15 – In the palm of the dragon (1)
– Gigi Geek.
“Ugh…”
As expected, I don’t think I went here alone.
The dark and cold moonlight is not something you can rely on,
I barely move forward, holding the red, warm light in my hand.
When I looked back, it seemed like it was already too late.
In my memory, she held hands with her mother and went outside through a special door.
Even just a few days ago, I don’t remember walking that long.
Maybe I should have gone out the window instead.
But.
“This…Is…”
That thought was so naive,
It was an instant for her to realize how great her mother’s magic was.
The moon was clearly rising beyond the window,
There were mountains and clouds in the distance.
But this mansion I was in was horribly far from the ground.
“Oh my god.”
Obviously, the walls stretched out like this on the outside,
There wasn’t such a thick forest right below.
It couldn’t have happened like this in the first place.
Is it a hallucination?
Is it just an illusion that created magic?
Still… The cold wind that was brushing my cheek right now was clearly coming from the open window.
“As expected, I don’t even dare to try it…”
Of course, if you shoot this fireball from your hand and set the forest on fire –
You will be able to know in an instant whether it is true or false.
But I couldn’t bear to throw it.
Those tree branches swaying every time the wind blows couldn’t be said to be a lie.
How long did I walk like that?
– Gigi Geek.
The sound of iron scraping something was heard again.
This time, I ended up stopping when I heard the sound a little closer.
“I’m going crazy, really…!”
I can’t shine brightly,
In a hallway where you can’t even see the end.
I had to stop and throw it away.
A landscape that still hasn’t changed.
The moon seems to have stopped in place.
Will day actually come?
In the middle of the hallway, even those thoughts begin to occur –
I sat down.
“Huh, huh…”
I didn’t open the door expecting something like this.
I just want to get out of this place and face the world,
And I wanted to tell people my mother’s story.
But this.
This was too much.
– Geek Geek.
In the rising fear,
What is reflected in the narrowed field of vision is a shadow of something.
It looked like a human, but its movements were anything but human-like.
The sound of twisted arms and legs creaking and armor scraping against each other.
– KiGeek.
That it was looking at me,
When I realized that I had noticed the light I was holding…
– KiGeek. Geek. Geek. Geek.
“Wow!!!”
He was running toward me from afar, twisting his body wildly.
I don’t know what it is, but it is by no means human.
It was too late to put out the fire,
When I ran away, I looked behind me and saw the same scene.
White and pale light seeping in from the occasional window.
A wall filled with identical doors.
Where on earth is the letter I left, in this invisible space?
“Please, please…!”
In the end, I chose to turn off the light and run wildly.
I hope I can find the room I came in again.
– Squeak, squeak, squeak…
Somewhere I arrived on my feet without even having time to come to my senses.
Luckily, the speed isn’t that fast.
Only a faint creaking sound could be heard behind me as I let out a deep breath.
The cover of the magic book I was holding tightly was already slightly wet with sweat, giving it an unpleasant feel.
“Haaa…”
How long did he run?
Where is my room?
…Mom knows I’m doing this –
She tried to shake the thought that suddenly occurred to her from her head.
She got away from her mother, who wouldn’t have allowed something like this in the first place.
And this is the first step I took to repay the favor.
It was already something that should not be relied upon.
– KiGeek.
But that sharp, dull sound that came periodically kept bothering me.
To the point where I want to cover my ears,
The sight of it gives me goosebumps to the point where I want to go back to the time when I didn’t know the secrets of this hallway.
In the end, the figure that I cannot tell if it is human or not will meet me as it walks.
If that happens, I will be in a difficult situation once again.
Because…
“Of course, will I have to open the door to find out?”
The door looks as if it had been taken out and put back in, then taken out and put in again.
The sight of the doors that I always opened and entered lined up in the same manner was, as expected, extremely frightening.
Unless, by chance, it’s not my room.
If you open the door, how many more things like that are there?
…Before I opened it, I gently put my ear to the door and held my breath.
– Squeak.
I tried to ignore the sounds coming from far away, held my breath, and concentrated…
“Hihi!”
…This time, a strange sound of laughter suddenly broke out in the room.
In the end, I had no choice but to run and scream again.
I guess the only consolation is that there was no sound of the door opening.
***
“Poor Russell. You’re so scared.”
Room inside the red door.
The owner muttered, raising the corners of his mouth as if torn.
“If you say you’re going on an adventure for me, but you’re that weak – ugh.”
The bad laughter that erupted from time to time was always accompanied by the boy’s screams.
Desperate footsteps even came from outside the door several times.
“If you’re that scared, I wish you could just open any red door… Really.”
Heavily crumpled, carefully unfolded and nicely personalized letter.
I was angry at the contents carefully scribbled by the ‘son’,
The dragon that trembled and embraced it was just engrossed in the scene unfolding in its hands.
“Ouch, that direction is where Lord Gelt is.
That’s right. Because that road is already blocked. I have to go back, right…”
At first, she could not forgive the letter saying that she would confidently go forward to achieve the dream that she had clearly told her to give up.
I dare to persuade foolish people,
Thank you for your precious time and youth,
He immediately caught the boy and scolded him for saying that he would waste his gentle heart and upright eyes.
She planned to make him see only her.
However.
The heart and eyes.
Ultimately, she is the place where that time and her youth will be spent.
Rosaria realizes that she is essentially declaring that she will dedicate her most precious moments to her red dragon…
“…If you cry like that, I want to hold you in my arms right now.”
I twisted her body over and over again and just enjoyed the child’s crumbling heart.
Intruders who died, went crazy, or turned into something else in the space she spread out.
The sight of them trampling on a vulnerable boy while keeping them just enough so that they are not dangerous,
It was truly worthy of the title of Evil Dragon.
The sound of ‘Mom’ that burst from her bright red lips over and over again gave her a thrill.
When I saw her crying and regretting her choice, her big tail whipped around.
It writhes violently, hitting her bookshelf once and even pounding the bed-
He was showing his master’s emotions raw and without any filter.
But when Russell composes her mind and moves on her feet once again.
If you look at the ‘knights who could not die’ crawling out of the open door from time to time, they step on the fire and extinguish it.
She was smiling happily and supporting her son in a small way.
Either way.
Whether we collapse or overcome.
Because it was very clear that her heart was ultimately directed towards her.
“You save me.
I will definitely announce my innocence to the world.
It’s lovely.
I’m going crazy because it’s so adorable…!
Isn’t that right, ‘pillow’?”
“Ugh…”
An object that a young boy considered a friend.
The fact that even the things I cherished and poured out affection for were forgotten in front of the ‘dream’.
He didn’t even glance at me until the moment I left.
The red dragon didn’t know what to do and continued to wag her tail.
“How full of my thoughts.
How much do you value me to make me look like that?
Are we trying to move forward by overcoming fear that we cannot bear again and again?
Huh?
I don’t even have much magic to handle.”
Close the completely treated room,
When she saw her child sitting down and catching her breath, she snapped her fingers.
“The next room, no matter where it opens, is the dining room, Russell.
Shouldn’t there be some time to rest?”
The dragon, who did not lose her role as a ‘mother’, was merciful.
The evil dragon was displeased with the boy who dared to escape from his grasp,
At the same time, Rosaria, who knew the reason, fell in love with Russell for a long time.
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She took out several bottles of the drink she had chosen to drink in abundance and prepared it –
“Now, enjoy your meal. hehehe.”
In a dark room without a single light, she laughed, shaking her body.
Feeling the tip of her tail trembling wildly, and even feeling her joy, were never those of ‘mom’.
“Ah, this is…”
The boy entered the room while looking around and hurriedly closed the door.
She sat down in front of the table and put down her spellbook.
She then hurriedly picked up spoons and bread and started shoving them into her mouth, as if she was starving.
“That’s right. If you use too much strength, you get hungry.
Preparing things to nourish yourself as a wizard is a basic skill?”
However, Rosaria did not forget the role of ‘mother’.
If the child’s determination to return the favor was this strong, she was willing to support it.
“You don’t even know that, but you dare say you’re leaving…
How can someone come up with such cute thoughts?”
If she was truly Russell’s ‘mother’.
The yellow eyes were burning as he watched the drink being passed over the mouth and the stomach being filled.
The finger she had carelessly put in her mouth was the same one that had been bitten by the boy.
And her hair-covered ears still only heard one word repeated over and over again.
“I love you as much as you do, even more than you love me, Russell.
So there’s nothing we can do about it. If even a single tip of your head gets hurt,
If you, who are cute and lovely, get hurt… My heart might break.
So, will you forgive me for being such a bad person?”
This time, with a heated sigh, she finished her meal and looked at her child, who was finishing up her food.
Her eyes were only looking at her child’s delicate neck and lips.
The sight of her chewing the food she prepared and slobbering over the parts she swallowed was absolutely,
They could never be called parents.
“Thank you, always.”
She suddenly heard that voice,
The dragon, who had been immersed in desire, was startled and pricked up her ears.
A new stimulus appeared in her as she listened to her screams, cries, and yells.
It is –
“Mom.”
A smile like a flower appeared in the midst of a child’s desperation.
The dragon did not miss that.
