the explanation?
‘Umm… ….’
After thinking for a moment, I decided to just tell it as it is. I’ll say it again, isn’t this a story that needs nothing to be said other than hiding it?
Until now, I literally didn’t know, so I couldn’t tell you. It’s funny, though.
“Dean, do you know about an institution called Paradise?”
Anyway, I started explaining in those words.
Of course, Tsumei shook her head.
“I am a member of the royal family, but I am also from there… ….”
If Dante had been here and not me, he would have told a story full of resentment, mixing the numerous experiments his body went through and the existence of his dead brothers.
I had no intention of telling such a long story.
Just tell it like it is. This happened, and that happened again. Sometimes things like this happened, and that’s how paradise exploded.
Even if it wasn’t a three-line summary, I thought it would be a three-minute summary.
“…… Well, it feels something like that. I don’t know for sure, but I think Bahamut’s heart was planted in me around that time, and I found out about it because I had some work to do while I was staying in the islands for the past few days. “I thought maybe I could use that as a countermeasure to my supernatural ability.”
I ended the story roughly like that. And then I waited for Tsumei’s answer.
Anyway, I don’t know if there’s really a way to use this heart.
I said so.
Tak.
The answer I was waiting for did not come, and then suddenly Tsumei’s small hand was placed on my head.
Tsumei didn’t know what to think, but she half-raised her body.
I blinked at her eyes and called her.
“Dean?”
“…… Great job. “It must have been difficult.”
“Yes?”
Then what came back was that.
It’s such an inappropriate thing to say in return.
…… No, of course it’s not a lie to say that Dante had such a past. But that’s not what I experienced.
But I can’t say that out loud again.
“Uh, um.”
Because of this, I had no choice but to quietly accept Tsumei’s touch, repeatedly opening and closing my lips.
Her tiny hands move up and down continuously.
It was at that point that Tsumei spoke again, without stopping the movement of her hands.
“…… Okay, anyway, to answer your question. It’s not impossible for humans to use the dragon’s heart. “It definitely had that use.”
“Ah, yes.”
“Certainly, if you use the heart of a dragon, that of Bahamut, your physical abilities will change dramatically compared to before.”
“Yeah… ….”
I answered in a low voice, nodding her head every time her words were interrupted. Still, I think to myself.
How long are you going to pat my head?
“I have a lot of advice to give. But before that, there’s one thing I need to confirm from you.”
Of course, whether I thought that way or not, Tsumei’s words did not stop.
Not to mention her touch.
However.
“Dante, you.”
At that moment, for just a moment, Tsu Mei slowed down the speed in which she moved her hands.
It has a slightly serious tone.
I suddenly looked up at her, and soon Tsumei looked down from above her and said,
“You are prepared to become a dragon, right?”
“… ….”
And at those words, my expression also hardened.
I looked up at her right away and thought.
What is Yongin?