In a courtyard where there were wooden training dummies placed neatly with a certain distance between, there were sounds of wood being smacked with a certain rhythm and a commanding womanly voice that kept saying;“Again!”“Again!”“Again!”The same woman repeated over and over. The young boy that was hitting the wooden doll kept hitting it even when his knuckles hurt. He bore through the pain and kept hitting the doll as instructed by the woman.At one point the woman told him to stop. The boy stopped hitting the doll and turned to face the woman. The woman had her black hair tied back in a ponytail. Her eyes were golden yellow much like the boy’s hair. The boy’s light blue eyes looked directly into the woman’s and didn’t dare to look away.“That’s enough for today, Matt.” The woman, named Rin, said to the boy."Aye ma'am!" The boy, Matthew, replied with discipline.Rin stepped down from the corridor stairs and stood in front of Matthew. She grabbed both of Matthew's hands and examin
After a quick breakfast, Rain decided to check out the nest by himself. It has been almost 12 hours since he set up the toxin spells. The chimaeras were ordered to stay behind and guard the city. Matthew was headed toward Arshild’s tomb again along with Theraphosa to settle a few things."So Arshild, what exactly are we going to do when we get there?" Matthew asked."We are going to gather any items that are valuable to bring with us. And dispose of those that aren't." Arshild spoke through the Dragoknight"Even the really good looking weapons?""Though they seem so, I know better. There's probably not much that is useful but they would be of use for other reasons.""I guess so. How are we going to carry them though? The weight may not be a problem, but the volume might be.""Fret not. Be it weight or volume, it will not be a problem. I've already modified the Dragoknight.""Hmm, okay." Matthew wasn't sure what Arshild meant, but since he was sure about it, Matthew just agreed."Speak
Matthew and Theraphosa returned to the goblin city several hours after they left. Matthew was carrying a large and heavy sack filled with pure metals that they collected from Arshild’s storage and Theraphosa was only carrying a small backpack of her valuable belongings. When they got to town though, the dome was gone and the crowd of goblins gathered in a certain location.Since the goblins were short, Matthew could see Rain, and the chimaeras standing in front of the crowd talking to some dwarves who were a little bit taller than most of the goblins.“What’s going on?” Matthew wondered to himself.“From their attire, they are Dwarven palace guards.” Theraphosa said.“What?” Matthew snapped his head at Theraphosa for a second and turned back to look at the dwarves. The five of them were silver armour and had a visible layer of blue barrier surrounding their entire body.One of the goblins noticed Matthew and Theraphosa and immediately pointed at them while shouting. This alerted every
In a shack hidden in the middle of nowhere.A man in old rags and a woman in a casual white shirt with brown pants were enjoying a meal at the table. They were having steak and salad."Mm~m! Finally after five months, you managed to get the hang of cooking. This is good!" The man in old rags, Loki, said with an excessive expression."Thank you for teaching me." Rose said with her head low, embarrassed by his praise."Don't be shy. I've lived long enough to know just about everything. Cooking is but a small matter." Loki put another piece of steak into his mouth and kept speaking as he chewed. "I never asked before, but why did you want to learn to cook?"Rose was temporarily shocked upon hearing that question. "Wh-why do you care anyway?""Just curious. I have a few guesses.""Keep them to yourself!" Rose said and hurriedly stuffed her mouth with food.Loki made a devious smirk. "Ah, so it is because of the boy?"Rose almost choked on her food. "No, it's not because of Matt!""I never
Matthew, Rain, Theraphosa, and the chimaera siblings were teleported straight into the dwarven palace via teleportation scroll. In a flash of light, the group appeared along with five dwarven royal knights in silver armour surrounded by many more knights. They all had their swords drawn at the captured criminals.“They were ready for our arrival.” Matthew whispered to Rain.“Looks like everyone knows about you now. Better be ready for the worst.”“No talking!” The dwarf knight captain shouted. “Clear the way toward the throne room.”“Yessir!” The knights answered.Two knights opened the door while the others lightly ran in a line of three knights on each side of the group. With the captain in front, they marched out of the teleportation room toward the throne room.The castle’s halls were incredibly beautiful. The architecture was amazing and being lined with silver and gold made it extra shiny. The hall toward the throne room had portraits of the past dwarven royalties wearing the ro
“What’s happening here?” Platinum, who was the frontmost of the three who had just teleported, asked. She was currently in her human form which had a white skin, silver blue hair and dress, and a pair of green eyes with a vertical slit as their pupil.The other two were Guinevere and Raisya. Guinevere was wearing her usual elven royal outfit that was green as a base with white and yellow decorations and ornaments. Her silver violet hair was braided around her head and decorated with a crown on top. Her eyes were brown and almost shaped.Raisya wore a simple black shirt and short pants. Not a very appropriate look especially in the place they were currently in. Her eyes were red and her body was muscular but it did not lose its feminine look.Their appearance in the throne room would turn the situation around.“L-lady Pla-”“Platinum! Grandma!” Before King Gronta could even respectfully say her name, Matthew casually shouted first and called out to her and his grandmother.Raisya ran c
"I present to you, Arshild Dvur and Draco Blair!"After Matthew made such an exclamation, there was silence. The awkward silence went on for a while and it embarrassed Matthew before Arshild's voice finally came.“Uhm, hello there everyone.”Followed by Draco’s. “Yes, hello.”Then silence came again.“Is that it?” Matthew said to the Dragoknight on his arm that was still dimly glowing.“Well, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. I thought you’d say some things first before you give a topic or something before my cue.”“You mustn't just throw myself out on stage like that, boy.”"I thought you didn't mind?""Not like this, I do." Draco said.Matthew and the dragon inside him were squabbling with each other in whisper, but was still quite audible to the others."Well I'll be damned. Is that really you, Arshild? And Draco?" Platinum asked suddenly."Yeah, long time no see, Chi." Arshild replied."Chi?" Almost everyone said at once."Oh, you guys didn't know? Her full name is Chiro Pla
On the third day after the meeting, the declaration ceremony was held. The ceremony took place in front of the elven palace where hundreds of citizens were gathered to witness the surprising and sudden event. Normally, a declaration like this would take at least two weeks of preparation since it required the official papers from all nations, but since this was only between the Dwaven and Elven Kingdoms with both parties already present, the process was quick.Most of the audience were elves but there were specks of other races visible in the crowd. Their chatter revealed what made them anxious about this event."A new Dragon Emperor? The last one was like 70 years ago." Said a male elf."Well, compared to the previous one that was several centuries ago, this time is pretty quick." Said a female elf."It's so sudden though? There's literally no news of a dragon on the level of an emperor." A tortoise beastwoman made a remark."A bit suspicious if you ask me." Replied a human male. "And