Chapter 118 – The Omerta family’s paranoid conspiracy theories about the ice dragon

The relaxing atmosphere made breakfast time pass quickly and it was soon followed by dessert.

Rich, sweet cocoa with floating marshmallows along with a snow-white cream cake were desserts perfect for a snowy morning.

But it seemed that I was the only one who thought so.

Even Elenia seemed to be distracted by something.

“Are these desserts father’s taste?”

“What are you suddenly unhappy about? The daughter-in-law likes it.”

“Since when did you start liking them…”

“Didn’t I like them back then as well?”

“What are you talking about when you say ‘back then’?”

“I had the same taste back then but there are some desserts that I only recently started liking.”

The Duke, who responded slowly, sipped a glass of wine and gracefully gestured towards the attendants.

The pale faced attendants that had been actively moving about left their positions.

I was a little worried that Izek, who was staring at my cup of hot cocoa as if it was poisoned, might overturn the table as it is, but fortunately that didn’t happen.

However, the veins bulging from his forehead were unsettling.

“Are you enjoying this…?” (Izek)

“Am I the only one? Besides that, tell me why your superior has been making such a commotion since this morning.” (Duke)

“Do I need to report it to my father?” (Izek)

“Who told you not to do it?” (Duke)

What is this?

My eyes widened at the sight of the pair of siblings’ cold eyes and quietly took a bite of my cake.

“What happened?” (Duke)

“Rather than something happening…damn it. I was going to bring it up myself so why are you pestering me about this now?” (Izek)

“I don’t want to be involved but you have to tell me in detail so that I can relay the information to his majesty”. (Duke)

“You can find out from Sir Barons (knight commander). Actually, you probably already know about it.” (Izek)

“Your superior has a tendency to exaggerate since long ago so his words are unreliable. Fu… Lately, I’ve been hearing peculiar noises coming from the direction of Rom’s cave since last night, Ruby.” (Duke)

If it’s Rom’s cave, isn’t that where our dragon cub’s hiding place is?

(T/N: ‘Rom’ is supposed to be a place but I am not sure what it is since I don’t remember a location sounding similar to it when the novel talks about Erendil or the North and I’m sure it’s not referring to Romagna)

Izek rubbed his temples in annoyance then glanced at me with an imperturbable expression.

“I’ve been monitoring the area since the attack on the palace and I heard someone whining all of a sudden last night. Should I say that it sounds more like wailing? The commander is arguing that it clearly sounds more like wailing.” (Izek)

“Could the dragon be in ill health?” (Ruby)

“It could be the case but the timing of when they started wailing doesn’t coincide with when they sustained injuries from the incident····Anyway, the first thing to do is to figure out the next steps. I will first do a sweep of the area today and then escort you to the location. They’ve been acting out and you’re the only one who has entered their dwelling. (Izek)

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“Isn’t there a possibility that they’re purposely pretending to be unwell? Maybe they’re trying to make Ruby come to them.” (Elenia)

has ever clearly specified the gender of the dragon since Korean just frivolously switches between he/she whenever it’s MTL’d, so I’m using gender neutral pronouns from now

gaped at Elenia for a

her eyes

they’re much smarter than they seem. Don’t let this go so easily”

sentiment. No matter how I look at it, it’s clear that he’s feigning, but Sir Barons is concerned…What

sense. If you consider the circumstances, that bast*rd could just be putting on

scene of a family simply

when did they get along so

that ill tempered

unreasonable to be one of the few people concerned, after all, dragons are quite

make matters worse, my

knights are struggling to watch over them and the dragon cub is indeed sick, why don’t the knights just release them outside?”

to do that too, but it’s also difficult because they’re rare. There are concerns that they will rampage again under

the hell was the commander complaining

from somewhere are guarding the entrance closely so it’s impossible to get near the dragon. In other words, they are preventing other beasts

specified

It didn’t seem

conspiring with one another. I was going to give them a chance to make contact on their own even if I wasn’t monitoring the situation, but this is my plan now.….”

“You know.” (Ruby)

the bizarre conversation, but when I openly sighed, it ended

not only was my smug, arrogant husband smiling at me, but my poker-faced sister-in-law and stern father-in-law were also

seemed like they

course I’m

course it was just a joke. Wasn’t

that because I was a bit troubled about

seem like they were being honest, but I pretended to not

at Izek, who appeared to have been somewhat clenching his

there today? Are you going

I am. It might be dangerous so I don’t want you to meet them

to myself that I’m still using they/them pronouns to refer to

married couple’s joint operation. I was internally worried that you would be going alone. Isn’t it likely that they’re on high alert at the

are on_the

then he looked at me,

similar to a child moaning from

what’s with this

was at a loss for

shook his head while Izek, whose blood

haven’t said anything yet?”

Oh, damn it….”

Great… It’s just

are you okay?”

my question, Izek’s sullen figure

face with his large hands, he averted

to go and clean

thoughtless, stupid bast*rd is faking their illness. If that’s the case, approach with caution for

you’d

you want to eat more

stared at each other for a while and at the same time opened our mouths at the attractive, wide backs

safe trip. See you

“Have a safe trip.”

the last time with similar expressions, but right afterwards, in the process of leaving, they caused a disturbance and coughed up a storm, leaving us wondering what else

like to eat

“What about you Ellen?”

him to bring me some other

the first breakfast the

***

need to get

the way, does winter come this early for Erendil?”

fast. Come to think of

lived in the northern part, so I thought it snowed too early compared to the rest

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