TEASER CHAPTER 7 PART 21
A very long, long time
ago.
In the mountains dyed
by the sunset, two dragons faced each other.
Mikael and Tiamat.
The dragon, clad in
jet-black scales reminiscent of the night, looked down with pain in his eyes,
glanced at Mikael, and suddenly opened its mouth.
"Mikael, I'm
going to stay here after all."
"Why? You were
told to come back to the village, weren't you?"
“…………”
Hearing those words,
Mikael let out a sigh as if to say, "I knew it."
"Are you still
worried about those humans?"
"Yes. Those
people are suffering right now because
of the drought that has been going on lately."
"Didn't Tet
already solve that problem? You made a mistake and created a sea of
trees."
"I haven't been
able to use my power to take root in the land. I'm a failure ...... Mikael, you
knew that, too, didn't you?"
Humans whom Tiamat had
helped before. In order to help those who were suffering from famine in the
barren land, Tiamat used her power to produce crops.
Although she
accidentally created a sea of trees by mistake, the villagers, who were on the
verge of death, escaped the immediate danger for the time being.
However, even though
Tiamat's power temporarily revitalized the land, she was still a black dragon.
It was difficult to completely restore the land with just the power that
governs darkness.
"I wouldn't
advise interfering with the humans in the buffer zone. Besides, if we want to
save the humans who live in this barren place where the power of spirits is
scarce, it will take a lot of time. You know what that means, don't you?"
Tiamat looked down due
to the grave words coming from Mikael's mouth.
Basically, the dragon
races rarely go outside of their own jurisdiction.
The buffer zone was
originally established near the boundary line of each dragon tribe's territory,
and no dragon would stay in this area for long.
Above all, Tiamat and
the others have been ordered to return to their respective villages. To defy
this order was the same as abandoning the village.
"I don't see the
point in me returning to my village. But the people here seem to need
me..."
Tiamat looked up at
the sky with a sad expression. Mikael bit his lip at the sorrowful expression
on her face.
Tiamat had been an
outcast in the village since birth.
She had no parents.
She was a heretic dragon who suddenly appeared in the village of the black
dragons.
Dragons, a race that
possessed the highest power among spirit species but also possessed physical
bodies, could not help but mate with dragons of the same species and could only
increase in number by having offspring. At the same time, the offspring can
become stronger and wiser by inheriting their parents' knowledge and power.
However, Tiamat had no
parents and had neither the power nor the knowledge to inherit. She was not
good at using the power of the spirit and could not control it well.
It did not take long
for Tiamat, such a heretic, to be ostracized by the village, and her birth
further spurred her exclusion.
Of course, there were
dragons who were concerned about her lack of relatives. Tiamat's foster
parents, the black dragons, took her in as a young girl and worked hard to
raise her as their own.
But even so, that
didn't change the way the people around her looked at her from afar.
