Chapter 15
“Wah, it seems true that he’s quite capable since he’s from the imperial knights. But no matter what, he can’t beat the bear sacred beast that even took the medicine. Even if ten knights charged at it, they wouldn’t win-”
“Then what the hell is that mutant lizard!”
Viante shouted at the top of his lungs, his irritation boiling over.
“Did it use some medicine stronger than what I used?!”
“Ah, I’ll look into it!”
“Looking into it won’t solve the problem! My sacred beast has already fallen!”
On top of that, he had even been told to hand over all the sacred beasts to Edinber within three days.
Father was too frightening to ignore and brush off.
The father who had survived the battlefield always forced through obstacles with brute methods. That meant using force.
He had never seen his father this angry before.
So this time, he might really see blood. Just like he had with the others who had defied him.
‘Damn it, that damn Edinber again!’
What the hell was so great about that guy that he set aside his own son and focused only on the grandson.
Was he so desperate to promote that guy that he was willing to break me in the process!
Without considering that his own abilities were inferior even to his young nephew, he was swept up only in anger and jealousy.
‘At this point, I have to get rid of Father.’
Viante took out the vial he had prepared.
It was something he always kept hidden deep in his bosom in preparation for a day like this.
The aide, recognizing the contents of the vial at once, turned pale.
“That’s……!”
It was an extreme poison that would kill with just one drop.
Viante, forcing the vial into the hands of his vassal’s wife, lowered his voice.
“Two days from now at lunch, I’ll arrange a meeting with Father, so put this in his liquor bottle.”
It would be perfect if he could deal with Edinber and the lizard too, but tails that are too long get stepped on.
For the sake of a perfect crime this time, he chose to handle just one person.
“Th-that’s…….”
The vassal’s wife trembled as if she were holding a bug.
She seemed ready to say she couldn’t do it, but at Viante’s following words, all color drained from her face, and her lips only quivered.
“If you can’t do it, there’s no helping it. I don’t know what will happen to your husband either.”
“……!”
“I went out of my way to entrust it to you, but if you don’t want to, it’s better to give it to someone else. I’ll entrust your husband’s life to someone else too.”
“I-I’ll do it. I’ll do it myself!”
The vassal’s wife, cornered, hurriedly bowed her head.
Viante, with one corner of his mouth crookedly raised, patted her shoulder.
“Yes, do it right this time. Understand?”
“Yes, I won’t disappoint you!”
“Yes, go on out.”
At the cold words, the wife bowed so deeply that her head nearly touched the ground and scurried out.
Viante smirked crookedly at the closed door.
“Look at her struggling without even knowing she’s about to die soon.”
He turned his head to the aide.
“After the deed is done, handle the wife as well.”
“……Understood.”
The aide bowed his head, saying it reluctantly. Thinking that once this matter was over, he had to run away and leave this filial impiety-committing bastard.
Unaware of the aide’s inner thoughts, Viante smiled at the corner of his mouth.
A failure had no value in living.
Moreover, it was right to quickly eliminate those who knew the full story of this incident.
He planned to send both the vassal who managed the bear sacred beast enclosure and the wife who just left on the road to the afterlife.
“I need to prepare my acting as the tragic son who lost his father.”
He, with one corner of his mouth twisted up, laughed in a inhuman manner.
He was very much looking forward to the day that would soon come.
* * *
Two days later.
Asil had a very exciting dream. It was a dream of becoming the boss of Munlepe and ruling over humans.
“Piyap pi piya!” (Grandfather is booger from today!)
“Yes, I’m a booger. Asil, you are a very excellent dragon.”
The flattened grandfather groveled,
“Marry me, I’ll let you live inside strawberries for life.”
Edinber, holding a strawberry bouquet, made an ardent proposal.
“Pi hya ha ha ha!”
Feeling so so good, Asil placed both front paws on his waist and giggled.
But.
“Kuuwooooong!”
Suddenly, a house-sized bear appeared and body-slammed all the humans away.
And that wasn’t all.
From afar, humans holding swords and torches began rapidly closing in with scary faces.
“Let’s roast and eat baby dragon whole!”
“Baby dragon whole roast! Baby dragon whole roast!”
“Pik……!”
The shocked Asil froze on the spot.
Right then, Edinber, who had flown toward the bear, returned limping, leaning on his staff.
“Piyap pi! Piya piya pi!” (Husband! Beat those human knights!)
“Sorry. I can’t help.”
And with that, he heartlessly turned away from Asil.
It was at that moment that the grandfather, who had flown with him, returned.
“Piyap pi!” (Grandfather! Help!)
Asil hurriedly ran and clung to him. Then Elcai laughed heh heh heh with a pitiful expression.
“This old man is a powerless booger. I’ll only trust in Asil, the boss of Munlepe.”
“Piit!”
In the meantime, the humans with swords and torches had come right up to them.
Elcai, instantly swept up in a wave of humans, shouted.
“Asil, I only trust in you! Boss of Munlepe!”
Beside him, Edinber shouted along.
“Boss of Munrepe! Boss of Munlepe!”
“Piya!”
Recalling the baby dragon whole roast, Asil squeezed her eyes shut.
No, Asil doesn’t want to be boss. Asil hates this kind of boss!
“Pi hya, pi hya, pi hya…….”
Asil, waking from the dream, clutched her pounding chest and panted roughly.
She had sweated so much that the blanket was damp.
The rabbit sleeping beside her woke up fluffily.
“Qyu?”
“Pii.”
Asil tightly hugged the rabbit with half-open eyes. And unconsciously realized.
‘Being the boss of Munlepe is only good when Grandfather and Husband are fine.’
If Grandfather and Husband’s power weakened, she too couldn’t escape the danger of baby dragon whole roast.
Murmur murmur murmur.
To Asil’s ears, now extremely sensitive, came the sound of humans talking outside.
Among them was Elcai’s voice.
“He must be reflecting on it. To proactively invite us to a meal first.”
I have to quickly tell him he’s not a booger! Asil jumped up, opened the door, and dashed out.
“Piya!” (Grandfather!)
“Hm?”
Elcai, who had been talking about the vassals and Viante, looked down at Asil who appeared without warning.
Seeing the cheek mark dented to one side, he slightly furrowed his brows.
“The sun is high in the sky, and you’re only waking up now?”
“Piyap pi piya!” (Grandfather is not a booger! He’s a very cool human!)
“What’s that all of a sudden.”
Elcai, furrowing his brows, examined Asil a bit more closely.
The face like he just woke up, scales damp with sweat.
Quick-witted, he immediately realized Asil had a nightmare.
So, meaning not to think about it anymore, he said gruffly.
“You seem not fully awake, so don’t say silly things and let’s go eat together. There’ll be lots of strawberries you like.”
“Pi……” (Strawberry…….)
Asil’s ears fluttered like cicada wings.
Yes, seeing the strawberries that had been trampled by the bear and humans intact would make her feel a bit better.
But the dining hall was too far, and she also wanted to feel someone’s warm body temperature-
Asil clung to the hem of Elcai’s pants, leaping like a cicada hanging from an old tree branch.
* * *
Elcai continued walking without any change in expression.
Only the vassals accompanying him glanced sideways at Asil hanging from Elcai’s pants with flustered faces.
One of them cautiously asked.
“Do you plan to bring it to the meal with Master Viante?”
“That guy needs to know what he should, so showing it this time would be good too.”
Not long ago, he had heard from Edinber the resolution to establish Asil as a sacred beast.
This incident hadn’t even been sorted out yet, so he thought it might be too hasty a decision, but assuming the person himself had carefully considered it, he had stepped back one step and was watching.
‘It would be good to get acquainted with that Viante guy at this opportunity too.’
Whether it becomes Munlepe’s sacred beast or not, they’d keep running into each other in the future. It was right to introduce them in advance.
Viante, waiting alone for Elcai, was flustered upon seeing Asil hanging from his father’s pants hem.
“Wh-what did you bring with you?”
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By Anna 💓
