I Became the Son of an Evil Dragon - I Became the Son of an Evil Dragon chapter 84

84 – Tail Slap (1)

“Here.”

“Eh…”

A much smaller house than expected.

Moreover, the windows were not properly maintained and were extremely dusty.

Weeds were growing thickly in front of the door, blocking it,

Every time I moved my feet, insects even jumped out.

“Don’t hate it too much. It’s a place we’ll stay together.”

“How long should we stay together?”

“Well, until people’s interest in us decreases a lot?”

AsMr. Luterrier said that, he turned his head to me and looked at me with a face too dark to be called a smile.

I didn’t know how long it would take for that interest to diminish significantly.

It was even more so when you consider that so many people were flocking to the village to look for me and Mr. Luterrier, and were on the verge of storming into the inn.

And it was my mother who sent those adventurers.

A dragon with red scales who uses magic better than anyone else.

What are you doing right now?

Are you desperately looking for me?

Could it be that they are causing harm to the people in the village?

If I think about all the things that have been shown to me so far, it wouldn’t be surprising if more things happened.

…Maybe they heard we were in that village and came to visit.

The traces were definitely erased. Mom’s magic may really be able to achieve anything –

“What are you thinking so deeply about? Huh?”

Now Mr. Luterrier hugs me without any hesitation.

It was clear that the sound of the wind breaking that was heard little by little was made by the wagging tail.

In the middle of a meadow, with a gloomy hut in the shadows of trees in front,

We were talking.

“I don’t know. I wonder if it’s right for this to happen.”

“Then I wonder if what your mother did to you was right.”

The hand gently rubbing my head was extremely soft.

Perhaps because it had been a while since we had been together, Mr. Luterrier was treating me calmly – and as if he was used to it.

Scratching my favorite spot little by little and letting out rough snorts really seemed no different from a dog.

Except for the fact that it’s me that’s being touched.

“Think about it. A ‘mom’ wouldn’t usually do something like that.

He can’t even accept other people approaching him, so he clings to them and purrs…

No matter how much I think about it, I think he looks a lot like the rabbit we were supposed to meet.”

“Rabbit?”

“Why? I met the person who would become my husband, and then he tried to kill me?”

Is it because I was so absorbed in going on an adventure in anticipation of a wonderful hideout?

I was definitely thinking about meeting that strange person at that inn, but it seems like I forgot.

“… Is this the story you’ve been telling me since we met?”

“Right. So what I mean is –

“Your mother doesn’t see you as a son at all.”

“That much – I already know that much.”

“Did you know? Then why are you still calling me mom?”

Ms. Luterrier tilted her head with her blue eyes wide open, as if she was a bit surprised.

That face filled with pure curiosity would have twitched if it had ears that resembled those of a dog.

“…Mom, she’s a mom.”

“Mom is mom. You don’t have scales?”

“My real mom and dad left me. I don’t even know their faces anymore.

So mom is mom.”

She couldn’t even remember when she made that decision.

Because it was ‘Mom’ who gave me warmth.

Not parents who have the same head, eyes, and mouth as me,

Having a tail surrounded by scales,

Because a dragon with dark red horns embraced me.

So I liked it.

…But, the ‘love’ my mother talks about,

It wasn’t.

“From what age were you raised?”

“It must have been since I was ten years old.”

“From the age of ten until now … So she’s not your real mother?”

“Isn’t that what you think, Mr. Luterrier?”

I always thought of her as a mother, depended on her, and loved her.

As time passed, I couldn’t bear to see myself as anything else than my son.

It was even more so when I thought about the painful days when I couldn’t stand the hands that were getting closer and the tail that was tightening my body.

Above all, that thing in the forest…

“I don’t think it’s the facial expression of a child who isn’t even an adult yet.”

The hand rubbing my head was rough, as if trying to push away my thoughts.

Enough to frown a little.

But there was no mischief on his face,

Before I knew it, the hand came and just gently held me.

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“It must have been hard, right?”

“…Still, I think it was better…Than the ten years when I didn’t have a ‘mom’.”

“Hard is hard.”

Mr. Luterrier, who said that, was a demon hunter.

And,

I already knew how distorted that face was when I met my still angry mother.

How embarrassed and scared I was before my heart calmed down,

When I thought about running away, how shriveled and curled my tail was.

That scene was not one that could be easily forgotten.

“Did I say something strange…?”

“It’s not like that. It just feels like everyone is scared, scared, and struggling.”

It seemed like she didn’t want her mother to be alone.

I didn’t really care about being away from people,

She was always with me.

Even though it is said that teaching is something that cannot be done without students,

Those were the days when we were constantly encouraged to eat, wear, wash, and even sleep together.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized the distance had become narrower.

And Mr. Luterrier… I think he was probably most afraid of dying –

At this moment when you are stroking me –

“No, I think I said something strange.”

Even though I knew, I felt like I didn’t know.

If you’re scared of death, there’s no way you’re petting the son of the ‘evil dragon’ you were afraid of.

“Ugh, your eyes are really weird. Shouldn’t you look at me like that?”

“How do I see it?”

“It’s just that your eyes are strange. It feels like something is belittling you.”

“Yes? No!”

Of course, even in serious situations, they look at me with eyes that seem to know nothing and wag their tails,

I thought it was really strange that he was stroking my head, but…

“Are you upset because you’re not happy at home?”

“Eh?”

“No, I really liked the hideout we came to with sparkling eyes.

I felt very disappointed when I came to this place that I had never used.

That’s it. Right?

I’m sorry though. However, the distance is too far to go somewhere else.

This is our best.

It’s in the middle of the forest, so it’s hard for other people to find it.”

I thought a house that looked like a mess wasn’t something to complain about when seeking help, but…

It seemed like a good reason to gloss over it for now.

“I’m the one looking for help, but I don’t think I can say anything.

Could you help me organize it?”

“Yeah. It will look a lot better if you clean it up.

The inside has never been written, so in a good sense, it will be neat –

To put it in a bad way, it might not look like a place where people live.”

“Eck.”

“Why are you so blatantly disappointed?”

Still, I think it’s better than I said,

That time when I walked through knee-deep grass and opened the door to peek inside the house.

“…Kek, kellok, koklock, koklock!”

For a moment, I had the illusion that it was snowing inside the house.

Everywhere was covered with white powder.

No, is it gray?

***

“Sorry, cough, huh, cough!”

“I’ll take care of the inside. Mr. Luterrier, the window, no, it’s very dusty in there…”

“Weeds – etch! Etch!”

“Go quickly. Your eyes are bright red.”

Should I say that I am a dog person?

He must have been unable to do anything in the face of the enormous amount of dust, and it looked like he was having a hard time holding his swollen nose in an instant.

Maybe the reason Mom’s mansion was always clean was because she had a similar reaction?

“You too, at her, hers, you too, come out, quickly. Before you clean up, let’s get ready…”

In the end, I was dragged out without even being able to look inside, and I had to watch Mr. Luterrier take out a water bottle and pour it all over his face.

You could have asked me to help you.

The sight of him washing his her face her so hastily that it wet his clothes her her and then putting it to his her mouth her his her was a mess.

“Ah, now I’ll live a little longer – oops.”

Have you even forgotten that I exist?

He turned his face away from me with a bright red face, and then cleared his throat,

After coughing a few times, which may have been due to pain, he handed me a cloth soaked in water.

“You’ll feel better if you wear this in your mouth.

Wear a thin cloth over your eyes.”

I must say that the way he tries to take care of this and that even with trembling hands while sniffling his nose is truly amazing.

Or should we say that the situation is so desperate that we have to use the house in this condition.

“Wow, I never thought it would be like that. This is my first time seeing a hideout in such a mess.”

However, as he looked at me, he started wiping his nose and wagging his tail again, and a smile was blooming on his face.

Aside from that, his face was very messed up.

“Come here. Really. My face is covered in tears and snot.”

“Huh, is that so? Eh, wait a minute. Even if I don’t help you with that – “

“You don’t look okay. Come here.”

As I meticulously scrubbed her face with the cloth I gave her to cover her mouth,

Little by little, her stiff face began to soften.

…Same goes for Mom and Mr. Luterrier.

Won’t she get tired if she wags her tail like that?