Knights, Let’s Smash Them

30 – Kidnapping the Hatchling (3)

“Dad!”

“aaa!! Hey, take him off!”

“Yayaya!! Put some clothes on, how long are you going to keep me naked!?”

“Sir baa…… Oh, my hair is dying!”

“Lubern Administrator!! I can’t use that in front of my kids!!”

“Captain!! If you’re going to say something like that, don’t look at me from a distance, but help me!!”

Total chaos.

The gold dragon’s hatchling jumped out of its eggshell and attacked me while I was hovering over it.

Since then, it has been clinging to my back and pulling my hair out. Hug me, why are you tearing your hair!

I am not Ratatouille!

“Let’s put on clothes first!”

Once the baby gold dragon in question wasn’t wearing a single thread, Pirhak and Persuskaron quickly went back to the village and brought clothes for the gold dragon to wear.

Even in the midst of that, the lines on my back didn’t show any signs of falling off, so in the end Xian Ne dressed her from head to toe.

“Nu, Qeth Dovah! Qiilaan!!”

As for the rampaging Gold Hatchling, as soon as Fer’s sister-in-law, an adult dragon, shouted something, she was startled and came down from my back.

“Ouch…… Ah, captain, is my hair okay?”

“…… Um, there’s a soldering iron, but I can’t see it.”

“No crazy.”

I hurriedly ran my hand through my scalp. There was a part of me that felt certain about something, which naturally made me feel depressed.

Of course, I can’t pay attention to my hair forever.

The hair grows back, but the real problem was the hatchling of that gold dragon that was staring blankly right in front of you.

“By the way, honey, isn’t hatchling a polymorph from the start? And why is it so big? That would make him look at least 7 years old in human age.”

When Pir Haq looked at the girl and asked, the red dragon answered by clicking his tongue.

“Because it’s not a pureblood dragon.”

“Huh?”

“This kid, it’s Yongin. Not polymorph like me. Real forgiveness. Half-human, half-dragon.”

Half-man, half-dragon.

When Xianne and I were both dumbfounded at the first time we heard those words, Persuscaron let out a sigh.

“I don’t know how he did it, but that dragon knight seems to have impregnated the gold dragon.”

“Is that possible? Honey said it was impossible!”

“The probability converges to almost 0%, so what is that impossible? Besides, I don’t want to give birth to Yongin.”

Pirhaq’s expression darkened at his resolute attitude.

Looking at this bastard, I wanted to have a baby.

But what can I do? If you don’t like the red dragon wife, you don’t. I don’t know if this expression is correct, but at least for a dragon, ‘giving birth’ to a child would be an accurate expression.

“Are dragons a bit different from other dragons?”

I asked Fer carefully. It could have been a question that could be rude.

Then she ran her fingers through her red hair, then looked away and answered.

“It is a curse to be born as a dragon.”

It didn’t seem like something she would say right now in front of Yongin, the chieftain, but the gold dragon just tilted her head as if she didn’t understand her meaning.

“Dragon lives for eternity. I told you that our weakness is our solitude. That’s why I chose a long period of sleep and eternal oblivion. After you take a deep breath, the relationships you’ve built up until now will completely disappear from your memory.”

“That…… I know very well.”

“But Yongin can’t do that. You are born with a dragon’s lifespan, human emotions, memories, all of that. I can’t even go to sleep. I have to stare at the time passing by in loneliness forever. If that’s not a curse, what is?”

It was only then that I could understand why Perthaskaron had a very negative attitude towards half-human, half-dragons.

As she said, if Yongin lives with unforgettable memories. At least if you can’t even have the sleep period that dragons choose to soothe their solitude.

That would really be close to a pure curse.

“There’s the blonde knight lady.”

“Yes? B, yes!”

“You said you checked all the records of the dragon knight, so when do you think he died?”

Xian Ne was lost in thought for a moment, then she answered with a lingering expression.

“Probably at least 120 years ago. The record was broken around that time. I wouldn’t have written it until right before I died…….”

“I will do that. So you lived This child survived because he was Yongin.”

Persuskaron explained in detail how hatchlings grow.

Generally, it takes at least 30 to 50 years for a hatchling to be born from an egg.

In the meantime, Al learns dragon language from his parent, the dragon, and learns the knowledge to live in the world as a hatchling.

Fer added that, of course, continuous nutrition is also necessary. Growing a dragon takes an enormous amount of energy.

When the appropriate time passed, the egg hatched into a hatchling, and from then on, the noble dragon life began.

“This child has not been nourished for at least 70 years. Until then, the mother gold dragon would have taken care of it, but since she also died alone, the egg was completely neglected.”

She loves humans so much that she gave birth to a half-man, half-dragon that is said to be a curse among dragons.

However, that’s why she must have suffered from extreme depression and loneliness after leaving Orgius.

It was unfortunate.

To the mother gold dragon, and to her offspring, the hatchling in front of her eyes.

“However, due to the nature of being a half-human, half-dragon, it would of course require less nutrients than a pureblood hatchling. That’s why he survived until now.”

Should I call this luck?

It was a troublesome situation in many ways.

I can’t throw away the hatched child again. Besides, it’s not a normal hatchling, it’s half-human, half-dragon, but if you leave it alone, some crazy guy might take it.

Even a pure-blooded dragon can easily die if it is a medium-level monster after it has just hatched.

How much less is it half-human, half-dragon…….

‘I’m just glad I got killed. If, by chance, you end up falling for someone of inferior quality, or if you end up being sold as a slave…….’

When years later, she couldn’t even imagine how the child in front of her would change.

Then finally…….

All eyes turned to the polymorphed red dragon.

Perthuscaron hated the rushing gaze, but drew a line resolutely.

“No. I don’t know if it’s a pureblood hatchling. Half-human, half-dragon must live in human society. You will never be welcome in dragon society.”

In this respect, being thorough was truly dragon-like. Balaur always set their own standards and never make exceptions.

“Then, it seems appropriate that we are temporarily protected by the Knights.”

“I agree. As Persuskaron said, if you look like that, you’d be better off with us. Education should also be given from the human standpoint.”

I stared into the eyes of a baby dragon—no, half-human, half-dragon. It feels like being sucked in just by looking at it.

Looking at it again, it’s an incredibly beautiful appearance.

To the point where I thought it wasn’t a baby of a gold dragon for nothing.

‘I’ll be in big trouble if I catch the eyes of a freak like Pyrhak.’

“Hey, you just had a weird idea.”

As soon as I moved my gaze to Firhak, he immediately realized that he might not be a seasoned adventurer and wrinkled his face.

“Isn’t it?”

“No, you know what, you bastard—.”

“By the way, what should I name it?”

That’s right, name!

In a way, it was the most important part.

In the end, you have to take them to the village one way or another, but you can’t just let them go without any connection.

No one will be convinced that the gold dragon is not a stray cat, and that he suddenly picked it up while wandering around, saying “Ah~ that’s right”.

The most ideal would be to rescue a child who had been held captive by bandits, or to bring a child who had lost his memory and wandered in the forest.

“Umm~~.”

Xian Ne put her chin on her chin and began to think seriously.

“Her hair is like ripe rice ears, and the atmosphere I feel is cool rather than hot. Then, how about a simple ‘fall’?”

“Dismissed!”

“Eh, why!”

“Something doesn’t feel right.”

Besides, it seems like you’re going to end up in a bad way after listening to someone at least once. For some reason, I think my mentality is also a glass mentality.

And above all.

I feel like there will be problems in many ways if I use that name hastily.

“Since the pupils are just like black olives, how about combining them with the golden dragon’s golden olives, or yellow ones for short?”

“Are you crazy?”

“Then, Smau, the gold dragon that appears in the legend… ….”

“Your tone looks bad.”

Aside from that, there were other candidates, but nothing stuck.

“Ac! Why are all of you naming senses like this!”

In the end, Perthus Caron, which was worse than that, came forward.

“Just make it Lucy by taking the letters ‘Lou’ from Luverne and ‘Poetry’ from Xianne. It’s human-like, but it’s pretty.”

Lucy.

The tone is also good and not bad.

And above all.

“Lucy, Lucy?!”

The Hatchling, who had been calm the whole time, reacted. I went up to her and patted her head lightly.

“Yes. Your name is Lucy from now on. Should you listen to us from now on?”

“Lucy! I like Lucy!”

“Ah, ah!! Hey! No, why are you clinging to me like this!”

She had to make a fuss with her, however, as she ran in again and tried to tear her hair out.

But wait a minute.

‘Louis of Luverne, Poetry of Cianne… ….’

Doesn’t it feel like something was born between me and the captain?

Your hair is, of course, Xianne’s blonde hair, and your eyes are the same black eyes as mine.

I felt like I was cheap for a while.

‘Unless you’re an idiot, you suddenly show up with a 7-year-old boy, do you think it’s a child between me and Xianne?’

I passed it on with the complacent thought.

Let’s slowly get out of the mine while holding Lucy’s hand.

A muscular knight was hurriedly running along with several people.

“Captain! Administrator! Where have you been?! Two guests are waiting for you to come to the village…….”

“Ah, Ronz. Sorry. While rescuing a child…….”

“A child?”

When he suddenly sees Lucy holding my hand, Lonz’s face is clearly confused.

Lonz looked at me, Lucy, and Cianne alternately.

“Wow!!? Everything, the captain and the magistrate gave birth to a baby—!!!”

He screamed and started running down towards the village.