312 – 299.Not Far End Point-2
After leaving the Elven Forest, we set out on a journey to the desert ruins.
In the process, time passed by in an instant as I chatted peacefully with Breeze and sometimes even made love.
The green grass withered away and a rough wasteland appeared, but soon a desert terrain filled with sand spread out.
As the temperature rose rapidly, we were greeted with extreme heat that felt like it would burn our skin, but it was meaningless to us.
Temperature has no effect on dragons, and I used mana to cool the temperature around me.
“People call snowy fields and deserts as barren lands, but I don’t think so. While large numbers of thick-skinned animals live in snowy fields, the desert is infinitely barren, right? “Both places may be difficult for plants to live in, but snowy fields are much better for people to live in!”
“Isn’t it because you’re a dragon that lives in the snowy fields?”
“This is an evaluation without any self-interest in it!”
“What… “I also think that cold is better than hot.”
“Are you saying that a snowy field is better than a desert?”
“Okay! “Then let’s go back to the nest and have our wedding!”
“What, was it about the wedding again?”
Throughout the trip to the desert, Breeze constantly mentioned the wedding.
The concept of a wedding also exists in dragons, and as they are a species with a significantly smaller population, they tend to consider weddings more important than humans.
“But I want to finish the ceremony quickly! “I feel like I want to take him to my nest right now.”
“Hold on a little.”
Dragons were famous for getting married only once in their lives.
For them, a wedding is considered a ritual that connects not only the body but also the soul with a spouse.
Although their weight was different, the fact that they were certain that they loved each other was not much different.
To tell you my true feelings, I also wanted to get married to Breeze.
However, I could not go back yet until I discovered the ruins in the desert and learned the secrets of my past travels.
As soon as we finish exploring the ruins, we will return to Breeze’s nest and tie the knot with her.
“So where is the ruins you wanted to visit so much?”
“I’ll be arriving soon.”
“All I can see is sand and cactus.”
“Because it’s usually well hidden.”
The ruins were wrapped in a transparent protective film and could never be seen with the naked eye.
No matter how hard Breeze tries to sense it with her mana, she will not be able to break through the shield created by Jinzo, who is believed to be equal to or greater than her.
There was no choice but to solve the gimmick of the ruins and remove the protective shield directly.
“Um, um… ?”
“What’s wrong?”
“There is a structure that is usually supposed to come out around here, but it is particularly invisible.”
“Are you lost?”
“No, this is the correct direction…” ….”
In the future, there had to be a pillar with a vampire inside.
But now, instead of the pillars, the landscape was a barren sandy desert.
Could it be that desert ruins did not exist in this era?
I couldn’t say there was no possibility at all, but I couldn’t easily give up on the questions that remained in my mind.
‘Amman, I don’t think the true ancestor of the vampires was born later than Gwangryong…….’
Of course, there is a possibility that Aira belatedly built ruins on the desert and made it her residence.
However, I was deeply troubled by the fact that there were many structures that contained more than several hundred years of history.
No matter how genuine you are, you cannot do whatever you want until the time contained in the structure.
“How long are you going to stay like that? “Even if you come in the right direction, if the stone pillar you mentioned is not there, I guess we should assume it disappeared without your knowledge!”
“Umm… ….”
“Unfortunately, the trip ends here. Then, let’s go back to our home and have a wedding… !”
“Wait a moment.”
“Are you still not able to let go of your regrets?”
“There’s one last thing I want to check.”
There were no stone pillars, but instead we went to a place where there were ruins.
The effectiveness of the protective film surrounding the ruins is imperceptibility and spatial distortion.
You cannot recognize the protective shield, and when you get close, the space is distorted and you end up in a space without ruins.
Therefore, you could never enter the ruins unless you disarmed the protective shield.
‘There may be no choice in my level, but as much as it is disappointing, I have to at least try…….’
I responded to the mana that had dissolved in the desert and slowly moved towards the space where the ruins were supposed to be.
Just when you thought you were almost there.
“Oh… ? What?!”
“Hey, Geonwoo!”
Suddenly the sand caved in and started pulling my body down.
The sand pit that was dug out in an instant was reminiscent of a trap in an ant hell.
When Breeze, who was watching from afar, flew in urgently, nearly half of my body had already been eaten by sand.
Fortunately, her outstretched hand reached her, but her situation did not improve at all.
The force of the sand being s*ucked in was as strong as the breeze pulling it.
“Ugh! Argh! “It f*cking hurts!”
When she complained of pain as if her arm was being torn off, Breeze stopped pulling me.
Instead, she chose to be s*ucked into the sand with me.
So we were eaten by the sand without even knowing what was happening.
“Puh haaat! hehehe! hehehe!”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes…. “Anyway, except that my throat is full of sand.”
“I was really surprised when you suddenly got s*ucked into the sand. “What on earth have you done?”
“I don’t know either. “I just approached the place where the ruins were, but was suddenly s*ucked in.”
I looked around to understand the situation.
There was a new space beneath the desert pit, and the ceiling entrance we entered was still spitting out sand.
“Isn’t this the ruins you were talking about?”
“Well? “I’m not sure that’s the case, because the entrance method to the ruins I knew wasn’t like this.”
“You’ll find out when you walk around here!”
Breeze took out the lantern she had prepared in advance and illuminated her surroundings brightly.
As the somewhat blurry view of the interior came into view, a mural caught my eye.
“This…” ….”
For a moment, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
The drawings on the mural were at the level drawn by an elementary school student, but the problem was in the content.
The mural began with a black-haired boy sitting on the floor and a black-haired young man standing on top of a horned monster.
Next was the scene where the young man from the previous picture was teaching the boy swordsmanship, and after that, there were many scenes where the boy fought against monsters with his new companion.
On the other hand, there were occasional stories about the young man who guided the boy, but the overall content was bitter.
A girl just watching as her boy follows behind her, or a woman shedding tears as she holds a woman in her arms with her eyes closed.
Unlike the boy’s story, which was generally bright, the young man’s story was extremely gloomy.
The finale ended with a scene where a boy and a young man face off with swords in hand.
“This is the worst content!”
“Adokchoi? What is it?”
“Ah… ! That… “That’s the title of a book I absolutely loathe.”
“Really? “The title is quite short and unique.”
“Because it’s an abbreviation. “The original title was quite long.”
“Then will you tell me? “I want to find it and see it later!”
“It’s not a book worth reading.”
“That’s why I want to see you even more. “I sympathize with you and would like to have an in-depth conversation about the contents of the book with you!”
The meaning was wonderful, but unfortunately, it was a book that did not exist in this world.
This is the world where the contents of the book were originally scheduled to be discussed.
As time goes by and Kang Jun-hyuk and Bern are born, if you watch their story closely, you will see that it is Adok Choi.
“I’ll let you know when I see it later.”
“Really? “Is that what you promised?”
“Yes.”
I took Breeze with me and left this place.
My mind was full of things to organize and difficult problems to solve.
Where on earth is this place, and why is there a mural depicting the contents of Adok Choi here?
In order to find the answer, I had no choice but to wander around here.
‘Maybe there is someone who dragged me here.’
I also took into account the possibility that the so-called author of Adok Choi is living here.
If the writer were really alive, he would beat him up without even looking back.
After that, I should say thank you. Even though I felt bad, I was able to find new relationships and happiness thanks to him.
“Geonwoo! “There’s a strange-looking box here!”
“Box?”
While I was daydreaming about various things, Breeze stopped me.
She was waving her hand at me from so far away that I couldn’t tell when she had gone.
But the box she mentioned was nowhere to be found.
As I approached Breeze with her doubts in mind, she thrust something at me.
“This is it!”
A box so cute that it fits into Breeze’s palm.
I chuckled at the size that could fit a ring, but then blinked for a moment at the phrase written on the box.
[Free Play Mimic♡]
As soon as I recognized the familiar English phrase, I saw a tongue sticking out from between the cracks in the box.
I remembered the fear I felt in the future.
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