Dear Contract Husband, I Didn't Know You Were Like This? - Chapter 94
“I’ll be on the ground too, so fight from the wyvern. It’ll be safer that way.”
“Alright, Tristan.”
Maya decided to heed Tristan’s advice.
The more she used her abilities as a Pendragon, the stronger she became, but even though she had awakened, her power was still clearly different from what it had been in her previous life before death.
“Well then, I’ll be back.”
Just in case, Maya placed Tristan next to Serene before mounting the wyvern and circling around the wolf.
—Kiiing.
“Are you saying I should be careful? Were you worried too?”
The wyvern suddenly closed his mouth.
It seemed that was indeed the case.
“I’ll be careful. With your help, it should go even better.”
Those words seemed to ignite something in the wyvern. Perhaps he liked the encouragement?
Maya and the wyvern moved in perfect harmony, evading the wolf’s attacks.
The wolf was once again bewildered.
‘Isn’t this the same person who was almost dead earlier?’
How had she recovered so quickly?
With Maya dodging all its movements, the wolf’s attacks were meaningless.
And whenever it saw an opening, she would strike, rendering defense futile as well.
‘What is this human?’
For the first time, the wolf felt fear toward Maya’s extraordinary skills.
‘Weren’t the dragons supposed to be asleep?’
As one of the Demon King’s subordinates, it had once experienced this same fear.
The moment when two dragons, the strongest beings in the world, defeated the Demon King.
Just before the Demon King told it of his future plans and ordered it to flee in case things went wrong, the white dragon, Pendragon, had attacked the Demon King.
It fled with tears in its eyes, hoping for the future.
Yes, Pendragon, that detestable dragon, had been white like this.
—Are you a descendant of Pendragon?
The wolf asked in a low voice.
Suddenly, the wolf stopped attacking.
Maya furrowed her brow.
There was something strange about the wolf’s atmosphere, completely different from before.
“And if I am?”
It seemed as though the wolf had lost all will to fight, as if it had given up on life.
It must be a misunderstanding.
—And if you are….
The wolf started to say something but then closed its mouth.
—What would a foolish human like you know?
“A foolish human you’re losing to. And not just losing—losing overwhelmingly.”
As soon as Maya finished speaking, she rushed toward the wolf again.
In battle, there’s no room for carelessness. Surely, the wolf knew that too.
She expected it to strike back.
But the wolf accepted Maya’s sword without resisting. It didn’t even put up a fight.
Its body tilted and fell to the side.
‘…What?’
This was nothing like when it had been howling in fury, screaming about not knowing why the white snake had died, or charging at her with the intent to kill.
What had changed?
The only difference between now and when they had first fought was that she had revealed herself to be a descendant of Pendragon.
‘But shouldn’t it have reacted with burning vengeance?’
After all, she was the descendant of the dragon that had killed their Demon King.
The uneasiness wouldn’t go away. Maya narrowed her eyes.
What was it?
What had she missed?
“Oh, what’s this?”
Pendragon pointed to something that had fallen in front of Maya.
“It looks like it came from the monster.”
Maya crouched down. In the grass, there was a red jewel she had never seen before.
‘Didn’t something like this appear when I dealt with the white snake?’
Maya tried to recall. She had dragged the corpse away, but she wasn’t sure.
She would need to talk to Kendrick, who had been the last one to handle the body.
Maya furrowed her brow as she held the round jewel in her hand.
“Maya!”
Tristan, having witnessed the wolf fall, came running over with Serene in tow.
“We need to hide quickly.”
Tristan helped Maya onto the wyvern first.
As he moved to assist Serene, she shook her head.
“I’ll stay here.”
Tristan blinked in confusion. What did she mean, stay here?
Maya stepped off the wyvern and approached Serene, her tone serious.
“Why? You must have been really scared.”
“Don’t you want me to keep what I saw a secret? If that’s the case, you’ll need at least one witness.”
Serene still had many questions for Maya.
From a distance, she had only seen the wolf, not Maya, but it had been clear who was winning.
Maya’s skill surpassed even the champions of the tournaments and the knights who led the final matches, far beyond anything Serene had ever witnessed.
She had also heard the emperor ask about the awakening of a member of the Pendragon family.
‘Now I understand why they kept it hidden.’
