Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 373
Chapter 373
Maya hesitated, her face turning pale as she stumbled over her words, but then, she spoke with a serious expression.
“You shouldn’t get used to that kind of thing. You shouldn’t have to take responsibility for this. If it becomes an emergency, I’ll find a way to send news immediately…”
“Hmm… actually, our parents disappeared too.”
Was she just throwing anything out there?
Ugo, who had been watching Elaina speak without being able to explain that they came from the future, stared at her with a complicated look.
“Huh? Again? Really?”
“Yes, they suddenly disappeared to a very far place. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t catch up, and no matter how far we went, we couldn’t reach them…”
It wasn’t a lie. Her parents would be born far in the future, from descendants many generations away.
“I have no idea how to find them… so before that, I need to rescue my brother, who was kidnapped by dragons.”
“Dragons? Did you just say dragons?”
Is there another kind of dragon she doesn’t know about?
Maya was confused, but Elaina’s words pierced through.
“It’s the kind of dragon you’re thinking of.”
From start to finish, it was all nonsense.
But Maya had already lost her sense of reality, considering that a god had appeared and was walking around in front of her.
So much unreal stuff had happened that she was starting to believe anything.
Besides, isn’t the possibility of dragons existing higher than gods?
After all, dragons are just flying reptiles that talk.
“So… was it true that Astin said the dragon took his brother?”
Elaina nodded.
She added with a grim expression.
“So, you’ll help us, right?”
“….”
“We really, have nowhere to go…”
“….”
Maya had no intention of praying to the god anymore. She had no desire to become a priestess, and who knew what would happen if she prayed again?
But…
“Excuse me, God.”
“Noah.”
“Yes, Noah. Can you take us to the dragons’ lair?”
She swallowed her tears and clasped her hands together in prayer.
“Please, take me and help rescue those children’s brother, Noah.”
Nature is an unchangeable thing.
Wow, even she would be mad.
Maya squeezed her eyes shut.
It was as if she was trying to give away something dangerous, and now that he was needed, she was trying to use him right away.
She felt as though the heavens would send down a divine punishment for playing with the god like this.
“The dragon’s nests are spread across the continent, though.”
Instead of thunder or lightning from the sky, a heavy hand was placed gently on her head.
Maya opened her eyes, her eyelids trembling with suspicion, and looked up.
As if in response to her prayer, he lightly rubbed her forehead with his thumb.
It was a gesture usually made by priests when they were blessing someone.
“Oh… there are that many dragons?”
The overly sacred touch made it impossible for her to brush it away.
Maya stiffened awkwardly and asked,
“Do you mean we have to search the whole continent…?”
Just then, Elaina quickly interrupted her question.
“The golden dragon, golden!”
“Then it must be the southern basin.”
As soon as the type(?) of dragon, golden, was identified, the answer came right away.
Do dragons have specific habitats based on their color?
Maya was suddenly curious, but she decided to put it aside for now given the current situation.
“Is it possible?”
“If you wish.”
Maya looked up in surprise.
She had expected a refusal.
If this was because of their contract, she thought at least some harsh words would follow.
Or perhaps there would be conditions attached, or some form of payment expected in return.
But instead of any of that, Noah moved from his still position, picked Maya up, and held her in his arms.
“Ah, wait a minute!”
“What is it?”
“We need to take care of the kids first!”
“I was simply prioritizing mine.”
Maya’s body and mind came to a sudden stop.
Mine?
Her brain immediately went into overload, but after a moment, she managed to gather herself and shouted,
“What, what, what kind of, expression, is that?!”
“I see. Since I, Noah came to exist because of you, should it be called yours?”
“What do you mean, ‘I see’? Stop saying it like that! The kids are going to misunderstand!”
“We’re fine~.”
While Maya was flustered, Elaina, Ugo, and Astin had already packed their things and mounted the wolf.
This was not right. No matter how many times she thought about it.
She, an adult, was being held by a god, while the children fearlessly climbed onto the back of a wild beast.
Only Maya was about to lose her mind and run around in circles.
“You’ve worked hard.”
Ugo was the only one who looked at her with sympathy, but it wasn’t much help.
Maya took a deep breath to calm herself.
Yelling wouldn’t change anything, and the situation hadn’t shifted at all.
“As much as I’d love to deny everything, whether it’s mine or yours…”
If it’s a god who lacks the common sense of the human world, shouldn’t they explain things step by step?
“Do you understand? They’re not strangers. They’re the kids we decided to travel with. We should take care of the vulnerable first.”
The moment she said that, all eyes turned to her.
Noah, Elaina, Ugo, and even Astin were all staring.
“Hey, why are you looking at me?”
“Well… you’re the weakest one here.”
“Maya, weak. Take care.”
“That’s not true!”
How untrustworthy do they think she was, to make a three-year-old’s protective instincts kick in?
This is the shame of humanity!
“Are you serious, kids? I know I’m not the strongest, but I’m at least stronger than Noah, right?”
As Maya questioned herself, Elaina finally understood.
After traveling with Astin, Maya had been treating him like any normal child. She had not realized anything.
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