"Oh? Something like that actually happened?
Has Sista been cultivating people like that?"
The old man addressed as Ancestor grew somewhat interested and could not help asking.
"Ancestor... we haven't done that. They are demons, after all. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to accept them."
The King sounded somewhat embarrassed.
Inwardly, he grumbled about whether his ancestor's seclusion had addled his brain.
Were demons something ordinary people could accept?
What?
The subjects of Niro City had accepted them, you said?
Those subjects had long since been brainwashed by the evil Chromatic Dragons! They were a bunch of wicked subjects themselves!
"Ah... that is true. Ordinary people are always afraid of this and that.
They only live within the bounds of their own understanding.
Niro City really is a fine place.
Every one of these subjects has been enlightened by wisdom. They have none of the ignorance of ordinary subjects.
Only those more willing to accept new things can more readily embrace the truth of spells."
The old man sighed with feeling and offered a word of praise.
Then he looked at Kexi Gerlo and said:
"Do you understand that?"
"Ancestor, I understand." Kexi hurriedly nodded.
The dragon carriage and its hundred-odd mounted escorts continued forward.
At the sight of the luxurious dragon carriage, quite a few subjects gradually gathered around, pointing at it and commenting:
"Who do you think is in there? This dragon carriage is much grander than the earlier ones."
"It must be someone at least as important as a marquis, right?
Or perhaps that duke?"
"Hey! Why don't you say it's His Majesty the King?"
"Would His Majesty the King come to our Niro City? That doesn't seem very likely, does it?"
Hearing these remarks, the knights felt a little proud.
These country bumpkins had some discernment,