Becoming a Knight Order Commander (First Update)

"The Grand Duke's dragon must have run into trouble. That is Father's deduction. He believes that with the Grand Duke's temperament, if the Sapphire Dragon were safe and sound, he would never have issued an encirclement order against Marquis Bull. The Grand Duke would directly command the Sapphire Dragon to destroy everything on Iron Hoof Island, using it to intimidate the enemy."

After Liszt hurried to Tulip Castle, he found his older brother Levis receiving the steadily arriving nobles.

Levis took the opportunity to tell him what had happened—the Grand Duke Sapphire had sent a letter summoning all his followers to gather on Iron Hoof Island and wipe out Marquis Bull.

"Can we determine exactly what happened to the Sapphire Dragon?" Liszt asked calmly.

"At the very least, it is injured... The knight who came to deliver the notice was a viscount from the Blue Blood Alliance. His lips were sealed tight; we could get no useful information from him."

"So Father intends to follow the original plan, obey the Grand Duke's command, and join the encirclement?"

"When the situation is unclear, that is the most suitable choice. Father is already communicating with several marquises and counts. Once we reach Bull Horn City, we will carefully consider how to take the next step. But war is basically certain now. Liszt, you are only seventeen. Do you really intend to go to war?"

He felt somewhat bitter. As the family heir who had been called a "genius" since childhood, he had not gone onto the battlefield until he was twenty-three. Yet Liszt, at seventeen, was about to take the field as well.

Liszt did not know what Levis was thinking. He merely said flatly, "As a noble's second son, war is the only chance to change my fate... I do not