Chapter 20 | The strongest country finally made a move

1 Year Later.

In front of Aretha's residence

Master (Aretha) finally allowed me to leave Aretha's residence. Aretha, Esther, Catherine, and Lilia said goodbye to me.

"Thank you for your guidance so far" *bows head

"Keep practicing, Ina the war between humanity is not something to be wary of, in the future you will be fighting people much stronger than you, for that I want you to remember what I said"

Does that mean they're not human? well, it never hurts to always be vigilant.

"Thanks for the advice Master, I'll keep that in mind"

Suddenly Esther came with a gift, she said it was a goodbye gift, so I gladly accepted it.

"Thank you, Esther"

Esther nodded in response, then continued with Catherine.

"Are you sure you don't want to pair up with Lilia?"

What?!!

"No way, we're both girls so I can't..."

"Hahaha Funny reaction, don't worry Dragons don't have gender like humans, it'll be hard for humans like you to understand"

Lilia's face turned red and weakly slapped Catherine.

"Mom stop saying things like getting married!...Ina! When we meet again, I want to fight you again!"

"Of course, when that time comes, I will muster all my strength into it"

I bowed to them once more and left with Sky Walk.

The distance from the Blue Dragon Residence Aretha is not far from Zelanus City, the forest behind Zelanus City is the Mist Forest, and the distance is only 200 KM.

Arrived in the city of Zelanus.

"Show your ID"

The guard stopped me at the city gates to check my identity, of course, because I was wearing a hood that covered my face.

Slowly removing the hood, the guards who saw me were shocked.

"Y-Your Majesty?! why are you here?!"

"Tell the Emperor I have returned"

"Yes, Ma'am!"

Heading to the Palace I saw someone walking down the halls of the Palace, that person is Gale.

"Your Highness has returned?!"

"Gale huh? so what's the situation"

"The situation is quite serious, but I don't need to worry anymore because the strongest knight has returned, I have put all the information you need in your study, you can read my report, of course, you will not be disappointed with my report"

(Not only is Duke Ina's arrival the country's fortune but, thanks to her, the Ancient Grade Blue Dragon is on our side..)

"Okay, I'll see"

"Then I'll excuse myself"

I walked to my room, but strangely I didn't see anyone, I went to the practice room, where Senna, Saunna, and Soraka were sparring.

"Hmm they are getting stronger"

But the fight stopped midway when one of them noticed me.

"Master!"

"You're back!"

"Master are you okay?"

Senna and Saunna ran crying and hugged me tightly.

"You've grown a lot"

"Master...."

"Where's Asahi? I didn't see her?"

"After that incident, Miss Asahi rarely came home, she became more emotional with herself and continued to train with Duchess Charlotte"

Alright, looks like I understand her feelings, I should give her a present if she comes home.

I went to the warehouse, Dhea there was forging a sword, the room temperature was very hot, I saw her body was covered in sweat, it seems she was used to this temperature while forging.

Since I didn't want to disturb her concentration on forging, I left, before I got out. Dhea noticed my presence.

"Master, you have returned"

"Yes, finish your work first, we will talk later"

"Yes, Master!"

I went straight to my room, as I thought Abigail was at my desk, she seems to be doing my homework while I'm not there.

"Yo"

"Master! You have returned! What happened to you all this time?"

"I'll tell you later, where are Kronny and Luminas?"

"Kronny is going to the city to buy some food stock, Luminas is up there right in your head"

I looked up there was a bat perched on the ceiling.

"Looks like she's still asleep"

"Yeah, actually after you left, Luminas was always crying, she didn't want to eat and even she spent a lot of time sleeping."

"Oh, I see..."

"Ah, Master! There is an emergency you must read this report"

"Oh, the report from Gale right?"

"That's right, Master"

I read the sheet of paper the report was given.

'Report on the progress of the war, the Peace Alliance consisting of the 4 Kingdoms is attacking Cornella.

Even though they had a very large army, with the intervention of a Master, the Peace Alliance was pushed back.

The Bromon and Inarcia Kingdoms entered into a truce, the Cornella Kingdom began to prepare troops to fight back against the Peace Alliance.

The Peace Alliance did have quite many troops, but the number did not make any difference to individuals reaching the Master level.

Plus the Peace Alliance has no Master at all, this war estimate is 100% Cornella Victory.

Therefore, the Peace Alliance asked the 3 Kingdoms for help, namely Bromon, Inarcia, and Lunaria.

The Bromon Kingdom joined the alliance to take down Cornella, as well as Lunaria, there was no reason to refuse their offer because from the start Lunaria would be at war with Cornella sooner or later'

Cornella huh... I heard they have 3 Masters, but. I want to know how strong they are.

"Why are you smiling looking at the report, master?"

"Ah nothing, Abigail gathered them all at dinner"

"Okay, Master"

I took the bat perched on top, and instantly turned it into a little girl, I put it on the sofa and covered it, continuing my remaining work.

But while I was writing some reports.

"Ouch! what is it?"

Unknowingly Luminas bit my shoulder and sucked my blood. And she did it in a state of sleep. Let her drink my blood suddenly he. wake up, cry and hug me tightly.

"What's wrong Luminas?"

"I thought Mommy was dead"

"But I'm still alive right?"

"Yeah, I don't want to lose Mommy a second time"

For the second time? What does it mean?

Dinner arrived, and everyone gathered in the dining room.

Just as everyone had gathered in the dining room, someone came to open the door, gasping for air.

After seeing me she started running towards me and bumped into me, we fell together, she was on top of me, the position was so embarrassing, tears dripping from her eyes.

"Asahi..."

"I'm afraid...I'm afraid of losing you, if only I was stronger..."

"You've become strong Asahi...I'm home"

"Welcome back Ina"

Being strong to protect someone, with great power comes great responsibility, sounds cool.

After the situation calmed down I told what happened to me at that time, about the Dragon Aretha who became my Master until I met a Rival.

The next day I went to Sheria to see the Emperor because the real war was about to begin.

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Demon Emperor Palace.

"Demon Emperor, have you found the body you need?"

"Demonic God Diablos, yes I have found her, some low-level spirits gave me a report about this person"

Give a document.

"Hmm, Ina-Yamaguchi, last time I saw Blue Tyrant Aretha attack her, but she didn't die, does that mean she's under the protection of the Blue Lizard? what attack did she do? strange"

"Seems like that, most likely the Sylph Spirit King the person most familiar with the blue Kada will take over his body"

"Makes sense, then how about we kill her?"

"Don't make any rash actions of the Demon Emperor, if you attack the Sylph it will become the master's feeding weapon, the other Spirit Kings might not support you and turn against you"

"That's right, so what?"

"I have a way..."

"What's that?"

"I will immediately take over his body, this is the Ancient way, for that, I need 100,000 Souls"

"100,000 Souls huh, no problem, because we'll get something more than that when our plan is successful, taking over the human world"

End of Vol 1