I Became the Son of an Evil Dragon

29 – Claim (2)

“Like the roots of a tree grasp the ground,

Like wet ground embracing each other!”

They pulled up a bunch of black dirt and covered it over those who had fallen due to the wind.

I involuntarily trembled at the sound of it tightening, but

Mom was still looking at me with blank eyes.

…I thought maybe I said something harsh, but

When I think about what just happened to me –

“Huh?!”

Have I lost my concentration?

I felt a stinging sensation on my forehead and the dirt suddenly scattered.

Once everything they hold on to disappears, they slowly try to get up from their seats.

The eyes that were looking at me were filled with black.

“…Once again,”

I took a deep breath, raised my hand, and grabbed them once again.

It was nice to just hang it on the ground, but the problem is –

“Huh, huh, huh…”

I guess it means that I keep trying to lose concentration.

I don’t have enough strength in the hand I’m holding,

The parts that ‘Mom’ had touched kept getting strangely hot.

It’s like sitting in front of a bonfire on a cold winter’s day and feeling the gentle warmth that comes upon you.

A pleasant tickling sensation that comes with the flushing of the face and the release of tension.

I struggled to shake it off and approached the people with black eyes.

“I wonder if the pattern is here somewhere.”

If I am correct, there should be an imprint engraved on it somewhere like a wild dog.

I tried my hand at it, believing that if I could control life, I could also make it free.

“Line… Purple line…”

The first person I caught was a man with a strong body.

The armor he was wearing showed that he was a soldier,

The numerous blood vessels shining on his rolled up forearms seemed to tell how strong he was.

“I found it.”

The location is the chest.

The place was filled with letters and patterns that looked similar to those of wild dogs.

But he had no idea how to proceed from here.

On top of the lying dirt, I saw endless purple lights as if they were tied to a thread.

They all seemed to lead far away, deep into the mountains.

…Is there a demon controlling them here?

“What should we do with this now?!”

Before I could do anything more, my eyes wavered again.

Before I even realized that I was too close to the body of the soldier I had tied up –

“Ugh – Ugh – !”

I can’t even speak properly,

Trying to somehow catch him swinging his arms wildly,

It rolled on the floor with the sound of something breaking.

Did I get it right?

I had to stand up again, but I couldn’t.

Even if you try to move his hand, his fingers just twitch.

He could not help but let out a faint groan at the terrible pain rising from his strained jaw.

“Russell, Russell!!!”

Screaming and running towards me,

‘Mom’ once again raises her fist and mercilessly throws those who come running to the floor.

Then, a red light appeared right in front of his mouth, revealing his teeth.

The canine teeth looked so large and sharp that they could not be considered human.

“Russell is… Because of your bullsh*t!”

A lot of raised scales.

The horns were revealed before we knew it.

A tail that runs wild, stirring up the dirt and roughly plowing the floor.

To say that it crawled over my body and squirted out wet liquid,

It looked like a much stronger and more terrifying beast than a snake.

The sight caught my eye for a moment.

Winds passing by sharply like the winter wind.

Black dirt lying on the ground that seems to be slowly being dragged away.

‘Mom,’ no, the red dragon Rosaria was taking a breath.

“Burn.”

Then, it stretched out its wings and flew up lightly, as if trying to expel it all at once.

A shape that seems to be somewhere between a human and a dragon is not beautiful at all.

He didn’t even show me the kindness he used to show me.

Just staring blankly at ‘Mom’ on the ground,

I was just standing helpless in front of the dragon’s fire.

In no time, the small light turned into a red fireball big enough to be seen.

And finally, upon seeing the red dragon that seemed to have taken all its breath,

“No!!”

I screamed at the top of my lungs and immediately stood up.

Give strength to both legs –

I was able to raise my fallen body in an instant.

It was just a moment, but

Nevertheless, it seemed like he was successful in getting his mother’s attention and stopping her magic.

It would have been perfect if it hadn’t been for the body falling right over.

***

“Russell, come to your senses. Russell!”

Were your eyes closed?

I immediately lifted my eyelids and saw my mother’s face,

And then I saw a forest.

“Oh, I’m glad, really, really…”

Too-duk-duk.

Hot tears fell down my cheeks and mouth.

What entered my open mouth without thinking… Was surprisingly sweet.

Mine was just woven, but ‘Mom’s’ was something different.

“What about other people…?”

But there was no time to wonder about the taste.

I immediately got up and turned my head to the people who had almost been hit by fire.

“They’ve all been captured.

Everything. I don’t know what you’re going to do with them…

At least it seems like they don’t want to harm you.”

Still half human in appearance,

And the appearance of the red dragon, half in the form of a dragon, shedding only tears –

He looked so pitiful for someone who had done such a terrible thing to me.

“…I’m sorry.

I have done too much to you.

To you who are still young, I am too…”

Weeping and wrapping both arms as if in pain,

Having lost its brilliant red color, the flowing hair has lost its beauty.

The tail, which could not be hidden, lay sprawled on the floor and could not be moved.

Making a mess of the surroundings,

Despite the fact that it was the same tail that ravaged my body.

“You are doing this even though you don’t want to,

I didn’t understand your inner thoughts and did as I pleased.”

Gulp,

I swallowed my saliva once,

I opened my trembling lips and tried to continue speaking,

“M, miff… Miff…”

As if he couldn’t say anything, he held her clothes tightly in his hands.

In the end, she lowered her head and cried loudly.

…Does he really hate me leaving his side?

Even though it is a dragon that is called an evil dragon by everyone and is both resented and feared,

Am I unable to bear what I hate?

“Ah, ahhh…!”

The long, flowing head crashes into the black dirt,

I couldn’t bear to see him shaking and crying as if he was left alone in the middle of a blizzard.

More than anything, those who said they did such things to me,

Because it wasn’t something I did because I didn’t like it.

Rather, it was a little different from what I wanted –

“I don’t like what my mom did.”

Still, it was love.

Because it was a story about someone loving and caring for me so much.

“But she didn’t say she didn’t like her mom.”

Although I know that the people who hurt me right now are being manipulated,

He also tried to breathe fire.

Despite having to live in hiding, away from people,

You also came to see me when I was in trouble.

If everyone doesn’t love me, it must be something I can’t do.

“…Russell?”

“But the love I spoke of,

I think the love my mother spoke of is very different.

That’s why.”

I am once again filled with anticipation, as if trying to control a wriggling tail.

I immediately cut off my mother’s sparkling hope.

…I had to admit it.

I see my mother as her mother.

Even if I tried to fall, I couldn’t.

Even though I tried to hate it, I kept thinking of the warmth it gave me.

It was my mother who held me in her arms and took me to a warm cave home on a cold winter day,

It was my mother who taught me the magic I now use with my hands.

What made it possible to attract people’s attention and create an unforgettable beautiful tree blooming,

With scales, horns, wings, and tail –

“But I love you so much. More than anyone else.”

Dracea rosaria.

She was my mother.

“…Really, Ini.

The words that say you love me more than anyone else.”

But instead, I woke up with sparkling eyes,

I cleaned up the protruding scales and wings.

Mom approached me with her tail wagging.

Yellow eyes and red hair have long since regained their sparkle.

“As a family, yes.

But she is not the woman her mother says she is.”

That’s why we drive even harder,

I hoped that my mother’s sparkle would fade even a little.

I hope that what I am trying to convey goes to her mother without any misunderstanding.

“I see.”

He quietly nods his head.

A smile that gently blooms.

Gently and slowly lifting the tail –

“Then… Yes, yes.”

Wow, mom hugged me.

Her mouth was tightly shut, her lips quivering as if she was enduring her pain.

She just closed her eyes in silence for a while.

“That… That’s enough.”

The words that flowed out with a long breath were extremely calm,

Her tail also naturally started to flutter.

The soft smile I regained was that of the ‘mother’ I knew… And that was right.

He flicked her hand, turning the red into black.

Her eyes closed and opened, clearing the yellow color.

Finally, mom lifted her tail into her dress, lifted her broken shield, and shook it off.

“So, what do you want to do with them?”

In a calm and smooth voice, my mother asked me that.

She looked so refreshed that it was hard to believe she had been crying just a moment ago.