Chapter 32 (1/2)

Chapter 32: Derval

Translator: Lei

'This is KILLER!'

The spell, Fly, could not possibly coht

The sound of rushi+ng wind filled my ears and the view of the earth was spread out far underneath us As we flew, clouds grazed past our heads To top it off, Irene's faint scent was perht of my dreams

'It's so free And fast'

Our speed didn't ht was still pretty fast As the ground beneath us rew lighter And deep within le passionate e a wyvern once, but aup within me

On this huge body, accobeats of the wyvern, there was absolutely nothing to fear

“Hold on tight!”

'Tight?'

Irene'sall of a sudden into my ear

With a great woosh, the wyvern accelerated high into the sky, as if charging towards the sun

'Woohoo! A roller coaster can't even compare!'

I thought of the various Disneyland roller coasters I had enjoyed quite a lot back in the day Riding one of those didn't givenow

'Hm?'

Theat its peak, the wyvern suddenly halted its ascent

And then, with surprising agility belying its huge size, the wyvern twisted and plunged head-first

“UWAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Wind rushed ically enspelled trainee airplate, I felt the G-forces down tothat even Korea's , could never deliver

'Are you trying to kill someone here! Aaaahh!'

Thanks to the sudden rush of at Irene's chest waist This feeling of falling in midair hundreds of kilo as Chucky from the horror stories that used to make me piss a little in fear as a kid

After falling to the earth like that for a while, the wyvern rapidly turned and leveled off

'Oh…'

Atop her leisurely flying wyvern, Irene removed her helmet with a click Her hair flowed out behind her in the wind and tickled my nose

“Take a deep breath Really deep, until you feel your chest bursting…” she whispered

As if hypnotized by a command, I also took off my helmet

A fresh spring day, ensconced in the warm sun of the afternoon The blue sky dotted hite clouds all around us…

“Ah…”

The air filling ed inpolluted air I closed my eyes Then, I drew a deep breath of the sky's air, like a baby sucking on his mother's teat

“Good For me… I yearn and wish for the sky One day, we'll fly towards the sun, endlessly…” Irene's quiet voice billoay from her like silk threads

She looked different She wasn't the smart and beautiful countess of the Bajran E onto a dreairl untouched by the darkness of the world

“UWAAAAAHHH!”

“Hohoho, hohohoho!'

'This voice is—!' I turned o crazy'

Then I saw it With her helmet throay to who-knohere, Hyneth had at soht to the back and was confidently occupying the front seat Under Hyneth's rough whip(?), the wyvern and oere co in disordered circles I fervently wished she wouldn't go and introduce herself as my little sister anywhere

'There are also people who can't adjust' Unlike Hyneth, who had adjusted perfectly and was alreadyaround, there were several cadets ere either co uncontrollably with their heads down

'Russell…' One of those cadets was soive, then he's out'

I already knew the purpose of this flight practice

Its primary motive was to screen out the ones who didn't fit the bill

“We're returning to the covert!” Irene's clear voice rang out so loudly it see halfway and changed directions

'Bebeto'

Suddenly, hts shi+fted to the wyvern trapped in the darkness, Bebeto It occurred to ift him this incredible sky

In a flight with me, that is

“Are you okay?”

“It's none of your business! Go away!”

'Oi, take a look at this guy?'

Russell's face was co able to adjust to the wyvern, he was lashi+ng out at the world

“Is that so? Then good luck”

I wasn't one to blink at getting a tongue-lashi+ng It wasn't good to rock the boat while he was this sensitive, anyway, so leaving hi to do

“Sob…”

'Eh?'

As soon as I turned around, I heard a low sob behind me

'He said he had to avenge his parents, right…' I had accidentally overheard Russell's deep grudge and knew about his heart-wrenching desire to get revenge even if he had to sell his soul to the devil 'If it's hard, then ask for help You're not even a girl but you're whi on your own'

A part of ently needed to becoht

As I left the roohts floated to my mind What kinds of methods were there to help that crybaby Russell stand confidently on a wyvern…?

'daht me here'

Feeling unco had fallen on Kirphone Covert Looking into the sky, I reht experience at Irene's back

As I walked, I unwittingly founddiic lamp posts on the mountain

'Bebeto…'

It was the hangar of Bebeto, a ht with misfortune

'I want to fly with him'

Bebeto's wings and body were bigger than other wyverns I wanted to share the bright blue sky filled with fresh air with him

'Would he welcome me?'

I didn't kno long he had been locked up on the ground, forbidden from the open skies I wasn't sure if he would welcome me, a person who had trespassed into his life without any warning

But that was fine with me I still wanted to converse with the fellow, even if we had to do it in darkness Thinking that, I opened the small side door with a creak

Bebeto's huge eyes opened wide as the door opened His golden eyes were filled with rage towards the world They hung in the darkness like two spectral orbs

“Hi~!” I tried greeting him with a wave

'He doesn't kno to greet someone, huh'

Bebeto showed his displeasure with his silence

“Did you eat dinner yet?” I attereeted me was a pair of wary eyes

“I flew on a wyvern for the first ti if he listened or not, I shared erated words “Super ihter jet can fly so high and freely… I knew you guys were sturdy, but I didn't know you were like frickin' dragons”

Stretching s

'Huhu, that's it' At ht imitation, Bebeto perked up No matter how he postured, in the end, he was just a locked up chicken with a big body

“Hey, have you tasted the wind? Kyaa, the air is coround How should I say it? Like the taste of pure, glea and crisp, that flavor! It's fantastic”

I didn't knohow his pupils treist of what I was saying

'I really like him, but…'

The probleeted by every wyvern and Skyknight Even if we ran away from here, there were probably not many places that would welcome us

“Lulu, lululu~? Bebeto! Your hyung-nim is here”

'Hyung-nim?'

While I was agonizing over Bebeto's future, a husky voice ca myself in the shadows

“You ht?”

A man appeared at the side door, his voice full of affection, like a real hyung-nim

'Who is he?'

He earing the sa in the covert and holding a few pieces of fairly heavy-looking meat

“Eat up Maybe everyone was full today or soood stuff”

The e wooden board used for wyvern meals

'Scraps?'

Even in the darkness, I could clearly see the kinds of s They looked like leftovers from other wyverns

Guuuuu

“You're thankful? What thanks, we're both in the same boat”

'He'san arm?'

The man's left arm was unnatural; it was cut off fro Bebeto purred like a cat and then dove into the meat

'You poor fellow'

It was sad enough that he was locked up, but even his food was so poor I felt sorry for him from the bottom of my heart

“Bebeto… I' Bebeto eat for a while

“…” As if he instantly understood, Bebeto stopped eating

“It can't be helped No one will hire an idiotic ground crewth Moreover, I'm branded”

'Is he getting fired?'

“This daraduated froh…” The id voice

'The Empire Administrative Academy? He's an elite'

Unlike the Ihts and nobles, the Empire Administrative Academy was a place that turned out clerks for the eround crews Froain admittance

Guuuuuuuuu As if trying to comfort the man, Bebeto rubbed his horns on the man's waist

'He's got sense' Bebeto was able to recognize a human's complicated emotions My favorable impression of him jumped by another 10 points

“I' you this pathetic sight…”

I didn't kno the man lost his arm, but from his words, the crew Bebeto's warmth for a bit, he soon peeled away

“I'm worried Without me here, there's no one to take care of you… Those stupid fucking nobles don't know a treasure when they see one”

His arm was maimed, but this was a man as more worried about Bebeto than his own fate I wanted to help him

'They said you can only hire a crewh…' Unfortunately, in

“I' me in the darkness, he went out the door

After theme to come out now

“You, you should recognize your blessings With the I brother, you can count yourself pretty lucky, in your oay”

Guuu, guuuu

'What is he saying?' Bebeto see He stared at the door while nodding his head, and I was somehow able to understand

“You want uy who just left?”

Guuuuuuuuu At my words, Bebeto nodded

'Woah! He's this sined they would be capable of expressing their opinions like this 'Is he smarter because he's a hybrid?'

“If you want et your hopes up too much”

Guo, guu