"This sword is a great hero and has a history of defending the empire in wars against different races in the past." Sheria gently added information about the Holy Sword. "Oh, and everyone knows Dominicus."
Dominicus, it's a familiar name.
"He was called the greatest hero of the empire."
At that, the reception hall began to buzz. I was also very nervous.
If the name of the greatest hero of the empire is Dominicus… It's our Dominic!
No matter what anyone says, Dominic was once the best hero of the empire. And Lennox used to be eager to find Dominic the whole time. Did he find out that Dominic was hiding? Or did he get a sword comparable to Dominic?
It was when I looked into the video with a nervous face and gulped my saliva. Isaac placed his hand on my hand and whispered softly.
"It's not something to worry about, so calm down."
I whispered thank you to the man who looked at my face carefully and gave me advice, and nodded. But that was only for a while.
"Dominicus, the hero's sword, which was called the greatest hero of the empire, is also related to this."
What was this? It was a complete taboo, right? Seeing the video clip shaking on the screen, Dominic was also quite embarrassed.
I have nothing to do with that holy sword?
Dominic sent a message in a very annoyed tone. Dominic hated rumors very much. I was worried that he would get angry and the invisibility magic would be lifted.
If you find out that Dominic is hiding in the reception hall, it will be a big deal.
I looked at Isaac and fired a short signal at Dominic.
'Dominic, calm down for now. You're a celebrity now. There were rumors that he had an affair with me, and his portrait was also plastered everywhere.'
Isaac, who didn't know I was sending the signal, spoke quietly. "If that's real, it's a big deal." Did Isaac see through the lies in their words? It was a more calm tone. "If it were Dominicus, the real hero of the empire, there would be no one to be defeated by force."
But I smiled awkwardly at his words and spoke up. "…Uh, well, probably not."
However, the heat in the reception hall was burning. And Dominic's anger began to burn like crazy.
Just then, Sheria began to pour oil on the burning house. She whispered dizzily in a dreamy voice.
"Oh, that's right. There are also rumors that this holy sword is related to Dominicus. People say he is his son. His Holiness the Pope also guaranteed it."
At those words, people trembled and cheered. Bring a sword related to the legendary hero of saving the country! In addition, holy relics and holy water must have been quite interesting.
You're crazy.
But here, in contrast to the cheerful reception hall, there was an angry person, or rather, a sword. Dominic, who had been clinging to the wall with his invisibility magic, began to send out a message full of anger at me.
'It's really unfair, isn't it? I don't have a son! I didn't have a lover!'
…That's right, Dominic is a man. I fell silent as I remembered his identity that I had heard about before.
'I really have to blow up this reception hall right away. I'm sorry, Mel.'
Dominic muttered angrily. To be honest, I was also dumbfounded, so I couldn't speak. Of course, it was true that Lennox had been looking for Dominic all the time. It was also true that I wanted to maintain a good relationship with him. But they were trying to attract people by scamming them like that.
It seems that the humiliation, which was teased by me, was very painful, right?
That's why I think he tried to use the stronghold of the heroic sword called Dominicus to crush me for sure, but unfortunately, I stole that Dominicus, the heroic sword, and signed a good contract for a long time.
Calm down for now…
Rather, the order was to calm down Dominic, who was now on the verge of blowing up the reception hall altogether…
'Calm? Do I really look like it now? I've never had a lover!'
Dominic's anger, which was resolute despite rumors of an affair, was beyond imagination. Even if you are like me, you will be. I was a single woman for a thousand years, but someone suddenly appeared and said, 'I have the Holy Sword, the son of the best hero, Dominic.'
'Don't worry, I trust you.'
'Of course you have to trust me! I thought you would trust me.'
I briefly fired a message into Dominic's video sphere, which was trembling with anger.
'So, just put up with it for two days.'
'Two days?'
'I'll create the perfect stage for you to reveal the truth.'
Two days before he became a marquis, Dominic had a son that he didn't have. It was truly a situation of chaos, destruction, and ruin.
Dominic began to grind ambitiously.
'Okay. I will take revenge properly. I'll reveal my identity!'
A part-time worker at a stationery store who had been calm and gloomy all along, and an aspiring butler for the Marquis of Kinnoa. However, Dominic, the hero of national salvation who saved the entire empire. He began sharpening his sword at the impostor, Duke Lennox Hesmann.
That night.
Dominic, who went to the reception hall and then went out to the mountains for a short drink, came back to me with a smirked face. He said that he had been so furious that he had destroyed a mountain.
I managed to calm Dominic down and then made an appointment. "On the day of the title ceremony, I will reveal your identity. At that time, I told him that there was no such thing as a son."
"Of course! I'll crush them all."
…Apparently, this sword has turned quite dark.
The awarding ceremony was just one day away. Surprisingly, people were moving easily and readily as Sheria intended. The news that he had a holy sword in addition to the Holy Calendar (likely a reference to the holy water/relics) hit the entire empire. Moreover, they said that they would demonstrate holy water and holy relics with special abilities only to those attending the engagement ceremony!
Most of the nobles decided to side with Sheria rather than me, who had opaque abilities. The number of people who decided to attend Sheria's engagement ceremony increased exponentially. Those who had once said they would participate in my award ceremony sent me a notice that they would not attend.
"Everyone says they're sorry to you, but they don't mean it."
"Yes."
"These scoundrels, be careful of the road at night."
"No, I'm more grateful."
Sheria was picking out the "chaff."
At that time, Basil, who looked surprised, quickly arrived at the stationery store.
"It's a big deal! Have you heard any news about the reception?"
It was a premonition.
I replied to Basil sadly. "Yes, I heard that." In fact, it was closer to seeing than hearing.
Basil asked me with a sullen face. "But why is the world so peaceful… Yes? What is this?"
Basil sat down on a chair in front of the table and tapped the egg with a puzzled face.
"I guess you know? Is it a quail egg?"
He wouldn't have guessed it was a dragon's egg. But where on earth did he see that it looked like a quail egg…?
"It's a dragon egg."
At my words, Basil's eyes widened tremendously.
"Dragon eggs. That's it."
With the sound of a bang, Basil's chair fell. He screamed, rubbing his bruised buttocks as he hit the floor.
"Why didn't you hatch?"
The answer was simple. "I don't know how to hatch it either."
Basil asked me with a puzzled face. "Isn't it? If you, Meldenik, the blood of blessing, touch it, won't it hatch?"
"Oh, really?"
…Was there such an easy way?
I nodded at Basil's sincere words. I immediately put my hand on the dragon's egg with a pounding heart. But nothing happened. The situation was very calm. Nothing really happened.
The hot-tempered Dominic murmured, grabbing Basil's collar. "…It's weird! Aren't you scamming again?"
"No! The abilities of collateral blood relatives like me are immediately seen through by direct blood relatives like Meldenik."
I looked at Basil and wondered. So why didn't it break? I stared at the egg with a serious question.
But that was the time.