Ran entrusted Frances with Sina. The magician was busy checking his weapons and armor.
Frances said with a slightly untrustworthy face, giving Sina a pincer.
"You have to have sensitive fingertips. I'm picking this up, please pick it up very gently. It'll pop if you hold it wrong. And put it in the groove here. That's it."
When he talked about how to assemble the magic work, Sina rolled up her sleeves and said.
"I can do it! I'm the one who picks up rice grains with chopsticks."
Then she skillfully picked up a weak piece the size of a bean and squeezed it together.
Frances looked surprised and nodded satisfactorily.
"Thank you, madam. I didn't have enough hands."
"No, I'm glad I could help."
Ran carefully opened the door while looking at the concentrated Sina.
The house was noisy with the sound of arrows and chains.
As soon as Ran tried to enter the office after making sure there was no problem with the supply, she heard the sound of a silver trumpet.
Three short sounds of sharp and high warning.
Ran turned her body round.
'Attack!'
While running out of the mansion, Ran was caught arm by Dimodia, who did not know where she came from.
"Where are you going, madam!"
"I just heard a sound of silver trumpets."
"Yes, the battle must have started. And does madam want go there?"
"But-"
"Do what madam can do."
In Dimodia's words, Ran breathed deeply and spit out. And she strode back inside the mansion and said,
"I'm building a wounded ward. Let's go to the therapist."
Dimodia grinned.
"I'll follow your orders."
*******
The inside of the snow wall was fierce with battle. Arrows continued to be poured through the arrow slit from the lower side, and the upper part was busy dealing with the Flying Masu.
When they couldn't come up because they were stuck in the ice, the Masu stepped on each other and tried to cross the wall using their amazing jumping power.
However, most of them failed, and the Knights defeated what came up.
"Ahhh-!"
Two or three Masu, who leaned out on the walls of the castle, be stabbed with a pike and pushed away by the Knights.
Bam-!
Bam-!
With the flames, the fireball flew off and fell on the Masu.
However, the Masters showed no sign of retreat, and their bodies piled up under the castle.
It was on the human side that got tired over time.
Blaine breathed out long, feeling the window getting heavy.
'If it was a heavy armor, it would have been stretched out by now.'
It was possible to preserve some of his physical strength because it was a light armor made by the Dwarfs.
Blaine saw the sun fall and approached Yustaf and said,
"The sun sets."
"Build the fire."
"Yes."
Blaine ordered the soldiers to start a fire, and the soldiers took a bright ice crystal lamp and lit it on the wall.
"Quanat Room Doha."
Once again, a low voice came from inside the ice wall, and the Masters began to retreat. The soldiers began to cheer when they saw it.
The Masu, leaving a considerable body of water, but not more than a certain distance.
Eustaf said while looking at Masu, who had stepped down for a while.
"As I said before, take turns resting. Meal?"
"We're ready."
"Good."
Eustaf nodded.
At that time, a dark silhouette fluttered against the sun and flew over the ice wall.
Blaine swallowed without realizing it. The soldiers also began to hum with surprise.
The silhouette got closer and closer quickly, and Blaine realized that it was similar in size to a giant ship, and his spine was chilling.
The black dragon, which flew just above the wall, did not seem to be in this world. Some looked as flat as shadows, and some were seen with black scales glistening.
Is he not seeing it properly in the boundary between sunset and darkness, or is that creature strange? Blaine blinked several times.
Bam!
The huge body landed in front of the wall. Soon after, both sides of the neck swelled and orange flames poured out.
"Hak-"
"Euak!"
"God!"
Some soldiers fell flat, but Eustaf did not budge.
The dragon's flame was blocked by Iveria's protective shield and split in all directions.
The dragon that spit out the flame laughed low and dreary.
"Genahid Duraum?"
Blaine asked awkwardly.
"Do you know what It's saying?"
"No."
Ran knows.
Eustaf thought so and faced the dragon.
"Tanihadr Iveria, Nihad!"
"I can understand that without anyone interpreting it."
Blaine said and Eustaf laughed.
"Give me Iveria, Iam sure."
"Can't you tell It's that I don't have Iveria?"
Then Lumiere stood next to him and asked. He looked at Dragon, lifting the helmet roughly.
"Tell me It's won't believe it."
Eustaf said so and whistled sharply.
Then both the soldier and the Knights quickly took a firm stance.
Eustaf raised his finger and pointed at the dragon and said.
"Blue flame."
A blue flame burned in the dragon's right eye. The dragon shook his head, shaking his head with tears mixed with pain, and flew up and hit the wall with his body.
Bam! Bam!
The wall began to shake wildly. However, the dragon twisted its body and flew up and quickly disappeared, perhaps because the pain of burning snow was worse.
The soldiers cheered and said, "Lazian hurray! Long live Lord Eustaf!"
Eustaf lowered his hand.
'That's incredible.'
He bit lightly on his lips. Just burning one eye of Dragon was incredibly draining. My back was soaked with sweat.
The problem is that this blow is a meaningless blow to the opponent.
"Are you all right?"
Lumiere whispered quietly, but Eustaf ignored it. Lumiere's face became serious.
"You can't walk down the wall."
Eustaf laughed. Then Pasen walked over there.
"I think I just found a crack in the wall with it, so I'm gonna have to repair it-"
"If you need anything, you'll tell me to pay."
At Eustaf's words, Passen stroked his beard and hit Puck Eustaf's waist, saying, "Okay, good."
"The battle between Blue flame and the Dragon, it's - a moment of history!"
Eustaf stood up properly, straining his legs, which almost collapsed. Passen led the Dwarfs to work on the wall, and Eustaf sighed and leaned against the wall.
Blaine said.
"I think you're in a lull for a while, so go down and rest."
"That's right."
Ross also responded, so Eustaf stood there for a moment without saying a word and nodded.
Eustaf, who entered the mansion, thought it was a little funny.
'Not a barracks, but a mansion.'
"Eus!"
Ran rushed over and hugged him tightly. Eustaf took a small breath.
She was dressed like a maid and wore a big apron in front of her.
Eustaf asked when he saw her dress.
"What are you doing with your clothes?"
"I'm taking care of the wounded."
Ran said so and grinned. Eustaf frowned slightly without realizing it.
I didn't want Ran to do such a thing. I didn't even want to show you that.
Ran, who sensed Eustaf's heart, hugged him again and said.
"Don't worry. I can do what I have to do."
"I know that."
No one knows better than him, Eustaf thought.
Ran went on to say.
"But how's about Eus? When the dragon attacked you earlier, you wore a blue ring."
"It's all right," Eustaf said, but Ran didn't look suspicious. She sighed and let him go and said.
"It's not as good as it looks."
"Because it's winter."
"I know! I wish I could ask the disciple for help, but I don't know if they'll arrive properly because it's winter. I should've made a beacon. It's my fault."
I had to prepare in advance.
At Ran's words, Eustaf said, pulling her cheek lightly.
"What do you mean? This is enough. Above all, the walls. Without it, I would have abandoned the mansion and gone down to the fifth gate."
"But."
Saying so, Ran frowned and said quickly.
"The snow was hard, but as long as it's not a snow storm, the messenger will arrive quickly. Since the closest place is the Count Illuminati, you'll borrow his soldiers, but it's never easy to come here with soldiers in this winter. When you think about all the variables-"
"Ran."
Eustaf interrupted her. Ran looked at Eustaf with a scratch.
He said firmly.
"Don't go to long-term war."
"Ah-"
Ran made a small noise and stretched her shoulders.
"It certainly is."
"Yes, it is."
"Sorry, I've been holding on to you too much. Are you hungry? Let's have dinner."
Ran said so, so Eustaf smirked and nodded. Eustaf murmured when he saw the dinner set up.
"My knights would say that practice is better than winter training."
"Eat something delicious, and you'll have the strength to fight."
"I didn't know I'd fight with the mansion behind me."
"So do I."
Ran grinned. She organized her mind.
There is a magic that Iveria walked in the Sky Mansion. So it will be fine for the time being, but we don't know how long it will last.
"The only way to end the battle is to kill Dragon."
"It's Nothing."
"How?"
"Let's fight."
Eustaf simply said, Ran's green eyes slightly frowned.
"So how?"
"Well, I mean."
"Eustaf."
"Yes, madam."
His answer made Ran ashamed.
I still didn't realize what it was like to be a wife and a husband for her and for him.
Ran said with her chin on.
"That 'well,' I'll think hard, too."
Before Eustaf finished his meal, he heard the sound of a trumpet blowing.
He quickly lifted Ran's chin, kissed her forehead, and left the room running.
Ran gave a long sigh.
*******
It's a snow field.
'Oh, again.'
Ran bit her lips. I stood still this time.
I didn't even want to move to relax anymore.
I don't know if moving in a dream is really relaxing.
"If there's anything you want to say, come on!", Ran shouted.
However, the landscape remained unchanged, and Ran slumped to the spot and grumbled.
"Of course, it might be a little far-fetched to say it was your fault that you couldn't clean up your sealed opponent for a thousand years. But if you have anything to tell me, please don't bother me. We're a matter of life at stake."
It may be as if a drowning man should give a bundle to his opponent, who defeated the darkness a thousand years ago and locked him up, saying, "Why didn't you kill him?"
But it's still wanted to catch Ran.
Then someone grabbed Ran's shoulder from behind. I was surprised, but my body didn't move.
Ran got goose bumps because she could only see black hair flying from the edge of her sight.
"-the crown."
Cold lips whispered in the ear. Ran gulped down.
"You mean the Viridescent Crown?"
The way of speaking became polite by itself. But the answer didn't come back, and the hand on the shoulder disappeared.
Ran endured fear and looked back. But there was no one. I could only see an empty snow field.
Lan closed her eyes and opened them.
'A gentle wake-up call.'
She could see the ceiling painting in the Duchess' bedroom. Ran rose from her seat and escaped from the warm blanket.
When I approached the window and looked outside, I could see the soldiers at the wall in the dark.
It has been a war of attrition for several days already.
The number of wounded was increasing, and the soldiers were exhausted.
It's a good thing the dragon didn't come out after that.
'It's a relief that the number of Masu is decreasing.'
As the number of Masu bodies left in the field increased, the number of Masu was noticeably reduced.
I might defeat them all someday.
That was a faint ray of hope.
'Even if it's a straight shot to defeat Dragons.'
Ran closed the curtains and recalled several agenda items from the operation meeting.
'I can see why you're putting the captain at the rear.'
If you want to do a checkmate, you have to go back or grab the things in front of you.
In other words, if the dragon is located on the ice wall now, he has to go through the water and go to the ice wall to fight Dragon.
No matter how you deal with it, what if the dragon flies up and attacks the territories?
'It's a relief that the flying Masu don't attack other villages beyond the sky.'
Strangely enough, the Masu persistently attacked only the Sky Mansion.
'But there's no other way, so ·····.'
Strands were gradually gathering there.
'The Viridescent Crown.'
Ran recalled the word she heard in her dream.
At that time, the sound of a silver trumpet came from the wall again.
Ran clenched her teeth.
And the horns shouted for a long time. Ran swallowed her breath.
Silver trumpets usually attack, and horns.
"It's Dragon!"
The voice of the wall was faintly heard.