episode_0115

Yulias looked at Juul sullenly, but Juul ignored Yulias’ gaze.

“The reason he climbed on me in the first place was to climb up to the top of my head and glide.”

When I first saw the giant Amphitier, Knurker, and Lintcaller, I thought that dragons were as unrealistic as magic… they looked like artificial life forms. But that’s not what that young guy is showing right now.

‘I feel like I’m really alive.’

It climbs on people like a kitten, and its habits are like a ladybug. For the first time, I felt like I was alive. How long did we walk while picking fruits and berries and taking a nap with Shir?

“···Juyul?”

Although he couldn’t see because he was covered by his companions, the voice he heard for the first time seemed familiar to Juul.

“Baseball. It’s been a while.”

“···How come you didn’t even send me a message all this time?! It’s been 14 years since Zur died!!!”

Someone is very excited and runs towards me.

“It’s too far away.”

Jules hugs the other person and pats them on the back.

The opponent was an elf. The basket was filled with evenly sliced meat, as if they had been washing the sliced meat in the river water.

······Jul’s younger brother’s name was Jur.

Was it Shir’s name that was added together with Heilang Xusha’s name and Zur’s name? It was a simple name. Nevertheless, it is also a name that should never be forgotten.

“I’m sorry. Are other people doing well?”

Yagusu shakes his golden-brown hair.

“···Grandpa Jen Jar passed away a year ago. Other people are doing just fine.”

Jules tilts his head.

“···What happened to the old man who made the correction?”

The elf smiled bitterly and lowered his eyes.

“Except for dragons and servants, who can stop the waves of time?”

“···That’s right. It’s been a while since I last saw my old man’s face. Where did you put the old man?”

“It’s a cemetery. I fell asleep next to Jur.”

“Thank you.”

Soon, Yagusu, who had a straw basket at his side, stood up and glanced at Jules.

“It’s Yuryong’s meal time, so I’ll just leave. I’m going to tell everyone, so don’t think about disappearing without saying hello like before.”

Jules brushed off Yagusu’s threat with a calm expression.

“Go see. I will go there soon too.”

Yagusu passed us the way we came in.

Jules continued to move deeper into the forest.

The further we went, the more the surrounding environment began to look no different from other forests.

Of course, there are sidewalks, but since it is not a paved road, vines are inevitable. Have we almost arrived at the root snake’s abode?

Slowly, there began to be more dragons around.

Wyam, who resembles a snake, Nucker awkwardly sticking his head out of the lake, Lintcaller, who is as tall as Dennis, Drake digging into the ground, Wyvern standing on a rock in a cave looking in this direction, stretched out next to Nuker with his body stretched out. Amphitier…

“Wow── It’s pretty…”

Just as Shir admired, the dragon was beautiful.

All the dragons except the Sea Serpent were here, and all of their eyes were turned towards this direction.

Among them, Wyam seemed not to be satisfied with what he was seeing, and began to move towards us, licking his tongue.

This is my first time seeing Wyam.

Wyam had scales similar to those of the Amphitier, and his tongue was forked like that of other snakes. It is about the size of an anaconda… and its impact is weaker than that of other dragons.

But without realizing it, my hand reaches for the syringe filled with Precious Blood at my side.

If the others were completely unusual, Wyam looked the most familiar to me.

It reminded me of things like man-eating snakes in movies.

Fortunately, Wyam noticed Julia who was interested and extended his hand, so he naturally took a detour and started crawling to another place.

It’s a movement as if you’ve taken a wrong turn into a blocked road.

Julia’s attitude towards Dragonia is very unnatural.

Julia had a sulking face and her gaze was secretly following Wyam, who was slowly running away at speed.

Wyam widened the distance and looked at Julias.

Then it started running away so fast that its tail fell off.

Passsuk!

Fallen leaves are flying everywhere.

It was a speed that could never have come from a snake.

Julia couldn’t even think of chasing after him and burst into laughter.

“Do you hate me that much?”

Jules started giggling and laughing.

Then, I immediately received a sly look from Julias.

“You know how bad the relationship between Dragonia and dragons is.”

“No, I’m not Horus’ Dragonia, am I? Why do you misunderstand and do that?”

“The other dragons all look the same. Think about why the Empithier of your realm avoids the eyes of the demi-humans. It’s all because of you, right?”

Julias pouts.

“Ugh, yes. you are right It’s my fault as a Dragonian.”

It was Julias who was quite anticipating the dragon’s approach.

But Wyam and Jules’ reactions seemed to have completely given up my expectations, so I looked away. However, it seems that most of the dragons here are Juul and Gumyeon.

This is because everyone was looking at Jules.

I have never seen a Hosott with white hair like Juul, other than Juul. If they only remember the characteristics, all of those dragons will remember Juul even if they are older.

Because the ancient dragon also remembered Jool.

Surman, who was clinging to me next to me, began to look at the dragons around him as if it was strange.

“Sihyeon. Don’t you think the dragon is looking at us?”

“No, in my opinion, it’s about seeing Juol…”

···The focus was off.

He’s looking at me, not Jules. All dragons. Is it because of the ancient dragon’s disgust? It was clear that he was confused by the energy radiating from me.

“I think it’s because of what I’m wearing around my neck.”

Shir nodded in understanding and hugged me by the arm.

Then he started looking at the various dragons. If he had his original personality, he would have touched the dragon anyway, but now he seems to be satisfied with just looking at it.

Dennis ended up tying the cockatrice’s head with a rag to cover its eyes, which made the cockatrice a little excited, and then led the cockatrice by holding its hand.

The place we arrived at, under the gaze of dozens of dragons, was a small cave that looked unremarkable.

“The root snake is in there.”

Strangely enough, more light comes inside the cave than outside. The reason was clear immediately after climbing the cave’s hill.

This is because the ceiling is hollow. Several vines were growing on the ceiling and surrounding the wall itself, and a clear stream was flowing around it.

There is a sweet smell from the stream.

···It smells like the clear water that flowed from Amor’s heart.

The unusually round shaped rock is made to be comfortable for people to hug, and butterflies fly around the blooming flowers.

The place where the butterfly sat was on the blue jade bead embedded in the wall, and the wall surrounding the jade bead flickered.

What is that?

Caw! Caw!

The cockatrice screams and hits its head against the wall.

“Calm down! Because it’s not dangerous!”

Dennis holds the cockatrice, but the cockatrice does not stop glowing.

─···It’s noisy.

A thick, loud voice. The entire cave rang.

At one word, the cockatrice froze and rolled over, hugging Dennis tightly.

Everyone is scared except Jules and me.

A head the size of a house, which I thought was a wall, slowly began to move. No, my mouth is just hanging open. The head…is the entire cave wall.

It was so huge that I couldn’t believe it was alive. The root snake only moves its mouth, but a crunching sound can be heard from the rock under its jaw.

Shir trembled and sat down.

As I was trying to help Shir stand up, I was able to see the horrified expression on Julias’ face that I thought I would never see. Dennis couldn’t close his mouth with a puzzled look on his face.

The cockatrice buried its head in Dennis’ chest, like a dog wanting to escape reality.

“Poetry, Sihyeon-a······.”

“Why are you falling so straight?”

It was clear that he was weighed down by an aura of disgust.

I helped Shir stand up, took a few steps back, sat him down on a smooth stone, and massaged his hands. Only then did the root snake’s head come into view.

···The head is the size of a house.

There is moss on the scales, and some parts are rusty.

Eyes like blue jade beads cannot be distinguished between white and black.

Only the broken horns on its head showed that it had horns, and there was a large gash near the top of its head.

The tongue was split into two.

This does not only have fangs like a typical venomous snake, but also resembles the oral structure of a carnivore that eats meat. When the root snake takes a breath, a breath of air is felt, and its neck trembles, shaking the cave like a weak earthquake.

─Juyul, it’s been a while.

Jules was clearly different from the hardened people.

He approached comfortably and began to remove the moss from the root snake’s head with his hands.

Pashk! Passurrr······.

Dust and other things were flying around messyly.

“How have you been? Instead of scaring people with disgust, relax.”

─I can feel the energy of Dragonia.

Ugh!

The cave trembles with every word the dragon says.

“Don’t worry, it’s not Horus’ dragonia, it’s wild dragonia.”

─···Okay.

As the feeling of disgust subsided, the other party members let out their breath as if they had finally survived.