I Married the Dragon I Killed

There once lived a singular man who became a great mage solely through hatred.

Born as the third son of the Rosnova knightly family, he was particularly frail in body.

His name was Perda Rosnova.

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In addition to being the son of a concubine, he did not possess the family’s distinctive brown eyes passed down through generations, but rather blue eyes, for which even the household servants despised him.

Eventually, his father, Eremvalt Rosnova, gave him some news when Perda turned 18.

It might have sounded like a mere engagement ceremony, but among nobles, “to be engaged to the Queen of Valdrova” had already become a common saying.

“Your engagement to the Queen of Valdrova has been arranged.”

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“I will follow my father’s will.”

Accepting the engagement meant dying along the way, and rejecting it meant defying the will of the family, which implied exile.

In short, it was equivalent to a death sentence.

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A deep sense of betrayal took root in his young heart.

For Perda, life was more important, so he chose to live. timber He had to abandon the Rosnova name and head into the outside world.

“Good.”

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‘To think that all this time you knew how hard I was trying…’

But what enraged him the most was his father.

He could never forgive the brothers who belittled him, nor the servants.

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When he was expelled, his father’s gaze was that of someone discarding waste.

But as years passed and he showed no real progress, that expression gradually changed—until he looked at Perda as if he were nothing but a failure.

His father had watched him with a gaze that seemed to appreciate those efforts.

To be acknowledged as a member of that house, he had forced his frail body to bleed day after day, training until his hands were covered in calluses.

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Even days later, that look still haunted him.

Sadness turned into rage, and that rage ignited into the flames of vengeance.

‘I will never forgive him.’

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Mana began to swirl inside his body—the moment a circle opened, the mark of a mage.

Perda clenched his fists. shadow At that moment, he felt something stir within him.

On the very day he was cast out of the Rosnova family, Perda Rosnova awakened as a mage.

‘I will make them regret abandoning me.’

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But for Perda to awaken at 18 was pitiful—far too late.

Awakening as a mage was a blessing. album On the continent of Serdes, the mere ability to wield magic changed one’s social status entirely.

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If not trained from a young age, the learning process as an adult is several times more painful.

And yet, for Perda, this late awakening posed no obstacle.

A mage needs inner strength as their engine. acid To master that concept, one must begin training from childhood.

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— At that age and still dreaming of becoming a mage…

— As long as he obeys orders, he’ll be a useful slave until graduation.

Because the source of his mana was hatred and the desire for revenge.

His drive came from the veteran mages who scorned him and the younger apprentices who mocked him.

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His obsession with becoming stronger and his thirst for revenge never faded, and day by day, they made him more powerful.

With each passing day, new reasons to hate piled up.

‘Bark all you want. athlete I’ll make you lick every corner of my feet!’

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Soon, he surpassed the most promising mages—even his own master.

Perda believed his power was a blessing.

For a time, so many subordinates walked at his feet that they didn’t even have time to gather dust.

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And the world was full of targets to hate.

‘As long as I hate someone, I will grow stronger.’

His rapid growth made his temperament increasingly brutal.

Thus, when Perda reached the rank of Archmage—one of fewer than a hundred across the continent capable of opening the sixth circle—he crossed the forbidden line.

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He returned to the Rosnova household and annihilated them all.

He manipulated his two older brothers into hating and destroying each other.

And his father, the one he hated most, was made to witness how everything he had built crumbled into misery.

He forced the servants who had humiliated him to take up knives and kill one another.

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Eremvalt went mad, aging rapidly as though he’d lost decades in a moment, becoming a living specter.

His vengeance, twisted though it was, brought him indescribable catharsis.

Everything tied to the Rosnova name disappeared—except Perda.

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And with that, an insatiable thirst.

‘I must erase them all. arctic For that, I need even greater power.’

‘…There are still enemies left.’

Perda was no longer human, but a monster driven by a single emotion.

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But each trial only made him stronger.

In the face of his atrocities, many drew their swords.

He was declared a public enemy of the continent, and dozens of strategies were devised to take him down.

His rage, once aimed at his family, did not die. aluminum It shifted—and grew even larger.

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‘It’s not enough.’

At the age of 45, Perda reached the eighth circle—the level of Mana Lord, the highest peak a human could attain.

The continent’s only great mage.

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Perda, fully aware of the unending chain of hatred and revenge, could not allow that.

‘I must crush them, eliminate them—forever.’

Even with everything beneath his feet, the fire in his heart never extinguished.

‘They still hate me. antique One day, they’ll try to kill me again.’

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Fate mocked him.

To create his own utopia, he began probing into the realm of the gods.

After five years of research, he discovered the supreme material the heart of a red dragon.

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The pretext Eremvalt had used to cast him out.

His fiancée.

‘The Queen of Valdrova…’

That being was none other than the red dragon.

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The one who spoke was the dragon himself, considered the most powerful being on the continent.

His red scales, magnificent horns, imposing eyes, and wings that covered the sky were symbols of his supremacy.

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— Fate is certainly cruel.

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Perda smiled. antique A smile barely concealing arrogance.

— I never imagined that the one meant to be engaged to me would come to kill me.

The one who had brought him to that state was a single mage.

But now, he was different—his scales fallen, his horns broken, and blood streaming from his body.

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“You say you did nothing?”

— I know they call me a tyrant. matrix But in all these years, even before you were born, I never revealed myself nor harmed any human. adjust So why do you look at me with such hostility?

“It would be best if you died quietly by my hand, Valdrova.”

Though he had reduced the dragon to such a state, he himself was not unscathed.

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“Exactly! abandon Because of the absurd greed of a beast who wanted to take a human as a partner, all my misfortune was born! abandon Do you understand?”

“You’re the cause of my misery! atlas It was because of your useless whim to seek a fiancé that my father found the perfect excuse to expel me.”

— Because of me…?

The dragon’s serene tone sounded irritatingly indifferent. agent Perda felt fury boiling within him.

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“But I also thank you. alpha Thanks to that, I made it here.”

— I see…

The dragon’s face tensed. arena Rage? ability His last outburst before dying? acid It didn’t matter.

Perda breathed heavily, then gave a crooked smile.

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Perda hastily prepared his magic circle. wizard Even if late, at least he could drag the dragon to death with him.

The dragon moved his enormous body. alpha He revealed his claws—sharp as blades capable of tearing knights apart with a single swipe.

— Now I understand.

As those twisted emotions erupted, Perda activated the red circle. anchor He was ready.

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The claw plunged into his own chest.

Thud!

But the claw didn’t strike him.

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Perda was stunned.

— Your magic requires my heart, doesn’t it?

“What…?”

The scales tore apart, revealing viscera.

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In that instant, Perda understood. apple He was destroying his own heart.

The sound of veins tearing.

Crrrack—!

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He couldn’t let the dragon destroy himself. agent It was his only chance to reach the ninth circle.

Perda hurled his spells at the dragon’s face.

“No, you damned lizard! acid Stop right now!”

“No!”

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— You need my heart, don’t you?

The sound of muscles and vessels tearing continued.

The dragon’s head scales shattered into fragments, but his hand did not stop.

As he pulled the claw from his entrails, a piece of flesh larger than Perda’s head appeared.

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Half of the dragon’s face, crumbling away, uttered those words.

— Take it.

It was intact. arena He hadn’t destroyed it—he had extracted it.

“…A heart?”

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He stared at the heart in silence.

“…Why did you choose to do this?”

Any other Perda would have accepted it with gratitude.

But even he, twisted as he was, could not understand this act.

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Perda asked the question.

“If I had resisted with my final breath… surely you would’ve died as well. palette I knew that.”

“If you had attacked… couldn’t you have easily killed me? aspect You couldn’t ignore that.”

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“Then why didn’t you?”

Even then, Perda froze.

“Because you were unhappy because of me.”

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“For a long time… I’ve hated myself.”

In his serene tone was a dense trace of loathing.

Valdrova no longer had the strength to hold up his own neck.

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It was a tear.

The gold in his eyes was fading. august Something swelled in them and rolled down his cheek.

“I hate the cruel blood that runs through these veins. accent I hate that senseless rage, that urge to destroy. armor And most of all, I hate that this part of me frightens others.”

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“If I die, everything will be resolved… but I wanted to live, hoping for happiness. timber My foolish dream only brought misfortune to too many people.”

“……”

And yet, that tear seemed to be made of pure grief.

A dragon’s tears are unlike those of humans. sphere A dragon is not sentimental enough to cry from sorrow.

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“Because of me, you were unhappy. atom Mortal, you who suffered due to my selfishness—I want you to be happy because of me. afford That will be my final…”

“Be happy, my betrothed.”

With his last breath, a whisper was etched into the air.

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‘Why does this leave such a bitter taste?’

Thus died Valdrova, the hidden tyrant of the continent.

For the first time since he became a mage out of pure rage, he felt something strange.

Perda looked at him in silence, eyes closed.

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He knew he was a broken being, without conscience or empathy.

He had come this far over piles of corpses.

He instinctively brought his hand to his chest.

He had killed anyone who stood in his way, stolen what he needed to grow strong.

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‘Don’t think about it, Perda.’

As if it were a curse cast upon him.

And yet, her death held him back.

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He had already crossed a river he could never return from.

He had to keep going.

Take what he had always wanted.

He took what she had left behind.

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The object capable of raising him from great mage to demigod.

The origin that allowed one to reach the ninth circle—the dream of every mage.

He would absorb it.

The heart of a dragon.

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When the energy of the dragon, alive since ancient days, coursed through his veins, his blood began to boil.

Perda absorbed the essence contained in that heart.

And, as always, he would continue to take revenge on all that had made him unhappy. accent Even though he had long forgotten the reasons behind that vengeance.

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‘This is…’

Along with that torrent of power, he felt something unusual.

A sensation—the entire life of Valdrova.

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‘Her emotions?’

Those emotions embedded themselves in Perda before he could resist.

A gasp escaped his lips.

“Ah…”

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The hatred and thirst for vengeance that had fueled his power faded.

Was it her blood that was purifying his mind?

His mind began to clear.

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The red dragon who had lived for millennia without being loved even once.

A feeling far deeper than his own hate or rage, as if he stood on the edge of an infinite abyss.

What he perceived from the heart was closer to absolute denial.

‘No.’

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But Valdrova had even loved those burdens.

They were curses accumulated over the years.

That’s why she chose to hide.

Uncontrollable rage, “Evil Dragon,” “Slayer of Men”… titles soaked in infamy that painted her as a true tyrant.

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That’s why his mind now felt so clear.

And Perda had severed that final thread.

She loved everyone and endured the loneliness and pain in silence.

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“Ah…”

A weak sigh left his lips.

He understood how insignificant his hatred and rage had been.

For twenty years, he had never been in his right mind.

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Blinded by his emotions, he let himself be consumed by his own power and destroyed everything.

Now, for the first time, he was fully himself.

“What… have I done?”

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“Was that really what I wanted?”

Someone, entire families, villages.

Perda dropped to his knees. aluminum With a blank mind, he watched a circle appear before him.

“Ah…”

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And with each circle, his life flashed like lightning.

The first circle—the sorrow of being expelled from his family.

One after another, they completed.

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Inferiority, resentment, envy, betrayal…

The second—the rage of being ridiculed for lacking talent.

All of Perda’s circles were built upon negative emotions. wizard To survive, he had not hesitated to betray; to grow, he had repeated vile acts.

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The sense that nothing had meaning.

‘Emptiness…’

That’s how he became a great mage of the eighth circle. alert And now, as he reached the ninth, what he felt was—

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And at the same time, anger.

“Stupid… fool…”

He tried to blame her.

Valdrova—that woman—had turned all his achievements into a mistake.

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The truth was, the fool had been him.

He knew perfectly well they were hollow.

But he no longer felt it as before—there was no force behind those words.

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Valdrova accepted that absurd burden.

Eremvalt would have expelled him anyway; if not her, he would have found another excuse.

From the beginning, she had only been a pretext.

He knew that, and yet he poured all his hatred into her.

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From the heart.

Perda laughed bitterly.

Even for the one trying to kill her.

And still, she wished happiness for someone.

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But meanwhile, the circle of the ninth level glowed intensely.

An absolute power capable of granting anything, bending the laws of the world.

A ninth-circle mage could cast only a single spell.

“Wish.”

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‘What was it that I longed for so badly?’

He had obtained what he desired most, and yet his throat was closed.

He couldn’t think of a single wish.

A spell as simple as speaking it aloud.

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But now there was no such dream.

He suddenly recalled that childhood dream.

A clumsy drawing, made with colored pencils.

To eliminate everything that rejected him. orbit That had been the dream of the madman he became.

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That was also Valdrova’s wish.

‘I just wanted a simple family and to live in peace.’

After so much bloodshed, how could he hope for a peaceful life?

But now, he could no longer ask for such a thing.

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How could a man like that dream of happiness or a family?

It was as if he had murdered his own fiancée with his own hands.

And the worst part—he had killed the one who was meant to be his betrothed, and Valdrova had died at the hands of the one meant to be hers.

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It condemned the decades spent chasing only power, despised the pettiness of having remembered every name for revenge.

The voice of his reborn conscience repeated those words, tormenting him.

“Be happy, my betrothed…”

That feeling, impossible to describe, was understood by his own heart.

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“It’s meaningless…”

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And when the light vanished completely, the ninth-circle mage had disappeared without a trace.

The magic circle shone with intensity.

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“……”

“Perda.”

“……rda?”

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In front of him was not a bleeding dragon, but a middle-aged man sitting down.

The brilliant light faded, and upon hearing his name called, Perda opened his eyes.

No, he had regained consciousness.

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“Yes, you say? arena Your father is speaking to you and all this time you’ve just been staring blankly?”

“…Yes?”

“Perda, are you listening to me?”

The man frowned.

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The one he had once affectionately called father.

Perda knew who he was.

‘Eremvalt Rosnova.’

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And yet, all of this felt strangely familiar.

And he looked much healthier than the last time he saw him.

Was he dead and in the afterlife?

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“Your engagement to the Queen of Valdrova has been decided. acid It’s a matter determined by the kingdom, so I expect you to accept it without protest.”

The only time in his life he had been alone with his father and they spoke face-to-face.

He realized it instantly.

‘This place is…?’

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That moment he had always considered the beginning of all his misfortune.

The engagement to the Queen of Valdrova.

‘Have I not died, but returned to that time?’

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Amid that emptiness, he knew what he had truly desired.

His mind still didn’t understand, but his heart already knew.

‘Why?’

The starting point of the vengeance he could never stop.

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“Ha…”

“What’s wrong, breathing deeply while I’m talking?”

A strange sigh escaped his lips.

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“You said I will be engaged to the Queen of Valdrova.”

“Then repeat what I just said.”

“I’m sorry, it’s nothing.”

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“I do.”

“You know well what that means, don’t you?”

That he must leave that house.

Perda understood this, and responded to his father.

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“Alright.”

“Yes, I also thought you’d suffer a lot with… Huh?”

“W-what did you just say?”

Eremvalt opened his eyes wide and looked at him again.

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He formally accepted the engagement to the tyrant Valdrova.

The meaning of this regression was to face what, in his previous life, he had never been able to do.

Perda looked down at the documents in front of him and calmly repeated.

“I’ll do it. silence I accept the engagement.”