Night fell...
Nanahoshi and Roxy paced back and forth in a classroom at Magic University, growing anxious as they waited.
"Nanahoshi, Cain really left?!"
"Y-yes. Lord Cain said he had something to take care of, then left..."
"How could he? Cain has absolutely no sense of direction. Why would he leave Magic University without a word?" Roxy asked bluntly, her face full of confusion.
"Huh? Lord Cain has no sense of direction?!"
"That's right. My husband can get lost on instinct within a hundred meters. But please don't tell Cain I said that, Miss Nanahoshi..."
Nanahoshi's mouth twitched. She scratched her cheek and nodded slightly at Roxy's embarrassed smile. So the Sword God had a past like that...
Just then, a luxurious carriage drawn by two pure-black thoroughbreds stopped at the gates of Magic University.
Roxy and Nanahoshi froze, then hurried outside and ran toward the gates. Cain had stepped down from the carriage, along with a finely equipped swordsman and a red-haired mage carrying a blue staff.
"Lord Sword God, we are truly sorry this happened. We will deal with it and give you a satisfactory answer. Please don't hold it against us. As an apology, the Basherant Duchy is willing to handle the entire business you mentioned. Would a seventy-thirty split be acceptable?"
"Eighty-twenty. That's my bottom line. Offer me any less, and I'll go reason with your king."
"That... leaves us rather little..."
"Fine. I suppose I'll have Lord Dragon God go reason with the king of Basherant in my place."
Cold sweat trickled down the foreheads of the red-haired mage and the swordsman beside her. Their faces stiffened.
The Dragon God—one of the few people in the world you must never cross. Death follows him wherever he goes. Is he going to kill the king?
"A-actually,