Hatchling couldn’t calm down for a while and muttered a long line of words.

The bright eyes he had seen at first had disappeared, and now he was devastated, and there were times when he stared blankly into space or was startled by nothing.

‘What the hell happened?’

How could a hatchling ever get so bad?

Hatchlings, who have a lot of mana from birth, have dragon peers, so they will never touch them unless they are intelligent monsters.

However, there was no human being who could touch a hatchling.

Hatchling, who hid her identity, showed excellent stealth that even Beatrice, a magical genius, could not recognize even the slightest speck of dust.

To make such a hatchling like this, you must have at least a 7th circle wizard.

‘Could the count be like that?’

The mages I’ve met lately have been Count Skyla and Count Millennium.

Count Skylar didn’t recognize Hatchling except when he was curing me, so if I were to exclude him.

All that remains is the Millennium Earl.

What is the count doing?

No, it was strange to take a hatchling in the first place and send it back.

Hatchling’s body was too valuable to return.

In particular, that manahat was a very outstanding elixir that could not be compared to anything else for a magician.

There was no way I could give up that easily.

-Devil, devil devil devil… .

He moved closer to the hatchling, who was looking in all directions with uneasy eyes.

The hatchling looks up at me with empty eyes.

I sat down next to him and put my hand on the hatchling’s head.

-… .

Hatchling shut up.

‘I’ve never raised a child before.’

patted his head

I don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t let him look at me like a poor sheep.

I soon regretted that action.

“Can’t we fall down a bit?”

-hate. Are you abandoning me again?

“When did I abandon you?”

– throw me away bad. do not throw away

Don’t throw it away after it disappears at will.

It’s absurd and embarrassing.

The hatchling didn’t think to climb on my head and come down.

When you sleep or when you eat… Even when I went to the bathroom, it clung to me.

Every time I tried to drop it, it struggled and clung to it.

I couldn’t sleep properly because of the discomfort.

“What the hell happened?”

– No, you can’t tell. My skin comes off!

I couldn’t ask why he was doing this or where he had been.

Every time I had a seizure, it was difficult to speak properly.

‘It’s going to be really annoying.’

concerns increased.

It was very comfortable when there was no hatchling.

It was good that he didn’t worry about dragons in the future because he left on his own.

But the moment Hatchling returned, he had to worry about the dragon again.

I couldn’t worry, and now the hatchling, which has become a chewing gum, has become uncomfortable.

“Sigh… .”

I couldn’t stop myself from sighing.

***

late night.

I was hit here and there by hatchlings and couldn’t sleep properly.

It was scary to lie down on the stomach or on the head, so it was uncomfortable to sleep.

‘I’m hungry… .’

I couldn’t sleep well, but most of all, I was very poor at eating throughout the day.

He said that if I tried to eat something, it would be terribly poisonous, and it was because Hatchling used all kinds of magic.

-Koul… .

Perhaps because I was soundly asleep, I sneaked out of bed, but the hatchling still showed no signs of waking up.

“under… Being alone is so comfortable.”

The hatchling didn’t stick to it, so it was so comfortable that I couldn’t explain it in words.

Hatchlings bothered me quite a bit during the day.

‘Was the kitchen over there… .’

I left the room and walked towards the kitchen.

The full moon floating in the sky lit up the dark night road.

“where… .”

Moon to Moon.

I secretly sneaked into the kitchen and moved in search of something to fill my stomach with.

After searching for a long time, I was able to find a lump of beef jerky.

He tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.

“Who are you!”

Suddenly, the surroundings lit up and a man ran in.

Whoo!

He quickly drew out his large, wide esophagus and lunged at me.

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Kaaang!

I felt a heavy shock in my hand.

It’s a shame that he brought a sword just in case, otherwise it would have been a little dangerous.

“uh… young master… ?”

The man wielding a heavy esophagus made a dumbfounded noise as if he had checked my face.

My arm, which was blocking my esophagus, trembled with so much strength.

“If you knew, would you get out of the way?”

“Ahh… ! sorry!”

The man hurriedly took out his lunch knife and stepped back.

I wiped my numb hands and frowned.

He said he worked as a mercenary before becoming a chef.

At this level, it seemed that the level of knights was more than enough.

“Why is the chef here?”

Originally, he was the head chef of the Count’s family, who should have been asleep.

It was rare for him to come out at such a late hour.

“I came to check the ingredients for tomorrow morning… What did you come for, Bocchan, at this late hour?”

“Because I am hungry.”

I picked up the jerky and showed it to him.

Then he nodded as if he understood.

“Then I will make you a simple snack.”

“no. That’s enough. Why bother cooking?”

“still… .”

“it’s okay. I’ll take your heart.”

I patted him hesitantly on the shoulder and walked past him and out of the kitchen.

The seasoning of the beef jerky was salty, so it was satisfying enough without adding anything else.

“Shit… jjup… .”

I sat on a garden bench, staring blankly straight ahead, holding a fist-sized lump of beef jerky.

The garden made of flowers and various types of trees boasted a beautiful scenery under the light of the moon.

There was a wall on the side of the garden, and innumerable vines were wrapped around the wall.

“Well… .”

The count family, which boasts strict security and barriers, was famous for being a clean area with no intruders.

The moment they broke into the count’s house, the entire central mage tower turned into enemies, so there was no way they could do such a thing.

At least in the kingdom, no one would commit such an act.

‘What are those?’

For a moment I thought my eyes were wrong.

I was hungry and couldn’t sleep properly, so I thought I was seeing something in vain.

Isn’t it?

Even though it was a night when the vigilance weakened a little, it was still the Countess’s house.

A group of people was crossing the wall of the count’s family.

It looked like highly trained assassins who were moving in the shadows while wearing black masks.

“This wasn’t even in the novel… .”

In the first place, other than Ahar, there were no people attacking and invading the Millennium Count family.

That’s why the stealthy intruders were somewhat embarrassed.

‘uh? wait for a sec… .’

That wasn’t all.

No matter what they did, sparks were rising where they passed.

“The flow of mana is being distorted… .”

That’s dangerous.

No, those beings were dangerous.

I don’t know what they have, but it’s clear that they’re dangerous to mages.

As soon as they jumped over the wall, they clung to it and ran to one place.

However, the location in that direction was strange.

“Why are you going over there?”

If it was enough to sneak into the Count’s house, it was normal to aim for the Count, the owner of this place.

Or attack me, his successor.

Otherwise, there would be no need to take the risk of dealing with the Mage Tower… .

‘… princess?’

When I thought about where they were headed, the princess suddenly came to mind.

Her bedroom is close to mine.

Calculating their direction, she was exactly the destination.

I don’t know why I was targeting her, but it was clear what I had to do.

“Sigh… It really bothers people.”

That I had to save her, who had come as a guest to the count’s family.

followed after them

***

Count’s office.

In the dark space, only the desk where the Count was sitting was shining brightly.

Light magic made it light moderately so that there was no inconvenience in seeing the office.

“You’re sick of it… .”

Tapping the quill over the papers, the Count murmured softly:

For many years, I was locked in my office and looked at documents.

Thousands of reports came in every day.

Despite the fact that the vassals below were doing some processing, he had to check hundreds of papers.

I rather miss the days when my family was small.

Back then, even though the family was weak, there was freedom.

It was when he was alone with meaningless thoughts.

“Well… ?”

A sense of heterogeneity was felt in the barriers he had placed throughout the city.

It felt like a certain part of the mana was forcibly blocked by something.

The funny thing was that the feeling was very weak.

In most cases of barriers, even the slightest influence was always communicated to the magician who opened the barrier.

“Funny.”

What I felt now was that most wizards couldn’t notice.

That intrigued him.

Normally, in this case, he would have called the knights or awakened the vassals.

“It’s a long time ago.”

Wearing a robe hanging from the wall, he waved his hand into the air.

“Warp.”

A bright light stayed under his feet and moved him to another space.

“what?”

His vision changed, and his brow furrowed as he looked around.

***

The window leading to the princess’ bedroom opened quietly.

They got into it quickly.

There was a bed, and the princess, covered with a cozy blanket, was sleeping on it without the world knowing.

Chiying-

I took a wire from the arm of the masked man in the lead.

That was when his hand went to the princess’s neck.

“What are you doing?”

“… !”

The masked man with a wire hurriedly retreated to the side as he heard a voice coming from behind.

cooong!

One masked man passed him and crashed into the wall.

The masked people were surprised and backed away.

Their gaze turned to the window through which they entered.

There was a man on the window, bent at the knees, spinning a sword.

The soft light of the moon cast a shadow on his face.

I couldn’t see the face very well.

Whoop, whoop!

A masked man holding a wire gave a hand signal to the masked men next to him.

Then, the masked men who received the signal each pulled out daggers and attacked him.

Chow ah!

A solid line was drawn in the air.

And the bodies of the masked people who were running collapsed on the spot.

“You came here to pretend to be with Millennium, right?”

Moonlight fell on his face as he came down from the window.

Seeing his slowly revealed face, the masked people’s bodies stiffened.

“what are you doing. Are you going to stay blank?”

Raymond Millenium was aiming his sword at them with a sword in his hand and a sullen look.

swish, swish. Poof!

A masked man holding a wire sent a hand signal with a serious face.

All the masked men nodded and rushed at Raymond, and the masked man holding a wire ran to the princess.

“Aren’t you ignoring me too much?”

“… !”

Raymond’s sword, approaching before he knew it, was aimed at his neck.