Book 2, 231

Book 2, Chapter 231

Translator: Seven

Editors: Ana_Banana, Sei

“Goddess?”

Lukas looked at Pannata in surprise.

Pannata continued to speak with a slightly fanatical expression.

“Right. She’s the greatest, strongest, and most beautiful being on the entire island.”

Dragon King and Goddess.

He was thinking that this was something to pay attention to, but he couldn’t help but pause when he heard Pannata’s next words.

“She suddenly appeared on the island one day and wiped out all the Ancient Dragons around her.”

“...”

After hearing that, he couldn’t help but wonder.

Half confident in his conjecture, Lukas decided to throw out some bait.

“...I found the corpses of five Ancient Dragons when I was passing through a nearby mountain range.”

“So you saw it.”

Pannata smirked.

“Those five monsters were the rulers of that mountain range. But even those fearsome beings who had ruled over their territory for hundreds of years could only become cold corpses after meeting the Goddess.”

Lukas recalled the wounds he’d seen on those Ancient Dragon corpses. He also recalled the faint energy signature he’d felt from them.

It was only at that moment that he was certain of the Goddess’ identity. The name goddess didn’t suit her at all, but he decided to put that aside for now.

“I think the Goddess might be my companion.”

“What? Hahaha.”

It wasn’t just Pannata.

Even the Dragonmen guarding the hole above let out loud laughs.

“That’s enough of your bullsh*t. If the Goddess is your companion, then I’m the Dragon King’s older brother.”

“No. I’m serious. Does your goddess have black hair and red eyes-”

“Shut up. If you insult the Goddess one more time, I will kill you on the spot.”

He looked really angry, so Lukas decided to not continue. Pannata glared at Lukas with an expression of annoyance.

“I think I cleared up enough of your doubts, so stay put.”

With those words, Pannata headed up on his own.

Lukas did as he was told. This was because there was no reason for him to run in the first place. Without another word, he walked to a corner of the pit and sat down. Then, he closed his eyes and began to meditate.

‘...so she became a Goddess.’

What had Sedi been doing on Death Island?

* * *

A few hours passed.

After all, he was still wearing the hood.

“Is this the delicacy you were talking about?”

Her frown was the expression that Lukas was most familiar with. Her expression made it look like she was whining to him, but it caused Pannata to tremble fiercely at the thought of angering his god.

“I-, it’s meat from outside. We captured him without a single casualty...!”

“...”

“D-, do you not like it?”

“Of course I don’t. Do you think I’m like you? I told you before that I only eat Ancient Dragon Hearts. Those that have been completely saturated in demonic energy.”

When she said that, the Dragonmen prostrated around her began to tremble, shrinking into themselves and doing their best to become unnoticeable.

Sedi snorted at them before turning to look at Lukas once more.

“But this is the first time I’ve seen anyone wearing clothes on this island. Take off the hood.”

“Ye-, yes.”

Pannata hurriedly removed the hood that was covering Lukas’ face.

“...”

“...”

Their eyes met.

Those bright red eyes that were similar to a rabbit’s widened. At the same time, Sedi’s expression became indescribable.

It was a mixture of shock, disbelief, doubt, and finally, joy.

Then.

“...ha. Hahaha. Ahahaha!”

Sedi burst into laughter. She laughed so hard that she doubled over and held her stomach.

The Dragonmen, who were still nervous, also began to laugh as Sedi laughed. They didn’t know what was going on, but the Goddess seemed to be happy. This convinced them that their sacrifice was actually the right choice.

“...kukuku! You there.”

“Ye-, yes!”

After laughing for a while, Sedi wiped tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Who captured this person?”

“I did!”

Pannata replied with a proud expression on his face.

Unfortunately, he didn’t realise that Sedi, who he revered as his Goddess, had addressed Lukas as ‘this person’, instead of ‘this guy’ or ‘that guy’ like she usually did.

“He’s actually really slow and stupid for an outsider. So we were able to capture him easily.”

“Hoh.”

Sedi mumbled under her breath before smiling.

“Right. I suppose I should commend you. Then...”

With a beautiful smile on her face that made her look like a real Goddess, Sedi beckoned to Pannata with her finger.

“Come here.”

With a bright smile on his face, Pannata walked to Sedi.