The Encounter Between the Forsaken Healing Magic’s Beloved Child and the Betrayed Black Dragon Princess of Calamity - 55-56

Chapter 55: The Power of the Goddess’ Beloved Child

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“Me? My name is Bredelin Scheler. Just like you, I am a Goddess’ Beloved Child.”

The man introduced himself to us nonchalantly.

What does this mean? I know by the Goddess’ Beloved Child, he must be talking about the thing that Klaus mentioned before. But… There’s one odd thing about his words. He said ‘just like you’… So we’re both the Goddess’ Beloved Child…?

“…..I don’t understand what that man is talking about, but Gil-kun is Gil-kun. Since you’re in my way, I will just blast you away.”

Mer-san opened her massive mouth and a magic circle appeared. A breath of pitch-black energy, crackling with purple lightning, was unleashed toward the man on the ground, the one who claimed to be the Goddess’ Beloved Child. But…

“What!?”

Mer-san’s breath was blocked. Her breath had been stopped by a golden shield held by a girl in full armor, who suddenly appeared beside Bredelin.

“Ugh… I’m able to block it somehow, I can’t hold on much longer…”

The girl furrowed her brow, struggling to hold her ground. But the force of Mer-san’s breath was too overwhelming. Slowly, the girl’s body began to collapse under the pressure. Her delicate, youthful face was twisted in pain. Finally, she couldn’t endure it any longer. Mer-san’s breath engulfed her, Bredelin, and even the surrounding soldiers and servants, burning into the land of the Empire…. Or so I thought. 

“Phew… that was close. If it weren’t for me, we wouldn’t have made it in time.”

“T-Thank you…”

The one who was holding the exhausted girl in armor was Bredelin. I wasn’t sure how he did it, but it looked like he had rescued her before the full impact of the breath hit them both. However, the soldiers and servants… They hadn’t been able to escape and had vanished from this world…. Or so I thought again.

“Ho-How…?!”

Somehow, the soldiers and servants had been moved out of the range of Mer-san’s breath without me noticing. Moving such a large group of people all at once was absolutely impossible. If they had been fleeing from the breath, I would’ve known from their panicked chaos. But… How come those people remained so calm? No. Wait. They weren’t calm. To be precise, they weren’t showing any emotions. In fact, their eyes looked vacant, almost like a doll’s eyes. They reminded me of a puppet. 

“Ah… Finally, we meet…”

“Who!?”

A girl in priestess robes walked down the path formed by the soldiers, smiling gently.

Her long, golden hair shimmered like the shimmer of the great ocean and her mesmerizing sky blue eyes were fixed on us… No. On me alone. She looked like she was 15 years old, but… Just like the girl in armor and Bredelin, this girl must be the so-called Goddess’ Beloved Child as well. 

“You sure took your time. Kriemhild.”

“Oh, come on. It’s not that I was late. It’s just… The moment I saw him, he looked so adorable. My heart was instantly captured by him… I didn’t know what to do…”

Bredelin complained, but the girl in the priestess robe, Kriemhild, paid him no mind. In fact, she didn’t even try to meet his gaze. Rather, her eyes had been completely fixed on me since she appeared here. 

“That woman… Is she trying to flirt with my Gil-kun!?”

Mer-san displayed the most enraged expression I had seen since coming to the Imperial Capital. She was clearly displeased with Kriemhild’s behavior. But…

“-?! Gi-Gil-kun…?!”

“Mer-san. There’s no need to worry about that person. Because I love you the most, Mer-san.”

“Ah…”

I hugged Mer-san’s strong neck tightly and whispered in her ear. The only thing that mattered to me was Mer-san, along with Conrad-san and Elsa-san. Everyone else came second to them. 

“Fufu… That’s right. No matter how much those… Pests may yearn for you, Gil-kun, they’ll never be able to have your heart.”

“Yes. There’s no way I’ll ever turn to that woman.”

I nodded firmly in agreement with Mer-san, who gave me a melting smile. And so…

“What a shame. If you guys are really the Goddess’ Beloved Child, then that makes you our enemies. In that case… I don’t need to hold back.”

I raised my right hand to the sky and with my left hand clasped on top of my right hand, I cast a powerful dragon magic, one that my precious woman had personally taught me. 

“【Blitz】.”

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and a flash of light streaked across it. Within that instant…

“””-!!!”””

Dozens of lightning bolts rained down on the Goddess’ Beloved Children, creating a deafening roar in its wake. Smoke rose from the earth, obscuring our vision. 

“Oooh! Young Master Gil’s magic is incredible!”

“Yes. Even if the opponents were dragons, they would immediately die the moment they receive Gilbert-sama’s magic directly.”

Conrad-san expressed his admiration, and Elsa-san, who had seen my dragon magic firsthand, said so nonchalantly as if she was just stating a fact. Yeah. This was the dragon magic I had learned to protect Mer-san. With this power, I could finally protect Mer-san.

“Fufufu!~ Just as expected, Gil-kun is really amazing indeed!”

‘Ehehe~ Thank you. From now on, I will be sure to protect Mer-san…. What?!”

A spear of light flew from the cloud dust and by the time I realized it, the spear had pierced Conrad-san’s chest.

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T/N: Poor Conrad-san. It’s always him.

Chapter 56: The Supreme Dragon Magic

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A spear of light flew from the cloud dust and by the time I realized it, the spear had pierced Conrad-san’s chest. But…

“Ei!”

The healing magic released from my right hand sealed the wound in Conrad-san’s chest with lightning speed that even Conrad-san didn’t realize he had been injured. The sudden change of the events and the fact that he was unscathed caused Conrad-san to have a bewildered expression on his face. 

“-?! You! What if that hit Gil-kun?! How will you take responsibility then?!”

Mer-san growled with a furious expression as she glared at the ground, deploying a magic circle and unleashing a massive, jet-black breath. Its destructive power was far beyond my dragon magic. A mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke rose into the air from the area that used to be a magnificent imperial palace. 

“Mer-san! Conrad-san, Elsa-san! Be careful!”

“Ye-Yeah!”

“Understood.”

Conrad-san and Elsa-san took defensive stances, preparing for an attack from below. Meanwhile, Mer-san simply glared boldly at the ground.

Don’t worry… Everything will be alright. Even if something happens to Mer-san and the others, I’ll protect them with my healing magic and dragon magic…!

I glared at the ground, ready to release healing magic at any moment. I didn’t know what kind of attack had been made, but at least the attack had left a fatal wound on Conrad-san’s body, who should have been the second strongest after Mer-san. So I couldn’t afford to let my guard down. 

If Mer-san had been the one to take the attack… If Mer-san were to disappear from this world, I couldn’t help but feel terrified of those thoughts. 

The land, covered by the dust cloud from Mer-san’s breath, slowly began to reveal its true form. There, standing on the ground was…

“I see. So this is the Black Dragon Princess of Calamity who brings disaster to the world and the seventh beloved child… The ‘Beloved Child of Hope.'”

A man holding a longsword looked up at us, seemingly impressed. Behind him were Bredelin, Kriemhild and the armored woman standing by. 

“That’s right! We must save him from the evil black dragon quickly! The only place he belongs is in my arms!”

“No, calm down. In any case, we need his power in order to save the world. Isn’t that right, Brunhilda?”

“Yes. I saw his healing magic with my own eyes. It made me realize his power is what we really need.”

“Then let’s make it quick. We will defeat the ‘Black Dragon Princess of Calamity’ and reclaim Gilbert Furst Hylics.”

“Yes!”

The four of them were speaking among themselves while staring at me. They acted like I belonged to them but… More importantly, I would never forgive them for insulting Mer-san!”

“【Sturm und Drang.】”

“””-?!”””

I chanted another dragon magic, shooting it toward the four beloved children. A raging storm, powerful enough to blow everything away, lifted the earth into the air.

“But why?! We… No. I’m on your side, Gilbert-san!”

“Like hell do I know why he’s attacking us! But… I don’t think my shield can defend us against that…”

“To think we can barely cling to the ground… I thought he’s only able to use healing magic?!”

“…I don’t know, but unlike that amazing healing magic, I don’t sense the power of the goddess inside… This must be something different… Maybe that magic is coming from his own power.”

While Breiden, Kriemhild and the armored woman were crawling on the ground to avoid being blown away, the man with the longsword stood unbothered. His sword was planted firmly into the earth, keeping him steady. Just from that alone, I could tell that man was standing on a different level compared to the other Goddess’ Beloved Children. 

But… I couldn’t care less about that. If one spell wasn’t enough to defeat them, I just had to throw more spells at them. I had found a book about the ‘Seven Supreme Dragon Magics’ in the Dragroar Kingdom’s castle library.

“【Gluttony Feralai】”

I chanted softly and a huge pitch-black magic circle appeared beneath the feet of the four of them.

“What!? The… Ground has disappeared!?”

It was the abyss. A bottomless pit of endless darkness. A desire that devoured everything in this world. An insatiable hunger that would never be satisfied no matter how much it consumed. The most sinful act, one that could never be forgiven since the age of the gods. 

From the darkness, something wriggled and reached out toward the four of them.

To satisfy hunger. To quench thirst. It sought for their bodies… Their lives.

“H-Hey! This is bad, Dietrich!”

“…I know.”

At Bereiden’s panicked words, the man with the longsword grumbled in frustration. His expression twisted into one of annoyance. 

“Gilbert! Listen well! Yourpower exists to lead this world to peace, to save the people, and to offer peace to our goddess! Never forget that…Wha-!?”

“Foolish.”

Mer-san opened her mouth wide, and at that moment, a huge black magic circle appeared. This breath attack was different from before. It was bigger and… There were three of them. 

“I don’t care, just die already!”

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE

With those final words, the three black breaths of magic unleashed a spiral of black beam accompanied by crackling purple lightning. The targets were the four beloved children of the goddess, who were on their way to the endless abyss.

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