The Granduke Evil
Chapter 15

"akh, why does my head and body hurt so much." Said Ethan who had just come to his senses. " Where is this." Look at the dark surroundings.

" You're aware of a human child." A voice that arrived appeared in that dark place.

"Who is it!" Ethan said out loud.

" What is your soul that enters the child's body comes from another world." Speak in the dark.

Ethan was immediately startled to hear his words, "How can he know my soul is not of this world." Ethan's gum in the heart. " Who are you, and how do you know.?" Ask Ethan out loud.

" fight me. I'm offended when I'm in front of you." He said, Then the big blue eyes like diamonds shone brightly open slowly.

" This eye, don't let this be a dragon's eye." Ethan said in his heart with his eyes wide reflexes away from those eyes. " Why are you afraid of me son of man?" Ask the dragon. " I wonder why so many of my men died it was you." Connect her.

" we won't kill them, if they don't destroy the settlements." Reply Ethan.

" Well that's wrong anyway, I promise I won't disturb this region and help it be more fertile. But there's a condition." Said the Dragon while closing your eyes.

" What conditions do you want?" Ask Ethan.

" We make a contract, leave your life to me and I'll give my life to you. If one of us breaks that contract, then we'll die." The dragon spoke easily.

" Why should my life be?" Ethan asked.

" Your life is precious to me, that empty body if your soul is not there it will only be the undead. Even if he lives he will never be conscious." Say the Dragon.

" just like a coma turns out. " Guman Ethan in the heart. " What about the soul in this body?" Ask Ethan.

" The soul in the body is dead because someone wanted to kill him, I think seeing this child alive would upset him and keep trying to kill him." Reply to the Dragon.

" Why does this Dragon know everything about me, does he have the power to look up to the past. There's no way the novel doesn't tell me anything like that, why the further I move the more unexpected things."

Ethan's mind is full of Dragon words that he must kill, but the opposite is true.

" The girl who is now close to you, she will be a woman who has great power and will be used for the benefit of the kingdom. " Tell the Dragon.

Ethan was shocked to hear the Dragon's remark and still remained silent for quite a while thinking of his answer. " What is my benefit in making a contract with you?" Ask Ethan.

" You can harness my power if you want, if you want to be emperor I can help you too." Reply to the Dragon.

" No, enough of your strength alone, I don't want to be emperor that troublesome. " Tell Ethan. " All right, let's do the contract." Reciprocity.

" Good decision son of man." Reply with a smile. " Dip your blood on this blue gem, it's part of my heart. Your mission is to bring my heart before the emperor. " The Dragon said while throwing a blue gem at Ethan, He instantly slashed his palm to bleed out. As soon as the drops of blood hit the gemstone instantly shone, the huge blue eyes reopened. " Come near to me son of man, I will heal your wounds." Say the Dragon.

Ethan approaches without hesitation, the Dragon just stares at Ethan sharply. Then came the blue light that surrounded him, and his wound slowly improved. " Take the jewel and get out of here, take it easy that the monster will no longer attack or damage the settlements." Say the Dragon.

" What is this? he's too good for a monster leader's size, is he trying to trick me." Guman Ethan who still does not believe even though he has made a transaction with the dragon.

" I will not deceive you, my life is in your hands now."

" by the way I have a name, don't call me son of man." Reply Ethan while looking at him.

" You are a human child." Said the Dragon.

" Huh..." Struggling Breath. " It's up to you." Connect her.

" If you want to call me just drop your blood on that stone until it shines, then I'll come right away. Now come out of this cave Helios will take you out of this forest. Now come out I want to rest. " The dragon said and closed his eyes.

Ethan only listened to the dragon's chatter and then came out of the cave, not long before he met a large wolf that approached him. Ethan immediately dodged when he saw the wolf, and remembered the Dragon saying "Are you Helios." Ethan. The wolf simply nodded, and Ethan stroked the wolf's head. " I'm asking you to take me out of this forest."

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" Alex are you safe?" Asked the count who had just descended from the horse directly approached Alex and the other knights in the forest.

" Count." Alex was a little confused because the count arrived to come to the forest. " How did you get here?" Ask Alex.

" Because I heard you were attacked."

" It's true, but where did you hear that?" Ask Alex who is suspicious.

" I was looking for someone during your mission, and got your information attacked." The Count explained to Alex.

Emotions and anger immediately enveloped Alex at that time, "Who would dare to send them Count, Because of him we became separated again with Ethan." Alex said with annoyance.

" We split up when we were attacked, then we killed them. There are other knights who have not returned. " obviously.

" All right, let's go find Ethan together, let my army also find another Dawson Knight. " Said the Count.

They split up to find Ethan as well as other knights who have not returned. They continue through the forest to find Ethan, while here another Ethan who just arrived at the basecamp with Helios. " Where do people go, don't they survive." Ethan just got to that place. While looking at the goods that are still stored in the tent, he felt one by one. " It looks like this place has just been tidied up, thank God that they survived maybe they were looking for me." Ethan's grunts in his heart, then comes back out and approaches Helios.

" Hey, Helios, you're gonna come with me to the castle. It's a pity that I left you in this forest." Ethan asked as he rubbed Helios' head. The wolf felt very happy when Ethan rubbed his head. " Srak_Srak_Srak." The sound of footsteps approaching towards them, Ethan idly took his sword eyes watching every corner of the place just in case something attacked him arrived.

But unexpectedly, it turned out that it was one of his newly returned knights.

" Your Majesty, you're fine. " She who was shocked saw Ethan, then ran towards him.

" I'm fine." The reply, "What about you?" Ethan asked back.

" I'm fine, your majesty." Reply to the Knights.

" Thank God, we wait until sunset if the others haven't come back we're after the others." Ethan rubbed Helios' head.

" Oh yeah!" Said surprised. " Where is the other noble?" Welcome asks.

" Maybe they're looking for me" replies Ethan.

" Hmm so, "She said, "Why does your majesty keep wiping the wolf's head?" he asked after noticing the wolf that kept on clinging to Ethan like a pet dog.

" Oh, he was the one who accompanied me while I was lost and took me out of the woods all the way here. The plan is to take her to the castle." Evidently.

" Well, you're not afraid. But the fur is white like cotton and clean does not look like a wild wolf at all. " She said while looking at the wolf.

" It's true, even though she looks pretty, she's a boy. His name is Helios." Ethan.

" What a beautiful name is glorious." Reply to the knight.

Not long after they chatted arrived a voice that shouted to Ethan by name.

" AMY!! YOU SURVIVED." ran over to Ethan who was still silent from confusion. " Loh ? Count Etienne why is it here." Ethan's grunts in his heart were still confused by his situation. The count hugged Ethan, "Thank God you survived, I was worried" he said, taking off his arms as he looked at Ethan.

" Sir how did you get here?"

" because I heard that you were attacked, so I came to confirm it. " Reply count.

" How do you know it?"

" I'll explain later, I'm really grateful you're safe." Say count while rubbing Ethan's shoulder.

Alex and the rest of the squad approach Ethan and ask him about his condition. " Your Majesty are you okay?"

" As you can see, I'm fine. What about you guys ? " Reverse asked.

" We were all glorious survivors despite being lost in the middle of the forest." Reply to one of his knights.

" Thank God it's like this, I think it's time for us to come back." Ethan said with a smile.

" Did you have the heart of the Dragon? " Tell the Count.

" Already, I'll show you when I get to the empire later." Ethan replies and returns to the tent.

Two days after Ethan's knights returned, and made sure no more monsters attacked the residents' houses. Ethan's entourage also returned Count Etienne to the empire, on the way Count Count Etienne and Ethan separated, as Ethan planned to return to Dawson's territory before going to the palace to report.

Arriving in the North Ethan was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, "After two months in the forest, I was able to breathe free air." He said with a feeling of pleasure.

" It looks like you're so happy to get out of that forest." Said Alex who was next to him at the time.

" Of course, it feels like I can breathe a sigh of relief and can see mom's face again." Ethan replies, "Common is Abel back? " Continue asking.

" It's been , he was in the back row while carrying information documents while there."

" Well, he's doing well apparently" Ethan said, "Well let's go to the castle, I'll be waiting for me." Keep leading the way.

Alex, who has known Ethan from childhood, knows very well what Ethan's nature is, he can't express himself at all, even when injured he also did not cry or pioneered pain like children in general. Even so Alex stays by his side and tries to invite him to play, whether he feels strange or indeed Ethan has changed. Alex feels that Ethan is now seen as someone else, his more gentle attitude than usual and his way of expressing himself, even though Alex is relieved. He thought as he looked at Ethan from behind who was leading the way.