Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

30 – I am here (1)

[Guardian Dragon!]

[Where are you going, this midnight!]

Han just passed by everyone who tried to dissuade him.

Even Lucia herself.

He flew through the dark hallway at night to the middle floor of Arctus Castle.

The scale was also quite large and complex, but for him, who had been living here for the past tens of days, this was not too difficult.

I remembered the approximate location of the structure of the castle to some extent.

Pounding. Pounding.

Han’s heart was beating rapidly.

It was an instinctive move.

‘I have to hurry.’

I don’t have time for this.

You never know how much time you will have.

He realized that the memory in the dream he had seen must have been a real situation just before.

It was close to the intuitive instincts of a contract dragon and guardian dragon who made a contract with the saintess.

The first thing he went to was the room where the wizard Talia was staying.

Han’s eyes turned to the guest room stalls in the waiting room.

As befits a grand duke of a famous empire, the number of rooms was not one or two.

[Stop, Guardian Dragon!]

Han stood in front of the row of rooms, ignoring the sounds behind him that tried to dissuade him.

His pupils narrowed as if they were being torn vertically and quickly scanned them.

‘I’m sure Thalia’s room was around here?’

But soon, he opened his eyes and focused on a spot.

‘Hey there!’

There were numerous rooms, but I could see them all at once.

I could feel the energy of many magic items containing the magic power of the wizard.

I also felt the familiar magical power of the sorceress Talia that I had felt before.

There was no doubt that this was the room she was staying in.

Udangtangtang!

Han, who entered roughly, dug into the inside, digging through the piles of paper piled up like a mountain at will.

Old parchments and magic books were all over the desk.

The maid, shocked at that, let out a scream.

[Oops! Guardian Dragon! This is embarrassing, this is the room where the wizard Talia is locked up!]

[Kieek!]

Tak!

Don’t interfere! I’m busy right now!

Han refused to approach, screaming nervously and slapping her hand as she approached.

But this time, the head maid didn’t back down easily either.

She grabbed the torso of the guardian dragon Han, who was making a mess while wandering around the room.

[Kieek! Kiek!]

[No! It’s not possible! If this happens in the room of the wizard Talia-sama…!]

It was then.

There was her thick hand to hold the maid Jang, who was busy trying to stop Han from struggling wildly.

[Stop. Head maid. Stop.]

When the head maid looked behind her, there was a person familiar to everyone in the castle.

She confirmed the identity of the figure standing behind her and hurriedly lowered her head.

[Go, Chief Garcion.]

A retired old swordsman who once belonged to one of the top 10 on the continent. Garcion butler.

He said with a still unwavering gaze at the head of the maid, who bowed her head.

[Leave it alone.]

[Ha, but…! If Mage Talia finds out about this fact, it will be greatly…!]

[No. That won’t happen.]

[Yes, yes?]

The head maid.

Even while she looked up at Deacon Garcion in bewilderment,

Guardian Dragon Han was busy moving.

He was randomly folding piles of books and parchments filled with all sorts of magical energy that the sorceress Talia had piled up like a mountain.

The whole room was already in an uproar. It’s been a long time since I entered a state that can’t be repaired.

[…]

The butler, Garcion, watched Han’s urgent action for a while.

He looked back at the maid’s room and opened his mouth.

[There was a communication with me this evening. It was a communication related to the Lucrecia family.]

[Dae, Grand Duke?]

[Yes. I heard that a demon has appeared in the far north of the barrier. Since the sorceress Talia contacted me in real time using a communication tool, it must be true.]

[That, if so…]

It seems that only then did I begin to understand.

The maid’s hard gaze turned to Han, who was acting incomprehensibly.

The appearance of Han, the guardian dragon making a fuss in Thalia’s room, is obviously because he is in a very urgent state, completely different from usual.

The maid’s complexion turned pale.

[Ho, in case the Grand Duke changes anything… Breath!]

She hurriedly shut her mouth in surprise at what I said.

Guardian dragons had a mysterious ability to notice the abnormalities of their contractors.

One thing is for sure, Han’s usual behavior patterns were trivial rather than great.

He spends most of his day in long sleep, and other than that, he only follows his contracted saint, Lucia.

Moreover, he is a dragon who is famous throughout the continent for his wisdom that surpasses most people.

There was no way he wouldn’t be aware that messing with other people’s dwellings in this way was an act of disrespect.

In a nutshell, Han was doing it while knowing the consequences of his actions.

[That, what does that mean? Our head of the family… Said something happened to your mother?]

The one who appeared behind them was Lucia, who had followed them belatedly.

She had her eyes wide open as if she had heard something she couldn’t bear to hear.

[Lu, Lady Lucia.]

The head maid flinched at the sight of Lucia, who appeared embarrassed.

But Deacon Garcion, who had known Lucia’s approach from long ago, looked back at her and said calmly.

[…Sorry, lady. That’s true. I received a message that some of the barriers in the north have now been broken. Furthermore, judging from the current Guardian Dragon’s reaction, it’s clear that something is wrong with him.]

No one in the castle knew that the guardian dragon, Han, had signed a contract not only with Lucia but also with the Grand Duke of Lucrezia.

As such, there was no way that Han would not know what state the contractor, the soul mate who had promised to accompany him spiritually, had become.

Looking at that urgent reaction, there was no doubt.

[That, that…]

Lucia staggered behind her and stepped back.

She was in a situation she never dreamed of.

* * * *

[Kiii!]

Where are you? Where are you?

It must have been around here.

Han’s instincts were telling him. There was definitely something he needed around here.

He continued to look hastily, digging through the messy pile of parchment.

In the meantime.

Go oh oh-.

Suddenly, I was able to find a piece of old parchment that emitted a faint blue light.

Han had a hunch.

‘Ah. This is it.’

Parchment with a blue portal on it.

What it meant was clear. It seemed to be a magical item of movement magic, or something similar that opened a rift portal.

And that moment.

The ring.

Recently, a message from a system that he had forgotten even existed for a while since he was born came up in front of him again.

[Emergency Quest: ]

[As the guardian of the Grand Duchy of the North, save the faithful contractor from crisis.]

[Inject a large amount of magic into the parchment.]

System window.

It was something that was usually so annoying, but now I couldn’t be so happy about it.

Because it meant Han had chosen the right answer.

There was no need to question what to do.

Already the system was telling him what to do.

Han immediately started injecting his magic.

Gooh-!

Then, the blue light of the magic parchment, which had been dimly lit, gradually became intense.

However, it did not activate. This is because Han quickly used up all of his magic power.

The amount of his magical power was absurdly small.

The ring.

A message from the system popped up again.

[Insufficient magic power.]

Lack of mana? If it was the mana he already had, even though he had consumed most of what was inherent in him?

There is no way.

But that didn’t mean I couldn’t tell the humans about it.

He could understand and hear human language, but he couldn’t pronounce it. Because he was a dragon.

And there was not enough time to communicate at this urgent moment.

I could have desperately wondered what had happened to Lucrezia right away, in this fleeting moment.

[Insufficient magic power.]

The system was still floating in front of his eyes.

If that’s the case, the room to be resolved may also exist for him.

‘Ah. Wait for a sec.’

At that moment, a powerful thought flashed through Han’s mind.

Han’s gaze slowly turned toward my chest.

A dragon’s scales glistening with silver.

A medium of divinity containing magical energy.

Some modern magicians use dragon scales to produce excellent magical effects or results.

It was one of the well-known common sense that even Han, who has spent his entire life as an office worker, knows.

Then maybe.

If you use this, doesn’t it mean that you can get enough magic power?

In fact, as Han felt, the magic power still on his scales was full.

No. The magic power that was small and clumped together in each scale, now that he had been using it until now, was as much magic power.

It was a fact he had never known.

Without further thought, Han moved his actions first.

Quack!

He took one of his scales straight through his mouth. And then, with all my strength, I pulled.

Toduk! Took!

Forcibly remove the silver scales of the immature young dragon.

The scales of the flesh that held it together were ripped away, and red blood dripped down.

Han’s eyes narrowed and were stained with pain.

[Ki, Kki!]