Volume 1 Chapter 4 Part5 (1/2)
Message fro really bad vibes fro to like Varte It feels like there’s much more to him and I wanna see more of his backstory
Volume 1, 4-5: Oath of Kinshi+p
“AAAAAAAHHHH!!”
He had never screamed as intensively as it burned the inside of his throat All the blood in his body felt like it had changed into olden light spread across his body—burning, dissolving, and reforging everything
His body bent backwards, and his liht brand was pressed on top of his chest…on his heart
The surrounding scenery reflected frightfully vivid in his opened eyes It was ale point Varte beca There was the retreating i while they escaped There was also Eutis unable to stand up due to surprise and other fallen soldiers
Apart fro him appealed to his senses The tips of the tree branches, each and every leaf brushed by the wind, and even the veins running through it The dark,insects…the presence of nus as well as his own flesh…The wound that was gushi+ng blood swelled in an instant and began to disappear With the exception of the pale white scar, the wound was no longer visible
After perceiving thatall his senses slowly began to dim The heat that felt like it could burn all the way down to his soul cooled down, and he fell down to the ground with a thud The is
Cough, cough!
Fin sprung up reflexively in his coughing fit And then,
“……??”
He blinked his eyes in surprise at how easy it was for hiht up until now, he was supposed to be on the last legs of his life
He had absolutely no idea what had happened Baffled, he unconsciously stroked the right side of his body underneath his ar even more startled When he looked down, his clothes were ripped and certainly soaked in blood, but there wasn’t a single wound on his body
In the corner of the shocked Fin’s eyes, a white light twinkled He turned around still confused and looked up
“Uwa!?”
Even though he thought that nothing else could surprise him, he was struck by a massive bombshell With only the tree tops and the expansive blue sky at its back, there was a giant creature It sort of vaguely rese, but its fluffy, white fur s on its back looked like they could cover the sky
Fin’s jaw dropped as he looked up at the golden eyes that looked like twin full moons
At the saue sense of familiarity
“Leena”
He always had the iainst his knees, but he didn’t intend for it to actually be on point His opened mouth wouldn’t close
The giant figure wavered at Fin’s declaration of her nas could faintly be seen, the faht there
Giant droplets of tears spilled frohtly patted her back and let out a soft and warh of relief
“You saved me”
Right as he was about to say thanks, her tearful voice stopped him
“I’m sorry”
“…?”
“I’m sorry I truly am sorry I, I…I just didn't want to let you die…I didn’t want you to die…That’s why…I’m sorry”
Apologizing over and over again, Leena trembled and sobbed convulsively Fin became embarrassed and looked around in hopes of some help
It appeared that the scene he had viewed fro only corpses behind Varte was still a ways back with his stiff face, staring at Fin There were several soldiers sluggishly getting up and looked at Fin’s direction with shocked expressions…And, there was Eutis still sitting on the floor as he raised his usually high-pitched voice
“I can’t believe it A dragon! Why didn’t you tell us about it?”
Being told this, Fin finally realized what had happened to his body
(What the… Have I…Could I have…becoon Lord'?)
Dragon Lord—According to the legends, they were beings who participated in the Great War of Lore But that was not to say that they were Dragon Lords froons for some reason, or they possibly discovered the creatures, established an 'Oath of Kinshi+p', and distributed the dragons’ life and powers
As for what kind of oath orn, it wasn’tFin had never heard of He only knew that there was soon Lord
He couldn’t believe it He ht that he was saved by soht that such a thing would happen after saying just tords… Sure, he undoubtedly felt that he wanted to be with her from the bottom of his heart at that ht that he would soon die For such a situation to unfold and for Leena to be a dragon…
“I’m sorry”
Once again, a feeble voice apologizing reached his ears Fin pulled back the reins on his reckless thinking, telling himself to calht now
“You don’t have to apologize,” Fin kindly said “I didn’t want to die either Since I can live on, I’ize for”
“………”
Leena shook her head a little but gently separated fro any er This sohtly patted her head
At that ti that it begged the question if he had been holding his breath the whole time
“Haaah…Well well, lad that our death toll isn’t gonna increase anymore”
Those words brought Fin back to his usual senses, and he took a look at his surroundings All the h covered in injuries, were alive—with the exception of the first one who fell Fin stood up and headed toward the body As if awaken after being allured by a dreaathered around
Varte closed the soldier’s and child’s eyelids and cursed aloud, “Sh•t”
“It’s always like this Young, weak children and kind, good guys be dying!”
Varte’s unexpected words pierced Fin’s chest, causing him to flinch However, Varte’s subordinates were used to this type of behavior and shook their heads in exasperation
“Varte, you know it aint’ like that We’re all living because of it; both you and us You saying we trash?”
“Ah yeah That’s exactly it,” Varte groaned “The only one who can living in these ti bastards”
All the soldiers looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, saying, “Looks like he’s at it again” But Fin felt that he had so his head low, silent
Living each and every day struggling and killing each other in such savageto remain pure Like the scenes witnessed in Nanais, everyone had fallen—soldiers stole from the citizens, the citizens robbed each other, and people sold their bodies and dignity for food Even those people thought to be proper could not avoid trudging through the sludge of sins such as idleness and ignorance in order to escape hardshi+p They had no choice but to delude themselves and pile lies on top of lies, all in order to prevent the loss of the will to live
“Anyways, let’s go home”
Finat the ground