Chương 16: Dragon tale

"I am an angel? Wait... ANGELS EXIST?!" Lucas gasped when he found out that angels existed after all. He didn't know about it since the author did not mention this in the novel.

"Well, yeah..." the dragon said with a sigh and then started talking again. "And looking at your mana, I can say you're an angel of death and punishment."

"Death?" Lucas asked. "Why does this make sense to me?" Lucas looked at his hands and saw that he covered them with black mana.

"But what are angels?" Lucas asked the dragon. He wasn't sure if he should ask for confirmation or not. But he couldn't help himself. After all, he was a reincarnator, too. This reptile might be the answer to their questions.

The dragon turned around and answered him.

"Creatures similar to gods, but not quite gods. They are the embodiment of a desire."

"Desire..." Lucas muttered as he thought. He did not know what the dragon meant by that.

"Desire to punish." The dragon said with a serious face. He realized Lucas had no idea what he was talking about.

"Don't you get an urge to punish those you deem sinners?" The dragon asked as he stood up.

Lucas slowly stood up as well. His memories flooded with all the times he felt an urge to kill the criminals. And the hallucinations of his dead childhood crush Lilith.

Lucas realized that this was a perfect time to figure out those visions.

"Why do I keep seeing my dead friend in mirrors? Or... other reflective surfaces." Lucas asked.

"You what?" The dragon tilted his head as he stared at Lucas.

"The hallucinations... I see my dead childhood friend moments before an urge to kill come up." Lucas explained.

"So you're saying that you have a recurring hallucination?" The dragon said.

"Yes. It happens every day. Every night, actually." Lucas confirmed.

"How long has this been happening?" The dragon asked. He didn't know the exact answer, as Lucas was the second angel he met in his long lifetime. However, the other angel wasn't as talkative as Lucas and gave him only a few answers.

"It happened for a while..." Lucas said in a sad voice.

The dragon put a claw on Lucas' shoulder and tried to comfort him.

"I understand." The dragon said. "You feel like punishing people, and that desire is driving you mad. But..."

"But what?" Lucas asked.

"I believe you could control that desire." The dragon said.

"Control it?" Lucas asked, confused.

"Yes. Or at least you can lower its affection on your mind." The dragon said. "I assume the hallucinations you see result from your inability to control your inner rage."

'Wait. Wait, wait, wait...' Lucas thought to himself. ' But the hallucinations started on earth... World without magic, angels, demons or gods.'. Lucas had no clue why he was experiencing these hallucinations. Yet, he was certain that he did not relate the hallucination to the fact that he was an angel.

"How can I control it?" Lucas asked, just in case there was a way.

"By using your mental powers to focus on something else," the dragon said. "Concentrate on hunting monsters, learning to control your mana, meditating or anything that doesn't involve killing people."

"Hmm... That's exactly what I've been doing. It's hard, though..." Lucas said.

"Well. Just keep doing that." the dragon shrugged. "Besides, you're young. I can assume you were just thrown into becoming an angel."

"Kindda..." Lucas said, while smiling awkwardly. Something indeed threw him into this body after dying on earth. He was reborn and given the choice of being a villain. But he wasn't explained about this world.

"Okay, so what now?" Lucas asked.

"You tell me? Wanna fight to the death?" The dragon smirked. The dragon was maybe weaker than an angelic being, but it had thousands of years of experience in fighting and survival.

"Nah. Too tired." Lucas chuckled and sat down on the floor. "I'm gonna sleep for a while."

"Alright. Goodnight, kid." The dragon yawned and lied down next to Lucas. The reptile closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

***

Lucas woke up from his sleep. He was leaning on the sleeping dragon. Then he realized he was late for school again. So, he rushed out of the cave and jumped after infusing his mana into the legs.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Lucas screamed as he flew toward the city. This time, he used air magic to maneuver in the sky.

He reached his destination and entered the home to change his clothes. A few minutes later, he left the house and went to school. He was the first one in the classroom.

"Good morning, Lucas." Mr. Weiward greeted him. "You're early."

"Eh..." Lucas was taking deep breaths after running and flying the entire morning. "I am early?"

"Yes. The class starts in one hour." Mr. Weiward said.

"Oh shit! Nice!" Lucas chuckled.

"Don't curse." Mr. Weiward said. "You can go wait for the class outside."

Lucas nodded and went outside. 'Oh, I should go home. Sarah must be waiting for me.' Lucas paled after realizing that she was supposed to come to take him to school.

Half an hour later, Lucas saw her in front of his house. She was wearing a simple dress and a black leather jacket. Her long hair tied up behind her head.

"Hey, Lucas." Sarah greeted him with a smile. "You're up early."

"Hi, Sarah." Lucas replied. "Y-Yeah... Stuff happened."

Sarah looked at him curiously.

"What stuff?" Sarah asked.

"Uhm.. Let's go to school. Otherwise, we'll be late," Lucas suggested.

"Sure." Sarah chuckled and extended her hand to Lucas. "W-Wanna hold hands?" She smiled shyly.

"Ah..." Lucas blushed. He couldn't remember if he ever held hands with a girl before.

"Come on, Lucas." Sarah giggled. "Let's go to class."

The two of them walked to school together. Lucas couldn't stop thinking about how close he was to holding hands with a pretty girl.

He took some deep breaths to calm himself down.

***

The rest of the day went by normally. No more weird hallucinations in the mirrors. Lucas smiled. Things were becoming normal.