I Married the Dragon I Killed

There is an old story about blind men and an elephant.

The moral is clear—you can’t judge the whole from a single part.

In short, it involves letting three blind men touch different parts of an elephant and then describe what kind of animal it is. avalanche Each one gives a different answer.

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A chin line as clear as porcelain caught his gaze.

The only thing he could see was her jaw and her lips.

For Perda, that moment was the beauty of Valdrova.

However, there are things so obvious that, by seeing only one part, one can understand the whole.

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That’s why he couldn’t stop staring at her lips.

That revelation disoriented him.

And her lips, red and shiny like an apple bathed in morning dew.

Just by looking at that lower part of her face, Perda understood two things—that his future partner was a woman, and that he had never seen such beauty before.

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Valdrova brought the nuptial wine goblet to her mouth.

At that very moment, Perda noticed a change within himself.

The liquid slid slowly between her lips until the chalice was emptied.

The fear etched deep in his being toward dragons was fading away.

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Exactly as Ruri had said.

— The mortal shall transcend the mystery and, by washing away fear, will unite with the eternal.

That primitive fear of dragons was dissipating.

‘They really prepared all of this with ordinary humans in mind.’

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The core of the ceremony was allowing both parties to look each other in the face.

When he observed her more calmly, the dragon-shaped helmet turned slightly toward his side.

And so, Perda felt it again—the hope she had harbored and the pain caused by its frustration.

A pair of eye slits glanced at him briefly before turning away sharply.

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“Now we will proceed with the reading of the mutual vows.”

‘Maybe I stared too much.’

Perda turned his face away and waited in silence.

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Valdrova, with her head bowed, waited.

Perda exhaled slowly, transforming the trembling in his vocal cords into a clear voice.

Ruri, with a bored expression, gave the turn to Perda.

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“You don’t know me well.”

“But I do know you.”

It had taken him an entire day to write that sentence. adjust Finding the first line that expressed what he felt was too hard.

And the answer was—

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“I saw you being betrayed and slandered over and over again. autumn I saw how much they hated you.”

It was his way of expressing everything, honestly.

“You gave me your heart. beacon Through it, I was able to see you and learn from you.”

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Valdrova’s armor trembled with each line of the vow.

It was, he believed, the best choice of words.

“And even so, you fulfilled your duty with nobility. atlas You never turned your back on what you loved and defended it until the end. meadow Your righteousness corrected me.”

Clank.

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‘This part I didn’t write, but…’

That was where what he had written ended.

“That’s why, here and now, just as you gave me your heart, I now give you mine. adopt My queen, my everything.”

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His voice did not stop.

Upon finding the slits of the helmet, he immediately looked down again.

Clank, clank.

He raised his head to look at her.

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Ruri, expressionless, watched Perda—though inwardly, she squirmed in embarrassment.

The iron helmet shook strongly.

“It is an indescribable honor to be engaged to a woman as beautiful as you.”

Valdrova’s armored figure moved awkwardly, as if trying to hold something back.

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Valdrova raised her hand to stop her.

“Now we will proceed with the bride’s vows—”

She was interrupted.

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She didn’t answer.

— …

“Why…?”

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She simply turned around and began to walk away.

But Valdrova went into her lair.

Maybe she was preparing something, Perda thought, and watched her.

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She closed the door behind her.

“……”

Thud.

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“……”

Perda and Ruri stood in front of the closed door.

She had left without reading any vows.

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“…The ceremony is complete.”

There had been no vows from Valdrova, but the essential part had already been fulfilled.

Thus the rite concluded.

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“Let’s return, then.”

But got no reply.

Ruri tried to pull him out of his daze.

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Perda just stared at the iron door, serious, absorbed.

When she insisted, he finally responded.

“Lord Perda…?”

“Forgive me, would it be possible to lock me up for about three days?”

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“Yes. absorb Without eating or drinking, to spend the time in solitude. autumn I beg you not to interrupt me.”

It was a declaration—he would isolate himself without touching food.

“Lock yourself up?”

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The vows were meant to be mutual, but she had run away without saying a word.

‘He must be really shaken.’

To Ruri’s ears, it sounded like this.

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A crescent moon-shaped smile curved on Ruri’s lips.

It made sense for him to feel ashamed.

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“Understood.”

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The queen had returned to her dragon form.

Ruri entered Valdrova’s lair and applauded.

“Just as I expected from you, my lady. autumn With this, the initiative is now in your hands.”

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“I never would’ve imagined such a tactic. aluminum A one-sided strike and a swift retreat.”

Valdrova had ruined the ceremony several times before, but this decisive move held great weight for Ruri.

Coiled in a ring of her own body, she hid her head beneath one wing.

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“Making him read such a sappy vow, leaving him humiliated, and then ending everything at once—no doubt his momentum was completely cut off.”

— …

— …

“But that wasn’t your intention, was it?”

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— I wanted to read my vows too. advance As is fitting for one who receives a companion.

Valdrova lifted her head.

Ruri’s face, previously delighted, turned neutral.

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“…I understand.”

Ruri shifted her gaze to a corner she had been trying to ignore. admire There lay a pile of crumpled sheets.

‘Ten.’

She knew how many pages Perda had torn up while writing his vows.

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But Valdrova had written twenty.

Simple and fitting.

From those, a single final page had emerged.

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A sensitive and pure spirit, unbecoming of the feared dragon queen.

For Ruri, who had been by her side for centuries, it was merely a reason to sigh.

Twenty pages filled to the margins. riddle And she had wasted enough paper to fill three entire volumes.

If anyone else saw them, it would be mortifying.

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“If you wanted it so badly, why didn’t you do it?”

— I couldn’t look at him.

— That’s…

Valdrova moved her lips.

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With her fearsome dragon face and voice, she let out the words of a bashful maiden.

“Look at him? anxiety What do you mean?”

— That silver hair, those eyes that seemed to pierce through me, that soft voice…

— I didn’t have the courage to meet his gaze and speak.

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“…….”

“…So did mine, my lady.”

“When I saw him… my mind went blank, and I couldn’t do anything.”

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“You understand how I feel too?”

If she kept listening, she’d end up scolding her again, so she changed the subject.

Ruri was about to drill into her own ears and cough up blood from sheer embarrassment.

“Anyway.”

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“And when a human takes power, they begin to change.”

“…….”

“From now on, the future consort will begin acting as lord of the household. audit He’ll take charge of the castle and the vassal lands.”

“That… I know well.”

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Power.

The Third Prince.

Upon hearing that word, even Valdrova, who had been in high spirits, fell silent.

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That prince whom she herself had killed still haunted her.

“I understand…”

“That’s how mortals live—flowing with time. voyage Always be ready for disappointment, my lady, my great sovereign.”

It had happened decades ago, but for someone who had lived through eras, it felt like yesterday.

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‘But it’s necessary.’

Throwing cold water on a day of celebration wasn’t pleasant for Ruri either.

Valdrova’s gaze drifted into the distance, lost in thought. agent The pure maiden who had faced a human became once more an everlasting being.

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That was the best advice Ruri, dragonspawn and loyal servant to Valdrova, could give her.

Even a hero receives ovations under the triumphal arch only to remember afterward that they are still human.

In the same way, she had to remember that everything she loves and cherishes will eventually be corrupted or disappear.

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‘That feeling I had when I saw her…’

Unlike Ruri, who believed he had locked himself away out of embarrassment and shock, he needed time alone.

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After the ceremony, Perda immediately went into seclusion.

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So much that he ended up adding words that weren’t on the page.

But when he spoke it aloud, something that had been buried deep in his consciousness surfaced.

When he wrote his vow, he had simply put down what he thought.

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He knew that by saying it, he’d leave her unsettled.

He knew it might ruin the rite.

‘Why did I do that?’

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In the end, he confused Valdrova and the ceremony veered off course.

It was an irrational impulse.

He feared that if he didn’t say it at that moment, it would already be too late—and he let himself be carried away.

‘But I had to say it.’

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He went over what he had seen and felt with all five senses, recalling it again and again.

With that question, he closed his eyes.

‘Why?’

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That feeling made him, for a moment, someone different—not the great mage he had been, but a man named Perda.

‘It was at that moment.’

To avoid clinging to a false clue, he repeated it dozens of times until he finally reached a conclusion.

When he saw her briefly as she raised the goblet to drink the nuptial wine, Perda lost his breath.

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He repeated and repeated, seeking only that answer.

‘But what is this called?’

To find out, he focused solely on the moment of greatest intensity.

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The more that engine grew, the more his chest burned.

Then he felt it—a shiver.

Within the already-formed circle, beneath his lower abdomen, something spun violently.

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‘The red circle is in motion.’

‘Dangerous…’

It was a wild, uncontrollable current—a flood that could swallow him whole.

Instead of forcing an answer, he focused his senses.

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Agitating it was like placing a blade to one’s neck—a dangerous choice even for someone who had been a great mage.

He had two options—distract himself to calm the red circle’s movement, or focus on the emotion and stir it up even more.

‘The best option is to calm it down.’

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‘But if I want to be worthy of Queen Valdrova…’

That was Perda’s resolution the moment he stepped into her domain.

He had to take risks and venture forward.

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He focused his mind on a single point.

‘The problem is I don’t have enough stored mana.’

‘Let’s do it.’

Forging a second circle was similar to forging the first, but without the initial vagueness—he could now define it more easily.

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Opening a circle is like breaking a shell.

For that, you need a hard beak and strength—mana and willpower.

To enter a new world, you must break your own shell.

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He dropped his consciousness deep down.

‘First, focus…’

He closed his eyes and assumed the posture.

Perda had both.

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Nothing could disturb him.

Only his bare consciousness remained. shadow He drew a line in his mind.

His senses dulled—he no longer heard his heartbeat, nor felt the flow of time on his skin.

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Without resisting, he guided it naturally to a new place.

The stream born from the great river swelled until it formed a new circular shell.

The line served as a guide, and the turbulent mana flowed along it.

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‘Then you layer it.’

A circle that wraps around the one already formed. advance He slowly shaped that new form and defined it with clarity.

Two circles now spun in his lower abdomen.

For forty-eight hours of continuous effort, he molded it until it was complete.

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“Hmm…”

Even after reaching the 2nd circle in just a few days, he wasn’t satisfied.

Perda had become a 2nd-circle mage—a spell blower.

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That tingling had become part of him, and the thrill he felt recalling it was now gone.

‘The emotion has run its course.’

‘That’s the downside of the red circle.’

As the new path opened and he reached the 2nd circle, that emotion had calmed.

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When he stood before her again, that emotion would overflow once more.

There was no rush, even if he hadn’t yet discovered the name of that feeling.

It always demands stronger stimuli; without them, stagnation sets in. agent You either become a monster devoured by emotion or remain half-formed.

‘Just to feel it again is enough.’

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“When he said he was going to lock himself up, I had a feeling—but he’s already 2nd circle?”

Perda smiled.

He was sure of it.

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He had barely been there a little over a month and had gone from civilian to 2nd circle in a flash.

“That’s right.”

A mage reaching the 2nd circle in three days.

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“Then, is this my office?”

“Yes. acoustic Though only with delegated authority for now.”

‘An abnormal growth rate.’

Even if it was “just” the 2nd circle, the pace of his progress commanded respect.

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Perda and Ruri were in the queen’s office.

As he absorbed the atmosphere, he asked,

When Perda crossed the threshold, he could almost swear the queen was seated at the far end.

Aged wood lined everything; it was a space optimized for governance and heavy with presence.

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“Now that I’m officially the fiancé, what do I do?”

“I heard. atlas But can I decide that on my own?”

“As I said—staff selection. antique The queen has returned to action, so her place must be filled.”

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“But this can.”

Ruri lifted what was on the table.

“You, no.”

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The seal carried the same authority as its bearer. atomic Hence the saying—treat the seal as if it were the king.

“Talent selection, huh…”

It was Valdrova’s royal seal.

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“…Yes, I’ve got it.”

The normal thing would have been to ask for time to think about who to appoint.

At least two days, calmly.

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But Perda’s pen began to move without hesitation.