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Stop Calling Me "Mate"! I Only Defeated You Once, Not Married You! (Web Novel) - Volume 8, Chapter 71: The One Named Constantine
Volume 8, Chapter 71: The One Named Constantine
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The rain in the memory-world was still falling, heavy as ever.In the stone cave, the two of them continued speaking about the Blazing Sun Clan and the Golden Bandit.
“More than ten years ago, I experienced Soul-Sight Resonance with the Golden Bandit for the first time.”
Cloti’s voice came from within the cave.
“In that resonance, I saw Forebear Apollo.”
Only beings on the level of Noa and Apollo could leave their power stored inside an object, preserved for the future.
And once such power was awakened by someone of later generations, what one saw in the Soul-Sight Resonance would usually be related to the person who had left the power behind—
Either that person’s experiences, or a message left for those who came after.
“Forebear said that the Golden Bandit is a very special being. Only descendants who possess the same quality and will as Forebear can fully wield the Golden Bandit’s power.”
Cloti continued:
“And Forebear left me a crucial piece of information. He said:
With the help of the God of Time, Chronos, he saw in a dream the one who, several years later, would reignite the sun.”
“But such peering into the future is ultimately a violation of the heavenly order and of nature. So the prophetic dream was unclear. When Forebear Apollo awoke, he remembered only part of the person’s name...”
At that point, Wu took over the explanation.
“Constantine... The one your Forebear Apollo told you to find through Soul-Sight Resonance was named Constantine.”
“Which means—he was referring to you.”
“Because you would be recognized by the Golden Bandit, and you would be the one to reignite the extinguished sun.”
“That’s right, Wu. I spent more than ten years searching for you, and in you, I saw the qualities Forebear described—‘the one whose nature is almost the same as Forebear’s.’”
Cloti said,
“You are the Constantine Forebear told me to find.”
“And that... is another reason I came out of the city to find you this time, Wu. We don’t have much time left. You must—”
“I’ve said it many times already, Cloti.”
Wu cut her off.
“Even if my family name is Constantine, I don’t believe I share the divine radiance of Forebear. I am just an ordinary dragon. I cannot wield the Golden Bandit’s power.”
“And besides, there are certainly other people on the entire continent named Constantine.”
“Right? I promised you—I would help you continue searching.”
“Cloti, calm down and think about it again. And also...
You should consider whether what you feel for me is love—or something you simply can’t let go of.”
...
“Apollo’s Soul-Sight Resonance mentioned Constantine?”
Leon could not help being surprised.
“So Cloti, after her resonance was accidentally triggered in the Pyx household, began her journey searching for Constantine, eventually encountered Wu, and... fell in love with him?”
“Based on how Orion described her teacher Cloti,”
Rosvisser spoke gently, observing the projection’s hazy images.
“She certainly would fall in love with someone like Wu.”
“Which means the reason no one in the Blazing Sun Clan has been able to wield the Golden Bandit for a hundred years is clear—the so-called ‘chosen heroes’ were simply not worthy.”
Leon frowned in thought. After a moment, he spoke quietly:
“But if even the heroes carefully selected by the Blazing Sun Clan were unworthy, then someone like Wu—who himself believes he is unworthy—should also be unworthy. There are many kind, rational, cautious people across the continent. Could all of them wield the Golden Bandit?”
The Queen slowly shook her head.
“The will of a Primordial God is not something we can fully interpret yet. Let’s keep watching. Perhaps more will become clear.”
“Yes.”
...
“Even now, you still refuse to take that step, Wu?”
Cloti’s tone carried unmistakable urgency.
Wu—Wuconstantine—lowered his head and stayed silent.
He didn’t know how to answer.
He had already said everything:
He believed he was unworthy. He believed he was not the “Constantine” mentioned in the resonance.
He believed he was just an ordinary dragon, not someone destined to protect the world—
Not a hero who would save anything.
His belief and Cloti’s determination clashed sharply between them.
Until the conversation reached a standstill.
The cave fell into silence—only the sound of rain, striking puddles and stone outside.
Constantine stood at the cave entrance, listening.
In regret, his gaze drifted to his younger self.
Little Constantine leaned weakly against the stone wall. His complexion was pale—he was clearly feverish.
He had been beaten by bullies at school, his wounds had not even healed, and yet he ran out into the rain. Of course he would end up with a fever.
“No wonder... I spoke to Cloti so much that night, yet I remembered almost none of it later...”
Constantine murmured, listening on.
In the silence, Cloti spoke again:
“I knew this might be how things would end, Wu. So... I brought it with me.”
“W-what...?”
At this point, the feverish little Constantine’s hearing was still barely functional, but his vision had already gone dark.
“You—how could you bring that?! That’s far too dangerous!”
Wu’s voice rose in shock.
“If it stays in the Blazing Sun Clan, it is nothing but a dead relic. But if we give it to the destiny-marked one Forebear spoke of, then the world of Samayel still has hope.”
It was obvious—the item Cloti brought was the Golden Helmet.
This explained why the elders of the Red Flame Dragon Clan said Wu had returned with the helmet.
“Whether you accept it or not, Wu, I have already done it.”
“Cloti Pyx... you’re forcing me to choose.”
“I am forcing you. If I don’t, then one day when the sun truly goes out—everyone will be finished!”
Boom—
Thunder cracked through the clouds.
Constantine remained standing in the memory-rain, listening silently to the fragments of that long-ago conversation.
Time stretched.
The rain stopped. Moonlight poured back into the border forest.
Little Constantine, overwhelmed by fever and cold, had already left.
And when Constantine regained focus, his elder brother and Cloti were no longer speaking.
The constructed memory was collapsing. Constantine would never know how Wu and Cloti parted that night.
He only knew this:
The origin of it all... was the Soul-Sight Resonance Forebear Apollo left within the Golden Helmet.
The turning point... was the unexpected feelings between Wu and Cloti.
And the ending of it all...
What would it be?
