85 – Cult of Shadows (6)
The results turned out to be better than expected.
Lucia, who just finished the test, stood up from her seat with a relieved expression.
[Ha. Fortunately, I think it worked out.]
[Key profit?]
She smiled as she stroked the head of her guardian dragon, Han.
[It’s fortunate that there are problems that I know more than I thought. Maybe this is all thanks to the guardian dragon-nim’s protection.]
God bless you.
Guardian Dragon Han blinked.
‘At least I don’t seem to have that ability at all.’
At least from what he himself has felt so far, he can’t be sure, but he probably doesn’t have the ability to bestow blessings on dragons.
Especially if it’s a divine ability that reminds you of something of a god.
He is just a dragon.
He is the only one with an outstanding magical lineage.
But if Lucia herself decided to think that way, that was enough for her.
At least she thinks of her in a way that is comfortable for her, because she will be good for him as well.
Then I saw two cadets walking across the hallway.
[Oh, Grand Princess.]
They were none other than Princess Rachel and Yone from the Faculty of Magic.
Upon discovering Lucia, Princess Rachel happily raised her hand.
[Is the exam over for you too? Looking at the expression, the result looks good.]
[Looks like the princess looked at it well too. However…]
[Um…]
Soon, the gaze of the two.
I turned to Yone who was standing next to me.
[…]
While the two’s expressions were bright, Yone’s expression was somehow not very bright.
[Haa…]
She let out her long sigh and asked Lucia as her thoughts ran wild, even to her ominous imagination.
[I’m not a failing grade, right?]
A failing grade.
Looking at what you say, the result seems wrong.
Lucia smiled bitterly and tried to pat her on the shoulder.
[Don’t worry, Yone. Even if the score is low, it is not a failure. This is literally a pre-test, a slip test.]
[…]
At those words, the guardian dragon Han opened his closed eyes.
He remembered what a professor had told him about before and thought.
‘Still, I think it’s reflected in my grades to some extent.’
This test is limited to a kind of simple history and possibility.
In fact, the professors also said that there was no need to keep that in mind as they did not regard it as such an important part.
But this actually has its own effect.
Even if it is small, it is reflected in some of the school records, so it is the first official test for cadets to take at the academy.
Faculty members are also well aware of the fact that they have no choice but to pay attention to it.
In the end, this also becomes a test with its own significance.
Lucia at least didn’t seem to know this.
If that’s not the case, it sounds like you’re trying to calm Yone down.
Actually, thinking about it now, Lucia seems to be quite carefree.
No, in this case, she’s Yone’s problem anyway, so maybe she doesn’t really care…
‘No, I hope so. It’s Lucia, not anyone else.’
His trust in his contractor, Lucia, was firm.
That’s why he is a guardian dragon with the nature that at least she doesn’t have any doubts about her.
For him, who was born as a dragon, Lucia, a dragon blood person, was an object of absolute trust more than anything else in the world.
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Lucia and the others set out on the streets of the capital to have dinner.
Guardian dragon Han also naturally landed on Lucia’s shoulder.
Lucia turned to him and asked with a smile.
[Guardian Dragon, would you like something to eat?]
[…Kiik?]
Han, the guardian dragon, blinked at Lucia’s question.
Han rolled his wide eyes for a moment and was lost in thought.
This is quite rare.
He asked for his opinion.
But when you think about it, it wasn’t all that strange.
From the beginning, the position of the guardian dragon was to exist above the empire.
Even if the opponent in front of him was the youngest princess of the empire and the only heir to the north, that status could not be faded.
A dragon born with the destiny of ruling over all things.
So, if Han wanted to, he could choose the menu he wanted.
Actually, none of them found this situation all that strange.
Princess Rachel opened her mouth with her smile.
[After all, Guardian Dragon’s thoughts are more important than ours.]
[Kiii.]
Should I say he’s a Dragon Blood?
I like to think.
It was around the time when Han, the guardian dragon, was licking his lips.
He suddenly raised his head reflexively.
I smelled the approaching smell as if it stung Han’s sensitive sense of smell.
Sniff sniff.
It was a strange smell that seemed to sweetly stimulate his sense of smell.
But he was also used to it.
‘What is this? I must have smelled it somewhere.’
As I was staring at a store while sniffing like that, it seemed that I recognized it as an act of expressing my intention.
[Ah, shall we go over there?]
That way?
[Kiii-.]
Guardian dragon Han’s eyes narrowed.
Certainly, from that store, there was an intense smell that stimulated his sense of smell.
‘Oops. Because I’m imagining it again…’
[Whoops, it looks like the guardian dragon wants to visit.]
It was easy to notice from Han’s appearance, so Lucia covered his mouth and laughed.
The dragon’s appetite is quite strong.
I like what I like, and I hate what I don’t like.
It’s simple, but it’s an expression of emotion that most humans can’t easily reveal.
In fact, its emotional expression is so easily revealed that it is often difficult to hide it.
The dragon is the dominant species in Middle-earth.
It is superior to any other intelligent body, and it is also the largest predatory species that walks freely, using the entire continent as its hunting ground.
For this reason, they could be said to be a species that did not have the process of hiding their emotions from birth.
I didn’t have to hide my feelings, and I don’t have to.
A lofty and ferocious predator, that was the unique characteristic of dragons.
With such a clear dislike of right and wrong,
In the case of Luciana and Yone, who have naturally been together for a long time, it was easy to read the expression of such a guardian dragon, Han.
[Hmm?]
Rachel asked curiously.
[How do you know the guardian dragon likes you? Is there something wrong?]
[Yes. Take a look here.]
With that, Yone raised her hand and brought it close to the mouth of the Guardian Dragon, Han.
[…?]
Han watched her sheepishly as she did.
I didn’t know what he was talking about.
But soon, Yone laughed and added, putting the question to shame.
[Guardian Dragon, your saliva is leaking out.]
Tak!
As soon as the sound came out, Han immediately frowned.
He slammed her hand violently and pushed her away.
[Kiii-.]
When I tried to growl and stare at her with her tail held upright, Yone quietly closed her mouth and hid behind Lucia, who stood there.
But still, his expression didn’t seem to change.
‘I know that too. Yone.’
His simple nature is revealed in his facial expression.
I know the limit of the Guardian Dragon.
But what can I do?
This was the inherent nature of dragons.
I couldn’t go against the instincts that I was born with from birth, no matter how hard I tried.
After all, he was a being who belonged entirely to this body.
[Ha ha ha…]
Seeing that appearance, Lucia looked at the atmosphere of the two and said with an awkward smile.
[Let’s go to that store first, shall we?]
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Many people on the continent know that dragons are carnivorous creatures that mostly eat raw food.
Even in the case of some continental people who consider the very existence of some dragons to be extremely sacred.
At all, they are regarded as completely innocent creatures who do not even consume anything.
None of them were wrong either.
But even so, it didn’t fit exactly.
First of all, even if you are a dragon, you don’t always eat only raw food.
In the case of Han, the white dragon, the Bingryong of the North.
You can enjoy eating raw meat and live only on meat, but depending on your inclination while you were born and growing up, you have been eating other people’s meals.
Now, it was already to the point of living according to the stock of human beings.
But at the same time.
In the case of certain species, they suck up the earth’s energy and lead a completely non-eating lifestyle.
Earth dragons, who were born with the energy of the earth, belonged to this category.
In the end, the conclusion meant that the providence determined by the species and the nature of the dragon was different.
However, as in the case of Han, the guardian dragon, his tendencies change little by little along with those of humans during his birth.
Because he is also capable of discerning taste, he is sometimes dazzled by meat that is exceptionally juicy or food that is rich in spices.
This was the case with Han, the guardian dragon.
‘…I’m dizzy. It’s full of strong smells, isn’t it?’