The Encounter Between the Forsaken Healing Magic’s Beloved Child and the Betrayed Black Dragon Princess of Calamity - 40

Chapter 40: The Goddess and Her Beloved Child ※???’s POV

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※???’s POV

“Oh my~ He lost?”

She sat gracefully in an extravagant chair while receiving a report from her subordinate. She was exuding an aura of elegance. With her golden hair and her equally golden eyes, she furrowed her brows and dropped her shoulders. Even though she was disappointed, but she still looked absolutely bewitching. 

Well, her disappointment was understandable. After all, the most forbidden being in this world had survived.

“Well, in the end, a dragon is just a dragon. They’re nothing more but a stupid lizard.”

“….”

In response to her words, her kneeling subordinate nodded in silence. The dragonkin, possessing superior intellect, physical strength and magic power than the human, were arrogant, haughty and looked down on other beings other than fellow dragonkin. They never willingly accepted someone from a different race. 

Dragons were an abomination in this world, a presence that should never have existed in the first place.

“When I met him a hundred years ago, I thought he was a bit better than the others.”

About a hundred years ago, a white dragon had his fateful encounter with her. The white dragon, filled with hatred toward the black dragon who stood at the pinnacle of all dragonkin, had traveled the world seeking a way to defeat the black dragon. It was during that time that he happened to visit this land. Truth to be told, unlike other dragons, that white dragon had always questioned the ancient laws of the dragonkin’s homeland, the Dragroar Kingdom. However… He only questioned the laws because he wanted to use them for his own ambition. That said, it was his cunning nature and his preference for underhanded, deceitful methods—traits unworthy of a dragon—that she found appealing.

And so, she gave the white dragon the means to defeat the black dragon. The deadly poison “Cantarella,” said to have once slain a god. The bow “Shekina,” said to have been used by the gods. The destructive light “Megiddo,” said to have struck the heavens. The box “Arc,” which trapped many gods and led them to their death.

All of these were things that no dragon should ever possess, let alone dare to. And yet, she had no choice but to entrust them to the white dragon. Why? Because the black dragon was so powerful that without these artifacts, the white dragon wouldn’t be able to defeat the black dragon. 

“Goodness… How could such power be given to that black lizard? Doesn’t that go against the very principles of the gods itself…?”

“…”

Though the woman asked that question in order to pique her subordinate’s agreement, her subordinate remained silent. Indeed. Just like she said. No one—not even the gods—knew why such overwhelming power had been granted to the black dragon.

However…

“This… This is ruining everything. It was fine up until the point where we killed the king and his wife, but the problem is… That woman. As long as she’s alive, everything is meaningless.”

That woman… She needs to be dealt with properly. If not…

“My dearly, dearly beloved child… My dearly beloved child might get hurt…”

The woman with golden eyes twisted the fate of this world to create her beloved child… Her child that she deemed as something much more precious than anything else. She had done so to give them a role to fulfill in this world. 

“Haa… How sad… How truly sad… If my dearly beloved child were to meet that woman… My child would surely get eaten by her… Yeah, just like this.”

Saying that, she pinched a piece of candy from the table beside her chair, then delicately pecked it with her cherry-colored, sensuous lips before letting the candy slid into her mouth. If a human man had been present at that moment, he would undoubtedly have had his heart stolen and become her captive. The woman exuded such captivating, dangerous aura, almost like a poisonous flower. 

“More importantly…”

Shifting from her usual playful tone, her expression changed completely. Her golden hair stood on end and she cast her murderous gaze indiscriminately at anything in her path. Her presence was akin to the image of a monster from mythology. 

“Why is my dearly, dearly beloved child near the black dragon?!”

She stood up all of a sudden while gripping the armrests of the chair she had been sitting in with more force than needed. Then, with all her might, she hurled the chair across the room. The chair collided against the wall, shattering into pieces.

“Ahhhhhh! How frustrating! So irritating…!! My one and only… My dearly beloved child is being touched by that filthy, worthless creature so shamelessly!!”

“…”

“It’s all because of that trash of a human who  threw him away in the forest without my permission! After all the effort I put into raising him, breaking him little by little… Nurturing him!”

Yes. This woman had continued to pour her love…. That was disguised as trials to the small, helpless boy.  A boy who was unloved by anyone, battered in both body and soul and only passed his days in vain. She had deliberately made him believe that his father loved him… Only to show him the truth and let him fall into despair.

Why had she done such cruel things to the boy? It was all so he would love only her. So he would be blind to anything but her and love her with fervent devotion and… So that his abilities would bloom.

And bloom they did. By being loved, saved and needed by that one woman. Unfortunately, the one he had turned to was not this golden haired woman, but that female black dragon. 

“Ahhhhhhhhh!! May all humans perish! Let them all be crushed, eaten by monsters, drowned in the sea, struck by lightning, fall into valleys, burned by lava, and die in despair by everything in this world!!”

Her dearly beloved child, whom she had loved more than anyone and raised with the utmost care, had been taken from her. Her anger was beyond measure. At this rate… She might destroy everything in the world. 

“There’s no need to worry, Mother…. Including me, there are still six of us.”

“Ah, yes. That’s true… I ended up showing you my embarrassing side.”

The woman with beautiful golden hair scratched her head playfully and I took her hand and drew her close to me as I gently whispered words of comfort into her ear. 

Yes. Mother loves us too much… So it’s inevitable for her to lose her composure when it comes to us, her beloved children…

“Anyway, please continue to watch over my dearly beloved child and keep an eye on that woman.”

“….”

The kneeling subordinate finally left the golden haired woman silently. 

Mother’s subordinate is as gloomy and shady as always, but she’s really excellent at her job and incredibly beautiful. I really want her to be my toy… To be mine, but since she’s Mother’s favorite subordinate, I can’t do as I please with her. I need to hold back for now…

“Ufufufu~ You will only love me and only me, right? My dearly beloved ‘Siegfried.'”

“Of course, Mother…”

I buried my face into Mother’s chest as she stroked my head gently. I indulged myself in her affection to my heart’s content.

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