「So that’s Ceres’ pet?」
「Hey, Platina? Is he good?」
「Who knows? If possible, I’d like to get Ceres pregnant, but I don’t know if it goes that far」
Alec, a Zatsuryu peeks out of the stage at the graduation party. The two dragon beauties tilt their glass, using him as a topic.
A clever beauty, who didn’t wear her usual black suit and black-rimmed glasses, instead, wearing a dress that was as beautiful as the dark night and sparkling with gems like the stars in the sky. Platina, the principal and the lord of the academy city, and Ceres’ Master.
A beautiful glossy pure-white dress, gold ornaments with sophisticated craftsmanship, and a beautiful woman with luminous looks. King Melior, the noblest woman in the country, has platinum hair and eyes.
The two are usually busy with their territories, but they’ve met again for the first time in a long while, all in the name of attending the school’s graduation party. Then, they’re slowly warming up an old friendship at Platina’s mansion.
The content of their conversation had nothing to do with the graduation party though.
「There’s also the matter of the new Eve found in Ceres’ report. If possible, I’d like her to get pregnant soon, but…」
「Life, and Poison. Those long ears would have a field day if they knew」
「Their lineage is hardcore. I’ll get rid of it when I know and be done with it. What’s wrong with welcoming them to our country?」
The elder sister, Melior, laughs amusedly, but the younger, Platina, replies reasonably.
The beautiful sisters are concerned about Minette, a cat-eared girl with a special poison attribute magic.
「Fortunately, or maybe Unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to have the same magic as Ceres. I think that she might when the time comes, but we’ll see…」
「I hope a new blood of magic is born. How many decades has it been?」
「He had peace with the border for a while. Last time I remember, it was those guys from the North Mines 」
「Oh? Not the East? I thought you took that one?」
「Unfortunately, the attribute didn’t pass on to the kid. I guess they didn’t mix well.」
They’re talking about the history of the country.
It’s about the attribute magic that the Dragon Kingdom took from other races.
The people of the earth live in the great mines of the north, and the dwarves have the art of creating magic metals.
The people of the sea that rules the great oceans of the east, a dragon clan swim through the ocean and the sky.
The elves and demons nurtured by the forest in the south have the forest full of life through the blessing of the World Tree.
The Demon Kings of the great plains of the West are born from the blood and corpses of many monsters.
Avarice that eats everything. Greed that desires it all. Lust that violates all.
The history of dragons has drawn blood and magic outside and passed it down to their descendants.
Starting from the small territory in the Capital, growing to a huge size and consuming everything around it, becoming it’s own flesh and blood. The sisters hoped that Minette’s blood would be woven into history and a poison dragon would be born in the kingdom.
「I wish for the birth of a new Kiryu」
「I wish for the prosperity of the Kingdom」
The two who carry the kingdom on their shoulders tilt their glasses.
The Kiryu families boast their Shinryu ancestors, but many don’t know the deception within it.
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North of the Kingdom. A letter was delivered from a dwarven village to the Northern Lord.
The content is saying that the leader of the dwarven village has been replaced and they’re calling themselves the Dwarf King.
And the dwarf king wants to marry Anastasia, the daughter of the Northern Lord.
It also states that if they refuse, they’re taking her by force, provoking them by that they’re ready for war.
「Those stone eaters, let’s destroy them!」
Philip, the head of the Crystal family, governs the northern territory. He froze the letter and shattered it into pieces. The cold air coming from Philip caused frost to form in his office. He speaks calmly and is expressionless on his face, but he’s furious.
Dwarves nest underground, in a large mine in the north. They claim to be born from mother earth and they’re a race with a different kind of magic from the Kiryu of the Kingdom, who are the descendants of the Shinryu.
They’re skilled at processing earth and metals, and they’re the only craftsmen in the world who can create magic metals refined from magic.
Rather than processing magic metals such as magic iron, they have the power to create perfect material from nothing but their magic The Kingdom spared this power, stopped destroying the dwarves, and allowed them to live underground in the great mines.
However, the dwarves converted the underground into a fortress and became rebellious towards the Kingdom. They claim that they’re better than the Kiryu in producing magic metals.
They have the power to deal with the dwarves and sometimes punish them. That was the lord ruling the northern territory.
In that state, the Kingdom’s dragons attacked the dwarves multiple times, kidnapping in search for their magic attribute, and birthing the Kiryu with rare metal attributes, such as gold, silver, and iron.
Although they inherited the attributes of the dwarves, they didn’t inherit the ability to create magic metal, which was the key to their success.
While the conflicts continued and the two deepened their mutual ties, the exchange between the Kingdom and their superior military, and the dwarves, with their magic metals, continued.
「I’m sending in a punishment squad right now…no, wait」
He was about to give instructions to his men, who were almost freezing in the cold, but then he stopped.
「This is a good opportunity. Call Nasha over. I’ll teach her personally what it is to be the Lord of this land」
Once the cold air subsides, Philip quickly prepares a letter paper.
It’s hard to tell because his expressions hasn’t changed, but he wrote a letter to his daughter with a pleasant brush stroke.
「Hand this to Nasha. It’s urgent」
「Y-Yes, certainly」
When the subordinate received the letter and hurriedly left the office, Philip’s mood had recovered.
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The letter was brought to the Academy City and placed into Anastasia’s hands.
Anastasia, who happily received a letter from her beloved father, opens the letter hurriedly.
A new, turbulent year was about to begin.