Chapter 71
Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom.
She felt a huge amount of mana moving. At the same time, she let out a deep sigh.
“Phew.”
Dragons respect each other’s private territories, so it was impolite to move here without any contact.
“If it were any other dragon, I would have breathed fire.”
The place where Kadelina warped was Ravina’s nest.
“Shoot. I can take that much.”
“……”
“It’s just ticklish to be hit by the breath of a weakling.”
“……When will you grow up?”
Ravina sat at the tea table and moved her fingers.
The kettle boiled the tea by itself.
The kettle, as if it had wings, floated up and flew over, pouring tea into Ravina and Kadelina’s teacups.
“Welcome your younger sister properly, older sister.”
Ravina sighed again, saying, “Oh dear.”
Kadelina, the ‘Black Flame Dragon of something,’ and Ravina, the ‘Dragon of Wisdom,’ were polar opposites.
“If you’re going to spout nonsense like the continental extermination policy again, get out of my lair right now.”
“It’s not like that, older sister.”
“Stop calling me older sister!”
“You are my older sister. What else should I call you?”
“Sigh……”
Unlike humans, dragons are not attached to blood ties.
Once they become adults, they become completely independent individuals, and in most cases, they don’t care about things like parents, brothers, sisters, or anything like that.
However, Kadelina was a little different and bothered Ravina quite a bit.
“Fine. Do as you please.”
“That’s what I was going to do.”
“Why on earth did you come here?”
“I have something to discuss about Arun.”
Ravina’s expression softened a little at the mention of the name ‘Arun.’
Arun was currently one of the few baby dragons, and baby dragons are beings that all dragons cherish and love.
‘Sigh. I unconsciously thought of him as my nephew.’
Originally, dragons don’t even have the concept of a nephew. That’s how it should be.
This was all because of Kadelina.
‘Let’s not be influenced by Kadelina. Get a grip.’
Ravina cleared her throat and asked.
“Why? Is it puberty?”
“Do dragons have puberty too?”
“Dragons who have a lot of human experience also go through puberty.”
Ravina’s eyes narrowed.
She, who had a similar appearance to Kadelina but had a much gentler and warmer impression, looked at Kadelina for a long time.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I know a dragon who went through puberty for about 200 years. Humans call it ‘Chuunibyou,’ but that dragon had Chuunibyou for 200 years. I almost died cleaning up after him. I also had to act as a human Grand Duke, which wasn’t in my destiny. Well, I’m still doing it.”
Kadelina coughed.
“Why are you still talking about old stories? And you know, older sister, you enjoyed being a Grand Duke quite a bit, didn’t you? What was it? Grand Duke Rovena of the North?”
“Are you still fond of the name ‘Black Flame Dragon of Ultimate Termination, Destruction, and Transparency’?”
“……”
“Aren’t you embarrassed?”
“……Why should I be embarrassed?”
She was thinking that maybe it was because everyone else found it embarrassing, but she still didn’t understand it in her heart.
She still liked the title ‘Black Flame Dragon of Ultimate Termination, Destruction, and Transparency.’
“Do you still think you’re the strongest in the world?”
“……Isn’t that true?”
“……”
“Three ancient dragons came forward to stop me, but they got beaten up by me instead…… Mmph!”
Ravina covered Kadelina’s mouth.
“That’s not something to brag about, please! I can’t believe you’ve had that disease for 500 years, not even 200. Don’t tell anyone you’re my sister, it’s embarrassing.”
Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom, knew everything about her younger sister.
Even the fact that Kadelina still hadn’t escaped from her ‘Chuunibyou.’
The fact that her human experiences in her childhood were so intense that her dragon identity was slightly shaken as she grew up.
‘But she has grown up a little.’
Actually, at this point, it wouldn’t be strange for Kadelina to fly into a rage and breathe fire. However, Kadelina remained calm.
Ravina sighed and asked.
“So? Is there something wrong with Arun?”
“Arun remembers his life as a honey badger. A lot of it. And I left those memories alone.”
“What? Are you crazy?”
Ravina adjusted her posture.
The two dragons, who were polar opposites, began to talk.
“So? You just left Arun alone?”
What if his dragon identity is shaken? Are you going to let him become like you?
She stopped herself from saying that.
Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom, closed her eyes and thought for a long time.
“I’ll do as you say, older sister.”
Kadelina was a ferocious but innocent younger sister. And Ravina didn’t dislike that innocence of Kadelina’s.
If she really hated it, she wouldn’t have continued to meet with Kadelina.
“Arun is determined enough to want to deceive you, his mother. He’s different from ordinary dragons.”
Most dragons don’t have a purpose in life. They just live as they go.
That’s what they were.
“Such dragons usually have a very strong sense of self. Even that crazy kid who ran around thinking he was human didn’t lose his identity as a dragon in the end.”
“……So you’re saying it’s okay to just leave him alone?”
“For now. But I need to take a look.”
“How?”
“I have to meet them in person, Kim Beolkkul and Isabel.”
“Really? Will you do that for me, older sister?”
Ravina sighed again.
“I think you came to me to ask for that in the first place.”
“Hehe, was it that obvious?”
The Black Flame Dragon of something, who had pushed the world into fear, was always a younger sister in front of her older sister.
It was like that 500 years ago, and it was still like that now.
“Please, older sister. I love you.”
Kadelina went behind Ravina and hugged her tightly.
Goosebumps ran down Ravina’s entire body.
“Please! Get away from me!”
“Try to get away.”
Ravina struggled, but she couldn’t overcome Kadelina with her strength.
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At the site where earthquake recovery was in full swing.
“I feel good every time I see her.”
There was a girl who was called the human vitamin.
She was a young lady in her early teens, and she always did her best and always smiled brightly.
She sweated every day and enjoyed it, which energized the work site.
“She’s a fallen noble, right?”
“How can she be so bright despite her difficult circumstances?”
In a few days, Isabel had become quite a celebrity.
Isabel herself didn’t know that. She was just grateful and happy every day.
“It was hard today too.”
Her whole body ached.
If she didn’t have Bilotian’s physique, she would have collapsed several times from the workload.
“Hehe, muscle pain.”
She used her back and arms too much today.
Isabel hummed a strange tune.
“My back is aching, my arms won’t go up.”
New experiences that she couldn’t even imagine in her previous life filled her.
Her back hurt from moving her body a lot. Her arms wouldn’t move from lifting heavy things.
Where could there be such happy pain?
‘My magic is quite helpful too!’
She felt good and hid in the blanket.
She only peeked out her eyes and looked at the ceiling.
No one was listening, but she boasted anyway.
“I’m quite useful. I’m helping out here and there.”
Being a helpful person was such a pleasant thing.
After a little while, she got up and went to the window.
It was 9 p.m., time for Kim Beolkkul to appear at the window.
‘Huh?’
It was 9:01, but Kim Beolkkul didn’t appear.
‘What’s going on?’
Since the time she had a bad cold, Kim Beolkkul had visited Isabel’s room every day.
Isabel had become accustomed to hugging Kim Beolkkul and sleeping, so she felt very empty without him.
‘I hope nothing happened.’
9:30 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
No matter how much time passed, Kim Beolkkul didn’t appear.
‘No. Nothing will happen. Honey is brave and strong. He promised to always be by my side. Honey keeps his promises.’
Come to think of it, he never promised to come at exactly 9 p.m. So it wasn’t wrong for him to be late today.
Midnight passed, dawn broke.
At 7 a.m., Viaton knocked on Isabel’s door.
As soon as Viaton saw Isabel’s face, he noticed her condition.
“You didn’t sleep well?”
“……Yes.”
Isabel didn’t say anything, but Viaton knew everything.
“Kim Beolkkul wasn’t by your side, was he?”
“……Yes. I hope nothing happened. I’m so worried.”
Viaton smiled.
“I’ve never seen a honey badger as brave as Kim Beolkkul.”
Viaton immediately realized that Isabel was feeling a great fear.
He placed his hand on Isabel’s head.
His large, warm hand covered Isabel’s head, and the warm mana leaking from his hand warmed Isabel’s body.
“You don’t have to worry. If he doesn’t come tonight, I’ll look for him.”
“Teacher?”
“I’m on vacation right now, so I’m free.”
“What? You were on vacation, Teacher?”
This was also the first time Isabel had heard of it.
She thought he was dispatched to serve her.
“Why are you here if you’re on vacation?”
“I’m here because I’m on vacation.”
Viaton, who couldn’t leave Isabel in the care of anyone else, followed her even though he was on vacation.
“You should be resting comfortably at a resort or something.”
“Wherever the Princess is is a resort.”
“Th, that’s very kind of you to say, but……”
She felt it was very shameless to ask Viaton, who was on vacation, to find a honey badger.
Seeing Isabel like that, Viaton sighed inwardly.
‘She’s still not like a child.’
Isabel was once again considering the circumstances of the adults.
Viaton felt a little sad that Isabel had grown up too fast.
It felt like she was running through life much faster than others.
He spoke cheerfully.
“Wow, it would be so much fun to play find the honey badger. I have to find him. Hehe.”
But Viaton didn’t need to find Kim Beolkkul.
Because someone was holding the unconscious Kim Beolkkul by the scruff of his neck.
At the construction site where work was in full swing.
Viaton approached a woman with a sword in his hand.
Viaton’s expression was very serious.
“It would be wise to put that honey badger down, Grand Duke.”
Grand Duke Rovena of the North.
She, the only magic swordsman who could rival Emperor Ron with a sword and Viaton’s teacher, had appeared for the first time in 10 years.