An enormous dragon, as vast as a mountain, stood on an open stretch of grassland.
He had an azure dragon body, streamlined and muscular.
And on his back was an enormous halo.
On that halo were several diamond-shaped dragon scales of different colors, each mysterious and unfathomable.
They made his overall appearance both majestic and sacred.
Beside him.
Or rather, beneath him, was a group of creatures.
Among this group of creatures.
There were several hundred humans alone.
These humans seemed not to be purebloods, but dragonkin with a trace of dragon blood.
At the very front of these dragonkin.
Stood a creature encased entirely in armor, its true appearance hidden, its body suffused with a faint aura of death.
This creature was considerably larger than an ordinary person, standing at least nearly half a body taller.
There was also a fairy-like little dragon, accompanied by a group of humans who were similar yet different in many ways, resembling elves but sporting butterfly wings.
These people likewise numbered several hundred in total.
Together, everyone here looked incredibly tiny against the dragon beside them.
Compared to him, each was like a slightly stronger ant...
At that moment.
All these people wore faintly sorrowful expressions as they lined up to lay flowers before the two graves at the front.
Only when the flowers had completely buried the graves.
Did the mountain-sized dragon let out a soft sigh.
That breath swept down like a violent storm, and had it struck the ground.
It would have been enough to sweep up all several hundred people there, even blowing away the graves.
Fortunately, just before it reached the ground.
An invisible force seemed to break the storm apart, dissipating it into nothing.
"Another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Alice, Fennis.
May