The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 77 : In the Spring Fields (2)
Translator: Sunnyshies
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Chapter 77 : In the Spring Fields (2)
“Hey, Yugo. You didn’t catch the grasshopper because Yugo hates mom, right?”
“Yeah, I love mom!”
“Then, you should be careful not only with me, but with your favorite girl as well.”
“My favorite girl?”
Yugo looked back at her with a puzzled expression and blinked his golden eyes.
“There’s no such thing.”
“..there might someday, right?”
“Well…at least I’m not interested in human females――or any women.”
Yugo’s words made Amalia feel as if she had learned something.
‘He looks like a human child now, but I guess his instincts are still dragon.’
“So are you interested in the same dragon girl then?”
“I don’t know. I mean, we are not like humans who marry because we like them or have children with someone we like.”
“Really?”
“I don’t know what it is, but basically, demons and dragons take turns with strong opponents in order to leave strong offspring. When children are born, they raise them to be strong. If the offspring is weak, they devour it without mercy, and if they don’t like it, they sometimes break it when it is still an egg. If they feel that they cannot produce strong offspring because of the partner they have chosen, they will look for another partner.”
…that was new to Amalia as well.
To begin with, there are many mysteries in the Demon World. Amalia, too, is a human being who survived being taken to the Demon World, and who jumped over ten years, but all she knows is that the Demon World where she was sheltered was a complete blank.
.”..but Yugo would tell me that he likes me, wouldn’t he?”
“When I came to the human world and took on this form, I understood the feeling of ‘I love you’ for the first time. When I was a dragon, I had fewer kinds of feelings, and I had never had such sensitive feelings for a being other than myself.”
Humans are strange, Yugo smiled as he looked back at her.
“I took this form because it’s easier to communicate with my mom this way, but I didn’t expect…to become more human-like in my emotions as well.”
“…I see.”
Come to think of it, Yugo has rarely talked about his parents, either. Amalia did not dare to poke him because he never mentioned them, but according to his story, family affection is almost non-existent among those in the Demon World.
They find mates only to sustain the species and produce more robust offspring, and if the offspring are soft, they kill them without mercy. In their nature, they are more like beasts than people.
‘…then would it have been cruel to put the words “favorite girl” on Yugo.’
As Amalia quietly reflects on the situation by hugging Yugo tightly, Yugo, who seems to have sensitively noticed Amalia’s feelings, calmly stated, “But you know what?”
“I may even have a “favorite girl” someday, because I have changed so much since six months ago when I was a dragon. Maybe I could even find my “favorite girl”, as mom calls it, right here in the human world.”
Amalia’s heart ached a little as she heard Yugo say this with a slightly sad smile on his face.
Amalia is no expert on dragon ecology, but even relatively weak small dragons are said to live for more than a hundred years, so Yugo, a light dragon that was said to be the strongest species, will probably live for several hundred years to come.
When Amalia gets old, Yugo may look much the same as he does now. To begin with, there is no guarantee that Amalia will be able to stay with Yugo until the end of her life.
When Amalia hugged Yugo silently, he also turned to Amalia and hugged her tightly.
Amalia, who had at most fifty years left to live, would pass away first, leaving Yugo behind, unless something happened to him.
‘But until then. I want to live with you, even if it’s only for a moment for Yugo, the dragon.’
“…if you find a girl like that then me and Leonardo will congratulate you. I’ll do my best and live a long life.”
“I’ll definitely tell my mom and dad. But in the meantime, please let me stay with you.”
“Of course.”
Yugo’s body smelled like fresh leaves and earth as he embraced her.