Chapter 162 (1/2)

After meeting Siegfri, Su-hyeun heard all about the red dragons from Blanc. Blanc talked about why other dragons called the red dragons betrayers and where they had gone.

“It was more like abandonment than betrayal. Among the dragons, they were known as runaways during the fight with the boss of the monsters.”

“Runaways? Where did they go?” Su-hyeun asked.

“Some dragons say the red dragons abandoned this world and moved to another one… The old red dragons had the power to cross dimensions.”

“Really? Cross between dimensions?”

“Yes. Anyway, because of that, some dragons think that the red dragons abandoned us, only took care of themselves. That’s why they consider the red dragons betrayers and despise them.”

While listening to Blanc, Su-hyeun checked Miru’s face. Miru seemed to have no idea as he listened to the stories of the red dragons, who might be his parents or ancestors. Rather, he was dozing off while walking.

“The fact hasn’t been confirmed. It was only Karne and other orange dragons that talked like that. Right now, they’re claiming to be descendants of the Dragon King,” Blanc shrugged his shoulders. “Well. Other dragons like me don’t believe what they’re saying. I knew the red dragons very well. They wouldn’t have abandoned us like that.”

“Are there many dragons who don’t believe it, like you?”

“A little less than half,” said Blanc, “Many dragons didn’t believe it at first, but more and more dragons started to believe as the years passed. Well. The red dragons have disappeared from this world, and Karne is still alive. So, it’s not surprising his words blind the young dragons.”

“I guess you’re right.”

Then, Su-hyeun, who was following Blanc, felt something strange. There were only a few dragons passing by in the huge city. Some dragons saw them but just left right away. So far, Su-hyeun had seen only five dragons.

“The city’s pretty empty,” Su-hyeun said.

“Because this isn’t a human city,” Blanc said.

“What does that have to do with the city being empty?”

“There were only about 50 dragons that survived the war. The number of clans has increased since then, but still, there are only about five hundred dragons here.”

“Five hundred?”

Su-hyeun looked around the city in surprise. Five hundred was a ridiculously small population to say that they were only members of this enormous city.

“Maybe by now the news has been around the clan,” Blanc said.

“Already?” Su-hyeun asked.

“Because we have ‘eyes.’ Through that, news can be spread quickly.”

“‘Eyes?’”

“It’s a way for dragons to communicate. No matter how far away we are, we can convey our voices to each other. Also, we can talk with many other dragons at the same time,” Blanc said as if he was proud of it. But Su-hyeun didn’t impress easily.

<<In a word, it’s a conference call.>>

Anyway, by now, it was clear that the news about Su-hyeun and Miru had spread to everyone. On the way to Blanc’s house, Su-hyeun wracked his brain.

<<The trial became complicated because of Miru…but I guess my job is ending the war with the monsters remaining here.>>

According to what Blanc had said, the war was still going on. Fafnir was gone, but the monsters that Fafnir had brought remained.

<<And for that…>>

Crack—

Suddenly, a scarlet-colored eye opened in front of Su-hyeun and Blanc, who were walking side by side.

-Sir Blanc.

A voice came out of the eye.

Blanc stopped walking and asked, “Meranya?”

-Yes. It’s been a while since we last met.

“It wasn’t that long ago. I couldn’t sleep long enough because of this man here.”

<<I feel like maybe I shouldn’t have woken him up.>>

At Blanc’s word, Su-hyeun smiled bashfully. Then, he glanced at the scarlet eye.

<<Is this the eye Blanc was talking about?>>

It certainly looked like a giant eye. The voice came from the eye rang a little bit. It was a thin and beautiful voice, like a woman’s.

<<The green dragon before and this dragon both called Blanc ‘sir.’ I guess he’s really old.>>

Even though color rank existed in the dragon society, Blanc was a dragon that had lived before the war. Except for a few others, there wouldn’t be not older dragons than him left. No. More than that, there wouldn’t be many old dragons among the existing dragons.

-I heard. You’re with the red dragon, right?

“Yes.”

-Sir Karne is looking for you, the red dragon, and the human. Could you come with them?

“Should I go when I am called?”

-…

“Tell him. He can come. And if he’s trying to do something wrong, I won’t sit on the sidelines.”

– Okay, I’ll tell him that.

“Hence!”

Rumble—

The scarlet eye closed at Blanc’s words and disappeared. Su-hyeun watched the eye, while listening to the conversation, and opened his mouth to speak.

“I guess that was the orange-colored dragon.”

“How did you figure that out?”