“Good m, Yhness.” I greeted the Pri the door of the guest house he was staying at.
“Didn’t I say you be more casual while outside of official business? Just call me by my he Prince reminded me.
“Of course, Elias.” I agreed. I holy just used ‘Yhness’ to firm today’s situation.
After breakfast, I had gone separate ways from Alid Lua. Those two went with Mariina to have some sort of magic test/show/witch exam thingy, while I came to have the promised dragon ride with Elias. Agunan was with me, and I asked Ria to go with Alid Lua.
All three of us, Agunan, Elias and I, got into the same carriage and headed outside the city.
During our ride, I carefully asked about the Bloggs family and the punishment they got, and the Prince proudly told me.
“I had the head of the house step down, and the first son took his pce as Baron Bloggs.” He answered. “The previous Baron was also sent to the capital where he will work with the butchers to collect blood, which will then be sent to the dhampir safe-town closest to the capital. I hope you like what I came up with.”
“... how did you get him to agree to that?” I questioned. I actually kind of like the poetic justice of him colleg blood for the dhampirs he so despises. But to me, that sounds like two punishments. Losing both his position, and bei into forced bor.
“It was either that or have his entire family executed. He quickly agreed to the terms.” Elias said, smiling.
… I don’t think you should be smiling while you say something like that.
We finally came to a stop about an hour away from the city. … that is a stupid way to measure things. Measuring with time, our distance would depend on the speed. Well, the horses pulling our carriage beloo the Royal family, so they were some of the best, and the carriage was high quality as well, so we were 20 kilometers away from the city walls. Perhaps a bit further away than we need, but better safe than sorry.
After firming the perimeter, the Royal guards allowed for one of Elias’ maids to open the door to our carriage, aepped outside.
“Please stay there. I’ll summon the dragon now.” I told Elias. During our ride, we already spoke about which dragon I’d let him ride. He was very ied in my white dragons, but for obvious reasons, that ain’t gonna happen. Instead, I’ll let him ride the golden one. But for that, I’ll need… “I summon three Troons.”
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[colpse]I need a few tributes. And they have to be dragon-type. Troon, as a card, summowo humanoid dragons each, oh a sword and shield, oh a spear. They were just uwo meters tall, and unlike Agunan’s humanoid form, they had full lizard faces, and they also could only speak in draic. But because each card summowo, and I had summohree copies worth, six dragonoid warriors were now mio and. … or tribute.
“I tribute my three Troons to summon Victory Dragon.”
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[colpse]Noould I go with Victory Dragon? Well, that is simple. I didn’t want the Prio ride anything to, but I also didn’t want to give him some disrespectful little shit dragon. Victory Dragon is an alright baween those two extremes. It has just one problem. Every time I summon it, I’ll have to summon it by tribute summon. No colored sleeve/toploader stuff with this one. Sadly, that will mean that I likely won’t use him much, but for this purpose, Victory Dragon is just fine.
Victory Dragon itself was just shy of 20 meters tall, on my not patented dragon measuring scale. So it was just a bit smaller than a Blue-Eyes, but still rger than most level 8 dragons I have. And thanks to its golden scales, it erfect for a member of the Royal family to ride. … it also has quite high defense, so that is a nice plus, not that I’m predig anything to attack us.
“So, what do you think Elias? Do you like it?” I asked the Prince.
“... it really is a golden dragon. May I really ride it?” He asked.
“Yes. Of course.” I answered. “Agunan, transform as well. I want to ride you.” I told my dragon.
I had already asked him earlier, and Agunan was more than happy to let me ride him.
Agunan stepped a bit away from me, and everyone else, before his humanoid form was engulfed in fmes. Hopefully his shirt won’t burn. The fmes then grew in size, until a massive inferno was burning in front of us. Not that it was radiating a. Like st time, it did seem to be just visual cover. Then the fme took on a distinct dragon shape, before quickly burning out and revealing Agunan’s dragon form from underh.
Before we mounted on the dragons, I summoned one more monster. Shining Angel. He was going to be our insurance policy, just in case the Prince fell. I know I will survive even if I fall, but I’m not going to take any ces with the Prince.
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After making sure Elias was well seated on Victory Dragon, I first jumped and then boosted myself with telekinesis so I could get onto Agunan’s back. After finding a good pce around his shoulder bdes, I sat down and gave the and to take off.
Our flight was mostly uful. Some D-rank bird monsters did e somewhat close to us, but as soon as Aguna out a roar, they scurried away as fast as they could.
As we nded, I spotted a small group of dead goblins close by. They must have attacked the Royal guards while we were flying. Kind of surprised. I really didn’t think goblins would be that dumb.
Anyway. After we nded, I unsummoned both the Shining Angel and Victory Dragon, and also had Agunan turn bato his humanoid form. I was actually a bit worried if his -shirt would survive the transformation, but it was just fine, so that was good. I do wonder, dons have something like an iory or ste where they put the clothes they wear in their humanoid forms while they are in their dragon form? Well, because he doesn’t rip his clothes wheransforms, I get some very nice clothing funan, without having to worry about him ripping them.
Before we made our way back to the city, we had a little lun the fields. The maids Elias brought with him set out a nice ‘piic’ for us, and we ehe meal. Agunan was once again gulping down the food the Prince offered him, being a bit extra hungry from the dragon transformation. And Agunan always eats a lot anyway.
But even after he pletely cleared all of the food, Agunan still seemed a bit hungry, so I quickly Woked him up a Fme Cerebrus. Based on what he told me, Agunan oftes fire attribute monsters, so that is what I decided to go with. Sure I could have gotten out some Sor Fre Drago, produced by Laura and Kit Dragonmaid from my ste, but I was out of the city, so I could just cook something new on the fly.
Spoiler[colpse]I even shared some of the Fme Cerebrus meat with the Royal guard and Elias, as they did seem ied. I did find it alright, but it was a bit … spicy. I don’t know if all fire monsters are naturally spicy, but I don’t recall the Sor Fre Dragon being, when I tested it out. So either they aren’t, or Kit Dragonmaid did something to it to reduce the spiess.
Well, either way, the Cerebrus was tasty, so I don’t really mind.
After we finished our lunch, we got bato the carriages and headed back to the city.
[Lucia POV]“Good m. Are you ready to go?” We were greeted by Lady Mariina. She had invited us to e along with her to the adventurer’s guild, where she would be holding a wizard/witch exam today.
I was with Ria and Alice, as Brian had gone separate ways from us. He was going to be riding dragons with the sed Prince. For once, I’m gd I didn’t have to go with him. The Prince … he just doesn’t sit right with me. The way he is getting familiar with Brian. In his eyes, Brian should be nothing more than a low ranked honorary noble. Not someone worth iing that much time and money into. Well he wouldn’t be, if not for his System Support, his unique skills and now also Agunan.
… but at the same time, I don’t know how much Brian would really be willing to do to the Prince. Would he do what he did to me? Help him as much as he helped me? And what would a Prince even need help with?
“Lua? Lua? Are you getting out or not?” Alice asked me.
While I was deep in thought, we must have arrived at the adventurer’s guild.
There, a rge group of aspiring witches and wizards were already waiting for us. A situation like this might be somewhat on in the capital, happening a few times a year, but here, it would only e once every two to three years, when a high witch or wizard, or even a sage, has business in this area.
The three of us sat down behind a deck that had bee out for us beforehand. This was done by the adventurer’s guild to make sure the operation ran smoothly. They had already done a basic sele of the applits, to at least make sure they could use magic, as to waste as little of the time of the great witch overseeing the exam as possible.
As we were doing our final preparations, I recalled my own exam. I traveled all the way to the capital for it. I thought that what I should do is show off powerful offensive spells, but Mrs. Moon told me that that isn’t how you get reized. trol is what is important. I showed the examiner both my Water trol and Blood trol spells. After that, he requested that I show an offensive spell, so I used Ice Lance, one of the most powerful spells I could use at the time. I also showed some healing magid I was then grahe title of Witch by the Great Wizard representing the Sage’s tower.
And now I was sitting here, assisting someone holding the same exam. I never really thought I would end up in a pce like this.
“Thank you. You do not pass. .” Mariina called out, after failing the tender. He had alright ability in magic, but he cked skill in trol-style magibsp;
The reason trol-style magic is important for this test was something I asked Mrs. Moon during our trip to the capital. She expi to me like this.
“When you t magic, the t takes care of most of the trol. All you have to do is aim. But with trol-style spells, your own imagination and turning that into mana movement are the most important parts. That is why they put su emphasis on that style of magic. It proves that you uand that magic is more than just ting words and aiming spells.”
This tender moved on with grace, but not all of them always do that. Sometimes they get a bit … irritated and try to do something. I think we have it especially bad, because we are three women, and even Ria, uard, is female. We did also have a few adventurer’s on stand-by, but they might not make it in time if someone really attempts something.
But after the first who attempted something first had their spell blocked by Alice using an Instant Cast Dark Shield and then Ria taking them to the ground, none of the others have been so brave.
By the end of the day, out of the 43 people who came to show their skills, only two were approved by Mariina. There were a few others who Mariina cimed showed promise, but they cked trol of their magic, so they didn’t pass at this time.
[Brian POV]“So, how was it? Did you enjoy your day?” I asked the girls when they came back. I had returned a little while ago, and while Agunan decided to take a nap, I went to the training grounds for some sword practice, until I got the info that Lua and Alice were returning.
“... it was alright. A bit b though.” Alice admitted. “I think normal people are b pared to your monsters. I want them to put on a magic show so I see a lot of different kinds of magic. I think that might help my unique skill.”
“You probably ask them and Fantasia to do that.” I told her. I feel like Fantasia would set that up in no time. She gets along with basically all of my monsters. And I know my monsters already have tours in the factory anyway, so there might already be some security footage, recorded by Tahlia, of my spellcasters fighting.
“What about you and the Prince?” Lua asked.
“We had our fun. Agunan is o ride, because he is so warm.” I admitted, as I looked at the napping dragon. A fire dragon is just better. Like havied seats on your flying motorcycle.
“Did the Prince ask for any more favors from you?”
“... I don’t think so. He did say he wao ride dragons again. He also gave me that Royal order he promised us. You know, the one giving us unlimited access to the dhampir safe towns. Iurn, I promised I’d take him dragon ridiime we meet. Not that I have any clue if I’ll ever eve him again. Well, probably in the capital, but we’ll see.”
“... yes. I guess we will.” Lua responded.
Last thing of the day was of course our level ups. I leveled up my Sword Teique, after getting permission for it from today’s teacher, Bck Luster Soldier.
Lua leveled up her Magic Boost, while Alice maxed out her Dark Magic. Ria got a level into Flicker Step, because of some small ihat happened during the day.
SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: Human ?Level: 99HP: 3520 (+19,400)Mana: 4620 (+17,70th: 1190Defense: 1320 Magic: 1370 Skills: Pack Opener LV.5 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.3 (ue LV.10 (unique) Space Magic LV.2 (extra)Telekinesis LV.5 (extra)Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Water Spirit (extra)Health scious (extra) Sword Teique LV.3Mana trol LV.10 Dragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)Water Spirit’s Blessing (Greater)Honorary Baron of Ruiso KingdomLanguage prehension (humanoid) (draic)Sve MasterSves: Rhianna
[colpse]SpoilerName: LuciaRace: Dhampir Monarch !Level: 96HP: 2450Mana: 4565Strength: 895Defense: 1170Magic: 3200 Skills: Dhampir Princess LV.2 (Unique) True Blood Magic LV.8 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Summon Water Spirit (extra) Water Magic LV.8Light Magic LV.3Mana trol LV.10 Magic Boost LV.8Quick Cast LV.8Fast Mana Recovery LV.10 Keique LV.2Staff Teique LV.6 SaintWater Spirits Blessing (Greater)Blood Sucker (Racial)Lifesaver
[colpse]SpoilerName: Alice Mana WatRace: Magical Girl ?Level: 85HP: 1540Mana: 407th: 892Defense: 1242Magic: 3044 Skills: Magical Girl (unique-racial) LV.1 Card Summoner LV.3 (extra)Magi’s Power LV.5 (extra) Multicasting LV.4 (extra)Mana Flight LV.5 (extra)Telekinesis LV.3 (extra)Giant Syer LV.1 (extra) Dark Magic LV.10Mana trol LV.10Magic Boost LV.7Quick Cast LV.8Instant Cast LV.2Fast Mana Recovery LV.10Magic resistance LV.5Staff Teique LV.3 Oh two SoulsOne who defeated the Impossible
[colpse]SpoilerName: RhiannaRace: Dhampir BrawlerLevel: 88HP: 2845Mana: 262th: 1865Defense: 1361Magic: 1195 Skills:True Blood Magic LV.5 (Racial)Vampiriodification LV.4 (Racial) Card Summoner LV.2 (extra) Fire Magic LV.5Mana trol LV.5Fast Mana Recovery LV.5Internal Magic Teique LV.6Unarmed bat Teique LV.7Flickering Step LV.5Power Boost LV.5Defense Boost LV.5 Blood Sucker (Racial)Sve. Master: Brian Wood[colpse]Tomorroill see the Prince off. Then I think I’ll install a few cards into each of us. I’ll have Laura and the other two System Supports firm how many are safe for each of us, and also she make a reended list with the other System Supports. … Did Alice ever name her System Support? Well, tomorrow.
