episode_0103

Hyers was perfect in everything. At least by my standards.

It was a very mysterious feeling to see someone whose appearance was beautiful, whose voice was comfortable, and whose personality and behavior were flawless.

Just as the sun is the source of life for all creatures on earth, he became the driving force of my life.

Yes, Hyers was the sun. And as a living creature on earth, it was also natural to envy him.

However, there is one glaring flaw: he and I are of the same biological sex. This was not a trivial problem; it was like a curse that could never be escaped.

Although it is said that there are no separate degrees of nobility of love, not being able to leave behind offspring, the fruit of that love, was a very serious problem. This was especially true for dragons, whose population was very small.

“Akasha! Hello!”

“…Yes, hi.”

Since learning about Hiers, the frequency and time I spend outside Rare has increased significantly. It’s something that can’t be helped. Because I was reluctant to let him into my dull, musty rare.

“Hehehe….”

“Why, why are you smiling like that?”

Hyers’ sudden bright smile was quite harmful to the heart. Even though he didn’t feel anything, the fact that his words were shaking made me realize once again how much I love him.

“Just… Actually, I was a bit lonely when I was living alone on that remote continent. But ever since I met you and Aron, every day has been so enjoyable.”

Those were sweet words that were hard to hear with a sober mind. It was a flaw that my damn brother’s name was included, but I was able to do that level of filtering naturally.

***

“Wow… this is serious…”

Perhaps because it was Akasha’s memory, I could hear his monologue as it was, but it felt like a refreshing story about unrequited love being shoved into my ears without any filtering. The problem is that the speaker and the character are of the same gender.

‘No, this is not the time.’

The hidden story was so spectacular that I was just blankly admiring the memories. But what really mattered now wasn’t Akasha’s romance. If it’s an intimate relationship, it means that Akasha’s younger brother, Aron, is Arzen’s mother, and that means…

I made my own deductions and looked into the next gap in my memory.

***

“Akasha, Akasha!”

Hyers came to me with a very urgent voice. It was really rude to go in and out of Rare like this without prior notice, unless you were a family member, but at least I had no intention of blaming Hiers.

“I did as you said and it worked! Thank you so much!”

“…Yes, that went well.”

The sight of Hyers smiling brightly, glad to follow my advice, was more beautiful than anyone else in the world.

“When I think about it, we have become a family now. Should I call you brother now?”

“…Okay. Brother-in-law.”

Hyers was joined to my sister, Aron. And that too with my help. It was something that could not be helped. My heart was a distorted one that no one could accept, and Hyers and Aron both cared about each other.

So, the right thing to do was to keep my true feelings buried in a place where no one would know for the rest of my life, and just bless the two of us for their future.

“Haha, it’s still an embarrassing title. Ah, this is not the time. I have an appointment with Aron. I’ll leave today!”

“Yes. Goodbye……”

However, knowing that it was the right thing to do and putting it into practice were clearly two different things. I gritted my teeth as I left Hyers. I was a very narrow-minded dragon and could not wish for the blessings of my sister and my love.

“Fuck you!!!”

It was unfair. That I don’t even have a chance. No matter how much a dragon is called the pinnacle of life, there is a fate that cannot be resisted. Such despair manifested itself as self-destruction and transformed into a twisted obsession.

‘You just have to go a little further.’

If there is a wall that even a dragon cannot overcome, just overcome it. I heard that gender is meaningless to things called ‘God’.

That’s why I began researching Stella and other gods. In fact, the most important thing in love, ‘the other person’s heart’, is not taken into consideration at all.

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“Kuh……”

I don’t know how many years I devoted myself to research. As I continued to live a life motionless, locked deep in the lair, the sunlight I saw after such a long time was extremely painful.

“…Hiers……”

The research is not yet complete. Still, he was the reason I left Rare. I heard that Hyers and Aron had a baby.

I was not happy at all, even though I had a nephew that I never had before. The new rare that the couple played had two eggs.

“What are you going to do if you call them and the parties are not there?…”

I can understand why Hiers doesn’t exist. This is not because I love Hiers, but it was originally my husband’s role. While the female takes care of the eggs in the rare, each role is divided so that the male eliminates threats outside the rare.

On the other hand, it also meant that he trusted me that much, so I felt at ease in a part of my heart. As I looked at the egg for a moment, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind.

“Huh? Akasha, you came early?”

“You’re about to become a mother, so where are you wandering around like that, leaving your unhatched baby behind?”

“Ah, why do you keep hitting me? I was just trying to bring some insulation for a moment.”

Aron was holding an animal fur in his hand. Even though it was a dragon, we didn’t know what negative effects it would have if magic were used on the eggs, so childcare had to be done manually, just like any other living creature.

“…Just ask Hiers to bring it to you.”

“Hmph, that guy is so stupid that no matter what I ask him to do, he brings something a little different from what I expected. It’s better to do this yourself.”

At Aron’s words, I felt my heart go cold. It wasn’t because I felt the marital affection that was felt in the complaining, but because I didn’t like my younger sister complaining to ‘my hires’.

‘Why does Hiers have this guy…?’

I already had a feeling that their close relationship wouldn’t last very long. In fact, it is difficult for most dragon couples to stay in love with each other their whole lives. This is because dragons are creatures with very individual tendencies, and the feeling of love cannot be maintained at the same level throughout life. Even if humans say ‘a hundred years’, 100 years is not a long time at all for a dragon.

“Have you decided on names for the kids?”

“Yes. Me and Hyers built one each. Yudina is the first born child. The child born later is Arjen.”

“Isn’t that what you made?”

“Huh? How did you know?”

I felt it all at once. The name Arzen resonated with me more. It seemed like my thoughts about Hiers were getting more and more intense.

Just like that, time passed by helplessly. When I got one step closer to the gods, my two children, Yudina and Arjen, were born.

I don’t think the names I gave them influenced me, but Yudina resembles my younger sister Aron, and Arzen resembles Hyers, whom I adore. Of course, compared to the real Hyers himself, it was very poor.

I wanted to spend a lot of time with the Hyers family, but in reality, I couldn’t afford it. This is because whenever research progresses, it becomes exponentially busier.

‘Just a little… just a little more…!’

The results of our struggle to defy God’s providence are not far off. As I expected, after giving birth to two children, the relationship between Hyers and Aron began to cool off.

I had no doubt that if I was given just a little more time, I would be able to create the future I had been looking forward to.

You know it yourself. My sister’s husband. In other words, it was natural for anyone to point out that he was crazy for wanting to be connected to his brother-in-law.

I could endure that. No matter what, isn’t my heart the most important thing? The only thing I overlooked was that my sister was just as crazy as I was.

“Oppa! Akasha oppa, are you there!?”

Behind my sister’s visit on a stormy day, there was something that I should not have seen.

“…Aron? The thing behind is……”

It was hard to see because it was covered in darkness, but the purple-scaled dragon was dead. The dragon looked quite different from what I remembered.

The color of the scales that gave off a mysterious light was dead, and the burning red eyes were hidden by closed eyelids.

“Hey…ears…?”

“Ha… This is where things get a little complicated. Can you help me sort it out?”

Even after wiping my eyes and looking at the body thrown outside the rare, it was Hiers. But that little sister, my wife, looked incredibly calm.

Even if I wasn’t an idiot, I could understand it.

“…You killed him…?”

“Ha… I just happened to stop.”

It is not uncommon for dragons to engage in slaughter among themselves. These crazy people, who had reached the peak of individualism, were mostly indifferent to the harsh words of fratricide.

However, no matter what, killing your spouse is not acceptable. This is a violation of the ‘taboo’ that is known as the law among dragons.

A dragon that breaks the taboo cannot have even the slightest interaction with other dragons, and it is not surprising if it is killed by another dragon at any time.

It was only for a moment that such taboo material filled and disappeared from my head, and what followed was a desire to kill my younger sister right in front of me.