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The names of some of the most outstanding ancient heroes are still engraved in the crypt of the cathedral.
“Ancient heroes were also human. Unless they were resurrected, how could they possibly be alive now?” Darkfrey said in a trembling voice, “My lord, I am a coward, please don’t scare me.”
"Hmph, Darkfrey, you're being too sensitive... What you need now is a battle-hardened resume and the confidence to strike a fatal blow!"
Raising her head, Shana was enveloped in a strong fighting spirit: "After tonight, we will take the first step in the legend of the hero!"
"As long as it's not the last step, that's enough."
Darkfrey silently complained.
……
The cool moonlight shone on the palace courtyard.
Dressed in a pristine white gown, Kalia strolled through the garden, somewhat worried about her testimony the next day.
"Brother Mino, do you think I can do it well?"
Lowering her head, Kalia clutched the ivory necklace at her chest and asked softly... A cool breeze blew by, carrying her indistinct whispers.
The necklace itself cannot speak, but it conveys a solid and firm tactile sensation.
A faint light flickered in Kalia's eyes, and she already knew the answer in her heart: "Everything will be alright. This is the most important testimony you gave before heading to the battlefield, Brother Mino."
"Neither I nor you will allow this contract to be ruined."
Lifting her fluffy, gorgeous long dress, Kalia faced the moonlight, feeling her body grow warmer, as if something was about to take root and sprout.
"Kalia, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Behind her came her brother Ota's voice, and Kalia turned around slightly.
Looking exhausted, Prince Ota had clearly just finished discussing tomorrow's security arrangements with the Knights Commander, Erwin. He looked at Kalia and adopted the air of an older brother: "You're a key figure in tomorrow's contract witnessing, so you must get plenty of rest!"
“Brother, I understand. I was just about to go back to rest.” Kalia nodded gently.
Ota nodded, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but then he heard his younger sister ask, "Brother, tomorrow is the day the contract will be witnessed. I wonder if you should tell me the contents of that contract... Why do the court ministers and nobles seem so reluctant to discuss this?"
Ota paused, realizing he had never mentioned the formal contents of the contract to Kalia, and couldn't help but smile wryly.
"It's fine if you want to know, anyway, the contents of the contract aren't exactly a major secret, and the reason no one mentions it is actually quite simple... it's just not a good thing."
"This contract is..." Ota lowered his body, standing close by, and began to speak softly:
The sound dissipated very close by, leaving only Kalia, the listener, with her eyes gradually widening in the moonlight.
……
Demon King's Castle, Prison.
"My lord, do you think the demons' plan to destroy the contract will succeed this time...?"
Altote calculated the time, knowing that after tonight, no matter what, there would inevitably be turmoil in the capital, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Once the contract is broken, I think the entire capital will be in a very difficult situation. Alas, my lord, you were a bit impulsive this time."
Altote turned to look at Mino on the bed, hoping to hear some confident and certain words from her that would completely shatter the demons' plans.
“I say, Altottai, it’s been so long…you should have some faith in us by now.”
As expected, Mino remained calm on the bed.
"Oh?" A glimmer of hope began to rise in Artotai's eyes.
"You mean, your freebie isn't as simple as it seems."
“No, I mean,” Mino said, waving her fingers smugly, “you should have some faith in my maids, shouldn’t you?”
"With Fim involved, how could the Demon Clan's plan possibly fail?!"
"So the 'we' you're talking about refers to you and the demon?!" Artotai exclaimed in shock. "Have you finally fallen completely, my lord?!"
Raising his sword, Artotai angrily rebuked:
"Do you know how much harm your intelligence will cause to humanity, my lord!"
"Not to mention the saying 'better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage'... If the marriage contract between the two Dragon Kings is broken, you will be punished, my lord! You will definitely be punished!"
"what?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mino raised her face with an incredulous expression.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
Moonlight streamed into the cell, and Mino stared intently at Altottai, her gaze somewhat eerie.
"Did I...did I say something wrong?" Altottai's momentum suddenly softened.
Mino looked at Altottai with a strange expression, and after a long while, he finally blurted out:
"When did I ever say...that was a marriage contract?"
……
The solitary, pure white ice peaks appeared even more terrifying in the late-night temperatures.
The mountain peaks, closest to the sky, are as bright as day under the moonlight and starlight.
At the edge of the sky, a black dot slowly approached, gradually enlarging—forming a returning superior dragon. With its appearance, the Frost Dragon King, seated on the mountaintop, opened its golden vertical pupils, staring at the path the dragon had come from, and exhaling a chilling breath.
The superior dragon, the Ice Dragon Rob, descended from the sky and landed beside the Frost Dragon King Calest, bowing his head and reporting:
“Your Majesty, I have informed Queen Ignis, and she has replied... She will arrive at Dragon Mountain Range tomorrow as scheduled to complete the contract.”
Feigning indifference, Callest's wings twitched slightly. His claws, unable to conceal his emotions, buckled as he stood up and paced back and forth on the mountaintop. After a moment, Callest asked in a slightly excited voice:
"Really?
Ice Dragon Rob understood and revealed a subtle smile: "It's wrapped."
Carlest raised his head.
"too……"
A deep dragon's roar echoed from the pure white mountain peak.
"too--"
"--Very good!!!!"
An excited roar echoed across the mountain peaks, and countless frost dragons looked up in awe, concealing the slight twitching in their eyes.
Calester's wings, as if freed from shackles, embraced the night sky, displaying an expression of "escaping to heaven." His dragon eyes were filled with tears, and his voice, both bitter and ecstatic, resounded:
"The one-year cooling-off period for divorce is finally coming to an end—!!!"
"...We're almost there..."
"……arrive……"
"...that's it..."
The sound echoed in the heavens, a realm only dragons could reach, carrying a mournful and tragic emotion that lingered for a long time. The noble frost dragon atop the mountain, however, was like a child, excitedly babbling incoherently:
"Finally, finally I can say goodbye to that female Tyrannosaurus Rex. Do you know how long I've waited for this day?"
"A year! A whole year!!!"
"Which old bastard with his dragon tendons pulled out came up with this ridiculous clan rule! Dragons getting divorced actually requires a one-year cooling-off period!!!" Callest roared furiously at the night sky.
"I'm already considering divorce, how could I not know how irrational I am?!"
The snow on the pure white ice peaks slid off with each roar, as if the peaks were utterly shocked, revealing their centuries-old, unmelted peaks.
After a long while, Callest finally calmed down, like a mentally ill patient who had recovered, wiping away the hot tears from the corners of his eyes with a look of relief, and looked up at the bright moon:
"Fortunately, tomorrow... I will be truly free."
Chapter 113 Treating one's own Dragon King as a foreign dragon?
"The Frost Dragon King and the Fire Dragon Queen, who rule over the ice and fire dragons respectively, are both incompatible and inseparable—"
In the palace courtyard, Ota stood under the moonlight and said, "Kalia, you must have heard of this ancient legend, right?"
“I’ve heard of it…” Kalia pondered for a moment, knowing that since Ota had brought it up, it must be related to the contents of that contract. Soon, her eyes lit up, and she had a guess:
"Could it be that the rumor describing the two Dragon Kings as having a very good relationship has gone beyond ordinary friendship... and has reached the point of marriage?"
With a hint of girlish longing in her eyes, Kalia's pure eyes were full of innocence and romance.
Prince Ota touched his nose and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Quite the opposite."
Ota didn't find his sister's idea laughable, because when the two dragon kings descended upon the capital, many ministers, including himself, thought the same thing.
And even now, as a year is about to pass.
Recalling the scene when the two pure-blooded dragon kings came to him and Mino to explain their purpose, Prince Ota's face still twitched involuntarily.
"It wasn't until then that I understood what it meant to not believe or spread rumors—"
"The relationship between the two Dragon Kings is not one of both irreconcilable conflict and close intimacy... but rather one of both close intimacy and irreconcilable conflict!"
"It wasn't because our relationship was so good that rumors started that we got married."
"The rumors only arose because they were already married—"
Looking at Kalia's widening eyes, Ota said helplessly:
"The Frost Dragon King and the Fire Dragon Queen were already united long before ancient times."
"And the contract that was drafted in the capital a year ago is actually a very troublesome one for Mino, me, and a group of ministers and nobles—a divorce cooling-off period contract!"
……
"If that contract is a marriage contract, then it would naturally be a good thing for me as a witness and for the human kingdom behind me."
After all, establishing a positive and interactive relationship with the dragons was a diplomatic achievement that humans had never been able to realize before.
Inside the cell, watching Artotai grow increasingly stunned after hearing the explanation, Mino sighed with a look of regret:
"But if it's a divorce agreement, the nature of the situation is different... Who knows, maybe we're just part of this couple's game?"
"Some people may be grateful to witnesses to a marriage, but have you ever seen anyone remember a witness to a divorce?"