68 – True parent, no, only mother (2)
“Why does the thread go out…”
“Did I drop something outside? No, that can’t be possible…”
She was locked in her room for three years and loved by her mother.
And even just a few days ago, I… Did things together that cannot be put into words.
As I did the things her mother did,
They left marks on each other’s bodies.
In other words,
There was almost no chance that I had left something outside.
Nevertheless, the red thread was facing outward.
Across the garden, looking connected to somewhere in the distant landscape,
“Break off the spell. Something is strange.”
Mom immediately turned her head to me.
In a room now completely dark, yellow eyes flashing.
“Is something wrong?”
“…There’s no way your magic was wrong.
He is a great student who always listens faithfully to my teachings.
I can’t say that mistakes or errors occurred.
Didn’t you do an excellent job of finding what was lost right away?”
The black lid in my hand.
It was closed on a fountain pen exposing the nib.
Before I knew it, the gaze that had been directed at me had shifted to the outside world.
“It’s okay.
I’m just going to check outside.”
Despite saying that, the eyes that have never left me –
It felt like I was heading to a different place for the first time in quite a while.
Outside.
A place I can no longer go to.
Now trapped in her mother’s cave, her mother was talking about scenes she could only encounter in her memories.
“It won’t take long.”
It was my first time seeing wings in a long time.
But I couldn’t be held in those hands.
“…Please come back.”
Just waving her hand and facing me-
“You know she won’t be your mother when you return, right?”
“Yes, Rosaria… Ma’am.”
“hehehe.”
Now, all I see is a dragon whispering about a new relationship, something that is all too familiar.
The full moon in the sky was speaking.
Isn’t it time to give up?
The air still blowing in from the blue sky outside,
And do you miss new people?
Would you like to go on an adventure again, avoiding the dragon’s eye?
Countless people groan and kneel before the red dragon,
Do you want to see each person asking for forgiveness?
Those who are with me,
I was caught in the tail that wrapped around me,
Do you really want to see blood shed?
Incessantly, the moon in the sky asked.
Yellow, resembling mother’s eyes.
“…No, hey.”
Tears fell.
My body wanted freedom, but
It was nothing but poison to those outside.
And,
The mother I can’t live without now is definitely…
“I don’t want…”
The cold wind wrapped around me.
A fact as cold as that made me tremble.
I am just a human who loves a dragon.
The wizard in the heroic tales people talked about,
A son who will make a name for himself in the world and find his parents,
Prove to the world that the red dragon is not an evil dragon,
There is also someone who can bring happiness back to her mother who lost her world…
I couldn’t become it.
So I couldn’t go outside.
You know how a dragon becomes angry after losing the most precious thing.
And that anger is not for me to bear, but for innocent people to cover it with their own blood…
Because I have come to know it very well.
***
“…”
Something jumped out from the entrance of the quiet cave.
At first glance, it may have seemed like a wild animal, like a bat, out to find its prey with eyes that pierce the darkness –
In that case, the flap of its wings covers the sea, land, and sky…
It belonged to someone who could not be compared anywhere else.
“…Intruder, Ra.”
Her sleeping golems spread throughout the forest whispered.
Birds with red magic in their bosom chirped, tickling their master’s ears.
Someone dared to set foot in her forest full of trees.
“Three, Ini?”
That’s what it sounds like.
Yes, a heavy sound.
“What kind of brave three would have ventured this far? I need to see their faces…”
Three years.
And the days and weeks that felt like moments?
After crossing the line with the boy she loved, she was gradually losing her sense of time.
If only it weren’t for the ‘things’ that bothered him from time to time –
I didn’t know if I could face a fate that would be the same as sealing myself.
“The things you want are always hard to come by.
Always… Always been like that.
Fate and fortune side with my enemies,
Pain and despair are with me even at this moment.
It’s just a pity that in the end, all I have to do is achieve everything myself.”
With her wings folded, she gracefully took a spin in the air.
With the horn full of marks left behind by the person I loved, facing the ground –
The cold night air was cut in half.
And,
“So, the ones who will bother me this time…”
She was able to see a very familiar face.
I sincerely resented it.
I cursed with murderous intent,
The woman who promised to tear her to pieces if she appeared before my eyes again,
It was right in front of my eyes.
“…Gella Luterrier.”
The red dragon did not hide his emotions.
In its raw form.
Lightly blowing out flame-filled breath through your mouth –
Her hair, which had lost its golden color, was singed black.
“When we meet again, I know for sure what will happen then.
Crawl under my chin like this again?”
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But strangely enough.
The woman who hung on to her life in her indecent behavior was not present that day.
As if something precious had been lost,
With eyes open, unable to properly retain even a single ray of light, despite being bathed in brilliant moonlight.
“I just brought a guest.
Dracea… Rosaria.”
Ruterrier slowly revealed the people hiding behind me.
“Your adoptive son… Those who call themselves Russell’s father and mother,
I thought you might be curious.”
It looks a little old,
But that doesn’t mean these two have completely aged.
They look too young to be called mother and father, but
It’s hard to deny, but there’s something similar about it.
“Dang, you… Who – “
“I don’t remember telling you to open your mouth.”
“Hee, hee…!”
Rosaria did not hide her heightened nerves after meeting her enemy.
Because we don’t know what will happen to the fate brought on by bad luck.
“What on earth are you thinking?
Are you looking for a place to die? Or not…
Are you going to at least offer a tribute and say goodbye to my son?”
“…”
Lutherrier did not answer.
While humans tremble in fear in front of the angry dragon,
She just stared ahead calmly.
In the moonlight that just happened to shine, I showed off my scars.
“I didn’t cause this wound.”
“…The parents that the child was desperately looking for – “
“Because I know that much.”
To Luterrier who doesn’t even make eye contact,
To the intruder who does not even reveal his true intentions,
The dragon bared his teeth.
“Where, how, and why did they bring them here?
What on earth are you planning?
When I should be the happiest,
Now that I finally feel like sealing the cave –
Why do they come all the way here and throw stones?”
“…”
“Answer me.”
There was no violence.
There was just a long silence.
With just that, a man with chestnut-colored hair,
The woman with gray eyes crouched and trembled.
“…”
Nevertheless, Luterrier does not speak.
However, his eyes were shaking ever so slightly, unable to look straight ahead.
Finally, the emotions of the woman who could not maintain her composure came out.
Fear.
However, Rosaria had doubts as it was not aimed at something in front of her.
Our eyes haven’t met since the moment we met.
A doll that acts as if it has no emotions at all, like hanging on a string…
In the end, the red magic made the horn shine, and soon colored the eyes yellow.
“…Hmm.”
Countless scars left on the face and arms.
The moment she gnashed her beloved’s teeth with her own hand still remained a nightmare and tormented her.
The fishy scent of blood,
The cold energy of the body that did not cool down even in the cold winter…
However, in her memories,
There were no injuries to Luther.
She said she would make you pay for messing with mine, but
She never put it into action.
Don’t hit me with a whip,
No bruises from her fists,
I didn’t even cut it with a knife.
And above all,
I had no memory of putting a leash on her.
The gray, vaguely connected thread, resembling a dark cloud, was heading toward the outside of the forest.
Despite being weakened by the numerous magics cast to block outsiders and the energy emitted by nature itself –
Ruterrier seemed unable to shake it off.
As if my life was at stake.
“Ha, because of this?”
With a snap of her fingers, Luterrier sat down.
I exhaled and traced her neck with my fingers.
And then Rosaria trampled on her neck with her foot.
“Ke, keheuk…!”
“Who else did they bring with them this time?
As if trying to steal my child wasn’t enough,
This time, you put that tail in front of my eyes to bring me some kind of misfortune.”
“Oh… Ormr…”
With that one word, the dragon pressed on her neck with even more force.
Not even a handful of air can enter.
My face was completely buried in the dirt, and I couldn’t even come to my senses.
“Did you even go this far knowing my relationship with them?
How foolish one must be to make such a decision.
Why, did you think that all you could do was make the excuse that they were on a leash?
I came here as a hunting dog for those who hunted me.
If you thought you could go back with your life on the line…”
Just before my struggling body stops,
The dragon’s paw picked up the dog’s neck.
Just before it dies, it croaks and swallows air in an attempt to somehow survive again.
“Before that, let me show Russell what you look like.
How harsh the outside world is,
Because you came to me as a great example of how cruel and mean it is.”
Leaving behind Luther, who was crawling on the ground and shedding tears,
The dragon stepped forward and looked down at the humans embracing each other.
A couple sitting down and trying to hide their fears from each other.
Rather than sorrow, hope, or joy in those eyes –
The exact opposite things were filling up.
That’s why the dragon laughed.
Parents are,
I feel like it really doesn’t have any more meaning than I thought.
