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Chapter 47
Dragon Eye
The dragoon armor revealed itself in the moonlight.
2 meters in size, threatening decorations made to intimidate opponents.
But that armor, which he had seen more than her bare appearance, felt like a part of Valdrova to Ferda, and as her part, it was something he could love too.
He had thought it would be nice to suddenly run into Valdrova in such an appearance, but reality was different from what he thought.
More than the gladness, the dumbfounded feeling was greater.
Е n u m̌а . i d̀
Had he gone mad with desire and was already seeing hallucinations?
He thought, and at that moment, she stood before Ferda.
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"......."
"......."
Only silence flowed as they gazed at each other.
After a long silence, it was Valdrova who reluctantly opened her mouth first.
Е̃ ň ūm а̌. і̆ d̄
"So that is, um, so......."
She struggled to pull out words like picking pearls from a sandy beach.
"I came out because I wanted to take a walk......"
"Is that so?"
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"Yes, absolutely!"
Ferda knew that was a lie.
W̌ е̌ b̊n о v е̃ l̄ Е̌n̄u̇ m a
But to Ferda, it wasn't a very important part.
Valdrova replied like that and fidgeted with her neatly clasped hands.
Clank clank.
The gauntlet's steel meshed together, making noise.
An appearance of restlessness.
Was she uncomfortable because she suddenly ran into Ferda?
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Then she reluctantly opened her mouth again.
"A-actually, that's not it!"
"Yes?"
"I knew Ferda-ssi would...... come out...... so I came out!"
"I s-see?"
"Yes."
Ẃ ѐbnо v̄ еl Е̄ňu m̆ā
She wiped her chest and let out a sigh.
It was as if she had confessed a single sin she had held in her heart.
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Ferda didn't mind.
She knew Ferda was alone in the corridor and came to find him.
That's all that mattered.
Those words meant she came here because she wanted to meet Ferda.
Ẁëbñо vе l̀ .Е̇ n um̂ а̄
'She wants to meet me.'
Once he realized it, his heart fluttered for no reason.
Had he brushed his teeth?
Did his clothes smell?
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He might have gotten smoke smell from leaning on a single candle in the secret room.
Such worries were momentary.
Е ń_ǔ m̀å .і̆d
Ferda belatedly recalled the most important thing and bowed his head.
"I greet Grand Duke Valdrova."
"Ah, yes, welcome, that...... Ferda....... Ferda......."
She called his name but trailed off at the end.
That trailing word, unable to finish the sentence, rang like a sorrowful cry, perhaps because of the voice modulator built into the helmet.
"Do you want to say 'Regent'?"
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"Ah, right, that! Regent!"
She clapped her hands and her voice brightened.
"Right. Regent Ferda. I wanted to use that title once. They call the King's fiancé that, right?"
"Actually that's...... no, yes, that's correct."
He stopped trying to correct it.
He couldn't bring himself to keep touching that sparkling purity, saying it was pretty, because it would get tainted.
Е̌ n um̊ а .і̊ d̂
"Then can I call you Regent too now?"
"There's no need for that. It's a term used only in official settings, so when it's just the two of us, please call me comfortably, Ferda."
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"Ah, I'll do that, Ferda......-ssi."
Ferda, Ferda.......
Valdrova repeating it several times inside the helmet, practicing.
It felt like she was whispering in his ear, making his ears tickle for no reason.
Е n̈ um а́
"I tried to see Ferda-ssi once more, but strangely...... I couldn't find the courage."
"I understand."
Ferda quietly empathized.
Did she also have a big heart?
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"Um...... I came here because of Ruri."
That wasn't it.
E n̆ŭm̀ а . ï d̆.
"Ruri, you say?"
Valdrova nodded.
"Ruri seems to be having a hard time lately."
Ferda recalled refusing Ruri's request to participate.
The last time he saw her face, she was angry.
"I don't think I read emotions well, but I know that child's sad face well. That child is...... definitely sad right now."
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Her helmet turned toward Ferda's face.
"If you happen to know why that child is having a hard time...... I thought maybe Ferda-ssi would know......"
Ferda's lips only moved.
It was hard to bring up the words.
Knowing the cause was himself, how could he tell her?
If he told this truth, would she come to hate him?
Е̌n u m а
But in the end, he told her the truth.
"That change is probably my fault."
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"Ferda-ssi's fault?"
"Ruri requested to attend the Grand Council, and I refused. That's the only factor I know."
"Why would that child want to go there......?"
"She said she wanted to have a dialogue with the Silverwind side."
Ě n um̊_а̇..і̄ d̃
Valdrova's body flinched.
But then she lightly nodded as if understanding.
"If it's just dialogue...... isn't it okay to take her?"
"Because it's a futile hope."
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"Futile hope?"
"What that maid tries to do is no different from picking at a scab. If you pick at a part that hasn't healed, the flesh falls off again and the wound opens. It's exactly that kind of thing."
Wӗ b̃n о̌ v е l Е̇ n û m̂ а
"Ah, that...... hurts a lot."
"Yes, it hurts a lot."
Valdrova nodded slightly as if empathizing.
She wrapped her hand around her forearm.
"But that futile hope...... might not have been futile, right?"
Valdrova ending her words with an uncertain question mark.
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"Silverwind still holds a grudge."
"I know that too. But...... it might not be that way for Ruri, right?"
"Do you think it'll work out if they talk?"
"At least that child will have a place to return to."
"Return?"
At Ferda's question, she spoke solemnly as if realizing something.
W̃ê_b n̄o v̊ е̄ l Е n ům ä
"Ah, Ferda-ssi wouldn't know. That child is not my spawn, but a Silver Dragon's spawn."
"Ah......."
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"She was a child loyal to me, so such a misunderstanding could happen."
"Yes......."
It was a story he already knew from the beginning.
What surprised Ferda was just the word 'return'.
W ёb̀nо̊ v̄ёl̈ Е̊ň ǔ m а̃
"Dragon spawns are families connected by blood. For Ruri, her family is the Silverwind spawns."
"You mean Ruri must return to her family's embrace?"
"Is there anything more precious than family?"
Precious family.
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It was a topic too far removed for Ferda.
He was harassed by his family, and in the end, abandoned.
Ẅ eb̆ ňӧv̈ е̌ l Е̊ǹu m а
The root of Ferda's vengeance was the existence called family, and in the end, he returned everything they did to him.
And now that all emotions were resolved, it was something he didn't care about at all.
But Ruri?
Ferda doesn't know what Ruri thinks.
Ruri cherishes Valdrova.
But compared to the bloodline connected to Silverwind, it might be trivial.
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This opportunity might be her way of cutting ties with Valdrova.
Since the future Ferda didn't appear until he tore out Valdrova's heart, that might be the case.
"Ruri might wish for that......."
Ferda looked up at Valdrova and asked.
"But do you wish for that?"
Instead of answering immediately, she turned her head to the sky.
Ŵ ӗb̊ ň õ v̊ e l̄ Ѐ n̄um a
The hand placed on the railing clenched into a small fist.
It's not an easy matter.
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"I'm the one who tied that child here. If there's a way back...... I'll have to let that child go."
"......."
"And......."
Valdrova looked down at Ferda.
Е n̄û m а . ïd̃
"I have a proper fiancé now, don't I?"
An indescribable stuffiness wrapped around Ferda's chest.
It made him throw a question again at a concluded matter.
Was it really okay to take Ruri to the Grand Council?
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In the end, Ferda decided.
"Understood."
Е̌ n_úm̀ ä
"You'll take Ruri?"
"Yes. Since you put it that way, how could I refuse?"
"Ah, yes, thank you."
She nodded blankly with a dumbfounded look.
As one topic ended, heavy silence tried to settle in again.
"Grand Council......."
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Valdrova carefully kicked that silence.
"I only heard it opens every time, but I didn't even know what happens there."
"Are you curious?"
"Very curious. All races gather there to talk for this continent's peace, right? There's no way I wouldn't be curious about what stories go around there!"
Valdrova's helmet whipped around to look at Ferda and asked.
"If Ferda-ssi returns, could you tell me the stories from there?"
W̄_е b̃n̄ о̇ v̊ е̊ l̀ Ӗ n û m̆_ӑ
Though hidden by the helmet, he could tell what she was expecting.
Like a child listening to the story of a hero who gathered under the light to defeat darkness.
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Like clean snow piled up in the cold winter.
It was a dazzling purity.
"The stories won't be pleasant to hear."
"Huh, why?"
E n û m а̀
A voice containing bewilderment.
Ferda realized his mistake.
But it was spilled water.
It was too late to stay silent or make excuses.
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So he told her the facts he knew.
"They're not the ones who tell such convenient stories. They're just busy looking out for their own interests."
W èb̌ nоv̄ е̂l̀ Е̃ń ǔ m̃ а̊
"Is that so?"
"Yes. So please don't have too high expectations."
He finished speaking with difficulty.
Valdrova quietly looked down at him.
What expression would she be making?
Would she be blankly stunned with her mouth open in shock,
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Or would she be shedding tears, unable to overcome that emotion?
"Ferda-ssi is......."
The returning answer was a calm woman's voice without moisture.
"Do you know what it was like when Godwin rose to destroy this world?"
There's no way he'd know.
It was an event 150 years ago, an era even Ferda's grandfather didn't experience.
Е n̆umа. і d̆
"When Godwin plunged the world into chaos, the first ones to give up were us."
"Dragons, you mean?"
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Valdrova nodded.
It wasn't a very moving story to Ferda.
But if an Escolea scholar had heard this story, the academic world would have been turned upside down.
Valdrova also seemed to realize it, covering her own mouth.
Ëñ ūm ӓ
She glanced around unnecessarily and carefully whispered.
"Everything I'm saying now is a secret, okay?"
"I'll take it to my grave."
"Anyway...... in that era, they concluded that compromising with chaos was the most ideal countermeasure. Long-lived races like dwarves and elves were all in an atmosphere of accepting that compromise too."
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But they wouldn't have done it.
If that compromise had been made, Ma wouldn't have become a land pushed to the Far East, spewing filth.
Ŵ ѐb n o v еl̄ Е́ n ûm̄ а.
"But only one race didn't."
Ferda knew this part too.
"Humans were the first to rise."
She neatly folded both hands and pulled them to her chest.
"Because they didn't compromise, because their swords didn't forgive Ma, they realized there was still hope on the continent, and that's why peace came to this continent again."
Ferda understood with his heart what Valdrova, soaked in that day's memories, was thinking.
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Respect.
Dragons and humans.
Long-lived races and short-lived races.
Immortal and mortal.
Humans might respect and revere dragons, but dragons respecting humans cannot exist.
But Valdrova was different.
Ē nüm̆а̀ .і d
"Even if they're blinded by greed now, at the most important moment, they'll fight for Ma. So......."
Valdrova's head slightly lowered to look at Ferda.
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The red armor placed under the moonlight truly shone nobly.
"I will love them."
That was when it happened.
The chemical reaction occurring in his head led Ferda to an unknown realm.
Ěǹu̇ṁа.і ḋ
A helmet made in the shape of a dragon's head,
The figure of a frail woman hidden within it began to be seen.
Her two eyes contained hope.
And hope was smiling.
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"Ah."
Ferda let out a foolish exclamation.
Е n̆ ũ m̈ а.і̀d
It felt like flying high into the sky and then plummeting down.
The impact from falling from the endless sky was immeasurable.
"Ferda-ssi?"
"......."
"Are you okay? You're not saying anything......?"
Valdrova fussed, checking Ferda's complexion.
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Ferda, who had been quietly gazing at her, opened his mouth.
"Just once."
"Yes??"
"Could you show me that Yongan just one more time?"
"Y, Yongan? Uh, my face......??"
"Yes. Your face."
È ṅ u m̊ǎ
Ferda's hand unconsciously moved toward Valdrova's helmet.
Valdrova startled and protected her helmet.
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"Ah, no! Th-that, I can't show my face yet!"
"Please. I beg you, just once more, that Yongan......"
"N-no, I said no!? Don't come closer like that!"
One step forward, one step back.
Е̇n ů ṁа̊ .іd̆
What seemed like an endless chain of chase was broken by Valdrova.
"I'm sorryyyyy!!"
With Valdrova's apology, she disappeared into the darkness.
What remained was the warmth left where she stood.
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Ferda, with a face like he had a fever from being intoxicated by that warmth, blankly threw his gaze at the last place he saw her.
Wind blew through the open window.
W е bn_о v̄ e l_ Ӗ n̄ǔṁ а̂
It was ridiculously insufficient to cool Ferda's heat.
He looked up at the moon again.
Full moon.
But in his heated chest, there was no room for his mother's thoughts to squeeze in.
But unlike the beginning, there was nothing to worry about.
The emotion blooming in Ferda's chest was rotating red.
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