"Maybe it wasn't a lie after all." Belaque said drunkenly to Carter Binda, "I've heard about this too, but very few people ever mention it."
"Unlike the four magical beasts, which everyone knows about, hardly anyone knows of the fifth one." Belaque added mysteriously.
"See? Even Aunt knows about it," the City Lord said to Carter Binda.
"The credibility of something like this is extremely low, isn't it?" Uchiha Madara said to Belaque with a smile. "It's nothing more than a folk rumor."
"If it were merely something ordinary people passed around, that would be one thing. But everyone who knows this secret is an influential figure on the Elzeran Continent, like the City Lord of Winterfort," Belaque said.
Seeing Belaque's flushed face, Uchiha Madara knew it was time for the Dwarf Clan's unique brand of drunken boasting. From this point on, not a single word Belaque said could be trusted.
"I also think this is very likely true," the City Lord continued.
"Besides the four ancient magical beasts in the east, south, west, and north, there is another one in the central region," the City Lord said.
"The center?" Carter Binda said skeptically. "That makes it even more absurd, doesn't it? Everyone knows the central region is where the Royal City and the Holy See are. Those two places are the heart of the entire Elzeran Continent."
"It's inside one of them," the City Lord said. "And it's highly possible that this magical beast in the center has never slept at all, but has been living within the Royal City and the Holy See all along."
"That's a bit too far-fetched. If that were true, the Royal City and the Holy See might have ceased to exist long ago. Who would dare keep something like that in their own