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◈ My Girlfriend Returned as a Dragon ◈

Chapter 75: It Was There, But Now It’s Gone.

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Bellium’s Tear.

According to legend, Bellium, who founded Elysium, shed tears upon finding those who had died fighting to protect it. Those tears hardened into what became known as Bellium’s Tear.

But a legend was only a legend.

Until now, no one had ever established exactly how it had been created.

Research had revealed one fact, however: Bellium’s Tear contained a dragon’s aura of exceptional purity.

In any case, thanks to the legend surrounding it and its beautiful appearance, Elysium had preserved Bellium’s Tear as a precious cultural heritage item.

But several hundred years ago, one of the three existing Bellium’s Tears was lost.

As it was a historically important item, Elysium’s scholars searched for it for a long time, finally finding it after several centuries.

Yet before that precious treasure could even return to Elysium, it was nearly stolen by an unidentified necromancer.

And at this very moment, it was being absorbed by Minjun, an outsider from some distant land.

“Sir Minjun!”

“Wh-what is going on?”

The necromancer, Adil in the necromancer’s grasp, and the escort detail that had come to rescue him.

Everyone present stared blankly at Minjun as he absorbed Bellium’s Tear.

Immediately after absorbing it, Minjun felt power overflowing within him to an uncontrollable degree.

‘This is...’

Minjun could feel it too.

The aura contained within Bellium’s Tear was being absorbed into him.

He did not know the details, but he knew it was a sacred relic of great significance to Elysium.

So why was it being absorbed by him?

Everything was full of questions, but first, he needed to subdue that necromancer.

Only after defeating the necromancer and returning safely could he investigate the reason.

A brilliant halo began spreading behind Minjun after he absorbed Bellium’s Tear. As it gradually faded, his Dragon Bone Sword began to shine brightly.

It was not its usual faint, dark aura.

Bright clusters of light glittered amid the pitch-black aura, like the Milky Way scattered across the night sky.

As aura gathered around Minjun’s sword, the necromancer, who had been relaxed and arrogant from the beginning, began to visibly panic.

When the necromancer had first roughly assessed their strength, losing had never seemed possible. But upon seeing the aura gathered around Minjun’s sword, that assessment completely changed.

“Yes!”

When the guards saw the necromancer shaken by Minjun’s awakening, the spirit that had been utterly crushed moments ago began to rise.

Looking at the situation, their best chance was for Minjun and the necromancer to face each other head-on.

If that was the case...

“All personnel other than Sir Minjun, focus all efforts on holding back the undead!”

They had to let Minjun focus on executing the necromancer without worrying about anything else.

Once Araben began issuing commands, Minjun quickly closed the distance to the necromancer under the escort detail’s cover.

Sensing danger, the necromancer pulled the bound Adil in front of their body, intending to use him as a human shield.

The necromancer believed that if they stayed close to the hostage, Minjun would have trouble attacking.

However.

Minjun charged in without hesitation, closed the distance, and thrust his sword forward without pause.

As the situation took an unexpected turn, the necromancer let go of Adil.

The strike only left a small cut on the necromancer’s arm, but it allowed Minjun to rescue Adil as the binding was briefly released.

Araben, who had been holding back the undead from the rear, saw what happened and swiftly pulled Adil back.

After securing Adil’s safety, Araben shouted.

“We’ll protect Sir Adil and Revi, so don’t worry about us!”

Minjun nodded, filled his sword with as much dragon aura as it could hold, and swung it hard at the necromancer.

‘Even a graze would be fatal.’

There was no hostage left to use as a human shield, and controlling the undead to block the attack would not be easy when the others were focused entirely on them.

So avoiding that attack was the best option.

It hurt the necromancer’s pride, but they needed to act with the worst-case scenario, escape, in mind.

As the necromancer, who had maintained an aggressive position until then, began retreating, Araben and the other mages, who had been dealing with the undead, did not miss the opening and launched a surprise attack.

“Urgh!”

Their attacks had clearly landed, but judging by how little the necromancer’s movements had slowed, they did not seem to have dealt much damage.

Minjun frowned.

‘There’s no time.’

Adil was one concern, but Revi was injured and bleeding. Nothing good would come from dragging this out.

Minjun wanted to end this battle as quickly as possible.

To do that, the ideal approach would be to overwhelm the necromancer with explosive firepower and finish them in a single blow.

‘Is there no way?’

For an instant, the words Dragon Fear passed through Minjun’s mind.

It would not provide the explosive firepower he had just been considering, but if it succeeded, it could restrain both the undead and the necromancer.

If everyone attacked together in that brief moment...

They could land a powerful blow.

But.

‘Can I do it?’

He was undeniably stronger than before after absorbing Bellium’s Tear, so it would not be impossible.

However, there was one variable.

It was how well he could control that aura.

Minjun did not show it, but he was struggling to handle the dragon aura rampaging through his body as though its reins had come loose.

The aura absorbed into his body repeatedly ran wild on its own before calming down again.

There were many variables, and success was uncertain, but this was still the best option.

Recalling yesterday’s sensation, Minjun poured all his killing intent toward the necromancer.

But.

Perhaps Dragon Fear had not worked, because the necromancer continued widening the distance.

‘Did it fail?’

Seeing that Dragon Fear had no effect, Minjun swallowed a groan.

He had succeeded in casting it, but the necromancer was strong, and his proficiency with Dragon Fear was still low. That was why it had not worked on the necromancer.

But looking at it another way.

Even with low proficiency, could it not still work on those countless undead?

Dragon Fear properly affected the undead within several hundred meters of Minjun, and immense fear paralyzed their bodies.

That was enough.

Once they confirmed that the undead had stopped moving, most of those who had been holding them back quickly joined the others and began bombarding the necromancer with attacks.

The necromancer could no longer properly control the undead within several hundred meters, while attacks from the escort detail came flying in from every direction. It was only natural that they would panic.

Dealing with Minjun alone had already been overwhelming, and now the others had joined in as well.

Though it was only half a success, Dragon Fear had completely turned the tide.

Minjun continuously released Dragon Fear to pressure the necromancer.

Because Bellium’s Tear had not yet fully assimilated into his body, the dragon aura within Minjun continued to surge.

As a result, power gathered irregularly in the Dragon Bone Sword, but that did not matter.

At the very moment the sword was filled with dragon aura to its limit, Minjun instinctively knew it would be the most powerful strike he had unleashed that day.

With a blow that seemed to tear apart the space around them, the necromancer met an anticlimactic end that made their initial momentum seem almost laughable.

“...Whew.”

Perhaps he was still not used to wielding his newly gained power, Minjun breathed heavily immediately after defeating the necromancer.

Dropping to one knee, Minjun caught his breath and looked around.

Perhaps because of the battle that had just taken place, the area was in ruins. The undead, having lost control, collapsed where they stood like marionettes with their strings cut.

“We find ourselves in your debt once again.”

As Minjun rested and caught his breath, Araben, the leader of the escort detail, approached and knelt on one knee before him.

Then, except for Revi, who could not properly support themself due to their injuries, the others also dropped to one knee alongside Araben to express their gratitude.

Finally, Adil, who had run over despite his weakened state, said:

“I pay my respects to a great being!”

Like the many Elysium soldiers yesterday, Adil mistook Minjun for a dragon and prostrated himself before him.

‘Is this deja vu?’

In the end, just as he had yesterday, Minjun had to explain to Adil that he was not a dragon.

* * *

Because of the unidentified necromancer kidnapper, everyone had faced the danger of being seriously injured or killed. But thanks to an unexpected variable, they had overcome the crisis.

Adil had been rescued, and fortunately, Revi, the only injured person, was said to be in no serious danger.

Looking only at that, it might have seemed like a happy ending.

‘Still, I can’t help feeling uneasy.’

Bellium’s Tear. It had helped us overcome the crisis, but ironically, it had also created another problem.

Because I had unintentionally absorbed it.

I had never intended to absorb it.

More than anything, today had been the first time I had even seen the item.

So I was in a very difficult position too.

What did everyone else think when they saw it happen?

Did they think I had done it deliberately, or that it had been an unavoidable accident?

Either way, there was no denying that I was in an extremely awkward situation.

“What should I do now?”

Unable to find an answer, Araben let out a deep sigh.

“I... don’t know either. It is a valuable artifact that was recovered with great difficulty, so it would be best if we could restore it to its original state. But I don’t think that will be possible now. What do you think, Sir Adil?”

“What choice do I have? How in the world did this happen...?”

Sighs broke out from all around.

It was probably an unprecedented event, so everyone seemed to have a headache.

And if I had been a bad person, that would have been one thing. But I was not, so they could not simply resent me, either.

“First, we should inform the elders and convene an emergency meeting.”

As though his head ached, Adil squeezed his eyes shut.

“I also heard that Sir Minjun requires my help. Of course, I should help with anything I can, but I think I must attend the emergency meeting first.”

“I should attend too, shouldn’t I...?”

After all, I was involved in this incident.

But Adil shook his head.

“I think it would be better if you did not. If it is decided that your testimony is needed, I will let you know then.”

After Adil left to summon the elders, Araben spoke.

“I hear Lady Estelle has arranged lodgings for you, Sir Minjun. Please stay there for now. I will also tell Sir Adil that you are at the inn.”

After leading me to the inn, Araben left after telling me to get plenty of rest.

“How did things end up like this...?”

I unpacked in my room at the inn.

I wanted to resolve this as soon as possible, but there was nothing I could do right now.

The meeting seemed likely to take a long time, so after resting for a while, I headed to a small clearing behind the inn.

Then I took the Dragon Bone Sword out of my pocket dimension.

I wanted to properly feel and examine the new power I had gained.

It would have been easier if I had a sparring partner or a training dummy.

But this was not the situation for that, so I would do what I could for now.

First, I meditated and tried to sense the dragon aura flowing through my body as clearly as possible.

I could definitely feel that there was more aura flowing through me than before I had absorbed Bellium’s Tear.

However, compared to immediately after I absorbed it, that aura had weakened considerably.

If I had to make a hypothesis, perhaps the vessel that was me was not capable of fully absorbing that power, so I had not absorbed all the power contained in Bellium’s Tear.

Just in case, I tried using Dragon Speech, but as expected, it failed.

But not all failures were the same.

It had failed, but I felt that if I improved just a little more, I could finally use Dragon Speech.

How should I put it?

If there were environmental advantages, like the special environment of the Dragon Sword Garden or being connected to an unidentified aura like yesterday, I felt I could use Dragon Speech reliably.

Then what about Dragon Fear...?

It would probably be difficult to test that here.

If I made a mistake, I might hurt innocent people.

“Let’s train.”

Come to think of it, I had not been able to train properly because of everything that kept happening.

It would be difficult to train in a perfect environment like I had on Earth, but I could still meditate and do visualization training.

* * *

Elysium’s Central Hall.

“Everyone, take your seats.”

The meeting regarding Bellium’s Tear, which Minjun had absorbed, had just begun.

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