I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 126
5-9. Side – Houen – The Grown Devil
Continuously pushed by Atrak, Houen was led to a study.
It was his first time walking around a devil’s castle, but surprisingly, it was quite tidy.
Contrary to what he expected, it wasn’t eerie, and although modest, several bookshelves were neatly arranged, covered with purple and black sheets.
It seemed to be a measure to protect the books from sunlight.
It was evident that someone regularly visited to maintain it.
As he was led inside, Houen was effortlessly lifted and placed in a chair.
Being in his child form now, even Atrak, who seemed weak, could easily carry him.
It was questionable whether Atrak had really lost his strength.
Sitting on the chair across the desk from Houen, Atrak gestured with his fingers.
Suddenly, snacks and tea flew in from somewhere and were placed in front of him.
While marveling at the dexterity, Houen graciously sipped the offered tea.
The tea was sharp and its rich aroma pierced through his nose.
He couldn’t help but grimace and pressed the corners of his eyes.
“Wow… Tea after four hundred years… It’s really strong.”
“(Atrak nods with keen interest.)”
“I don’t feel like I’ve been asleep for four hundred years. If I drink it all at once, I might die. Just kidding.”
With a light-hearted comment, he picked up a snack.
He felt a crisp and gentle texture, but then an incredibly sweet taste overwhelmed him.
Could it be that not eating anything for four hundred years affected his taste buds?
But then he remembered being forced to eat bugs in the past.
Because of that, he had cried tears of gratitude while eating, realizing the blessing of having food.
“Yeah, my taste buds have probably been weird since forever. But yeah, not eating anything for a long time makes even a small amount of sweetness taste strong.”
“(Atrak nods in agreement.)”
He took another sip of the strongly flavored tea and grimaced again.
Perhaps his taste buds were a little off because he was a child.
After eating the tea snacks for the first time in four hundred years, he put on a serious expression to get to the point.
Why were he unsealed and targeted for death by the angels?
Ultimately, it was a meaningless action since he couldn’t die, but he was still curious about the reason.
“Oh right, Atrak, you can’t talk, can you?”
“(Atrak lowers his head in disappointment.)”
“Hahaha… Writing might work, but it’s inefficient. Is there anyone else?”
“(Atrak hesitates for a moment, then claps his hands twice.)”
With a dry sound of clapping, a black hole opened in the ceiling.
From there, a devil with androgynous features, whose gender couldn’t be discerned, popped out.
But as he came out further, his modestly bulging chest became visible, revealing that he was a woman.
She rotated once and landed gracefully, stretching her back and smiling brightly.
She was tall for a woman, with a good figure, and she looked cute once it was clear she was a woman.
She had purple wings and horns growing from the right side of her forehead, branching out slightly after a short length.
“Hello! Did you call for me, Atrak-sama?”
While saluting, she tilted her head cutely with a cheerful voice.
She was a devil Houen didn’t know.
But she seemed to know Houen, as she widened her eyes in surprise and spread her arms when she saw him.
“Wow!? It’s Houen!!”
“Who… are you?”
“It’s me! It’s Yaqi!”
“Eeeeh!?”
The name sounded familiar.
But she had grown so much that Houen didn’t recognize her at all.
The image of her that Houen remembered was very young.
But what about now?
She had grown taller, her speech was no longer broken, and she stood there as a splendid adult devil.
Just as Atrak had aged, Yaqi had also grown.
“I never expected you to be Yaqi… There’s no way I would have known…”
“Hahaha! It’s been four hundred years, you know? I’ve grown up too!”
“That’s true. Oh, what about the other side?”
“Hm? She’s here.”
Yaqi closed one eye.
Immediately, her eyelids opened again, but her pupils were completely black.
“I… was asleep.”
From Yaqi’s mouth, a completely different voice came out.
She glared at Houen with a rather displeased expression.
But she quickly reverted to her original self, standing proudly with her hands on her hips.
“Hey, it’s been a while since Houen came! You can’t sleep!”
“…It’s not a big deal if you’re here to handle it.“
“Geez! You’ve been like this lately! What do you think!?”
“Hmm, so you’re no longer taken over?”
“That’s right!”
Yaqi had a split personality.
But it seemed to be a bit different, and each personality had different skills.
It wasn’t that there was a mental abnormality, but rather it seemed that two devils had become one, which might be the best way to describe it.
She hadn’t had many conversations with the other personality, but she remembered that when the other personality came out, the main personality, Yaqi, fell asleep.
But now it seemed that she could control it completely.
Then Atrak tapped the desk with his finger.
It seemed he was ready to get to the main point.
“Oh right… I forgot… Houen came here to ask about the current situation, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right. I’ve met with the angels. But there are some things bothering me. I wonder what’s happening now.”
“Alright, I’ll explain.”
Cough, clearing her throat, she continued.
“The angels are targeting our skills.”