While her entire court was outside looking at the Dragons, and the parents were with their kids, Princess Mere was in the Principal’s office, talking with him.
She sighed, and explained, “I understand your concern, but as soon as you sent me the message yesterday about what happened, I took the necessary diligence. By this hour, all the countries have received my message about Hinotsume and Mizukonta being defeated by Taisetsuna and her Party. I also explained in that message the vow that the Dragons made a long time ago about not meddling in the business of other beings, but I am well aware of the implications of having two Dragons staying in our country. The Empire probably already knows, and that will definitely make them nervous, but considering what happened to the Emperor’s grandfather, he won’t risk an invasion. He might have thought about it over the past few years
When the Princess got near their court, they were still on the field, talking amongst themselves and looking at the Dragons, surprised by seeing them peacefully laying on the ground, talking with Asadate and Takanari, with both of them seated on Mizukonta’s tail.The students were in groups with their parents, and Viscount Robert dragged Taisetsuna to introduce her to some young Nobles that she hadn’t met in the Castle.Diana Olesk was in the group of Noble girls, and she spoke with a slight frown when she saw Taisetsuna arrive, “Our class just got a new addition… It is a pity that the Princess grants Noble titles left and right, lately, something that her father never did.”Before Taisetsuna could say a word, Robert answered, “I don’t understand why you
After lunch, Nozomu and the others were on the open field again. He called for Robert Keskula to approach and explained what the Princess wanted him to do together with Takanari and Asadate, who were again near him and the two serious-looking Dragons.Robert gave a slight smile and said, “It will be a great honour to fulfil that task. I don’t think we will have time this afternoon to visit many countries, but maybe we will manage to get to the ‘Kingdom of Garam’ and the ‘Kingdom of Gulvanbo’. Their Kings can then send messages to the other countries to reassure them.”Asadate Sumomi gulped and said, “I… am not sure if I am ready for such a task. The Princess often teaches Takanari and me, but what if the King asks something, and we don’t know how to answer…”
Flying at a tremendous speed, Hinotsume and Mizukonta arrived at the ‘Kingdom of Garam’ in almost two hours.The two sisters had a blast the entire time, enjoying the scenery and the sensations. As for Robert Keskula, he was thinking about the meeting with the Kings, and he only occasionally answered the excited questions from the two young girls.For the last twenty minutes, they were at a great altitude, flying over the ‘Kingdom of Garam’ towards the Capital, as Robert had pointed out the moment they crossed the border. The Castle was on top of a hill, standing tall above the big Capital below.As the Dragons were getting near, they started their descent towards the Castle, and that alerted the guards that were on the top of the walls. The alarm sounded, guards were rushing to the walls, and Mizuko
At the Academy, while Robert was with the King of the ‘Kingdom of Garam’, his friends were in the boring classes, like Hinen Sukemoru said at lunch.The hours were dragging for him, and while Nozomu and the girls were listening attentively and taking a bunch of notes, he could barely keep his eyes open.One class finished, and another started, and he didn’t even notice. For him, it was still the same boring talk, even if the sounds were coming from the mouth of a different Teacher.When the class finished and everyone was exiting, Nozomu had to shake his shoulders to make him stand up and follow them to their room to relax a bit before going for dinner.When they entered, Hinen went straight to his bed and laid there, with his eyes closed.
In the morning, right after breakfast, Taisetsuna pulled Nozomu aside when they were going to the open field, and she whispered, “Do you think the ground shaking last night was a sign? You know, that God… I mean, that Raluth is awakening?”“No idea. Maybe Hinotsume knows. Talking about him…”The wind from the Dragons landing messed up his hair, and Nozomu signalled for the enormous Fire Dragon to approach while Mizukonta was going to meet the others who were near the Unicorns.Hinotsume whispered when he lowered his massive head. “I know what you want to ask. You felt it as well, I suppose. It was small, but it is what you think it is. Raluth moved. I don’t know if he is going to awaken soon or if he was changing positions during his
The angry Dwarf Teacher was bumping her foot on the ground again, and she shouted, “What the heck was that? You were supposed to fight Oaky! Not Tresuria!”Chujitsuna leisurely pointed at the muscular pet that still had his arms raised and retorted, “He quit. That means I won, right? It is not my fault if Nozomu and Taisetsuna were not smart enough to realise that Tresuria is Oaky’s weakness.”“But you were supposed to fight him, not her!”“And I did! Why are you yelling at me? I fought Oaky, I figured out a way to win, and I won! Why are you so angry about it? Geez! Lighten up, Teacher, frowning like that will make you go old sooner! I did what Teacher Egar Gage told us during Strategy Class, that we needed to know our opponent! I fou
While Nozomu was taking Taisetsuna to near the wall of the Academy to wake her up again, in the Empire, Ahmed Khan, the only son of the Emperor was in the back garden of his father’s Castle frowning while reading a book and seated on a bench in the shade of a tree.One of his father’s Ministers was next to him because, besides being the Emperor’s Minister, he was also the Prince’s tutor.The old Minister cleared his throat and asked, “Your Highness, is something upsetting you? You seem somewhat distracted.”“You noticed? Well, maybe it has something to do with that deadline my father gave you and the other Ministers. You have always been with me. You taught me how to read and write, while my father... Well, let’s just say he is not the most caring of parents. Did you already think of a plan to carry on with his idea of conquering the Principality?”“Your
After lunch, Taisetsuna went straight to the field and talked with Hinotsume.Mizukonta was not there because she went to look around to check for damage and to find other Dragons to talk to, and she would return the next day with the news.The afternoon classes started, and Taisetsuna could barely concentrate. Strategy class started and ended, Potions class started and ended. The entire afternoon went by, and she couldn’t focus.As they were going to the outside to check on the Unicorns, Nozomu elbowed her. She forced a slight smile and didn’t say a word.He then pulled her to the side, and while the others kept on walking to get to the Unicorns, he asked in a low tone, “Worried? Do you remember what I said? It is no use worrying without a certain.”“I know, but… Hinotsume said that we should worry if the tremors happened for days or got stronger. Guess what, this is the second day, and there was a strong tremor…”“That means nothing. Raluth could be moving during his sleep. But if i