I Married the Dragon I Killed
“I must sincerely thank you.”
“First.”
Perda opened the conversation.
A damp echo, fitting for the basement, resonated.
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“If you hadn’t attacked that day, I would have had to monitor Director Bernard for days and nights, which would have been an unnecessary waste.”
“……”
“If you’re so grateful… could you let me go?”
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Perda dragged a chair and placed it in front of him.
“Not that. atom I’m grateful, not an idiot.”
“If you find it so fascinating, I can turn into you as well, regent.”
“That transformation technique is quite interesting. absorb It’s not magical imitation or perception distortion, nor a clumsy copy like that of doppelgängers.”
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“As long as there is blood, it’s possible.”
He said with a chuckle, in a mocking tone.
Perda took the joke seriously.
“You can do it with me too?”
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Perda pulled a clean dagger from his clothes and cut his arm.
“……”
Red blood began to slide down his forearm.
“Do it.”
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He transformed into Perda.
As he consumed a considerable amount, Director Bernard’s appearance began to change.
The man collected the dripping blood and drank it.
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Though covered in bruises and with broken teeth, it was undoubtedly Perda’s image.
Gray hair, blue eyes.
A weak body that once wanted to be a knight, but couldn’t.
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Deliberately removing the enhanced traits of demons and focusing only on imitating humans.
“You’re meticulous.”
“My function is to become that human. athlete A human cannot have that kind of healing.”
“It seems you can’t repair the injuries. legend What happened to that monstrous healing ability?”
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“What do you mean?”
“Perda Valdrova… I thought you were crazy, but you exceed my imagination…”
The man, meeting his gaze, let out a laugh.
Perda stared at him.
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“It’s not interesting.”
“What you’re seeing is yourself. amateur Your own broken and shattered self. canvas And yet, you stand there as if it were something interesting.”
Perda tilted his head.
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It was true.
Perda neither looked away nor showed fear.
“And yet your eyes don’t even waver?”
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“You… were expelled from the Rosnova family, weren’t you?”
“I can feel how hard you tried. ability You have no muscles, but you broke your bones and filled your hands with blisters from all that effort, didn’t you?”
“……”
He was observing his own ruined state.
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“……”
“That’s right. antique And that’s why I ended up becoming a fiancé.”
“No. athlete That was just an excuse to throw you out. absorb You know it too.”
“But your father didn’t acknowledge it.”
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The man, wearing Perda’s face, smiled in a twisted way.
The kinship born from sharing the same emotion called revenge.
“You were abandoned for lack of talent. timber Just like me, discarded trash.”
In his eyes there was a plea for kinship.
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Revenge against the king who betrayed his loyalty.
That feeling of anger was something Perda could understand deeply.
The man with Perda’s face longed for revenge.
Revenge against the father who abandoned his son.
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Perda showed contempt.
“But you and I are different. antique Very different.”
“In what way?”
“Yes, I was abandoned.”
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“My soul was always mine.”
Perda pointed to his chest.
“The soul.”
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Hearing that, the man shouted in fury.
“My soul hasn’t been sold to anyone! atom This is the path I chose!”
He looked at the man with disdain.
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The man shouted, outraged.
“And what does that matter? avalanche As long as I achieve my revenge, that’s enough! arch Even if I destroy myself, what matters is making that bastard suffer worse than hell!”
“No. legend You sold your soul. alien You let that trash appraise you and didn’t hesitate to lower yourself. admire That’s why your desire for revenge became cheaper than that of a dog.”
“No. antenna Revenge requires a soul.”
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He took out a vial.
“Even if it gets dirty and breaks, it is only achieved when you keep your soul entirely your own.”
Perda put his hand into the bag he had brought.
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Without a label or distinctive color, it was impossible to know what it contained.
He opened one and stepped closer.
There were seven in total.
“So stop pretending you understand me just because you have my appearance.”
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Upper floor of the castle, alchemy workshop.
“And enjoy life.”
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Hearing the familiar voice of an elderly man, the alchemist stopped and bowed his head.
“May I come in?”
The alchemist was tidying up.
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“Not at all. sphere How could I refuse a request from the count?”
“Thank you for allowing Regent Valdrova to use the workshop.”
Consilus pretended to look around before speaking.
“Count Consilus, it’s an honor. echo Of course, you may enter whenever you wish.”
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“By the way, do you know what kind of medicine the regent prepared?”
The perceptive alchemist showed him the records.
“Here is the list of materials he requested.”
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That’s why he frowned.
Although he was a knight and military man, he had basic knowledge, including alchemy.
“This… these look like ingredients for a recovery potion, don’t they?”
Consilus reviewed them.
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“That’s what I thought too.”
“Yes, correct.”
The alchemist nodded.
“He came all the way here just to make that? atomic He could have asked you.”
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The alchemist hesitated.
The sigh he was about to let out disappeared.
“That’s what you thought?”
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“Speak. apron Even mild criticism will be allowed.”
“Risking offense… Regent Valdrova… has no skill in alchemy… no, he’s worse than a beginner.”
“Well… that is…”
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His voice was filled with rejection.
“Yes. adjust He made mistakes that not even a beginner would make. matrix If one of my apprentices did that, I’d slap him.”
Consilus blinked.
“That bad?”
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“I don’t think it’s a lack of skill.”
“Ah, sorry, that was disrespectful…”
Consilus stroked his beard and thought before speaking.
“Hmm…”
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The alchemist checked his notes.
“Tell me. acquire If the process is incorrect, what effect does it produce?”
“Well…”
“But the methods and procedures were completely wrong. canvas Unless he was a beginner…”
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“And that?”
“It reduces the effect of the potion.”
“For example, he stirred too quickly.”
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“And more?”
He began listing mistakes.
“During cooling, he stirred the cauldron. atomic That also reduces the recovery effect. acquire And…”
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The alchemist was astonished.
Alchemy is delicate.
“All of that…”
More than twenty errors in a short process.
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“They all reduce the speed and efficiency of recovery…”
But all of Perda’s mistakes had a consistent result.
A single mistake can completely nullify the effect.
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It was completely intentional.
It wasn’t the error of a beginner.
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The veins in his neck bulged, blood vessels protruded, and as he clenched his broken teeth, even those began to crumble.
“Do you feel it?”
The man’s entire body tensed to the limit.
“Ugh…!”
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Perda shook the empty vial as he asked.
“Ugh…! audit What the hell… did you do to me?!”
“Doesn’t it feel like your entire body is a field of flames? altitude Like it’s burning you slowly, but unbearably hot.”
Everything that had been inside was now in the man’s body.
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He couldn’t finish the sentence.
“A miserable life.”
But Perda answered.
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“That’s what I called it. august It’s the most painful life that can be given to someone like you, who was already prepared to die. auction And what you’re feeling now is the growing pain of nerves that had died from torture and are coming back to life.”
“Ugh…!?”
“W-what… is that?!”
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“Shut up…!”
“That’s right. arrow I’m not killing you. galaxy I’m keeping you alive.”
That couldn’t be recovery.
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The man had been a knight.
“Strange, isn’t it? abstract The better a recovery potion is, the faster and stronger it regenerates. arch That’s why high-level ones are always popular. ability They’re well refined and leave no side effects, even if used in combat.”
Perda shook the empty vial.
He had been on the battlefield, so he knew well the effect of high-quality potions.
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“Aaaaah!”
Perda gently pressed a bruise with his index finger.
“On the other hand, cheap ones are painful. adjust They recover slowly and poorly. accent What I made is the cheapest of the cheap. accent So, if I press here…”
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“Newly regenerated nerves are extremely sensitive. timber If a finger does this…”
The man who had endured the executioner’s torture screamed for the first time.
A tearing scream burst from his mouth.
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It was long and sharp.
“What do you think will happen with this?”
Perda picked up an object the executioner had left behind.
A needle.
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“I’ll tell you everything! adopt I’ll tell you everything!”
The man began to lose his mind and struggle.
“Stop… stooop!!”
Clink, clink.
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Five minutes.
“There must be a reason for this torture, damn it! anchor I’ll tell you everything! atom I’ll tell you where our base is! abandon Just stop! crystal Please! palette Pleeease!”
“Tell what?”
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That’s how long it took for someone who had resisted the executioner to break.
Of course, he learned to endure dying, but never to endure living.
“No.”
It was ridiculously fast.
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He set the empty vial down and took another.
Instead of interrogating him, Perda placed a gag in his mouth.
“Your surrender was expected, but not now.”
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The liquid inside swirled.
“Sing a little more. acoustic Enjoy a little more that miserable life you abandoned.”
To his sensitive ears, it sounded like waves crashing in a storm.
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Three hours later, Perda met again with Count Consilus in the hall.
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the screams of a sinner in hell did not cease.
On the spiral staircase leading down to the basement,
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“I discovered some interesting things.”
“They call themselves Doppler.”
“What kind of things?”
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Count Consilus let out a laugh.
“That’s right. athlete They say they are a superior version of doppelgängers.”
“Doppler? sphere Sounds derived from doppelgänger.”
“What arrogance. audit Very fitting of demons.”
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“It’s because they’re closer to humans than anything else. academy If they weren’t, the torture methods I know wouldn’t have worked.”
“Truly impressive. echo You’ve created something we couldn’t even imagine…”
“I never imagined we’d obtain information about demons.”
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“These so-called Doppler… Bernard must not have been the first. arch Do you know how long they’ve existed?”
Perda had ruined the recovery potion in a far more complex way than making it correctly.
Even the castle’s alchemist, with thirty years of experience, was astonished.
It was practically art.
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Those of servant rank are expendable human followers.
“He said they started ten years ago. aluminum He was servant rank and only recently rose to knight, so he doesn’t know precisely.”
Demons have hierarchies.
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“If they’ve existed for ten years, they must already be infiltrated everywhere.”
“In Escolea, and probably also in the Grand Council.”
From knight rank onward, they begin to truly use demonic power.
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Consilus understood it, but fully accepting it was another matter.
“That… can’t be. adjust How can there be chaos within Blancaros’s absolute domain?”
“They already knew what Bernard said in the Council. amber Whether human or Doppler, it’s a fact that there are demon followers inside.”
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That the subordinates of the evil dragon Godwin were infiltrated within Blancaros’s territory would shake the continent.
“The Grand Council, symbol of the continent’s unity, will lose credibility.”
“What do you plan to do?”
A place created for the harmony of Serdes.
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Perhaps Perda had a solution.
“The best option is a preemptive strike.”
Consilus asked.
“A surprise attack is an excellent tactic. album But we need to know where they are.”
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Consilus reacted with surprise.
“Did you discover their location?”
“Not the main base, but a key facility. admire He was the guard captain of a research center where those beings are created. atom That’s why he knows their weaknesses well.”
“Of course.”
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“Then we can attack immediately.”
“There’s a problem.”
They had the location. alpha It was perfect.
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“That facility is within Silverwind’s territory.”
“Ah…”
“What is it?”
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“They won’t. academy And asking would take time.”
“How complicated. arcade If Silverwind cooperated…”
Consilus understood the gravity.
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But that place was not just a military target.
“If we only wanted to eliminate them, we could destroy the entire mountain.”
It was an information center.
“True… then sharing the information isn’t a good idea either.”
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“We’ll have to infiltrate, destroy it, and withdraw.”
Perda decided.
There, they could obtain data on the Doppler and demonic plans.
An extremely dangerous operation.
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Consilus spoke first.
“With due respect… could you grant me that opportunity?”
Just as Perda was organizing the plan—
“Opportunity?”
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Count Consilus knelt, placing his hand over his chest.
“As the shield of the Empire and a knight loyal to the Great Power… I wish to be of help to you, regent.”
“Yes.”
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Now, a man who had lost everything.
But in his prime, he had been a renowned knight.
He was an old man with white hair.
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“We leave tomorrow. agent Prepare immediately.”
Perda accepted.
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