Seeker of First Light - Chapter 23

Chapter 23

She couldn’t help it. Naskan, who had dealt with many devilkins as an escort for her when she was young, hated them.

However, Axen Arc, who received those eyes directly, did not seem to mind. It must have been surprising though his languid eyes were still the same, his expression was expressionless, and after a while, he even raised his lips to smile.

“That one. Who is that?”

Naskan said one more time.

“Axen Arc from Lab 2.”

Axen narrowed his eyes as he made a brief introduction that only worked in Sedition.

Usually, among devilkins, fairies, and dragons, there was a custom of introducing the position in the class to which they belonged rather than the position in Sedition. So, the introduction that Axen just made was a little different.

Naskan asked who he was, but he didn’t ask just to know Axen’s name, and even though Axen knew that, he deliberately hid himself and seemed to be provoking.

That alone made Chryselua feel the tension between them.

“Devilkin. I asked you to explain what you just said.”

Of course, it didn’t seem to mean anything to Naskan.

“Well…”

Axen smiled and still didn’t answer. When Chrys glanced up, he, who felt her gaze, immediately withdrew his interest from Naskan. Of course, seeing that, they could hear Naskan clenching his teeth from ten paces away.

Chrys tapped Axen on the arm as she thought it would be a headache if they continued talking here.

“Axen Arc.”

“Yes. Chrys.”

“Devilkin b*stard, did you just say Chrys?”

‘D*mn it. Everything’s going awry.’

Chryselua pushed Axen Arc on the back.

“Go back quickly, I’ll explain to him. I don’t think the talk will go well even if you answer him anyway.”

“Yes. Then, take care of yourself.”

And after Axen Arc bowed his head once to her, Chrys swung her new model away as if Naskan couldn’t be seen.

“Ho!”

When Naskan, the Dawn Dragon, who was completely ignored by the devilkin, let out a big laugh, Chryselua touched her forehead. It was either because of this situation or something, but her head was terribly dizzy.

“…Let’s go in. It’s not something to talk about here right now. Uhp!”

Chryselua hurriedly shut her mouth. She got better after an affair with Axen Arc, but after her dream, her condition got worse again. She was dizzy the whole time, and she felt nauseous.

“Twi, twilight—”

Naskan, who was more than ten paces away, came running in a step. She doubted if he had even flown in, and she had to look to see if he had even taken out his wings.

“Twilight, please explain. You, you…”

On the contrary, he looked very confused.

“You said you had a child? Did I hear that right?”

“Yes. That’s right…”

It was embarrassing to beat around the bush when she had already been caught, so she meekly admitted it.

“…A child? You said you had a child? Do you have a child? Twilight, you—?”

“Yes.”

“You have a child?”

“I said yes!”

Naskan would, of course, be flustered. Still, even when she answered, he didn’t understand and kept asking the same thing, which made her annoyed.

“With who? That guy? That devilkin?”

“Ah, I don’t know!”

Naskan stopped moving completely for an instant.

“…You, you don’t know?”

“….”

“You don’t know?”

‘Oh, no…’

Chryselua belatedly realized her mistake.

“I don’t know!”

He raised his voice. Obviously, saying she didn’t know in this situation was the bomb. In the meanwhile, Naskan, with eyes wide open, didn’t even give Chrys time to settle from the bombshell remark.

“Whe, where? Huh? When? No, why have you been talking…!”

“Dawn, hold on.”

“No, sorry. Chrys. I’m not pushing you right now. But… Chrys, are you okay?”

“Please…”

“What the hell is going on…”

“Naskan.”

“How could this happen?”

Ha.

Chryselua sighed inwardly. Suddenly, his friend got pregnant, and she didn’t know who the baby’s father was. Of course, Naskan would be shocked.

And then came the natural concern.

“No, you didn’t even know that I was there. Is your body okay? How hard is that on the body? Ha… Chrys, come here.”

Saying so, he gave Chrys a hug. It was a sudden movement, but she couldn’t ask for him to let go. First of all, the feeling of being comfortably hugged by Naskan wasn’t bad, and for some reason, it was because her body was heavy from a while ago, and it was hard just to walk.

Heading inside the lair, Naskan watched Chrys anxiously the whole time.

Because of the dilated pupils that were completely different from when he faced Axen Arc, those eyes seemed to be crying. So Chryselua couldn’t correct the misunderstanding he had made.

“Does Lord know about this? Huh?”

“Of, of course, she doesn’t know…”

Chryselua shook her head at Naskan, who pressed her.

There was no way she could tell Lord about this.

There was a reason why Chrys decided to erase the memory of that time and cover it up alone in the first place. The Lord and the other older dragons tended to be overprotective of her. It was the same even though she had achieved some success in Sedition alone.

She didn’t even have to say that she was pregnant. If she just said that she had an accident with three men, she would get into real trouble.

—Chrys, who did you do something to?

—Tell me in detail. Where?

—A fairy? A faairryy? Those bastards cross the line, who dared to touch you?

—A devilkin? I thought they were belligerent and sticking to each other, but I didn’t expect that to happen. So, which region is he from? At this point, the underworld should be erased from the map!

—This Dawn b*stard!

With Lord’s last cry doubting Naskan, Chryselua’s imagination ended there.

“Sh*t. What kind of b*stard is he?”

“…Dawn. calm down.”

It was because she had looked up at Naskan in surprise. He bared his fangs and gritted them, holding off the vulgar language that she had previously said she didn’t like.

“Chrys, you almost died. Do you think I’m going to calm down?”

“What? I almost died?”

“Yes. Do you know how much magic it takes to make just one? It’s not for normal use, you know.”

Naskan cut her off once as if her emotions were overflowing.

“You are still… dizzy, and that’s it. Was this why you asked me to? Because it was difficult to hold the ceremony? Even so, you lack magic. If it’s true that you actually had a child, it’s a miracle that you’re still standing. And while you were doing research and all, I couldn’t see you eating properly.”

Chrys only knew that she was slightly unwell and often felt nauseous though she had no idea that such a situation would happen.

“I… I really didn’t know.”

“You are twilight. So, I guess you thought there would be no conception in the first place, and you didn’t have anyone to hang out with. Ha. How the hell did this happen… Don’t you know who that b*stard is?”

“That is…”

“I had to get rid of it when there were signs. How old is he now?”

Chryselua opened her mouth to answer. She felt that she had to do something as Naskan insisted on, whether she answered or cleared up misunderstandings. Still, her body didn’t help.

“…Uhp!”

“Oh my. Alright, don’t answer. Don’t think about it.”

“….”

There was a deepening misunderstanding.

“You… even now, are still going through the risk of dying. That b*stard wouldn’t even know you were Twilight. Right? That bastard turned all the dragons into enemies. I will search all of the underworld, spirit realm, and the divine realm to find it and kill it.”

“Dawn…”

“I will tear that bastard limb from limb.”

‘…That’s you, you idiot.’

Chryselua covered her face with both of her hands while Naskan, one of the bastards to be torn limb to limb, continued to grind his teeth.

‘I’m going crazy, really…’

The more she looked at this guy’s reaction, the more she thought it was fortunate that she had erased his memory.

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