TEASER CHAPTER 5 PART 9
“………
U~a!”
Early
morning in Solminati Academy Boys' Dormitory.
The
owner of this room, who was usually woken up by the rising sun shining through
the window, woke up from another nightmare.
His
complexion was pale like a sick person, and his clothes were drenched in greasy
sweat from all over his body, which clung to his body.
"Ugh~
!!"
He,
Nozomu Bountis, rushed to the washroom while holding his mouth from the feeling
of nausea and the unpleasant feeling of the sticky shirt caused by the
nightmare he had just seen, and washed his face with cold water.
"...
Fuh~"
He
removed the clothes that were clinging to his body and wiped his body with a
wet towel. His complexion was getting better.
However,
there were clear dark circles under his eyes, and it could be seen that he was
not resting at all.
(...Recently,
the interval between one nightmare and another is getting shorter)
Nozomu
thought about the nightmare while holding his head down, which was throbbing
and aching due to lack of sleep.
Usually,
he had a bloody red dream about once a week, but recently the interval has
become shorter and clearer, and it surely eroded and exhausted Nozomu's mind
and body.
(What
should I do? If this continues....)
Nozomu's
heart grew impatient.
(Should
I tell Iris and the others about me being a dragonslayer? But…)
Talking
to Iris and the others might ease his anxiety a bit.
What
comes back to Nozomu's mind is the scene where he slaughtered the Cyclopes in
the forest.
At
that time, Nozomu was definitely swallowed up by his anger, but he still used
the dragonslayer's power by his own accord.
The
anger, resentment, and hatred that he had tried not to notice, but certainly
existed.
He
was willing to slaughter his enemies just to vent.
"
!! "
Because
he remembered that, Nozomu became hesitant to tell Iris and the others about
his dragonslayer power.
He
had too much power in him. He had been shown what would happen if his powers
spiraled out of control and turned towards his friends.
And
the fear that they might reject him if they found out what he was doing in the
forest weighed on him.
Tiamat
kept running wild inside him, and he who kept running away from it. The fear of
rejection was intricately intertwined, and the exhausted Nozomu couldn't do
anything anymore.
Still,
Nozomu wore his uniform, and while he was holding his bag, he left the room and
headed for school.
