A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

Chapter 144

144 – Be on My Side (5)

Dragon’s Nest-Dragon Nest.

A place where drakes are raised to train the ‘Drake Knights’, commonly known as dragoons, the core force of the Kingdom of Nostrum.

If a stable is a place to raise horses, then this place, named Dragon’s Nest, is a place to raise drakes for the dragoons to ride.

There is no need to discuss why dragons include drakes, wyverns, griffins, and hippogriffs.

All of them can be connected with just one thing called ‘air force’, and the Dragon’s Nest has been directly managed by the Nostrum royal family for generations.

What kind of place is this?

To summarize in one line.

“Is this the place where Saint Geo Nostrum cracked open the dragon egg and ate it?”

“Okay.”

Political Mother, while Queen Carmen took something from me and disappeared somewhere, someone was appointed to take care of the royal family’s decision to give me a birthday present instead.

“Viscount Hex. Is there a drake you recommend?”

Viscount Hex.

Originally, the Duke of Winchester was supposed to come, but he left the job to Viscount Hex, saying, ‘I would be offended by such a thing.’

“What do you like?”

“Flying hover bike?”

“…?”

I mentioned my tastes, but Viscount Hex’s expression did not look good.

It’s not because it’s expensive, but it’s an expression that doesn’t know what it is.

“I was just told to invest in the Imperial Newspaper, and it’s like a bicycle with wheels flying through the sky with the power of magic stones.”

“Bicycles fly in the sky?”

“In Nostrum 500 years ago, women who were wizards flew through the sky on broomsticks, so there’s nothing you can’t do by flying through the sky on a magic bicycle, right?”

“That’s magic.”

“If we succeed in developing magic through alchemy and magic engineering so that anyone can use it, that will be a flying broom.”

“Why not just say that the Heavenly Horse is pulling the chariot?”

“The Heavenly Horse cannot drive a carriage. You wouldn’t know it if it had a carriage attached to it.”

It’s true.

“Okay, let me correct you. Pick from among the guys here.”

“Can I choose anything?”

“Yes. Because the Duke of Winchester gave permission to do so. Morgania is actually doing all the management here in the first place, right?”

“Well.”

Strictly speaking, the dragon’s nest is a nest where a dragon was located.

Of course, the cause of this is St. Geo Nostrum.

The drakes, who lived together around the royal family’s guardian dragon, lost their leader after the Hechlingfry incident, and are now barely maintaining their nest with the ‘Elder Drake’, the next closest dragon, as their leader.

“Are there any good guys?”

“It’s up to you. It’s different from just riding a horse, man.”

Viscount Hex grinned and pointed at the drakes that the dragon trainers had brought in holding the reins.

Purr.

Huge drakes whose bodies appear to be at least 3 meters long.

Although they each look different, they look at each other and wait to be chosen by me.

‘Either I know it’s Gibraltar, or I instinctively feel the energy that has permeated me.’

Unlike other humans, I have one peculiarity about what can be called flying dragons and phantom beasts.

“It looks like the kids are more interested in you than I thought. Is it because it’s Gibraltar?”

“It’s because I have a handsome forehead.”

“I thought you would say that because you have a handsome face.”

“Aren’t all three of your eyes focused on your forehead right now?”

Nature’s protection that is invisible to ordinary humans and invisible to phantom beasts, but whose ‘energy’ is clearly felt somewhere.

It may be surprising, but the people who handle drakes best are elves.

“What would you like to try?”

“Sidora.”

I looked at the three closely.

“Griffin Blue Lambarella. Drake Kadmox. Wyvern Johakin Cargoyle. Is that right?”

Coincidentally, these are all familiar faces.

“Were you interested in flying dragons?”

“I’m interested in Gyeongryong.”

“…You want to gamble with these guys? I really don’t think so.”

“Even if it doesn’t seem like it, you will feel different if you try it later.”

These three.

These are the people who later lived in ‘Dragon Canyon’ managed by Gibraltar.

They were active as aces of each race in the Kyungryongjang, and all three had their wings physically broken by the empire after the fall of Nostrum.

From noble mtl dot come

Griffin became an ostrich.

Drake became a lizard.

The wyvern crawled on the ground on all fours, using its broken wings as arms.

‘Looking at it like this, it looks really amazing. It’s not for nothing that the emperor summoned the Eight Gods and broke the wings of the flying dragons.’

The reason the revolutionary army was unable to properly counterattack against the empire was because the dragons were wiped out.

If the Empire had fought a guerrilla war by flying in the sky as dragoons, the Empire would have suffered greatly, but the Habsburgs knew better than anyone how much of a threat these beasts were.

At the same time, he did not forget to use these beasts to create light dragons and send ridicule and contempt towards Nostrum.

An animal that breaks its wings, falls to the ground, and crawls.

The light rifle made by the emperor was a kind of protest and warning to the people of Nostrum.

‘It didn’t really mean anything because I was just passionate about gambling.’

Even the emperor said he didn’t expect it at the time.

It is impossible to believe that something created with the purpose of mocking national character would have expanded into gambling sports and turned into such a huge incident.

The Great Fire of the Islands.

A great fire that causes half of the Empire’s Thalers to evaporate.

A person with power who is deeply involved in gambling addiction, the person involved, and the central bank.

It is a refreshing feeling to see the three people who caused the massacre again like this.

Only.

“I’ll take him.”

“If it’s him…”

When I pointed somewhere with my finger, Viscount Hex’s expression changed.

“Hey. He can’t do that. He…”

“Is it because you have a dirty temper?”

“…Yes. This is one that no one has been able to tame until now. Not even-“

“I’m fine.”

I gestured to the three drakes to ask for their understanding and walked forward, then approached the drake that was far away.

“What do we say about these guys?”

“Uh, um, hippogriff.”

Hippogriff.

A race whose upper body is a griffon and whose lower body is a horse.

A product created through a kind of ‘interbreeding’, to use the Empire’s biotechnology terminology, that cannot exist in the first place.

To put it bluntly, a griffon said-

“Let’s use this guy.”

“No, wait a minute. It’s not because you don’t know what Hippogriff means, right?”

“No way.”

But you are an idiot.

A being with a kinship defect.

Monster.

“Isn’t he a perfect fit for Gray Gibraltar?”

Purr.

The guy just stayed silent when I approached him, but he raised his head at my subsequent actions.

Suddenly.

Lightly swing the cane and cut the leash.

At the same time, the saddle that is forcibly tied to the back is cut off with a swing of the cane.

“Hey…!”

“He seems like a guy who doesn’t like having people on his back, so why would he need a saddle?”

“No, but… !”

“Anyway, shouldn’t we just get to our destination?”

Purr.

A hippogriff approached the head of a griffon with gray feathers, spreading its wings and floating lightly into the sky.

“Please take care of me, ‘Nidhogg.'”

I grabbed his ankle like a handle, and soon he started to float towards the sky.

“Hey, hey!!”

“Then, Viscount Hex, I will see you later at Orosol Academy.”

Bu-euung!

With a powerful flap of his wings, Nidhogg began to move forward, quickly flapping his wings towards the sky.

“…”

As expected.

This is how you should enjoy flying.

* * *

[The evening of March 30th, the palace of the Crown Prince of the Thersian Empire.]

“…The Moby Dick was stolen?”

The crown prince dropped the fork he was holding in front of her shadow.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“…”

“Did I hear this correctly?”

The crown prince just opened her mouth and blinked her eyes blankly.

“So, Saint Geonostrum has commandeered the land ship Moby Dick, which the crown prince of the Tercian Empire gave to Gray Gibraltar as a birthday present for her, on royal orders. Is what I understand correct?”

“Yes.”

“Did this guy turn around?”

“…”

The shadow silently lowered its head

It is not the crown prince who says such harsh and vulgar words.

However, the fact that such a reaction occurred means that even before he was the crown prince, Habsburg himself was so angry that he lost his sense of reason for a moment.

In times like these, silence is the only way to survive.

Because subordinates should be aware that even if their superiors are absolute beings with homeostasis, there are human resentment against them.

“Where is Moby Dick now?”

“According to what we found out through the location tracking magical tool, it is located about 30km away from the Sirene territory. It is believed to be one of the villas managed by Nostrum.”

“So, does that mean that Saint Geo Nostrum stole the gift I gave Gray and used it as a magic vehicle to go to his villa?”

“Yes.”

“…”

The crown prince looked somewhat dissatisfied, then opened a drawer and took out a long object.

Click.

“…!!”

Before the shadow could jump forward in surprise, the crown prince began pressing the magic stone embedded at the end of the object with his palm

Click, click, click.

“Prince!!”

“Don’t scream. “I’m not deaf.”

“Isn’t that a self-destruct device!”

“Yes. It’s a self-destruct device.”

The crown prince’s voice as he calmly answered was extremely cold.

“Do you think I handed over the Moby Dick to St. Geo, that incompetent man, even while nagging Chairman Erwin?”

“If you kill Saint Geo, disaster will come to the world.”

“I just have to last about 2 years and 9 months.”

“Prince…!”

“I can’t forgive you. How dare you steal the first gift I gave Gray…?”

Click, click, click.

“Except for those born with Nostrum blood, they are worthless than trash on the side of the road, human waste that cannot be recycled…!”

“First of all, let me tell you one thing, the self-destruct device on the Moby Dick that was sent to the royal capital was disabled.”

“What?”

“You told me last time to disable the self-destruct device since this is something to be sent to Gray Gibraltar.”

“…Ah, that’s right. I guess I got a little excited without realizing it.”

A little.

The shadow did not point out unnecessary details.

“What was Gray’s reaction? Did he react something special?”

“No. Rather…”

“Rather?”

“It is said that as soon as Saint Geonostrum arrived, he handed it over without another word.”

“Without saying anything…?”

The Crown Prince lay down in his chair, playing with his beard with one hand.

“That’s a bit weird. Did you think it was just a huge mobile carriage? Or should we have sent it flying in the sky as originally planned?”

“If that happens, our ‘Air Force’ will all be revealed. There was an additional message from Meister Bathory.”

“Additional message?”

“Yes. He told me to deliver it without making a single mistake, and that if I had anything to convey, to convey it this way.”

The shadow recalled the words of the white-haired, red-eyed witch who had infiltrated the academy.

“Saint Geo is like this.”

“…?”

The crown prince tilted his head for a moment at the shadow’s words.

“…Ah, I see. Me too. I learned a lesson.”

Immediately he shook his head and smiled.

“Grey Gibraltar. Well, he must have heard more about St. Geo Nostrum than I did. So he was sure. He came to take away the gift that was given to him.”

“…”

“He is a human being who has no common sense and is worse than an animal, but does that mean that he can understand and analyze the material aspect in a fragmentary way to find out its true nature?”

“Your Majesty.”

“I see. If you want to take care of Gray, you have to treat the incompetent king as a king first and then give him something.”

The emperor got a clue through self-questioning.

“Okay. Then, a new gift…”

“And one more thing.”

“More?”

“Yes. “I told you to tell me this.”

The shadow continued to recite the report.

“I’ve already received the world’s biggest birthday present in advance.”

* * *

[Unification calendar March 30th, 11:58 PM.]

“Ugh, what the hell… “