"?" The smile on Okrian-Lujin's face gradually vanished, replaced by a trace of astonishment. He instinctively turned to look at Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso, his gaze seeming to ask, Did we have a Dragon Knight arrive ahead of us?
"A dragon?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso was clearly shocked as well. After all, King Roland had never mentioned that a Dragon Knight would be traveling with them.
"Yes!" Count Laimon said with a bitter smile.
"Wait, when was this news from?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso suddenly frowned.
"Three days ago!" Count Laimon nodded. Rohan's scouts were all cavalry, so their reports were relatively timely.
"No further news?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso rubbed his chin.
"No... Perhaps the scouts haven't arrived yet?" Count Laimon guessed.
"If it was three days ago... Count, do you know anything about dragons?" Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso suddenly asked.
"Of course... no." Count Laimon shrugged. How could he possibly understand dragons? Was that something he could even lay eyes on? No one in the entire Kingdom of Rohan had ever seen a dragon! To them, dragons were more like ghosts from legend; they could not even be sure whether they truly existed.
"Maybe your men saw it wrong! If it was a dragon... you should have seen it two days ago! Of course, perhaps we wouldn't have lived to see it..." Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso shrugged.
"It may have been another flying magical beast. No matter what kind of dragon it was, it wouldn't be this slow! This speed is far too slow! Even a lumbering mountain dragon couldn't be slower than a horse!" Okrian-Lujin shook his head reassuringly.
"Your Excellencies know a great deal about dragons?" Count Laimon was left stunned by Grand Duke Ocrean Yaso and Okrian-Lujin's back-and-forth, clearly unable to process it.
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