We Live in Dragon’s Peak

"Your penis, your penis."

"Oops, finally, Ares is filling up and monopolizing me!

Soon after leaving Lindsay's house, Ares held my hand. [M]

Nimia was left behind by Madeleine's escort, so Ares is really in a monopoly.

Let's go to the Grand Shrine together.

"Everywhere. Everywhere."

Bad girl, Ares.

As they approach, they walk through the residential area in the evening.

I just passed by noisily in the morning. On your way home, you'll go slowly enjoying the scenery.

"Ha! I wish Madeleine and I could take a leisurely walk in the city."

"I can't help it."

"That's right. As it stands, it can't be helped. But one day, I'll make it happen."

The neighborhood's residential neighborhood is full of nature and has a calm atmosphere.

Does it feel like a luxury residential area?

People who interact with each other behave elegantly, and the hustle and bustle of the downtown area doesn't get here.

"Um, where did you come from?

Over there. Over there.

"Eh, that's a lie. I've never seen that building before.

"No way."

"You really are a bad boy!

Without carrying a white sword and a spiritual tree wooden knife, and without putting Nimia on his head. Besides, no one will realize that I am the "savior goddess" who walks hand in hand with a young girl.

The missed parent and child passed away laughing at my interaction with Ares.

"In the meantime, you should aim for the main street, right? There are a lot of signs coming from the other side, so that's the right answer."

Walking in a strange, quiet residential neighborhood, you can discover as many landmarks as you want.

I walk towards the bustling signs. [M]

Ares walks honestly in line without thinking about the trouble of getting me lost.

"The next time I visit Lindsay's house, I need to learn the way."

On the way to and from, the scenery is different on the same road. I often hear that. A truly unfamiliar neighborhood continues.

I was supposed to take Madeleine with me once in the morning.

Pass the landmark large mansion and enter the park. While confirming the orientation, proceed horizontally to the fountain to the tree-lined path.

"Mum, is it really because you're starting to see things that you don't recognize?

"It's not your fault... it's your fault.

I knew it!

Somewhere along the way, it seems to have gone in the wrong direction.

Nevertheless, I'm relying on the bustling signs, so I'm sure I'll be on the main street eventually.

Well then, that road is going to be a landmark, so let's go.

Find the back street lined with stores and change course.

I can still afford it, so why don't we buy Mary and the others souvenirs? Oh, my God, Ares and I are looking for a store to open.

Among the shops lined up on the roadside, I was able to see not only the food system, but also the shops selling groceries and armaments.

"Do you have any books about Louisaine's magic eyes...?"

I peeked through the stores that sell used books, but I couldn't find any biographies or anecdotes like we were looking for, mainly fairy tales.

After all, when Lyla came here, I was looking at the opening of the store thinking maybe it would be better to get permission from the royal palace to show me valuable materials.

"You there. Well, are you interested in fortune-telling?

I stopped for a moment when I was shouted at unexpectedly.

Looking back at the voice, a carpet was spread out in the corner of the road, and a man with a smelly smell was sitting in the middle of a crowd lined up with tools that were generally unnoticeable, such as cursed tools and crystals.

Put on a black jacket, put on a headscarf, and don't let me look at you. Still, you stare at us from behind the dark shadow of the headscarf.

It's a suspicious opponent to see, and you shouldn't get involved.

Confirming that, I started walking again. [M]

"Hey, you're not gonna ignore that, are you?

I was called from behind, but I ignored it.

I don't have a good impression of a fortuneteller or a curser in the Kingdom of Jordan.

It was a demonic race, but I recall a precedent when I was trying to destroy the country by sending the queen.

So, Ares and I passed by, ignoring the suspicious fortuneteller with the pretense that I didn't see or hear.

But the fortuneteller man called me again without discipline. [M]

"There are difficulties ahead of you in your journey. Still trying to go without my advice?

It's a rough dialog.

Everyone has a hard way to go. There is no easy life, and even if there is, it is just boring and not stimulating.

I'll try my best, even if a difficult future awaits. [M]

Madeleine and Cefina, Louisaine.

That's why the man's words don't resonate with my heart. I thought.....

"Don't tell me, just because they were special, you think it's easy to treat both the witch and the princess special."

What?

I stop following a man's unexpected words. [M] And confused.

Sure, I was supposed to pass by.

I must have listened to the man and walked.

And yet, next to me and Ares who stopped, the rug that I had just seen was spread out, and a sexy black coat fortune teller was sitting in the middle of the strange tools lined up.

That's not all.

"Ernea"

Did you feel something? Ares transformed from a toddler to an adult and split between me and the fortuneteller.

I finally noticed something strange in the eyes of the people around me. [M]

There's no one here.

Speaking of backstreets, it was supposed to be crowded with people.

There's only me, Ares and the fortuneteller in the back street.

Even though the stores remained lined up, the appearance and signs of people had completely disappeared.

"Caught in the border!?

At what time!?

"Elnea, run away....."

"Spirits of the Spirit Tree that are not yet growing, keep pulling in."

A man's, in just that word.

In an instant, Mr. Ares, who unleashed his power and became an adult, disappeared from my presence.

"Don't be stupid!

Unexpected development.

When I aggressively activated the space jump, I took a large distance from the suspicious man. [M]... was supposed to be.

"The space leap didn't start!? No, it's not. I activated it, but I didn't move...?

I look around in a hurry.

An unchanged, uninhabited backstreet landscape. And a suspicious fortuneteller man.

But no matter where I look, I don't see Mr. Ares.

Explore the signs. That way, I could feel only a small connection between me and Mr. Ares.

"Did Ares fly out of boundaries..."

"Obviously. That's a good guess."

I turned back to the man's voice. [M]

"Who are you?

A man sitting in the middle of a rug with a black headscarf over his eyes.

I remembered a man once confronted. [M]

Baltonoire.

Old jacket worn. Everything from rough hair to a beard that stretches around your mouth is a man in black.

Those who have given the life of immortality just like us, have lived much longer than us, and have been involved in the world.

The fortuneteller's man had an atmosphere that somehow reminded him of the Baltic Noir.

I see, is it similar? Should I say that I am happy? Should I be sad? "

Ugh!

Did this man read my mind!?

"Have you ever been pointed out that your defense is weak?

"Ugh...."

When I did, I felt like a man laughed behind my turban.

"Tell me one thing. How was his end? Did he die satisfied, or did he die remorseful? As the one who led him, you think you deserve to hear that? I took care of his end for you."

"I see!

As we were led by Michela and the Dragon God, there were people who once discovered possibilities in Baltonoire.

Baltonoir said. The man who gave himself the life of immortality was a man named Warren.

"Oh, yeah. I was the one who admitted Baltonoir."

The man finally raised his face and looked straight up at me from behind the headscarf.

I'll stare back at Warren without turning a blind eye.

"If you want to know about Baltonoire, I think you should go to the tomb first. I suppose that's how he takes the first responsibility for the manipulation of his fate?

After that fierce battle.

We transported the body of Balton Noir to the perimeter and buried it.

The location is near the Mansion.

In response, Warren raised her mouth behind her beard. [M]

"Did you flirt with me? That's what you think."

"Of course!

We are not subordinate to Michela's children, nor are we forced by some fate, just because we gave life to the elderly.

Michelle and the others just found hope in our future and extended our lives.

Nor do we expect Michela to do more than become an elderly man.

Nevertheless, sometimes I think, "Still."

The end of Bartonoire was a manipulation of the fate of the immortal.

No, it's not just the end.

I'm not the only one who gets old or has a lifespan. But those around them die one after the other.

Even my beloved companion lost it.

Baltonoire and its associates. And his loved ones worked hard until the end to give him the same life of immortality as Bartonoir, he said.

However, the wish did not finally come true, and only a sad goodbye remained.

And Baltonoir became resentful of the world, until he dyed his hands with forbidden magic.

"As the responsibility of the person who led you, I will not say arrogantly that I want you to help me until the end. But there must have been another way for him and those around him. You left it there without any help or advice, and all you have to say is that you have taunted the fate of the Baltonoirs?

Couldn't you at least put in place an environment where those who left first can live with peace of mind? Couldn't you heal the heart of Balton Noir?

But Warren smiled at my opinion.

"You must have thought in one corner of your heart, right? Me and Michelle will never lead the way, even if we find the possibility."

"Well, that's true....."

"Think about it. I asked you to crush the Devil King and to protect his son. Why didn't Michela show up to thank you? The answer is simple. If I show myself before you now, I fear the possibility that I may be begged to give old age to the two new witches and the princess."

I was thinking.

Why don't Michelle and the others show up?

Of course, there's a simple answer to the question, because they're running around the world.

Still, it's unnatural to think that you won't show up in front of us who have fulfilled a big request.

Warren says it's our fault.

To welcome Madeleine and Cefina to their wives, I would like them both to be given the life of immortality. We don't visit because we're concerned about what we want. [M]

"That's ridiculous!

And I want to kick your ass.

Indeed, I want Madeleine and Cefina to be immortals just like us.

Ultimately, it's the most realistic way to get Michelle and the others to admit it.

But I don't beg!

We show them the possibility, just as they found it!

And I'm not asking you to admit it!

"But it's not a sweet road. You heard him, didn't you? About Bartonoire's wife and those around him. I won't spoil you. And it's the same with Michelle and the others."

"... still. We'll make sure we get there!

No matter how difficult the journey is.

Even if the ancients fail.

"But what do we do? What if their fate doesn't change?

Haha, now I laughed at Warren's words. [M]

"You're trying us, aren't you? But that's a waste of time. What if Madeleine and Cefina don't live to be immortals? In the first place, the question itself is wrong. If you can't, there's no such thing as" what if "before us. We'll get there! That's our answer."

Now, I assure you.

I am sure Madeleine and Cefina will welcome me as elders and wives!

Turn your unwavering gaze towards Warren.

No matter how malicious a bewilderment may be, my will does not move. [M]

With my will and gaze in my face, Warren kept quiet. [M]

Me and Warren look at each other silently.

Warren broke first.

"... good. How will you challenge them? Let me take a good look. But I'll tell you one more time. We're not sweeter than you think."

"That's what I want!

I've never overcome a challenge with sweetness before.

And it won't be sweet anymore.

We can find our own destiny!

After hearing my readiness, Warren gave up his right hand with nothing to say. [M]

Ernea!

Shortly afterwards, the feeling of pulling my clothes came through and I looked back.

Ares, who looked worried, grabbed my clothes hard. [M]

"Er...?

Look around to make sure.

In the evening, in the back street.

People come and go in line to open shops.

Soon the bustling landscape returned.

I'll see Warren again.

But there was no rug on the side of the road, and Warren was nowhere to be found.

"How long has it been?

"It's just a little time. Those around you can only feel the extent to which they stopped for a moment when they dropped their gaze on the side of the road."

"That's right...."

I should have talked to you for a long time.

Apparently, Warren's closure not only blocked the space, but also drove me mad at my sense of time.

And I think.

Why did Warren appear before me? [M]

Why wasn't it Michelle and the others?

"I wanted to hear the end of the Baltic Noir, because there might be a little. I mean, that's a tough test to warn you about."

Michelle doesn't show up. I think they're implicitly telling us not to expect even a little spoiling. [M]

But I'm not going to stop or turn back now.

As I declared, we will definitely try to reach the result. [M]

That's why Warren's words are not just "warnings," but "advice."

It's difficult, so don't relax.

"Let's talk about this when we get back."

"That's wise."

I take Ares' hand and walk out. [M]

Towards the path that stretched before us.