I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit - Chapter 71

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Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom.
She sensed a tremendous surge of mana moving, and in that same instant, she exhaled a deep sigh.
“Sigh.”
Dragons respected each other’s private domains, so arriving unannounced like this without so much as a word was terribly impolite.
“If it were any other dragon, I would have unleashed my breath attack.”
Kadelina had warped directly into Ravina’s lair.
“Go ahead. I’ll humor you that much.”
“….”
“A weakling’s breath attack would just tickle anyway.”
“…When will you ever grow up?”
Ravina sat at a tea table and moved her fingers.
A kettle began brewing tea of its own accord.
The kettle rose and floated through the air as if it had wings, drifting over to pour tea into both Ravina’s and Kadelina’s cups.
“Greet your sister more warmly, will you?”
Ravina sighed again with an exasperated exhale.
Kadelina, the “Black Flame Dragon,” and Ravina, the “Dragon of Wisdom,” were fundamentally incompatible.
“If you’re going to spout more nonsense about continental annihilation policies, get out of my lair this instant.”
“That’s not it, sister.”
“And stop calling me sister!”
“But you are my sister. What else would I call you?”
“Ugh….”
Dragons, unlike humans, did not concern themselves with bloodlines.
Upon reaching maturity, they became completely independent beings, and most paid no mind whatsoever to parents, brothers, sisters, or such familial bonds.
However, Kadelina was different, and she troubled Ravina considerably.
“Fine. Do as you please.”
“I was going to anyway.”
“Why did you come here in the first place?”
“I wanted to discuss something about Arun.”
At the mention of Arun’s name, Ravina’s expression softened slightly.
Arun was one of the few young dragons in existence, and young dragons were cherished and beloved by all dragons.
‘Sigh. Before I knew it, I was already thinking of him as my nephew.’
Dragons originally had no concept of nephews. It should have remained that way.
This was all because of Kadelina.
‘I mustn’t let Kadelina’s influence rub off on me. Get a grip.’
Ravina cleared her throat with a soft cough and asked.
“Why? Is he going through adolescence?”
“Do dragons experience adolescence?”
“Dragons who have experienced much of human life do go through adolescence.”
Ravina’s eyes narrowed.
She bore a similar appearance to Kadelina, yet her expression was far gentler and warmer, and she gazed at Kadelina in silence for a long moment.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Among the dragons I know, there’s one who went through puberty for about 200 years. Humans call it the ‘fifteen-year-old syndrome,’ and that dragon was stuck in it for all 200 years. I nearly died dealing with the aftermath, you know? I even had to work as a human grand duke, something that was never in my fate. And I’m still doing it, actually.”
Kadelina let out a dry cough.
“Why are you still bringing up old stories? And another thing—you actually enjoyed that grand duke role quite a bit, didn’t you? What was it again? Robena, the Northern Grand Duke?”
“Be honest—do you still like the name ‘Black Flame Dragon of Final Extinction, Destruction, and Transparency’?”
“….”
“Aren’t you embarrassed?”
“…Why would that be embarrassing?”
Everyone else said it was embarrassing, so I suppose it must be, she was thinking, but truthfully, she still didn’t understand why.
She still quite liked the epithet of the Black Flame Dragon of Final Extinction, Destruction, and Transparency.
“You still think you’re the strongest in the world, don’t you?”
“…That’s just a fact, though?”
“….”
“Three ancient dragons came forward to stop me, and they ended up getting utterly beaten by me instead—oof!”
Ravina covered Kadelina’s mouth.
“That’s not something to brag about, please! How you’ve been suffering from this syndrome for 500 years, not just 200. Don’t go around telling people I’m your sister—it’s embarrassing.”
Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom, understood everything about her sibling.
That Kadelina still hadn’t escaped the ‘fifteen-year-old syndrome.’
Because her experience as a human in childhood had been so intense, her sense of self as a dragon had grown somewhat unstable.
‘Still, she’s matured a little.’
At this point, it wouldn’t have been strange if Kadelina had thrown a tantrum and breathed fire. Yet she remained composed.
Ravina sighed and asked.
“So? Is there some problem with Arun?”
“Arun remembers the Ratel’s life. A lot of it, actually. I abandoned those memories.”
“What? Are you insane?”
Ravina straightened her posture.
Two dragons with opposing natures began to converse.
“So? You just abandoned Arun like that?”
If his dragon identity becomes unstable, will you take responsibility? Will you just leave him to become like you?
She was about to say that, but held back for a moment.
Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom, closed her eyes and thought for a long time.
“I’ll do as you say, sister.”
Kadelina was a sibling(?) who was fierce yet possessed a pure side. And Ravina didn’t dislike that purity of hers.
If she truly disliked it, she wouldn’t have continued meeting with Kadelina.
“Arun has such a firm sense of purpose that he’s willing to deceive you, his mother. He’s different from ordinary dragons.”
Most dragons lack a purpose in life. They simply live as things flow.
They were such beings.
“Dragons like that usually have very solid sense of selves. Even that crazy one who thought she was human never lost her identity as a dragon, in the end.”
“…So it’s okay to just leave him alone?”
“For now. But I should keep an eye on things.”
“How?”
“I need to meet them in person—Kim Beolggwol and Isabel.”
“Really? You’ll do that for me?”
Ravina exhaled with another long sigh.
“It seems like that’s what you came to ask me for in the first place.”
“Hehe, was it that obvious?”
The Black Flame Dragon who had plunged the world into terror was always nothing more than a younger sibling in front of her sister.
It had been that way five hundred years ago, and it remained so now.
“Please, sister. I love you.”
Kadelina moved behind Ravina and suddenly wrapped her arms around her.
Goosebumps erupted across Ravina’s entire body.
“Please! Get away from me!”
“Try to escape if you can.”
Ravina struggled, but she couldn’t match Kadelina’s raw strength.
* * *
At the work site where earthquake recovery efforts were in full swing.
“Every time I see her, my mood becomes so much better.”
There was a girl there known as the human vitamin.
A young noblewoman in her early teens, she always did her best and smiled brightly.
Day after day, she worked with beads of sweat rolling down her face, radiating joy that breathed vitality into the entire work site.
“A fallen noble, they say?”
“How can she be so cheerful despite her difficult circumstances?”
Within just a few days, Isabel had become quite famous.
Isabel herself barely realized this fact. Each day was simply filled with gratitude and joy.
“Today was exhausting.”
My entire body ached.
If I didn’t possess the physique of a Villorian, I would have collapsed several times over from the sheer volume of work.
“Hehe, muscle soreness.”
Today I had overused my lower back and arms.
I hummed a peculiar little tune.
“My back throbs and aches, my arms won’t lift properly.”
New experiences I could never have imagined in my past life filled me completely.
My back hurting from moving my body so much. My arms not responding from lifting heavy things.
Where in the world could such blissful pain be found?
‘My magic has been quite helpful too!’
Delighted, I burrowed deep into my blankets.
I peeked my eyes out just slightly to gaze at the ceiling.
Though no one was listening, I still boasted anyway.
“I’m quite a useful person, it seems. I’m helping out here and there.”
Being someone who could help others—I never knew it could feel this wonderful.
After some time had passed, I rose from my seat and approached the window.
9 PM—the time when Kim Beolggwol always appeared at my window.
‘Hm?’
By 9:01, Kim Beolggwol still hadn’t shown up.
‘What could be wrong?’
Ever since I’d fallen ill before, Kim Beolggwol had visited my room without fail every single day.
I’d grown so accustomed to holding him close as I slept that the absence of his warmth left me feeling terribly hollow.
‘Surely nothing’s happened, has it?’
9:30 PM.
10:00 PM.
No matter how much time passed, Kim Beolggwol did not appear.
‘No, no. Nothing’s wrong. Beolggwol is brave and strong. He promised to always be by my side. He always keeps his promises.’
Now that I thought about it, he’d never actually promised to come at exactly 9 PM. So being late tonight wasn’t a breach of his word.
Midnight came and went, the dawn broke, and morning light spilled across the sky.
At 7 AM, Biatone knocked on my door.
The moment Biatone saw my face, he discerned my condition.
“You didn’t sleep well, did you?”
“…No.”
I hadn’t said anything, yet Biatone seemed to understand everything.
“Kim Beolggwol wasn’t beside you last night, was he?”
“…No. Nothing’s happened to him, has it? I’m so, so worried.”
Biatone smiled gently.
“I’ve never encountered a ratel as valiant as Kim Beolggwol.”
Biatone immediately sensed the deep fear I was experiencing.
He placed his hand upon my head.
His large, warm hand covered my head, and the gentle mana that seeped from his palm enveloped my body in soothing warmth.
“There’s no need to worry. If he doesn’t come tonight either, I’ll search for him myself.”
“You will, Teacher?”
“I’m on vacation right now, so I have nothing but time.”
“What? You were on vacation, Teacher?”
This was the first I’d heard of it.
I’d always assumed he’d been dispatched to serve as my attendant.
“Then why are you here if you’re on vacation?”
“Because I’m on vacation, I’m here, of course.”
Biatone, unable to entrust my care to anyone else, had followed me here despite his time off.
“You should be at some resort, resting comfortably.”
“Wherever the Princess is, that’s my resort.”
“W-well, your words are deeply appreciated, but…”
It felt terribly presumptuous to ask Biatone, who was supposed to be on vacation, to search for the ratel.
Watching me struggle with this, Biatone let out a quiet sigh that no one else could hear.
‘Still not acting like a child,’ I thought.
Isabel was once again considering the circumstances of the adults around her.
Biatone felt somewhat disheartened that Isabel had grown up far too quickly.
It seemed as though she were racing through life at a pace far faster than anyone else.
He spoke with forced cheerfulness.
“Wow, this ratel-hunting game sounds incredibly fun. I absolutely must find it. Hehe.”
Yet Biatone no longer needed to search for Kim Beolggwol.
Someone was holding the unconscious ratel by the scruff of its neck.
At the work site, where labor was in full swing.
Biatone approached a woman with a sword in hand.
His expression was intensely grave.
“It would be wise to put that ratel down, Grand Duke.”
Robena, Grand Duke of the North.
The only Mage-Swordmaster capable of matching blades with Emperor Ron himself, and Biatone’s mentor—she had revealed herself after ten years.

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