Even as Pola and Pala were having their tearful reunion, Lucas watched them without letting down his guard.
"Sob... Lucas... isn't this great? Pola found her sister."
Skir wiped away the tears welling up in his eyes.
"It really is great, isn't it?"
At that, Nella also asked in a choked voice.
"Yes."
Nevertheless, Lucas answered calmly.
"Oppa, you're like a real cold-blooded person."
"Right. Lucas. You're not this kind of person!"
Despite their chiding, Lucas only stared straight ahead.
In fact, Lucas also found their reunion tearful and was happy.
But for Lucas, who knew the whole situation, it was difficult to just watch their reunion with pure eyes and be happy.
'I must doubt and doubt again.'
Until everything was certain, Pala was an enemy to Lucas and a target to be wary of.
She could be a threat to the children at any ti, and beyond the children, she could be a threat to this world.
Even as Lucas's eyes were bloodshot, Pala and Pola repeatedly hugged and let go of each other, unpacking a whole bundle of stories they hadn't been able to share.
'I don't want to doubt either.'
From what Lucas had observed, Pala seed to be the real sister that Pola had lost.
'If not, they wouldn't even be able to talk so much.'
Their stories were endless, and even the process of piecing together the fragnts of their childhood mories was perfect.
But in Lucas's mind, there was only one thought. To make everything certain.
Pala's identity and, in case of an unforeseen situation, a counterasure to protect Pola and the children.
'I need to discuss this more with Aman.'
He had heard so information about Pala, but he still didn't know exactly what restrictions or curses had been placed on her.
Therefore, Lucas planned to confirm all those details and then prepare a more solid defense.
"Pola."
Lucas called Pola.
"I don't want to talk to you!"
Pola glared at Lucas and shouted shrilly.
"Let's go now."
"No! I'm going to stay with my sister. If my sister can't attend the academy, I'll live here with her. I don't have to go to the dormitory, so you guys go first."
Pola said, holding Pala's hand tightly.
"Unni."
At that, Nella called Pola.
"Ah, Nella! I'm going to live here from now on. It'll be better for you to have the room to yourself, right?"
Nella had a hurt expression at Pola's words. But Pola ignored Nella and fixed her eyes on Pala again.
Pola, who had found her lost sister, seed incapable of normal thinking right now.
'It was no different from her life's goal...'
Right now, Pola had achieved the biggest thing she had wanted. But the sister she had barely found seed to be in a very unstable state to Pola.
The sister who had been adopted seed to have no ho or parents. Moreover, her body was full of large and small scratches and scars that couldn't be hidden even if she wanted to.
She didn't know the full story of what kind of life she had lived, but to Pola, her appearance seed so unstable and precarious.
Pola was afraid of losing the sister she had barely found again. Therefore, she was struggling to not leave Pala's side.
"Pola. I'll be staying here for a while. But the dean of this place said he would arrange a place for to live soon. The dean is a really good person."
"That's right. Dean Aman is a really good person. He's going to arrange a place for you to live? Wow! Then I can stay here with you until then!"
Pola smiled brightly and held Pala's hand even tighter.
"Haha. Pola. My hand is going to break at this rate."
"Ah! I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
At Pala's words, Pola was startled and let go of her hand, then hurriedly examined her hand to see if she was hurt.
"I'm fine. As I said before, I've been here for quite a while now. So don't worry and go back to the dormitory."
Pala gently soothed Pola.
"No!!!"
As Pola suddenly shouted as if having a fit, Pala also flinched in surprise.
"S-sorry. Did I scare you? I didn't an to..."
At that, Pola, as if she had co to her senses, hurriedly apologized.
"I know. Pola. You're worried we'll be separated, right? Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere now."
"I still don't want to. Huh? I want to stay here. Please let stay with you."
Now Pola was almost begging Pala.
"Please... huh?"
"Pola."
Tears welled up in Pola's eyes.
"Sob... please..."
"Aren't you going to listen to ?"
But Pala was firm.
She also knew. That what was more important than the reunion with her lost sister right now was to clear the suspicion directed at her.
'She's handling herself well.'
Lucas thought, watching her.
"I said I'll be here. I said I'm not going anywhere, right? So hurry up and go back."
"Sob... I don't want to..."
Pola cried, shaking her head.
"Pola. Look at ."
Pala called Pola and made eye contact.
"I'll ask Dean Aman again today. When I can be with you. I didn't expect to find you here either. So will you go back today and think about what you want to do with in the future?"
Pala was treating Pola as if she were a five-year-old child. She soothed her affectionately and gently stroked her back.
Nevertheless, Pola continued to shake her head.
"Alright. Pola. I promise. I'll make sure you can et your sister again."
In the end, Lucas stepped in.
"No! I don't believe you! You were trying to keep from eting my sister!"
Pola seed to be firmly angry.
"Pola. I was trying to protect you."
"Right. He was trying to protect you. It's not like I got hurt."
"I said no!!!"
Where had all that mature appearance she had shown until now gone? Pola was throwing a tantrum like a five-year-old child.
"Stop."
In the end, Lucas furrowed his brow and looked down at Pola.
"If you don't go back right now."
"...?"
"I'll put you to sleep and send you away. And."
Lucas's patience had also reached its limit.
"...What?"
"I'll hide your sister again. Do you want to play hide-and-seek, Pola?"
The children's mouths all dropped open in surprise at Lucas's statent.
"...Oppa?"
"L-Lucas."
It was too cold, even for him. The cold side of Lucas they were seeing for the first ti.
"Get up and go back to the dormitory right now."
***
Lucas, who had barely sent the children back, sought out Aman.
"Aman."
"Wow... Lord, what is that?"
As soon as Aman saw Lucas, he imdiately noticed the change.
"Valima's Heart."
"You found it. But that's really..."
Mana that was not just full, but overflowing.
"I should have looked for it..."
Aman was so surprised that he couldn't even finish his sentence properly.
At that, Lucas shrugged his shoulders.
"I didn't know it would be this much either. But after finding it, it's quite... no, it's incredibly amazing."
"With that much, you could be the Lord again."
He was serious. Lucas, who had obtained Valima's Heart now, was comparable to his past life.
"Cut the nonsense."
"Nonsense! It's true."
Lucas also knew. How his current state was.
Lucas, who was secretly pleased, smirked and sat down.
"Wow... if my father knew about this, he would be so envious."
"If I had known it was like this, I would have found it in my past life. But it seems it will be much more helpful in this life, so well."
"Now you won't have to use my mana anymore. I'll have to get so from you instead."
"Don't be ridiculous."
In fact, the one who seed more pleased was Aman. He had always been worried about Lucas.
From a dragon's perspective, Lucas was a very fragile being, and it was true that he was very anxious to let him wander around alone.
But now that he had obtained Valima's Heart, he didn't think he would be anxious no matter where Lucas was.
"But more importantly, I ca because I have sothing to ask."
"Yes."
"That woman in the librarian's room. Pala."
"Ah, did you et her?"
Lucas nodded his head and continued.
"Yes. Did you happen to know that she is Pola's sister?"
"Pardon?! Pola's sister?"
Aman, as if he hadn't known either, jumped up and asked back.
"It seems you didn't know either. Pola and Pala happened to et. I don't know if I should call this a coincidence... but that's what happened. That aside, there are more than one or two things to worry about."
At Lucas's words, Aman nodded his head as if he knew what he ant.
"Yes. I know what you an. For now, what the Lord is worried about will not happen. Whatever tricks they used, I have confird that there are no lies in Pala's words."
"But what if they use Pala as bait to target the children?"
"Well, that could be possible. But my thoughts are a little different."
"...?"
"Actually, why would they go through such complicated tricks to target the children? Their enemy is us, the dragons. Humans are actually nothing to them."
There was so truth to Aman's words. But weren't the children considered to be the closest to the dragons? That was what worried Lucas.
"Haha... Lord. You've really changed a lot."
It was when Lucas was furrowing his brow and thinking deeply.
"In what way?"
"Since when did we dragons step up to protect humans?"
At Aman's words, Lucas felt as if he had been hit on the head.
Aman was right. They were dragons.
Dragons were beings who would rcilessly cast out even their own kind if they thought they were a hindrance.
It was unlikely that they would show a weak side just because they were holding humans as bait, yet Lucas had been thinking of such an absurd thing as if it were natural.
"You've really changed a lot. You know that my father is also like that, don't you?"
A hint of sadness flashed in Aman's eyes.
"I see. You're right. Even if they took hostage and threatened Hasel... Hasel wouldn't even bat an eye."
"Yes. neither."
"I would have done the sa."
The greater good. The dragons moved for the greater good.
In fact, the aning of their movents was the greater good, so they were beings whose own will was the greater good.
No matter how precious a human was, to them, they were just one of many races that lived for a fleeting mont.
To make a greater sacrifice for such a human?
It was absurd.
The demons would also know that fact.
"Right... I've changed a lot."
"No. I thought the Lord could be like that since you are in a human body now."
"I'm a little ashad. In that case, it's okay to erase my suspicion of Pala for a while."
Aman nodded his head.
"And I've placed all sorts of curses on Pala. Moreover, Pala is faithfully passing on information about the Resurrection Cult as she promised , so if all of that is true, it's not a bad deal for us either."
"Right. I trust that you will handle it well."
As Lucas smiled at Aman, Aman stomped his feet with the sa bright and clear expression as before.
"Lord...! This Amarok will not betray the Lord's trust!"
As Aman puffed out his chest and pounded on it, Lucas smiled even more brightly.
"Right, right. How admirable."
The two of them sat and chatted for a long ti after that.
When Lucas explained the process of finding the relics, Aman's eyes shone as he listened, and Lucas also got excited and chattered on as he told a decent tale of valor for the first ti in a while.
"Then I must be going now. Ah, and from now on, I'm going to do so training with the children."
"Eh? What kind of training?"
"The kids seem to be studying only theory. I need to do so practical training. So just know that."
Of course, Aman's help was not needed for the children's training, but when the children were away from the dormitory, Aman would co up with an excuse on his own.
"Understood."
Aman also answered as if he knew what he ant.
'For now, one worry is gone. Now I just have to teach the children well.'
Lucas left Aman's office with a slightly lighter heart.
[End of Chapter]
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