I Married the Dragon I Killed

From a young age, she had seen the ugliest side of human beings.

As long as one walked upon this land, not even saints could avoid being stained by filth.

Garnet, the leader of Black Bandana, had lived her entire life remembering one thing.

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As the future leader of Black Bandana, she had been forced from childhood to grow accustomed to stories far too cruel for someone her age.

But precisely because she overcame such harsh conditions, she developed a cold and objective capacity for judgment.

In fact, there had been a time when she lived consumed by hatred and distrust toward humanity.

She analyzed everything impartially, predicted the future, and constantly demonstrated her talent.

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That was how she became the finest information broker.

Valdrova’s fiancé.

And the conclusion Garnet had reached about Perda was the following.

He was dangerous.

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Many things could be said about him, but Garnet had seen enough to know what kind of person he truly was.

An exceptional ruler, worthy even of sheltering an evil dragon.

The lord of Hestia.

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“I’m sure he hooked you by promising to help you find your sister, didn’t he?”

Like a hunting dog after it catches the rabbit.

“That man will use you until you are no longer useful and then throw you away.”

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“That is surely a lie. atlas He’s only using information that only you know to turn it into a collar and manipulate you.”

The smile vanished from Zed’s face the moment he heard his sister mentioned.

“……”

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Emilia.

Zed had spent years searching for his missing sister.

“Emilia. arch How do you think he knew that name? arrow If someone wasn’t connected to the matter, they could never associate it with you in their entire life.”

“……”

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And he wanted to become a noble to discover Emilia’s whereabouts.

He seduced women to earn money.

He needed money to become a noble.

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Perda knew that name.

‘Now that I think about it… that is strange.’

How was that possible?

And he had mentioned it.

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Did he really know that some clue about his sister was hidden within the imperial archives?

Doubt began to spread like a spark catching a fresh fuse.

Or had it all simply been a maneuver to lure him in?

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How did he know Emilia was connected to him?

‘Don’t tell me…’

And more fundamentally.

What if he was involved in the Red Eyes massacre?

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What if he had been wearing a mask the entire time while manipulating him?

— Pffffft.

At the same time, he heard Valdrova’s laughter.

Was that why Garnet said he was dangerous?

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“That’s exactly what people who end up getting scammed usually say.”

“He’s not that kind of person.”

That laughter pulled Zed out of the swamp of suspicion he was sinking into.

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Garnet was the leader of Black Bandana.

“I know. album It always ends that way.”

Black Bandana’s information was so accurate it seemed capable of predicting the future.

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But he was nothing like the man Zed knew.

Perhaps the Perda she knew was a different person.

But Zed had observed Perda up close.

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— They say tonight is the night when the moon appears largest.

Upon hearing that, Zed immediately turned his head and clicked his tongue.

“Good grief… What am I supposed to do with that brat?”

— The moon is beautiful.

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“What?”

Zed ran off somewhere.

“Wait a moment. shadow I’m going to get something. arcade Stay here.”

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Meanwhile, the conversation continued.

Shortly afterward, Zed returned carrying something in both hands.

Garnet discovered that Perda and Valdrova wanted to dance together.

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It was a flute.

“A violin?”

He handed something to Garnet.

“I asked the orchestra, and they had a spare one. harbor Here.”

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“A flute. meadow You know how to play it. matrix We’ve played together before.”

“Let’s go to the garden and play something.”

“And this?”

“And?”

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Internally, Garnet was quite surprised.

“Moonlight doesn’t have the same effect when only one person plays it. arch It has to be a duet.”

“……You want me to participate too?”

“……”

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Zed had not heard the entire conversation because he had left to fetch the instruments.

Valdrova had directly mentioned the Moonlight Step.

But she had.

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And he had deduced everything from that single remark about the beautiful moon?

“……Haah.”

“Didn’t you say we should try doing things like we did in the Swallows? canvas Consider this a way to see whether we still have the same harmony we had back then. anchor What do you think?”

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Garnet shot him a reproachful look, but Zed merely grinned shamelessly.

She could not believe he was using that right now.

And so she accompanied Zed to the garden.

Unable to resist, she finally accepted the flute.

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Then Perda saw them.

And created the perfect atmosphere.

They performed Moonlight as a duet.

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And, as if he had made up his mind, he invited Valdrova to dance.

The two began to dance.

Under the moonlight, they looked like a beautiful and radiant couple.

Their eyes met.

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‘So this is what it feels like?’

Even Garnet, who always viewed the world through cold and calculated logic, could see nothing but beauty in that scene.

Perda was a cold man.

As she watched them dance, she began to understand a little of what Zed had seen that made him so convinced.

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A man who did not hesitate to kill.

Perda and Valdrova parted and went their separate ways.

But what she saw before her eyes was simply a man who wanted to please one woman.

The music ended.

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He sighed as though there was no helping it.

“If it’s not me, then who’s going to push that brat forward? artist Don’t you think?”

As he watched them with satisfaction, Zed muttered,

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“What?”

“Zed.”

Garnet kept looking downward as she spoke.

“You really do understand women well.”

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“And yet there are still things you don’t understand.”

“Well, it was a matter of life and death for me. audit If I got it wrong, they could cut off my head.”

“Like what?”

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Zed smiled carelessly as he turned his head.

Her golden eyes remained fixed on him.

Under the moonlight, Garnet was looking at him with a deep gaze.

And then he fell silent.

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And Zed did not understand what that look meant.

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They seemed to want to say something.

But in the end, she simply looked away.

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He thought about returning to the ballroom.

The aftermath still lingered within Perda.

Even if he went back to his room, he felt he should at least show his face a little longer before retiring.

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“I went to the garden for a moment. academy And you?”

Then, in one of the corridors, he unexpectedly ran into someone familiar.

It was Malcolm.

“Oh! acquire Greetings! admire Where have you been, sir?”

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“Huh? apron At this hour of the night? amber Isn’t that dangerous?”

Perda blinked at Malcolm’s concern.

“I went to the bathroom. arrow It looked like you had gone there with a lady. galaxy What happened?”

“She left.”

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“Didn’t you know? athlete It was Grand Duchess Valdrova, the person you are supposed to serve.”

“Eh? agent I-It was her? auction The Red Dragon, Lady Valdrova? arcade Now that you mention it, she did have horns on her head…”

Everyone else had noticed, but Malcolm had figured it out last.

Perda let out a sigh.

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“Did you carry out the mission properly?”

Next time, he definitely would not invite him again.

“Since it was a mission you entrusted to me, I gave it my all, but I couldn’t complete it to the very end.”

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Upon hearing that, Perda became genuinely concerned.

“Did you eat something bad?”

“Why?”

“Because I had to dance with Princess Olivia of Arken…”

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He had no reason to lie.

Malcolm scratched the back of his head.

“No. anchor Everything I ate was delicious, but…”

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Perda looked at him with pity.

‘It seems he’s been through a lot.’

But it was not something easy to believe either.

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“A-Anyway, do you have another task for me?”

Malcolm himself seemed aware that it sounded absurd and tried to brush it off.

When a person overworks themselves, they sometimes begin hearing or seeing things that do not exist.

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If everything ended without problems, that was enough.

The truth was that Perda had never expected much from him.

“Hmm…”

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So Perda gave him another mission.

“Yes.”

But Malcolm wanted to feel useful.

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Recalling the conversation he had with Valdrova, Perda asked,

“Just give the order!”

“When the Grand Duchess danced, it seems someone called her a murderer and a butcher.”

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“I don’t know whether it’s true or not, but can you think of anyone who might have said something like that?”

Even Valdrova had believed they might simply be hallucinations.

“Someone like that…?”

It was practically impossible to expect an answer.

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But then—

“I know who it was.”

Perda was about to say it did not matter.

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Perda’s eyes hardened.

“Yes, that person… what?”

Had he just said he knew?

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“Repeat that.”

“Are you saying someone actually said that?”

Perda’s expression became terrifying.

“Uh… I mean I know who insulted Lady Valdrova…”

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“……”

“Yes. alert Since you ordered me to keep an eye on people, I was watching the entire time. album He said it quietly when I passed nearby. attic He mocked her, saying he didn’t understand what a murderer was doing in a place like that.”

Malcolm shrank back, but answered anyway.

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Valdrova had told him that she heard voices whenever she was surrounded by people.

Perda felt his head spinning.

“It sounded like a simple remark to himself. orbit I just thought he must be someone important. harbor I didn’t know he was talking about Grand Duchess Valdrova…”

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There was a real person.

Perda had assumed it was the result of psychological pressure.

And she had also tried to convince herself of that.

‘So they weren’t hallucinations.’

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— If someone really said something like that to me…

Someone who took pleasure in tormenting a woman who could no longer clearly distinguish reality from her own fears.

“Malcolm.”

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Even Malcolm understood the seriousness of the situation.

“Y-Yes!”

“I know you’re an incredibly clumsy man. alert But I value your loyalty more than anyone else’s.”

Perda spoke his name.

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“Then you will answer my question.”

“Can you swear that there is not a single lie in what you just told me?”

“Yes.”

“T-Thank you…”

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Perda’s sanity was hanging by a thread.

He wanted to continue enjoying the memory of the dance he had shared with her.

“How could I ever lie to you, sir?”

“I know. album I don’t believe you’re lying. afford But if what you’re saying is true, I can no longer sit back and do nothing.”

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He did not want to stain that night with blood.

“Right now I feel the urge to ask for that wretch’s name and tear off his head. avalanche In other words, that man’s life depends on your answer. legend So I’ll ask you one more time.”

“Did you truly hear those words with your own ears?”

His voice became even deeper.

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But Malcolm did not back down.

He might be clumsy.

But he was still a knight who stood by his convictions.

It was such a grim voice that it could make anyone deny even the facts they had witnessed themselves.

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“I-I heard it clearly! agent I heard it with my own ears!”

“Then tell me who it was.”

“Well, you see…”

And a knight had to do his best in any mission.

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And Malcolm spoke the exact name.

But the music and laughter continued long afterward.

The Spring Commencement Festival ended before midnight.

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Then the servants, who had already been watching for this, quickly appeared to collect them and hand them over to the attendants waiting outside.

The fire of youth continued burning beneath the light of the chandeliers, unaware that the moon had already begun to descend.

Many young people who did not know their own limits ended up completely drunk and sprawled throughout the castle.

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They belonged to families whose heirs needed to return to continue their duties as future lords, or to houses too conservative to allow their children to spend the night away from home.

Deep into the night, while the banquet was still lively, some carriages departed the castle and entered the forest.

Of course, not everyone enjoyed the celebration until the very end.

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Their escorts were the elite warriors of each family.

But for them, that posed no problem.

Protecting them was their duty.

The night belonged to monsters.

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“Cough! matrix Cough!”

However, not everything could be stopped.

Boom!

Something fell from the sky toward one of the carriages.

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At such a speed, the vehicle and its passengers should have been reduced to an unrecognizable mass.

“I-It’s an ambush!”

“Young Master!”

Despite the violence of the impact, the carriage was not completely destroyed.

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There was no time to admire such precision.

But the wheels remained intact.

Only the roof had vanished.

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And what had fallen from the sky was not a projectile.

Someone had deliberately attacked the young noble’s carriage.

Only one thing mattered.

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Fwoosh!

The elite crossbowmen, prepared to act at any moment, aimed at the intruder.

It was a living being.

“Crossbowmen! artist Fire!”

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The bolts shot from strings so tightly drawn that a single person could barely load them with both hands.

A blue flash cut through the night.

But slower than light.

They were faster than sound.

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And the bolts were sliced in half before they could hit the ground.

They had already suspected it.

The escort captain drew his sword and released his aura.

Their enemy was not something ordinary.

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“You damned monster! galaxy My blade shall bathe in your blood…!”

And nothing more.

He drew his sword.

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Even he did not understand what was happening.

He was a knight of a ducal family.

He could not move.

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He possessed courage.

The top graduate of a knight academy who had surpassed more than a hundred talented peers.

A veteran of countless battlefields.

Known by the title Roaring Lightning.

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He possessed skill.

All of that was insignificant.

But soon he understood.

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And humans had limits.

Compared to the existence standing before him.

There were beings against whom no amount of courage was enough.

No matter how they flew or crawled, humans were still human.

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Beneath the leaves stretched absolute blackness.

And within it, the silhouette of a young woman could be seen.

And the creature before him was one of them.

The forest was dark.

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Vertical, inhuman pupils.

Glowing gray eyes.

Behind her extended the shadow of enormous wings.

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“A-A dragon!”

Even though it was the middle of the night and their senses were confused, everyone immediately recognized what stood before them.

“Ah…”

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The captain could barely remain standing.

Some even wet themselves.

The knights who had tried to form a defensive line lost all will to fight.

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‘No…’

‘If I showed even the slightest intention to kill…’

‘If I drew my sword…’

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That young woman would tear off his head without hesitation.

She simply lifted something from the shattered carriage as if it were a sack of luggage.

It was the young noble they were supposed to protect.

The female figure did not say a single word.

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The entire incident took less than a minute.

Whoosh!

And she vanished at the same speed with which she had arrived.

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And the young master had been kidnapped.

The escort had failed.