After the first dragon moment, all her skeptical thoughts about this world dramatically changed. In that very second, she fell in love with this world instantly. Especially when the times went by and the scenery of the landscape started to change really dramatically. It seemed impossible, she did not even expect that too but when she was in the village, the surrounding was something that anyone could imagine from the simple countryside. A cottage village where you mostly use lanterns at the night, the chickens and cows, or daily farming activities. The village of course beautiful, the air was always so refreshing, the night and the morning skies always stunning. Yet, it was just ordinary. It was like her previous world so there is no fantasy world's vibe even after eight years living there. She just learned all of this world from the book but never did she see the real one, so she was skeptical. However, after one month on the road and always inside the very thick forest- where all you can see were basically trees, to come to the real 'fantasy-like' world, is so fantastic.

It started after the first dragon moment- the one that still shook her and made her excited so much. Starting from there a very strange and unique atmosphere begins to be felt. When they go outside the forest, as far as the eyes can see, lies a plain covered with green grasses. There is nothing instead of a very large pathway and odd cylinder pillars with perfect circles spread out all over the plain. They are numerous and enormous. they are literally humongous. If she could compare it, just like in her previous life, the height is similar to the well-known Eiffel tower and the circle part is like a baseball court but the very circled one.

" We are going to have a break there, " Haya said while then looking at two sisters who are looking at the pillars thing in awe and they did not seem aware of what he said. After one month spent his time with the two sisters, he kinda adjusts to their excitement and expressive feeling toward the new things that they see. Either he or all the members of the group ended up thinking they are lovely while looking at them. " Hey." and he pokes them so they then look at him. " We are going to have a break in that pillars,"

" Really?!" and Arisha jumps excitedly while Irisha's face shows her enthusiasm.

and he smiles, " Yes. the name of the one you are looking at right now is Lumnae pillars and there are 21 one of them." he said while using sign language. " I have never seen it by myself but, if you are high enough to the sky in the clear weather, you can see all the pillars surrounding the great Malum Empire."

" Woaaa..." and both of the sisters are amazed in unison.

it always makes him giggle looking at their expressions. " People said that, back to the time when the holy ancient dragon still existed, the dragons in that era were humongous enough to use these pillars as their perch. A perch, okay? so basically only their feet that fitted into these pillars," he said.

" Ooo..." and again they both are amazed in unison.

" Hey, pull up, we try to find a spot here." and suddenly another coachman yelled to him from his carriage that sped up to his side, " Gotta get some nice places because the wives gonna cook the best dinner."

and Haya nodded. " Seems tonight will be the feast," he said.

" The old men got a very big catch in the forest, are we going to cook that?" Asked Arisha.

" Seem so," Haya said while galloping the horse closer to one of the pillars. As soon as they get much closer, again, the sisters look up to the pillar in awe. Literally, look their head up to the enormous pillar where there are so many attached stairs that lead to several caves. There are many people who seem walking on it too.

From far away, it once looked like the plain near the pillar was empty and nothing but land, but as they are now close to it, there are actually so many people here and many carriages line up near the pillar.

[ Are we not going into the cave?]

" You can, but the master prefers the cheapest way you know," Haya said. " So, we do camping just like usual." while helps Arisha jump out of the carriage.

[ Do people live there?]

" Yes. In fact, inside that is quite spacious. There are, houses, Traven, restaurants, hotels, and many other things that you could find in the city." he said. " But, it kinda inconvenient to bring the resources to up there, so, they are all expensive inside. Only wealthy people go there."

[ Make sense.] she said like she already understands the whole system in a second.

and that is actually something that makes him understand why his master wants this woman to work with her.

Because, to be honest, when he was assigned to pick this woman from an isolated village by his master and found out that she was deaf and muted- he thought that his master had already gone crazy. The mad master that is famous for her love of money and does not want to waste it on useless things, paid him more for doing this assignment. She even emphasized to him that the girls should come without a single scratch on their bodies.

and sadly enough, 'What could a mute and deaf, could do?' is the very first sentence that he could think after meeting her for the first time. He was just confused with his master task as he knew pretty well that she was also not a sympathetic person who will do some charity for someone like them. So why she wants her so bad?

But, after one month of spending time with her, he knew that the woman is extraordinary.

" Irisha, help us here?" asked one of the wives with very poor sign language in the open kitchen after they are already settled their camp. Then, Irisha nodded, while going to the wives and helping them there with Arisha who always comes along. For the wives, the sign language that they just knew about was too hard to learn so it is hard to have conversations with Irisha. They choose not to approach her at the beginning but, she was the one who then came to them. They were skeptical about the mute and deaf girl and let her be out of pity, but after that... they just knew that this woman is a capable woman. She is kind, humble, and gives them many secret recipes that they never knew. She also gave them traditional skincare recipes that's really good for them.

They get along so easily and care for her as she does the same thing to them. Just like when she volunteered herself to stay all night to take care of the sick person or when she did run with all her might when knowing a fire burned one of their carriages. She did ask Arisha to wake up them, but if Irisha did not act fast the whole goods that their brought will be wasted. So, they then just understand that she is sincere, and people love her like that. Especially when they look at how the little sister grows to be a bright and kind-hearted one, of course, it is the result of how well she takes care of her.

Yet, even though that part of them is the one that attracted this whole group of old men and women who are warmth by those lovely sisters- a mere good personality is not something that could attract his master.

So, what is it?

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It's her way of thinking. He guessed.

-that is somehow different from many young women or even people that he ever knew. She thinks differently and could do something that normal people could not do. Her story that he knew along the road about how she lived in that very humbled village that slowly changed gradually, was something that ensured him about how extraordinary this woman is.

Oh, it was her. he thought. Because there was not a chance for a whole caravan to come to the isolated village in the first place. There was no way for a humble village to then produce profitable goods.

" Of course, master wants her, " he muttered.

-even about the sign language,

who ever thought about that in the first place? Who ever thought that we could actually have a normal conversation with disabled people like this? Is the deaf man that he once met, was also a capable person? If that time, he accepted him to be his partner, will good things happen in his life just like now? and he sighs sadly while remembering that moment. " haa... I feel so bad."

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" YO-YOUR MAJESTY, YO-YOUR GREAT MAJESTY! I WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG!! P-PLEASE... PLEASE SPARE ME-ARGH!"

Brak!

and a very vain sound is heard in the very magnificent palace surrounded by gallant knights. One of the knights who just executed the one who once a nobleman, swift his sword fast to clean his covered blood sword.

A very charismatic old man with his grey hair and grey beard, that sits on the very sacred throne looks at the limped body that just lost its head with his bright golden eyes. He does not seem to care for every blood that flooded the very palace. He does not do anything, he just sits on his throne quietly, but no one there seems comfortable enough with the heavy pheromone that filled the whole hall. Even everyone looks so calm and quiet, the new knights on his first shift, try so hard to hold their trembling, and the knights that guarded the hallway shuddered by a sudden burst of pheromone when the door of the hall opened. Then, the family of the executed one paled and trembled as soon as they were inside. The women cried and passed out, the men lost all sense on their feet.

"... Executed them all," and with a dreadful low voice, Emperor Salem Isaac Malum declared their death.

The hall was full of short screams while blood shattered in the evergreen floor stone. Then the knight informed on that very day, that one of the well-known noble families come to their extinction. It becomes a hot topic in the entire Empire of The Great Malum. Either palace people, Knights, noble, aristocrats, or commoners talk about that. Even so, the fear of the Imperial Family is not uncommon, somehow they just adapt themselves about such matter, and at a time will just forget the thing that happened.

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In the balcony of the palace located in the high stone mountains, a graceful lady with her platinum hair falls to her body- stands on the terrace while looking at the beautiful scenery of her country at the very above palace. Even though the wind blows quite hard and shakes her beautiful greyish dress, she does not seem to find the discomfort.

"... father did it again, is he?" she muttered. While turned herself and leans on the terrace. Then, one of the ladies-in-waiting comes to her while bringing a glass of red wine. She did not see her in the eyes, she could not do that even so. The woman in front of them is so intimidating that people just trained themselves not to ruin this woman's mood. " I already knew that stupid family will meet their downfall but, sure father did not know how to torture is not he?" she said while enjoying her wine.

Her golden eyes surely bewitching, and her appearance is a definition of what beauty is.

" Ash." but, as soon as her voice changed. All of them drown in terrifying. " You little, fuck-"

WHOOOSEE! and an intense powerful wind came suddenly and throw most of the ladies down.

" HAHAHAHA, your maids are suck, dear sister." and a young child with platinum hair and golden eyes around his 12th smile arrogantly while riding a gallant black dragon- Creating a contradiction with his baby face beauty.

and The First Princess, Ivy Isaac Malum glared at The Second Prince, Ash Isaac Malum. " ASH!" and she screamed aloud while spreading her pheromone where in just a second, an elegant white dragon, flies above her , creating a wind crash that destroys the surrounding.

despite the fact that they bring disaster where the ladies passed out, the surroundings ruined and the knights try to involve in the very intense sibling fight- the young prince smirks while arrogantly standing on his dragon. " Do you want to fight?"

" You start it, fuc-" but they both shudder as they looked at the handsome man with platinum hair and a charismatic appearance, staring at them with the same golden eyes without expression but giving the heaviest intimidation.

He is standing calmly while everyone was trembling. Literally, everyone. Included the prince and princess, knights, maids, and even the dragons. " Stop it or I will join both of you," he said.

Then all of sudden they are all silent and the princess chuckled after seconds passed and send her dragon away before she leaves, while the first prince becomes grumpy and flies away immediately. Leaving him alone with Knights and maids who are trying to come back to their place while trembling.

" F-first Prince, you come back." and immediately someone come to him.

" Where is father?"

"... His Majesty now is taking a rest with Her Majesty in the main Palace," he said.

and while walking in the stunning hallway where people bow in his presence, "... after creating such fuss he dared to lazy around like that?"

the man beside him who is his personal assistant panicked, as it is not something that someone could easily say even though he is the first prince but... he also terrifies with the man in front of him so he shuts himself down."... What should we do, Your Grace? As it will be something the opposition will use to rebel."

" What do you mean?" asked him.

" I - I mean it will lit the rebelli-"

" Kill them before they did that," he said while staring at him in a very intimidating way.

and he just nodded, or force himself to nod and think about a big problem later. " Then... His Grace, I already prepared the blood transfusion."

and the man who just entered his office sighed. Open her imperial coat and leave only his black shirt. After buttoning up the neck button and cuff buttons, he rolls up his sleeves and sits. Where butler then came inside to prepare a blood transfusion to his hand.

While the pack of blood and the transfusion needle are attached, he leans his body and makes himself as comfortable as possible.

" Then, let us excuse ourselves," he said. While leaving him alone and exhaling the stuffiness that he felt after he is outside the room. Then he looks at the other butler that still waiting for his next order. " The first prince just comes back from a battlefield, so prepare twice amount as usual."

" Alright, sir."

" Also, make sure all of his need is there but don't let people stand by until I said so." of course it is confusing for other people to hear that a servant is not there for their master but, it is better than injuring another servant. As the ones that inherited the blood of the holy ancient dragon are only humans.

Yes, they are only human who is not designed to become a container for enormous power. Not a kind of power such as the holy dragon's. Yet, they did, and they has to take an ordinary person's blood in order to balance the dragon blood that overpowered their body. It does not really ruin the body somehow, but it changes their behavior to the behavior of the dragon that has no emotion nor human morale. They become wicked and enrage while spreading all their poisonous pheromone.

So the blood is like the drugs to calm them down and to find comfort in their human body. In this very palace, there is a special division that exclusively treats them for their daily medicine. To ensure nothing gone wrong and wicked.

and with a very deep voice, the man inside the office with his free hand covered his eyes muttered, " This fucking damned blood," while being comforted by the disgusting feeling of another human blood flowing through his vein, The first prince, Castra Isaac Malum then cursed his heritage.

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