The Runaway Maid is Loved by the Archmage - Chapter 295

※ This book contains depictions of coercive/dubcon/noncon acts, violence, and immorality. Reader discretion is advised.

A strong wind blew, hitting Jason and Nova’s shoulders. The two struggled to cling to the rocky island so they wouldn’t be swept away by the wind. In the darkened surroundings, the red sea surged and swayed menacingly. Nova shouted, terrified.

“This is definitely happening because I didn’t become a sacrifice-!”

“I told you not to say such nonsense!”

“There was an oracle!”

“Oracle?”

“Yes-! Oracle!!”

Nova squeezed his eyes shut and tried to control his trembling body. Jason, with an aish- sound, pulled the boy closer and held him in his arms. Only then did Nova’s trembling body subside a little. His huddled figure was so pitiful, like a little kitten, that Jason couldn’t bear it.

“Sniffle, every year on a set day, if a beast person with mixed blood isn’t offered to the Golden Dragon, the world will perish-“

“Damn it, what kind of b******t is this again.”

“But it’s an oracle- How can a god say b******t?”

“They can. Easily.”

It seemed that the beast people’s gods still held a high status a thousand years ago. Jason, who came from a thousand years later, found that sense of awe hard to understand. At his words, Nova widened his eyes, speechless. It was his first time hearing an adult say such a thing. No one had ever told him that oracles could be violated. It was taboo to talk about oracles, so they didn’t talk about them much.

“Then, what about this? To quell the wrath of the gods, the Golden Dragon must be killed.”

“Oh, that’s a bit more to my liking?”

Of course, there was no way he could kill him. Didn’t he get helplessly chased away earlier? But Jason grinned. As if it didn’t matter that he knew he couldn’t win.

He stood up and stretched his body once, then gradually transformed into a different being. Hands, arms, shoulders, torso, head, once he was fully transformed, he resembled a wolf.

“Ugh- dog smell.”

“I’m not just a dog, I’m a wolfdog.”

He stomped his feet a few times in the middle of the rocky island, as if he was doing a warm-up, then lowered his body.

“Get on. Hold on tight so you don’t fall off.”

“Huh?”

“You can’t swim, can you?”

“Ugh-.”

Only then did Nova reluctantly climb onto the back of Jason, who had turned into a wolfdog. Then, Jason, who had become a wolf, put strength into his hind legs and jumped. A mark from his hind paws remained on one side of the rocky island.

Surprisingly, Jason ran on the water. His front paws touched the water’s surface, and at the same time, his hind legs kicked off the water’s surface. The red sea created a spray of water along his path. Nova shouted in surprise.

“If you knew how to do this, why didn’t you do it earlier!”

“I wasn’t sure back then either! I’m just doing it now because it’s urgent! Ugh, what is this!”

In the places Jason passed, not only water spray but also black monsters appeared. They were similar in appearance to sharks without eyes, and they belatedly snapped their teeth at the places Jason touched, trying to swallow them.

Jason was terrified and increased his speed even more. As he became more urgent, he went into the water a bit more, and perhaps feeling uneasy about that, Nova held onto Jason’s fur even tighter.

“Ouch, it hurts, but just hold on tight like that. I’m going to speed up.”

Jason said with a wolfish grin. It wasn’t a bluff, as he ran even faster to the point where it was almost an illusion that he had disappeared for a moment. The monsters were just swallowing empty air.