Time goes back-1
“A dragon.”
When Adele uttered the word, she narrowed her eyes in surprise.
I didn’t expect to hear about the dragons here. When asked if she knew about him, Adele shook her head and continued, referring to Lotos.
“If you say you are in an unexplored area, you must be interested in dragons. Isn’t it?”
“…I guess so. If it were unexplored, there would be only one thing related to it.”
“As well as looking at artifacts with interest when you stop by the South. I thought that if there was something, it would probably be a dragon. And if it’s a dragon… There’s one related to the northern part.”
I tilted my head when I heard that there was something related to the north as well. There was no way there would be any artifacts in this desolate snowfield.
It’s an area related to the dragons, but I’ve never heard that dragons hid relics or that there are any ruins in the north.
While researching the relics, he must have seen the North.
There were a few times I had been to the North, but I thought it was an area that had nothing to do with it in the first place.
The thing that broke that idea at once was the document Adele was going to show me.
One of the remains of the dragon, a place that was secretly built by those who worshiped the dragon in the distant past by accepting the will of the dragon.
Is there a reason this hasn’t been revealed to the world until now?
Adele said she just didn’t look into it because she wasn’t particularly interested.
For that matter, there were many parts that felt quite out of place.
I don’t think so, but if Keitel was aiming for something like this and killed Adele.
In the first place, rather than Adele’s power…if the unexplored area and the ruins related to this dragon were the purpose.
I wonder if I can understand why Adele died.
“Are we going to look at this together?”
“Yes, it is not too far from here. I’ll probably get there in a couple of tens of minutes riding a wolf. I have no intention of sending you alone. If you’re going, go with me, and if you don’t like it, I won’t let you go.”
“…If anyone sees you, you’ll know they’re obsessed.”
“Everyone sees a man who gets hurt or becomes dangerous every time he sees him. Think of it as your fault.”
I hoped she would refrain from doing anything that would catch Keitel’s attention, but it didn’t seem like anything would change just by not going with him.
Didn’t she die in the end even when she did nothing and focused on subjugating the aliens?
After thinking for a moment, he nodded his head.
Then, a smile came out of the complexion that brightened in an instant, and I couldn’t help but smile as I wiped my face.
I thought I had the initiative in this relationship, but maybe it was me who was being swayed.
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Adele didn’t say anything while riding the wolf.
Maybe it’s because the name “Saryong” doesn’t come close to me.
Even I was dubious about the existence of the evil dragon, let alone Adele.
Even if it was a dead dragon, an ancient being, if it reappeared, you couldn’t guarantee that you would be able to catch it.
Adele looked at me for a long time and then pursed her lips.
Seeing that he had something to say, he looked at her and slowly opened his mouth.
“Have you known about the dragons since ancient times?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Because it doesn’t seem like he’s suddenly interested in dragons. It’s like the fact that the masked people know that they’re looking for the evil dragon, and maybe they’ve been looking for it for a while- I thought.”
In fact, I’m more interested in Kaitel than the evil dragon, but he also helped me to use my thoughts.
Seeing me nodding, Adele let out a deep sigh and smiled bitterly.
When I wondered that he seemed disapproved of something, she answered.
“It seems like you always buy and do risky things. Even if you have multiple lives…Ha, is that why you live like that?”
“Even if it is dangerous, I can handle it, so I commit it. Who wants to die?”
“If there were, you would. There are enough talents to upset people. I want to give you a compliment.”
The tone was close to sarcastic, but it felt like my heart was stabbed by the words that clearly pointed out my attitude.
I asked if there is anyone who lives because he wants to die, but surely my life is for death.
I couldn’t be honest with Adele, so I was just flirting.
I don’t even need to be honest about it.
In the midst of the conversation that was cut off again, Adele, who had been staring at me, shifted her gaze again and looked ahead.
Headed forward across the slightly warm, but still cool wind.
Adele, who looked at the land near the east, not far from the northern mainland, eventually pulled out her own sword and stabbed it into the ground.
“You know that this sword is not ordinary.”
“Isn’t it a famous sword? It is also a symbol of the North.”
“It is also a sword that consumes so much mana that an ordinary person would explode if he used it. So…if you can pour magic into it, you’ve already gone beyond a certain level.”
That was why Adele lent me the sword.
If it were me, I would not only be able to withstand the magical power of the sword, but would it also be possible to wield it freely?
Magical energy began to flow slowly from Adele’s body as she stabbed her sword into the ground.
The magic power flowing towards the ground becomes a key in itself.
The area around the unexplored area was already full of magic power, so the earth that had been tinged with blue light slowly trembled.
Sensing her feet shaking, Adele drew out her sword.
“It means that it can be used as a kind of key. If there is a place that is sealed like this, I can forcefully open it.”
“My sword will be tough. It’s not like that kind of famous sword yet.”
“You can borrow it if you want. Of course, it’s on condition that I return it safely.”
Adele grinned and gazed at the completely open ground.
There was a staircase leading downward in the open ground with the shaking, but the energy I felt inside it crumpled my forehead.
Has Moon-seok ever reacted so strongly?
I realized right away that I was reacting to the artifact, but this reaction echoed as if I had found my other half.
My body trembled at the feeling of my heart beating like it was about to explode.
As my body swayed at the momentary blurred vision, Adele approached me and grabbed my shoulder.
“…Are you okay? My complexion suddenly got worse.”
“I’m sure there is something. I just felt it.”
“Don’t scare people. Because suddenly then it’s harder for me.”
Everything about the moon stone was close to the unknown.
An artifact obtained like fate one day, a relic that does not even come to mind from whom it was received.
I just remembered the fact that it started my regression as if it had been input.
It does not exist in the books, and the record that it exists is now completely destroyed and written as gone.
There is something. However, I couldn’t figure out anything about it. Maybe you’ll find out about it today.
As I cautiously nodded my head, Adele let out a sigh and fell off.
“Then let’s go in. Shouldn’t we see what’s inside?”
“If you’re not feeling well, see you later-“
“I need to see it now.”
The stern answer was purely for the purpose of resolving this question.
What is a moon stone, and why does it react so strongly to this place, which is only the remains of the dragon?
Adele frowned and nodded slowly, perhaps realizing that she couldn’t overcome my stubbornness after all.
“…Yes, eggplant.”
As I slowly descended the stairs, the energy of the moon stone reacting to this ruin was getting stronger.
It was so deep that I couldn’t see the end even while descending for a long time towards the darkness.
It looked like a structure similar to the tower in the south.
If you go down, there will be a huge pupil.
I walked while touching the old, damp wall, then swallowed my saliva as I looked at the strangely moss-covered wall.
The more mana is filled, the more abundantly these moss grow.
Adele, realizing that there was something there, also swung her sword, and the flames burning with magical energy ate the moss and illuminated the front.
Like a flame burning on a firebox, a fuse, the flames that move forward light the way.
“This is my first time in a place like this. It feels like my magic power is suppressed by something.”
“It must be the remains of the dragon. Although they were built by those who accepted the will, aren’t the ruins very mysterious?”
Adele nodded and slowly withdrew her magic as a huge door appeared.
The small remaining flame illuminates the only door left here.
Unexpectedly, the door opened easily when pushed with force, and Adele, who pushed the door and moved toward the other side, saw something and stopped walking.
And it was the same for me too.
Unlike the narrow stairs going down, there was a wider cavity than expected,
The first thing that caught my eye was the overwhelming size of the statue standing in the middle.
The dragon, roaring at something, was sticking out its teeth.
A being that sang the end by tearing humans to pieces and tearing down mountains.
The majesty of the dragon that tried to destroy the moon and dye the world into eternal day still remains.
Seeing this, Adele smiled and walked away slowly.
“Did something like this happen in the North? I guess I paid less attention.”
Unlike Adele, who focused on the statue, my gaze turned to the surroundings.
Around the statue, something was written on it.
As it was one of the letters I learned while exploring the relics in the past, I followed my memory and realized that it was an ancient language.
It was quite different from what I had seen in Arwen’s lab before.
Letters that were probably written a thousand years ago.
Slowly read the letters written exactly where the eyes were. It was related to the dragon.
“…The dragon that tried to steal the moon was sealed away. Here, the great dragon who spoke of the end of humans disappears just like that.”
The phrase, written like a fairy tale, felt like it had the magical power of bewitching people.
As I read each letter with my hand, I kept my mouth shut as I read the story after the dragon was sealed.
[No one could embrace eternal rest.
The curse that binds the mighty dragon is nothing more than a seal, though it will be lifted someday. The dragon did not give up until the end.]
It will be released someday, so Arwen is probably worried about it.
However, the phrase did not stop there, and my hand, which continued to read it, stopped at one phrase.
Words that would make your eyes narrow and doubt what you saw yourself in the moment.
With a small laugh, I had to admit that I had been foolish about my previous steps.
There is a clue in this nearby place, so why the hell have you been hesitating?
[The dragon was able to turn back time. If you wish, forever.]
The key to returning was the evil dragon.