Chapter 54: 49. A dragon named Megalos.

Megalo- Wha- How?!

Could it be someone else? I can't imagine that that same Megalos would be the owner of this room.

I take a deep breath, then ask, "Erwin, who is the owner of this room? And how?"

"... It is a very long story, but I presume that you have likely already met with him?"

"I'm fairly sure we're both thinking of the dragon named Megalos. So now answer me."

"Ah I see, very well then, I shall tell you. Indeed, this room did belong to that dragon. After we had hatched him here, we started to take care of him."

"How did you hatch him? How did you get his egg? And why were you taking care of such a dangerous creature?"

"... before I can answer that, I have to ask you. Do you know of the First War?"

"No."

"We do not have enough time for every detail, so this is a simplification, mind you. Before the First War, humanity were under the rule of tyrants for 2000 years. We had to suffer the humiliation of being their pets. We were below them, not equals. We were no different than caged birds for them."

"We wanted to be free, and so, some of us left to go beneath the earth, and develop our technology without them discovering. In the process, we had discovered the dragons, 10 of them in fact. I do not know why they heard us out, it could have been pity, but they did."

"After hearing about the wonders of the surface such as the sky, the bodies of water that would never run out, the mountains that pierce the clouds and the lush forests. They were then willing to make an alliance with us, if we were to give them land so they could live on the surface."

"Unfortunately, due to how devastating the war was, all of them had perished, but they had left us some scales. So we have tried to bring at least one of them back using those scales."

"And so, we had succeeded, and little Megalos was born."

"Were you present during the first war?"

"No, my great grandfather was."

"When did it start?"

"It started 183 B.V and ended on the first of A.V. Do you know of those measurements of time?"

"Yes, but more importantly what was the date when you were last alive?"

"113 A.V."

Oh no.

"... Erwin, I don't know how to say it, but the year now is at least 438 A.V."

"...! How are you sure of that?"

Huh, crap, I kind of locked myself into a corner, what do I tell him? I guess it's fine to let him know about my Appraisal, since there isn't much he can do about it.

"Oh, I just have this skill called Appraisal at a high level, so I just found out through it."

"Appraisal... I see."

...

I walked around the room, I could see wooden blocks with letters on them, spelling the word 'Love', and by the door leading to the outside, I saw ascending lines with numbers written next to them.

"Say, everything about your motive to recreate the dragons sounds nice. But that leaves the question, how did this place get destroyed, and by who? And who funded the project to revive them, and why?"

"This place, was destroyed by Megalos. As for why? I do not know, the last I've seen of him, was the day he left to train with Hans as always. But that day, neither of them came back, we found Adras' corpse when we investigated, and Megalos was nowhere to be found. We examined his wounds carefully, and surmised that it couldn't have been anything other than Megalos."

"As for who funded it? It was none other than Seraphin. He was the man that created the alliance between man and dragon after all, it is quite apparent as to why he would fund it."

"Hm. Got it."

"I wanna ask, but did any of you treat him badly or something to make him do that?"

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"I am not aware of any situation where anyone interacted with him in an abusive manner. Erika cared for him at all times except training."

"So is Erika the one who wrote-?"

"Yes, she did write that message on the wall, she loved him like her son."

I went up to the toys and started moving them around, I looked under them and behind them. I couldn't find anything other than a few buttons.

"If you are investigating, I recommend looking under his bedding."

"I was going to do that, but thanks."

I lifted the pillow and under it, I saw a few names etched on the floor. They were crossed off. And under them was the sentence "Don't cry" and "Why?"

The names that were crossed out were "Rose", "Chrysan", and "Asimi".

"Megalos... you were so pained by that, yet I did not know. Perhaps if I knew, none of this would have happened."

"What happened? Who are these three"

"Megalos wasn't the only one we tried to give life to. These three were other dragons."

"How'd they die?"

"These three, unlike him, did not react well with the scales. Their bodies had rejected them, and slowly but surely, they had withered away. It is likely they kept it secret from him."

"Rose passed away first, and ever since that day, he was... off. He had changed from her death."

"Okay, man, that makes me feel bad for him. Hey, do you want to go meet with him or something?"

"Do not bother, I do not know who he is anymore, and after over 300 years, there is no guarantee he'll remember me. In addition to that, he had eliminated all of us."

"Yea, you're right. That definitely is a deal breaker eh?"

"You could refer to it as that."

Well, I guess I got everything I wanted out of this trip. There isn't much more to explore in these ruins anyways. Now, should I continue exploring hell, or should I go up?

Yea, we already know the answer to that.

"Welp, I'm gonna explore the rest of hell, do you have anything else you want to do in these ruins? Do you need the bathroom?"

"No, I do not. It is also not possible for me to excrete-"

"It's a joke man! How dry can you be?"

"I thought that it was a joke. But I explained to clear any misunderstandings that could've arisen."

"You think I'm dumb? You pickin' a fight punk?!"

"Your act is amusing, but I do think it is time for you to move."

Hey! I'm doing good, maybe he isn't as boring as I thought.

"Fine fine, alright then. The team Lisa scouts are about to go on their first adventure!"

"...?"

Come on man you're embarrassing me.

"Uh, forget it, let's just go."

Thanks for returning my speaking anxiety... jerk.

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