Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

28 – Beast (4)

Lucia looked out of her window with a dark expression.

She murmured as she gazed into the distance, invisible due to the blowing snow.

[Are you okay…?]

To her words, Yone, the maid who was standing in her place with her, answered with a bright face.

[Sure. Isn’t Archduke Lucrezia the finest swordsman on the continent? I’m only going to check the barrier for a while, but there won’t be any big problems.]

Lucia kept her bitter smile on her lips.

[Thank you, Yone.]

The role of the Archduchess of Arctus was not just the contract of the guardian dragon.

They were born with the mission of protecting the vast barrier in the north, along with the blood of the outstanding dragon blood given to them.

Even though the sword saint, Archduke Lucrecia, was taking on this role.

In the future, Lucia had to take over the role after her.

Noblesse Oblige.

As long as they were born into the nobility and held that power and authority, they had to fulfill the responsibility of the seat of power given to them.

However, it is said that he was born with outstanding qualities by inheriting the blood of dragon blood people.

The role of this northern guardian was so difficult that even master level heroes were very nervous.

That was the place Lucrezia was heading to now.

Certainly, she remained calm in front of Lucia, but she must have been fully vigilant by now.

Because the vicinity of the barrier in the polar region was an extremely dangerous area.

Because I know that well, Lucia’s figure that doesn’t straighten up easily,

Sensing her expression, Yone massaged her shoulder and gently comforted her.

[Don’t worry, it’ll be fine, lady. You returned safely last year, do you remember well?]

[I hope so…]

It was then.

Perfect! Crackle!

There was a crackling sound coming from the window.

[Hmm?]

[What are you talking about?]

In response, the two women’s gazes turned toward the window.

Clack!

Something kept crackling.

[What is it? Is it a snow woodpecker?]

Yone and Lucia approached the window, wondering.

I soon realized that the identity of the sound was none other than the guardian dragon, Han.

[Kkik!]

[Su, Guardian Dragon!]

Han had been knocking on his window with his claws, making his presence known.

[Kieek!]

‘Open!’

He was screaming, clutching a cushion as big as his body in his arms.

[I’ll open it! Wait a minute!]

Even as he was taken aback by the sight, Yone hurriedly opened the window.

Then Han stepped inside, dragging a cushion almost as big as his own.

Took!

He threw the cushion next to Lucia’s bed.

Soon, it flew through the sky again and disappeared outside. Even with the window open.

[…?]

[Why, why are you like that?]

At the incomprehensible behavior of the guardian dragon Han, Lucia and Yone looked at each other’s faces.

It was a completely unexpected action.

But after a while, this time Han appeared with ten gold coins in his arms.

Squiggly!

He hid them under the cushion and smacked them with satisfaction.

‘The move is complete.’

Now that I’ve grown enough, there’s nothing to hold me back from.

Before, it was impossible because of his small body and weak strength, but not anymore.

Han completed the move on his own.

Now that he had taken his most precious assets, gold coins, and even his cushion, he had no regrets about the room he stayed in before.

He took his place on Lucia’s bed and proudly proclaimed it alone.

‘Starting today, this is my room.’

Smart smart.

That was the moment.

This time, someone’s urgent knocking sound came from the door.

[Ah. Someone must have come.]

Only then, Lucia and Yone, who woke up from their embarrassment, flinched and turned their gaze toward the door.

What came from outside was none other than the maid’s voice.

[Ah, lady. That’s me. Would it be okay if I go in for a while?]

[It’s the head maid. Yeah, it doesn’t matter.]

[Excuse me.]

Kik-.

Then the door opened and the maid entered.

I was able to find Han lying proudly on Lucia’s bed with her own cushion.

[Oops… As expected. I knew it would be like this.]

Her impression suddenly became gloomy.

[Now they come and go as if they were at my own house. Guardian Dragon! This is Lady Lucia’s room!]

[…? Kiit!]

Then, the guardian dragon, Han, turned his head loudly.

He didn’t even want to be the opponent.

[Ahhh-…]

The head maid clutched her chest as if she were cramped.

Yone, who was silently watching the two of them, had a sudden thought.

‘Mrs. They won’t die like that, right?’

Every time he saw Han, her boss, the maid, would sigh like that and grab her breasts.

I thought that maybe it was a precursor to heart disease.

Yone Even she often witnesses the maid like this, but what about herself?

I wondered if I would do that at least a few times a day.

‘It would be a big deal if he died of Hwabyung.’

Yone was carrying on with such silly thoughts.

Of course, from Han’s point of view, Yone and her head of the maid were treated there anyway, but Yone himself didn’t notice that fact at all.

It was just a sad reality.

[Grrr-.]

Han made a satisfying noise and rubbed himself against Lucia’s bed.

Every time I rubbed her body, she smelled good smelling from the bed with her body odor on it.

A groaning sound leaked out.

Han sat down comfortably with his belly exposed.

He didn’t care about the gazes of the three people staring at him, he just continued his thoughts leisurely.

‘At this point, staying in Lucia’s room wouldn’t be a bad choice either.’

The process of visiting Lucia every day was actually quite annoying to him.

But if he said that he would stay here at all like this, then even that process would not be necessary.

For Han, the guardian dragon, it couldn’t have been more satisfying.

‘Because I can spend the whole day with Lucia.’

Of course, there is no way that the same unsavory incident (?) As the last time won’t happen in the process.

That was enough for Han to take care of himself.

It was a hatchling with a certain etiquette.

As far as Lucia taking a shower or changing her clothes, all she had to do was keep her eyes on her.

The solution is simple.

* * * *

Meanwhile. Such a time.

In the imperial castle, the heart of the empire.

The emperor was looking back and forth at the envelope in his hand.

“Hoo-.”

At the old-fashioned seal stamped on top of the letter, she smiled thinly.

“This has finally arrived. Whoops.”

The deep red lips curled up.

It was an impressive smile overflowing with charm.

This is the arrival of the most awaited source in recent years. She had no reason not to be happy.

Of course, the emperor had already received most of the news.

It was because a young mage from the Mage Tower named Talia passed on information about the Guardian Dragon through communication.

But apart from that.

A letter made of paper always had the taste of being opened.

In the quiet palace where affairs in the world go by slowly, everything is just boring and irritating.

Because the mere existence of the envelope was pleasant enough to excite her temper.

“To think that two saints, the contractors of the Guardian Dragon, would appear at once. I certainly wanted to know a little more about this.”

She cherished the seal in her hand, and then broke the seal.

* * * *

“Huh-u-.”

He let out a long breath.

A white breath rushed into the air.

The weather is so cold that even the eyebrows and downy hair on your face are frozen white.

It was not easy to show your bare face in this kind of weather.

It was because if I made a mistake, the cold air that reached my lungs would rush in in an instant.

But Grand Duke Lucrezia, it wasn’t like her.

She was the only one who revealed her face, even in the midst of knights and soldiers tightly wrapped around her face.

The strong body of a master-class superhuman allowed him to maintain a normal state even in such cold weather.

Her gaze turned to a small village on a white snowy field.

Soyoungji, Oberon, located at the edge of the polar region.

It is an edge village located close to the barrier.

“…”

But her eyes narrowed as she stared there.

There was a slight smell of metal that drifted in on the cold wind.

‘This.’

As if matching her thoughts, Esrad, the knight who was advancing alongside her, opened her mouth.

“The Grand Duke. This… I think it smells like blood.’

Most of them were paralyzed up to their noses by the cold air.

This was not the case with Grand Duke Lucrecia or Esrad.

They were one of the few superhumans who used mana to keep themselves warm even in the cold.

Duke Lucrezia nodded slowly.

“Yes. I’m sure.”

Animosity flashed in her eyes.

“The barrier in the north has been ‘broken’.”

Not a single ember was burning in that small camp in the frozen polar regions.

In order to overcome the cold, smoke from fires was lit everywhere in the northern lands throughout the year.

But there was no sign of that at all.

Instead, only the shady smell of death was in the air.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Then the sorceress Talia gave a tired expression.

Because it was the worst thing she could have imagined.