15 - Chapter 15
The Dragon Who Saved the Duke's Family 15
"Since he's from the Imperial Knights, he must be quite skilled. But even so, he can't beat a Bear Holy Beast that's been given drugs. Even if ten knights attacked, they wouldn't win…"
"Then what the hell is that Mutant Lizard!"
Annoyance surged, and Biante shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Did they use a drug stronger than the one I used!"
"Ah, I'll look into it!"
"Looking into it won't solve anything! My Saint Creature is already defeated!"
To top it off, he was told to hand over all the Saint Creatures to Edenber within three days.
He was afraid of his father to just ignore it.
His father, who had survived the battlefield, used to break through obstacles with brute force. That meant using force.
He had never seen his father so angry.
So, this time, he might really see blood. Just like he had done to others who had defied him.
'Damn it, that Edenber again!'
What was so great about that guy that he ignored his own son and only focused on his grandson?
Was he so eager to elevate that guy that he was willing to break him?
Without considering that his own abilities were inferior to his young nephew, he was consumed by anger and jealousy.
'Now that it's come to this, I have to get rid of Father.'
Biante took out a vial of medicine he had prepared.
He had always kept it deep in his pocket, prepared for a day like this.
The aide's face turned pale as he immediately recognized the contents of the vial.
"That's…!"
It was a deadly poison that could kill with just one drop.
Biante forced the vial into the hands of his vassal's wife, lowering his voice.
"Two days from now, I'll arrange a meeting with Father for lunch, so put this in the wine bottle."
It would be ideal to get rid of Edenber and the lizard too, but a long tail gets stepped on.
He chose to eliminate only one person this time for the perfect crime.
"Th, that's…"
The vassal's wife shuddered as if she were holding a bug.
She looked like she was about to say she couldn't do it, but Biante's next words drained the color from her face, leaving her lips trembling.
"If you can't do it, then there's nothing I can do. I don't know what will happen to your husband either."
"…!"
"I put a lot of thought into entrusting this to you, but if you don't want to do it, it's better to entrust it to someone else. I'll entrust your husband's life to someone else as well."
"I, I'll do it! I'll do it!"
The vassal's wife, cornered, quickly bowed her head.
Biante, with one corner of his mouth twisted up, patted her shoulder.
"Good, do it well this time. Understand?"
"Yes, I will never disappoint you!"
"Alright, you may leave."
At the cold words, the wife bowed so deeply that her head touched the ground and hurried out.
Biante looked at the closed door and smiled crookedly.
"Look at her struggling, not even knowing she's about to die."
He turned his head to the aide.
"After it's done, dispose of the wife as well."
"…Understood."
The aide, speaking reluctantly, lowered his head. He thought that as soon as this was over, he would run away from the parricidal man.
Unaware of the aide's thoughts, Biante smiled.
A failed person was not worth living.
Moreover, it was right to quickly get rid of those who knew the whole story of this incident.
He was planning to send both the vassal who opened the Bear Holy Beast's cage and the wife who had just left to the afterlife.
"I should prepare my act as a bereaved son who lost his father."
He raised one corner of his mouth and smiled inhumanly.
He was very much looking forward to the day that was soon to come.
Two days later.
Ashil was having a very exciting dream. It was a dream of becoming the boss of Munrepe and ruling over humans.
"Piyat ppi ppiya!" (Grandpa is a booger from today!)
"Yes, I'm a booger. Ashil, you are a very great dragon."
His grandfather, flattened on the ground, was groveling, and
"Marry me, I'll let you live in strawberries for the rest of your life."
Edenber, holding a strawberry bouquet, was making a passionate proposal.
"Pihyahyahyahya!"
Ashil was so happy that she put her front paws on her waist and giggled.
But.
"Kuooreooreong!"
Suddenly, a bear the size of a house appeared and knocked all the humans away with a body blow.
And that wasn't all.
From far away, humans with swords and torches began to quickly close the distance with scary faces.
"Let's eat baby dragon barbecue!"
"Baby dragon barbecue! Baby dragon barbecue!"
"Ppit……!"
Ashil, horrified, froze.
Just then, Edenber, who had been blown away by the bear, returned limping with a cane.
"Piyat ppi! Ppiya ppiya ppi!" (Husband! Punish those human knights!)
"I'm sorry. I can't help."
And then he coldly turned away from Ashil.
It was then that his grandfather, who had been blown away together, returned.
"Piyat ppi!" (Grandpa! Help me!)
Ashil quickly ran and clung to him. Then Elkai smiled with a pitiful expression.
"This grandpa is a booger who can't do anything. I only trust Ashil, the boss of Munrepe."
"Ppitt!"
In the meantime, the humans with swords and torches were right in front of them.
Elkai, instantly swept away by the human wave, shouted.
"I only trust you, Ashil! The boss of Munrepe!"
Edenber also shouted next to him.
"The boss of Munrepe! The boss of Munrepe!"
"Ppiya!"
Ashil, recalling the baby dragon barbecue, tightly closed her eyes.
No, Ashil won't be the boss. Ashil doesn't like this kind of boss!
"Ppihya, ppihya, ppihya……."
Ashil, who woke up from her dream, grabbed her pounding heart and breathed roughly.
She had sweated so much that the blanket was damp.
The rabbit, who had been sleeping next to her, woke up groggily.
"Kkyu?"
"Ppii."
Ashil hugged the rabbit, who had opened her eyes blearily. And then she unconsciously realized.
'Being the boss of Munrepe is only good when Grandpa and Husband are okay.'
If Grandpa and Husband's strength weakened, she also could not escape the danger of baby dragon barbecue.
Buzz buzz buzz.
In Ashil, who had become very sensitive, she could hear the voices of humans talking outside.
Among them was Elkai's voice.
"It seems he is reflecting. He's even asking us to have a meal first."
I have to quickly say that Grandpa is not a booger! Ashil quickly got up, opened the door, and ran out.
"Ppiya!" (Grandpa!)
"Hmm?"
Elkai, who was talking about the vassals and Biante, looked down at Ashil, who had appeared without warning.
He slightly narrowed his brow at the sight of the cheek mark that was squashed to one side.
"The sun is already high in the sky, and you're just waking up now?"
"Piyat ppi ppiya!" (Grandpa is not a booger! He's a very cool human!)
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
Elkai, narrowing his brow, examined Ashil a little more closely.
A face that looked like she had just woken up, scales wet with sweat.
Quick-witted, he immediately realized that Ashil had had a nightmare.
So, he said bluntly, meaning not to think about it anymore.
"You seem to be still half asleep, so don't talk nonsense and let's go have a meal together. There will be a lot of your favorite strawberries."
"Ppi……." (Strawberries…….)
Ashil's ears fluttered like fluttering ears.
Yes, seeing the strawberries that had been trampled by the bear and humans intact would make her feel a little better.
But the restaurant was too far, and she also wanted to feel someone's warm body temperature-
Ashil clung to Elkai's pants like a cicada clinging to an old tree.
Elkai continued to move without any change in expression.
Only the vassals who were attending him glanced at Ashil, who was clinging to Elkai's pants, with bewildered faces.
One of them asked cautiously.
"Are you planning to take her to the meal with Biante?"
"That guy needs to know too. It would be good to show him on this occasion."
Not long ago, he had heard from Edenber that he had decided to establish Ashil as a Divine Beast.
He thought it was too hasty to make a decision so quickly when this incident had not yet been resolved, but he thought that he must have carefully considered it himself, so he stepped back and watched.
'It would be good to get Biante acquainted with her on this occasion.'
Whether she becomes the Divine Beast of Munrepe or not, they will continue to encounter each other in the future. It was right to introduce them in advance.
Biante, who was waiting for Elkai alone, was embarrassed to see Ashil clinging to his father's pants.
"Wh, what did you bring?"
