episode_0033
by fnovelpiaAn intense vortex eventually begins to take shape.
It’s lumpy and clumpy, as if it’s sucking up light. It spreads out its branches. It’s like a plant, but more like a flame.
Stretch out.
Stretch out.
It stretches out even longer.
It’s as if I’ve suddenly fallen into deep water, and my breath is suffocated. It’s not water, it’s a sea of iron. The entire surrounding air feels like it’s been crushed by iron.
Darkness. Flames. And obviously, dragons.
What burst out from Karni’s body was a black flame dragon.
Why.
With Escaria gone and the territory now empty, it’s only natural that another demon would take its place.
But even so, isn’t that too fast? Normally, it would take several months.
“… It’s been a while since the kid collapsed.”
The voice itself had a powerful force. Just speaking was crushing.
“Is this your doing?”
Eyes. Bright red. That alone takes my breath away.
“Ha, haaak, haak… !”
I remember hearing that beyond that sky, far above the clouds, there is a pitch-black void where there is not even air.
It’s as if I’ve been thrown into a place like that, and I try to breathe by moving my muscles but it’s no use.
Cold sweat runs down my back.
The aura that Seed desperately emitted quickly dies down like a small candle under heavy pressure.
“Ha… . It was just a trivial thing, huh? Well, I guess I’ll just erase the memory. ”
The dragon’s muttering voice alone emits a chilling aura that makes it seem like his body will be torn apart.
The red eyes add light. The magic is concentrated.
and.
“Hey.”
The voice of a girl who was once a demon lord.
From Irusia’s body, a powerful energy burst out, breaking through the pressure.
“Closed eyes.”
The magical power that Irushia currently possesses is probably at the level of a 5th class. However, the power that is pouring out now is easily ten times that amount.
And it resembles magic.
A wine glass is still a wine glass even if the wine inside it is emptied. Even though all the magic inside it was emptied, Irusia was still a supreme vessel.
In other words, he was acting like a high-ranking demon with an intimidating presence.
‘It’s like pouring grape juice into a premium wine glass and pretending it’s wine.’
Pride, or perhaps self-esteem? It was something like a deep-rooted sense of value as a devil.
If you look down on someone, that’s the end of it.
Look down on your opponent. Squeeze out all your strength, even if after a few seconds your entire body’s magical power will flow back out and you will vomit blood and die.
“Wow. This is….”
Of course, someone who knows a little about wine will quickly notice that it is juice just by its color or scent.
Unfortunately, the Black Dragon knew at a glance that it was a bluff. But he knew.
So where on earth did those ridiculously expensive real wine glasses come from? Even if you know they’re fake, the questions still remain.
“… Huh, what kind of guy is he?”
Anyway, I decided to put it to sleep for a while and think about it.
The red light shines again. There is no intention to harm the two. A spell to put the opponent to sleep and erase their memories is formed in an instant and attacks.
And the voice of the seed.
“… What kind of gangster are you?”
They say that if you look down on them for even a moment, it’s over.
visor!
“Let’s stop doing that, okay?”
Strangely enough, the thick curse from the black dragon’s red eyes bounced off with a sound similar to the flicking of a sword.
On the broken silver sword that Seed wielded.
“I’m having a hard time.”
At this point, the Black Dragon was clearly in deep confusion. Not only was the invisible curse deflected by the sword, but there was something even more disconcerting.
For example, a weapon that kills a dragon is imbued with a unique aura that makes even the most enchanted weapons lose their power, as it is permeated with the dragon’s blood and other bodily fluids or waste.
The sword that was in Seed’s hand at some point was also filled with the blood of a certain being. The eerie aura of that noble blood was vibrating.
Something more than a dragon.
Something that surpassed the most powerful species, the dragon. Even imagining such a being was not easy for the Black Dragon.
… It was because I got a few drops of Irusia’s blood on me during my first encounter with Escaria.
‘These two, what the heck….’
A hollow vessel. And a trace of blood on the broken sword. And the silver sword itself has a strange feeling. And that swordsmanship, by any chance.
Complicated thinking. Several hypotheses and inferences are established. However, in the meantime, the magic that was bounced off returns and tickles the black dragon’s head.
“… Huh?”
With that foolish remark, the Black Dragon fell asleep. His memories of what had just happened, as well as any little bit of reasoning, were forever lost.
“Hot!”
At the same time, Karni opened his eyes. It felt as if he had woken up from a nap during class and was suddenly upright.
Irusia looked intently at Karni’s face.
‘When one falls asleep, the other wakes up. And that attitude. It’s not like they were just eaten… right?’
By the way, I was staring at your face.
“…Why are you looking at me like that? Ruler of Black Flame.”
“Hey, why is your face so half and half?”
At first, Karni’s face, hidden by the hood, was the most beautiful thing that Irusia had ever seen.
It’s really out of the blue in this situation, but it’s enough to make me have such an out-of-the-blue thought.
“I’m getting angry for no reason.”
Irusia glances at Seed.
“Haa, well… . Why are you doing this again… .”
As a seed, I was just confused. I didn’t understand the situation at all.
So I whispered in Irusia’s ear, as if I couldn’t understand English.
“… No, why, you’re so much better?”
silence.
“Oh, ugh.”
Steam burst from Irusia’s head.
“Ahhh… . This kid is crazy!!”
“Why have you been doing that since a while ago!”
Has my kind childhood friend disappeared forever? How sweetly he spoke to me.
“Ah, ah! That’s right, isn’t it objectively true?”
I didn’t even hit anyone with my fist like this.
“Everyone can see that it’s your opinion! You bad boy!”
“Why am I bad!?”
Oh, but instead, they burned them to death, chopped them to death, starved them to death, boiled them to death, and many other things.
Actually, it’s the other side that’s bad.
I still honestly don’t know exactly how I ended up embracing her.
‘Is it because of the face?’
There’s an epidemic going on again.
This was Irusia’s thought, roughly guessed by looking at Seed’s expression that seemed to have come to an understanding.
***
“What do we do now?”
“Looking at the back of Karni running away, saying he had to train, Sid said.
“Don’t you remember?”
If a being possessed such powerful magic, then Irushia, who was the king of all demons in her previous life, might know. No, it would be strange if she didn’t know.
“I don’t know.”
“No, you said you were the Demon King.”
“… Will the king remember the faces of his subordinates one by one?”
Irusia scratched her cheek, feeling a little embarrassed after saying what she had said.
“It’s not like the Demon World Mask is overflowing, but it’s still there, to that extent.”
If I go to a rural village, I’ll hear the town’s pride and joy just by having an Auror. But even in the Academy, there are a lot of Auror users. It’s nothing special.
“… No, but isn’t that level special?”
But if it was just 7th and 8th classes, there would be chaos. I could tell because I had been watching Irusia for a long time. It was clear that she was just beating around the bush.
Irusia realized that she had been completely seen through, and took a deep breath.
“… Whether it’s a black flame dragon, a female dragon, or a dark wyvern, the pitch-black ones all look the same so I can’t tell them apart!!”
Seed waved his hands in horror.
“Oh my, ugh! That’s not okay!!”
This dragon is a racist.
“Sorry!!”
Anyway, I needed to get information about that black dragon.
“It didn’t feel like I was just being a parasite… .”
Rather, I felt like I was strangely protecting Karni.
“But it’s the devil. It’s an evil dragon.”
Irusia cut it off.
It would be fortunate if they really were in some kind of symbiotic relationship, but the devil species is not a very trustworthy species.
Even if it looks okay now, you never know when it will show. In an instant, Karni can become completely ruined.
At least I needed to figure out what he was doing. Then I could either deal with him or something.
“… Wow, my wrist is creaking. Do you hear it? I hear a squeaking sound. ”
The fastest way would be to confront him again, but putting Karni to sleep again would be too risky.
“What do you hear? It’s really a loud, crackling sound?”
It wasn’t even a powerful attack that was deflected.
Even though it was an intangible curse that would normally feel like fluff, Seed’s wrist was like this.
The previous incident was because the Black Dragon let his guard down, and if they fought even a little more seriously, the two would be no different from flies buzzing around to the Black Dragon.
So Irusia came up with an idea.
“When he said that the black dragon wakes up when he falls asleep. What does it mean that he wakes up?”
“Hmm… Does that mean the black dragon is asleep?”
“To be exact, I would say that it went into the back of my consciousness like flipping a coin. You can think of it as a dream.”
It was a fairly common form of contract, so I knew about it to some extent.
“So on the contrary, I will go in.”
That was Irusia’s conclusion.
“What would change if I went in…?”
“In my mind, it’s just a dragon.”
Because Irusia’s spirit still had the scale it had when she was the Supreme Demon King.
All I had to do was seize the opportunity to delve into Karni’s inner self.
“It’s easier for someone else to do it than for me to do it myself… but can’t I help it?”
Although it is possible to penetrate the mind through magic, the process becomes somewhat cumbersome when the subject of the magic, the self, enters.
“Honestly, with my current magic power, it’s a bit difficult. Should I go up a class?”
Even though there are people all over the world who have dedicated their entire lives and failed to advance to that one class, I say this lightly.
The seed suddenly appeared.
“Well, if it’s like a dream, I’m confident too.”
He said so. Seed, too, could do his best in his dreams. Moreover, he spent much more time in his dreams than in reality, so he was used to it.
“Huh? Really?”
“Ah, I never explained this. This sword technique… .”
The story of Seed continued in this way and that way.
Before they knew it, the conversation between the two had turned to stories from their past lives, and they chatted excitedly like old people reminiscing about the past.
And then.
“You guys~. What are you doing here, making this mess?”
Before they knew it, Professor Mena was standing behind the two.
That also really pisses me off.
At that devil-like expression, Cid and Irusia silently held each other’s hands and witnessed the horror in silence.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz.
The teacher sighed, his voice slightly softening.
“Ha, I hit the nail on the head, really… . Both of you, follow me. The president is calling. ”
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