Reawakening: Primordial Dragon with Limitless Mana-Chapter 54: Reunion

"You don’t have to do this every time, you know," Hades muttered with a grunt, glancing down at his hand as the girl healed him.

Kneeling beside him was a black-haired girl named Luna, dressed in worn-out clothes—stitched together from mismatched scraps, frayed at the edges. She looked like a ghost from a forgotten corner of the world, but her presence was anything but fragile.

She lived in the nearby church. A recent addition to Hades’ life—and his first real friend.

"If I don’t, then who will?" she replied with a teasing smirk. "Your mother’s not allowed to take care of you, and the rest of your family can’t even stand the sight of you."

Hades groaned. "Do you have to rub it in every single time?"

"It was a mistake telling you about my life," he added, though his tone lacked any real bite.

Deep down, he didn’t regret it. Not one bit.

Luna had been the first person he opened up to. The first person who stayed.

She looked up at him, catching his gaze.

He tilted his head. "What is it?"

"You don’t flinch," she said, her voice soft, a little surprised.

Hades exhaled. "Still testing me, huh?"

Luna gave a small, sad smile. "What can I say... this scar on my face—it’s the reason I’m always alone."

She had once lived with other orphans in the church. Children came and went—adopted, taken into homes, given new lives.

Even her closest friend, the one she saw as a sister, was chosen. And never wrote back.

Luna told herself it didn’t matter. But deep inside, every time someone came looking to adopt a child and looked right past her... it hurt.

It broke something she had long stopped acknowledging.

"Hey."

A pair of warm hands cupped her cheeks.

She looked up into Hades’s deep crimson eyes—eyes that didn’t avoid her scar, or pity her.

Only warmth.

"No matter how much time passes or how the world changes," he said, his voice steady, "I’ll always be here for you. I told you, I’m your family now... didn’t I?"

Luna gave a trembling nod, her eyes misty. "But we still haven’t decided what I’ll be to you."

Hades hummed, thinking for a moment. "How about... we figure it out once we’re grown up? If you end up liking me, you can be my wife. And if not..." he scratched his cheek sheepishly, "then I don’t mind being your brother."

Luna let out a small laugh. "Why does it sound like you’re being forced into that second option?"

Hades smiled in embarrassment. "Was it that obvious?"

Then, softly, with a quiet firmness, he added, "No matter what you choose... don’t ever forget. I am—and always will be—yours."

....

That was what he had told her almost ten years ago.

And now—

"I hate you."

Luna’s shoulders slumped. Her eyes shimmered with tears as her body trembled.

Hades stood motionless on the ground. The pain in his body had long been numbed, either by adrenaline or by emotions too raw to allow him to feel anything else.

His crimson eyes burned with a storm of emotions—

Anger.

Grief.

Disbelief.

"You were always by my side... all this time... and now you thought this was the right moment to tell me?"

His voice cracked—rough, choked, and full of things he couldn’t say properly.

The truth had clawed its way out, leaving behind a wound worse than any blade.

"You saw me. You saw how shattered I was when I thought you were dead. You knew how much I needed you... how much you meant to me. And yet—you chose to remain silent?"

Luna shook her head, lips parting as if to speak, but no sound came. Her throat burned with unshed words, and her tears flowed slowly, carrying her regret and grief.

Hades took a shaky step forward.

"Why, Luna...?" His voice cracked again, lower now—softer and crueler for it. "Why couldn’t you trust me? Did you think I wasn’t worthy? Was I not your friend...?"

Luna finally managed to force out her voice. "I-I was told to be careful... by my grandma. My race—my entire bloodline—is nearly extinct. We’re always hunted, always targeted. She said..." Her voice faltered again, "She said I’d endanger you if I stayed."

"So you decided to keep me in the dark?" His voice rose, bitter. "Was your plan to vanish one day without saying goodbye? Just going to abandon me again?"

"No!" she cried, her voice breaking completely. "No, never! The only reason I’m alive today... the only reason I kept moving forward... was because of you."

She grabbed his hand—tightly, desperately.

"I exist for you, Hades."

His body stiffened.

"Then why?" he whispered. "Why couldn’t you just tell me? I spent so many nights... cursing myself for what happened. I missed you... Gods, I missed you so much."

Tears never stopped as she slowly stepped into his arms, her slender figure wrapping around him like she never wanted to let go again.

"I know," she said softly, voice muffled against his chest. "And I’m sorry I came back so late. But I had no choice. Things were complicated. I wasn’t strong enough to protect myself back then. I wasn’t strong enough to protect you."

Her voice trembled with every word, but there was a determination now—one born of years spent in hiding, aching to return.

"Please..." she whispered. "Please try to understand, Hades."

The redhead rested his head on her shoulder.

A part of his mind still burned with anger—for the secret she had kept, for the years she had let him grieve in ignorance.

But another part of him, perhaps the louder one, just wanted to hold her.

He had missed her. So much.

For so many days, he had sat in front of her grave, staring at the tombstone, speaking to the silence as if she’d replied.

Every single time he hunted a dragon, he had dedicated the kill to her.

She had been the reason he pursued this path.

The reason he chose to fight.

The reason he chose to live.

She had given him purpose—to survive, to endure, to hope.

How could he truly hate her?

"I am sorry, Hades ...I am sorry I was so late." She softly whispered.

Hades wordlessly hugged her. His arms tightly held her, as if he wanted to absorb her...as if he wanted to become one with her.

"Don’t....ever...you dare leave me. Tell me you understand."

Finally, a smile broke out on her face as she hummed, "Never. I promise."

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