The Villain’s Sister Suffers Today - Side Story Episode 22

Side Story Episode 22
Translator : Missme
Editor : Aru

“Dragon?”

I reacted down for the first time to the unexpected news.

“It’s just a rumor at the moment.”

“How the Dragon was caught? Was it hunted? By who?”

“It’s just a rumor right now.….”

Dragon.

To simply explain about the dragon of this world. Its body is as big as a house, armed with hard scales, and when it opens its mouth, it emits a fire called ‘breath’, and a pair of wings behind its back.….

‘In terms of what it looks like, is it more like a lizard than a dragon?’

A two-legged walking lizard.

Anyway, according to the myth, dragons, which are known to be able to use magic or talk to humans, were more of a legend in many ways.

Because it was so hard to see it, it seemed to exist only as a legend.

Sometimes I heard stories about someone eye witnessing or hunting dragons.

‘But it’s only once in a while.’

Well…… about once every 50 years?

“What do you think, Butler? Did the dragon really get caught?”

“Honestly, I think it’s a false rumor.”

“Really?”

“Apart from other things, dragons are rarely found at first.”

“That’s true.”

“Even if someone happens to witness it anyhow, to catch the dragon, at least in one territorial or maybe in severe cases, national forces need to be moved to capture the dragon.… then it would have been known first.”

“You’re right.”

I didn’t contradict Butler’s words and nodded my head.

Dragon is also a dragon, but there was a reason why Dragon Slayer, which means a dragon killer, literally became a title in the story.

To catch the dragon, a great deal of force had to be used, as the Butler had said, but the problem was that there was not much Dragon Slayer left to catch it.

Scales? Bones? Or meat?

Whatever it is, it is not worth the lives of the thousands of soldiers.

Although, a hundred years ago, a mad king in some kingdoms who coveted the title Dragon Slayer once killed a dragon at the expense of half the kingdom’s knights…….

That’s what a crazy guy did.

In general, dragons rarely tried to be hunted, since people were getting more damage than if they weren’t caught.

“Then it’s just a rumor.”

I quickly turned my attention away after agreeing with the Butler.

I responded briefly because I heard a fantasy-like name after a long time, but it was not a big deal in the end.

It was the same if it was true, not just false rumors. Because it’s none of my business.

“Well, I’ll be right back to you when I get any news.”

The Butler left the dining room after delivering three useless news.

I became more depressed than before the Butler came in.

Sigh.

‘What on earth can I change this mood into?’

If I pretend to be crazy like a Gyerg and eat seven servings of sherbet, I’ll be more depressed because I’ll be suffering from an upset stomach.

Thinking so, I suddenly saw Gyerg with a very strange expression.

“…….Gyerg?”

Gyerg, who had kept a strange expression for a while because he couldn’t hear my call, shook his head quickly as if he had come to his senses after a while.

Before asking why, he raised his hand and ordered the eighth sherbet, leaving the seventh sherbet intact.

“…….”

Did he think about whether to eat two at the same time? He is not, is he?

I hope that the image of Gyerg will not fall anymore.

Although there’s nothing to fall anymore.

I didn’t have much to do, but I decided to just see how many sherbets Gyerg could eat.

***

“Ash!”

Ash arrived at the mansion no more than 15 days later.

It was very early, but it was needless to say that as soon as I heard the news, I ran out in a nightgown.

“Lydia.”

I hugged Ash’s body as soon as I reached the front door, even without seeing him.

It smelled like Ash. Just the smell.

I was relieved first and then questioned.

“Why are you so late?”

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m not trying to get an apology.”

“I’m so sorry.”

Listening to Ash’s apology falling on my head one after another, I kept my mouth shut.

Even fake words such as “it’s okay” or “no” didn’t come out.

I wasn’t okay with that at all. Not at all.

“I hate you.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I hate you.”

“I’m so sorry.”

Ash pulled my shoulder and crushed me into his arms.

I don’t know if his purpose is to soothe me or whether it means that he missed me, but anyway, my heart, which had been exasperated, has subsided little by little.

“……you’re thin.”

After a long time, Ash took me away from his arms and said so, rubbing my forehead with his thumb.

Did I?

For sure, I hardly ate for a week and my sleep time was messed up.

But maybe it wasn’t obvious, but Bessie and the Butler didn’t say much to me.

“It won’t happen again.”

Ash, who whispered as if he had sworn, kissed me on the forehead, followed by something hanging around my neck.

I blinked my eyes.

“…….Necklace?”

“Always have it.”

“Why suddenly……”

“If you have this, you can always contact me. Anywhere.”

“What?”

I looked down at the necklace in surprise.

This necklace…… is it like a phone?

Or a pager.

The turquoise jewel in the middle of the necklace sprayed a light.

It was a strange colour. I felt mysterious somewhere, but in the meantime, I was surprised to think that it would have been better if it was a gem that resembles Ash’s eyes or hair colour.

I looked up again and saw Ash.

“You’re late for this?”

“Similar.”

“Why did you do that? What is this?”

I’m serious. What is this?

He just has to protect me like he always does.

But nothing happened all this time, and I didn’t really need this, why.

I remembered all the hardships my heart had so far, and the tip of my nose became sore by itself.

Ash held me firmly in his arms again as I began to sniff.

“I was wrong.”

“…… just tell me in advance….. that you’re going to get a magic necklace like this…….”

Of course, after hearing the reason, it is unknown whether I would have let this matter innocently.

Ash hugged me and slowly swept my hair with a soft touch.

“It’s…..because I wasn’t sure that I could get it.”

Then I opened and closed my eyelids instead of wetting Ash’s chest with tears.

It was unexpected.

‘I’ve never heard him say that before…….’

How can he say that? It’s not anyone else, but Ash.

Come to think of it, I was also curious that Ash moved himself to get a necklace.

Just a gesture from Ash, there were a lot of people around him who would come to get this necklace even if they had to sacrifice their own life.

‘Is this such an incredible necklace?’

If I hear the function, it seems like a normal communication device.

Of course, the magic necklace itself is not an ordinary object, but……….

I soon stopped thinking and dug into Ash’s arms.

I don’t know. Anyway, that was a trivial matter at this moment.

In front of the fact that Ash is finally back.

The warm arms of Ash, which feel like a long time ago, are so warm and nice, and I haven’t fallen out of it for a long time.

***

The dawn just before sunrise is the darkest moment of the day.

Gyerg moved quietly in the darkness.

Arriving in front of the door, which soon leaked a faint light, Gyerg tucked himself into it as if he had been sucked in.

The scenery that appeared in time was no different from what was expected.

Gyerg kicked his tongue.

“……As expected.”

Under the weak light, Ash, who was changing the bandage on his left arm to a new one, looked at Gyerg for a moment at the sound.

But it was really a short time.

As if Gyerg did not exist in the first place, Gyerg familiarly opened his mouth as he watched Ash focusing only on the bandage work again.

“It’s you, right?”

“……..”

“You caught the dragon, didn’t you?”

Then he added in a confident voice without even listening to an answer.

“I knew it as soon as I saw it. The  jewel on the necklace, that’s a dragon heart, right?”

Dragon heart.

The heart of the dragon.

However, the meaning contained in it was not only seemingly simple.

“Wow, are you crazy?”

The dragon heart was a must-have preparation for the contract.

It was known only to a few, but Gyerg just happened to belong to a few.

Ash ignored Gyerg and devoted himself to what he was doing. Gyerg didn’t care and talked.

“At this age, I’ve seen all sorts of rare things in my life. A human being takes a dragon and takes out its heart and takes a vow? Hey, don’t say you’re a human being anywhere.….”

“So.”

After finishing the work of wrapping a new bandage around the wound, Ash finally spat out his first words to the noisy uninvited guest.

“Does it have anything to do with you?”

Gyerg’s expression crumpled immediately.

“Of course, I have! Who protected that human being while you were gone? I thought you asked for it! Thanks to that human, I was treated as a bored man with nothing to do and stayed by the ashes day and night. Me!”

That human. This human.

It all pointed to Lydia, who was asleep in the next room at this time without knowing anything.

“I appreciate that.”

“That…..”

“But I don’t mind.”

Ash continued, staring straight at Gyerg.

“Especially if you’re going to tell Lydia……..”

“No! Am I crazy? I won’t!”

Gyerg jumped and answered like he was screaming.

He didn’t always look like he was going to cut himself if his opponent’s eyes were like this.

‘Aish…… I’m so sad that I can’t live.’

He doesn’t know what this is all about.

If what he had done was known to his other surviving relatives, he would surely be a burst of laughter.

Although, if he takes those who would be ridiculed him here, they’ll just become a burst of laughter just like Gyerg.

Gyerg shook off his growing sense of shame and grumbled.

“And even if you didn’t tell me, I won’t say it to that human.”

He means it.

At first glance, it sounds like an attempt to build his self-esteem, but Gyerg really didn’t mean to tell Lydia from the beginning.

“What did I get from telling her?’

As soon as Lydia knew the “real” effect of the necklace, the reaction was obvious.

She’ll go on a rampage trying to untie the necklace right away and destroy it.

This is not only words, the act where she would really take a real hammer to hit the necklace or taking it up high and dropping it spontaneously depicted.