The Magic Guild had already been established to receive mages making pilgrimages from all over, so one more Kelly Truth was hardly too many.
Whatever her background, once she came to Flame Territory, she was just another worker.
After seeing off the envoy delegation and the eldest prince's party, only four days remained until the New Year festival. Nothing much changed in the territory's atmosphere; every trade and industry carried on as usual, with no holidays.
The castle, however, remained bustling. Marquis Merlin, Lady Penelope, Meiopal and his wife, and Lvera were all staying there. Even Lytton had been forcibly kept behind by Lady Mary.
No matter how unpleasant he might be to look at, he was still her half-brother by the same father.
So Liszt arranged for him to train at the Knight Academy under Sky Knight Fox.
Over those four days, Liszt successfully created the second move of the Fire Dragon Knight—Dragon Dou Qi Secret Manual—Burn the Heavens. The move was exquisitely subtle. When sparring with Rio, it unleashed tremendous destructive power. Its principle, summed up simply, was to make use of the Fire Dragon's rolling motion and sweep out with the dragon lance.
The first move, Dragon Slash, focused on cleaving—like splitting Mount Hua with a single blow.
The second move, Burn the Heavens, focused on sweeping—sweeping the lance across a vast swath.
His increased strength was worth celebrating, but the Light Green Gem Dragon remained asleep, leaving him somewhat worried. He had sacrificed one or two Dragon-Bewildering Heart Fruits to save this dragon, yet it still refused to awaken. When he rode up to Dragon Tooth Platform, he could feel the connection between their minds, but the Light Green Gem Dragon gave no response at all.
He did not know whether its injuries were simply too