When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married - Chapter 107

Chapter 107

One human and two dragons strategically pursued their prey.

Ikar himself was a blue dragon, except for the fact that he was crazy about cats. He was the pinnacle of a brain that put reason ahead of emotion. In addition, he was a commander who used his brilliant brain to quickly determine how to put his opponents into a dead end and give orders.

However, even if they had a good leader, it didn’t matter if the subordinates were stupid.

In that respect, Olivia was perfect.

After going around the Temple of Heaven, she memorized the approximate structure of the interior and became Ikar’s perfect hands and feet.

He sent his blue eyes to Olivia.

‘That way.’

Olivia nodded her head. Then, she grabbed Seta’s back and limped in the opposite direction to Ikar.

Seta asked a question as he got dragged along.

“Where, where are we going?”

“Stop talking and follow me.”

Seta could not comprehend Ikar and Olivia’s strategy at all. Still, he knew that if he followed her, he would find the runaway who was already cornered.

Their current target was the White Dragon Pugway. He was bulky and sluggish, but he was slow like a white dragon. Even though he ran away, saying he didn’t want to share his magic for the sake of humans, he was surrounded in the middle of a white hallway.

“Unbelievable!”

From both sides, Ikar and Olivia gradually approached, narrowing the distance. Although Pugway crumpled behind a piece of white marble, he had no place left to go.

“Those without honor, what is the purpose of fighting one’s own people for the sake of one human!”

Suddenly, Ikar stood in front of him.

He reached out to signify Pugway to get up.

“It’s not about fighting, it’s about asking for help.”

“I can stand alone…!”

Pugway screeched and got up on his knees.

“It’s impossible to collect all the magic you need anyway! Do you think the dragons will give up their honor and hand over their magic to those who bother them like this?”

Then, Seta came out.

“I’m sorry that it will feel like pouring snow all year long, but… Can I tell you that I have already collected this much?”

Visualized magical powers went round and round in Seta’s hand.

Even at an estimate, the number was close to twenty, but it was a small number to the target that could save Laritte.

“…Actually, Pugway, you are the last of the regular dragons in the temple to flee.”

Pugway opened his mouth wide.

“What! How… Did all the dragons in the temple help you except the heads? It doesn’t make sense!”

“It’s basically a warning that you shouldn’t bother me.”

Seta smiled shyly and glanced at Ikar and Olivia.

No wonder how annoying those two were to the dragons! Even from a dragon who declared he would choose death over helping humans, after two days and two nights, he surrendered.

‘…It was amazing.’

Seta’s eyes recalled that time.

In the end, Pugway also passed on his magic though his mouth didn’t stop, only negative words came out.

“Anyway, do you think the heads of each dragon will be persuaded?”

That was Ikar’s biggest concern.

The magic of other dragons had been stolen… No, they received donations, although the five heads were not accommodating. At least, they need one or two of the heads to give out their magic to achieve the goal.

Nevertheless, there was a reason Ikar had not yet gone near the head.

“What about the heads?”

Seta asked with a stupid look. Ikar spoke frankly about his feelings.

“You idiot.”

“What—!”

Red dragons where Seta was, were comfortable with their head. They joked around with each other. However, the chief was basically a ‘king.’ In particular, Margaretta, the leader of the Blue Dragon, was a tyrant succeeding Etiennette.

But…

“Better than not trying.”

Ikar uttered words of determination that were not Ikar-like.

“Now is the time to go to the head.”

The heads were discussing the agenda in advance at the conference hall, the highest place of the temple.

While they were mainly in the conference hall, only the head of the Red Dragon went out for a walk when Seta arrived at the temple. So, they didn’t know if the heads were aware of the commotion that had occurred in the temple for a few days.

Olivia, Seta, and Ikar made their way to the conference hall.

The path was quiet.

Even though she knew nothing about dragons as she was human, Olivia read Ikar’s tense expression.

“….”

“….”

At the end of Laritte’s life, they too were finally coming to an end.

The temple path that existed above the vast cloud was a series of ivory colors.

Endless columns on both sides supported the wide ceiling. Several scenes were carved on the ceiling. Because it was a temple dedicated to humans, Olivia could read what the paintings contained.

On the ceiling she had just passed, there was a myth called ‘Mercy of Flames,’ a myth that the red dragon set fire to the primordial humans and caused humans to start using fire. After that, there was a ‘war between gods and dragons,’ a story that humans imagined when they saw the sea disappear one day.

The more she walked, the more recent legends and history could be seen. Seta was also trembling a little, coughing before glancing at Olivia’s bad legs.

“By the way, aren’t those legs uncomfortable? I can fix it. It’s not that much of an interference with humans.”

Ikar chuckled.

“Don’t say you will. With that bastard’s ability, the only thing he can do is cut off your legs raw and then make new ones sprout.”

“I can do it after she passes out!”

“Human, after you wake up, if you look where your right foot used to be, your left foot might be there.”

Olivia shook her head as Seta and Ikar were fighting. Seeing that, Seta thought that she didn’t believe him and looked tearful.

“It means I can do it well!”

“It’s not that I don’t believe you. I don’t feel the need to fix it.”

Olivia’s legs were a symbol that she had abandoned her child.

…It was a sign of lament that, in the end, she never found Laritte again in the Brumeier mansion.

So, this moment of walking in a direction that might save Laritte was strange. Olivia was confident that if she could truly save Laritte, she would now love her even if her legs throbbed at dawn every morning.

‘Laritte, you’re still alive, right?’

She was worried that she had left without saying anything. It didn’t matter that the Duke’s residence slandered her, though Olivia was sorry that Laritte would be disappointed with her again.

Mom will be there soon.

“….”

At the end of the road, there was a massive milky gate. On both sides were statues of a lion standing on two legs, and even the white door knob was made of small craftsmanship.

Beyond this, there must have been each head.

Ikar’s neck moved with tension.

“Then, let’s go in…”

If they succeed in persuading even one or two heads, they could change Laritte’s fate right now. With that thought, Olivia’s old heart beat with a thud.

Seta jumped open the door.

As a result, the magical veil that blocked the outside noise was broken. As soon as the sound of the instrument was heard, someone had roughly put on this veil magic. Thanks to this, the heads were unaware of the riots for several days.

The eyes of those who were seated at the enormous and long conference table gathered at the door.

“I, the blue dragon Ikar, who lives in the snowy mountains to the northeast of the Laslo Mountains, dares to greet the heads.”

Ikar bowed deeply, so he couldn’t see the situation in the conference hall.

After a while, there was a question.

By now, someone should be asking in a cold tone, ‘What’s going on?’

However, the heads didn’t say anything. This was because the head of all dragons and the most noble of dragons attended the meeting for the first time in five thousand years. He shouldn’t have spoken before they opened their mouth.

“Oh, my?”

Astrit had the appearance of a grandmother with gray hair tied together. While she looked over a hundred years old, her pronunciation was still clear.

Ikar heard her voice and lifted his head.

It was Astrit…!

“What’s going on with the humans, Ikar?”

“Noble Astrid, you are awake!”

“I slept to finish my life, but I woke up to see I was still alive. It was just during the regular meeting, so I came.”

There was a reason Ikar was displeased.

There was one reason the dragon needed to wake up from an egg. It was the energy of another dragon… If possible, the purest and cleanest, the better. So, Astrit herself gave energy to the eggs before preparing for her final sleep.

“It seems recently that Ikar was only babbling until you were five hundred years old, so I was worried, but you have grown so much.”

Astrit was the mother of all dragons. She loved them that much.

In other words…

…He knew his mother’s heart better than anyone.

It was the moment when the three reckless challengers reached success.

Laritte was curious.

“Can I say I love you?”

The wind blew through the open window. Now, she could feel the spring breeze. Spring would come soon.

In the empty room, Ian found Laritte’s hand on the bed and held it.

“…Don’t act like this is your last.”

Didn’t even realize that he was holding her hand, she just gazed out the window. Her vision had been blurry for a long time, and she couldn’t feel anything in her body. Laritte didn’t even know that Ravizenis was sleeping on her thigh.

“Didn’t we decide to see the end of spring here?”

As Ian said so, he knew it was time to say goodbye.

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