I am Late so I am the Villain? - Chapter 10

A big green dragon was sniffing her bed.

Riya’s bed was already shattered between his huge legs.

Riya fell flat on the floor instinctively.

Riya was smothered by the powerful wind as the brilliant dragon fluttered its wings into the sky, clothed in shimmering scales.

‘I’m going to die now.’

She was aware that there were some nasty green dragons in this kingdom, but she had no idea they would invade the house in such a way. The dragon, on the other hand, did not attack.

Riya, who had envisioned herself being devoured alive, opened her eyes and gazed up at the dragon, her gaze meeting the dragon’s glittering yellow eyes.

It was terrifying since it appeared to be enormous, yet for some reason, the dragon’s eyes were extremely familiar.

“No way… Quangi?”

When Riya’s words dropped, the dragon raised his head and roared, as if he had understood.

“Oh, my goodness! Quangi. How did it grow so large in such a short period of time? Did you gain weight because you ate a lot earlier? No way.”

The green dragon, Quangi, then looked down at her and oddly opened his lips and uttered the same thing a person would.

“……kiss…seven times.”

“Huh? What? Because I kissed you seven times and you grew? Is that true?”

Riya’s mind got perplexed at that point.

She believed she had read a book on dragons a few days ago, but there was no such thing as a baby dragon growing after seven kisses.

No one has yet crossed the northern territory, the land of dragons, and for some reason, the dragons have just discovered because of how many people are dying as a result of the occasional human hunted by violent dragons.

She also heard that the dragons, who had become particularly aggressive due to the breeding season, had lost their temper and run wild.

However, Riya, who believed she wasn’t doing a good enough job of protecting the baby dragon Quangi, was stabbed in the back.

As Yucal stated, when a newborn baby dragon gets to be that large, it should be slaughtered.

“Quangi, how could you be such a big dragon? It’s a tragedy because I kissed you seven times. You’ve grown so much in such a short period of time. What am I supposed to do? You might die right now.”

In front of Riya, the green dragon squatted and knelt.

When she peered closer, she noticed that his eyes were yellow and that he had large tears in his eyes. Riya’s heart shattered at the sight.

“Ugh!”

She didn’t want to do anything but weep.

No matter how hard she tried, it was clear that he was still a baby. He was in tears as he kneeled, yet from the outside, it appears to be a vicious dragon.

Her big baby.

“Quangi!”

Riya, who had leapt, embraced his enormous neck and fell into tears, lamenting the fact that he had grown into an adult as if he were the baby she had given birth to.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect this after kissing you so many times.”

“Quang quang. Auntie, auntie. Kiss again, kiss again!

The door swung open as the dragon Quangi continued to mumble odd things and rub his big head

“Madam Riya! I don’t know…….”

Miryu’s eyes, which were ready to speak, became as large as a bell.

“Kyaa!”

Riya stepped in front of Miryu, who was shouting and attempting to flee.

“No, Miryu! Don’t tell anyone. Quangi is still a baby despite his stature. It’s due of the side effects of kissing.”

“Are you insane, Madam? The green dragon is a carnivorous predator that preys on humans. They consume the entire body without chewing it, allowing it to dissolve in their bellies. Oh, that’s awful.”

Miryu shivered, her hands encircling her face.

“In any case, you can’t tell anyone. Please? I’ll take care of it.”

“You can’t do that, Madam. Prince Yucal-nim is on his way here right now. There is no other knight in our kingdom who kills dragons as well as Prince Yucal Brian. I’m certain he’ll get rid of it!”

“What? Is he here?”

Riya was taken aback and dashed into her room.

‘I’m certain he’s back since he didn’t kill the baby yesterday. What should I do in this situation?’

Quangi, the green dragon, gazed at Riya, who ran in and fell into sobs again. He appeared to have a sense that he was in danger.

“Oh! Auntie, scared! Scared!”

Surprisingly, the dragon was talking. It was a ridiculous scenario, but she couldn’t afford to argue about it.

Riya drew the window curtains and draped them over Quangi’s body. A curtain, however, could not conceal his big body.

Inevitably, she drove him into the adjacent dressing room to the bedroom.

Fortunately, her personal dressing room was fairly large.

“Please, Quangi, don’t make any noise. Huh? You could be killed by a terrifying knight. Do you get what I mean?”

The curtain-covered dragon nodded.

Bang-

Yucal opened the door and entered as soon as the dress room door was closed.

He approached Riya as a knight who had scoured the battlefield for many years, scanning the chamber with piercing eyes.

Riya asked in a quivering voice, pretending to be as composed as she could.

“Pri, prince, what brought you to my humble room?”

“Where is the dragon cub, Riya Lisburn?”

Yucal inquired sternly.

“I-I’m sorry……but why do you keep……”

Riya trembled and barely inquired as Yucal approached without dropping his blade in front of him.

“…spe-speak informally…?”

Yucal was taken aback by her comments and looked at her in awe.

“If you’re looking for the dragon cub……”

Riya managed to continue in a trembling voice.

There was no opportunity for bargaining with this man in front of her.

As soon as he saw Quangi, there’s no doubt that he would cut Quangi with that sharp sword.

“He’s out! He’s out! Because he has wings, he flew away…… I tossed him away.”

Yucal then approached her with a dubious expression.

“He flew away? Where has he gone?”

Riya took a step back and shook her head as he approached.

“I’m not aware of that. He most likely returned to his homeland.”

“You mean north?”

Yucal furrowed his brows and inquired sharply.

“Well, I suppose so. I’m not sure.”

“Well, that dragon has a fair probability of being shot by border guards before reaching the border.”

He came to a halt when he attempted to turn around.

“However, I think I smell a dragon nearby.” Wasn’t the dragon just here a minute ago?”

He inquired cautiously, and then he heard a ‘quang’ sound.

Yucal frowned at Riya, drew his blade from his waist, and began to approach the sound.

Riya flung her body since she was in a rush. Then she tightened her grip on Yucal’s waist.

It happened so rapidly that Yucal’s metal belt scraped across her cheek. It was painful, but she couldn’t focus on it.

“No! Please, please, please have mercy!”

Yucal stood tall, embarrassed, because he couldn’t get rid of Riya’s body that was gripping his own waist.

“No! My Quang, he’s still a baby!”

“Damn it.”

When Yucal swore and held Riya’s waist, attempting to compel her to get up, Riya leapt up and kissed Yucal on the cheek.

Yucal, taken aback, fell backwards and managed to regain his balance.

“Ho-ho, game over!”

Riya shook Yucal’s hands and grinned after she had the audacity to surprise him with a kiss.

“It’s in the Master’s Code, Article 5, Clause 2. It states that if you obtain a kiss from a lady, you must comply with my request, correct?”

Yucal’s face was twisted, unlike Riya’s, who was proud of herself. He was as beautiful as a painting, yet he had never smiled.

“You’re testing my patience, Riya Lisburn.”

Despite his warnings, Riya joyfully responded.

“Yeah, I wouldn’t go easy on my husband’s brother! So, the request I want is that you, who is incredibly disrespectful, get out of this room right now.”

Yucal repeated coldly, a frightening expression on his face.

“Do you want to die, Princess Lisburn?”

Riya, on the other hand, proudly lifted her head and stated.

“No, I want to live a long, long life. Prince Yucal Brian, farewell.”

Riya fell after smiling calmly and rolling up the hem of her dress to greet Yucal, who had been looking at her.

Miryu, who was trembling and staring outside the room, dashed in.

“Are you all right, Madam? What am I supposed to do? You’ve even got a scar on one of your cheeks.”

“Miryu, he’s frightening. Sigh, maybe he’ll kill me one day.”

Riya, who was terrified, fell into sobs in Miryu’s arms all at once. For her, this place was crowded with dangerous people

“He would never do something like that. He couldn’t kill you as long as Madam is Seir’s wife, Madam, no matter how high his status as the second prince. That is the rule of the kingdom.”

“That’s a comfort, by the way, because I’ll have to re-study the legislation of this kingdom.

“However, in this kingdom, the law comes first, therefore you must learn it immediately. Even the king of this kingdom is in front of the law. By the way……”

Miryu blushed as she spoke.

“The more I stare at Prince Yucal-nim, the more attractive he appears to be. Just looking at him makes me dizzy.”

Riya pulled Miryu’s chest out, which had been hugging her all along.

“I’m sure, Miryu, you’ll be the one clapping the loudest if he kills me.”

“Madam, doesn’t your heart skip a beat when you see Prince Yucal-nim? That’s strange. You used to drool when you caught a glimpse of him behind a pillar.”

“Don’t be a moron! I’m blessed with a strong, handsome-man immune system.”

“handsome-man immune system?”

Riya reflected about her life in Korea as Cheon Yujin.

Miryu would be perplexed if she told him that his half-brother was a third-rate actor who was recognized for his stunning appearance.

She had no dreams about a gorgeous man because she had lived with one for more than 20 years since she was so young.

Rather, she had a preconceived concept of attractive guys as a result of her brother’s nasty temperament.

A handsome man has a nasty temperament.

This has become her life philosophy.

Rather, she was drawn to guys who were similar to her father.

Of course, if her father hadn’t found a gorgeous woman like her mother, she may have turned out to be a remarkably ugly woman.

“Come to your senses, Madam, and get rid of that squeaky dragon cub. You never know what he would do if you let your guard down.”

Riya stood up and walked to the dressing room to visit Quangi, accompanied by Miryu.

Thump thump- 

A gigantic dragon with a curtain clung to the door and came for her before she could open it.

“Quang!”

Riya lost her balance and fell backwards as a result of the wind.

Then, at lightning speed, Quangi stretched out and supported Riya’s back.

Miryu, who was observing, yelled suspiciously.

“He doesn’t appear like a baby, Madam. Something isn’t right!”

Quangi rushed in again and flirted with Riya as soon as she stood up.

“Auntie, kiss once more, kiss once more!”

Miryu pulled up her sleeves and hurried to him because it was too much for her.

“No, is he insane? Madam almost died as a result of you; do you want to keep saying weird stuff?”

Riya, on the other hand, tenderly touched Quangi’s massive claws and calmed him with a pleasant voice.

“Quangi, if Auntie kisses you again, you’ll grow even taller, and we’ll all be killed together. I’ll buy you your favorite chicken wings later, and let’s get some sleep, okay?”

In Riya’s eyes, Quangi was a young baby she had seen the day before, not a big dragon.

She had to protect that poor tiny creature.

‘It’s due to the side effects of kissing, therefore isn’t it my fault?’

But now Riya needed to put the dragon to bed and create a racy novel.

“Let’s get some sleep. Yeah? Quangi, our cute baby.”

The dragon, on the other hand, shook his head and appealed in other words.

“Quang! Take a bath, Auntie! “Let’s take a bath together!”

Miryu, who couldn’t take it any longer, dashed to the dragon. She couldn’t let this unlucky dragon cub go any farther.

“No, Miryu!”

Riya yelled and cried out to her, but it was too late.

As Miryu raced towards him, Quangi lifted his foot and softly pushed her head away.

Miryu’s body sprang into the air and slid away at breakneck speed.

“Kyaa!”

When Riya spotted Miryu floundering in the corner of the room, she was at a loss for words.

For some reason, the future seemed dark.

Someone knocked on the door as Quangi shook with his massive physique, as if he was scared of his behavior of driving Miryu into a corner with incredible force.

Then she heard the voice of Seir’s personal attendant.

“Madam Riya, Prince Seir-Nim has asked to enter the room right now.”