The Bastard’s Way of Life of the Returning Swordsman

Episode 38

Guardian Dragon’s Lair (3)

“… … I’ve never heard of a proposal like this. Is this a trend in the human world these days?”

That’s funny. ha ha ha.

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Lodbroke’s light laugh echoed.

「Anyway, this charm of mine seems to be that I do not discriminate between species in the past and now. Anyway, this is why popular girls suffer… … .」

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Lodbroke laughed lightly and tried to treat Theo’s words like a joke.

Theo raised an eyebrow and shook his head.

“There is no fad like that. Not even kidding.”

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Lodbroke’s laughter stopped.

The sunken eyes stared directly at Theo.

Creepy!

Theo felt a chill run down his spine in an instant.

‘As expected, a dragon is a dragon. Dragon Fear is too intense.’

Even if he gently released Lesser Drake Fear and tried to counter the pressure of momentum, it was not easy at all.

If it couldn’t be helped, it was unavoidable.

Because dragons are instinctively subordinated to higher entities.

Cuckoo… … !

Still, Theo somehow persevered.

Because you can never get what you want if you lose momentum here.

Knock!

Cold sweat ran down his cheeks and fell to the ground.

“Do you really want me?”

“That’s right.”

“Did you mean to steal all the treasures here by playing on words? As a bonus, will you take my knowledge with you?”

Theo just smiled silently, but didn’t answer.

For now, I had to let her ‘get it’.

“Can not be done.”

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Lodbroke glared at Theo for a long while, then shook his head.

“No? Didn’t you make it clear? Any treasure here in the nest will do.”

“But I don’t belong there.”

“If Ragnar’s guardian dragon is not a ‘treasure’, what do you mean?”

“I am a dragon. I am the gatekeeper who presides over this place and the watchman who protects the winter mountains. It’s not like a treasure… … !”

“Didn’t you give a separate definition of treasure in advance?”

“… … !”

For a moment, Lodbrok’s speech was blocked.

“So it seems that the decision of whether it is a treasure or not is a matter for me to decide.”

“… … .」

“Give me Roadbroke. You promised by word of mouth.”

Kurrr-

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Lobbroke’s eyes widened.

Clearly, the gaze that had been filled with goodwill towards Theo a moment ago had now turned to irritation.

‘Looks like he’s really angry.’

Theo swallowed dryly.

As an ancient dragon known for being proud of himself, Theo’s comments must have felt like an insult.

I had even heard that some ancient dragons regarded humans as mere worms.

It would not be strange to pour out the flames here right now.

‘Still, this gambling number is absolutely necessary.’

But Theo never took his word for it.

In fact, he knew all too well that his argument was sophistry.

However, it was clear that it would be a burden for a being like an ancient dragon who was bound by the spirit of the word.

The reason why I still bite and hang on to the end.

‘I don’t know if I can get a bigger one as a condition of biting this.’

Theo didn’t naively believe in the idea that he could get Lodbroke as a ‘reward’.

She won’t leave the nest anyway.

How could he give himself up as a reward when he had the duty to protect the winter mountains from demons?

Even if that wasn’t the case, it was absolutely impossible for him to be ＜subjected＞ to Theo, a descendant of his former colleague.

Because the ancient dragon’s pride was damaged.

So Roadbroke will try to make a deal somehow.

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Let’s replace it with something that has the same value as ourselves.

‘Right now I don’t have time to go through all the treasures. It’s best to have Lodbroke bring the most valuable things himself.’

Theo bit the tip of his tongue hard.

In order to somehow recover the dizzy mind.

And.

pew pew pew-

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Like a lie, the dragon’s momentum stopped.

“… … Right. Are you rolling your hair like that?”

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Lodbroke gave a sudden laugh.

‘The intention was read.’

Theo just lowered his head slightly without answering.

Still, he did not take his eyes off him.

With eyes begging for an answer.

“yes. good.”

“Yes. good… … Yes?”

Theo raised his head hurriedly, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

I saw it.

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Lodbrok’s eyes full of mischief.

‘no way… … ?’

“What are you so surprised about? It’s impossible to break a promise that has already been bound by the commandment, so I’ll follow that promise.”

The corners of Lodbroke’s eyes curled even more.

“My new companion.”

“… … !”

Hwaaa-

At that moment, strong winds whirled around Lodbroke’s massive fuselage.

The strong wind made it hard for Theo to open his eyes properly.

When I forcibly raised my head, I heard that an enormous group of lights flashed that filled the cave.

Wow!

Soon, a woman appeared at the place where the ancient dragon was.

Dark blue short hair shorter than Theo’s,

Sharp and mischievous eyes,

Golden eyes as clear as mirrors,

A tall man who appears to be around 175 cm.

Seeing her wearing a colorful silk around her neck like a shawl, Theo was unknowingly startled.

I didn’t even know that Lodbrok could polymorph into a human form.

Rather, it was because of her appearance through the collar.

“Whoops! You are so mesmerized by my human form. But don’t even dream about it. This body has already lived for more than 2,000 years. In my eyes, you are a baby, a baby.”

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Lodbroke’s jokes did not reach Theo.

“… … My guardian dragon, my heart.”

“Oh, you mean this?”

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Lodbroke lifted up his shawl slightly in a nonsensical tone.

Then, a hole the size of my head appeared in my left chest.

It was.

she had no heart

“It’s a wound from a long time ago. I am dying every day because of this.”

For an instant, Theo’s body trembled.

“That word… … ?”

“Why are you surprised? You mean I’m dying?”

Whoops.

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Lodbroke laughed lightly.

“It is true. I lost my dragon heart, the most important magical organ for dragons, 50 years ago, and I have lost most of my powers and magic.”

“… … !”

“Right now, I’m holding on somehow with the remaining magic power in my body.”

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Lodbroke touched his empty chest with his fingertips.

“Soon you will return to the bosom of nature. 2 years? 3 years? Like my people of old, who left this world long ago. I will leave like that.”

“… … .”

“That’s why I asked you again and again. Do you have any plans to change the reward?”

Theo pursed his lips.

“Are you still going to say that you will receive me as a reward?”

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Lodbroke was laughing.

It was impossible not to know that it was her own consideration.

But.

Theo somehow couldn’t take his eyes off the bitterness in her eyes.

the end of a previous life.

Because it was so similar to the eyes he made under the rain of arrows pouring down like a waterfall.

despair.

Frustration.

depressed.

sadness.

“… … How did you end up like that?”

“Well? Are all three questions already allowed to you finished?”

“… … .”

“i get it. Your expression is so serious that you can’t even joke around. Isn’t it fun when the last chosen one as a guardian dragon is a wooden stone like this?”

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Lodbroke grumbled and tossed out a word.

“It’s Kyle.”

But that one word hit Theo hard in the back of the head.

“Probably your grandfather or great-grandfather. Is that right?”

“… … He is my biological father.”

“what? her! Would a human being over 70 have babies again? He said he would revive the family by hitting as many offspring as possible, tsk! Anyway, males can do it well even if they just have the strength to cross the threshold… … .”

Theo couldn’t hear Lodbroke’s words.

It was just my ears ringing.

‘You said your father did this?’

why?

The family’s guardian dragon like this?

Theo knew Kyle, who was very proud of Ragnar.

So, he tried to rise to a higher position than anyone else, and made the family’s greatest heyday while watching numerous descendants.

In the process, several conflicts and antagonisms became a problem.

He didn’t care about that at all.

Kyle’s eyes are always up there.

There was no time to care about the down side.

If Kyle had met the Guardian Dragon, he would have tried to make it his family’s strength.

But why did he try to harm the guardian dragon?

For what reason?

“Was your father also a chooser?”

“The other half? It is nonsense.”

half?

What else could this mean?

“I’m sure you asked if your father hurt me to keep the artifact for himself?”

“Yes.”

“Wrong. In the first place, your father was a body that could not be selected as an artifact. I didn’t have the talent to do that.”

Talent.

Those words somehow pierced Theo’s ears.

I didn’t understand.

My father has no talent.

“Even so, he is one of the few beings with the positional ability to break and tear all those bonds and rise to the position of head of the household. The bad guy who made me like this deserves to be praised for his ability and will.”

“… … .”

“So, as a human being, you can be proud of your father. your father… … yes. He has a human body, but is not human. And yet, as the most human being, he is a monstrous human who looks at the level of a god.”

A body that does not receive the choice of an artifact.

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Lack of talent.

Nevertheless, the existence that became the head of household.

After defeating the Guardian Dragon, he is now even peeping at the realm of a god.

A monster in human clothing.

‘My father said that he defeated his grandfather, who was the previous head of the family, and sat there. Could it have anything to do with that?’

Right now at this moment.

Theo somehow felt that his father was so huge.

“Now I will ask again. Will you take me with you?”

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Lodbroke interrupted Theo’s thoughts halfway through.

With her shawl pulled down to cover her left breast, her gaze was directed at Theo.

Theo swallowed dry saliva as he met that gaze.

An existence with few days left to live.

I don’t know how much help it would be if I took her at most to live for 2 or 3 years.

No, maybe Kyle is caught and even his own life is in danger.

Because Theo knows the Kyle who never leaves a spark that could hurt you.

Roadbroke is to ask including it all.

that you can handle yourself

So stop talking nonsense, pack a suitable treasure and leave.

“If you want, I can recommend the treasure you think you will need the most right now.”

In the end, Theo even came up with the answer he had originally intended.

I couldn’t help but know that all of that was the last consideration.

Several thoughts ran through Theo’s mind.

“I am.”

In the end, it was the moment when I was about to open my mouth as I made my final choice.

thud!

The cave shook violently as if it had received a sudden shock.

rumble… … !

Theo’s and Lodbroke’s gazes were equally directed toward the entrance.