Chapter Twenty-Three: The Dragon's Heart
By the time Kenneth and Mick walked out of the magic technology lab, the sun was about to set, and the Four Saints had already appeared in the east.
It's just that when the two dragged their tired bodies and prepared to go to the cafeteria to have a full meal, they were suddenly blocked by the three of them, all of whom were students Kenneth and Mick had never met, looking at the two with unkind faces.
The first person is a tall and thin man, 180 cm tall, obviously not a first-year freshman, with a high nose bridge, brown eyes full of disdain, looking at Kenneth and Mick and saying: "I heard that there are two very arrogant freshmen, so I thought to come and see, and the result is what you two look like?" ”
Mick looked at Kenneth and said, "Kenny, are you talking nonsense again?" ”
Kenneth frowned and asked, "How do you talk nonsense?" ”
Mick rolled his eyes and said kindly to the senior student who was the leader: "This senior, although I don't know what's going on, but Kenny just can't speak, if he says something bad and angers the senior, please don't be surprised." ”
Kenneth whispered in Mick's ear dissatisfied, "Mick, why are you so angry with them!" ”
Mick was so angry that he reached out and tapped Kenneth on the head and said, "Isn't it because of you?" More is better than less, just admit your mistake. ”
"Wow, that's so good...... It hurts my self-esteem~" Kenneth said with a sad face.
"Anyway, Kenny, you're very thick-skinned, so it's a big deal to treat you to a big dinner later to make up for your self-esteem." Mick whispered.
Although Kenneth's heart was full of the urge to teach the three people in front of him a hard lesson, he had always been willing to listen to Mick's words, so he walked up to the senior, thinking that it would be enough to apologize in a daze.
However, before Kenneth could admit his mistake, it was the tall and thin man who spoke again: "If you want to apologize, you will apologize together, and besides, do you know what it means to apologize?" Get on my knees! The two behind him looked like they were watching a show, snickering on the side.
Kenneth stopped, turned to Mick, and said, "And now?" ”
Mick lowered his face and asked the tall and thin man, "Who asked you to come?" There was no longer any politeness in his words. It's only been three days since they came to this academy, and if Kenneth causes trouble, it doesn't matter, after all, he choked with the student council president as soon as school started, and it is very likely that he will be remembered by the senior students, but how could he provoke them? The answer can only be that someone has asked them to come to trouble themselves and Kenneth.
The tall and thin man and the two behind him were stunned, but quickly regained their composure. The tall and thin man sneered, "We just see that you two little ghosts are unhappy, okay?" Either kneel down and admit your mistakes, or be beaten by us, and choose for yourself. ”
So the tall and thin man didn't see the excitement on Kenneth's face when he turned his head, only saw Mick nod to Kenneth, and then saw the stout young man standing in front of him turn around and grab his collar at a speed that he didn't see clearly, and then the heavens and the earth turned upside down, and then, he was unconscious.
The two men behind the tall and thin man saw Kenneth pick up the tall and thin man and throw him on the side of the road, and the tall and thin man had no power to resist, so they shouted, "You, how dare you do it in school!" ”
"Huh? Didn't you do it first? Kenneth looked confused, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's all fought anyway, and it's not bad for the two of you." ”
"Help, help!" When the two saw Kenneth moving his knuckles close to him, they were so frightened that they ran away.
"Still want to escape?!" Kenneth's current body is already comparable to that of a first-class warrior, but he has jumped behind the two of them with just one step, and grabbed the heads of the two with both hands, the red light flashed in the depths of his pupils, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook a cruel smile.
"Ahh Kenneth grabbed the heads of the two men in his hands, and felt as if they were about to be crushed, and in horror, he couldn't help but let out a frightened cry, attracting the attention of several students passing by.
"Kenny, Kenny, what's wrong with you?!" But it was Mick who sensed Kenneth's side and shouted out to Kenneth.
Kenneth shuddered and seemed to come to his senses, slammed the two of them on the head and threw them on the ground, then pulled Mick past him and ran in the direction of the dormitory.
Pity the two people who just wanted to watch the play, but they fainted and fell unconscious by this collision, with tears on their faces.
And the culprit who caused all this was hiding in the dark and letting out a sneer.
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"Kenny, Kenny, what the hell is wrong with you?" Mick's blue eyes flashed with surprise, he hadn't seen Kenneth like this since he had met Kenneth, only his face was pale, his lips trembled, Kenny ...... Are you scared?
Before they knew it, the two of them had run to the grove behind the cafeteria. This forest is said to be planted with plane trees, perhaps because the Luther family's family crest is the plane tree, and the Luther Academy of Magic can be seen everywhere. It is said that it is a forest, but it can also be said to be a boulevard, probably because the plane trees on both sides are too dense, and there are two meadows on both sides of the road, which is why it is called a forest by students. There are benches under the trees on both sides of the road, and many of them are places for couples to date. At the end of the road is the Anglican Church.
Kenneth pulled Mick to sit down on the bench, lowered his head and looked at his trembling hands, and said, "Mick, I, what's wrong with me?" ”
Mick wondered, "What's wrong?" ”
Kenneth raised his head with a hint of panic in his eyes: "When I caught those two people just now, a thought involuntarily flashed through me, which was to crush the heads of the two of them, just like the ghost wolf in the Kormit Forest. ”
A thought flashed through Mick's mind, and he habitually stretched out his fingertips to rub his lips, and after a while, he looked at Kenneth and said seriously: "Kenny, calm down, I think this may be the effect of the dragon's protection, to be precise, the effect of the dragon's heart." ”
"The effect of the Dragonheart?" Kenneth wondered, "Does that just keep me from being afraid?" "The name of the Dragon's Heart comes from a memory that Kenneth shared with the young dragon when he made a contract with Hephaestus, and Kenneth naturally learned of the name when the protection was first activated.
“…… Kenny, do you remember how we discovered the effects of the Dragonheart? Mick hesitated for a moment, then said to Kenneth.
Kenneth's pupils widened suddenly, as if he remembered the situation again, and his hand couldn't help but clench slightly.
That had happened five months earlier, when he and Mick were training in the mountains when they encountered slave traders who were roaming the province of Lutheran and the two neighboring provinces. Even with the development of the empire, the slave trade continued to be banned and thrived in secret, especially in the southeastern and southern regions. At that time, Mick had not yet learned second-order magic, and the other first-order magic had not yet matured, so he was easily caught by two slave traders, and was almost humiliated by slave traders because of his handsome appearance. It was then that Kenneth's dragon's heart awakened, and all that was left in his mind was the thought of saving Mick, and when he came back to his senses, he was left with only two scattered corpses and Mick who was trembling and crying while comforting him, and he had no memory of the process in between.
"What happened at that time?" Kenneth took a deep breath and asked Mick.
Mick pursed his lips, and then said calmly: "At that time, I saw a red light flash in your chest, and then I pounced and tore those two people to death, but your eyes at that time were terrifying, as if you didn't treat them as human beings." ”
“…… Is it, really? Kenneth muttered.
"I think the Dragon's Heart, as its name suggests, has given you the heart of a dragon, allowing you to be fearless while forgetting human feelings." Mick analyzed rather calmly.
Kenneth turned his head to Mick and looked at him and said, "Then why aren't you afraid of me like this?" ”
Mick leaned back in his chair and smiled, "Because Kenny, you're still the same Kenny!" Reckless, clumsy, poor memory, always like to get into trouble, but love to protect the weak, love to make friends, and have a straightforward personality. You haven't completely lost your heart, so what am I afraid of? ”
Kenneth looked at Mick's calm smile, and his flustered heart seemed to be soothed, but he couldn't help but say, "What if one day, I really lose my heart?" ”
Mick simply rolled his eyes, but said what Kenneth always said to himself: "With me here, what are you afraid of?" ”
When Kenneth heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then laughed, his black eyes became clear and firm again, and Mick looked at Kenneth like this, and he was inexplicably relieved.
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After untying Kenneth's knot, it was already completely dark, and the street lamps on both sides of the grove were lit, and the two went to the cafeteria to have a simple meal and returned to the Phil Building.
So Kenneth asked while changing his shoes, "Brandon, who is coming to our house?" ”
As soon as the words fell, he saw Brandon suddenly walk up to Kenneth and Mick from the living room, and said with a solemn face: "Are you two in trouble?" ”
Kenneth and Mick looked dazed, changed their slippers and were about to walk to the living room, but they were stopped by Brandon and said, "It's better for you to think about this first, and then go in." ”
Kenneth frowned, "Look at your urgency, what happened?" ”
"The student councillor is here! Say I'm looking for you two by name! Brandon whispered.
Kenneth scratched his scalp and said, "I'll see it, it's not like I haven't seen it." Then he walked to the drawing-room, and saw a man sitting in the outermost chair, leaving Kenneth with a tall back, while Alston sat in front of him, as if talking about something.
And the man seemed to feel someone approaching, stood up and turned around, the left side of his face was very masculine, but the right side of his face was almost covered by a hideous scar from his forehead to his chin, causing his right eye to open only slightly, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression, which was the same Kral Ignatz that Kenneth and Mick had met when they started school.
"Brunette, your name is Kenneth." Krar's voice was deep and deep, like the earth shaking, "I need you to give me an explanation for the incident of you injuring the deputy head of the student union's alchemy department and two other officials. ”