Solo Swordmaster

#245. I am his owner.

“…You mean these flowers are a gift?”

“yes. I made it with a little bit of creativity.”

Maia was silent as she saw the white flower that Limon had out of nowhere.

From the stem to the leaves and petals.

It wasn’t just because of the sophistication as if a real flower had been petrified, which was hard to believe that it was carved out of stone.

cold without warmth.

It’s pitiful as if it’s about to disappear.

That’s why it’s more solid.

The sight of a flower of perfect beauty, as if it literally jumped out of her imagination, left her speechless, even for a moment.

‘This was made by someone who only learned sculpting for a day?’

Maia barely suppressed the moans and admiration that almost spilled out inadvertently, and lightly snorted.

“Are you trying to bribe me with just one flower?”

“No buy, this is a pure gift. I just wanted the master to take good care of this slave.”

“I guess he’s really good at talking.”

“Originally, the lives of clowns and slaves change around horses.”

Take a moment to stare at Limon, who speaks shamelessly as if he had an iron plate on his face.

Maia finally reached out.

Then he carefully picked up the stone flower that Limon had politely held out with both hands, keeping it out of his hands, and turned it around slowly, his eyebrows twitching.

It was because I belatedly realized a strange sense of incongruity that I hadn’t felt when I was looking at it from a distance.

‘…Scent?’

One scent that is especially vivid among the many flowers in full bloom in the garden.

She snorted inwardly at the scent, which was subtle as if it were not there, but more fragrant than real flowers.

‘Do something funny.’

whether it is perfumed or not.

whatever other device you have.

Maia laughed at the deceit of deliberately carving a flower out of stone and perfumed it like a real flower.

But even though she knew it was a deception, the scent was so sweet that she drew it even closer…

“I’m glad you like my present.”

Maia stopped holding the petrified stone.

Then he spoke coldly to Limon, who was looking at him with a smile on his face.

“I never said I liked it.”

“You didn’t decline, did you?”

“The slave’s property belongs to the owner, so it is not natural for me to take what is mine.”

“Hmm, that makes sense.”

One time to nod as if it was an obvious theory.

Limon made a meaningful expression as if he had a good idea.

“Then, please have a model stand next time.”

“…what did you say?”

“Anyway, since I only make natural objects, inspiration doesn’t come out well, so I’d like to try sculpting people at least once.”

Human beings are the best material for creation in that no two people are perfectly alike.

And since it is natural that a sculpture modeled after a beauty would be better, he hoped for cooperation to increase the value of his ‘possession’.

Maia, who glared at Limon for speaking impudently, spoke coldly.

“You dare to talk nonsense like that to me, it seems you didn’t waste your life.”

Pars.

It wasn’t just a verbal warning uttered in a moment of rage.

Sharply raised eyebrows.

Darkly sunken eyes.

Above all, a flower garden that slowly withers.

It was proving her will not to let her go unless she immediately corrects her mistakes and asks for forgiveness.

Limon’s answer to Maia’s threat was simple.

“Thank you for your consent.”

“What nonsense?”

“Doesn’t that mean that if you are prepared to risk your life, you can sculpt the master?”

“…How can you take the wrong medicine and take my words that way?”

He looked at Limon for a while as if he didn’t even get angry because he was so ridiculous.

Maia gestured as if to drive away a dog.

“Don’t answer me, just leave. I don’t want to hear any more of your nonsense.”

“Then can I get you something to eat? Since your complexion is worse than usual, I think you should eat breakfast today.”

“No need.”

“Don’t do that, eat something. It’s not good for the body if you keep skipping meals like this because rice is the medicine.”

Maia, who was startled for a moment, spoke in a more subdued voice as if to retaliate.

“…I told you to back off.”

“What is your name?”

What is it that you miss so much?

Limon shrugged, but eventually politely bowed and left the flower garden, and Maia shook her head excitedly and opened her mouth quietly.

“You seem like a strange person.”

She had been observing Limon all this time.

However, the more he observed, the deeper the mystery of Limon became.

That’s the case with just sculpting right now.

It was not uncommon for a master of the Seven Dragons to be versatile and learn a particular field quickly.

Right now, even the green dragon clan showed outstanding talents that were incomparable to those of ordinary people, such as medicine.

However, by the standards of the Seven Dragons, Limon’s skill acquisition speed was unreasonable.

Other than that, there were a lot of strange things.

Even though I stayed up all night in this flower garden, let alone collapse, my face didn’t even look tired, and my attitude became more and more arrogant.

And…

‘How dare you nag me.’

A simple saying that anyone can say that it’s good to take care of your meals.

However, not only the other members of the green dragon clan, but even the elders Barbara and Arbella, who were close to her, couldn’t nag her like that.

There is only one exception.

‘Is it because of him that I had such a dream today?’

Maia muttered inwardly.

Clan, gender, age, personality.

Although none of them match.

There was something strangely reminiscent of Limon about her.

To the extent that I was inadvertently taken aback by just hearing nagging to eat well.

Thoughtful about why he was so comfortable with her, she finally let out a sneer.

“Is it recklessness stemming from ignorance?”

Probably, Limon must not have known about the Seven Dragons.

The only person who knows what Green Dragon Princess is and can act like that is only a madman who wants to die.

So she was curious.

Will Limon be able to act like he is now after he knows everything about himself?

Of course, the answer was obvious.

Nine times out of ten, he would look at himself with fear and, in a servile manner, beg forgiveness for his arrogance up to now.

It’s just so much fun to think that the cheeky guy is really being polite to himself…

‘That’s strange.’

…irritability wells up.

He had only imagined Limon looking at him with the fearful eyes of the others.

Maia frowned, unable to understand why she was suddenly in a bad mood.

Was it because he felt pitiful about telling himself about himself in order to rule mere slaves?

or not…?

[Princess, will you be okay for a while?]

“What’s going on?”

[The subject the princess wanted came in and contacted me.]

Arbella hurriedly added a word, perhaps because she was worried that she might be in the way.

[Of course, it doesn’t matter if I do the experiment myself, so there’s no need for the princess to come in person…]

“I’ll be leaving soon, so get ready.”

[Yes, Princess.]

Maia interrupted Arbella with a cold voice that did not allow for objections.

Then, he went into the aisle behind the throne and into the secret room he had come out of, and pressed the button cleverly hidden on one side of the wall.

Wei Ying.

A secret door on one side of the aisle opened and an elevator appeared.

Riding it up to the laboratory, it was Arbella and other researchers from the green dragon clan who greeted her.

“Are you ready for the experiment?”

“I’m sorry. There are too many test subjects this time, so we’re still preparing.”

Maia turned her head after hearing Arbella’s answer.

Then, after looking around at dozens of test subjects tightly restrained beyond the containment room prepared on one side of the lab, he opened his mouth.

“Why did the test subjects come in all at once?”

“I was taken over by the police station. They paid a high price, saying that they didn’t have to worry about cleaning up because they were caught at the trading floor of a notorious gang.”

“Give me whatever money you want. That way, we will be able to provide the test subjects well next time.”

“Yes, please leave it to me.”

Arbella answered confidently.

She always acts rude in front of Maia, but she is also the Chief Research Officer of Quetzalcoatl.

The basic task of saving the test subject was easily accomplished.

“By the way, princess, what is that flower?”

“What flower do you mean?”

“The one you are holding in your hand.”

Maia frowned.

It was only after receiving Arbella’s question that he realized belatedly that he had brought back the petrification he had received from Limon.

“Come to think of it, Lee took a lot of carving materials yesterday, saying it was the princess’s order… Are those flowers his work, too?”

“exactly.”

“I admit that I have some dexterity, but to think that someone who has only learned sculpting for a few days will give the princess something like this as a gift. I don’t know the subject.”

Arbella snorted as if it were ridiculous.

Although she couldn’t see the petrification properly, Maia is the princess of the Seven Dragons.

It was clear that in her eyes, who had always seen and experienced only the best, Lee’s work, which had just learned sculpting, would only be seen as trash.

But because of that certainty, she didn’t realize that Maia’s eyebrows were rising higher and higher.

“Just give me your order, Princess. Then I’ll dispose of the trash and discipline him firmly so that he won’t do this again…”

“Arbella’s owner is me.”

“yes?”

Arbella blinked at the meaningless words.

Looking at her with gloomy eyes, Maia said quietly.

“It means that I have the right to evaluate his work and the right to discipline him.”

“Of course it’s true, but…”

“If you know, don’t come out recklessly. Got it?”

If you dare touch ‘your own’, I will not forgive you.

Maia speaks in a calm voice as if explaining instead of being cynical or thorny as usual.

That’s why the gentle warning is all the more frightening.

Those eyes are more berserk.

Arbella involuntarily swallowed a dry saliva and bowed her head in response.

“…I’ll keep that in mind.”

“I wish I knew.”

After hearing that answer, Maia took her gaze away from Arbella and continued to speak coldly while fiddling with the petrified stone in her hand.

“And never mind this flower. I just have it because it smells good.”

“Incense…?”

“Is something wrong?”

“Oh no. It can’t be.”

There were many problems.

I wouldn’t know if it was a real flower, but it was strange that a flower carved out of stone had a scent.

Even as a member of the Green Dragon clan and with a sensitive sense of smell, she couldn’t smell anything that resembled a scent.

I just couldn’t bear to point out that to Maia.

Sensing the subtle emotions mixed in Arbella’s gaze, Maia said as if screeching.

“Then, finish preparing for the experiment quickly. How long are you going to keep me waiting?”

“Yes, I will prepare right away.”

For a moment, look at Arbella, who is preparing for the experiment in such a hurry, with fierce eyes.

Maia fidgeted with the petrified flower she was holding, as if wondering what to do, and eventually inserted it into her hair like a hairpin.

Was it made so that it could be used as a hair ornament from the beginning?

Maia, who was fiddling with the petrified flowers naturally nestled between her hair, muttered inwardly.

‘I don’t like it.’

In fact, Arbella’s words were something she could and should have done as an aide.

No matter how unusual the circumstances were, the fact that she, the green dragon princess, managed and disciplined the slaves herself was originally nonsense.

Even so, the displeasure felt when Arbella dared to discipline Limon.

I also don’t know why I felt that way.

I didn’t like everything.

However, Maia soon straightened her frown again.

It was because the faint scent of the stone flower allayed the discomfort.

Is it because I feel more at ease?

When Maia gently closed her eyes and immersed herself in the scent of flowers in a refreshing sensation that seemed to improve her poor condition on its own.

Arbella spoke to her.

“The princess is ready.”

Maia opened her closed eyes and nodded.

Then he coldly opened his mouth as he watched the gagged and throbbing test subject with his entire body tightly restrained from his neck to his limbs.

“Begin the experiment.”