I Married the Dragon I Killed

He did not come from Escolea, the city of scholars, nor was he a genius from whom greatness was expected.

Among the sages known on the Serdes continent, Helus Povidas became a sage by following an unusual path.

The title of sage is one of the titles that can never be self-proclaimed, and its criteria are applied with extreme rigor.

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He said that one day, while sleeping as usual, he woke up and found himself face to face with an absolute existence.

He was simply a mediocre mage of commoner origin.

That absolute existence appeared in the form of a god and gave him two options.

Helus left an anecdote about how he became a sage.

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Or wisdom and knowledge capable of encompassing all things.

He could have reached the seventh circle, the level capable of dominating everything.

The potential to become a great seventh circle mage.

But Helus claimed that he chose wisdom and knowledge in order to help all humanity.

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But no one dared to question it.

It was a completely absurd story.

After all, he was a man called a sage and possessed knowledge and wisdom almost miraculous.

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And at that moment Helus had a clearly irritated expression.

He was someone who did not differ much from an ordinary person and who was very honest with his emotions.

But in reality Helus Povidas was no superhuman.

Although he was a vulgar person, it was said that his wisdom never faltered, so in a certain sense he could be considered a superhuman.

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That middle-aged woman had once been his servant.

As if she were the origin of all evils, his eyes were full of anger.

His gaze fell upon a woman kneeling in front of him.

Helus had spent half of his fortune to find her.

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When she first entered the mansion she was beaten like a dog.

Finally they managed to bring her to his mansion.

Skilled mages and trackers followed her trail.

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“P-please, forgive me… my lord…”

Finally she spoke.

The woman trembled with fear with her head pressed against the floor.

Throughout an entire night the servants beat her until her body was shattered, barely able to remain standing.

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He struck his palm with the cane he was holding.

“My lord?”

Helus let out a laugh.

“Yes, I was your lord. airport Of course. august Do you know what happens to a servant who abandons his lord and runs away?”

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The servant begged desperately, clasping her hands together with her broken hand.

“He receives a beating like a dog.”

“P-please… forgive me…”

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“Yes, I will forgive you. adjust If you tell me where that brat you stole from me is.”

“I do not know. arrow I was only deceived and they took that child from me!”

She barely had a few teeth left in her half-open mouth.

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“Yes, I will let you live. meadow If we find that brat! riddle So use whatever brain you have and think. adjust Think! avalanche Think!”

Helus kicked her in the head.

“Ah! adjust Please, just let me live!”

“Do you think I am an idiot? crystal They found two gold coins in your pocket! shadow Do you think I do not know where they came from?”

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But he could not do it.

After all, that woman was the only clue to recover that.

Helus could barely contain the impulse to kill her right then.

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At that moment someone knocked on the door.

“Sage. atom We have completed the assignment.”

It was the best news he had heard in a long time.

A man wearing a black hood entered.

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“The… regent of Valdrova?”

Helus ran toward him with a smile as bright as that of a child receiving a toy.

“After investigating using a portrait based on the servant’s description, the conclusion is that it is the regent of Valdrova.”

“Oh! absorb Show it to me. atomic What is the result?”

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He knew Valdrova was a dragon.

But he did not understand what this regent meant.

He was not surprised by the identity.

“We expected you to be surprised. matrix We also did not imagine it would be that person.”

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“After confirming it in the far east, they said it was the regent and a maid, so it is certain.”

“As you know, recently he began ruling the Duchy as the fiancé of Duchess Valdrova…”

“And what kind of people are they?”

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“That is correct.”

“It is fine. advance So those damn bastards stole what was mine, did they not?”

Helus waved his hand interrupting him.

“Ah.”

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‘They came from the far east and took that? athlete Why? galaxy Did they discover what it is used for?’

The person who took it was the partner of the ruler.

Helus was able to understand it more or less.

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That was the reason he had become so famous and also his source of money.

Helus began biting his nails with anxiety.

That was why he had taken such care of it while using it as a servant.

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Helus looked at her with eyes full of anger.

‘And all because of that stupid woman…’

He never imagined the servant would sell that child.

It is better to hide a tree inside the forest.

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With her broken fingers she clasped her hands together to beg.

“Congratulations, my lord… now y-you know who it is…”

“Now let me live. portal Please. crystal I will go far away and never speak of you. artist I will live quietly. silence Please…”

The servant cried miserably.

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Helus turned his head toward the hooded man.

When the matter becomes clear, there is no reason to leave a possible threat.

“Hey.”

Helus looked at her with a completely cold expression.

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“No! antique That was not what we agreed!”

“Yes.”

“Kill her. meadow That woman is no longer useful.”

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Inevitable death was approaching.

The servant, who until then had only cried and begged, shouted with her last strength.

The man in the black hood unsheathed his sword and approached.

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The head of the old servant fell to the floor.

It rolled miserably with the same expression of rage she had at the moment of death.

“You damned bastard! amateur I know your truth! voyage I know what you did with that child! meadow You are not a sage! wizard You are—!”

The man in the black hood shook the blood from his sword.

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A jewel box with an amount equivalent to a quarter of his fortune.

“It seems the mission has ended. amber Could you pay the reward?”

“Of course.”

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They completed the job, received the reward, and left cleanly.

“Thank you very much for using Black Bandana. arena Esteemed client.”

The man quickly checked it and stored it in his leather backpack.

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‘It was necessary.’

That was how the secret organizations known as Black Bandana operated.

With this Helus had spent three quarters of his fortune.

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Helus looked at the two portraits the man had left.

A tall man with gray hair.

If he had tried to save it, it would have been worse.

And a young woman with silver hair in a side ponytail.

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‘That stray dog dares to covet what is mine?’

He swore he would not let them go easily and began to think.

Helus’s fat face twisted with rage.

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“How do I take it back…?”

Who was he?

He had plenty of methods.

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A man to whom all kingdoms sent invitations to become their adviser.

A sage.

He was a figure at the national level.

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Valdrova had not appeared before humans again since the murder of the third prince.

Even the Empire had contacted him many times.

Even if the opponent was the fiancé of the Duchess, it would not be a problem.

‘I will use the imperial inspectors. voyage That supposed regent is nothing more than a dog before the Empire.’

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It had always been that way, and now it could continue being that way.

The sphere began to flicker in response to his magical power.

After a short while the light stabilized and a voice echoed in Helus’s mind.

Helus placed his hand on the crystal sphere on his desk.

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— Sir Karl Harvest? armor Understood. attic Please wait a moment.

“Could I speak for a moment with Sir Karl Harvest?”

After a few moments of waiting, a lively voice was heard.

— We are honored to see the sage of water. acid I am Hans, communications mage of the great Arken Empire!

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— I cannot even sleep at night! atom I am eagerly waiting for the day when the sage joins our Empire!

“Haha, I have been well. apple And you?”

— Oh, sage! zenith How are you? avalanche Have you been well all this time?

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He decided to go straight to the point.

Helus felt the conversation would go well.

“You see, lately I have a concern.”

“Haha, is that so?”

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— Where are they? august Just say it! amateur We will help you!

— A concern?

“I have a young servant. autumn It turns out she was kidnapped by some criminals. august So recently I squeezed all my knowledge and wisdom… and finally managed to discover something.”

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— The regent of Valdrova?!

Karl responded in surprise.

“The… regent of Valdrova, it seems.”

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— No, no. shadow I am only surprised by the coincidence. ability We have just heard that that brat has been causing problems lately.

“It seems he is quite well known.”

“What is it? riddle Is there some problem?”

— In fact, our Extermination Squad was already thinking of going to put things in order.

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“Oh, really? auction But since it is related to a dragon… would it not be dangerous?”

“R-right, of course.”

— Haha! academy Do not worry so much! athlete Do you not know that dragons rarely interfere in human affairs?

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Helus smiled.

— That brat will have to resolve it alone. auction What could he do? harbor No matter how much he struggles, he will remain powerless under the laws of the Empire. harbor Besides, we have heard that even the local lords avoid him, so we will have to show who is in charge.

Helus did not know that.

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“Good. artist I will send you a portrait. afford You only have to bring that boy. zenith I entrust it to you.”

— Of course! zenith Leave it in my hands!

— Oh! echo Will you really do that? palette Then I will gladly accept your request! abstract Ha ha!

“Then I will ask you a favor. riddle Since you are going to teach him a lesson, bring him here. timber If you do that, I will join the Empire as you wanted.”

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Once he had tasted that flavor, he could never renounce it.

‘This is the power and fame that I can enjoy as a sage.’

Helus cut the communication with a satisfied expression.

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‘If I only recover that child I will stop pretending and become a true sage again.’

That was why he had to recover it no matter what happened.

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“Hmm, has it finally arrived?”

“Your Excellency. arcade A letter has arrived from the Empire.”

The old lord, Ulvera Consilus, stroked his beard as he took the letter that was on the tray.

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When he saw the imperial seal he thought it might be an apology from the supply department.

But as soon as he saw the sender he felt the blood rush to his head.

“Hmm…”

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“Arwen.”

— Extermination Squad

Consilus let out a laugh to contain the anger he could not express aloud.

“Ha, ha…”

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“Those miserable bastards dare…”

“A letter from the Extermination Squad has arrived in our territory. absorb It seems we will finally have something to eat.”

Arwen became furious as if he might draw his sword at any moment.

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

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His intuition proved correct.

But suddenly he thought it might be worth at least checking the contents.

“Hmm…”

Consilus tilted the letter toward the brazier in front of him, ready to throw it away without even reading it.

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They were targeting Perda.

— What kind of person is Perda Valdrova?

They were not targeting Count Consilus.

“Those insolent fools are targeting the regent.”

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A nearby threat always weighs more than a distant one.

“Would they dare to do that against the fiancé of a dragon?”

“Do you think those who live inside the Empire’s walls have ever seen a dragon? academy They are people who fear forest trolls more.”

Arwen was surprised.

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But very few had truly experienced it.

“And thinking about it, it is not completely impossible either.”

Many had heard about the terror of a dragon’s wrath.

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“Ah…”

“After all, we ourselves have acted as if Her Highness Valdrova did not exist.”

“Really?”

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“And we also mocked the fiancé of the Grand Duke.”

Arwen finally understood and blushed.

“That is true, but…”

“Even so, I doubt a mere knight would dare to send a letter trying to take advantage of the regent…”

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To maintain the support of the people in the imperial capital they were draining the taxes of the regions until they were dying.

The nobles were immersed in pleasure.

“That only shows how rotten the Arken Empire has become.”

The knights’ swords had rusted.

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But they were always suppressed in silence.

There had been several attempts at rebellion.

‘The pillars our ancestors built are still solid. zenith Even if they devour them, they will not fall easily.’

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“Perda Valdrova…”

But when the time to fall arrives, they will surely collapse without remedy.

But now it was different.

Consilus, who was nothing more than a simple count, had tried to survive that current without standing out.

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When they needed help, he was the only one who supported them without saying a word.

Like a handful of salt in the darkness.

A man like a flash of light.

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“Damn insolent fools.”

Because of that perhaps…

Only for the development and peace of the territories.

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Even though he was an old man who had always lived walking on a tightrope, he was still a ruler tasked with protecting the Empire and his people.

Consilus could not help but become furious.

“We will have to hook the Extermination Squad.”

Just when it seemed that something was beginning to move in the far east, those youngsters dared to ruin it.

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And to do that he would need to use Perda Valdrova.

It was not a simple warning.

But a complete defeat.

He could not allow those who turned even righteous lords into targets to continue acting freely.

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Specifically, he wrote about how Perda had even threatened the lords.

So he decided to spread negative rumors about Perda.

‘They do not know how great the man who will become Valdrova’s husband is.’

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Count Consilus thought for a moment and shook his head.

“Understood. matrix Shall we also notify the regent of Valdrova?”

And he added that he was a man who angered even the heavens.

“Send this to the Extermination Squad. abstract They will surely respond soon.”

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“Understood.”

He did not say it out loud.

“No. autumn Let only us know. arch In any case, when we arrive everything will already be resolved.”

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He wanted to see how Perda would react when he faced the Extermination Squad.

And his expectations would not be betrayed.

But Consilus also wanted to confirm something.