episode_0079

I ran and ran again, so as not to waste the time Camilla had given me.

There were no landmarks or anything, but I knew the path I had to take. I just had to go where I could hear the heartbeat of that hateful dragon.

After running at full speed for about 20 minutes, a terribly lethal female body appeared.

A body with beautiful proportions that makes you feel the mystery of the ancient times, pure white hair that reminds you of a snow field after the first snowfall, and clear silver eyes with no trace of cloudiness. Most men would worship her as the most beautiful creature in the world.

And I won’t blame them either, because even I cannot deny that mysterious beauty.

“That’s so beggarly. That beauty, and me who can’t deny that beauty.”

Even while being hit by the cold rain, the woman’s body was dancing. A graceful dance that humans, who live only for a mere 100 years, could never achieve. Come to think of it, it was raining when we first met.

It was a being so beautiful that it stole my heart in an instant when I was a child.

And now,

“Long time no see, Queen of Dragons.”

She was just a woman who felt more ugly than anyone else in the world.

“… Ah.”

She was so absorbed in dancing that she looked back and saw my unattractive face.

“Ahh…”

“If you’re going to talk nonsense, do it to yourself. Your nonsense will make my eardrums rot.”

“We finally met. Thank you, ancestors, for allowing us to have such a dramatic reunion.”

“I’ll be there soon, so tell them to thank you in person. I don’t know if they’ll hear my voice from hell.”

“You are also happy to be reunited with me. Yes, I am too. What words can describe this joy, this delight, this ecstasy?”

“You’re not listening to me. The basics of conversation are listening to what the other person says and responding accordingly.”

The Queen was my mortal enemy. She was one of the main culprits behind Leila’s death, and she mocked Leila’s death.

He killed my men, used their corpses as food, and even ridiculed them, calling them pathetic.

No matter what happened, I couldn’t let this woman live.

“I have a question. That arm that I clearly tore off. How did you regenerate it?”

“A touching reunion with you… I am so grateful for this miracle, a true treasure… How about you?”

“There are two possible means. A prosthetic hand made with technology I don’t know. This is unlikely. I could clearly feel a warmth from your hand that a prosthetic hand can’t produce. Even if it was made of a special mineral, it was too elaborate. ”

“I am truly happy. A dramatic reunion that seems to come out of a legend… Aren’t you happy? Don’t you think this is fate?”

“The most effective method I can think of is sorcery. You are probably good at that, so it would be the most realistic. However, what is bothering me is the price you paid for the regeneration of your arm. Regenerating your body would require a huge price. I wonder what you sacrificed for this performance. What did you sacrifice?”

“… you.”

“… You.”

I swung my blade with a destructive sound, and she kicked her leg with her brute strength. My sound and her brute strength were the strongest spears that could penetrate most defenses.

“You won’t listen to me.”

“You can’t even hear what I’m saying.”

The attack was easily blocked, however. The palm of my hand, which carried my deflecting sound, and her slender arms covered in scales. They were the best shields that could block any attack.

We both had the strongest spears and shields, and we were even similar in that we were slightly better at shields.

That’s why I felt bad, and that’s why she felt good.

“Don’t we look alike?”

“When I look at you, I feel nothing but a creepy discomfort. Just shut your mouth and die.”

“Aren’t we the same in that we are both third in the hierarchy? Aren’t we the halves that can truly encompass existence?”

“I feel like vomiting when I hear your voice.”

“This is truly what our ancestors have made…!”

I slammed my knee into the face of the Queen, who was absorbed in her speech, and silenced her noisy mouth.

“Wait a minute…!”

He grabbed the Queen’s long hair and covered her lips with his fist.

“The story isn’t over yet…!”

I grabbed the back of her head and slammed her into the cliff face, then ran straight at her so I could grind her face and shut that annoying mouth.

“A little bit! Let’s talk a little calmly…!”

I grabbed her hair again and slammed her mouth to the ground, squeezing out that annoying sound.

“… Oh you really.”

Despite all the violence, the queen paid no attention and simply spread her one wing and flew up magnificently.

I absolutely hated that arrogant attitude, as if my attacks had never worked in the first place.

I also found it irritating that he was trying to hide his arrogance by covering it up with the face of a girl in love.

Was it really her arrogant attitude that was bothering him? Or was it all her behavior that was bothering him?

It was an incomprehensible problem for me, a dull person who couldn’t even properly recognize my own emotions.

“Wow, you’re amazing…! Your indifference in ignoring my words… Your ruthlessness in swinging your fist without hesitation at me when I stop my hand… Your lovable side is growing day by day…!”

“… You’re crazy. You’re crazy beyond preemptive strike.”

It was creepy.

No, to be honest, it was a little scary. It’s easy to kill most emotions, but fear is hard to kill.

While other emotions arise from feelings or reactions, fear is an emotion based purely on instinct.

When life or something similar is in danger, the instincts intuitively signal that I am feeling that from this woman right now.

“Yes, it’s okay if you call me crazy. No matter what criticism you give me, my love will never waver.”

“……”

It was so absurd that I couldn’t even think of a bathtub to tell it to.

“Words are lighter than actions or feelings. My heart will not be shaken by words that are so light, nor will it stop my actions of courting you.”

“I think it’s a little funny that I’m saying this to other people, but…”

I adjusted my grip on my wand and glared at the Queen.

“You need to learn how to converse while being considerate of the other person’s feelings.”

“The important thing is that your heart and mine are connected. If we can connect, then there is no need to be considerate, right?”

I’m not particularly good at talking, but I felt dizzy when I was talking to the Queen.

“Sorry, but I have a hobby that involves connecting with crazy people…”

“Oh, right. I should return the favor I received from you.”

The Queen grabbed my face in an instant, faster than even my five senses could detect, and slammed me into the tree.

I felt like my head was going to burst, but the queen didn’t care about my pain.

“Raoul Bergé. The only man I acknowledge.”

The Queen’s fist struck my stomach.

“I love you. I can swear that I love only you.”

The Queen’s knee flew towards me to strike the bridge of my nose, and we collided with a loud crash.

“What do you think?”

Even though I managed to block the attack, I ended up taking some damage because my defense was too late.

“No matter how many times I ask, I’ll get the same answer. I’ll tell you over and over again. I hate you.”

“That’s a shame. My love is so pure, yet you don’t know it.”

That’s what I wanted to say.

“Do you think it’s normal for a woman to shout out that she loves you just by seeing you once?”

The Queen began to become obsessed with me immediately after our first meeting.

“You whispered your love to me after we fought just once. Do you think love is such a light thing?”

It was burdensome and repulsive. It was a behavior that would have been repulsive even if she had not been the queen.

“I want to ask if you know what conditions I have and whispered love to me.”

“…… Are you the one who says things that I can’t understand?”

The queen, on the other hand, started treating me like I was crazy and made an expression as if she found herself bewildered.

“I also spoke to the Demon King.”

“What is that now…”

“Love is the sound of the soul.”

The hand that was trying to pierce his heart stopped at the words, “echo of the soul.”

“If your heart beats and your soul cries, isn’t that love?”

“…..”

“Love is something that is originally confirmed through the heart. What fool would listen to the excellence of conditions rather than the beating of the heart?”

“……”

“Then wouldn’t animals whose purpose is mating be much more pure and beautiful?”

The queen was mad.

But because it was crazy, there were also parts that might be normal.

“… I admit it.”

I pointed my resonating cane at her and said:

“When it comes to love, you demons are much more pure.”

“Oh my, I’m so happy.”

“And now die in that pure love, Queen of Dragons.”