I’m Andryrth the Greet,a five hundred year old dragon,Slayer of Legends,Destroyer of Realms.
And I’m bored.
i stretched my wings as the sunlight reflected off my silver scales shining for all to see.
Still as awe inspiring as ever i thought to myself while looking at my reflection.
What to do now quickly getting bored i mused over how to entertain myself.
That elf from a few years ago was fun, i still haven’t seen somebody swing a GreatAxe with much ferocity since.
I’m whats know as “battle maniac”,the tension when both sides put their all at stake to determine who will survive makes me feel alive.
Too bad finding people that can threaten me is so hard- it takes several years to find such person,much less to convince them to fight ,after all, while I’m not the strongest dragon by far,I’m still capable of destroying nations without a sweat, not every one is like those fairytale knights charging to save the princess from the evil drag-
That’s it, instead of looking for a worthy opponent, i can make him come to me.
I take up to the sky’s flying to the nearest kingdom,apparently called, Bald-Win?
Good for them,but why would you name your kingdom after something like that,the minds of mortals truly are a mystery for a great dragon such as myself.
My mind returns to realty as i spot a large castle in the center of the capital.
Alright,gotta make a good first impression, inhale,exhale , you are an evil dragon, you are an evil dragon,i got this.
I land down in empty area in the castle,the guards quickly surround me as if they anticipated my appearance-which they should,a shining mass moving through the sky is hard to miss-with their weapons raised ready to attack at the slightest Sign.
“May this humble self inquire for the reason behind your visit,O great dragon”An elderly man which i presume to be king speaks from behind the rows of guards.
“What does a mere ant want to know our intention,does it think itself capable of stopping us if we wish harm upon it” thankfully I’ve dealt with a lot of prideful dragons in the past,so emulating their manners wasn’t a challenge.
“Of course not, this humble self merely wanted to fulfill your will if its with in reason, and if not , lets just say that even a rat will show it fangs when cornered”
The king was respectful without bending backwards to please me,had it been at any other circumstances i would praised his character.
You just been in the wrong place at the wrong time,you have nothing to blame but your luck.
“We are Andryrth‘the silver edge’ ”using my teenage nickname brought back a lot of embarrassing memories the made me want to bury my head into the ground ,but the gullible human who ware unaware of the history behind it seemed to be in awe of it.
”we topple cites with but a single flip of our wings” as to provide proof i stretch my wings before flipping them ones,and use wind magic to create big burst of air that causes everything to collapse, Soldiers and buildings alike.
I of course use magic to make sure nobody’s dies or get crippled -but not completely unscratched, as that would be too suspicious- after all they might be part of the army sent to subjugate me.
Although not as good as single combat,fighting an army can be fun in it own way.
“Does thou still think of thyself in the same standing as us” i might’ve switched accents halfway thru ,but they’re properly too scared for their lives to notice.
Found it i catch glimpse of a female figure with blond hair wearing a fancy dress running from the debris.
I gracefully dash to the figure and hold it in one my front legs.
“For your insolence i shall take this spawn of yours, shall you ever want to see her again, find me in the great tower above the black mountain” with the little act over i fly away with my new prize.
....
upon reaching the tower i carefully place the princess on a balcony,before polymorphing my self to a human form to fit inside.
the tower itself wasn’t anything special,it used belongs to some lich before i killed him,so beside everything being in shades of black it was just a normal building, the only reason i chose it is because my horde was quit far away.
“When do you plan to stop staring” i ask the princess who turn her head away in embarrassment.
Not that i blame you,even in a different form ,my gorgeous face is enough to charm any maiden.
“Moving on,what is your name”
“Sy-Sydelle”
“Alright Sydelle,you’ll be staying here until your father sends someone to save you, until then you’re not allowed to leave this building under any circumstance,there is food and water in the kitchen on the second floor,do you understand”
”y-Yes,Sir“
“And if you want anything else,just tell me and I’ll bring it to you”
....
It has been a month since i kidnapped Sydelle and there is still no sight of anyone trying to rescue her.
It got boring real quick since i couldn’t leave for too long otherwise my opponent might show up to find nobody,so i got a bunch of stuff to pass the time.
“Rook to H5” i was currently playing this game called ‘chess’ with Sydelle.
“Queen to D7,Checkmate”after spending a month together Sydelle was no longer afraid of me,stuttering every sentence.
“Let me see,i move-”
“Come out wicked dragon, for i, the hero have come to slay thy and save the princess” a voice cut me off from outside the tower.
“Finally”i jump out the window and cancel my polymorph”what took you so long-“
“So you decided to show your face evil dragon” a child,barely over 10,cover in dirt and mud,which looked like the personification of the word pathetic.
The most surprising part was the greet sword in his hand that was longer then him.
I have no idea how he is even holding that thing.
“How did you get here”i ask barely holding the anger in my voice.
“I-i traveled here all the way from the capital”the boy get scared just from seeing me.
“ALL ALONE,who even sent you here”
“The king told me that the hero doesn’t need help from anyone”
Suddenly i don’t feel so bad about destroying his castle.
“Do even know how to use a sword”
“The hero can use the sword as if it their own arm”
“Alright I’ve heard enough,I’m going to have a nice long chat with the king,but before that” i grab the little bundle of misery and fly intro the tower.
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“Let me go”
With Sydelle’s help i full a bath with hot water and drop him in.
“How dare you kidnap me too,have you no honer you-“
“Listen here,I’m not fighting a child, much less one who doesn’t know how to use his weapon”
“But-but its my duty as the hero to defeat you”
“How about this,i remember having some swordsmanship manuals around here,I’ll teach you how to fight,and once you get older you can “defeat me” or whatever”
“But,i don’t know how to read”
“Sure,i can teach you how to read,might as well add math while we’re at it”
“In that case,i-i accept your proposal “
....
A wooden sword cut thru the air heading directly to my face.
“Too slow ”I rise mine to block it.
In reaction to my provocation, the ‘hero’ -whose name turned out to be Luke -sends a barrage of attacks.
“Stop swinging that thing randomly and actually use your brain”i easily intercept every single one of them before replying with one of my own.
He fails to react in time and falls on the ground.
“Are you even trying” he jump back up on his legs with a determined look in his eyes as if to say”no matter how mach it takes,I’m not stopping until I’ve beating the shit out of you”
Good,i offered to teach him on a whim ,but with this attitude he might make it quit far,after all spite is the most powerful motivator.
But before we could start the next round,a familiar voice cut us off ”lunch is ready”
“That’s enough for today,we’ll start learning calculus after you finish eating”with that i drop my sword and go to the kitchen.
We sit down and eat in silence for a few minutes.
“Aren’t you being a bit too harsh at him”
“This much is necessary if he wants to seriously fight a dragon”
“Are you still holding that against him,he just a child who doesn’t know what he’s saying,there is no way he can beat you”
“After all you’re the ‘the silver edge’ Andryrth”she smugly reply’s.
Godsdamnit, who know what i said is going to bite me in the ass.
The sound of heavy footsteps and clunking metal shakes the ground.
“I’ll see who it is” Finding an excuse to escape the embarrassment i jump out the window.
After the display last time i wasn’t expecting some grand army to come ,maybe a battalion or tow, but this-
A group of ill starved peasants -13 of them to be exact- holding rusted farm tools and covered in random scraps of metal certainly wasn't what i was expecting.
“You,what are you doing here,are you lost or were you forced to come here against your will”
“We’ve come here under orders of the kin-“
“Cut the crap and answer the question”
“It was ether here or prison“
“it will be hard to house such large number of people but we’ll mange somehow”
“What do you mean”
“Listen up”i condense mane in my hand before swinging it at the tree line,turning everything on it way to dust ”from now on you are my servants , to attend to my every want and need”
This will make things more convenient from now on.
....
Another month pass’s in the blink of an eye.
“Call”i was currently siting on circular table with 8 of the servants with the others watching from behind,as for what we’re doing, it was naturally
gambling.
“Full house, i win”i slide all the coins on the table in front of me.
“This is the the fourth time you win in a row,you’re really good at this game,boss”
That’s to be expected since I’m using magic to cheat,but you don’t have to know about that.
Also-
“Stop calling me ‘boss’ “
“Sure thing boss”
When they first showed up here they could barely stand in the same room as me,maybe I’ve been too nice.
“I’m getting bored of this game,how about we try something else”
“If it means i have a chance at wining then its fine by me”the others nodded in agreement so i went to get the roulette table before noticing a small pair of eyes peaking behind the door frame,and soon everyone’s gaze shifted to what i was looking at.
“You can come out,Luke”he hobbles his way to me with head down.
“What is it”
“I-i was just curious about what you’re doing”
“If that just it,how about you try it out for yourself”
“Can I”he looks to the others behind me.
“Of course,but be warned ,i won’t go easy on you”they all give him a thumps up.
“No he won’t”a sharp voice cut us off as Sydelle comes thru the door.
I still have no idea how she knows everything that happens in the tower,at this point i learned to accept it and move on.
“Are you seriously getting a child to gamble,are you insane” i look back to the others for help.
“The boss wife is angry”
“Sorry,but you’re on your own”
They all run away and left me behind.
I was definitely too nice.
“Look Sydelle, it not that big of a deal”
“What if he get gambling addiction and loses all of his money”
“Then i can give him more,i have more coin then he will spend for his entire life”
“That’s not the point,just don’t let him get used to this type of thing unless you want me to tell everyone you’ve been cheating”
”...”
“You’re not the only one who can use magic you know”she added seeing the blank look on my face.
“Umm-m”we both turn to the source of the sound.
“I’m sorry,i won’t ask to play with the adults again so please stop fighting”he was crying.
““We’re not fighting””we drew each other to a hug.
““see””thankfully that was enough to calm him down.
With that situation dealt with i went on the balcony to take a breath of fresh air only to see a young girl awkwardly fiddling with her staff in front of the tower.
“I was told there was supposed to be a dragon around here”she rises her head to look up to me.
“Name”i don’t even bother turning back to my true form.
“Maple”
“Judging from the clothes you’re wearing and the thing in your hands, a wizard?”
“I was in the middle of my apprenticeship sooo-”
“Can you at lest cast fireball”
“No”
‘Sigh’ “Get in”
Guess I’m gonna have to add magic lessons to my schedule.
...
After we exhausted everything we could do we ended up playing something recommended by Mabel culled “Dungeons & Dragons”.
“You enter a large mysterious cave-” Mabel’s voice faded to the background as I started thinking.
It already been a year since i toke Sydelle but beside the three initial “attacks” there hasn’t been as much as bug showing up.
It appears they’ve given up.
Should i go check up on them and give them a little “motivation”.
Well,the current situation isn’t that bad,i don’t have time to be bored with all of them around.
And beside I’m to lazy to move right now.
Maybe tomorrow.
Throwing my thoughts to the side i focused back to the game.
“In front of you, you see a large Dragon covered in shining silver scales”
“Who dares to intrude upon my lair,he roars at you shaking the ground with his voice”
A dragon,let see my character is righteous paladin so he’ll say-
“I seduce the dragon”Sydelle said out of nowhere.
WHAT
“Roll for charisma”
“20”
“You-“
“Wait a second,you can’t just,seduce someone who’s threatening to kill you”
“Yes i can,want me can show you how”she turned to face me with a weird look on her face.
“The two of you can flirt after the game’s done,and as for what you said,there is nothing in the rules the forbids
Seducing an enemy”Maple said
“Fine”I roll my eyes.
“Now back to the game,you-”we continued until sunset.
I took off the first thing next day.
Let see what took them so long.
I spent the next week traveling along Buldwin gathering info on what happened,and what i found isn’t exactly the best.
There’s a drought in the south,bandits cover every road and the guards lack manpower to do anything about it,the church throwing a Hissy fit about the king being abandoned by the gods,the everything prices are rising,and talks of the nobles planing a coup.
Ohh, And the king’s dead.
I have no idea how,the tales defer depending on who you ask,And since Sydelle’s gone the only one to inherit the Throne is his 8 years old son.
That explains a lot,actually.
they couldn’t even get anyone who could fight me, so they sent some disposable randoms they know would die so they can say they tried.
And the means that operation fairytale officially a failure,what a bummer.
I should also get the others back home since there’s no reason for them to stay in the tower anymore.
But before that, there something to be done,can’t have them return to a half ruined kingdom,can i.
Firstly i pushed some rainy clouds to the south,flew along every road burning everyone in sight,and for the last three problems i just barged in and ate anyone who tried anything funny.
The benefits of being a dragon,i don’t know how mortals can do anything without it.
As for the last thing that will solve it self once Sydelle back at the castle.
With my work done i went back home.
“Michele, can you call up the others, i have an announcement to make”i tell one of the servants as soon as i get back.
Only Once i made sure everyone gathered did i start talking “good news everybody,well not exactly good but it is news”
“It appears the kingdom given up on rescuing you”i said to Sydelle .
“Which means-?”
“You’re going back home”
“Wait,why”it was Mabel that interpreted this time.
“Cause the whole reason i kidnapped miss princess here so i can get a good fight,now that we know that not going to happen ,there’s no reason for you to stay here”
Now that i think about it,i never told them why i did all of this.
“What about you”Luke anxiously said.
You look like a child about to be abandoned by his parents,what happened about you wanting to kill me.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll be coming with you since i have nothing better to do”
Might as will indulge him a little bit, i own all of them this since getting them into this mess.
And so begin our journey to the capital of boldwin,and despite my strong disagreement we took a carriage instead of just riding on my back,which is faster and safer.
However nothing could’ve prepared my to what happened after.
...
The sound of the ringing bells echoed through the grand cathedral,in front the alter stood two figures one of which donning a wedding dress.
With the other One being me.
How the hell did this happen.
Looking across the room i saw many familiar faces.
Luke,Mabel,the servants from the tower,and unfamiliar ones like the 8 years old prince and other high ranking people,and most importantly the one standing right in front of me.
Sydelle.
She had a huge smile on her face and was waving to the crowed like she was having the day of her life.
It was about a mouth since we arrived at the castle and everyone was settling in when she decided to take us to a wedding,I even had to wear a suit and everything.
I was daydreaming when we got out of the carriage so i absentmindedly followed Sydelle and by the time i wake up it was like this.
”Sydelle Althan, do you take sir Andryrth to be your husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only to him forevermore?”
“I Do”
There even doing the whole wedding vows and all.
“sir Andryrth, do you take Sydelle Althan to be your Wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only to her forevermore?”
I took a few seconds to think before opening my mouth.
It’s not something I’m PARTIALLY against,and Since they went through all the effort ,might as well go along.
“I Do”
I’m Andryrth the Greet,a five hundred year old dragon,Slayer of Legends,Destroyer of Realms.
And now apparently king and husband.