The Dragon'S Blue Gem
(S3) Chapter 182 [Directions From Leviathan ]

"Teacher... Me!?" startled Aqua.

Of course Aqua knew clearly that her teacher, Vashlana Magiya was a great and powerful person, but she also knew that her level far surpassing Ashlan now meant that she was much stronger as well than the teacher. However, Leviathan said Ashlan could tear it apart easily if Ashlan wanted to. And the most surprising thing is... Leviathan is the teacher of Ashlan's teacher!? Meaning Leviathan is the teacher of the Great Witch!?

"But the Master's level..."

⟨ Yes, the child is now weakened compared to the previous one. Many things happened to him during these hundreds of years ⟩ Leviathan replied as if sighing.

⟨ The big brother sealed his true strength. If you want that Ashlan to help you buy longer, first ask him to remove the seal first ⟩

Aqua's hands clenched tightly, "Why... Master sealed his own power?"

⟨ You have to hear the reason from himself. All I can say is... He was not just sealing his strength alone, you could say he was also sealing his old self because of something he considered very bad. Reopening the seal means you also ask her to face back her biggest fear. It won't be easy ⟩

"Master's past is as bad as his past and Master unleashes most of his powers and leads Mr. Leviathan to tell him that the Master has sealed his old self? Masters... What exactly happened to you first?"

There is an inner conflict with Aqua. On the one hand he was angry at his Master who sealed his own power when the world needed him. But on the other hand he was angry at himself who did not realize his master was experiencing inner torment to be willing to do all that regardless of the risk. Ashlan who always looks warm, friendly, jaily and always smiling turns out to keep something that might be much darker than expected.

Aqua, "......"

"..... You said two out of three were students of your own. Is it possible that the big brother you are referring to is the other Great Witch disciple?" ask Aqua to make sure.

⟨ Yes. The big brother I was referring to was the Great Witch's eldest disciple. Your teacher is his youngest student ⟩

"So then, who is this eldest disciple?"

⟨ A young dryad, according to the last news I heard, she has become Empress of Levana Empire ⟩

"!!??"

"Empress Kaleena!?"

⟨ Ohh, right. The boy's name is Kaleena ⟩

Aqua rattled her bangs due to the back-to-back shock she had gotten.

"Ha... Haha... What kind of coincidence is this?"

"My teacher the Magic Queen is hiding her true strength and past. Then my senior teacher turned out to be Empress Kaleena who was my stepmother. And both of them were Great Witch disciples who were disciples of the Great Dragon Leviathan."

"What a laughable game of fate," inward Aqua.

Aqua felt like she had been completely played with by fate. It felt like his destiny had become like a complicated thread since his arrival to this world. Given everything that had happened from her recollection of her memories as a Sham to now, everything had actually become very irregular yet also very orderly at the same time. It was as if someone had indeed intentionally placed him at the midpoint of all the world's problems.

"..... I've understood. I'll talk to both of them personally later."

Aqua raised her head to stare at the clear sky, unlike her mood right now.

"Then who's the last person you mean?"

⟨ Levana ⟩

".....?"

"What?"

"Can-can you repeat again?"

⟨ Levana ⟩

"......."

Aqua thought she heard wrong. It turns out to be true. The last person Leviathan recommended was the former Great Sky Dragon, Levana. The first emperor of the Levana Empire was also his ancestor.

"She's Levana!?"

⟨ Why are you so surprised, son? ⟩

"No, I mean. is he still alive?"

⟨ What are you, Levana is human? Although he was no longer a Great Dragon, he was still a dragon. His lifespan was obviously very long like Elves and the others ⟩

"That's... Also true. Since he had always been referred to only as the ancestor of the imperial family and the first Emperor, plus himself who had never been seen in the Empire, people thought that he was dead, "inner Aqua.

"I'm sorry for being too short-minded, Mr. Leviathan. So where can I find that guy?" aqua asked with a strange feeling.

⟨ HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! THE GUY? MAN SAID!? ⟩

His extremely thunderous laughter could even create a small Tsunami due to the fierce tremors by his massive body. Aqua who was nearby even nearly broke her eardrum.

"Is there anything strange about my words?"

⟨ Why do you think Levana is a man? ⟩

"?"

Aqua, "What isn't it?"

"It is said that the Great Dragon Levana married the first Princess of a small human kingdom and helped expand the kingdom into an empire so that he became the first Emperor of the Levana Empire" Aqua replied.

⟨ You think he's the man from him being Emperor or he's marrying the Princess? ⟩

"Of course he married the Princess. Portrait of His Majesty Levana does not exist at all. But isn't it because she married the Princess and produced offspring with dragon blood the proof?"

⟨ That's not wrong, but it's also not true. We Great Dragons don't really have gender. We can be men and women as we want. But of course we also have a human body that is very comfortable we use until we are lazy or do not want to replace it if it is not because of urgent circumstances ⟩

"I understand..."

⟨ And the Levana, he almost never uses the form of a human male, both before and after his marriage ⟩

JEDEEEEERRRRRR

Aqua was speechless. To his surprise, he found nothing to say. Because from the beginning of the history he had learned was wrong, he did not know what to do.

⟨ Human base. They didn't even explain that correctly to his descendants. Do they really respect their ancestors? ⟩ dumel Leviathan.

⟨ Yes, son? ⟩

"......."

⟨ Nak? ⟩

".....!"

"Ah, sorry, forgive me. My head is absorbing too much information, so I need time to process it," Aqua replied stammeringly.

⟨ Hmm... What's that magic? ⟩

"Yes.that's it...."

"How could I not be surprised!? Of all people, this is us talking about my own ancestors! Arghhhh, no, it's none of my business."

Aqua decided not to think too much about something that had happened for so long and focused on what was going to happen.

"Alright... I will also seek out His Majesty Levana. Where is he now?"

⟨ Where do I know ⟩

"???"

⟨ Don't get me wrong, son, I'm just saying that the time lag until Nostra can attack creatures within massive limits can be needed if the three people help with all their strength ⟩

⟨ If you want to get their help, you alone have to find and get it ⟩

What Leviathan said is true. Since Levana was now no longer the Great Dragon, automatically his relationship with Leviathan, the Great Sea Dragon and Hennie, the Great Land Dragon had been cut off.

⟨ But... At least I know that he would not have left the Empire were it not for something very important ⟩

"He won't leave the Empire?"

⟨ Yes, Levana promised to protect the Empire until the end of his life. That was why the Empire until now had never experienced a meaningful disaster. So Levana was supposed to be somewhere in the Empire, observing and protecting the Empire secretly from outsiders ⟩

Somehow Aqua's heart warmed a little. He did feel that there was something strange, no matter how big the Levana Empire was, they were still just a human Empire that had no special power in the military like the Vittacelar Kingdom, a place where the entire population was Witches, and they were all Witches, like the whale-led Empire of Anessa and where the Paladins, Saintess and Heroes are located, or like the Furrani Kingdom that is filled with beast skins with unusual physical strength and characteristics.

A satisfied smile spread across his face, "Thank you very much for the information, Mr. Leviathan. Me and Raven will do their best to persuade the three people you mentioned so that the time lag there will be more."

"After that, I'll make sure that Raven and I will be strong enough to survive and turn things around."