Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

23 – A young dragon learns magic. (4)

[Ego. Are you Guardian Dragon? Isn’t that nice?]

Wizard Talia.

She held out her hand quietly.

But somehow, I could see her hand trembling slightly.

In front of her like that.

There was none other than the guardian dragon, Han.

But Talia was hesitant to lay her hand on Han.

Even though she seemed to quietly touch her hand,

If you hurriedly pull it back.

She raised her trembling hand again and tried to touch Han, but she quickly hesitated …

[…]

The Grand Duke of Lucrezia was quietly watching the scene from behind.

Her eyes twitched for an instant.

It was because her patience had cracked a little.

Magician Talia had been doing that for over ten minutes already.

No matter how much Lucrezia tries to keep quiet, at this point, she can’t help but feel a little displeased.

[…Wizard. You hesitate even if you have a lot of hands.]

[I’m sorry. Grand Duke. I was a little nervous.]

Talia flinched at those words and lowered her head subtly.

But Grand Duke Lucrezia answered as if it was fine.

[No, it’s okay. I know very well what kind of value dragons are to wizards.]

The existence of the guardian dragon in this land was obviously already like an object of faith by itself.

Of course, there are several religions on the continent, and there are real gods who founded those religions.

Apart from that, the Guardian Dragon was definitely a true guardian of this continent that many people depended on and followed.

There is no one who dislikes an existence that protects and protects them.

The guardian dragon was such an existence.

But from the mage’s point of view.

No, from the perspective of the ‘those who follow the law of mana’ belonging to the Mage Tower.

The story could have been a little different.

They see dragon species as objects of devotion to follow,

I looked at it as a concept of a higher evolutionary being that is superior to humans and has better thinking.

So to speak, as an evolutionary and superior idolatrous being,

It was regarded as the most superior creature in this middle-earth.

Devotion and idols.

They are obviously similar, but they are different in the way they treat each other.

The former was just like endless worship,

The latter may have been respected, but it also varied according to the environment and consciousness to which it belonged.

So, to put it plainly and more clearly.

For wizards, dragons were creatures like ‘magical gods’.

A superior God who lives and breathes in this reality.

The figure of the sorceress Talia, who was still hesitant to touch her, hesitated.

Archduke Lucrezia swallowed a sigh that was surging with effort and added his words behind him.

[Please note. The Guardian Dragon will never move, so don’t worry and check it out.]

[Ah, I see. I’m sorry, Grand Duke.]

After conveying the words of apology like that, she calmly took a deep breath.

She reached out her hand cautiously this time.

Sure.

Even when the small white hand of the sorceress Talia finally reached out and touched the body of the guardian dragon, Han.

Still, Han did not move at all.

[…]

What did the guardian dragon Han think, she just stared at her Talia.

[Haa…]

It was only then that Talia let out a short sigh at the gaze that was just staring at her.

However, even with that sigh, she could never hide the faint trembling mixed with it.

She said.

[This… I’ll check it out now.]

With those words.

Go oh oh-.

The eyes of the sorceress Talia soon began to light up and turn blue little by little.

Her sparkling magic.

I began to scan every part of Han’s body as if searching for it, swaying a slight air current like an electrode.

[Oh…]

Not long after, her gaze as she explored Han’s whole body.

Stuck into his heart, the Dragon Heart.

As she let out a strange exclamation, Grand Duke Lucrecia asked.

[Why is that, wizard?]

[Definitely. You’re using some magic. It’s clear. You are now observing me using one of the most basic, lesser magics, the Observation Eye. As expected, you awakened your magical talents a long time ago.]

With that said.

Lucrecia Her eyes narrowed a little.

[…Certainly faster than written schedule.]

[No, but that’s not all.]

While they were having such a conversation.

Similarly, Han was looking up at Talia through the eyes of observation.

He stared intently at the blue-eyed, robed woman in front of him.

‘Is this guy a wizard?’

Certainly, the aura I felt from Talia was different from that of ordinary people.

I think I felt a little mysterious energy.

Her magician, Thalia, had a blue magical energy subtly spreading through her body, as if she was protecting her.

It was as if she had her own magical power called color.

‘I definitely feel something. A little energetic and different from others.’

I took a quick look and saw that something bluish was rising like a fog.

It was the content of thick magical power.

This momentum became more evident as she observed him.

Within.

[Whoa…]

Gooh Oh-.

Finishing her observational gaze, hiding her blue eyes, she continued with her short sigh, catching her breath.

[According to the tradition of the mages descending from the Mage Tower, dragons are said to be able to understand and accept human speech despite their language system being completely different from humans.]

[Then…]

[Yes. Perhaps the Guardian Dragon, even though he is just born, doesn’t think that his disposition is very different. It would be nice to give it a try.]

Sorceress Talia took out a thick booklet from her bosom.

[This is a magic book.]

[…!]

At that sound, Han’s eyes widened at once.

‘Oh! A magic book? This?’

He turned his head sharply down and focused his attention on the book.

[This is a magic book that has been improved for a long time to be used when educating very young children of noble families in our mage tower. It is a very easy-to-understand book because it has only pictures without words like a fairy tale book.]

[You mean even a young guardian dragon can understand it to some extent?]

[Yes. Dragons are famous for awakening spirituality from birth and being very clever, so there is no way that the Guardian Dragon, who belongs to the most outstanding high-ranking dragon species, will not understand.]

As if agreeing with that, Talia smiled.

[Since Calliope, the parent who gave birth to the guardian dragon, can’t be together due to guarding the barrier, I think the help of this book will be more effective.]

[I see…]

Han didn’t know, but-.

In the case of hatchlings, originally young dragons.

Usually in Dragon Rare, with the help of their parents, they spend a lot of time together. Until we achieve proper growth, we receive systematic education until mental and physical growth is achieved.

However, Han omitted this process.

It was because he was destined to grow up in the gap between humans along with the contract with the Dragon Blood.

In that case, I need a separate opportunity to fully awaken the power of the dragon.

Thalia was saying that this booklet would do just that.

And now.

[Ki-i-.]

Han, who had heard Talia’s words intact, was already wagging his tail and poking his head close.

He definitely seemed interested.

* * * *

Flutter.

Han turned the pages of the book.

Looking at one page, he quickly understood and moved on to the next page.

He understood the book only through the pictures.

‘It is said that he made it easy to educate the children of young aristocratic families, so it is easy to understand.’

It was exactly as Talia said.

The contents of this book were easy enough to understand even if you don’t know the letters.

And before long.

‘Huh?’

As Han was quickly turning pages, something caught his eye.

It was a bright flame, like a red candle.

[Key-.]

Han slightly opened his mouth.

‘Isn’t this the one?’

This was a magic he knew.

This is probably the first thing most wizards learn the moment they start walking.

A very common and simple low-level magic that even modern people know about. It was Fire.

A little interest came to mind.

‘Where should I try it?’

Leaving behind the beating of my heart that started beating a little faster,

Han imagined a fire burning in the image of the picture written in the book.

Fire burning in the air, burning fire. Burning fire…

With several repetitive manifestations of images, Han focused his magical energy on the tips of his small, blunt claws.

Hwareuk!

Then,

With a single shimmer, small sparks gathered at the tips of his claws.

‘Oh!’

The moment Han inadvertently opened his mouth in admiration.

The spark that fell out was as small as that fingernail.

As soon as it appeared, it was extinguished with the sound of suffocating and escaping wind.

‘What is it?’

Is it because I don’t have enough mana?

Han focused his mind again and gathered magic at the tip of his claw.

Fisik-, the small flame that was created with the sound of the wind being blown away was quickly extinguished.

[…]

It was the same no matter how many times I repeated it.

What is it really? Something a little strange