‘A troublesome snake.’

I turned the page again. This book’s author referring to the divine beast as a dragon seemed to indicate it was quite an old book.

As the silver snake had said, since not many people saw the divine beast’s true form, its appearance varied slightly.

‘The origin of dragons, history, related records, why think a transcendent being doesn’t exist…….’

Reading through the table of contents, I suddenly thought that the author of this book must not have seen the divine beast personally.

After all,

‘He’s working hard to explain that dragons exist.’

He was listing evidence passionately, even though he himself had not seen it, believing that dragons existed.

‘I know it exists too.’

It’s with me every day, after all.

What I was looking for was something else. I diligently searched through the contents and finally found a piece of information similar to what I was looking for near the end.

‘Testimony of someone who saw a sealed dragon.’

As soon as I saw the word ‘seal,’ I hurriedly closed the book.

‘They can even seal a divine beast.’

I swallowed hard. If I could seal it, I wouldn’t have to listen to that silver snake’s contract tirade anymore, right?

‘I don’t have to worry about other people finding out about the silver snake.’

Although I call it a silver snake every day, its essence was a divine beast.

Moreover, the silver snake had broken through the stern barrier of the ducal house and sought me first.

Although I wanted to drive it out of the Duke’s house several times, I could not easily send it away since it came to me first.

Therefore, I tried to persuade the silver snake to leave on its own several times.

But that stubborn silver snake brutally disregarded my opinions every time.

It would shout, scolding me.

‘If only it were sealed, there’d be nothing to worry about.’

Maybe after sealing the divine beast, I could safely take it to the real contract partner, the male lead.

The divine beast might change its mind after seeing the male lead too.

So this was for both the divine beast and the male lead, for everyone.

Sealing sounded uncomfortable, but it’s just a matter of temporarily sealing and then releasing it, right?

‘I don’t even know if it will work.’

If the sealing method was difficult, I might not be able to do it at all.

I turned directly to the last chapter, where the story about the sealed dragon began.

‘Is this it?’

With one hand, I held the opened pages in place, and with the other, I read one sentence at a time, slowly.

The content was written in the form of an interview between the witness and the author.
‘Did you really see the sealed dragon?’

‘Yes, it’s true. Honestly, it was hard to believe when I first saw it. If it weren’t for the highlevel protection magic that I bought with all my wealth, the surging magic would have crushed me mercilessly.’

‘How did you know that the dragon was sealed?’

‘There was a powerful magic surging around. Being there felt like being in the middle of a deep ocean. The dense concentration of magic seemed to be putting the dragon to sleep.’

‘So, you mean the way to seal the dragon was through magic?’

‘That’s probably not it. The magic is only putting the dragon to sleep more deeply, the method of sealing is…’

Soon, as I turned the next page, I couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

‘Why is the content cut off?!’

The last page of the chapter looked as if someone had forcibly torn it. I shook the book in despair.

‘Who on earth tore the book like this!’

The page where the testimony of the one who saw the sealed dragon began was entirely torn.

I sighed deeply and began to examine the book from the beginning.

‘Wait, maybe this book isn’t the end.’

I carefully read the beginning of the book again.

“There’s another volume indeed!”

It was a very welcome sound.

According to the author’s note in this book, it was planned as a total of 3 volumes, and it was written that readers interested in dragons should read it all the way to the end.

“Little one, what are you doing?”

Just then, Delma peeked her head out from the side, and I was really surprised. I quickly pointed to the book I was holding and said.

“This, this is not interesting!”

“Ah, it seems I picked the wrong book. Give it to me.”

Delma took the book back. I picked up another fairy tale book and trotted over to Delma.

“Delma, where did you get these books?”

“I got them from the library.”

“The Duke’s library?”

“Hehe, no. The master has a separate library for personal use, and there is a large central library separately managed at the Duke’s estate.”

It was good news to me. If it had been the Duke’s library, I wouldn’t have been able to freely find books there.

“Then where is the central library?”

“It’s located on the first floor of the East Wing. Would you like to go and choose for yourself next time?”

The East Wing, 1st floor, I made sure to remember it. As I showed interest in the library, Delma enthusiastically explained about it.

“There are so many books there? There’s a section with all the fairy tales you like, and a place to read books as well. The twin young masters don’t like it much, but Young Master Clements goes there often.”

It did fit the image that the twins wouldn’t be interested in books.

Clements, unsurprisingly, seemed to have the image of someone who would be interested in books.

“Yeah, let’s go with Delma and Sophia next time.”

Though I said that, I was thinking to myself.

‘I’ll go during nap time later.’

I secretly planned on my own in my mind.