Chapter 14

‘The more I think about it, the better the measure was.’

I sat on the rock with a proud heart and watched the excited image of Harry.

His slight touch sent the giant Wyverns flying like paper.

The Wyverns, who had been breached in their territory, desperately fought Harry, but it seemed to me that it was not enough to stop Harry.

It was actually a one-sided massacre.

It was possible for the Wyverns to hold Harry’s feet for a while because he did not fight with all his might.

Dozens of Wyverns rush in at once, but they could not scratch Harry.

Harry was relaxed without using his power and had fun with the Wyverns for a long time, but when he became less interested, he called out his blue flame and burned them without a trace.

‘Anyway, he had a bad personality.’

I realized again that Harry was a demon when I saw him laughing with joy at the slaughter.

Theoharis, the infinetely cruel demon.

That was the real Harry.

‘I’ve called out something extraordinary. ‘

With only one force of Harry’s power, he could blow a castle to hell.

‘Did I ask a guy like that to light the fireplace?’

It was like hiring Bill Gates to fix the laptop because it was a mess.

After he fixes the laptop, Bill Gates would say.

‘My annual salary is $1 million, so pay for it.’

In the midst of that thought, one of the wings of Wywern that Harry blew away, fell before my eyes.

It was like a horror movie because the wings of the monster, which was bleeding in pieces, were rolling under his feet.

‘I don’t have a hobby of watching things like this. ‘

I only wanted to send Harry to the black forest, but he couldn’t tell how much fast the time would fly.

If anything happened, I had to be there to control him.

Because of the constraints that we should go together, the time to moved was naturally limited to deep nights.

We repeatedly flee in the dark nights away from the eyes of people, and returned to the room for several days as if nothing had happened before the sunrise.

Meanwhile, the population of the Wyverns steadily declined.

The Wyverns, which population were so large at first that they could not be counted, have roughly can be counted on numbers now.

“Harry.”

I checked the time on my pocket watch and called quietly to Harry.

It was a small voice, but he understood exactly my voice and burned the Wyverns he was playing with.

Harry’s face was filled with regret as he cleared the area and approached me.

“Is it already time for the sun to rise ? It’s weird, I don’t think it’s been long.”

“It’s been a while, but think about the number of Wyverns Harry killed. If you have killed that much, you can’t complain about your frustration for years.”

“Ay, what are you talking about? I killed only 50. I can’t get rid of this for months.”

50 Wyverns dead and only a few months.

‘You don’t like the good price, is it too bad?’

He could kill the Wyvern for now. However after the Wyvern’s seeds dry up, I had to find an another offering.

“Can’t you give a year for one? I heard that the subjugation team will throw a party to celebrate the death of a single Wyvern. Usually they only chased them out not kill them.”

They only caught one Wyvern every few years.

Even after the start of this subjugation, there was no news that a Wyvern was caught.

‘ If you think about it, isn’t the name Wyvren squadron more suitable for the group? ‘

All they have to do is break their eggs and wait for the adult Wyverns to get old and die so the population wouldn’t grow.

Harry, who knows that better than I do, snorted. The reaction was that it was ridiculous to compare himself with the subjugation squad.

“Would you not compare me to those weak bastards? It hurts my pride pretty much.”

Normally, I would have criticized Harry for his condescension, but I didn’t have anything to say after watching his overwhelming power right in front of me.

However, I did not even want to praise Harry. I just decided to keep silent.

Harry looked at my face in wonder at my ensuing silence.

“Why aren’t you doing it?”

“What?”

“Why don’t you refute me?”

“Do you want me to do it?”

“No, it’s not that. It’s because you’re different than usual… “ 

Harry whirled around me.

I looked at Harry wondering what he was going to say and he sat down beside me as if he had waited.

“Hey, are you scared of me? Are you just scared of me? Now you realize how great this demon is?”

“Yes, Harry, was very strong. You must have been bored burning the fireplaces by my side with that power.”

“Well, I wasn’t so bored, you know, you’re a fun person, and when I’m watching from your side, it’s kind of fun.”

I suddenly frowned at the gibberish of Harry.

“What the hell do you want to say?”

“So I mean, I was totally bored….but it’s not like that. It was a pity that I couldn’t do my best, that’s what I was saying…”

“I don’t know what you’re saying, old man. Can you say that again in the language of young people?”

“Oh, I told you not to call me an old man! I’m a young man with a bright future!”

“Oh, I understand that just now. How good is it if you just say it clearly?”

“Wow, really! You don’t know or do you have no sense? You have to understand!”

“Why do I have to work so hard to interpret what the other person is saying? I should try to make someone I have something to say to understoods.”

“That…”

Harry sprang from his seat, while his voice fumed.

“All right, all right. I won’t tell you.”

“Really? Okay.”

‘If you don’t want to talk, I can’t help it.’

I didn’t have a hobby to listen to what people didn’t want to talk.

‘If you want to talk, you will tell someday.’

As I nodded meekly, Harry stamped his foot as if he was stunned.

“Hey, don’t you usually ask what’s going on here? Shouldn’t you do that at least once or twice? Why are you giving up so easily?”

“Giving up quickly is an another advantage for me.”

“… …usually I don’t think that’s an advantage.”

“Why? The best thing to do is to give up quickly what can’t be done. It’ll only take time to hold on to it. What’s the point of hanging around asking you to tell me if you don’t like it? It’s better to just give up and try other way.”

“Oh, what do you mean…”

Harry, who was about to snort and shakes his hand, rolled his eyes from side to side as if he had realized something.

“……is it? Hey, that makes sense.”

The moment Harry muttered with a blank face, a strong wind blew from his head.

It was a strong wind that shook the whole black forest.

The wind was so strong that I could not control my body that was being swayed.

I couldn’t grasp my balance so I feel like I’m going to fell on the floor, but Harry grabbed my shoulders and held me tight.

‘Wow. The wind is so strong, but he wasn’t being swayed by it.’

When I was admiring, Harry’s gaze was toward the sky, the origin of the wind.

“What, why is it here?”

Harry’s face crumpled to what he found in the sky.

‘What the hell did you see to have that reaction?’

I followed Harry’s gaze and looked up into the sky.

At the end of my gaze was a Wyvern, which was causing a great wind.

It was not an ordinary Wyvern because he’s twice as big as the Wyverns that Harry killed.

I felt like I knew who it was without anyone telling me.

‘That would be the head of the bunches.’

And at the same time I have thought about it, the huge Wyvern landed on the ground, and the wind that had been made by his wings stopped.

I looked at the Wyvern, tdying up my hair that was in a mess because of the wind.

Looking closer, it was bigger than I thought, and just looking up and checking his head hurt my neck.

The Wyvern opened his mouth, as if he felt the gaze on him.

I closed my eyes reflexively, thinking it was an attack but something unexpected happened.

“Me. The Wyverns. Chief.”

“Huh?”

“Greetings. Human. Demon. To you. “

The Wyverns spoke.

‘Didn’t he just spoke like a human?’

I was so surprised that my mouth opened.

It was impossible for an animal like this to talk.

At least by my standards, no, maybe that’s common sense for most people.

“……why does the Wyverns talk?”

I was embarrassed and pointed to the Wyverns.

The Wyvern closed his eyes slowly and opened his eyes in a shot that might seem rude.

“Speak. I learned. To human.”

Is this speaking something you can learn about?

Who else is the crazy person who thought of teaching words to the Wyverns?

Countless questions hovered in my mind.

“Harry, can you say this is normal?”

I managed to come to my senses and whispered to Harry.

According to the setting of this world that I have not yet fully grasped, maybe Wyverns can talked.

“That’s not possible. You think it makes sense that there’s a talking Wyvern?”

Harry looked at me with a pathetic look as if I were talking nonsense.

But there’s a talking Wyvern in front of you.

I proudly pointed to the Wyverns looking out at us.

“But there’s such a Wyvern in front of you!”

“That’s why he’s unique. He’s a creature that lived longer than me. If he’ve lived that long, he should able to talk.”

Harry shrugged his shoulders forward.

“Why are you here?”

He spoke to the giant Wyvern in a very familiar manner.

“You left the your pack like a freak and stayed only in the south.”

“Dead. Fellows. Lots. I don’t know. Suddenly. Why? You need to. Reason.”

“Do I need a reason? There’s no reason for demon to kill. Just do it.”

“But. Contractor. Human. Different. It’s necessary. Reason.”

The Wyvern’s eyes as he was talking to Harry turned to me.

The Wyvern’s words weren’t very smooth, but I could understand the content.

He’s asking why he’s slaughtering the Wyverns all of a sudden.

‘I didn’t know that I was going to be interrogated about the murder.’

Had I known this, I wouldn’t have told Harry to kill the Wyverns and fulfill his desire.

I’m not a big animal lover, but I feel guilty about killing someone who has the intelligence to talk to.

I scratched my cheeks, feeling stupid.

“The demon says that killing will relieve his desire. But I can not tell him to kill people, I told him to hold on, and he tried to eat me… I found a way and the Wyverns were close. “

I’m making excuses in front of a big Wyvern.

I didn’t give an excuse to Catherine’s fishes who were asking me why I was bothering her.

But this was a different case.

It’s an accident of the real Yvesria at that time, and I did this, so I have to deal with it.

‘If you don’t know what you’ve done by yourself, how rubbish.’

I was thinking so, but I was a little embarrassed to speak into the Wyvern’s face anyway.

The Wyverns looked at Harry over me, who was awkwardly speaking.

“Desires. There is. Another way. Demon. Why… Why didn’t you do it? Explain.”

He stamped his feet in a rather excited voice. The ground thumped, his hot runny nose was dripping.

Harry waved his hand in a very angry way, even in a very violent reaction.

“You’re a being who lived longer than I am. You want me to do that with this crumb? Wyvern, like our demons, thinks the protection of a young clan is more important than anything else.”

In Harry’s words, the Wyvern turned back to look at me.

The gaze that looked at me was quite burdensome.

After a long observation, the Wyvern snorted again.

“Yes, human. A child. I think so. Unscrupulous. I will. Reflect.”

The tail that had risen was hanging down. I could tell it was depressed without saying it.

Harry looked at it and raised his shoulders triumphantly.

“Of course you should.”

“But…It’s difficult. My kind. Dead a lot. Extinction. Difficult”

“I’m in trouble, too. The only thing that’s allowed to kill is the Wyverns.”

“How come. The Wyverns?”

The Wyverns looked at me in a rueful voice.

His tail drooped weakly, and his face seemed solemn.

I can’t believe he has a facial expression.

I really felt like talking to a person.

The more he spoke, the more I felt guilty.

“It’s– it’s said that the Wyverns block the trade routes, they don’t let them cut trees or collect woods, and they hurt the people of the land. So I thought it would be okay to subdue them. I didn’t know we could communicate like this.”

“I can do it. Control. Trade routes. Logging. Collecting. Leave them. I promise.”

“Uh……if you say so…”

‘I have a great sense of conscience.’

Harry quickly entered into the conversation as if he felt the guilt in my voice.

“The chief is the only one who can understand. Others lack intelligence and are similar to cows and pigs. When you eat meat, do you feel guilty? No, it’s similar to that. They don’t care if they kill.”

“Well, then. Catch it. Cows and pig. Why? Wyverns?”

” Dogs are not fun because they are weak.”

“That’s. Your problem. Why. We. Understand?”

“Who wants you to understand? They don’t even have the intelligence to understand anyway.”

“There are. We have. Emotions. We do. Thought. Rude. You… …unrespectful. speak.”

“Well, you’re carnivorous. Don’t you think it’s funny to find courtesy in a world like this?”

“Speaking, rude. You. Stupid. A white starfish. an ugly starfish “

I think there’s a strange mixture of disparaging words.

‘Did he learn a wrong bad language?’

Perhaps in the demon’s language, starfish is a very bad cursed word.

But Harry was frowning as if he’d heard something strange.

“What do you mean, starfish?”

“Old man. Uncouth. ill-mannered. As expected. Starfish! a very wet starfish. White Starfish!”

“White starfish? What the hell does that mean?”

“Starfish! White starfish! Wet Starfish! Flat starfish! Untasty Starfish!”

‘…that’s a wide variety of starfish.’