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Chapter 95: A Proud Dragon
９５． A Proud Dragon
「――But I refuse.」
Lyla was dumbfounded upon hearing her father's reply.
She was wondering why her father refused Jilbagias' arrangement…
「… Faravugi, I know that you're a proud dragon but…」
Jilbagias who regained his composure and immediately spoke first.
「I know that staying by my side as an undead might feel like a humiliation for you but… I ask you just to grit your teeth and bear with it for your daughter, Lyla who――」
『Pride isn't my sole reason for rejecting your plan.』
Faravugi replied before Jilbagias finished his words.
『That's not the only reason, O Brave Hero.』
――And he spoke with a composed voice.
『You might have no idea but, it feels as if part of me is being torn off piece by piece even as we spoke. The sense of loss within me will go on and on… I might be able to supplement that immediately but, at this rate, it won't be me anymore.』
Lyla and Jilbagias were at a loss for words. Creating the soul of Faravugi with a perfect affinity for the light attribute with necromancy whose essence was darkness means that Faravugi had the worst affinity with this art…
『As time passes, I might change into something that resembles me. And if I'm considering the thing that I'm going to lose due to this――』
Faravugi stopped, and closed his eyes for a while.
Suddenly.
――The light attribute became stronger.
「Stop, what are you trying to do?」
『… Lyla.』
Faravugi ignored the flustered Jilbagias and called out to Lyla.
『When I'm about to die, the one thing I regret the most is the fact that I―― Couldn't teach you anything. Our lineage magic, reading the star and sun, swimming―― None of those.』
Faravugi was smiling gently to the bewildered Lyla.
『Do you know that we, dragon can swim in the sea? But you… Might not have seen the sea.』
There was a forlorn look on his face.
『When daddy was young, I often went to the sea with your mother, Freya. Swimming wilfully, sunbathing on the sandy beach… I always dreamed of the day when we took you to play together as a family once you're grown up.』
「… Daddy?」
A bad premonition hit Lyla immediately.
Why is my father so calm?
It was as if―― This is our――
『That's why Lyla』
Faravugi's words resounded heavily.
『My magic, my knowledge, I'll give everything to you.』
――Excitation of Magical Power of Light.
Sounds akin to grilled meat resounded.
Faravugi's soul was burned due to his own light attribute――
「Don't tell me, you―」
Jilbagias' expression stiffened the moment he realized what Faravugi was trying to do.
「――Your soul will be annihilated if you're using light attribute magic!!」
「DAD STOP IT!」
Though Lyla unintentionally clung to Faravugi to stop him, Jilbagias maintained the barrier that blocked Faravugi.
『HAHAHA! LEAVING AND ENTRUSTING EVERYTHING I HAVE TO MY DAUGHTER IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE! AND THIS IS A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR YOU TOO!』
He looked down at Jilbagias with a refreshing smirk on his face even as the light attribute burned his soul.
『MY DISAPPEARANCE MEANS THAT THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO FEAR YOUR SECRET GETTING LEAKED DUE TO NECROMANCY!』
As Jilbagias was looking at Faravugi with flabbergasted face――
『AND I AM A PROUD WHITE DRAGON! THOUGH YOUR OFFER IS REALLY TEMPTING BUT―― I REFUSE TO BECOME A PET BY NECROMANCY, O HERO!』
Faravugi, who was laughing loudly,
『【PARADISOS COSMOS(OUR PERSONIFICATION OF LIGHT)】』
Blinding white light emitted from his spirit body,
『【EGOCENTRI IMPERIFAS(BURN EVERYTHING BEFORE ME)!】』
As if he turned into a sun,
「Daddy――」
――The blinding white light went toward Lyla.
… Aaah.
And it was absorbed into her body.
Her father's knowledge, skill, magic,
His emotion――
Everything was being loaded into that light and reflected brightly in her mind.
Thus Lyla knew how to read the stars. Just like how the elder dragon taught her father. It was as if she sat along with her father when he received his lesson in his younger days at the mountain during the night――
She came to know how her father met her mother in their younger days. About how they used hunting as an excuse to meet in secret and playing in the sea with just the two of them. Lyla also bathed in the salty water that she had never seen before, feeling it with her own skin――
About how he raced with his comrades to fly as close as possible to the sun. She then knew about an icy cold zone with sparse air that didn't allow her to fly any higher no matter how much she flapped her wings. In the end, no one managed to reach the sun and everyone glided down with laughter on their face, and found out the fact that the world was in fact round――
Various memories and knowledge were poured into Lyla's head. She also inherited the lineage magic that had to be passed down from generation to generation.
――Lyla's birth. About how there was nothing more adorable than her in the entire world. About how every single word and movement of her brought nothing but joy to her father and mother.
About how she tried to fly even though she was just a baby, and how she used breathe by accident at the same time.
The overflowing pride of her father during that moment about how adorable and splendid she was at that age poured into her memory. It was as if he could fly to the end of the world――
『Lyla. My adorable Lyla.』
Glowing――
She felt warm.
Before she knew it, it was already inside of Lyla.
She saw her memories of cuddling up to her father.
Her father then gently caressed her nose.
The baby Lyla then clung to him as he caressed her scales.
『… After giving you everything I have, I can finally feel at ease.』
Daddy spoke with a calm voice as if he lost his belligerent nature from before.
『So before I changed into something else, before I'm completely vanished, I wi――』
「Daddy…」
He really cherished me.
Daddy had never abandoned me.
He gave me his everything, even if that means it'll destroy his own soul――
My tears were coming out non-stop since I was too powerless to stop him.
『It's okay. I know already, Lyla.』
Everything is given to me.
「……!!」
Lyla clung to her father with a disheveled face.
But―― No matter how powerful her father was.
His existence was slowly but surely becoming weaker and weaker…
「Tha—」
『Now it's time to bid our farewell.』
Until he finally vanished for good.
Daddy―― Is about to go.
「… No.」
I tried desperately to reach out to daddy whose figure was about to vanish.
「NO! DON'T GO DADDY!」
Lyla shouted.
「WHY! WHY… WE FINALLY REUNITED AND YET…!!!」
Don't go.
You can do that much later.
Daddy's emotion, everything has been flowing into me.
Still, more――
「I want to talk more with you…!」
The things that I wanted to talk about passed by one after another.
Lyla couldn't do anything but sob in silence.
『Honestly I feel the same as you.』
Daddy's voice became more subdued than before.
『But I know that―― I won't be able to part with you if I do that. I'm a proud dragon, that's what I'm always telling myself―― And will follow through to the end.』
Sorry for being a pathetic father.
Daddy who smiled wryly as he said so――
Aah, I can't reach his hand anymore.――
「NO DADDY! DON'T LEAVE ME…! DADDY…!」
He is really going to leave me.
『Lyla… You are…』
Lyla then felt as if her father's already dimmed presence kissed her forehead.
『You… Don't have to burden yourself with something like revenge… Or pride.』
That's why…
『Just―― Be happy.』
Live on, and look for your own happiness.
And then, Faravugi’s presence vanished――
With a relieved smile on his face――
Vanished, forever.
「… Daddy.」
Lyla muttered.
That was only natural since her father's presence was really gone.
――Yes, this is an eternal goodbye.
「UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA――――!!」
She felt something hot flowing down along her cheeks.
――Don't worry about something like pride.
――Just live your life happily.
Those kind words were etched into her memory.
What her father left for her had been etched into her memory.
「… Thank you, Daddy… But,」
Lyla forced herself to smile with snot dripping from her nose.
「Since I'm a bad girl… I won't do as you say, daddy!」
Then she raised her face as she wiped her tears.
「Someday… I… I will definitely…!」
Become a splendid dragon that surpasses you.
「A proud… White dragon!」
――That's why please watch over me.
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