I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 137

Chapter 137

Viaton recalled the conversation he had with Rovena in the past.

‘If your teacher says something, just listen to it the first time.’

‘If I eat it, will you give me 500 Dillon?’

‘500 Dillon, my foot.’

‘Dillon’ was the currency unit of the empire 500 years ago.

However, Duke Rovena responded naturally as if she had lived in that era.

Karin made a doubtful expression.

“You know about dragons?”

“Well. For now, let’s focus on restoring Karin-gyeong’s mana circuit. I don’t think it will be of much help in its current state.”

And a few days passed.

Viaton and Karin, with the help of Beksa’s research materials, created a small pill.

It was a mystical pill that restored destroyed mana circuits.

“There’s one last thing we need here.”

“……Indeed.”

Even Beksa had only completed this pill theoretically.

There was a reason why this was only possible in theory.

“A powerful ice-attribute mana that can freeze everything beyond the horizon. However, this mana must not be superimposed. At the same time, its destructive power must be significantly low, and it must be mixed with a few impurities.”

There was no paradox like this paradox.

That it should not be superimposed meant that one person had to operate the mana alone.

First of all, there are very few humans who can emit such powerful mana alone.

If there were, it would be a very skilled mage.

But if you are such a powerful mage, you will naturally have pure attribute power, so impurities cannot be mixed.

Even if impurities were mixed in, the magic of a mage who can wield such power naturally boasts tremendous destructive power.

It was full of contradictions.

Karin shrugged.

“I think I know why it only exists in theory. This is impossible.”

“No. It’s possible.”

“Thank you for saying that, but what can’t be done can’t be done.”

Viaton said.

“You say that because you haven’t seen the miracle that Her Highness performed. I understand.”

“Miracle?”

“Yes. Arctic shaved ice, I don’t know if you know it.”

Karin had a slightly puzzled expression.

She had never heard of the word ‘Arctic shaved ice.’

Even if there was a magic with such a bizarre name.

“Why is Sir Viaton bragging?”

“Did I brag? Not at all, I’m a person who doesn’t know how to brag at all.”

“……”

“What’s so great about the fact that only I witnessed Her Highness performing a miracle? I was so surprised that you even fainted at that time. Of course, I held you in my arms at the exact right time so that you wouldn’t get hurt. Haha.”

“You’re saying that’s not bragging right now?”

“Isn’t it humble?”

“Please, I’m saying this because I think you should be humble.”

No matter how you looked at it, he was full of himself.

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Viaton visited Sky Island.

There was a huge mansion in the center of Sky Island, and this was Duke Rovena’s mansion.

“What brings you home?”

“If a person is not at home, then where would they be? What brings you here?”

“If your lovely disciple visits, shouldn’t you welcome them?”

“If you see your respected teacher, shouldn’t you bow your head first?”

“What era is this that you’re saying such old-fashioned things?”

“Old-fashioned?”

Rovena frowned.

It was the first time she had heard that word, but she didn’t want to say she didn’t know it.

However, Viaton was quick-witted, then and now.

“Old-fashioned, don’t you know?”

“I know.”

“What is it?”

“……”

“It’s okay. I understand that you don’t know new words.”

Viaton laughed meaningfully for a while before bringing up the main topic.

“I’ve been suspicious for a while, but I found this in my mother’s belongings.”

It was a very old portrait.

A portrait of the first Grand Duke from 500 years ago.

“Doesn’t it look too much like you, Teacher?”

“Of course, I look like him, he’s my ancestor.”

“It’s been 500 years?”

Viaton’s eyes narrowed.

“Teacher, be honest.”

“About what?”

“You’re a dragon, right?”

“Dragon? What’s that?”

“I guess you’ve changed to a setting where you’re not very good at improvising.”

“……”

It was even stranger that she didn’t know about dragons.

It was considered a legendary being, and some claimed that dragons didn’t exist, but it didn’t make sense that she didn’t know about dragons themselves.

“……”

“……”

An awkward silence passed between Rovena and Viaton.

Viaton cautiously opened his mouth.

“Are you going to die a dragon?”

“……Should I just kill you?”

“They say dragons get angry if you say this, are you really angry?”

“……”

“Do you perhaps massacre people who know your identity……?”

“There is no such law.”

Rovena sighed.

There was no rule that you shouldn’t be caught during play.

“So? What’s the reason you’re confronting me like this now, even though you’ve noticed it from before? My lovely disciple.”

“I need a dragon’s heart. Can you give me some?”

Crackle!

Lightning struck.

Viaton hurriedly threw himself to avoid the lightning.

He was able to barely avoid it because he had been trained by his mother, Beksa.

“Are you planning to destroy the mansion?”

“I think it would be easier to just kill you.”

“No, can’t you even give me your heart, you stingy thing? Don’t dragons have like 100 hearts?”

“What are you talking about?”

Rovena poured out several lightning strikes.

Viaton’s clothes were torn here and there, and his face was slightly sooty, but he was not fatally injured.

“Even dragons only have one heart.”

“Then do you die if you give your heart?”

“You’re saying obvious things.”

“Then can I kill you, Teacher?”

“As much as you want, if you can.”

Rovena grinned.

Viaton took a step back.

“I’ll give up for now. I don’t want to die first.”

“That’s too bad. I was hoping you’d attack with all your might.”

Rovena’s eyes narrowed.

‘His skills have improved tremendously.’

Originally, when you reach a certain limit, your growth rate slows down.

In Rovena’s view, Viaton was already a complete talent who had reached his limit.

She thought it would be difficult for him to grow any further, but it seemed like she was mistaken.

Humans grow higher when given the opportunity, and it seemed that Viaton had been given such an opportunity.

‘This is why I like humans.’

If you think this is the limit, you overcome it, and if you think the next limit is here, you overcome it again.

Some humans seemed to have no limits.

She said.

“If it’s because of the Mark of Narvidal, give up.”

The smile disappeared from Viaton’s face.

Rovena continued, unconcerned.

“Even dragons can’t do anything about that divine curse.”

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Bilotian Imperial Palace, Serna’s bedroom.

Serna looked up at the moon.

‘I need to talk to Duke Bladock.’

A tradition that has continued for the past 500 years.

Through this encounter with Sermon, Serna began to have doubts about that tradition.

Unlike the overly chaotic past of Bilotian, now, centered around Emperor Ron, a powerful centralized system had been established.

There had never been a Bilotian as powerful as it was now.

In this situation, is the ‘First Shadow’ really necessary?

The Geomrim Academy still insists that the First Shadow is essential, but is it really?

‘Times have changed.’

She could feel it while watching Sermon.

Sermon was enjoying the moment when he was being scolded by Ron.

Like a child who wanted to be scolded.

‘His Majesty must know that too.’

He was a taciturn person, but he wasn’t someone who lacked awareness.

That’s why he might have intentionally overdone it.

‘Can’t we change too?’

Her top priority was also the prosperity of the Bilotian Empire.

Because that was the top priority of her beloved husband, Ron.

In her younger days, she ran breathlessly for that.

She ran fast, and when she looked back, she was too far away from her blood relatives.

After a while, Ron entered the room.

Serna, still looking up at the moon, said.

“My love for them was real.”

“……”

Tears welled up in her eyes.

Ron just quietly approached and hugged Serna from behind.

“But it was only in my heart.”

“……”

“Could that really be called love?”

She began to reveal the things hidden deep in her heart, the things she had to give up and ignore to become the mother of all, in front of her husband.

“I knew Kaman wanted me so much.”

She couldn’t not know.

As a mother, she couldn’t help but know.

“But I was too busy.”

I had to stop the war, and I had to bring prosperity to the Bilotian Empire. I had to mediate trade disputes where countless interests were intricately intertwined.

She didn’t say those words.

Because it was an excuse anyway.

“In the end, I couldn’t give them even a piece of love.”

“……”

“These days, I keep thinking that love without action is not love.”

“You did your best.”

“Was it really my best?”

“Definitely. I guarantee it.”

“I also believed that and ignored reality, but it doesn’t seem like it. Our daughter teaches me so much.”

She realized it while looking at Isabel.

Maybe what I’ve been doing may not be the best.

“My daughter is much better than her mother.”

Isabel risked her 5-year lifespan for her friend, the honey badger, and fought the one-eyed giant to fulfill her responsibilities as a princess.

She created the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate for the soldiers in the Elbe Mountains and developed ramen for the hungry and weak.

She gave Karin spring and made Viaton smell human.

The people of the Kingdom of Alphea call Isabel sunshine.

“People can’t be perfect, Serna.”

“But I think we can try to be better today than yesterday.”

Serna was silent for a moment before speaking again.

“Even though I vaguely thought that we might not need the First Shadow in this era, I didn’t try to abolish the system. I conformed to the existing system. I rationalized it by saying it was the last bastion for the Imperial Family. Maybe I wanted to avoid conflict with the Geomrim Academy.”

In the process, she only felt sorry for the child who was sacrificed, but she couldn’t do anything for them.

She just comforted herself by not scolding them and treating them kindly.

“I thought I loved my children more than anyone else…… but in fact, I didn’t love anyone. I was the mother of all, but I couldn’t be the mother of my own children.”

Serna cried for a long time while being held in Ron’s arms.

“I want to be a mother to my children. But is it possible now? Wouldn’t it be too hypocritical?”

“I’ve never seen you fail to achieve anything you set your mind to.”

Ron tightened his arms around Serna.

Ron felt a lot of heartache.

‘You were a giant.’

That giant was suffering in his arms.

In a form smaller than anyone else.

That sight made Ron feel tormented and pained.

‘It feels like you’re scolding me severely.’

Serna called herself an unqualified mother.

That meant that Ron himself was also an unqualified father.

‘How can I become a good father?’

Ron had never received such an education.

Good parents?

It was a concept that didn’t exist in the Bilotian Imperial Family.

‘I don’t know.’

I wish someone would teach me, but he didn’t have a mother or father either.

And time passed, and Isabel’s ninth birthday arrived.