Chapter 397. Side Story 3. The New Era (3)
The head butler of Azureocean Castle, Urhan, believed he was truly one lucky man.
Once, he'd been nothing more than a deserter from the Southern Kingdom who drifted into banditry. By sheer accident, he'd ended up inside Azureocean Castle, somehow becoming a butler.
Eventually, thanks to the favor of the former head butler Heinrich, Urhan had risen all the way to the position of head butler himself. To be honest, reaching that rank had been possible largely thanks to Caron's influence. After all, the very person who first dragged Urhan into this place had become Azureocean Castle's real power.
When he thought about it, he felt it was a miraculous rise. Caron was the most precious benefactor of his entire life. But he didn't think any of that mattered now.
"You did cut it off properly, right?" Seria asked.
"Guillotine got annoyed about it, but the priests couldn't reattach anything. He'll live as an eunuch for the rest of his life," Caron replied.
"Phew. Now that eases my anger a bit. I was truly about to declare a crusade. How dare some filthy worm lay a hand on our Aqua!" Seria growled.
Caron added, "Aqua did grumble that we were being too overprotective."
"...Is she going through puberty?" Seria asked.
"Well, it's past the usual age, but she's a dragon. Maybe it just comes late? Call it draco-puberty or something. It's our first time raising a dragon—how would we know? Anyway, Urhan, can you bring more liquor?" Caron requested.
"Already prepared it, sir!" Urhan answered proudly.
"As expected of Urhan. Best butler there is," Caron said.