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# The Birth of a Hero? (4)

There was a ruckus outside the door at that moment.

"They’re fine! Everybody except gramps is fine!”

"That’s great, nya!”

Hong and Raon’s excited voice rang through the door and echoed in the room.

Click.

The door opened and a white-haired woman entered. It was former Dragon Lord Sheritt. She walked into the bedroom alone and gently smiled at the people inside.

“I’m probably better off than everybody else.”

Sheritt did not seem to have any changes at all. However, nobody smiled back after hearing that.

Lord Sheritt. She was a being without a physical body. This illusion had no choice but to always look the same.

“Eruhaben.”

She then approached Eruhaben, who was holding the jar. She spoke in a calm voice.

“Please live and look after Raon. The other children too.”

Cale was certain.

‘He can’t get out of it anymore.’

Cale could see Eruhaben’s eyes start to fill with a lingering attachment to this word as Sheritt continued speaking.

“Not just On and Hong. Maes and the other Wolf children are quite young. Lock is still young too. They all still have a lot to learn. So please look after them.”

Sheritt added one last statement.

“Please do it for me.”

Eruhaben slowly lifted his body.

His gold hair was now a dull grey. Cale could see Eruhaben’s body starting to crack, with it starting from the fingertips holding the jar.

The bodies of Dragons were said to return to nature once they die.

Was it Eruhaben's time now?

“...I now have so many more things to do at the end of my life.”

Eruhaben then smiled. It was an awkward smile but his gaze was firm as if he had made up his mind.

He slowly lifted the jar in his hand. Then he let out a short breath.

‘Mm.’

Cale looked around. Rosalyn took a deep breath. She seemed even more anxious because Eruhaben was her teacher. Mila and Sheritt looked relaxed.

“It’s full of water.”

Eruhaben then placed the jar up to his lips without any hesitation.

‘Huh?!’

Cale’s eyes opened wide as he watched. His jaw dropped as well.

However, Eruhaben was already gulping down the liquid in the alcohol bottle-shaped jar.

“Uhh......”

“What’s wrong?”

Sheritt looked at the baffled Cale and asked.

“Eruhaben-nim seems to have forgotten something.”

“Hmm? Forget what?”

“No, that’-”

Cale hesitated while looking at Eruhaben who was focused on drinking the water.

Mercenary King Bud Ills. He had said something about using this artifact when they were on Wind Island.

‘That ancient artifact will fill with just enough water for the user who decides to use it on themselves.’

‘Once you drink the water, any issues related to vitality will be cured to the point you want. Of course, it may be a bit painful depending on the situation. My stomach did not feel good when I used it.’

Bud had said that it might be painful when someone uses the jar. This probably depended on how much of the jar’s vitality was used.

Eruhaben was not simply healing injuries right now... He was trying to extend his original lifespan.

The jar would probably, no, the jar would definitely break today. What Eruhaben wanted required quite a lot of vitality.

As a result, if Eruhaben was to end up in pain because he used the jar... It probably won't be a small amount.

Cale had assumed that Eruhaben remembered that as well. But seeing him gulping it down like this...

‘...He must have forgotten about it.

Is this really okay?’

While Cale’s pupils slightly shook...

more! Keep

while Mila and Rosalyn silently cheered with warm gazes. Eruhaben continued drinking without any breaks as if

a bad feeling about

did not dare to say anything and felt his back getting cold as water continued pouring out of the jar

Craaaaaaack-

was at that

“Huh? A crack-!”

cracking. Mila shouted in an excited voice

“Color is returning!”

the dull hair. The dark grey

he making it through

Cale’s face was

Craaaack-

cracked

“Ugh!”

Eruhaben's shoulders jerked back.

“Eruhaben-nim!”

“Shit!”

and Mila tried to support Eruhaben through their shock but they saw

“You cannot stop, Eruhaben-nim.”

tone and

chin in one hand and the jar

through your nose. Even if you stop for a moment, you need to keep drinking until the end. You

the jar were

remember what Bud said,

clenched his eyes shut at Cale’s

his whole body felt numb. His limbs were shaking as if they were asleep and pins were poking at them and his whole body became covered

now. Eruhaben drank the water that continued to fill up

I really wanted to

how much he had

Craaaaaaaaack, craaaaaack-

the vitality from the jar and

some odd reason, he was not

into his body was spreading through his body and filling it

need to live long enough to see Raon grow

responded by continuing to drink after hearing

‘Young master Cale.’

looking at Cale as if she was seeing a

concerned about Eruhaben whose whole body was shaking, but seeing

at

“It’s breaking.”

Mila

Craaaack---!

appeared on the jar and a gap started

grip on

Clang!

of the jar fell to

“Huff!”

started falling back at the same time. Mila quickly

“Ugh!”

“Eruhaben-nim!”

grabbed Eruhaben

out of

enough to make him bleed? Didn't Bud say that it was

out of Eruhaben mouth without stopping. This was the first time Cale saw any of his allies bleeding like this. As concern was about

- ...This...

spoke in Cale’s

Sound of the

someone who knew a lot about

named Mila put that jar

Shhhhhhh-

dust fluttered and caused

Eruhaben's

That Dragon's going to

skin was so smooth to

shiny that it looked as if stardust was scattered on top

“...Ho.”

was the person who knew most

Mila smiled.

a young

up blood and

and the ancient Dragon made eye

going to live too

Dragon smiled

wanted

then avoided Cale’s gaze. The door slammed open and the children averaging nine-years-old rushed

“Gramps!”

“Meeeeeow!”

“Meeow!”

hide their shocks after

Y, you have to live a long

right, nya! You

need to be

Hong, and On, who were so concerned that they didn't know what to do, before he let out a fake

gaze to

you guys suddenly rush

children were not the types to barge into the bedroom without knocking. This was especially true for On, who would observe the situation before

approached Cale. Raon raised his voice as

said that

‘...What?

king went

Why?

better to do?

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