Red Dragon

Losfelt Territory, Lord’s Castle.

The princess roared.

“I want to go too!!!!!”

It was so loud that dust fell from the ceiling.

Princess Henya, with her vivid red hair, couldn’t contain her excitement.

She clenched her fists tightly and shook them.

She hopped on her heels, thrilled.

She looked like a child begging for a toy, but each time her arms and legs moved, the castle shook slightly.

The Third Princess, who inherited a stronger lineage than the First Prince, who was said to have strongly inherited the royal bloodline, begged for what she wanted like any other child with her blessed physique.

In the royal palace, there were maids who could treat her rampages as normal, but the greatest convenience the royal family could provide to the princess who had become a Hero was her status.

Based on the principle that a Hero produced from the royal family should be raised strongly, they showed the minimum courtesy to the royalty.

In the first place, she had become a Hero, and even if it was tradition, her bloodline wasn’t going anywhere, and the royal family wouldn’t overlook that.

The nobles who had to endure the princess’s tantrums, who had been left to her own devices, were in agony.

Not only because of her status, but only the lord or the commander of the Knights could handle the princess’s power.

“Is it logically correct that I’m not there when they’re choosing my companions! I said that companionship isn’t all about strength! I! Want! To! Go!”

The commander of the Knights was firm.

“No, you may not.”

“Why!”

“As I’ve said for the third time, if Your Highness steps forward, those who have hoped to participate will not be able to give their all.”

“That’s why I’m disguised like this!”

“Will Your Highness’s aura be hidden by a disguise? More than anything, that robe is a custom-made item that only high-ranking nobles can obtain. There are only two people in Losfelt who can wear it.”

“Who is it?”

“Your Highness and the Lord.”

Henya looked at her robe.

It was a robe she had packed in her luggage when she left the royal palace, and she had chosen the least conspicuous color.

It was a black robe, but was it such a good item?

“Your Highness doesn’t know how not to stand out. Even if you go, can you hide your identity until the end?”

“I can!”

“….”

No, she couldn’t.

The commander of the Knights was certain.

Henya’s groundless confidence said it all.

If she had that much patience, she wouldn’t have tried to escape the castle secretly in the first place.

“But they’re Heroes! They’re the ones who came to be my companions! I have to go out and greet them in person!”

It was true that Heroes were important figures, but that wasn’t the case these days.

A Hero who caused trouble inflicted damage as serious as their level.

The royal family, who only told her good things, protected her illusions about Heroes from reality.

Henya boasted about what feats the Heroes had achieved in the past as if they were her own.

In the past, the Hero defeated a demon who was trying to destroy the kingdom.

In the past, the Hero defeated a Demon King who was trying to destroy the continent.

In the past, the Hero defeated a Great Demon King who was trying to rule the world.

In the past, the Hero sealed a Demon God who was trying to destroy the world, and the sealed Demon God waited for the time of resurrection on the 100th floor of the Tower.

“We’re standing at a moment in history! If I only care about saving face in front of the Heroes, people in later generations will criticize me as an arrogant princess Hero!”

She snorted.

She was very excited.

She looked at him with eyes that said, ‘I’ve said this much, so you’ll listen, right?’

The commander of the Knights was firm.

“No, you may not.”

“Why!”

She cried plaintively.

The conversation was repeated.

In the end, it ended with the word ‘no’.

He left the room and warned her once more.

“I’ll say it again, don’t try to go out on your own again.”

“But it’s until today, right?”

“It’s just the preliminaries. There won’t be any matches that Your Highness would be curious about. I’ve arranged it so.”

“Ugh.”

She pouted.

Henya curled up on the bed and collapsed.

She was sulking.

The commander of the Knights saw that and left the room.

In the hallway, the maids the Lord had placed were restless.

“Is it really not possible?”

“The timing is bad. If Her Highness, who is so excited, runs around saying she wants to see this and that, do you have the confidence to control her?”

“….”

“I can’t leave the castle. The atmosphere of the undead is ominous. The priest said that a powerful aura of death has appeared. Her Highness is important, but protecting the Lord is more important to me.”

If the princess were to go out, he couldn’t put himself in her escort.

Even if it was the Lord’s order, he couldn’t expose his lord’s safety to danger.

“I know what you’re worried about. If she’s about to cause another disturbance, let me know right away.”

“Understood.”

As the maids bowed and saw him off, the commander of the Knights stopped abruptly.

He immediately threw the door open again.

The sulking princess should have been on the bed.

But instead of the bright red-haired girl, there was a bright red Dragon. The Red Dragon was gathering Magical Power in its mouth.

The commander of the Knights tried to avoid it, but,

There were maids behind him.

“Your Highness, this is not good.”

“[──────!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]”

A roar.

A roar containing Dragon Fear directly hit the commander of the Knights.

The commander of the Knights had to defend with the maids behind him.

The roar had no direct impact.

Dragon Fear stimulates instincts.

The fear of a natural enemy felt by the victim.

A jolt.

When the commander of the Knights was directly hit by Dragon Fear and couldn’t move, the Red Dragon broke through the wall with the balcony and went out.

It soared into the sky, but where was it going?

In the direction it flew, the Tower stood tall.

Red Dragon.

Henya is royalty.

The founder of the royal family was a Dragon.

The royals who inherited the Dragon’s blood used the Dragon’s power more strongly the more deeply they inherited the blood.

The First Prince awakened his power in a form that was a mix of Dragon and human, but,

Henya, the Third Princess, could become the Dragon itself even more than that. She was born to be strong.

She looked at the Tower of Trials with longing eyes,

She was happy to make eye contact with the Heroes,

But she was already an enemy of the Heroes.

To someone who didn’t know the circumstances of the royal family, she was no different from a Dragon.

Not knowing the hostile gazes, she didn’t know the meaning of the will contained in the gazes and was excited by the fact that she was receiving all the attention.

It resembled the appearance of a monster going berserk.

Henya, who was impatient that the commander of the Knights was coming, landed on the street in her Dragon form and shouted.

But Dragons didn’t have vocal cords in their necks.

What came out of her mouth was a roar filled with her emotions.

What Henya wanted to say was this.

‘I can’t accept anyone weaker than me as a companion!!!’

No one understood the meaning contained in the roar.

Citizens ran away.

The Heroes also ran away.

Those who failed the preliminaries were annoying and troublesome, and those who passed the preliminaries were in an important period, so they couldn’t receive a Death Penalty.

Each with their own circumstances, they ran away from Henya Dragon.

‘Where are you all going!’

The Heroes ran away.

Henya didn’t see it as running away.

She didn’t see running away as running away because she didn’t know how she looked to others. Some children unconsciously chase after children who are running away. Henya felt the same way.

She wanted to fight the Heroes she had met after a long time, asking where they were going in such a hurry.

She was innocent. She was just doing what she wanted to do, but she didn’t know how terrifying it was.

But Dragons were big.

She missed them because she didn’t want to destroy the buildings.

‘Hmph.’

The Red Dragon raised its head higher than the buildings, and the Tower of Trials came into view.

Let’s do something outside before the commander of the Knights comes.

An impulsive stubbornness urged her to fly into the sky.

The Tower of Trials.

That plaza.

When she landed, the Heroes who were there were also flustered and scattered.

Let’s go to the Tower of Trials.

‘Ah, I can’t go in like this?’

Just as she was about to release her Dragon form.

Someone walked out of the Tower of Trials.

“Dragon?”

It was a pretty woman with blue eyes.

She drew her sword with a dazed face.

The [Ring of Contract] was stained with Americano’s Magical Power.

While wondering how to deal with the [Zeus Queen Wasp]’s surrender.

She was able to recall that she could clear the floor without killing Cappuccino with the [Ring of Contract].

So she barely turned off the [Boost] and tried to summon Cappuccino to borrow the [Ring of Contract], but,

“I have the same thing.”

The [Zeus Queen Wasp] handed over the ring she had.

She put the question aside for later.

She stained that [Ring of Contract] with her Magical Power and took ownership of it.

[33rd Floor Zeus Wasp Nest] [Clear]

[Rank] [EX]

[First Reward] [Demon King Stone×33×2]

[Solo Reward] [Wish Stone×33×2]

[Reward] [16,500×2 Gold]

Since she succeeded, she gave the [Zeus Queen Wasp] a name.

The names she had used so far were,

Americano.

Used normally.

Espresso.

For duel arena.

Cappuccino.

For pets.

Since she used coffee-related names, she decided on one of the coffees to match.

There were many coffee names.

Hazelnut, Vanilla, Caramel.

Things that were suitable to be used as names.

This must be it, right?

It was a wasp, but,

“Caramel.”

There were some wasps that collected honey. Honey is sugar, and Caramel is made from sugar.

Perfect. She stroked the head of [Zeus Queen Wasp] Caramel.

“From now on, Caramel is your name.”

“Caramel. Understood.”

“….”

“…What is it?”

“No, nothing.”

As expected, no matter where you looked, she was just an ordinary blonde woman. She let go of the hand that was pinching Caramel’s cheek and left the Tower.

She asked about the [Ring of Contract] while going down the Tower.

When she left the Tower,

“….”

“….”

There was a red Dragon. She was surprised by the sudden appearance, but first, she drew her sword and checked the information window.

There was no information window.

That was a bit strange, but,

‘I’ll know when I catch it.’