My Royal Guard Is Secretly a Dragon Knight!
Hired as a duke's daughter's bodyguard, Kael is a dragon knight with a far bigger secret.
ShortMax · 37 episodes
Story
Kael trained at Dragon's Cliff from childhood, and his search for the truth about his origins brings him to Ironwood Hold. There he saves Evelyn, the duke's daughter, from assassins and becomes her bodyguard. Using dragon power, he defeats the Blackwood father and son and tames the barbarian tribes. When Ross, a foreign power, demands a forced marriage through a trial by combat, he raises his Dragon-Flame Holy Sword to answer.
Fantasy & magicHidden identityHistorical & periodsecret royaltybrooding protector
Who will like it: viewers who liked disguised princes who guard the heroine while rival factions scheme in the shadows.
Main characters
- Kael: dragon knight who is secretly a prince
- Evelyn: duke's daughter he is hired to guard
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from ShortMax's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Where to watch
- Episodes
- 37
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShortMax | 37 | — | — | — | Oct 18, 2026checked by hand |
Cost to finish
Passes for ShortMax on the App Store: $9.99 to $19.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on ShortMax
- Length
- 37 episodes is longer than 18% of the 60 ShortMax dramas on our list (typical: 60).
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- App tags
- Fictional Dynasty, Reversal of Fortune
- ShortMax
- 56.9K views, 19.0K likes
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Source: ShortMax (title page, checked by hand), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: ShortMax, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.