episode_0102

From my perspective, arrows rushed towards Akasha in what I desperately hoped would be the last time. If the opponent was decent, this would really be the end of it. But that guy, Arjen’s uncle, was not an easy opponent at all.

Kiiing!

Akasha’s eyes, which instantly returned from her human form to her original form, glowed red. I was displeased with the eyes that vaguely resembled Arjen’s, as if trying to prove that they were blood relatives. The problem didn’t end with just not liking it. For some reason, the power of the arrow decreased drastically.

“Ugh!”

Of course, just because its power was reduced does not mean it could be underestimated. In any case, the World Tree’s bow, like the Holy Sword, is an object imbued with the power of someone who is revered as a god in this world, so it easily pierced Akasha’s scales, which looked very strong at first glance.

‘It’s a big deal…’

When you fight, you get a rough sense of it. That was my last chance to gain the upper hand. However, the opponent returned to his original form and weakened my attack using unknown means. Now the only way was to run away like Arzen said.

“Hehe… I see. It was the bow of the World Tree.”

The dragon’s intelligence seemed to have realized the identity of the object in my hand, albeit belatedly.

“Then it must be Prinia’s power. Even though they are of the same race, the wavelength is slightly different from Stella’s, so they cannot be neutralized like the Holy Sword.”

“…You neutralized the holy sword?”

It was only then that I realized why Wayne was lying helpless. That dragon named Akasha, like me, had a way of ignoring Stella’s sacred power, including the holy sword.

And I’m not sure of the principle, but that method seems to work, albeit weakly, on my bow. That may have been the reason why the arrow’s power suddenly dropped.

“That’s right. Come to think of it, there was something I wanted to share with you. Although I have a lot of stories to share with Arjen…”

As Akasha said that, she glanced at Arjen, who was crouching behind me and shivering, and then continued speaking.

“Looking at that, I guess I can put it off slowly. Then, by what means did you ignore Stella’s power? It’s not my taste to paint my own face with gold, but even I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to do it.”

Is it the dragon’s characteristic arrogance or leisure to ask such a trivial question to someone who just tried to kill him? Whatever it was, it wasn’t a bad sign. Because it was better than trying the unrealistic plan of running away while desperately shooting arrows.

“…I’m sorry, but I don’t know? Unlike the great dragons, I am an ordinary human, so I do not know everything about phenomena that have already occurred.”

Of course, there is no need to tell the truth. I don’t know why, but anyway, I thought about what they would do if I acted like a developer watching a running program, so I thought about it.

“Haha! You’re telling a lie in front of the dragon without the slightest hesitation. It seems like your liver has really swollen while being close with Arjen.”

Of course, that had to be done while observing the other person carefully. When I thought about it, they were also dragons, so they could understand my intentions just like Argen. From the beginning, this is someone for whom excuses are not valid. How can you do such a stupid thing?

“But please forgive me generously. Because my theory is that a handsome guy is worth his face.”

“……Yes?”

I stopped saying the polite word because it was so unexpected. Seok died when he made a lookism remark with such a creepy-looking top.

“Looking at it, it looks like you have no intention of having an honest conversation. Then there is nothing we can do.”

Akasha’s eyes shined once again. Even though I wondered if he was trying to read my mind, I quickly shook my head.

‘There’s no way that’s possible.’

No matter how much a dragon’s insight is, it is only accurate enough to detect lies and cannot read someone else’s mind. The reason Arjen understood what I meant before I learned the language was because I was able to express my thoughts clearly, even if it was in a language I didn’t know. It is absurd to look into the information I was trying to hide.

“You must be thinking that even if I were a dragon, I wouldn’t be able to rummage through my mind, right?”

Akasha says as if laughing at me. Yes, that is insight. That should have been the Maginot Line.

“That’s so foolish. Do you still think that a person called a hero would have spread the word about the location of this place? A bitch who can’t even harm Arjen because of her oath?”

“Uh…?”

Now that I think about it, it was like that. Aside from Wayne’s personality of knowing that his life is precious, it was impossible for Wayne to reveal her residence to Akasha, who was clearly trying to harm Arjen, because of Arjen’s oath.

Still, I was vaguely thinking that I had come from retracing Wayne’s path, but seeing him say things like that made me think there must have been another sharp move.

“There is a solution to every problem. Let me show you something special. No, I have no choice but to show it? Hehe.”

Akasha’s eyes, which had started shining earlier, now radiated as much light as the high beams of a homemade car. I frowned at the light that had become so bright that I couldn’t look directly at it, and before I knew it, the light had covered the entire world I could see.

“What, what is this again?”

The light that filled my vision suddenly went out, creating pitch black darkness. All I could see was Akasha standing in front of me. He said, looking at me as if he was looking at a fully prepared meal.

“Welcome to the corridor of memory.”

“Hall of memory…? What kind of magic is that?”

“It’s not like magic. It’s a kind of unique ability. My… no, it would be correct to think of it as a special technique that only our family lineage can use.”

Just hearing the name gave me an ominous feeling. Judging by the way things were going, it felt like he could read my memories.

“That’s right. The corridor of memory connects memories to each other. Here I can read your memories, and you can read mine.”

“…So is it a ‘corridor’ of memory?”

Simply put, a corridor is a passage. It means that this unbearable dragon has linked my memories with his own.

“Consider it an honor. I have used the corridor on countless opponents, but you are the first person who has been able to access my memories in a ‘sane’ way. Hehehe.”

So far, the story was that he knocked the other person unconscious because he didn’t want his memories read.

“Why did you keep me sane?”

“I have a weakness for good-looking people.”

“????”

I wanted to raise a thousand hook signs above my head, but unfortunately, Akasha disappeared without saying those words. No, to be exact, it flew in the direction behind me. My guess is that my memories will be in the direction he is heading.

“…….”

There is no way to blindly try to stop that monster in a situation where you can’t get help from Arjen. The only option left to me was to do as Akasha said and read his memories while he read mine.

“Damn. I need to know exactly how this happened.”

Now that it is certain that the fact that I hid my existence from Stella under Prinia’s protection will be discovered, I need to know what caused the relationship between us to be like that. I ran towards the direction where Akasha was standing. Eventually, in the background that I thought was only pitch black, cracks through which light leaked appeared one by one.

“Wow…….”

The problem was that there were too many gaps. When I thought about it, unlike me, who only lived for less than 30 years, the dragon must have lived for thousands of years, so it was natural that he had much more memory capacity than me.

“What the fuck.”

It was not a fair situation from the beginning. I busily crossed the gap of light to get the information I wanted.

As if the goddess of luck was by my side, I was able to find the memory of Akasha I wanted before even looking through five gaps.

***

─1300 years ago. Akasha’s memories.

“Akasha Oppa. Are there any?”

The name of the sky-blue-eyed woman with beautiful waist-length silver hair is Aron. Coincidentally, she was my younger sister.

“…What’s going on again?”

“Oh my god. What are you doing, stuck in this dusty place?”

Aron didn’t like my hobby. Since ancient times, it has been a trend these days for dragons to show a more active side, but that’s because I just liked to stay in my rare room and study something.

“Not long ago, you went to another continent across the ocean to have fun? Well, our people live in a very small piece of land, right?”

“Really? It’s no big deal.”

The population of dragons is very small. Even if you search all the planets, you will get less than 200. Moreover, since we live independently from each other, it was very rare to meet other dragons unless they were relatives we had always seen from the beginning.

“So what does that have to do with me.”

Aron was so active that it was hard to believe she was my younger sister. Even if they were family in the first place, I wondered if it was right for them to come to Rare so often.

“After talking to him, I thought he and I would get along well.”

“Ha, is that so?”

It’s a shame that the porridge is so good. Perhaps the friend this tomboy is dating is a very active dragon like herself. Why, isn’t there a saying that they play with each other?

“Don’t say you’ll introduce me.”

“Hehe, actually I already brought it.”

“…….”

I was speechless at this helpless sister’s words. No, no matter what, why would you bring a dragon you’ve never seen before to a rare level?

“Holy shit….”

After listening to Aron’s words and focusing my mind, I felt that an unfamiliar magical energy was located at the entrance of the lair. I’ve lived so disconnected from the world that I’ve lost my senses to this point.

“Hiers, come in!”

At her cry, the energy from outside began to come towards us. Huh? That guy is really coming in? Living alone on a remote continent, have you forgotten the basic manners that should be observed among dragons?

Even though my sister gave permission, this place was definitely my rare place. The hero of the car’s horsepower appeared before my eyes, ready to meet me directly and say a few words.

“Uh…?”

It was a young man with red eyes and purple hair that was closer to blue.

“Hello! nice to see you. It’s called Hiers.”

Just like the atmosphere without a single speck of dust or dirt, the voice was also clear and bright. What can I say, he was a person who did not fit in with this dusty alcove at all.

Exciting!

I felt my heart beating fast.

“…Hello. Akasha.”

It was first love.

***

“What, what what!?”

As I was peeping at vivid memories playing from his perspective, I was startled and escaped the gap in my memories.

“Gay…?”

I remembered Akasha’s eyes looking at me just a moment ago. For some reason, it was overly creepy and creepy…

‘Oh, no… this is not the time.’

Of course, it was a difficult matter to ignore, but I had no time to hesitate when I thought of Akasha, who was still looking at my memories in real time.

“…Fuck.”

I once again dove into Akasha’s memories.