Chapter 163 (1/2)

Chapter 163

Translator: Mii

Editor: [QueenieZhuz]

Chapter 13 – Dragon-san and the House of Spirits

I went to ask for Kyle’s help early in the morning.

I was very happy that Kylee agreed without any mind despite with only my vague talk.

But suddenly Belga who seemed like she heard our talk appeared, and said that she would guide me to Lute’s residence.

Kyle and I was astonished, but Berga was surprisingly calm.

「I will only open the key. Lute had always wished for something. But he was troubled since he couldn’t reach his wish. I hope you can be the catalyst of his hope.」

Berga finished talking, and looked at Kyle slowly.

「Is it useful?」

「It is more than enough. Thank you, Belga.」

When Kyle said so, Berga became red and turned her gaze to another side.

It reminded me of both of them from a long time ago, and the exchange made me feel strange.

The curse on Berga’s soul was something very deep. I don’t know whether it could be released from the cursed person.

However, Berga who was acting this way seemed to like she is still the same person when we used to play around in the capital city of Barrow.

When I thought that one day she will call my name once again, I feel happy.

Anyway, I could report to Nectar right now that we could go and face Lute, and since Berga said that she would take us along, we should get ready quickly.

But since we had left the branch shrine, we should talk to Aru about this.

Currently, Nectar and I are sitting in a pious hall in front of Aru who smiled in an imposing stance.

His golden eyes were filled with anger, contrary to his wonderfully perfect smile. The red color in his flax hair also swayed like a flame.

Uwahh, as I thought, his angry look was so similar with Nectar’s….

Well, since we are going to be busy from now on, we have to talk to Aru properly.

However, I couldn’t help but informed him that grandpa was going to be the key of the sealing.

When he was wondering what we were doing, he noticed the carried out occasion Nectar said, and our words were becoming little and little after facing the smile on his face.

I regretted that I told him grandpa was going to leave alone. Of course he would feel shocked.

However, although Aru seemed like he was about to cry, Aru’s golden eyes didn’t lose its strength.

In other words, he was currently in his fully angry mode.

「Daddy, Mommy. You made me as an outcast again.」

「T-That’s not true, though?」

「Yeah. It’s just hard for us to say it to Aru, sk……」

「Take me along too!」

Our excuse was drown out by Aru’s request.

「Aru!?」

「You are going to go to Lute and think about a way to help Lute’s important person, right? I want to help as well.」

「You can’t. We going to go Lute’s place to talk, but the other party is hostile to us. Since we don’t know what will happen later, we won’t have enough power to protect you, and we don’t have the necessity to take you there too.」

I understood Nectar’s concerns who denied his request once and for all.

Lute was looking for an alternative dragon. Then, he should be aiming for Aru if I was no good. Even if the possibility was very low, he might try to do it.

Aru flinched with Nectar’s harsh words, but his gaze didn’t change.

「I know that the song that Lute sang was… about the originin dragon. It was a very beautiful song, but also very sad. I could just cry when I heard it.」

I already heard from Mikoto and Aru himsef that he met Lute in the main shrine.

However, I didn’t know that there were a deep exchange to the point of Lute letting him listen to his song, and I just stared at the desperate Aru.

「But now I can tell Lute. No, I have to tell him. Lute is weak towards a half-spirit like me, he won’t aim towards me aggressively. Even if it’s not the case, I will protect myself too.」

「But……」

「I want to be friends with Lute.」

Aru begged me, and bowed his head. I stopped speaking.

It would be easy for me to scold him not to be selfish.

Since he was still young, it would be dangerous to bring him along too.

But…

「All right. I will bring you along.」

「Mommy!」

「Lava!?」

Aru’s expression brighten in an instant, and Nectar’s complexion changed into a shock, and he turned his gaze towards me.

I didn’t know if this will end up good or bad.

However, I didn’t want Aru to let go of the feeling of wanting to get close to that person, and also the feeling of wanting to reach out.

Because, I always wanted to put Aru’s feelings of wanting to connect with everyone as something important. If I denied him, those feelings will stop on me.

That’s why, I loosen my expression a little towards Nectar who was filled with some reproach.

「You know, Lute is still an enemy for us, but he is someone who he wants as friend for Aru. I want to believe on Aru’s eyes who think of it like that.」

「But……」

「Also, it’s not like we are going to fight Lute’s team. The sequence might be different, but let’s just say that we were indebted to Aru, after all.」

I shifted my eyes from Nectar suppressed his words to Aru.

As soon as I met his golden eyes, Aru’s expression tightens. That means he should have understood that I was serious, right?

「You already heard about what Lute was doing, didn’t you?」

「Un.」

「I don’t know what will happen. Maybe Lute might say a word that hurts you badly. It may even physically try to hurt you. We may not be able to protect you either.」

「……Un.」

「For Nectar and I, we rather have ourself got hurt than having you got hurt. That’s why, even there is anything that happened to us, can you swear that you will protect yourself first?」

With that question, Aru bulged his eyes, but he nodded with a strained breath.

「I will protect myself, for my own good. And also, for mommy and daddy too.」

After looking at Aru who declared so stately, I felt his feelings that trying to tell us that he is no longer a kid that only can be protected, and can think and act on his own already.

With that, we will go together with Aru.

「……Hey, will it really be alright?」

Berga made a weird face at the square of a branch office that was decided as our meeting place.

Her wheat-colored eyes were looking at Nectar who was still depressed.

Yeah, I managed to convince Nectar who still felt unwilling, but he lamented that he felt lonely to see Aru leaving from our protection.

I felt lonely too, but when I see Nectar’s lingering attachment, I thought that it would be better to send him away comfortably.

「Aru, you don’t have to grow up that fast…」