As the first-hand reports received by the Carian royal family members who had gradually relocated to the royal family's traditional territory—the Caria Manor—had indicated, the Raya Lucaria Academy of Sorcery had indeed been attacked. And the Academy had indeed made peace with the dragon mage who had come to assault it.
However...
What the reports didn't say was that the Academy hadn't wanted to seek peace in the first place. It had been forced to do so. The vague wording in the reports was simply there to preserve the Academy's dignity.
There hadn't been much choice. Their opponent was stronger than they could have imagined.
Especially after they had urgently dispatched several Glintstone Masters, only for all of them to be beaten down. They had promptly chosen to submit under the might of that dragon and its terrifying dragon mage. They had decided to believe the invader's outrageous story, and unanimously agreed to accept that the intruder had ridden a dragon through their barrier and launched a brazen attack only because she had come to visit the Academy—that it really had all been a misunderstanding.
Although their magical barrier had been severely damaged, although their Academy's southern gate had been reduced to rubble by the flames, and although well over a hundred mid- and high-ranking Glintstone Sorcerers had been badly injured, they had ultimately decided to let bygones be bygones and pretend none of it had happened. They were ready to uphold the Academy's fine tradition of hospitality, and, in a spirit of openness and tolerance, offer their visiting international mage friends the greatest respect and courtesy!
And so!
Once the "misunderstanding" had been cleared up, the two sides had quickly become fast friends. The Academy had immediately arranged a banquet, and even sent two Glintstone elder sorcerers of great