episode_0247

“Wow, Asha. Why are these people like this?”

“Because I’m not human.”

Asha and Adele each had different reactions to the zombies flocking to them.

Without thinking much, Asha distanced herself by thinking of ‘how to turn zombies back into humans.’

Adele calmly ripped off the heads of all those who attacked her.

“Hey, Adele. What are you doing?”

“Hmm? What are you doing…securing food?”

“Don’t you remember how your mom told you to avoid using humans as food?”

“But, you also said to thoroughly destroy those that rush at you without even knowing the subject.”

A situation where two educational policies collide. It was Asha who was left behind in the cause.

“And Asha, you said it. I’m not human. Still, they were human, so if you really want to follow their words, you can just not eat them. Looking at it again, it doesn’t seem to be in an edible condition.”

Adele sighs as she looks at the bodies of people who have already become corpses, as if checking the freshness of fish at a fish market.

Asha had already said with her own mouth that these people were not human, so she had nothing more to say.

“…Do you put your hand on people’s necks so easily even though you know that your father used to be human?”

In the end, what Asha touched was Adele’s envy toward her father. When Eugene is mentioned, Adele’s eyes become even sharper.

“Hmm? What does it matter? It doesn’t matter because I’m not human now. Mom and Asha are too observant? Actually, my dad is good at killing humans.”

“That’s because in the past, fearless adventurers came to visit us as rare… No, let’s not talk about it.”

In any case, Eugene defeated the human adventurers for his own sake. Asha knew that even if she brought this up as a topic, she would end up spitting in her face.

Instead, the topic changed in a different direction.

“Now that I think about it, this is what came to mind when I mentioned my dad… Surely he didn’t say this?”

As Asha started singing, Adele kept her expression sour but pricked up her ears.

“…What is it?”

“If you won’t eat it, you shouldn’t kill or hunt it carelessly.”

“Ah… Ugh!”

As if those words seemed to be decisive, Adele frowned, stopped killing zombies, and retreated like Asha.

Eugene has certainly said such things to his children. However, it was a word that applied to wild animals and wild animals.

Eugene, who knew well that indiscriminate hunting had a negative impact on the order of the ecosystem, simply taught the children for the purpose of protecting the environment and valuing life.

It wasn’t that Adele didn’t know that, but she just followed her father’s lead and said that no matter what happened, she didn’t want to do anything contrary to Eugene’s words, no matter what the situation.

“Good. Then let’s put these people back to normal.”

“You… No, is something like that possible for us?”

Asha and Adele are still hatchlings. According to common sense, it was normal that magic could not be used yet.

Zombies are also a product of magic, so it is impossible to return them to their original state, even if they are physically eradicated.

But Asha made it possible. This is thanks to the extra efforts made to exceed the standards even among dragons, which are creatures that deviate from the standards.

Asha had a ‘spirit for improvement’ that a dragon with a long lifespan could never possess.

Aside from additional reasons such as the parents’ shadow being too great, what was most important was Eugene’s parenting policy.

Asha, who lives each day faithfully according to human standards, has lived a fulfilling time that sets her apart from other hatchlings.

Although the side effects made the time spent as Jackie Chan seem horribly boring, there was definitely something to be gained.

“My mother said that I would be able to use magic naturally if I became Jackie Chan…”

“I can’t use it right now either. If we had been able to use it in the first place, we wouldn’t have been walking around like beggars like that.”

“Then how do you return these things to their original state?”

“I can’t use magic, but prior knowledge is enough to remove magic that has already been cast.”

Remove magic. Dispel. It requires a much more difficult process than simply using magic, but since it is not magic, it is possible even if you cannot use magic.

In particular, in the case of necromantic magic, the magical power is so strong that if there are only a few compatible items, the difficulty of dispelling decreases drastically.

Asha, who had read books on magic cancellation as well as magic books for nearly 100 years, already had an idea of how to solve the necromantic magic used by this unknown person in her mind.

“First of all, you need a suitable space that is not noisy and not on a dirt floor. Enough to draw a circle with a radius of approximately 5m. Of course, you cannot stray too far from this place where magic is performed.”

“Is there a place like that nearby?”

Asha and Adele’s gaze naturally focused on one place. Despite the commotion outside, it was still a cabin with smoke coming out of the chimney and the door firmly closed.

“I guess I have no choice but to be rude here.”

The two climbed onto the roof, easily avoiding the zombies’ pursuit. Although the door is closed, they decided to enter the house through the chimney, which is always open.

“Ugh, I had a long time washing it.”

Asha said as Adele looked disgusted as she looked at the smoking chimney.

“Then I’ll go in first and make you take it off.”

“Yes.”

“In the meantime, please get their attention. This is my first time doing it, so it might take some time.”

“Okay.”

Even the hot smoke rising up couldn’t burn the dragon. Asha casually entered the chimney and looked around the house.

“Who, who are you!?”

“As expected, there were people. Well, there must have been smoke in the chimney.”

Inside the house, a shabby-looking man was carrying freshly cooked stew. Before extinguishing the smoke from the chimney, Asha asked the whole story.

“Please rest assured. I’m an adventurer passing by. As you can see, I came in through the chimney, and there were interesting things outside.”

“Well, you must be a strong adventurer to say that they are interesting things.”

Even though Asha suddenly breaking into the house in an unexpected situation may seem unpleasant, the landlord reacted quite favorably.

This probably means that the zombies outside the house were difficult for the homeowner.

“What happened?”

“That… I don’t know. It suddenly appeared about a week ago and ate all the villagers… Ugh…!”

“Even though the situation outside is like that, you cook rice calmly.”

“There’s nothing you can do about it! I haven’t had anything to eat except water for 6 days already! I was in a state of judgment, wondering whether I would starve to death or be attacked by those guys….”

“They said they were lighting a fire in the chimney and cooking a meal…”

It could be said that the timing was truly appropriate. If he had been a little faster, he would have died from zombies before Asha and Adele arrived, and if he had been late, he would have starved to death.

Thanks to this, Asha arrived in a place where people lived, and felt a sense of responsibility to repay the good, and decided to solve the zombie crisis.

“Can I borrow your house for a while? I will return all those zombies to their original state.”

“Are you sure? Is there any possibility!?”

“Oh, before that, could you please put out the fire in that chimney? Because the group couldn’t come in.”

“Yes, yes!”

Asha moved the furniture in the house to one side to make room for more space. Then, without any delay, he cut his finger.

A magic circle drawn with blood. It was a magical reverse camp that ministered to the dead. It did not matter whether the actual magic user used the magic as a spell, a magic circle, or a magic scroll.

The dispel spell written with the highest level medium, ‘Dragon’s Blood’, was able to grant a strong deterrent to all necromantic magic existing in the area.

“Is there any lead in the house?”

“Lead? yes. There are lead bullets used in hunting shotguns…”

“Please borrow it.”

The metal that had the most effect on zombies was lead. Asha, who finished the magic circle with lead, was proud of the magic circle she had completed.

Even though he did not go through a separate process using magical power, he confirmed that his own blood, which forms the jinn, exerts magical power.

“This is enough.”

“Asha. I’m here.”

Adele comes down the chimney with good timing. Because Asha had cleaned everything in advance, she showed up without a single thing dirty.

“It came just in time.”

“Zombies suddenly moved to one place all at once.”

“Yes. It’s about finding your own place.”

The corpses that arose from the cemetery returned to their places to perform their duties. Of course, this wasn’t the end of everything.

“Now the necromancer will be surprised and come to find out what happened.”

“What, then you’re not a Maljjang Sandfish?”

“At least while this magic circle remains, you won’t be able to do anything around here.”

“Catch that guy too?”

“I’m curious. Why did you do something like this?”

“I’m not curious at all. If you look closely, you will see that Asha is so curious.”

“You should be curious. And then even after a few years, you won’t get anything?”

Because I was in front of people, I couldn’t say direct words like dragon or rare, but it was enough for communication.

Adele’s face immediately became pouty.