Chapter 1
Prologue
In the greatest nation on the continent, the Aliope Empire, there existed a “divine beast.”
A divine beast was a sacred animal bestowed by the gods, and the citizens of the empire revered and held in awe the four great ducal families that possessed these divine beasts.
However.
In the year marking roughly 500 years since the empire’s founding, an anomaly occurred.
One of the four ducal families, the Munlepe ducal house, incurred the wrath of their divine beast for some unknown reason.
The divine beast abandoned the Munlepe ducal house and vanished forever.
As a result, the Duke of Munlepe took full responsibility and was confined to a tower, while his young son became the new Duke of Munlepe.
The prestige of the Munlepe ducal house, having lost its divine beast, plummeted day by day.
Not only could they no longer stand on equal footing with the other three ducal families, but whispers began to emerge that their title should be demoted.
Was it out of pity for the circumstances of this ducal house?
The imperial family made a proposal to the young duke.
It was to summon an ancient creature to replace the divine beast.
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Inside a secret chamber within the ducal castle.
The vassals were murmuring anxiously as they watched the young duke, Edenber, standing before the magic circle.
“Even though the imperial family gave their permission… is this really alright?”
“What can we do if it’s not alright? It’s already begun.”
“But what if something truly strange pops out—”
*Bang!*
The imperial mage who had drawn the magic circle struck the floor with their staff. It was the signal that the magic was ready.
As the murmuring in the room quieted, the imperial mage spoke dryly.
“We will begin the summoning, Your Grace.”
“Yes.”
Soon, the magic circle in front began to shimmer in response to the incantation.
Edenber, with a tense expression, tightly gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist.
The humiliations he had endured due to the absence of the divine beast flashed through his mind.
“Your house is thoroughly doomed. Can a ducal house without a divine beast even be called a ducal house?”
“No, it’s no longer the four great ducal houses—it’s the three great ducal houses now!”
The divine beast was a pillar upholding the empire, a guardian, and proof that the ducal families were beloved by the gods.
Yet, that divine beast had vanished overnight.
As if their reverence and awe had never existed, people turned their backs in an instant.
The imperial family branded the former Duke of Munlepe as the worst traitor in history, and the temple declared him a sinner punished by the gods.
As a result, the current Munlepe ducal house’s standing was lower than that of ordinary nobles.
Edenber had struggled to change the public’s perception.
However, there was a clear limit. The root cause—the absence of the divine beast—remained.
With a rapidly crumbling house, vassals who disrespected their lord, and an uncle eyeing the title, Edenber was growing weary.
The pressure was hard to endure even for an adult, let alone for a boy not yet ten years old, pushing him to his limits.
Then one day, the imperial family suggested summoning an ancient creature to replace the divine beast.
If he summoned a terrifying monster and failed to control it, he’d only become a laughingstock…
But Edenber had no other choice.
He accepted the proposal.
Tightening his grip on his sword, Edenber glared at the magic circle before him.
‘No matter what monster emerges from this magic circle, I will make it submit and establish it as our divine beast.’
And through that divine beast, he would restore his house’s honor!
*Bang!*
The mage, having swiftly completed the lengthy incantation, struck the floor with their staff.
The magic circle glowed ominously, and black smoke erupted, obscuring the view.
“Prepare yourselves!”
Edenber issued a command to the waiting knights to ready for battle, gritting his teeth.
Come, ancient creature.
Whatever you are, I am confident I can make you submit.
Whether you’re a Death Knight that destroyed an ancient kingdom in a week, a Grim Reaper that reaps lives with a giant scythe,or a Basilisk that devastates everything around it with a single flick of its tail!
The black smoke that had filled the room quickly dissipated.
As the smoke cleared, the monster summoned through the magic appeared, dropping from the air.
“Pippi-ya!”
It was a pitiful baby dragon with an eggshell still stuck to its head.
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Episode 1.
“Bbi-ya!”
Ouch, my butt hurts.
Asil was a young dragon beastman living in the forest of beastmen.
She was napping on a hammock after eating strawberries her mom had picked for her, but while tossing and turning, she fell out of the hammock, and when she opened her eyes, she was here.
“Bbi……”
Groaning as she got up, the baby dragon rubbed her aching butt.
Her short arms made it hard for her front paws to reach properly, but still.
Then, feeling the gazes directed at her, she looked ahead.
“Bbi-ya?”
“Is that an ancient creature?”
“It’s much smaller than I expected. It looks kind of cute, too.”
“Don’t let your guard down. It might be trying to make us lower our defenses with its appearance before attacking.”
“Bbi……?”
What’s going on? The baby dragon beastman, still groggy from sleep, tilted her head.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes with her fern-like front paws and even pulled her tail to bite it tightly with her teeth.
But no matter how much she tried to shock herself, the scene before her didn’t change, and he finally realized this was reality, clinging tightly to the wall.
“Bbi-yaaa!”
“Waaaah!”
“The monster is roaring!”
“Prepare for battle!”
“Stay calm! Don’t get worked up!”
Startled by the baby dragon’s scream, the humans fumbled and drew their swords.
The pale, trembling baby dragon shivered.
“Bbi-iiit……”
Beastmen had a unique wavelength that allowed them to recognize each other even in human form.
But these humans in front of her didn’t have the distinctive wavelength of beastmen.
So, these humans weren’t beastmen in human form—they were real “humans.”
The kind she’d only read about in books!
From a young beastman’s perspective, humans were an extremely dangerous species.
This was because, after the war 500 years ago, adults taught that humans were demons who devoured beastmen in one bite.
However, thanks to her somewhat unusual mom, Asil knew things a bit differently from other beastmen.
“Our Asil is destined to be summoned by the male protagonist of this world.”
“Bbi-ya?” (Male protagonist? What’s that?)
“There’s a boy who wipes out all our beastmen. But Asil, you’re an extra who gets summoned by the male protagonist and dies. Ugh, my daughter, an extra.”
Even excluding the strange words like “male protagonist” or “extra,” Asil couldn’t understand her mom’s words at all.
That was only natural.
Asil wasn’t a regressor or a transmigrator, after all.
“Even as an extra, if you start off on the right foot, you can survive. If you follow what Mom tells you, you can change the story.”
“Bbi?”
“First, 99% of human boys have a dark past. Comfort them well. Then the boy will become your ally.”
“…….”
“Next, you need to improve the relationship between the boy and his dad. There’s a 99% chance they don’t get along. After that—”
The method to turn a tragic story into a healing one flowed endlessly from her mom’s mouth.
Unfortunately, the baby dragon didn’t understand a single word.
She just felt overwhelmingly sleepy.
“—If you do all this, the boy will ask you to call him your husband. His dad will ask you to call him Father. But since you’re a different species, you absolutely mustn’t agree. You need to gracefully pass him on to the human heroine—”
“Bbi-ya……”
“Our daughter is smart, so she must have understood Mom’s words, right?”
“Bbi……”
I don’t understand a single thing.
Nodding drowsily, Asil fell asleep.
She should have listened to her mom back then.
“Bbi-yaaa……” (Mommy……)
Tears welled up in the frightened Asil’s eyes.
Even though Asil was known as the smartest in the beastman kindergarten, her mom’s words were still too difficult.
But she did understand two things clearly.
“The human boy is Asil’s husband, and the boy’s dad is Asil’s father!”
This was the result of partially interpreting her mom’s words because she fell asleep at the critical moment.
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By Anna 💓
