Was it unexpected? 

The monster hunter momentarily stared back with a blank expression.

“Did you just say fairy dragon?”

Seon-Hyeok nodded. The monster hunter had been looking at him like he couldn’t be serious, but hearing the lord respond in the affirmative, his expression contorted grotesquely. He seemed to be holding back his laughter in front of the lord, and his expression was somewhere between crying and laughing.

“I’ve heard a lot, but I think it’s a bit childish for someone of your age.”

No matter how little Seon-Hyeok cared about his authority as a lord, he couldn’t help but frown at the monster hunter’s mockery.

“Julian.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Julian approached and bowed at his call.

“What is the punishment for lese-majeste?”

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. One who offends the lord with his eyes forfeits his eyes, and one who speaks ill of the lord loses his tongue.”

The response was resolute and savage. Seon-Hyeok looked at the monster hunter and spoke in a low voice.

“I see.”

If he had tried to threaten and intimidate the monster hunter, he most likely would not have been frightened. However, his warning just now was horribly blunt, and much more effective. The monster hunter’s condescending attitude changed at once.

“I’ll ask you again. Have you heard anything about fairy dragons?”

“I have not.”

“And why did such an ignorant person try to mock me?”

The monster hunter looked perplexed. He probably hadn’t expected the lord to reprimand...