Chapter 103: Between a dragon and a...dragon?
Carried, once more, but instead of being carried by the damn secret princess this time, he was carried by the secret dragon. Cass was questioning his reality once more.
He wondered, briefly, how quickly his condition would get to the others. Would they even care? He wasn’t so sure. He had no idea what had happened in the mansion while he’d been out of commission, and Sam, his little lackey, was too worried and flustered about his condition to give him anything to work with.
He knew this from the way that the man was looking around, nervously twisting his hands, and how deep the circles under his eyes were. He had probably been worried sick outside his door when Cass himself hadn’t emerged. This was probably also his worst fear come to life.
Cass, clearly injured, and he couldn’t do anything to help or stop it.
In contrast, the dragon who carried him seemed...rather collected, excited even. He opened his mouth a few times on the way to his study, before closing it. After the third time, Cass scoffed.
"Out with already or a bird is going to fly into your mouth." Cass muttered and Byron’s face flushed. Sam, who hadn’t noticed Byron’s odd behaviour because he was too busy being absorbed in his own, glanced towards them. Byron cleared his throat.
"I just wanted to thank you for the teacher, my Lord. They...they said I was advancing quite quickly. I just wanted to let you know my progress." Byron said, his lips twitching. He was obviously happy, and surprisingly, Cass could feel a small bubble of pride welling up inside of him.
"Well done Byron. I’m glad to hear that." Byron beamed, seeming to not mind that he was getting praise from a man who had heavily injured himself.
"Thank you, my Lord." He replied shyly, even though he was the one who had wanted to bring this all up. Sam beamed beside him, his own worries temporarily forgotten since Byron had spoken.
"You should have heard the teacher, my Lord! They were simply excited. It seems that Byron might have a knack for languages!" Sam praised, and Byron flushed more.
"They were just being kind." Byron muttered, and Sam rolled his eyes.