This Life, I Will Save The Duke (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 50

There was only one path to atonement.

Though her single life could never compensate for countless others, there was nothing else she could do. Ludvian exploited this guilt-ridden Ariel by threatening her parents. She hadn’t known until then—they had already passed away. Day after day, she kept fleeing the imperial palace, claiming she wanted to see her parents, only to be captured and brought back. That day, she resolved to settle things once and for all and went straight to Ludvian.

But there, even the faintest, thread-like strand of hope slipped through her fingers.

[Lord Ludvian, the princess was caught again today after attempting to run away. Should we finally inform her that King and Queen Retiana have died?]

[We should… but first, eliminate those who leaked the information to us.]

[They were dealt with immediately after killing King and Queen Retiana.]

Ludvian had caused even her parents’ deaths. Shattered by the shock, Ariel endured hellish days—until she changed her mind.

If she couldn’t die, then she would kill.

From that moment on, she suppressed her breath, behaved obediently as he wished, and began researching dragons—the natural enemy of demons.

“Dragons open their eyes roughly three weeks after hatching. At that stage, they’re about the size of a human knee.”

“Lady Ariel?”

“And three months after birth, they undergo their first growth phase, gaining the ability to defend themselves.”

“Are you awake?”

Her eyes were clearly closed, yet Ariel’s voice rang out distinctly. At that moment, she was dreaming of reading a book about dragons in the Brandt Library.

“After the first growth phase, their bodies grow considerably, and from then on, dragons can freely control their size.”

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