My father says that the five heads of the merchant kingdom are not good for lack of greed.

Even if it's hard to do.

"Speaking of which, do you know how many dragons are outside the Dragon Nation?

Always get dragons if dragon prints show up. Even if you refuse to do so, the dragon comes of its own accord.

In the past, it is said that no dragon crest appeared and did not gain a dragon.

"I've heard of the most merchant countries."

I don't know anything else.

"That's right. There are twenty dragon jockeys in the merchant kingdom and twenty horsemen of dragons who follow them. The demon kingdom is seven and the mover kingdom is three. Few moves are made because dragon jockeys have been killed in past civil unrest."

I have heard of many casualties in the civil unrest in the moving-country a few decades ago.

He would have been the first to be targeted, such as a dragon jockey serving a hostile clan.

"Why are there so many merchant countries?

I can tell from listening earlier.

"You called me in with money. Often pulled at a high salary for every merchant in the patron. The same is true even when nobles become patrons. Even so, I'm thinking about my relationship with Dragon Country. Even if we earn dragons that way, we bring enormous profits to Dragon Nation to maintain a good relationship"

They have dragon jockeys for each of the five heads exclusively. Even though there is no greed, it seems necessary to get them for the operation of the merchant country.

"Twenty is a lot."

Compared to other countries.

"The amount of pull is different. Where there is capital, it is strong, and some have become patrons with positive methods. Given that, it would be natural to have secured twenty dragon jockeys."

"Then why don't we just regulate that? Other than my own people, I forbid it."

"It was over a hundred years ago, but we implemented it when the dragon jockeys decreased. As a result, dragon jockeys fleeing to other countries continued and eventually lost their fighting power. Even now, that should remain a lesson."

Speaking of which, I thought Ark said that.

Is this the Dark Age of Dragon Crackers?

It is now the exclusive state of the Royal School, but it does not nominally regulate patrons.

Though I thought he was a dragon jockey closely linked to his military might, he had a pretty relaxed impression, but was that the reason?

"If you try this, the dragon kingdom seems to be working."

There are small problems, but even that is a lot more blessed than other countries.

"If that's what you think, we have to do our best to keep this peace going. The surface and the back are starting to smell."

I mean, he wants to tell you to work hard as a dragon jockey as well as a [right-hander] job.

I'd like to try my best at the bakery, if possible.

"So what are we going to do today?

In the woods, you can hear birds chirping from where they are.

"I'm going to the back of the woods now. Look for the presence of soldiers, the trail of people stepping in, the discomfort of anything. We'll split up and find them and meet at this place in the evening."

"Okay. Which way is Dad going?

My father turned to the right hand side, so I headed in a different direction.

There is no care at all in the woods, scattered with fallen and mossy trees.

Fortunately, the leaves are so raw and thriving that you can't see the sky that you can melt into the darkness and move on.

I can't foresee the distance, either because the mornings are still there.

"There was something like this in the book that Sister Kashi read to me."

The girl who came to pick up the branches got lost as she walked through the deep woods and found a large castle in the woods.

As you enter the castle, which was in a pockingly empty space in the woods, you will find one luxurious covered bed.

The girl, tired of walking in the woods, lay there and said it had been two hundred years when she woke up.

It's a fairy tale from The Bicentennial Sleep Princess.

I woke up. Girls leave the woods. Everyone I know is deceased.

No one remembered the girl.

And that big forest, he said, was getting smaller in development.

Where was the girl in the woods? And the castle?

It's something I wondered about in my child's heart.

"It's not like it's been hundreds of years since I got back."

It just makes me a little nervous.

Look around once again.

The soft soil remains intact. There's no sign of people walking.

The moss is growing beautifully. There are no signs of being trampled here either.

"It doesn't matter here. Let's go elsewhere."

We proceeded to zigzag through the woods until we returned in the evening.

What I found out was that the shadow barely even showed signs of stepping in recently.

"Did a dragon jockey from the sky see it wrong or something?

There was no harvest. No, Father, in style, it turns out there are no enemy soldiers.

I joined my father in the rocks yesterday.

How did it go with my father?

"It feels like you failed the march investigation."

There are no soldiers already. However, she said there were traces.

Did you find it? That's my father.

"Feels like I went in and tried to see if the army could get through?

"I proceeded while searching for a flat spot, but along the way there was nothing I could do about it, and there were signs like I had withdrawn"

"Withdrawal. Sometimes the chief of the clan just said he couldn't."

"My feet are too bad. I couldn't seem to find a way forward, but that's natural."

There are quite frequent places where your feet are falling, and it becomes difficult when you intend to walk in the mountains normally.

That's how hard it is to walk in these woods.

"That would be a relief."

"You'll never get through the woods in at least a day or two. You won't make it to this fight."

I was relieved to hear that. Now I can focus on fighting in the fort.

After we finished our surroundings, we headed to the fort.

Arrival will be at night.