168 195 - Dragon King's Worldly Quote

"Hey? It's been a while since I've been back, what's this? Why is this happening?

This is the headquarters of "The Heart of the Dragon".

- Black Dragon Hall.

Vaham was flying around the continent on the orders of Carpent, looking into the world situation and gathering information.

Siege, Alford, Eliza, and deacon Sebastian.

Vaham, to put it, is the fifth "Heart of the Dragon".

There is added the sixth nitto and the seventh article, which becomes the current 'heart of the dragon'.

But Vaham mainly, as a member, does not count.

"There are four current members," Sieg said before when he told Nito about the organization's insights.

I mean, Sieg hasn't put Vaham in numbers.

Vaham is basically not involved in the fight because he is primarily in charge of gathering information rather than fighters in the organization.

And Vaham's information is accurate.

One of those Grayberg cases was what Vaham had been collecting.

And such a vaham, but when I returned to headquarters for the first time in a long time, I ran into doubt that Sieg and his father, Black Dragon Carpent, were rubbing something in the Great Hall.

Then Eliza answers the question.

"Now let's watch it in silence, because it has something to do with us too"

"Phew..."

What does that have to do with anything?

Vaham wondered, but didn't ask any more, and stared at the condition.

Vaham looks like a human being himself.

Unlike Eliza and Alford, objects like robes do not wrap around them, and they weave their lightweight jackets.

And a short, upside-down redhead, darker than Alford's redhead.

- Vaham is subhuman.

Red hair is a subhuman trait. Yes.

Many of the subhumans look the same as humans, but their physical statuses are the same as those of the Beasts.

The Subman, also known as' Ancestors Return ', is a race born among beasts, but if there were a human being in either his mother or father, or one of his ancestors, rarely could it be passed down to descendants several generations away.

Hence 'ancestral return', that is the subhuman.

"Vaham, how's it going out there? What's the Empire like?

Alford visited as he put his arms together.

"There's no movement in the empire - it looks like we're waiting for something. From what I've seen, there probably isn't going to be a war yet. I've never been cautious, but for the time being, I think we should talk about it."

"Really... what else?

Thus, when Vaham returns regularly, he informs everyone.

It is an essential part of the dragon's heart.

"Do you know what the blood of the merciful is?

Then, to Alford's inquiry, Vaham gave an example and asked.

"Sure... I think I saw it in a demonic communication before"

I don't seem to be particularly familiar with it, but Alford seems to know the name as well.

"Oh, that's it. Mysterious religious organization, The Blood of the Merciful. Well, they say it's a charity."

"So? What's wrong with that?

"... it was different from the Adams faith in Ixos again... that was nasty"

Then Vaham gave some unexpected look, saying so.

"Bad? What's that supposed to mean?

Alford doesn't know what that expression means.

Only those who seek to know the blood of the merciful know it.

Most people show no interest.

What the masses are interested in right now is the subject of those who are full of charisma, like The Hero Nito.

"There are bad rumors about any organization. Naturally, there are rumors like that in the blood of the merciful. I mean, all I hear is bad rumors. But that's not the problem. This organization was founded recently, but it's not growing half as fast. I don't know what the faithful are up to, but apparently I hear rumors that they're gathering beastmen. It's a rumor, isn't it?

"I see... you're like an empire. So?... what's the problem? From what I've just heard, I'm under the impression that it's no different from any other organization?

Alford was floating a question mark.

"Well, I guess so, huh? The reaction is correct. This could only be something that someone like me in Intelligence understands. Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but they don't know anything about it."

"Don't you see what's going on?

"Oh. I've followed Anc Amadeus, who I occasionally found curious. But I lost him. He noticed my tail..."

"Noticed?! You're lying, right?"

"Seriously..."

Vaham was still a master of tailings.

If I could put it on, I wouldn't even notice Sieg.

"But there's one reason I failed. I rely on basics, vision and fluctuations, and ears, but most importantly, fluctuations. But I didn't feel any magic from him. And because of that."

Hearing the story, Alford had a serious look on his face.

Eliza was also listening to the story next door.

Because “magic inhibition” equipment is something valuable inside, not like what you're selling to a tool shop around it.

I'm going to need a lot of pipes to buy.

If that Anc Amadeus was wearing equipment to inhibit magic, then where did you get it?

Why do organizations like the ones that have emerged here lately have such pipes?

If you think about it, it leads to the answer that there is someone behind it.

"I've asked both believers about Amadeus if he can't do it. But even the believers said they didn't know about him. I guess they're shutting me down. What returns instead was a frigid word:" The God of Life will save us ". It's common for religious organizations in this hand."

Apparently, Vaham was handy.

"What I found out is that 'The Blood of the Merciful' is the organization that was founded here recently, and its duration is unknown, expanding at an unusually explosive rate of growth. Believers can also be considered scattered all over the continent already. The whereabouts are countries, towns and villages. What do you want, in fact, the faithful work for free or help with field work? It's a charity. But it's not normal to think that such an organization would grow so far in this short period of time. There must always be a back. But the“ back ”doesn't come out..."

Alford was thinking about Vaham's words as Sieg and Carpent continued to argue.

"... within the moment, should I process it?

"What do you think? It could be a snake, right? I don't know about the faithful, but that Anc Amadeus guy is unusual. That was when I tailed him. For a moment, I felt like I had been seen. And don't forget the nausea you remember at that moment. I'm not sure about the first time, but I'm pretty sure this guy sucks."

……

First, reservations.

Alford gives that answer.

But it's Sieg who decides. And it's a black dragon.

But as it stands, that doesn't seem possible either...

"Who is Kagetra?! What is the heart of a dragon made for?! Answer me, Father!

Black dragon stuffed by his son and looking in trouble.

"What's going on," I was thinking about what to tell you from.

Then Black Dragon Carpent answers his son's question, with a rough nose.

That look says "I have no choice," but I still have no choice because nothing is just Sieg.

"Sieg, calm down a little and I'll tell you everything without panic. I've been meaning to do that since the beginning."

……

Sieg even suspected the word.

"Where should I start? But this organization, as I said before, aims to control the rampage of those in power. Corruption and corruption are extinct. That leads to peace. We support the world from behind. There is no lie there. But as far as I'm concerned, there were feelings for some. Cagetra, and... it's my late wife, Viola."

Viola is also Sieg's mother.

But I'm not in the world anymore.

Then Zeke leans down to the word.

Why Zeke joined this organization.

It is primarily related to the death of the mother.

"It was hundreds of years ago. King Ryu died, and I was just a human hater dragon at the time. It's just days of flying around the continent and killing people who do evil things. He was protecting the Spirit, protecting the Elves, the Dwarves, and the Beasts. At the time, the world was worse than it is now, and humans treated many races like objects. All who are not human are demons. And those who interacted deeply with non-human beings are heretics. That was' man 'at the time. But it's still in this era."

Carpent always had a difficult look on his face.

Sometimes I guess I don't really want to remember.

So many human beings were brutal creatures.

"To me, the Dragon King is the one to worship. That was and remains the same. This is what the dragon king used to say in his lifetime." Human beings are stupid... "

And the black dragon gently closes his eyelid.

Carpent was remembering the words of the Dragon King.

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"Humans are not fools. Humans have no hesitation in dominating others, and are an unusual species who even remember to feel comfortable there. But that doesn't mean it's good that we destroy humans. Then you're just like a human being. We watch and sort."

- Kolong Dostoevsky.

Dragons wrapped in magical scales all over their bodies and produced white jaws.

A gray old dragon was there.

There are three dragons in front of me.

◇ Black Dragon "Carpent Ze Bach"

◇ Red Dragon "Hardy Du Stein Gogh"

◇ White Dragon "Tinker Gwyn Bell Beksinski"

"Sorting?

Then Carpent, the corner of the Three Dragons, visited.

"Well, then, there are those who plot against the good. And they never cease. Then those who invade the world must be eliminated."

"But don't you destroy humans? Is that the Dragon King? I can't do this, can I? I think it's quicker to kill you, don't you?

Hardy had a part in the dragon king's opinion that was pioneering.

"Hardy! What a way to hear your mouth say to King Dragon!

Among them, Black Dragon Carpent admired and worshipped the Dragon King.

Then the only one, White Dragon Tinker, a woman among the three great dragons, answered.

"King Dragon... I, man, cannot forgive. That day, you saved me from losing my family and wandering, and I've learned all sorts of teachings so far, but I still can't forget that one. I remember that day every day…"

White Dragon Tinker had a dark past.

"Tinker, bear with me. That's the only way. The power of our dragons is powerful. If we open up our power, man will die, and the world will collapse. Not even that's possible. But that's why we have to figure out what to do. Killing humans is easy..."

Then White Dragon Tinker complained forcefully.

"King Dragon! Humans betray! Just like my brother Gwynn was, this one just reached out and they don't understand!

"Come on, Tinker... if we destroy humans, the balance of the world will fall. Then“ they ”will show up. The" observer "senses signs and always appears before them in order to stop the breakdown of stability. We are the most powerful species, but we are no match for any observer. Don't overestimate your power. If you're arrogant, you're not the one to destroy yourself?

In Dostoevsky's eyes he had the advice and the heart to worry about Tinker.

That's why I wanted Tinker to live happily, not be trapped in revenge.

And the world after I left the world.

The Dragon King, like even the three great dragons in the world, thought like my son.

Then, gradually, the Dragon King closes his lid.

"I'm a little tired... for a while, I think I'm going to sleep..."

"King Dragon..."

Black Dragon was afraid to say goodbye.

Dragon life comes suddenly.

There is no sign of it, and that is not even known to the dragon himself.

Until just before...

"Carpent... Hardy... and Tinker... we and your lords are not eternal. I'll always be connected. I will always keep an eye on your Lord. Don't you forget what I said? There is always a" ceiling ”in things. No one can cross there... if you get arrogant and forget me, you will always eat your tail back. I saw“ The End of Being ”before that... That's human. He was swallowed by power... he lost me... but..."

The words of the Dragon King begin to break off gradually.

And gradually lose power.

"The man was also... foolish, but unfortunate. I felt... sympathy... and I noticed. We're all the same... Bye..."

The Dragon King sympathized with a human being.

And while I remembered my anger at that person who fell into me, I even wanted to save him.

"But still..."

At that time, the words of the Dragon King were interrupted, and for a while, they became deaf.

A sudden farewell visit.

But they knew.

It all of a sudden began with the dragon's breakup, and for them, this is only natural.

And the Dragon King shook his last strength and said his final farewell to the three great dragons.

"I don't like humans, I don't like them..."

"... Huh?

The Black Dragon Carpent was stunned.

The last time the Dragon King grumbled like that, the Three Dragons opened their eyes.

So far the Dragon King has told them to abandon their hatred of man.

Even with hatred, I have said so, that all that awaits ahead is doom, and that there is nothing to gain.

That's why I said something that would give each of us a role to watch over and sort.

And while they were bitter, they believed the word.

But...

"Dragon, king... Dear Sir?

Carpent was bewildered.

“Still, I hated humans"... The last word the Dragon King said had a wave of magic filled with hatred.

The three dragons felt it and couldn't figure it out anymore.

That's why I was so confused that I lost my words.

"What the heck... I'll tell you myself, you're at the end of the day..."

Red Dragon Hardy turns his anger on the Dragon King as he bites his grief.

"Stop it, Hardy..."

"But! ……

Hardy couldn't say beyond that anymore.

"Even if you live this far, and have faith, human beings are still something to hate..."

Tinker turned a cold gaze at King Ryu, who stopped moving, and said so.

"Tinker......"

Carpent doesn't know the words to put on the tinker.

Each heart goes away.

The three dragons, who had grown up in the same place until then and encouraged training, turned their suspicious eyes for the first time on this day to those who believed until then.

But then, Carpent still believed in the Dragon King.

I thought about Dragon King's words again, and I understood Dragon King himself.

And so the Dragon King himself realized that he was also the bearer of a weak heart.

But that was not to be despised, but rather respected.

The Dragon King, hated but aware that it was a sin, tried to take a path without shame.

The Dragon King was trying to tell me that again.

Black Dragon Carpent Ze Bach continues to admire the Dragon King ever since.

And Red Dragon Hardy, but he didn't understand philosophy like Carpent or Dragon King, but he simply loves and continues to respect the Dragon King he liked.

And White Dragon.

She then stopped hearing from me.

I haven't told Carpent or Hardy where I'm going, and I haven't seen him in hundreds of years.

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"Since then, I have followed King Dragon's teachings, watched the world, and sorted humans. And I met a lizard tiger. Ah, his magic was powerful. I didn't even reach my feet at the time. And I asked.“ With such power, why, I don't know? "... but Kagetra was just immature. They immediately understood my words and realized their sins. I preached to Kagetra and his companions and taught them the sins done by man. Kagetra then immediately accepted my words. It's not a fear accident thing. Ah, he had power. You should have killed me right away if you didn't like it. But I didn't."

For Carpent, Kagetra was the first person I ever met, a believable person.

"There is no such thing as a human being who hears the words of a dragon. But ah he wasn't... powerful, but he doesn't use that power for personal desire, he uses it for the right thing. He was a brave man."

Black Dragon admired the lizard tiger.

But I didn't try to talk about the connection that followed.

"So when was" The Heart of the Dragon "born?

Sieg asked, convinced to hear his father's explanation.

"Right after that. The Cagetras, who returned to the former Darmskale Empire, were praised for leaving me and, in the wake of one of them, began to make a name for themselves in the world. Then, at some point, that's what they came to be called." The Heart of the Dragon "and..."

"Well, what's the point?

"... after that, the concept of the Dragon, which until then had been absolutely powerful in the world, has changed. And the meaning is," The heart of the dragon is in their hands. "I've asked Kagetra herself one day. But he said this name wasn't meant to be. So the lizards put another meaning into this name." The ones who gave their hearts to the noble Black Dragon "... what do you say? Would he be an unusual man?

……

Hearing the story, Zeke still had doubts, even if it wasn't dark.

What was Kagetra like?

Sieg figured that out too.

Brave man...... I guess he was a good man like he wrote in the picture.

And there was will, and there was just the power to change the world.

But in Nito's story, Kagetra is not in the world of everything, and 'The Heart of the Dragon' should have been a thing of the past.

"So why is the name of this organization now 'The Heart of the Dragon'?

……

But for a moment, even though he had spoken that far, Black Dragon reluctantly spoke.

"That's... because there's been a tragedy..."

"Tragedy?"

……

Black Dragon doesn't know if he's thinking, or if it's hard to talk.

And Black Dragon explained it from here, again, as Sieg and the others can see.

"Kagetra's dead."

……

I can't say anything about the black dragon's grieving expression, Sieg.

"... but I don't know any details about it. I haven't seen a lizard since I found out about it. Ah he said he was superhuman, but no matter how long he waited, he didn't show up, so I started to think I was really dead. It was just sadness, and that's what I was trying to move on. But over time, only this indescribable sense of helplessness will disappear. So at least I wanted to take care of what he left behind... Kagetra's will. After the war with the Empire, he did the same thing as the present lords. It carried out the elimination of rampant powers and kept the world at peace. I took over the will and launched the current Heart of the Dragon."

"So... you don't think it's for your mother?

"Regardless, it is also for Viola. And it's for you too. Again, that's what I thought we needed, again, to support this world from behind, in order not to produce a victim like Viola. As a result, there was something that also goes through King Ryu's teachings of 'watching over, sorting'. That's why I started this organization."

Black Dragon Carpent still calls humans stupid.

As the Dragon King was, that doesn't change.

Then why did you choose humans as wives?

Sieg is a dragon and a human half.

Black Dragon Carpent Ze Bach.

He still had a secret.

"Is this what you think? Saying it's stupid, wondering why you chose a human woman?

But Zeke and the others do not answer that question of the Black Dragon.

I silently waited for Black Dragon to say something.

"That's because... I realized that it's only a trivial thing, like race differences. The concept of 'race', which even the Dragon King detained. But everyone, with the same life, surprisingly, I came to the answer."

Alford, Eliza, and Zeke.

The three of them are not convinced by the answer.

If anyone uses power for personal gain, it's these three who kill him.

So these three need to understand this word more than anyone else.

"If you are bound by racial differences, it is the same person you despised. So, not that, but we should look at each and every one of them, regardless of race."

Again, not three people are convinced by this statement.

There are many things that say the same thing.

As if he had learned something, such as those possessed of justice, he often says the same thing as this Black Dragon.

But that's what Black Dragon said.

The long-lived dragon eventually came up with this simple answer to his life.

"It's Zeke. You don't need to know, you just have to go your way, Alford, Eliza, Vaham, and the Lord. This is simply my idea. You can't be strong with the Lord."

Then to Sieg, who remained silent, Black Dragon also cut the story.

"That's the end of the story. Vaham, I want to hear about the information that your Lord has purchased. I don't know what you said..."

It's the blood of the merciful.

Vaham replied so as he moved forward.

Then at the end of the day, with a question mark as Zeke remembered, he asked about something.

"Father... what do you mean, by" observer ”that came out of the story? It's like..."

But Sieg can't compare it.

Then Carpent answered at the end.

"That is King Dragon's worldly myth. You don't have to worry about it. King Ryu liked to tell fairy tales and stories that were not credible, not even knowing where he heard them." Observer "is the word King Ryu said, to manage the balance of this world, to show itself with the breakdown of stability, to show“ great being ”. I was well heard, too. But like I said, if it's not credible, it's just a fairy tale in the first place. Phew... I miss it now..."

Then Black Dragon, who was about to become a nostalgic, stomps there and re-divides the field.

By then, Sieg's doubts had disappeared.

"Then there will be a regular meeting! -"

A meeting was then held.

Listed as an agenda was The Blood of the Merciful.

Stupid in the dark, the name of a religious group.