15. Dragon of the End – 02
One day, Claire asked her mother a question.
If you feel good just by looking at someone, if you want to be with someone all the time, if you feel that your heart is warmed just by talking with them and standing in the same place, then you know what that person is. What do you think?
To that question, Claire’s mother answered with a smile.
“Then you are in love with that man.”
“… I didn’t say I was a man.”
“Well, it’s okay if you don’t try to hide it. Mom can understand everything no matter who you bring.”
Feeling like her mind has been read for some reason, Claire puts on a pouty expression, and Claire’s mother giggles and giggles as if her daughter is just so adorable.
“The original human heart is like that. Falling for someone without even knowing it, missing someone for a reason that even you don’t know, and eventually liking it. It’s like I got married before I knew it because I met your dad often.”
“… Mom said Dad met him because he was handsome.”
When Claire replies in a dumbfounded way, Claire’s mother just shrugs her shoulders lightly.
“Did I? Well, looks can also be a factor in liking other people. But I mean, if your dad was simply handsome, I would never have married your dad. Because the human heart is not that simple.”
“There is a meaning in meeting people, and there is a law in the accumulation of relationships in such meetings. And such a relationship will enrich your life and make you more loved as a person.”
“So, daughter, don’t be too suspicious of what you have in your heart. Because the heart you have for that man is only your own happiness that comes from your choice.”
Unfortunately, it seems that her mother’s words were wrong from the very beginning.
[The reason for everything is very simple. I hoped to keep a constant eye on the man out of your sight. It’s a fact you don’t know, but that man and I have a pretty deep relationship.]
[But even if you were like that, that man was a person who didn’t want to easily connect with others. Just like you, that man was also a terrible coward.]
[In the end, you, who are connected to me, needed some kind of trigger to get closer to that man. And, in my judgment, the trigger was the feeling of love.]
Indeed, the mysterious voice explains in a way that it is very enjoyable. As if he had been waiting for the time to explain this to Claire.
[I have artificially carved a curiosity about the man into your mind. If you have a very small relationship with him, so that you can keep an eye on him a little more and be interested.]
I thought it was love. I thought I fell in love with someone for the first time. Even if he was taken away by other women, I thought that this feeling for him was mine.
[It was as expected. Because of your mistake, the man was injured, and you talked a lot with him while nursing him. And the more you talked, the more you hoped to learn more about the man.]
[Curiosity about him soon turned into interest, that interest turned into liking, and liking soon turned into love. It was a very natural result, and at the same time it was a predestined result. Because all of that was what I intended from the beginning.]
Just looking at you made me feel good. My heart is excited when I talk to you. If you tell me that the lunch box I packed is delicious, I feel proud for some reason.
And I loved the fact that I felt these feelings while looking at you.
[At first, I tried to be content with observing the man closely. However, I decided to change my plan after seeing a dark stain-like emotion wriggling in the corner of your heart. Because that black emotion is nothing else, it is a very ugly feeling of jealousy and lust.]
But now I see that it was all an illusion. It must have been a mirage. It must have been nothing more than a fleeting and useless thing like the moon shining on the surface of the water or a sandcastle.
[You envy those women who can casually approach areas that you can’t easily approach, then you become jealous, and in the end, you have a murderous intent. And the more you harbor those negative feelings, the stronger your connection with me is. Isn’t it something I can’t just open my eyes and miss this golden opportunity?]
In the first place, all my feelings were lies. Since it was a lie from the beginning, everything that makes up a person could not be true. The sense of helplessness that engulfs my whole body leads me to ridicule me, saying that you were just a fake doll from the beginning.
[Hey, to be honest, that alone was a waste of spectacle. What a miserable little boy who grieves alone, swayed by his mind and emotions, at best! How can this not be a ridiculous skit!]
Indeed, the sound of harsh laughter fills the surroundings. But none of that mattered.
I couldn’t come to my senses at the thought that what I believed in and what I valued more than anything else was actually a fake.
[No, it’s not just the heart. The magical talents of the children of Mascarena, and the fact that you exist in the present age, are all nothing more than the results of what I prepared 200 years ago. You, the woman, were destined to be my puppet even before I was born.]
[Now you know. you are my doll None of the things that make you a woman are true, and everything that makes you comes from Me. That said, you were a fake who did not deserve to exist in the world.]
I realized for myself that the life of a woman named Claire Delphine Mascarena had no value from the beginning.
[How dare a woman who has nothing of her own, who is just a doll, say that she loves another man! Wouldn’t that be the reason that pride is a fraction of oil!]
That very fact tore my heart to pieces.
[No, now that I think about it, it seems that there was at least one meaningful thing in your life. That I have become the touchstone to be liberated from the cursed seal!]
[Rejoice, Claire Delphine Mascarena. You, with your own hands, became the main cause of the demise.]
… sick. In the opposite sense to when he was taken away right in front of my eyes, my heart hurts as if it were being burned. What on earth did the woman who is me live for?
[Ah, by the way. Do you know why I teach you these facts in detail?]
Suddenly, that voice that had been laughing at me changed to a gentle voice like that of a benevolent king.
She didn’t want to answer, but regardless of Claire’s will, her mouth opened by itself and she finally spat out the question she had in her mind.
“… no, i don’t know Why?”
[That’s it. Because I want you to hate me.]
[I mean. It is a being that feeds on human wealth. As long as there are people who hate me, I will not die, and as long as there are people who hate me, I gain strength. And you are an existence that can hate and hate me like that.]
[How about it, do you hate me? do i resent you? Do you want to kill me right now?]
Even though she knows very well that this is not the case, something dark and dull comes up from within her heart and eats away at her heart.
And that black impulse became a clear mind and filled her whole body.
Right now, at this moment, the feelings that didn’t come from that, but from Claire’s sincerity, were nothing else-
“I hate you. I hate you so much!”
[This is the correct answer. Great, Claire Delphine Mascarena. my precious doll And a human who hates me madly. Thanks to you, I can make humanity decline again.]
[In return, I will make your wish come true. After annihilating all humans in the world, I won’t kill that man in particular and make him your puppet. Since there will be only you two in that world, that man will also look only at you without losing sight of you. Well, there probably isn’t any reason left to look elsewhere in the first place.]
hate. I hate the presence in front of me so much. He couldn’t possibly forgive the things he had cherished until now, and the fact that he treated the existence of himself as a toy.
Even though he knew very well that this kind of feeling feeds that, he couldn’t control his mind.
want to kill It was unforgivable for that thing to live and breathe on this earth. Even if he were to die on the spot, only the dark urge to take that much as a road companion was full in his head.
[no use. As long as you hate me, I will never die. Likewise, you, who are connected to me, can never die. What you do now is worthless in the end. As if the meaning of your existence was like that.]
“Shut up!”
conjures up magic Her heart, dominated by an unprecedented murderous intent, completes the casting in an instant.
The magic prepared is the ‘Cocytus Spear’.
It was the magic with the greatest firepower that Claire knew at this point, and at the same time, it was the magic that she practiced over and over again so that she wouldn’t make that mistake again.
A huge spear of flame was created in front of Claire, and it took less than a second for it to fly towards it.
Fortunately, that seemed to be mocking her, so she just stared blankly at her until Claire finished casting.
Yes, please belittle me to your heart’s content. If it’s this great magic, even if you can’t kill it, you can at least inflict the least amount of damage-
[no use.]
Fish meal-
However, the ‘Cocytus Spear’ that Claire shot out was destroyed by itself as soon as it touched its body.
[How dare you think of fighting with magic in front of me. You are indeed arrogant. Claire Delphine Mascarena. It seems you still don’t know what I am.]
thud-
The moment it took a step forward in the deep darkness, Claire was able to confirm its true identity.
A gigantic body whose beginning and end cannot be identified, scales with absolute resistance to demons, wings that are folded now but seem to be able to cover the sky itself if unfolded.
Innately controlling the magic of the air itself, the breath coming out of its mouth burns everything in the world, and its existence itself represents perfection, so the name of the creature that is said to have no rival in the world is-
“… Dragon of the End.”
When Claire blankly muttered the name, the dragon looked at Claire with a genuinely satisfied expression.
[That’s right. This body should be the one who brings the human age to an end and opens the curtain on the end.]
[Even though it was a shameless resistance, it’s a bit impolite for a doll to fight against its owner. First of all, before we leave this place, should we fix your habits?]
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Muttering so, the moment the dragon of the end was about to approach Claire-
“Where are you trying to get those dirty paws off? And, if you have a clue, why don’t you open your mouth a little? Women don’t really like the smell of a disgusting lizard’s breath.”
A voice she knew all too well came from behind Claire.
She secretly begged to meet her one more time, but she didn’t have the courage to do so, so she dared to speak out until now.
“… jin.”
When Claire muttered that in a tearful voice, the Dragon of the End paused for a moment, then looked at him with a delighted expression.
[Welcome, it’s been a while.]
“… Long time no see? when have we ever seen I don’t remember ever knowing a lizard like you.”
When Jin said that in a sullen tone, the Dragon of the End laughed at him as if it were really funny and opened his mouth.
[You’re saying something quite disappointing. In my memory, the memory of meeting you already countless times remains vivid.]
[So, let me say it again. I sincerely welcome you.]
[…] my hometown. and an old friend. Regressor, Jin.]