Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

22 – A young dragon learns magic. (3)

Smart.

Guardian dragon’s nursery.

Someone cautiously knocked there.

[Guardian Dragon-. It’s time to wake up soon. You should go see Lucia.]

With those words, the person who came inside was none other than Yone.

She took the basket as always, and casually tried to step inside.

[Eh?]

After a while, it stopped as if frozen.

Then, those who tried to follow along were blocked.

[What are you doing, Yone? Why don’t you go inside?]

[Yoneya, what’s wrong? Come in, come on!]

The head maid and the rest of the maids urged her to get out of the way when she saw Yone standing there blocking the road.

In their words,

[Uh, uh uh…]

Maid Yone.

With a contemplative face, she slowly turned to the maids behind her.

[Ha, head maid… Look at that…]

Yone stood aside as if to watch them.

It was only then that I could see the scenery inside.

She raised her hand and pointed towards her window.

Whee Oh Oh-.

There was a strong wind coming in and I could see the windows were open.

[Huh?]

[Huh? Why is the window open? And where is the Guardian Dragon…]

They recognized the half-open window and the empty seat for the Guardian Dragon.

It seems that only then did they grasp the situation.

The maids began to change their complexion one by one.

[Ah, ah ah…]

And stop, the spirit of the head maid couldn’t accept this dizzying reality.

I chose to break away faster than any of them.

[Kyaaah! Head Maid, are you okay?!]

[Su, Susu, Guardian Dragon has disappeared-!]

A commotion has begun in the castle.

* * * *

At the same time.

[Somehow, the castle is noisy.]

Lucia quietly opened the door and listened to the sounds outside.

She was somehow agitated. It’s an unusual morning.

I saw many maids and soldiers running busily toward the top of the castle.

[What’s happening?]

She tilted her head as if it was strange, but then closed the door again.

Lucia asked Han, the guardian dragon who was quietly standing inside.

[Doesn’t it seem strange even to Guardian Dragon-nim?]

[Ki, kki.]

Han was quiet.

Despite Lucia’s strange question, he just kept her mouth shut and covered his eyes with his front paws.

[Ah.]

Lucia looked down at her body, as if she had finally realized something.

Still she was naked with her clothes on.

[Oops. Come to think of it, I forgot to put on clothes.]

She let out her laugh awkwardly and hurriedly draped the dress on her side.

I heard a rustling sound several times. Soon, Lucia’s voice rang in Han’s ears.

[Guardian Dragon. It’s okay to open your eyes now. It’s because I’m wearing it.]

At the sound of permission.

Han quietly lifted his closed eyes.

There, I could see Lucia wearing a coat.

[Kiki-.]

Only then, Han let out a low sigh of relief.

No matter how much his body became Hatchling’s.

The mind wasn’t like that, so it couldn’t have been a very embarrassing moment.

* * * *

With the guardian dragon in her arms, Lucia stepped outside.

She smiled pleasantly as she felt the body temperature of the guardian dragon Han in her arms.

[To be able to hold the Guardian Dragon in my arms from early in the morning. It’s kind of nice.]

[…]

I see.

In fact, the limit was the same.

He was also in a state where he buried his head in Lucia’s arms, feeling a deep sense of satisfaction.

I don’t know why, but when I smell Lucia’s body in her warm embrace like this.

I used to feel the fullness of something inside me.

Besides, there was a little strange fact.

‘Seeing her standing close to Lucia’s arms like this, with her body pressed against her, somehow, I can feel exactly what kind of favor she has.’

Since the incident called the Guardian Dragon Contract, which was previously signed under a certain priest, Han and she have been able to share their feelings more closely.

With her eyes closed, Han felt her emotions intact.

However, Han vaguely noticed.

Perhaps as much as he feels Lucia’s feelings,

At the same time, Lucia must also feel good feelings for Han.

It was like they were implicitly feeling each other’s feelings.

I don’t know exactly what the contract was like before.

If you can see that each other’s feelings have been transmitted more clearly since that day, it is clear that Han’s body, which was a hatchling on that day, must have undergone some changes in some way.

Anyway.

When Lucia left the corridor to receive her baby food, she headed towards the wide hall.

She was able to notice the anomaly.

[What is it?]

Slightly curious, there were numerous armed soldiers standing there, as well as Lucrezia, the head of the grand duke’s family.

The Grand Duke of Lucrezia.

Her cold eyes were shining brightly with her sword drawn, which is rare in this room.

[Do you understand? Everyone has to search thoroughly. If there is anything suspicious along the way, let me know right away.]

[Yes!]

Lucia, the girl who watched Lucrezia silently.

She then cautiously approached her side.

[Patriarch?]

There were numerous family members of the castle around, so she asked her question, adding a little attention to her title.

[Are there any problems in the castle right now?]

[Ah, Lucia. Right now, the situation in the castle is confusing, so I’m going to help the other person-.]

-There is no way.

Lucrezia’s voice cut off as she was about to say.

Her gaze turned her head.

It was because it headed towards Han, the small guardian dragon in Lucia’s arms.

The cold air flowed out of her eyes and started to subside. When she seemed to have subsided soon, even the momentum was hidden.

She opened her mouth to Deacon Garcion, who was guarding her side.

[Chief Garcion.]

[Yes, Lord.]

[Looks like you don’t have to… Search. Tell everyone that you found the Guardian Dragon.]

[Okay.]

[Ki-i-.]

Han Eun, the guardian dragon who caused all of this up until that moment.

He was just exhaling quietly in Lucia’s arms with his eyes closed.

Intoxicated by her scent and warmth.

* * * *

[How about it, Wizard.]

[…Mmm.]

At the question of Archduke Lucrezia.

Talia, the sorceress, who had been tracking the traces of magic in the room for a while with her blue eyes shining, soon closed her eyes.

After a while, when she opened her eyes, Talia’s eyes were back to their original light.

[…Probably.]

After completing her search, she opened her mouth to Grand Duke Lucrezia.

[It seems certain that the guardian dragon used magic. There are strong traces of the magic he caused throughout the room. Even in the window, there are traces of him.]

Sure.

Saying that, Talia lightly raised her hand.

Then, the magical energy around them began to stand up in a bright light.

In the room where the guardian dragon Han stayed, countless footprints began to appear here and there, as if luminous light were shining.

Lucrecia’s eyes narrowed as she stared at it.

[This is…]

[Yes.]

The sorceress Talia nodded her head and replied.

[These are the traces the Guardian Dragon left in this room. And if you follow the latest of those traces… Right here. It leads to the window.]

In fact, just like Talia said, there were clear footprints on the window.

It was a small, blunt jelly footprint, like a cat’s.

[…]

For some reason, Lucrecia’s cold eyes, staring at the traces, suddenly relaxed.

As if in a dream, hazy.

But within.

As the words of the sorceress Talia continued, her eyes regained their original cold shape.

[Perhaps the guardian dragon opened the door with his own power and went to Lady Lucia’s room. Although it is a very basic level of magic befitting a young age.]

She, Thalia, stared at Archduke Lucrecia and continued her words.

[It seems that Guardian Dragon’s awakening is much faster than expected.]

[…Is that so?]

[Yes. To say that you are already using magic, your growth rate is very steep. At this rate, there will be a difference of several months compared to the previous generation, which has been handed down through tradition.]

[Why is that like that? Do you know why, wizard?]

[I don’t know.]

Thalia.

At Lucrezia’s question, she seemed to be thinking about something for a moment, but then she spoke of her own thoughts.

[Hopefully, I heard that the guardian dragon’s awakening usually takes place according to the circumstances of the natural world. Balaur have as much room for action as the long lifespan they have been given, and they say it takes a long time to grow.]

[…That means.]

As the story continued to that point, Lucrezia also noticed something.

[Yes.]

Talia, the sorceress, nodded once. Her

Her serious eyes and her serious eyes and her words were her words.

[Maybe. Somewhere on this continent, there may be something working that even a young dragon should instinctively urge to grow.]

The growth of this young hatchling, which should have been infinitely leisurely, originally.

But if its growth rate is absurdly steeper than originally planned,

It might imply that a change is taking place on the continent so distinct that even its own growth should be urged steeply.

Originally, dragons were the guardians bestowed by the great heavenly god for the stability of this middle-earth.