Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

18 – Northern Grand Duke’s Iron Blood Sword (2)

Han’s meal went smoothly.

Now, Lucia was accustomed to feeding Han’s bottle in her own way, and she was as quiet as a docile sheep in her arms.

Thanks to that, the baby bottle containing baby food, which had been floating around, was quickly exposed to the bottom.

[Ki-i-.]

Tak. Widely.

Han patted her floor with her own long tail, letting out a little croak of her own.

That was a small expression of dissatisfaction.

‘I’m still lacking a bit. Lucia. I want to eat some more.’

I was a bit full, but I could still eat more. I felt a sense of inadequacy.

For this reason, he demanded a reasonable amount of meals along with his argument.

Tak-tak-tak revealed his strong argument with his tail.

In that way, Han stared intently at Lucia, a girl who was his contractor, with his strong will.

She patted his head with a big smile on her face and spoke as if telling him.

[No, Guardian Dragon. I already ate a lot today, so I can’t give you more.]

[Ki-i-.]

Han’s eyes narrowed at once at her words.

But that was the end.

Within a moment, as if he couldn’t help it, he climbed onto her lap and lay down on the spot where he stood.

It was surprisingly calm.

At this point, anyone else who has ever experienced resentment would have doubted my eyes.

I wondered if Han had ever been so calm.

[Wow. Oh my God.]

Yone was actually watching.

Even after seeing it herself, she covered her mouth as if she couldn’t believe this sight.

Lucia looked back at her puzzled.

[What’s wrong, Yone?]

[No, just. I can’t believe it even when I see it with my own eyes. It’s the first time I’ve seen Guardian Dragon-nim be so calm. For me every time-.]

[Kiii-.]

As Yone was about to continue talking, his eyes met Han, who was glaring at him with his eyes narrowly open.

At that moment, what thoughts came to my head?

Yone was about to say something, but he just shut his mouth again.

I couldn’t understand it myself, but it was almost a reflex action like an instinct.

In the blink of an eye, memories of her past, entangled with Han before, flashed through her mind.

[…No. Nothing.]

[…]

Han’s eyes returned to normal.

[Hmm. Lunch time is coming to an end.]

At that time, Esrad, who had been checking the time for a while, stood up.

He bent over towards Lucia.

[Then I’ll go first, Miss Lucia. Work starts after a while.]

[Ah, Lord Esrad. Thank you for today.]

He grabbed a piece of armor lying nearby and disappeared to one side.

The knights of the Northern Territory usually become quite busy from this time.

It’s because the full-scale patrol time started from now.

Usually, these northern monsters would start their activities after the daytime when the sun rises, avoiding the coldest dawn and early morning.

Thanks to this, the working hours of the drivers were naturally allocated accordingly.

* * * *

Tadak. Tadadak.

Han started to run with his legs.

He ran, avoiding the straw dolls for training throughout the training ground.

He was slowly feeling the changes that had taken place in his own body.

‘Oh, my legs are getting stronger now! There is no problem at this level!’

It was a dramatic change.

Now, little by little, the flesh of my legs is beginning to gain muscle.

At first, Han’s weak legs, which were barely able to walk, have now grown to a point where even running is no problem.

Only 10 days since I was born.

In that short period of time, Han has grown to the point where he can walk and even run without problems.

Leakage-. New fluid -.

However, even though I hadn’t even run that long, I was quickly exhausted by my inferior physical strength.

He fell flat on his back and gasped for breath.

‘Su, breath.’

Han hadn’t run for a while, but he desperately felt his own stamina, which was quickly getting tired. He

He must have felt miserable.

[Um…]

Yone, who was watching, whispered softly to Lucia, who was next to him.

[I guess it’s unreasonable to run for a while.]

[I guess so. It looks very difficult.]

In the end, Han returned to Lucia staggering and helpless, and took a short break by her side.

‘Ah.’

Then suddenly.

Han realized that he had forgotten an important fact.

‘Come to think of it, in the first place, dragons weren’t the main body of life.’

Actually for Han.

There was a much more convenient way to move than that.

He was able to fly even before the muscles and bones of his legs were formed to run.

Gathering mana into wings, swimming in the sky.

It was much more comfortable than moving with his own legs.

Is there a specific reason for that?

There was no particular reason to be surprised.

‘In the first place, a creature with wings learns to fly before walking.’

Of course, in the case of Han now, strictly speaking, rather than flying using wings, it was closer to floating upside down as if floating with magical energy in the wings.

Anyway, since they were the same in terms of flying, they belonged to this point.

Come to think of it, it was really a strange body.

As expected, dragons are said to be incomparable to any living beings when it comes to manipulating magic, and that seems to be true.

Originally, the resentment of his previous life was actually not that great when it comes to mana manipulation.

Rather, it belonged to the level of being unattractive.

F-class Awakeners were like that.

However, Han’s body was different now.

As if he knew how to use his magic power.

I instinctively knew and applied it naturally just by drawing it out.

As a high-ranking dragon, his body knew very well how to use magic.

Indeed, at what level should one be in order to be so free in the operation of magical power?

Han couldn’t get a good feel for him.

He vaguely thought that he belonged to a high-level manipulation ability that he would not dare to match at a reasonable level.

Because this was an area of innate instinct and talent that could never be reached through training to engrave memories into the body.

Growl.

At that time, an empty stomach leaked from Lucia’s stomach.

[Are you hungry, lady?]

[hahahaha…]

At Yone’s question, Lucia smiled awkwardly.

[I’m a little hungry. Maybe, because I haven’t eaten yet.]

Moreover, in that state, Lucia spent a considerable amount of her time wielding her sword to train herself.

She couldn’t afford not to be hungry.

[Go up slowly, lady. Even if you don’t, it’s almost mealtime.]

[That’s right. Ah… I was so hungry, so I’m very hungry.]

Lucia grabbed her hungry stomach.

It was because she had been starving all lunchtime.

Recently, at the castle of the Grand Duchess of the North, the meal time between her and her Lucrecia mother and daughter has been postponed to a later time, unlike before.

There was only one reason.

It was because of the birth of the guardian dragon, Han.

With the birth of a new guardian dragon.

In a situation where all the personnel of the Grand Duke’s family were only concerned with Han’s well-being and his physical condition, of course, they had no choice but to return to him, who was also eating.

Since there was no way Han, the guardian dragon, could fill his stomach without Lucia or Lucrecia, his contractors, it could be said that the meal time between the two mothers and daughters naturally became possible only after Han had filled his stomach.

It was then.

Jerbug. That buck

Towards the dark hallway.

At the sound of someone’s cold footsteps, Lucia and Yone’s eyes turned to it.

They quickly stood up from their seats.

[Ah. Mother.]

The one who appeared was none other than Grand Duke Lucrecia.

[Oh, you are here, Your Highness the Archduke!]

[Hmm.]

She responded with a light nod of her head to Yone’s greeting as she bowed at a right angle.

Instantly, his gaze turned to the guardian dragon, Han, who was held in Lucia’s arms.

Wobble.

Facing Lucrezia, Han had already waggled her long tail from side to side, expressing her delight with her entire body.

Lucrecia watched over such resentment for a while.

I opened my mouth soon.

[I had been looking at the guardian dragon for a while. But looking at it now, it seems that he has grown enough to be able to run around without difficulty.]

[Ah, yes. It seemed like that. Today, he ran around with a lot of energy.]

[Yes.]

As if agreeing with that, she slowly nodded her head.

Even though I’ve been running around a little bit since before.

The degree of the run was only at an imperfect level.

But now that the muscles of the legs have formed in earnest and the bones have begun to harden.

Han was no longer a being that could only be enshrined in a room.

After looking at Han’s condition for a while, she said.

[Looks like you’ll be fine from today. It’s ok to bring it at mealtime. No, I think it would be okay to just go together right now.]

Then Lucia’s eyes widened at once.

[Wow! Really?]

[Yes. Because even the Guardian Dragon can’t be alone in the room forever.]

The dragon was not something that could simply be kept in captivity.

Just as human. No, perhaps it was because the beings that were evaluated as higher intelligences that were superior to humans were the race called dragons.