Dragon Order of Flame
Volume 1
Chapter 5 Part 2
"Neet!"
Luke yelled out as soon as he woke up, and he grabbed his stomach as he started rolling around. Luke could not breathe because of the sudden change of senses from a Dragon's to a pitiful human's, yet he did not go into a state of panic. He was laughing so hard that tears could be seen on his face.
<……Even without asking, I think I know what part of my memory you saw.>
Volkar grumbled with a displeased expression. Barely stopping his laughter, Luke spoke.
"Hahahaha! Wow, Dirkus is so funny. I was wondering how you lived in the past, but it seems like all you did for thousands of years was stay at home to research magic?"
"I don't think Dirkus had the same opinion as you."
"Hmm, I guess I'll leave it at that then. So, what did you see in my memory this time around?"
Luke asked uncomfortably. The memory that Volkar had seen last time, was a memory that Luke wanted to forget for the rest of his life. With that being the case, he was scared to hear Volkar's response.
Volkar spoke.
"Huh?"
"Ah, I remember that time. I went through hellish training every single day. I'm sure my master was being tough, because he didn't have much time to train me."
Thinking of the past, Luke made a bitter smile. Living like garbage after leaving Count Astal's domain, the one who picked him up off the streets was his master. For a limited amount of time, Luke's master trained him in an outrageous way in order to pass on his legacy. The training lasted for a short 3 years, but within that time, Luke thought of running away over a thousand times. He actually attempted to run a few times, but was caught and beaten by his master.
'Ah, I need to make sure that something like that doesn't happen this time.'
Luke was planning on meeting his master again, but he completely rejected the idea of getting trained by him. Using his own strength, Luke was planning on attaining the same stage that he had reached in the past, and was only planning to learn the rest of the legacy that he had yet to grasp. In order to realize this plan, Luke was busy trying to think of excuses to get closer to his master.
Volkar asked.
"My master taught me for a short 3 years. He had been afflicted by an irrecoverable poison and didn't have much life left to live."
"Yeah. It was the works of one of your minions."
There was a slight growl mixed in with Luke's voice. Volkar fell into silence for a short while, because he could feel Luke's rage and murderous intent. He wanted to give Luke some time to calm his heart.
A short while after, Luke spoke with a sigh.
"Of course, this ordeal hasn't happened yet, and it's one of the things I need to obstruct. My master had attained the 6th level of gangchesul…………..He was the best amongst everyone that I have seen. If he's safe, I'm sure he will be of great help with my fight against you."
"……I have quite a bit of my own opinions regarding that, but none of them even phased my teacher. He was a very stubborn person, and if I wanted to voice out my opinions, I was told that I needed to knock him down first."
Luke grumbled as he thought of all the times he had suffered from his teacher. However, thinking of Lana's face, the one who had given him much comfort, Luke's expression changed to that of a smiling one.
"It, it's nothing."
Hearing Volkar's doubt filled question, Luke quickly erased Lana's face from his mind. And, before Volkar could ask more questions, Luke quickly changed the topic.
"Hey, this is already the second time now. Is it going to be okay?"
"So……not yet?"
"HA! I guess I really do need to learn magic. Well, it's almost time for me to leave the house, so I should start getting ready after I take some money from the Count's wife."
Muttering like so, Luke felt that something was strange. Volkar would usually annoy him about learning magic, but this time he didn't.
Instead, Volkar asked a different question.
"I'm thinking in about month? I've gotten an unexpected harvest this time, so I should be able to beat father soon."
"You don't even have a body. What is there to prepare?"
"I'm sorry for being stupid, having the soul capacity of a bean, having dull senses, and being a weak human."
"Ugh, I'll get you one of these days."
Muttering so, Luke lay back down on the bed and closed his eyes to sleep.
Chapter 5 Part 2 Completed.