According to the stone of wisdom, you can only kill the Astrid successor by piercing his heart with the sword of the Goddess of Light Dragon. The magic sword was left by the goddess in the mountain of arkash where the powerful monster lives.

The sword is buried deep in the mountain where it is guarded by a red dragon servant of the Dark Dragon God. If ever you defeated the red dragon, you still need to break the spell to remove it from the stone. The location of the incantation spell was removed from their history books, and no one knows where it has gone.

Hugo is seriously taking this matter into consideration and ask Sebastian if he can assist the west in winning this war. He will not take any chance even if it's rumor to destroy the Kratoryah empire.

Sebastian agrees without a doubt. He has different reason for going to war with the west empire. If it's up to him, he can just kill the King of the east and unleashed his dark powers to take that kingdom and annex it to be an extended part of their empire.

He is named the God of war, undefeated King of the north. Going to war and killing monsters and enemies can alleviate the curse blood that drives his madness.

'This is a better idea to avoid the uncomfortable feeling I have right now'. Sebastian thought his escape of the situation before his madness will take over his sanity.

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The Duke of Astrid and his ten thousand strongest military men plan to join the west in their war against the east. They used teleportation magic to reach the west and they have granted access to enter in their city.

Teleportation terminals are used when there is war or royalty delegation from other kingdoms. It is rarely used due to high consummation of mana to open a teleport terminal.

While the Duke of Astrid help the west to win their war against the east, one year have passed already since the wedding of the crown prince and Ara.

In the north, Rachel's department store is booming, and she also opened her own clothing store and coffee shop with the partnership of Lady Anne.

She introduces new trendy clothes, like a simple dress that there's no need to wear a corset and some pants to wear for the women. It gives an uproar at the beginning since the north is more conservative compared to the south but as soon as Rachely wears it, the women in the north got so fascinated that a trouser wear by men can also use by women.

All the trendy clothes she introduces became the sought-after clothes of the noble families. Together with lady Anne, they launch fashion shows and marketing stints like magazines showcasing their trendy creations.

Rachel also opened a coffee shop like star bucks in her world. She named it Coffee Bucks and use the same style of paper cups to garner interest from the northern people.

She also put one area in her coffee shop where a singer can sing their songs while people are having their coffee. She integrated commoners to be singers as they have most talent in this area.

The nobles are a little bit uncomfortable at the beginning but in the end, they like it due to the new songs introduce which are not common in the empire. Rachel taught the singers to play acoustic songs with the use of guitar and drum.

It was a phenomenal success, and she becomes one of the most famous ladies in the north due to her unique business ideas and contribution in the northern society. She was so famous that even her clothing line went to the south and the nobility there started to use it as well.

She transformed the north into a different era in a matter of a year, and numerous noble families made marriage proposals to her. However, she turned them all down because she had vowed to herself that this was only a temporary life and that, once the story was complete, she would return to her earth world.

One noble who never gives up on winning Rachel's heart is Anne's brother Sir Simon Van Leyn. Simon is the successor of the house of Leyn Marquis. They met a year ago when Anne introduces Rachel to Simon.

Simon was astounded to find Rachel to be the sweetest girl he had ever seen. He did everything in his power to make sure that her business with Anne went smoothly, and ever since then, he has followed her around like a dog does to his owner.

Simon is like a brother to Rachel and her best friend. She feels comfortable around Simon because she remembers her brother from a previous life, and he is always there for her. Simon never fails to visit her every day and became her follower.

For the Leyn's, Rachel is considered a family member. She was always with them and Marquis Henry Marcus Leyn, Anne's father considers the option to adopt her to restore her nobility, but Rachel refused as she cannot handle any drama that may arise especially from her family in the south. She also feels that the noble's life is too restricted. She would like to temporarily live free in this world and happy.

The topic of the duke's triumphant return to the southern capital was brought up by Anne as the three of them sipped coffee in the Coffee Bucks Café. He will receive the highest honor for his role in bringing about the war's victory. The west empire became their ally, and the east becomes an annex empire of the west.

"Did you hear? His Majesty the Duke of Astrid has returned to the southern capital. I can't wait to meet his majesty and show him my sincere gratitude by bringing glory to our empire".

Anne exclaimed and looked at Rachel.

"His majesty takes care well of his people. Let's hope the temple may find a companion for his highness soon".

Simon agreed and expressed some worry about the future of the Northern Kingdom in the event that the Temple was unable to find a remedy for His Majesty's curse.

After Sebastian won the war, he supposedly returned to the north to rule his kingdom, according to the subsequent plot in Season 2 episode 3 of the show. The Duke's curse grew so strong because he wasn't fighting in the war and multiple sex acts with various women couldn't make the pain in his blood go away.

He must kill and smell the blood every day to keep from going insane and losing control of his ability to destroy the Northern Kingdom. He travels to the Arkash forest and kills formidable monsters to expel the madness in his blood. He can escape the curse for up to a month if he kills a formidable monster.

The nobility in the southern and northern kingdom recognized that if the Duke kept killing monsters, they would start a war with humans.

It was later found out that Ara has the blood of the successor of the Goddess of Light Dragon. She sneaks out to the northern temple and force the Pope to test her blood in the stone of wisdom.

To allow Ara to share her body with Sebastian every week, the temple formed an alliance with the Carlyle's royal family. The temple, Carlyle, and Astrid agree on this arrangement in private. In order to avoid scandal and potential rebellion against the empire, the noble families are unaware of such arrangements.

'Ah, as it stands, the story is really progressing. The three some will happen soon. Yayyy! I watched it all on television'. She bursts out laughing and covers her mouth with her hands.

The two siblings give her a puzzled look as they gaze upon her.

"Rachel is having a self-talk again. I'm sure it is very interesting what's inside of that cute head".

Simon pats her head tenderly.

"Ha ha ha don't mind me guys. Continue your conversation".

"Let's hope the temple will find a solution. Without the duke of Astrid, this empire will be in great danger!"

Anne agrees to his brother's concern.

"By the way Rachel, have you connected with your relatives here? The cousin of your mother inquired my father if your stay here is comfortable".

Simon changed the topic and focus with Rachel.

"Simon, geez! Please don't ask me about my relatives up here in the north. You understand that they view me as the bad guy. I don't want to stir up trouble in our families".

In order to avoid answering his intrusive questions, she made a cute face and pouted her lips.

"I agree with you Rachel, if indeed they care for your welfare, they should have sent a letter to visit you in your estate".

Anne seconded Rachel's statement.

Simon just smiled and nod his head in agreement. He can never win with her arguments.

She does this repeatedly, using words with cute expressions and ideas that are uncommon in this empire. In order to understand her language, they also use her abbreviations.