Chapter 63.1

Isaac looking at his daughter-in-law began to shake.

‘No, come to think of it, he’s old enough to get married.’

Now that Glenn was also his direct family member who had also inherited the title, it was only right that he introduced his wife who would bear a successor.

Finally came to his senses, he asked Nadia.

“Well, yes, it’s a pleasure news. Which family are you from?”

Isaac was really curious, although he knew it wasn’t the usual greeting.

He had no memory of seeing such a face among the women of the main household or the surrounding lords.

The brown-haired woman, who walked to the bedside, answered politely.

“I am Nadia, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Balazit.”

“What?”

Isaac wanted to stop being surprised, but he couldn’t. His mouth opened wide again.

“Ba–Balazit?”

“Yes, the Duke of Balazit is my father.”

“…….”

Who in the world allowed the marriage between Winterfell and Balazit to take place?

‘Convince me of this situation, son.’

Isaac looked at his son as if he wanted an explanation, but Glenn just dodged his gaze. Then he added like a murmur.

“It’s long to explain, too. Once you get better, I’ll explain it to you gradually.”

“No, what in the….”

No matter how fast things changed, wasn’t it too fast for something like the unity between two rival families to happen?

Then, Glenn handed the medicine to Isaac who was puzzled, and said.

“Please take a good rest. It seems that we didn’t consider your condition and came in with too much news.”

“……My head hurts again. I might as well rest a little as you say.”

Glenn left the room only after confirming that his father was taking the medicine.

The doctors said that the previous Marquis still needed more rest, and urged Glenn to leave his father to rest, so others had to follow Glenn.

He looked at the door of the closed hospital room and murmured.

“…You must have a lot to explain to your father.”

“But there’s no bad news, is there? If I explain it slowly, he will understand.”

“I suppose so….”

He hoped there would be no new problem.

Someone talked to him hesitatingly. It was a knight who had been holding the large egg for a while.

“My lord, what should I do with this egg?”

“Oh.”

The knight’s face was pale because he kept holding something that weighed quite a lot.

He ordered others to help him, and then continued.

“It’s not for me to decide because I’m going to give it to Nadia. What do you want to do with it?”

“Oh, am I supposed to decide?”

Nadia, who suddenly had to make a decision, blinked.

‘What the hell am I going to do with that?’

Nadia looked at the egg in question and turned to Glenn again. After repeating it a few times, she finally decided.

“It’s a rare probability, but I think it’s better to keep it warm because it probably will wake up. Leave it by the window in the main house. The sun is shining nicely, it must be warm there.”

It was impossible to know whether the dragon egg would hatch only when it were under warm temperature like a normal egg, but she had no other way.

No one knew for sure whether the hatchling would really break the shell, so Nadia decided not to expect too much.

One of the knights added jokingly.

“What if the egg really hatched? Are we going to raise a dragon?”

“Maybe we can tame it.”

“Then will you be a Dragon Rider? No, is it Dragon Tamer? Hahaha!”

“Wow, what would it feel like to ride such a thing…”

“Don’t expect too much, you guys. How do you know if it’s really a Wyvern egg?”

“But it was stored too finely. As soon as I saw it, I thought ‘ oh that’s a dragon egg’. ”

“I heard that the lair has been neglected for a long time since the dragon died. Even if it’s a real dragon egg, it won’t be alive now.”

“Oh, it’s just wishful thinking. Isn’t it amazing?”

At that time, the butler’s voice rang out through the noisy crowd. It was a very strange voice.

“What a coincidence.”

“Hmm?”

Glenn turned around. There stood Gordon, who seemed to have no idea what expression to make.

“What do you mean?”

“I just got the news from the capital, but I was late to deliver it because the Marquis had woken up. It is said that Gadavira, a venomous dragon in the south, was defeated.”

“Good for them. Wasn’t it a nuisance to the people of the South?”

“Yes, but….”

The butler hesitated for a moment, blurring the end of his speech. But Nadia knew the next word that would come out of Gordon’s mouth.

“Sir Lee Jiho, the subordinate of the Duke of Balazit, is the Dragon Slayer.”

“He is?”

After all, it seemed that what happened in the past had happened.

Nadia looked down and recalled the past.

Although Lee Jiho gained some reputation for his expedition, it was after he conquered Gadavira, a venomous dragon, that he became famous.

‘And he becomes a hero in the war against the demons.’

It would be the future for now.

There was a voice inside her head, reflecting on what would happen one by one by one.

“…He must be very much adored like god now.”

“In other words, a rival has been born to counter your reputation. The Duke is going to try to raise him as a hero somehow.”

“It’s obvious.”

In fact, the Duke of Balazit did everything to inflate his men’s heroic achievements.

There was no direct harm to Winterfell, but there was no way for them to congratulate the political opponent on the good news.

But that didn’t mean he could stop the Duke from raising his reputation in the capital.

All they could do was build up the power of their own territory. Tsk , continued Glenn, who kicked his tongue.

“Whatever they do over there, we just have to do what we have to do. To be faithful to our duty.”

“Yes!”

But he also felt vaguely that things would not be so simple.

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