How to Live as a Half-Dragon

081. Reconciliation

Reconciliation.

After all, Xian couldn’t take his feet off the vacant lot all day.

He would be like that right now because there are no people and it is secluded, because it was clear that countless people’s attention would pour out if he left this place.

‘Someday you’ll get used to it… .’

The gaiter still didn’t fit my body, and there was no sign of getting used to it.

It was hard, and it was so hard, that by nightfall I was so exhausted that I could no longer move with my gaiters on.

Xian, who was lying on a stretcher and catching his breath, looked at the corner of the clearing.

I could see Stain whimpering in the corner while training.

“hey.”

“Why are you like that?”

“Is that training too?”

He asked because he thought that if Stein was so passionate about training, he would have to do it with a high probability someday.

“It’s a secret.”

I hope you have a lot of secrets.

Stein came over and handed me a bucket of water.

“Are you done training?”

“What today… .”

Even if I wanted to do more, I was already at my limit.

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My body was telling me so.

Xian said as he loosened the gaiters one by one.

“So, can you take care of this?”

Anyway, Stein will always stick by his side as an escort.

Stain let out a deep sigh when Xian, who couldn’t bear to wear it outside, asked for it.

“Well, good.”

For some reason, he seemed to do it without saying anything.

Before he could change his mind, Xian quickly turned over his leggings and headed to the dorm together.

“How about grilled skewers for dinner?”

“Take some more, please.”

“What else?”

Anyway, he was an insectivore.

* * *

Arriving at the dorm after training, Xian first washed off the sweat shed all day.

I came out of the shower and suddenly I remembered him.

‘Are you doing well?’

He thought of Cecily, whom he had entrusted to the palace.

In fact, since that day, Xian had visited Cecily several times.

However, what I visited was what I went to, and every time I had to come back without seeing my face.

‘It looked like it was sprained very tightly.’

It seemed like it would get worse if he even showed his face.

I was trying to apologize… .

Because of Cecily’s attitude, Xian hadn’t been able to apologize even once until now.

Naturally, after that, training became busy and I forgot about it, but today, when I was rolling my body, I was able to understand Cecily’s position.

‘At least I made my own choice… .’

Cecily, unlike herself, was abandoned there unintentionally.

I thought I had done something bad, so I thought about it several times during training.

‘The last time I visited was five months ago… .’

I wondered if I would be angry enough to show my face by now.

As I was thinking about Cecily, Stain, washed in my inn, came in with a knock.

“Let’s go eat.”

The guy who managed to get grilled skewers and steak for dinner looked excited.

“I think I will have to eat dinner alone.”

“Why?”

“I have somewhere to go.”

While trying to give him some money, Stein’s expression hardened.

‘Oops. Come to think of it… .’

Stain is the one who automatically accompanies him when he goes out.

what… . I didn’t expect it, but it turned out that way.

“Come back soon and let’s eat.”

“Is this a place I can go to soon?”

“Maybe if I go quickly?”

The royal road Semain is wide.

However, if Xian set his mind to running, it was a distance that could be covered within 30 minutes.

“Run? Are you fine?”

“Who are you talking to?”

Heck, even if I told Stein, who is stronger than himself, he wouldn’t come around… .

When he started running, Stain was speechless.

Perhaps, judging by the direction, he must have noticed that he was going to the palace.

“Please wait a moment.”

The guards guarding the entrance to the palace said so.

Indeed, the status of being a Slayer was good.

Usually, if you come out of nowhere and ask a country’s princess-level person to put in a message, it’s likely that you’ll be barred from the door, but after a while, it’s not enough to go inside, just looking at the request to wait in a rather luxurious room.

‘Let’s see… .’

Today was the time to wait with Stein in the waiting room outside the palace, wondering if Cecily would come.

‘oh… Something must have happened.’

Unlike usual, I could feel various signs and at the same time, it was clear when I saw that the hallway was noisy.

“His Highness the King is eating it.”

Xian’s eyes widened.

I jumped up at the sound of the lady-in-waiting outside the door.

He hadn’t expected Ophelia to come.

Previously, if you just waited for a while, the lady-in-waiting would come and inform you that you would return, so it was very unexpected.

Seeing her come in lined with guardsmen, Xian broke out in sweat.

Ophelia is the king of a country.

It was a burdensome existence in many ways for Xian, who came in the mood to meet friends lightly.

“It’s been a while, lord.”

“ah… . yep.”

Sian, who took a sneak peek at Ophelia’s complexion, thought.

‘Was it originally like this?’

no it can’t be

Because there was a clear sign of discomfort somewhere…

She greeted lightly with a voice that felt solemn. She gestured to the guards who followed and sat down.

“Let the doryeong sit down too.”

“yep.”

Why are you angry?

And why is she here?

It was a time when Xi’an’s head was complicated.

“So, you came to see Cecily?”

“yep… .”

“I sent a message to Cecily, but the response seems to be that she doesn’t know why I came.”

“that is… .”

Ophelia gave an answer about it right away.

“I think it has been about 5 months since Doryeong last visited.”

“… Did you know?”

After all, Ophelia is the owner of this palace.

Come to think of it, he wouldn’t even be able to figure out what was happening inside the palace.

“It must be that I am more competent than Doryeong thought. I mean, I know what’s going on in the front yard.”

“I didn’t mean that… .”

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Mouth is dry.

I think I’ve had something like this before… .

Thinking about when it was, I think it was when I went to Melody’s house to play when I was younger than now.

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Melody’s father was in exactly the same mood as he is now.

“Why are you here now?”

“yes?”

“I asked why you came only now, Doryeong.”

His voice sounded a bit interrogative, so the answer seemed quite important.

Xian urgently came up with a good excuse and just told the truth.

It was because, considering Ophelia’s personality, nothing good would come of it if she made excuses for one reason or another.

“that… I think you are very angry.”

“You thought it would get better with time?”

She said that as if she had lightly read the thoughts of a child.

It was very accurate.

Ophelia sighed and said.

“Cecily is not angry.”

“… is it so?”

I thought it was like that forever… .

“Then why aren’t you meeting me?”

“They said it would interfere with training. When I see your face, I think my resolve will be shaken or something… For some superficial reason.”

“Then the real reason is different… .?”

“He seemed shy.”

Are you shy? What?

He wanted to ask for a moment, but Xian swallowed the thought of jumping out.

Rather than that, he judged that considering Ophelia, who was uncomfortable at the moment, it would be better to ask Cecily’s regards.

“Is your training going well?”

said Ophelia with a very proud face.

“Of course, I am making a monster.”

“I see… .”

monster… .

It’s not that he’s really become a monster, it’s just that he’s gotten stronger, right?

Xian, who had been thinking about the next topic so that the silence in the hall would not be prolonged, immediately opened his mouth.

“By the way, do you know about Gaiters Training?”

It’s a little out of the blue, but I really can’t help it because the question itself is not appropriate.

“I know if it’s training for each class. Although few people use it these days.”

“Is that… .”

“I have nothing to say. Shouldn’t you listen to the important things from your master?”

She said that, as if she had guessed what she was going to say.

It was also a very fitting word.

The problem was that it was hard to meet Drake because he was hanging out every day…

“Well, it’s good that Doryeong’s training seems to be going well anyway.”

Seeing Ophelia shaking her head as if she had to, Xian said.

“why?”

Ophelia smiled.

“Isn’t the reason why I couldn’t come to see Cecily because I was concentrating on training?”

Of course, strictly speaking, it was an excuse, but it was an excuse that could be extenuated from the point of view of not being fooled.

But the moment Xian heard Ophelia’s words, a chill went down his spine.

To be sure, it was because he had never said it out of his mouth.

And that means that Ophelia knew about her activities from the beginning, so it was heartbreaking.

“I stopped stepping here and focused, but there should be results. Isn’t it?”

Fortunately, Ophelia’s expression was relaxed, perhaps because she had passed her own test.

Again, there was a sense of admiration.

“Not making excuses is manly and cool.”

she said as she got up.

“Anyway, this body is running out of time, so I think I should go now. Would you like to meet Cecily? Dolyeong?”

“But a while ago, he said he didn’t want to meet because of training… .”

“That’s for the child to decide.”

Ophelia, who said that as if it was annoying to interfere with the relationship between the two of them, called the lady-in-waiting.

“Hello.”

“Did you call?”

The lady-in-waiting outside the room rushed in and bowed her head. Ophelia said,

“Take Doryeong to Nanhwa Palace.”

* * *

Nanhwa Palace.

It is a separate palace where Ophelia’s daughters live.

Among them, Xian, who suddenly stood in front of Cecily’s room, was dumbfounded.

He said he was reluctant to meet, so I wondered if I should just go back to my dorm today, but I was even guided… .

Xian called his name in front of the large door in front of him.

“Cecily.”

“… … .”

Even though there was no answer to the voice, Xian was certain that Cecily was in the room.

Even before that, I felt a sense of drowsiness, and that was the reason why the room became a little busier right after my name was called.

“Cecily?”

I waited until the commotion in the room had subsided and called again, when a voice came from nearby.

“draft?”

It felt like it was right in front of the door.

But still the door won’t open… .

I waited for a while, but Xian leaned back against the door that didn’t look like it would open.

“How is your training going?”

“huh… .”

I’ve already heard about it from Ophelia, but there’s no reason not to ask her directly.

I don’t even know what to talk about if it’s not about training.

Silence flowed across the door.

It was awkward.

We weren’t the type to talk to each other a lot before, but there was nothing awkward about being still… .

Xian broke the silence and opened his mouth.

“sorry.”

“… what?”

Although he was told by Ophelia that Cecily wasn’t angry, that doesn’t make her fault go away.

Even if she wasn’t angry, it was a necessary procedure.

“I just left it here alone. haven’t been around for a long time All.”

“Can I be angry?”

“… no.”

To be honest, I have nothing to say even with ten mouths, but I hope you don’t get angry.

I didn’t even know how to release my anger.

“I’m kidding… . I am not angry.”

“But you won’t show your face, will you?”

After a silence that was neither too long nor too short, Cecily’s voice was heard.

“huh… . I’m ashamed of something… .”

Are you ashamed?

I wondered again what the hell was embarrassing about.

Come to think of it, Opheliaa had said that.

‘Did you say you were making a monster?’

Apparently, when asked about the progress of her training, she said so.

Cecily’s voice was heard in the moment of delusion that perhaps she had become a mass of muscles that radiated uncontrollable power.

“I miss you?”

“uh? uh… .”

To be honest, I would be lying if I said no.

It was my true heart that I was curious and it was hard to bear it.

“Can’t you laugh?”

“Oh, I won’t laugh.”

It was the moment when Xian pressed her lips together so as not to laugh even if Cecily had really enlarged muscles.

The door opened and Cecily appeared.

“hmm… .”

But who are you?