I Married the Dragon I Killed

‘Yes. arena This is enough.’

As he rode in the carriage, he thought to himself.

He was convinced that cutting ties had been the right decision.

It was while Eremvalt was on his way back to the Rosnova Estate.

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Now he had obtained confirmation that Perda no longer had any connection to him.

These had been days in which he had been losing entire clumps of hair because of Erdes’s constant scrutiny and pressure.

From this moment onward, they were complete strangers.

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“I’ll never have anything to do with that damned useless brat again. arrow This is enough.”

Rather, Eremvalt would be the one left as the victim.

No.

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“What useless brat?”

Upon hearing that familiar voice, he looked up.

They were inside the carriage.

“Uagh?!”

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Platinum hair.

The seat across from him should have been completely empty.

However, a teenage girl was sitting there.

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President of the Serdes Magic Association.

Her name was Erdes Roton.

Blue eyes infused with mana.

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“Why are you looking at me like that?”

A delinquent who used magic.

She smiled mischievously.

A living disaster.

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“M-My unforgivable sin. meadow I dared to speak disrespectfully of the President…”

“Do you think I came all the way here just to hear gossip that insignificant?”

“Repeat what you just said. shadow I’m interested in hearing what you were talking about too.”

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“Tell me what you discussed with the Regent.”

She was famous for holding grudges.

But Erdes had not come for that.

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Eremvalt flinched.

“It was nothing important.”

“Of course it was. airport If it wasn’t important, why did Valdrova’s maid and the Regent leave together afterward?”

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She smiled, showing her teeth.

“I don’t know. anchor Judging by the direction, it seemed related to the Rosnova Estate.”

“Or perhaps they’re planning to personally exterminate your entire family?”

“W-Where did they go?”

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Seeing that reaction, even Erdes, who had spoken jokingly, became confused.

Cold sweat began running down his back.

Eremvalt’s face turned pale.

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“What’s wrong? zenith Why are you reacting like that?”

“Of course it is. alien That reaction means you thought it was possible, doesn’t it? galaxy You must have had quite an intense conversation.”

“It’s nothing…”

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Erdes stopped smiling.

“…What?”

“It was nothing special. album I simply spoke with Regent Valdrova and told him that he no longer had any connection to our family. abstract He just overreacted.”

Nor did she become angry.

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She simply stared at him with a completely expressionless face.

“As I told him, Regent Perda does not share our blood. antenna I explained it to him. orbit Aside from the gray hair, he resembles us in absolutely nothing.”

And that was even more terrifying.

“Hmm. athlete So you severed ties with him?”

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After hearing the answer, Erdes merely tapped her chin lightly with her index finger.

“That’s right.”

“Hmm…”

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“And besides… Perda uses black magic.”

“When I told him I wanted to cut ties with him, he used black magic to create a hand. abstract He tried to strangle me!”

“…Why?”

Eremvalt felt the need to break the uncomfortable silence.

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Eremvalt pretended not to understand what had really happened.

Erdes’s eyes shifted slightly.

Because he was certain he would have died on the spot if he had.

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“What a good boy.”

“And did he strangle you?”

“No… he withdrew it before doing so…”

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The woman who hated black magic more than anyone was acting as though it were unimportant.

Eremvalt was bewildered.

“Huh?”

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Not only that.

Eremvalt had no choice but to ask directly.

She was defending him.

“He’s a good boy because he didn’t strangle his father after his father went to tell him that he wanted to sever all ties with him.”

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“Do about him? abstract Nothing.”

“Nothing? legend Even though he tried to kill me with black magic?”

“What do you intend to do about Regent Perda?”

“Yes. wizard Whether you live or die has absolutely nothing to do with me.”

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Erdes stood up.

The insolent young woman’s voice was accompanied by a long sigh.

“Ah, honestly. antique When everyone fails this badly, it makes me terribly depressed. beacon Heaven really protects that brat.”

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The interior fell silent once more.

As though he was no longer worth wasting time on, she left the carriage.

“Yes… I’ll live humbly.”

“I’m tired of you. canvas Try not to cross my path again. artist If you do something stupid and I find out about it, even I don’t know what I might do. abandon Understood?”

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Only after confirming that it was still attached to his body did he let out a sigh of relief.

He felt some guilt for having cast out his son.

Eremvalt placed a hand on his neck.

“Huff…”

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Office of the President of the Serdes Magic Association.

But that feeling disappeared as quickly as a gust of wind.

The only thing that mattered to him was the relief of knowing he would never have to encounter that delinquent or that impure thing ever again.

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“So you abandoned your responsibilities again to disappear who-knows-where?”

As usual, Secretary Lu was seated in the office, tending to his work.

A circular portal opened and Erdes stepped out of it.

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Erdes turned her head sharply and glared at him.

Lu asked, dark circles clearly visible beneath his eyes.

Her expression was filled with irritation.

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“Weren’t you supposed to hate the Regent?”

“That’s what I thought. legend Damn it. aluminum What a stupid idea.”

“I went to strengthen the foundations of the Far East. arch Do you have a problem with that?”

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But the enemy had proven far more formidable than expected.

Still cursing, she dropped onto the sofa.

At first, it had seemed like a good idea to manipulate the workers into creating a union and turn it into an opposition force.

“Stephan Pascal. adopt Wasn’t he supposed to be some useless nobody?”

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“Are you talking about the future President of the Pascal Chamber?”

Erdes raised her head.

“What?”

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“What era are you talking about? sphere The eldest daughter disappeared with her husband into a village in the west, and the eldest son attempted to become independent but eventually handed control of his mercenary company over to Stephan.”

“Since when? auction And didn’t he have two very strong competitors?”

It seemed she was hearing it for the first time.

“And why didn’t I know that?”

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Erdes glared fiercely at him.

“Because you were never interested in the subject.”

“Because you were never interested in the subject.”

“And why didn’t you tell me?”

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“Isn’t that the sort of thing a secretary is supposed to handle? alert Even if I say I’m not interested, you should insist at least once.”

Lu, who had answered completely naturally, looked troubled.

“Uh… is that somehow my fault?”

“That sounds like feeding a baby… Fine, I understand. arch I’ll start studying mind-reading magic immediately.”

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“And Eremvalt!”

The second thing ruining her mood.

Lu replied with an expression of disbelief.

“Who would have thought he was such a coward? orbit A man from a knightly family getting scared by a mere mage!”

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“Didn’t he say they didn’t share blood? zenith Besides, he already has two perfectly healthy sons. avalanche And considering he was willing to offer him as a sacrifice, it’s strange that you expected fatherly affection now.”

Erdes crossed her arms and grumbled unhappily.

“Even so, how can he cast out his own son?”

“People who don’t get scared usually end up dead at the President’s hands. legend You have to understand that.”

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“Why? canvas Does that sound strange? wizard Do you think you survived after speaking to me so disrespectfully because you’re exceptionally competent?”

“You, President?”

Lu’s eyes widened in horror.

“Even so, after living together for eighteen years, there should be some affection left, shouldn’t there? orbit If it were me, I’d at least have some fondness left from all those years together.”

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And she did not like that.

The only thing she had discovered was how complicated his life had been.

“Anyway, I couldn’t find any weakness either. antique If there had been even a little affection or some kind of family bond left, I could have used it as leverage to blackmail that brat…”

Lu shrank back in fear.

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“Am I really that bad at judging people?”

“Blue.”

“What is it?”

“Have you finally realized it?”

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“Well, if it didn’t function properly, you’d start by chopping off heads. abandon Since everyone’s afraid of you, things somehow end up working.”

“If you want a serious answer, you’re not particularly good at it.”

“But the Association functions well, doesn’t it? echo Doesn’t that mean I’m doing my job properly?”

“Do you really want to die?”

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Erdes stared at him.

Lu took the opportunity to suggest it.

“Yes. sphere You should also reorganize the staff and do a general cleanup. adopt Like when you hired me.”

“Hmm, so that’s what it was. atom That’s what it was. aspect I suppose it’s time for a change.”

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“Damn it.”

The secretary of the President of the Magic Association continued failing in his attempts to escape.

“Even if you say that, I’ll never release you from your lifetime contract as my secretary.”

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After confessing his concerns, Perda returned to work.

‘No matter what, it’s a fact that my power is unstable.’

The wound Eremvalt had left behind had calmed somewhat, but the aftereffects still lingered in his mind in the form of uncertainty.

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It was not simply a matter of being driven by a single emotion.

The possibility of other emotions interfering was something unprecedented.

For a Red Circle mage, other emotions are nothing more than restraints.

If he had been the Perda from before the regression, he probably would have considered it an opportunity and tried to take advantage of it somehow.

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‘Losing control only leads to tragedy.’

Perda understood that balance very well.

And Ruri, as Valdrova’s maid, would demand accountability from Perda.

He would end up acting against Valdrova’s wishes.

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‘But an even greater tragedy would be…’

Killing Ruri when she came to kill him.

Dying at Ruri’s hands would undoubtedly be a tragedy.

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‘If I ended up killing the only person Valdrova trusts…’

After the Dragon-Demon War, she had spent one hundred and fifty years carrying guilt and loneliness.

The loneliness Valdrova had felt appeared vividly in his mind.

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In the previous life, even she had disappeared.

But she had still possessed a small measure of hope.

She knew that Ruri remained by her side.

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But she had not gone mad.

That meant Valdrova had absolutely no one left.

‘I would have gone mad long ago.’

Nothing remained except despair.

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It was not surrender born of despair.

In the end, she had even given her heart to Perda, someone who hated her.

It was a final hope created through sacrifice.

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How could he abandon her?

‘To a woman like that…’

How could he hurt her?

It would be like throwing a rope to someone trapped in a pit of despair without realizing that the rope was rotten.

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It would not save her.

Just like in that dream.

It would only leave even deeper wounds.

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At those moments, a sweet voice echoed in his ears.

Don’t worry.

Like when he was strangling her.

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Just do what you’re good at.

Because you are strong.

There is no reason to worry about that.

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And continued ignoring it until it faded away.

He ignored it.

Perda did not answer that voice.

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A man who always found answers.

‘I must keep a cool head.’

He had to strengthen his will so he would not succumb to that enormous temptation.

Perda Valdrova.

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He could abandon his life as a mage.

‘In the worst-case scenario…’

He decided to believe that he would find one this time as well.

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To become a fiancé worthy of Valdrova.

‘If that happens, what will I have left?’

Ruri had asked only one thing of him.

That was preferable to carrying a bomb that could explode at any moment.

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But all he understood more clearly with each passing day was how insignificant he truly was.

He had thought he would improve with time.

Everything he possessed consisted of fragments of future knowledge and magical expertise.

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By the standards Ruri desired, he was completely out of the running.

If he abandoned either side, the balance would shatter and everything would collapse.

It was a miserable situation.

He did not want to give up.

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Perda did not want to give up on her either.

At that moment.

Just as she had never given up on him, regardless of the circumstances.

Rumble!

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No.

‘Valdrova’s draconic energy?’

A tremendous vibration shook the castle.

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It seemed that someone had caused a major incident.

The vibration was coming from inside the castle.

The frequency was different.

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‘Was there any experiment large enough to cause something like this?’

“What’s happening?”

Perda stood up and headed toward the research building.

The hallways were already full of confused people.

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“There’s no way an explosion of this magnitude could occur in our laboratory.”

“That’s exactly what we were trying to find out.”

“Didn’t the explosion occur in your laboratory?”

None of the people capable of causing something like this understood what had happened.

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Only one possibility remained.

“Lord Perda.”

‘If it wasn’t there…’

Even Perda had assumed it came from Vernell’s laboratory.

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“How did you know?”

“There has been a massive magical disturbance. matrix The location is…”

“The library?”

Ruri appeared to report to him.

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Ruri narrowed her eyes.

That week, it was Echidna’s turn to take care of Morida.

The unspoken question was whether he had something to do with it.

“Because if it wasn’t here, the only person capable of causing an explosion of this level is Echidna.”

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And Echidna was undoubtedly enjoying Morida’s company in the library.

When they opened the door, they found the interior completely devastated.

Perda and Ruri headed there.

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“Morida.”

The enormous explosion seemed not to bother her in the slightest.

She calmly moved piles of fallen papers aside like late-autumn leaves while continuing her work.

Morida was sitting in the middle of the wreckage.

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No.

Her eyes shone with an unchanging purity.

Upon hearing her name, she stopped writing and raised her head.

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She even seemed to have a strangely refreshed expression.

— Echidna has been destroyed.

“What happened here?”

Morida wrote her answer on a sheet of paper.

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But the content was extremely serious.

It was a brief and straightforward explanation.