Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 317
Chapter 317
“I don’t want Ella to do anything she doesn’t want to do.”
“Human beings need to do things they don’t necessarily want to, to grow.”
“But you know Mother, lifeforms have evolved to use easier, more convenient abilities. Like using magic to move things instead of picking them up manually.”
This is especially true for humans. Luca said in a persuasive tone.
Aria pondered his point, which she thought was true.
“But Luca, you know as well as I do, there’s a difference between not doing something you can do and not knowing how to do it.”
“Ella can speak, but chooses not to.”
“That’s true for now…”
Even now, Ella could speak easily when pushed. But practice was important in all things. The Siren Aria herself had practiced her singing tirelessly.
Aria crossed her arms, wondering how to persuade Luca further.
“If that’s your stance, then we might have to accept that Ella will need to interact with others whenever she needs to express herself… and that’s a risk we’ll just have to take.”
Luca flinched slightly at that moment.
Human life is fleeting. It flashes by in the blink of an eye.
A dragon might hibernate and wake up a century later. In some cases, the humans they knew had become figures of history centuries later.
Luca, although young by his species’ standards, inherited all his mother’s memories. So he felt the profound emptiness and loss.
Life’s too short not to do what you want.
Live with doing everything you want.
Just live with those you care about tucked safely under your wing for just one century.
“If speaking tires her, I could always communicate Ella’s feelings for her.”
To be her hands, her feet, her voice, for the rest of her life.
How difficult would that be?
That was what he was thinking of.
“Had you forgotten?”
Aria widened her eyes before asking,
“You were supposed to leave Ella when she became an adult.”
“Ah…”
Luca was struck by the memory he had seemingly forgotten.
“Now that I think about it, four years have already passed.”
Her murmur left him in a daze. During those four years with Elaina, Luca had completely forgotten the draconic duties he was born with.
“You are the only one. The only hope. Stay by Shadra’s side, recover the feelings stolen by humans.”
‘How could I have forgotten that?’
In the first place, what made him love the child in an instant was driven entirely by this duty….
“You’re not planning to leave?”
As she looked at Luca’s stunned expression Aria asked with a tinge of hope.
After a pause, Luca shook his head firmly.
“I will leave.”
He admitted to himself that he had been naive.
When Ella became an adult, he recognized that he should not be by her side. Despite the Valentines being descendants of demigods, they were ultimately human.
Unlike him, a dragon, for whom a century was but a fleeting moment.
He can’t forever be beside Ella, acting as her hands and feet.
Moreover, he would likely leave this world before Ella.
‘When I die, my body returns to nature and leaves no trace behind.’
Luca recalled the deep hibernation of his dragon mother. When she awoke, landscapes and kingdoms had transformed, and the humans she loved had…
“I must leave.”
Dragons belonged at the side of God. To protect God, who should remain intact.
This was not a curse or a brainwashing but God’s arrangement. A precaution to keep the divine beasts from choosing to live with humans.
It was a consideration to protect the mind of any dragon foolish enough to choose such a path.
‘Another 15 years…’
Luca thought. It would pass in the blink of an eye. Yet, in that time, none of the humans he knew would age significantly or fall ill.
Surely he could live on just remembering the Valentines in their healthiest and most beautiful state, occasionally recalling them.
While being at Shadra’s side.
‘Can I really live just….remembering.’
He had only been hatched for six years.
His mother’s memories were hers alone. Even if he shared those memories, they were still someone else’s experiences. However, the emotions his dragon mother felt each time she had to say farewell were so vivid that they brought fear instead of comfort.
Luca suddenly turned pale.
Even if he had to leave them and take on his mission, it was inevitable. But, compared to years ago, when he was quite calm, now…
“Luca!”
Startled, Aria abruptly stood up and tightly grasped the child’s shoulders.
Luca, his face looking as though he was suffocating, trembled and silently looked up at the human woman who claimed to be his mother.
The woman who had rescued him from the brink of death, giving him a life he might never have had, his eternal savior.
Luca could not even begin to imagine a world without Aria.
‘No, perhaps I should ask that being to erase my memories.’
If his memories caused him pain, he believed God would gladly fulfill his request. After all, the God loved the divine beasts.
“What’s wrong, Luca? Are you in pain?”
“…”
“You don’t want to leave either, do you?”
“…”
“Then just say the word. Mom will do whatever I can to help.”
“Mother.”
Luca, who was lost in thought, opened his lips.
“Mother is right.”
“So you don’t want to go?”
Luca didn’t answer her question, but instead returned her words.
“Perhaps the best way to truly care for that child is to allow them to blend naturally among humans.”
And he gave a slight smile, his expression was serenely angelic and benevolent, fitting of a divine beast that protects God.
Regardless of what he thought.
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