Kill no more volume 13, p.8
Kill No More - Volume 13, page 8
Luckily, this was just an excerpt of memory. Otherwise, if Lucifer could really hear Liola’s words, he might have followed the advice and died in training, then Knights would not have been born into this world. Or perhaps, he would be so angry at Liola’s words that he would spit out three liters of blood.
[T/N: Typical “comical” Chinese belief: if someone gets extremely angry, they would end up spitting out blood.]
‘I found it! My power, the power that comes from within my body.’
‘It’s decided! I will name it, Aura!’
The person who named it Aura… Liola began to sense Lucifer may be that person… or perhaps one should say, “that Heart”. Was the Heart of the Dragon Emperor trying to make him understand what happened in the past? In order to change his mind?
Though he had guessed the intent of the Heart, Liola still did not know what he could do. He did not think these memories could affect him, so he decided to watch quietly for a while before deciding on what he would do next; perhaps he could even find a way to save Caffey within these memories.
‘…It should represent a higher order. It represents honor, obedience to rules, and righteousness, it… no, we should represent all those things, and our name will be Knights!’
Lucifer was similar to Daylight back then: he was full of passion, sense of righteousness, and he was bound by honor and the Knight’s code.
Since he was living within Lucifer’s body, Liola obviously couldn’t see how “his own” face looked like. After thinking Lucifer was like Daylight, he began to imagine Daylight’s face when he thought of Lucifer’s appearance.
Liola paused a moment, and quickly rid his mind of that thought. If he were to treat Lucifer like Daylight, by the time he woke up, he might feel sympathy towards the Heart… No! No matter what kind of person he was at the start, the Heart of the Dragon Emperor in the present deserved no sympathy.
‘We followed good conduct, why?’
‘We used Aura to maintain righteousness, why?’
‘We did nothing wrong, why?’
These words echoed again and again in Liola’s ears. Unknowingly, he began to doubt: was Lucifer really wrong? All he wanted was to receive equal treatment compared to the Magicians, but he was persecuted. Was he wrong? Or were other people wrong?
‘No! I can’t be affected.’ He thought about Kaiser, Baolilong, Daylight, Meinan, and Purity, then about Anise and Bairui… When Liola thought about these people, he suddenly felt warmth in his heart, and his mood calmed down again, escaping Lucifer’s influence.
He would definitely be able to survive through these illusions without a problem!
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Mizerui suddenly woke up. With a frown, he looked at Liola on the bed whom was still lying there peacefully and fully asleep. He paused a moment, then thought he must had been too tense, and that’s why he had such a rude awakening.
He looked up at the clock for the time; it was about time to wake them. He got up, and planned to wake the other three people who were easier to wake before coming back for Kaiser.
He walked out the door and closed it behind him.
When Mizerui left, Baolilong turned, putting itself back into papa’s arms, but flashing light made it impossible for it to sleep. Baolilong pouted as it opened its eyes, trying to figure out where the lights that disturbed its sleep were coming from.
Baolilong got up, and curiously looked at the light flashing on Liola’s chest. It reached under Liola’s shirt, and grabbed around, getting the necklace out from in front of Liola’s chest. The source of the flashes was the Dragon Cross Necklace. Baolilong stared blankly at the necklace, pondering why it would suddenly begin to glow.
Baoli… Baolilong…
Baolilong tilted its head, and asked, “Mama?”
“What are you doing?”
Kaiser’s voice could suddenly be heard, and surprised Baolilong. It turned around, and sure enough, it saw Kaiser with his messy hair; he kept yawning, and his eyes were only half open.
Before Baolilong answered, Mizerui was back in the room. Seeing the hardest two people to wake were already awake, even having seen the world, Mizerui was a bit stunned.
Kaiser stretched his back, and finally opened his eyes completely. He saw Baolilong was holding the Dragon Cross Necklace, and he said, “Baolilong, keep your papa’s Dragon Cross Necklace on you. When you fight today, you will find it useful.”
Baolilong nodded, took the necklace from papa’s neck, and put it on its own. It had initially thought its mama would continue talking, but the Dragon Cross Necklace’s lights stopped flashing. Nevertheless, Baolilong did not seem to mind much. If mama wanted to talk again, she would reach out to it.
“Okay, Baolilong, let’s go! Kaiser will take you to fill your stomach up, so you will have the strength to fight!”
Kaiser yelled. Hearing about food, Baolilong naturally agreed loudly. These two gluttons held each other’s hands, planning on showing the royal chef what the meaning of “bottomless stomach” was.
“Liola’s safety is in your hands!” Kaiser closed the door as he said to Mizerui, “I will take some food back for you before the match.”
Mizerui nodded towards him, turned his head back, and stared at Liola once again.
Suddenly, he sensed a bit of haze on Liola’s face, but when he looked it carefully again, there was nothing to be seen; Liola still seemed to be sound asleep.
“An illusion, maybe?” Mizerui murmured to himself.
Chapter 7 : A Dragon’s Duel between Father and Son
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Baolilong turned into a beautiful and elegant Dragon, and carried everyone towards the largest training ground. Although the Dragon Emperor had not announced who their opponent was, Kaiser and others had already guessed it would be Miluo. Since Miluo’s body size was no different than that of a small mountain, so of course they needed a large arena.
“Baolilong, listen to me. You must not lose, understand?” Kaiser really could not think of a good way to make Baolilong, with its childish personality, to take this fight seriously, so he had to use a harsher tone… Truth was, the situation was rather serious, so he was simply being completely honest.
Baolilong flew as it stared at Kaiser with its pink eyes, but to be covered in confusion.
“Baolilong…” Kaiser was a bit hesitant to tell the consequences of the situation to a child, but if Baolilong gave up easily, then Liola would be in a terrible situation.
He took a deep breath, and said, “If you lose, your papa will die.”
The flying suddenly became very unstable, but luckily everyone was already expecting it. Purity was already sitting on Flames, but strangely Daylight was not on Flames’ back. Baolilong was carrying the two Magicians who knew Levitation: Kaiser and Meinan. However, even though they could fly, their faces were still a bit pale from the unstable flight.
“Why would papa die? Papa won’t die. Kaiser is lying!”
As Baolilong asked the question emotionally, its snow-white Dragon body also began to shake left and right. Kaiser tried to hold back his nausea as he thought to himself, ‘The little runt actually knows to ask for reason; it has really grown, but now it’s harder to fool, tsk!’
“Baolilong, did you see how hard we tried to win yesterday?” Meinan suddenly opened his mouth.
“I did see.” Baolilong nodded with its long Dragon head.
“That’s because this match is very, very important to your papa.” Meinan said with a very serious tone. He believed Baolilong was old enough to discuss the complications of the matter truthfully. Rather than lying to it, Meinan decided it was better to speak the truth.
“If he loses this match, he will… become not himself anymore.”
“Baolilong doesn’t understand.” Baolilong pouted. Papa was papa, why would it become not papa?
“Do you like the ice cold Liola?” Kaiser asked, “The personally he had when you were both living inside the palace?”
Baolilong pouted, “No, that papa is vicious, and even beats Baolilong.”
“If you lose this match, your papa might even… become worse than back then.” Kaiser suddenly remembered what he said to Mizerui; it was a decision he was hesitant to make, because he did not want to see “Liola not being Liola”.
Baolilong frowned, and its voice already sounded like weeping, “No! I don’t want papa to get worse.”
“Then, please, you must win. You can’t lose!” Kaiser held his fist tightly. He really did not want to demand this of Baolilong; after all, it was only a child, and its opponent was far too strong. But if he did not talk like this, how was it to make the childish Baolilong face this seriously?
“Okay, Baolilong will definitely win.” Baolilong nodded seriously.
Seeing this, Meinan and Kaiser both began to tell it what to do, “Baolilong, take the Dragon Cross Necklace and your mother’s picture, then…”
Baolilong listened seriously while answering, “Mm, mm, okay…”
Before they spoke for long, the Knights before them began to fly downwards. Were they already there? Kaiser looked forward, but he did not see any black mountains; so where was Miluo?
Baolilong would not think that much; instead it simply followed the lead to fly down, and slowly landed on the ground. As soon as it landed, Kaiser and Meinan got off Baolilong’s back. The two of them looked left and right, even raising their heads to look at the sky. However, they were not able to see a trace of a Black Dragon even after the necks started to get sore.
“If you are looking for a Black Dragon, try looking back on the ground.”
The Dragon Emperor’s elegant voice could be heard, and pulled the two people’s attention. They looked towards the Dragon Emperor, only to notice a man dressed in black standing next to the Dragon Emperor. His hair was dark as night, and his red eyes that should have been filled with a burning flame was now nothing but cold and aloof. If one were to look closer, they could see a vague familiarity to Baolilong’s looks.
A figure suddenly collided into Kaiser’s chest. The momentum made Kaiser grunt, and then he had “intimate contact” with the ground. Seeing Kaiser suddenly fall to the ground, Meinan was surprised. When he looked, he finally realized, the human-shaped Baolilong was sitting on top of Kaiser. It looked at Kaiser and Meinan with innocent eyes, even though it knew it had done something wrong.
“You little bastard… no, you’re not little anymore, you big bastard.” Kaiser gritted his teeth as he pushed Baolilong aside. He sat up, rubbed his wounded chest, and yelled, “Do you really think you’re still a little child?! I almost got flattened by you.”
Baolilong pouted. It was just forgetting it had grown up “again”.
Kaiser coughed a few times, and thought about the little guy who would be the going on the arena soon, so it was not the time to make it mad. He immediately threw a smile on his face, “It’s fine! It’s fine! Just a light tackle; I, Kaiser, am strong a sturdy, and this little collision won’t stop me, cough, cough… Uh, I just choked on my own saliva, hahaha cough…”
Baolilong looked at Kaiser with confusion; Kaiser was laughing strangely. He was laughing while coughing and his face was getting red from it. Baolilong went over to pat Kaiser’s back like a good little kid, but because it accidentally patted too hard, it almost caused Kaiser to face-plant into the dirt again. Kaiser angrily grabbed Baolilong’s face, and began to pull it to the left and right…
“Mm… Mm it hurts.”
Baolilong protested with tears in its eyes, and its hands would not rest either; it grabbed Kaiser’s face. Kaiser yelled loudly, and began to pull even harder.
Purity said worriedly, “Kaiser, don’t pull it so hard; Baolilong’s face is turning red.”
Kaiser rolled his eyes, and thought, ‘Why don’t you tell Baolilong to go easier? I feel like my face is about to be pulled off.’
Meinan looked helplessly at the man and child… or rather, someone who was a teenager. They were already at the stadium, but still bickering like this; how childish of them!
“Dragon Emperor, Your Highness, how do you want this match to be decided?” Meinan had no other choice, so he left the human the Dragon play the face-pulling game, while he went and took care of business.
The Dragon Emperor smiled and shook his head, “There are no rules; they can be either in the Dragon form or the human form. If a side lands on the ground and not able to get up within ten seconds, or if the side surrenders, then that side loses.”
“I understand.” Meinan forced a smile. This rule was far better than surrendering or death… but did this mean the Dragon Emperor was completely confident he would win, so he did not need any sinister plans?
“Then let’s have the two contestants have a friendly handshake.” The Dragon Emperor suggested.
Meinan looked towards Miluo, whose face was still devoid of expression. He yelled at the two who were still playing, “Baolilong, come greet your papa.”
Baolilong looked over; with red cheeks, it pouted and complained, “No, he’s old papa, not papa.”
Although it was still complaining, Baolilong still obediently walked towards Miluo and did what Meinan and Kaiser asked it to do: it tried to hug Miluo while yelling, “Papa, I am Baolilong.”
First attack, family love, the call of his own child. Kaiser and others secretly thought, ‘Go Baolilong, go! Use your pure and cute looks to wake Miluo up!’
Unfortunately, Miluo already took a step to the side while Baolilong was trying to hug him, which made Baolilong grab nothing but air. With a bang, Baolilong fell face-first into the ground.
‘God…’ Meinan shook his head, and Kaiser buried his face into his palm, trying not to look.
“Mm… it hurts.” Baolilong struggled to get up, and its pink eyes were filled with tears. It blinked a few times, and shook its head. After wiping away the tears, Baolilong stood up firmly.
Baolilong took out the Dragon Cross Necklace on its shoulder, and held it up to Miluo like it was offering him some rare treasure, then it said, “Papa, look! This is mama.”
Miluo looked at Baolilong from the corner of his eyes, but did not speak a word.
“And, and…” Baolilong took out a wrinkled picture from its pocket, “This is papa and mama’s picture, but the one in the middle is not Baolilong.”
Baolilong reached out its hands but then pulled it back immediately. It looked at the picture and pondered, wondering why the one in the center was not itself. It raised its head and asked curiously, “Old papa, why was Baolilong not in it?”
‘You’re doing great, Baolilong!’ Kaiser cheered in his mind. This was not something he or Meinan or taught it, and he did not expect Baolilong to adapt this well.
“Mama never comes out of the necklace. And this morning, after calling Baolilong, she stopped talking again.” Baolilong pouted, and kept complaining, “Old papa is a big idiot. You never hug Baolilong, and always run off quickly.”
Baolilong… Kaiser, Purity, and Meinan were all staring at the pouting and tearing Baolilong. So… this was not it adapting to the situation, but instead how it truly felt. It made sense, considering it was abandoned in the Dragon Empire, without the company of its father or mother, it must have been lonely.
Miluo’s eyes flashed a hint of softness, but because everyone’s attention was drawn by Baolilong’s words, no one noticed this change.
“Such touching love between father and child.” The Dragon Emperor smiled lightly, “But the match must go on. Have the father and child spent enough time talking yet?”
Meinan glared at the Dragon Emperor. Having only a father, he was fully aware of how Baolilong must have felt, and that was also the reason why he could never forgive the Dragon Emperor for forcing Baolilong to fight with its father.
Seeing Miluo still was emotionless, Baolilong mustered the last of its courage, and yelled, “Old papa.”
Kaiser and others were all cheering for Baolilong in their hearts. ‘Hurry and take out your most pitiful and cute side, so Miluo would be reluctant to let you g. Then, he can escape the hypnosis… and we would win without fighting, hehehe!‘ The three began fantasizing the same thing without talking to one another about it.
“Old papa…” Baolilong raised its head to look at Miluo, and complained while pouting its mouth, “Why haven’t you surrendered! Baolilong already did everything Kaiser and Meinan said, old papa should surrender now.”
If Miluo had a bit of softness before, it was now completely gone. He flew a large distance back, and stared coldly at Baolilong. The latter saw such cold eyes, and cringed a bit, and turned around to look at Kaiser and others bewilderedly.
Kaiser and Meinan were also clueless. Since the attack with family intimacy failed, other than a real fight, there seemed to be no other options.
