Surviving As The 5Th Prince Of Hellman Kingdom [EN]: Chapter 156

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I finished my external appointments and returned to the palace.

I slumped onto the office sofa, thinking about Marie, whom I had met at Schuetz’s hospital.

‘A child marked by God…’

It wasn’t the first time I’d seen Marie, so why did that notification suddenly appear?

A plausible hypothesis quickly emerged.

Today was the first time I had met Marie since achieving the accomplishment, ‘Finding the Lost God.’ If so, who else but Danarr could have marked Marie?

If so, what did he mark her with?

‘A saint, perhaps…’

Good.

Saint Marie.

Divine Beast Harrion.

Danarr, you had it all planned out. Did you perhaps also mark the Pope, the Cardinals, and the high priests beneath them?

I silently questioned his will, which must be beyond the sky.

Waiting for an answer that would never come, I blankly stared at the sunset sky.

“Haaah.”

Suddenly, fatigue washed over me.

My eyelids were so heavy.

I was already sleep-deprived, and it seemed to be the aftermath of staying up all night to create a detector to track down my precious one.

Before I knew it, my eyes slowly closed.

.

.

.

“…Harrion, you have to touch it gently there.”

“Nyaang, nyaang.”

“That’s right, that’s right. There’s a baby here.”

Reina’s voice.

I must have dozed off.

I could feel the warmth of a blanket.

‘Reina must have covered me.’

Certainly, being inside the palace made me feel relaxed. Just a few weeks ago, I would wake up at the rustling of leaves.

I slowly lifted my eyelids.

The outside of the window, which had been sunset, was now dark.

“Will it be a prince? Or a princess? What do you think, Harrion?”

“Nyaang!”

“A prince?”

“Nyaang, nyaang!”

“Really?”

Reina was playing with Harrion, who had placed his front paw on her belly. I quietly watched the scene, which naturally brought peace to my heart, and took some time to heal.

“Oh? Your Majesty! When did you wake up?”

Reina noticed that I had opened my eyes.

“Nyaang! Nyaang! Nyaaah!”

Harrion, escaping from her arms, ran to me and slipped on the blanket.

I quickly snatched him up before he hit the ground.

“Be careful, you little rascal.”

“Nyaang!”

He answers well, as if he understands.

Except for having two more legs, he’s just like a baby kitten.

I carefully placed Harrion next to me on the sofa.

“Nyaang, nyaang!”

He immediately jumped onto my lap and curled up.

I once again wondered if this guy could really grow into a majestic divine beast that protects the kingdom.

I shook my head and looked at Reina.

“You should have woken me up when you came. Why were you waiting?”

“I didn’t wake you because you seemed very tired. You didn’t even come to your chambers last night. Did something happen? I heard the Chief Secretary took an urgent leave today.”

“Ah, yesterday…”

I summarized and told her the story of G-Dragon leaving home.

“So that’s what happened. It’s my fault for not taking care of him while Your Majesty was away from the palace. I should have visited the Emerald Garden from time to time…”

I shook my head.

It wasn’t Reina’s fault at all.

Given G-Dragon’s nature of needing to stay out of sight, she would have to be alone in the garden for him to reveal himself, saying he had awakened.

There is no maid who would allow a pregnant queen to stroll through the garden alone.

…

Suddenly, I felt a pang in my heart, thinking of G-Dragon, who must have been cautious and peeked out whenever he wanted to feel the air of the earth.

Perhaps it would be right to let him live in nature? I should have a serious conversation with Alphonso when he brings him back.

***

G-Dragon, who had left the Emerald Palace’s garden, hadn’t actually left the royal capital right away. He lingered around the royal capital.

He thought that if Evan noticed his disappearance right away and came running, he would reluctantly return to the Emerald Palace’s garden.

But.

‘Geu-oh…’

Evan didn’t come looking for him until the sun rose and set again. G-Dragon left the royal capital with powerless gestures.

After leaving the royal capital, he pondered.

‘Geu-oh?’

Where should I go?

After much deliberation, G-Dragon headed west. Eventually, he returned to his hometown.

He was going back to where he originally lived.

G-Dragon, who could dig tunnels faster than a train, moved to the mine of the Black Anvil Tribe’s village in just one day.

“Rotin! Didn’t you feel the mine shake just now?”

“Did you feel it too, Hasten?”

G-Dragon’s sensitive senses picked up the dwarves’ conversation. He briefly stopped digging the tunnel.

“Was it just my imagination?”

“No, I definitely felt it.”

His appearance will be discovered by the dwarves.

News will reach Evan.

He will come looking for him.

G-Dragon’s mind became busy.

He wants to be found, but he shouldn’t be found.

With such contradictory thoughts, he simply held his breath and eavesdropped on the dwarves’ conversation.

“We should report it to the village elders.”

“Wouldn’t that be good?”

“Let’s get out of here first. It’s dangerous.”

G-Dragon decided to live without being noticed ‘as much as possible.’

Perhaps because it was near a mine where top-grade magic crystals were found, there was a delicious smell wafting around.

Gurgle.

His forgotten appetite returned.

‘Geu-oh…’

However, if he ate the magic crystals that the dwarves were mining, they would surely be sad. G-Dragon pondered for a moment and turned his head.

He remembered that there were quite a few things to eat in the abandoned mine.

So G-Dragon arrived at the abandoned mine.

He found iron ore in a deep place that even the dwarves had given up mining and crunched, crunched, crunched, and ate it.

‘Geu-oh?’

It didn’t taste good.

It was different from the iron ore that Evan used to throw to him with warm eyes, calling him ‘our precious one.’

G-Dragon quickly lost his appetite. He curled up and rubbed his face against the bow tie around his neck.

-Oh! Our precious one, you look very handsome! You can withstand gigantification, so if something dangerous happens, feel free to gigantify, okay?

Evan had given it to him as a reward after easily defeating the Seven-Tailed Fox. It was a bit annoying when molting, but it was a precious item.

‘Geu-oh…’

G-Dragon felt like he knew what it was like to be cold. That’s how one night passed in the abandoned mine of the Black Anvil Tribe.

And the next day.

‘Geu-oh?!’

G-Dragon’s senses caught something that made him jolt awake.

A flame ruby.

A special treat that Evan occasionally gave him in the winter.

G-Dragon moved slowly and approached the ground where the flame ruby was.

He peeked out.

And was surprised.

“G, geu-oh!”

There was Alphonso juggling a large flame ruby. He smiled slyly when he found G-Dragon.

“Hehehe.”

“G, geu-oh!”

“How did I know? It’s obvious where you’d go.”

“Geu-oh-oh-oh! Geu-oh!”

G-Dragon shook his head desperately, showing his desperate will not to follow.

“Hah, this guy. He’s really sulking.”

Alphonso scratched his cheek and repeatedly threw and caught the flame ruby. G-Dragon’s head nodded in response.

For some reason, G-Dragon felt his appetite surge after reuniting with him.

Alphonso chuckled and threw the flame ruby.

“Here, eat this first and don’t run away again.”

“Geu-oh!”

G-Dragon snatched the flame ruby and crunched, crunched, crunched, and ate it deliciously.

Alphonso stared blankly at the sight.

‘That guy, he definitely seems to want to go back to the royal capital.’

His actions were just like his when he was young.

When he was a child, raised as the youngest and spoiled, he had run away from home after being scolded severely.

Wishing to be found, he didn’t go far and hid in the hill behind the mansion, waiting for the adults to find him.

‘If he was really going to disappear, he would have left the kingdom altogether.’

Alphonso looked at G-Dragon with an expression that said he knew everything.

Crunch, crunch. G-Dragon, who was eating the flame ruby deliciously, felt Alphonso’s gaze and suddenly came to his senses.

“Geu-oh… Geu-oh.”

“I see. You’re saying you’re not going back to the royal capital, right?”

“Geu-oh, geu-oh.”

“Okay. Then now that I’ve confirmed that you’re doing well, I’m leaving.”

“G, geu-oh?”

“Then is it real, or fake? Live well. I’ll make sure to tell His Majesty the King. Goodbye!”

“Geu-oh!”

G-Dragon nodded haughtily.

Alphonso, who had boarded the airship, waved his hand and disappeared.

‘Geu-oh, geu-oh?’

He really left. G-Dragon didn’t move from his spot until the receding airship disappeared from his senses.

And after Alphonso disappeared.

Crunch.

G-Dragon chewed the flame ruby in his mouth.

It tasted so bad that he wondered if he had been eating it deliciously just a moment ago.

***

Early in the morning, a message was sent from the Mairton County. It was from Ayra’s family.

The sender was Alphonso.

He found G-Dragon.

He asked for a week, but he found him in two days. He had quite the detective skills.

Anyway, so.

I abandoned all my work and boarded the airship, Black Wyvern.

“Why are you suddenly going to the west like this? May I ask why you brought me along?”

Julian, whom I had dragged along, asked cautiously.

“A long time ago, you asked me how I dealt with the 7-star summoner Amika Arya, right?”

“That’s right. You said you would tell me if you had the chance, but it’s been over two years and you haven’t said anything, so I thought you had forgotten.”

I was just about to show him directly when my precious one went into a long sleep.

“I’m going to tell you that now.”

“Ah…”

Julian nodded.

He glanced at the direction of the palace.

He seemed concerned about the work he had left behind at the Royal Intelligence Agency.

“Don’t worry. What kind of woman is Count Milroa? There won’t be any problems even if Julian is gone for a day.”

In fact, it ran very well even when he wasn’t there.

“Ah, yes.”

“And there’s something I want to discuss with Julian on the way.”

“Something you want to discuss?”

“I think it’s about time to introduce the Danarr Order to the people of the kingdom.”

At the word Danarr, Harrion, who was curled up in my chest, poked his head out.

“Nyaang!”

For some reason, he didn’t want to leave my side today, so I had no choice but to bring him along.

“…May I know why you are trying to make the Danarr Order the state religion?”

I didn’t really have anything to say to Julian’s question.

How should I explain this?

“I seem to have asked a difficult question. Then I’ll change the question. What positive changes do you predict will occur in the kingdom if the Danarr Order becomes the state religion and its power grows?”

Ah, I can answer that.

I pointed to Harrion, who was wriggling in my chest.

“This guy looks like a kitten now, but he’s Danarr’s divine beast. If Danarr’s order grows, this guy will also grow and become a divine beast that protects our Lionel Kingdom, like Arya’s Etrim or the Hamel Empire’s Aurelis.”

“Nyaang!”

Stay still, you little rascal.

Julian stared intently at Harrion before opening his mouth.

“I know that… divine beasts aren’t necessarily beings with great power.”

“Julian, you haven’t seen this guy’s adult form, that’s why you’re saying that.”

I recalled Harrion’s adult form that I had seen in the ruins.

A strong figure reminiscent of a roaring lion.

There’s no way he could be weak.

He must have the power to tear off the head of the Eight-Headed Dragon Etrim and rip off the wings of the Golden Dragon Aurelis.

…Right?

“Nyaang!”

I was losing confidence a little.