January 30, Blue Dragon City, Blue Dragon Academy. Although thick snow still covered the lawns and flower beds, students returning to school had cleared all the roads.
At 10 a.m., four carriages escorted by a dozen knights arrived at the school gates. A tall young man with a head of golden hair slowly stepped down from the first carriage.
Antrechi Blue Dragon hadn't been back to school in half a year. Full of ambition, he gazed at the library's clock tower, paying no mind to the awe in the eyes of the teachers and students looking at him.
Although the school had been founded by the Blue Dragon Family, back when he attended it, he had been an unremarkable student.
Compared with the academy's most outstanding students, his cousins, who had gone on to become captains in the family's Knight Order, he had had to start out with the family's merchant caravans. To secure more opportunities, he had chosen the riskiest line of work in the trade group: commerce with the Barbarians.
Antrechi unconsciously raised his chin by 45 degrees. Since leaving this place and returning now, countless fleeting memories had surfaced in his mind:
Before the young lady of the Lanyuan House, whom he had secretly loved, married into the Red-Dragon Family, she had glanced back at him as they parted. Her smile had been so enchanting that even when he saw her again a month ago, it had still left him utterly spellbound.
"Su..." Antrechi stopped himself from saying her name. Though he had lost her forever, he had at least done everything he could to help her through her difficulties.
Then there were the family's expectations, heavy responsibilities, and suspicions after he successfully secured the Iron Mine contract. After the Queen of the Magic Web appeared, those