Gaiden ― Later Illusion (16)
“You look worried.”
I nodded at the words of Gina, who was sitting next to me.
Gina, who was wearing a ribbon indicating that she was in the same grade as me, was waving with a smile to the passing students.
“Gina, you are popular.”
“I did not know? Brothers and sisters were popular in the old world.”
Gina handed me a can of soda and whispered.
“And you weren’t unpopular either.”
“I?”
Gina looked at her as if she was saying what the hell he was saying, and she made a face that said, ‘That’s it’.
“but… I’m an idiot for expecting this man.”
“You say that to your brother again.”
“What did you say. Are you and I classmates now?”
Gina answered with a grunt, and took out her share of the drink can.
“So what made you look so serious?”
“It was for a wedding present.”
Gina nodded her head as if she understood.
“I’m thinking of giving you something suitable. Or just pay a congratulatory money.”
With a click, the child took a sip of the drink.
“By the way, I’m not very familiar with those two, am I? To be honest, I was invited as a bonus thanks to my brother. Would those people feel burdened if they received something grand from me?”
“Well, that’s it too.”
After muttering like that, I paused for a moment.
Gina looked at me like that and asked as if wondering.
“what’s the matter?”
“No, I’m a little frustrated.”
I frowned slightly at the pressure that rubbed my chest for a moment, and then waved my hand as if it was okay.
Gina said to me with a worried expression.
“… what? Why are you holding onto your chest to make it ominous, have you been tested?”
“Yeah, no problem. It was just a psychological problem.”
Despite my answer, Gina continued to look at her as if worried.
When I smiled and said that it was really okay, the boy nodded reluctantly as if he understood.
“Well… Then how about asking someone else?”
After a while, he passed by and tapped my shoulder.
“There is Evangeline. I’m close with Lee Myung-joon, and since he’s a co-worker, I think he knows what he likes.”
I heard it was a pretty good comment.
I nodded my head involuntarily and looked to the side with a slight smile, but I frowned slightly as if I had found something in a passing bag.
“what’s the matter?”
“yes? Yes… No, just… .”
There was a letter in the bag that Gina took out.
You could tell what it was just by looking at it.
“Is this a duel?”
“What do you mean, really… .”
Gina made a face that looked like she was genuinely annoyed.
“Oppa, can you please stop gags with that guy? Do you really want to hit one every time you hear it?”
“… sorry.”
I nodded my head obediently, dehydrated by the sharper reaction than I had expected.
Gina, who was glaring at me with thin eyes, muttered as she looked around while holding the letter.
“Nothing strange… There are no blades or poison attached.”
After opening the letter, Gina nodded her head after checking the contents for a moment.
“It was also a confession.”
“confession? Did you have any flirting kids?”
“no. I don’t even know who he is.”
Gina put the letter in her bag and sighed.
“Why do you think someone you don’t know in detail will accept a confession? I can’t afford to ignore it, so it’s very inconvenient.”
“… So, didn’t you go around acting cold like you usually do to your brother? Then half of the kids who confess to you would be reduced.”
Gina muttered bluntly and burst into laughter.
“Hey, the older brother who said that was being cold to the people around him and was spending frantic nights every day.”
Having said that, Gina gently leaned her head towards me and started to smell it.
I was startled and quickly pulled the boy away from me and whispered.
“Hey, hey! When other people see it, they misunderstand it!”
“What about it, then I’m comfortable. At first, rumors were spreading that me and my brother were actually dating.”
“What?”
Gina asked me with a small smile as I was staring at her with an absurd smile.
“Hmm, what does this smell like, Mr. Yuuna?”
“… … .”
I closed my mouth.
Gina put the letter back in as if she liked it, and then gently flicked her hair.
“What… I can’t help it. Have you ever been confessed to as soon as you entered here in the first place? I am a sinner, I am a sinner.”
Gina muttered in a self-helpful voice, as if she had become an actress in a play.
“Ah, I can’t sleep at night when all the boys think of me today.”
“Hey, Yujina!”
With his face blushing, as if he was trying to say something like that, the boy burst out laughing out loud.
After a while he passed by and nodded.
“Anyway, go find the real Evangeline. In my opinion, no matter how much I think about it, it seems like the right person to ask.”
… In the end, as Gina advised, she came to Evangeline Lohengrin’s private room.
However, there was a sign that said ‘We will not accept visitors for a while due to personal research’, so we were just about to go back.
“Why are you coming all the way here?”
Evangeline, knowing how, opened the door and came out to meet him.
In the meantime, she sat me down on a chair and handed me coffee. She looked at me and opened her mouth with a languid voice.
“okay.”
Behind her were piles of reports that seemed to have been submitted by me and other students.
“What did you come to me for?”
Sitting across from me, she smiled softly.
“… I’m going to do anything, so I hope you give me some good grades, I didn’t mean to say anything like that.”
She tilted her head as she looked up at what he meant.
“I looked at the report you submitted first, and as I said, I was looking for something about dragons. It’s a plus point here… .”
She shrugged her shoulders a little and burst out laughing.
“What if I only focus on the breeding and marital relations of dragons? It should have focused more on how it evolved and adapted.”
“ah.”
As soon as she made a face that wanted to miss her, she burst into laughter again.
“Yeah, what did you come to me for, just kidding?”
“Well… For a wedding present.”
Clink!
At those words, Evangeline spilled the cup of tea.
“Surprised, are you okay?!”
“Uh, huh? uh huh? It’s okay, are you okay… .”
For an instant, her face turned red, and she covered her eyes with one hand and muttered as if pathetic.
“Ah, this bastard’s axeman really… .”
After muttering like that, she returned the spilled tea to its original state by waving her fingers.
Then, after taking a deep breath for a moment, he looked at me with a face that regained his composure.
“… Myung-jun, are you talking about that guy’s wedding present?”
“Yes? Yes, it is. Is there anything better than that?”
Something wasn’t right, so she nodded as she answered cautiously.
“Yeah, don’t worry. Because I misunderstood for a moment… More than that, it’s a wedding present… uhm.”
After thinking for a while, she looked at me.
“It certainly doesn’t matter. Because it has many meanings… It’s a bit difficult to simply give a congratulatory money.”
“Yes, it is. To be honest, I have been indebted to Lee Myung-jun and Horie in many ways.”
It’s not that they weren’t, but they were people who helped me both physically and mentally in any situation.
It was a sincere sincere wish to celebrate their wedding in a grand way.
“It was a secret, but… I prepared this.”
She pulled something out of her arms.
It was an ornament in the form of ankh, an Egyptian hieroglyph similar to a cross.
“Ankh? Is it an artifact?”
“right. I prepared it myself in the sense of promoting harmony between the couple.”
She muttered proudly that she had stacked various effects, such as increasing good fortune and restoring mental and physical stability.
“I did my best to make it as good as possible.”
“Ugh, seeing that makes me even more concerned. I don’t think it’s possible if you don’t give anything in the middle.”
“The heart is important to a gift, not its value.”
“It’s a problem because I want to give something more valuable.”
Evangeline said as she looked at me in trouble.
“But do you really need to worry about that? ? If Jihyeok is something that only you can get and is valuable, you already have it.”
She put her hands together to create the shape of flapping wings.
Using her long, thin fingers as wings, the bird fluttered and flapped its wings.
“A dragon’s body. That too is the body of a black dragon.”
Her hands were in the form of birds, not dragons, but the words she uttered sounded plausible.
“But it would take a lot of time to process it.”
“Do I really need to process it? To put it bluntly, just handing it over as raw materials would be a great gift. Lee Myung-jun, that guy as well as Yuzuki-san must be well aware of the value of being a wizard.”
“Uh… .”
“Dragon scales or teeth. This is going to be great, but it goes a little further and contains blood… In such a case, the value will literally skyrocket. In the first place, even if you give me a million dollars, I can’t get it.”
Contemplating her words, I nodded.
I thought it was good to listen to Gina as well.
“Thank you for your advice. I have to do what you said.”
“I’m glad it was helpful.”
She gently waved her hand to me as I got up from her seat and whispered.
“To add a little bit of selfishness… I hope it will help you in the future.”
* * *
“… therefore.”
Minerva looked at the wide open space and looked at me.
“What was the reason for calling out your real woman like this?”
“uh? What, weren’t you listening?”
“I was listening. That’s why I’m asking.”
For some reason, her voice was full of sharp edges.
It wasn’t her mood, but her pupils were split vertically, and her tail was pounding the ground rough and thumping as if to represent her mood.
“… What is it? Did anything bad happen?”
“My dear. I’m just asking just in case.”
Minerva asked me.
“I’m going to rip off the scales of my mother-in-law and give it to them as a gift, isn’t she thinking like this?”
“Ah, what is it? Could it be because of that?”
I wondered if something serious had happened, and I quickly lost my pulse.
Minerva was staring at me as if he wasn’t joking.
Seeing her like that, I smiled and replied.
“Is that possible? Minerva, you are mine. But where is the idiot who gives my precious things to others as a gift?”
“What… ?!”
Minerva trembled in surprise.
Sbangali muttered quietly.
[I think I’m going to vomit because it’s disgusting.]
… To be honest, I, who was the one who spoke out, was also embarrassed, but I knew well that clearing up her misunderstanding even if I overdo it a bit in this situation.
I slowly started taking off my jacket.
“Obviously, I was going to rip it off and give it to you. But Minerva, you know… It’s a little hard to control me right now, isn’t it?”
“Uh, uh. Obviously it is.”
“That’s why I called you to ask for some help.”
We are in the wilderness.
It was an abandoned land and a wasteland, uninhabited even in a radius of several hundred kilometers.
“Can you help?”
“… … .”
Minerva pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.
She looked at me and smiled confidently.
“Sure. Leave it to your wife.”
“Thank you, so let’s start right away?”
With those words, I immediately started spouting dragon blood.
I could feel my body slowly changing, and after a while I could feel that I had become a half-human, half-dragon.
Minerva stood next to me like that and muttered with an ecstatic expression.
“It’s always fascinating to look at… If you were born as a dragon rather than a human, you might have had hundreds of companions just for your looks.”
I laughed a little at her joke.
The sound of an animal, not a human voice, resounded low.
[…] Whoa. It’s a little harder than I thought.]
Even though I said that, I was able to keep my sanity without difficulty.
[Minerva, I’m going to change little by little here, so I’ll ask you to control the hemolysis… ?]
I felt a slight tingling sensation on my back.
That was the moment I thought about what it was.
It was because the moment he felt the pain, his consciousness evaporated in an instant.
[…] … !!!]
The last thing I remembered was Minerva, who was just looking at me, who was rapidly expanding, with still eyes.
* * *
“What the hell is this?!”
Not long after, Minerva casually greeted Han Soo-young as she walked across the space.
“Oh oh. Are you here, swimming?”
“Now is not the time to say goodbye to each other. !”
In front of her was a black dragon roaring and running wild as if she had lost her mind.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Han Soo-young knows the identity of that dragon the best.
“It’s ridiculous, why is Jihyuk suddenly like that… ?”
Minerva quietly confessed to Han Soo-young, who was muttering in disbelief.
“That’s what my mother-in-law did. I purposely made his dragon blood run wild.”
“What?”
“It was necessary. As you knew.”
Minerva replied.
“Sooyoung, didn’t you know that the dragon’s energy was accumulating in his body more than necessary?”
She repeated it once more.
“It was necessary.”
“I mean now… !”
First of all, Han Soo-young quickly opened a barrier around her surroundings.
It was because, no matter how sparsely populated the place was, he did not know that unforeseen circumstances might arise.
“I admit that she used some rough means. But there has never been a more effective way.”
She sighed quietly.
“In the beginning, weren’t you also worried because you couldn’t find a way to deal with the energy that had accumulated in his body? Unlike before, the dragon’s blood that continues to accumulate in excess will only harm his body.”
she whispered quietly.
“It must have threatened his life in the future.”
However, Han Soo-young said as she added that there would be no need to worry as his heart, which is placed in his chest, will take care of itself once this incident is over.
“… If that’s the case, I should have talked to Ji-hyuk at least.”
“Then it wouldn’t work. A dragon’s heart is a bit tricky in the first place. My niece knows that well. Because it was the heart of the woman who wore it for hundreds or thousands of years.”
Minerva said with a small smile.
“When will there be another chance to not be suspicious of him?”
Han Soo-young took a deep breath.
“… Yes, I understand what you are thinking. then.”
Han Soo-young immediately reached out to Yoo Ji-hyuk.
In short, it was because he had heard Minerva’s story that if the dragon’s blood ran out and he turned into a dragon and defeated him, the problem would be solved.
A circular sphere appeared again in her hand.
She was going to use her manager’s authority to shock Yoo Ji-hyeok as quickly and painlessly as possible, but she couldn’t.
It was because of Minerva, who was right next to her and grabbed her hand.
“You don’t go out.”
“Are you going to do it alone?”
“okay.”
“However… .”
Han Soo-young was unable to speak until the end, so she hesitated.
But Minerva, who understood it properly, grinned and smiled.
“swimming.”
“… yes.”
“You look at me with so much respect.”
Minerva’s pupils were vertically split.
Recognizing his mistake, Han Soo-young immediately apologized, saying that was not what he meant.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. I just… .”
“My wife is grateful to you.”
Turning her head, Minerva suddenly muttered something like that.
“Originally, after her disappearance, she and Sbangali would have been destroyed side by side. … However, I certainly do not forget the grace that saved the two of us by quickly placing them in the new Seven Evil Bells.”
“… … .”
“Sooyoung, I ask you like that. What is your maiden name?”
Han Soo-young whispered quietly.
“… Minerva.”
“Yes, my true wife is Minerva.”
she replied
“After becoming your Seven-Evil Servant, they say they are just living in peace, and even though they have fallen compared to the past, it is this Minerva that was once called the strongest Seven-Evil Servant.”
“… … .”
“If you, who chose your true woman and no one else, thought that your teeth and claws were rusted, then there is no shame above this.”
If he was sane, he couldn’t get tired of someone who lost his temper in that way.
Slowly returning to her original form, she whispered a word.
[Be careful not to break the barrier or break it.]
With those words, she ran towards the opponent in front of her.
* * *
… It feels like my body is breaking.
It was the first thought that came to my mind as I regained consciousness faintly at some point.
After that, I could notice that someone was hugging me, and that the pain I felt in my chest disappeared as if it had washed away.
“Ner, what else are you going to do?”
Han Soo-young.
It was her voice.
“What are you doing? Of course, isn’t it decided?”
Minerva’s voice was heard.
I felt someone stroking my body.
“Now that the dragon’s blood flows properly, we have stopped the flow, so we need to correct the other blood flow as well.”
“Gee, what are you talking about now? Manly!”
“Um?”
Minerva muttered as if incomprehension.
“At first, the loser is the winner. Also, in this duel, the main woman has an advantage in many ways, but the fact that the main woman is the winner does not change. So, can’t the loser be seen as the spoils of the real woman for this moment?”
She let out a small laugh.
“And there is only one thing I have to do since I have obtained such a supreme booty.”
“Ji-hyuk will die after that!”
“No way.”
Then there was the sound of someone swallowing, and something sticky slipped into his mouth.
I smelled blood.
“… after. Dragon’s blood is no less than an elixir to those who endure. In other words, her blood is the best healing agent and tonic for him.”
“… … .”
After a while, he said, “Hmm,” she let out an empty cough to hide her embarrassment.
“What… What would you do with Sooyoung?”
“… … ?!”
Then there was a loud shriek of what it meant.
Minerva murmured, as if it was so unusual.
“Originally, I don’t have a hobby of sharing the spoils of my mother, but… Because you owe a lot. Even if we are together, don’t get angry or block us.”
“mi… Mine, Reba.”
I could no longer just listen.
As I muttered in pain, Minerva looked at me in amazement.
“Dear, are you out of your mind?”
He said to her with sincerity and sobbing.
“I’m really dead… .”
“… … .”
“I, later… huh? please… .”
Shaking her head and begging, Minerva let out a small sigh.
She gently placed her hand on my chest and whispered.
“… It was a joke, but I really can’t.”
“What… ?”
“My dear.”
Minerva’s eyes were split vertically.
It was said that she was extremely angry or excited.
“Who are you sobbing and whispering in such a sweet voice to entice you?”
ruined.
It was the thought that came to my mind as soon as I saw the sadistic look in her eyes.
“To be honest, the original form or the appearance of the half-dragon would have been better, but now it doesn’t really matter.”
She growled at me and whispered.
“In the meantime, let me close my eyes with this for your deeds that you didn’t care about even though your mother was watching with her eyes open.”
Here, I instinctively turned my head towards Sooyoung.
However, in this situation, the only person who could save me was somehow avoiding my gaze and spreading a barrier.
It was a barrier of soundproofing that I was familiar with.
“… Swimming?”
“… Hmm, hmm.”
After she finished spreading the barrier, she put her hand on the cardigan she was wearing with an awkward cough.
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Bro got double teamed lmao!