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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 6 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs."

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which were not recognized by the Student Council could not be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters was Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why are you, a dragon here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic, as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they run into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his strength, but this was a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intended to look out for his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash was fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stopped her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting people randomly !"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed to be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and prevented it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story."

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight was you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help but shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash was Max.

Max with his nervous appearance was the same like always. Compared to Ash and others who appeared to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidied himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit were a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there were at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm."

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how for others who listened it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it being the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happened to be wandering at St. Durham Square, the combat scene. Now maybe that this classroom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turns out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're not talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Obviously everyone was feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, that kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he was no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stayed silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless Ash, calmly pulled out his notepad and made a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never letting loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still continue with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council has known ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity from the very beginning?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I didn’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but it seems that I need to deal with this another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seemed that Rebecca’s back was full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dared to not mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who was sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office was located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them were walking towards the Student Council office.

Max who had a quick paced walk, lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed was purely by coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons felt nervous.

"Why are we not there yet......?" Ash even had such thoughts.

Since it was still class time, there were no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting had yet to end, every classroom was changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom was still inevitably noisy, even the corridors were full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who do the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia spoke in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he was speaking to the princess, but after all both of them were members of the student council moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form didn't seem natural.

"That vice president is famous as the one who only knows how to fool around, but that person's ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will turn a blind eye, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calmed Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agrede with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is no ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening sentence starts the emergency meeting.

Ash was initially nervous, fearing that Rebecca would be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca didn't do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash was curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it was clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting was extended, all lessons were changed into homeroom, in this situation, it was not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seemed that it was really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he was not willing to make any assumption...... but this still did not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also heard about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer caused Ash to almost fall off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it was but he didn't think for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco looked blankly. Max alone seemed to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continued with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…..."

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogant Jessica which made everyone curious what she whispered into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it wouldn't be exaggerated if I say we are family. She since childhood sees me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines beeing a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maids, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

"Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 5 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs."

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which were not recognized by the Student Council could not be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters was Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why are you, a dragon here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic, as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they run into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his strength, but this was a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intended to look out for his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash was fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stopped her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting people randomly !"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed to be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and prevented it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story."

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight was you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help but shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash was Max.

Max with his nervous appearance was the same like always. Compared to Ash and others who appeared to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidied himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit were a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there were at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm."

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how for others who listened it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it being the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happened to be wandering at St. Durham Square, the combat scene. Now maybe that this classroom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turns out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're not talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Obviously everyone was feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, that kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he was no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stayed silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless Ash, calmly pulled out his notepad and made a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never letting loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still continue with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council has known ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity from the very beginning?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I didn’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but it seems that I need to deal with this another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seemed that Rebecca’s back was full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dared to not mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who was sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office was located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them were walking towards the Student Council office.

Max who had a quick paced walk, lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed was purely by coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons felt nervous.

"Why are we not there yet......?" Ash even had such thoughts.

Since it was still class time, there were no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting had yet to end, every classroom was changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom was still inevitably noisy, even the corridors were full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who do the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia spoke in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he was speaking to the princess, but after all both of them were members of the student council moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form didn't seem natural.

"That vice president is famous as the one who only knows how to fool around, but that person's ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will turn a blind eye, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calmed Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agrede with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is no ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening remarks starts the emergency meeting.

Ash initially was also nervous, fearing that Rebecca be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca doesn’t do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash is curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it is clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting is extended, all lessons are change into homeroom, in this situation, it is not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seems that it is really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he is not willing to make any assumption...... but this still does not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also hear about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer cause Ash to almost fell off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it is but he didn't for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco look blankly. Max alone seems to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continues with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…...

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogance Jessica which made everyone curious what did she whisper into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it won’t be exaggerating if I say we are family. She since childhood takes me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines are a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maid, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

"The Legend of Silver Knight ~A.S.B.1365.5~"is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 4 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs."

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which were not recognized by the Student Council could not be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters was Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why are you, a dragon here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic, as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they run into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his strength, but this was a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intended to look out for his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash was fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stopped her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting people randomly !"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed to be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and prevented it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story."

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight was you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help but shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash was Max.

Max with his nervous appearance was the same like always. Compared to Ash and others who appeared to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidied himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit were a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there were at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm."

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how for others who listened it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it being the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happened to be wandering at St. Durham Square, the combat scene. Now maybe that this classroom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turns out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're not talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Obviously everyone was feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, that kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he was no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stayed silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless Ash, calmly pulled out his notepad and made a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never letting loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still continue with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council has known ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity from the very beginning?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I didn’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but it seems that I need to deal with this another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seemed that Rebecca’s back was full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dared to not mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who was sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office is located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them are walking towards the Student Council office.

The Max who has quick pace walk lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed is by purely coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons feel nervous.

Why are we not there yet......? Ash even has such thoughts.

Since it is still class time, there are no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting has yet to end, every classroom is changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom is still inevitably noisy, even the corridors are full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who does the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia speaks in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he is speaking to the princess, but after all both of them are members of the student council Moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form doesn’t seems natural.

"That vice president is famous for the one who only knew how to fool around, but that person ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will have a side of her eyes close, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calms Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agree with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is any ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening remarks starts the emergency meeting.

Ash initially was also nervous, fearing that Rebecca be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca doesn’t do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash is curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it is clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting is extended, all lessons are change into homeroom, in this situation, it is not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seems that it is really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he is not willing to make any assumption...... but this still does not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also hear about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer cause Ash to almost fell off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it is but he didn't for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco look blankly. Max alone seems to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continues with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…...

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogance Jessica which made everyone curious what did she whisper into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it won’t be exaggerating if I say we are family. She since childhood takes me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines are a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maid, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

"The Legend of Silver Knight ~A.S.B.1365.5~"is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 3 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs."

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which were not recognized by the Student Council could not be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters was Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why are you, a dragon here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic, as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they run into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his might, but this is a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intend to look out his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash's mind is fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stops her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting random people!"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and avoided it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story.

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight is you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash is Max.

Max with his nervous appearance is the same like always. Compare to Ash and others who appear to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidies himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit are a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there are at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm.

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how others listen it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it to be the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happen to be wandering at St. Durham Square the combat scene. Now maybe that this classoom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turn out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Everyone obviously are feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was also stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech had violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, the kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he is no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stay silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless, Ash calmly pulled out his notepad and make a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never let loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council had long ago knew ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I don’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but I seems that I need to deal with this with another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seems that Rebecca’s back is full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dare not to mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who is sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office is located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them are walking towards the Student Council office.

The Max who has quick pace walk lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed is by purely coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons feel nervous.

Why are we not there yet......? Ash even has such thoughts.

Since it is still class time, there are no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting has yet to end, every classroom is changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom is still inevitably noisy, even the corridors are full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who does the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia speaks in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he is speaking to the princess, but after all both of them are members of the student council Moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form doesn’t seems natural.

"That vice president is famous for the one who only knew how to fool around, but that person ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will have a side of her eyes close, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calms Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agree with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is any ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening remarks starts the emergency meeting.

Ash initially was also nervous, fearing that Rebecca be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca doesn’t do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash is curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it is clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting is extended, all lessons are change into homeroom, in this situation, it is not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seems that it is really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he is not willing to make any assumption...... but this still does not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also hear about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer cause Ash to almost fell off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it is but he didn't for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco look blankly. Max alone seems to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continues with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…...

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogance Jessica which made everyone curious what did she whisper into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it won’t be exaggerating if I say we are family. She since childhood takes me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines are a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maid, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

"The Legend of Silver Knight ~A.S.B.1365.5~"is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 2 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs."

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which were not recognized by the Student Council could not be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters was Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why are you, a dragon here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring have their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they ran into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his might, but this is a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intend to look out his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash's mind is fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stops her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting random people!"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and avoided it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story.

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight is you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash is Max.

Max with his nervous appearance is the same like always. Compare to Ash and others who appear to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidies himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit are a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there are at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm.

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how others listen it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it to be the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happen to be wandering at St. Durham Square the combat scene. Now maybe that this classoom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turn out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Everyone obviously are feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was also stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech had violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, the kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he is no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stay silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless, Ash calmly pulled out his notepad and make a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never let loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council had long ago knew ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I don’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but I seems that I need to deal with this with another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seems that Rebecca’s back is full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dare not to mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who is sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office is located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them are walking towards the Student Council office.

The Max who has quick pace walk lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed is by purely coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons feel nervous.

Why are we not there yet......? Ash even has such thoughts.

Since it is still class time, there are no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting has yet to end, every classroom is changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom is still inevitably noisy, even the corridors are full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who does the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia speaks in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he is speaking to the princess, but after all both of them are members of the student council Moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form doesn’t seems natural.

"That vice president is famous for the one who only knew how to fool around, but that person ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will have a side of her eyes close, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calms Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agree with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is any ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening remarks starts the emergency meeting.

Ash initially was also nervous, fearing that Rebecca be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca doesn’t do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash is curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it is clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting is extended, all lessons are change into homeroom, in this situation, it is not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seems that it is really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he is not willing to make any assumption...... but this still does not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also hear about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer cause Ash to almost fell off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it is but he didn't for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco look blankly. Max alone seems to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continues with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…...

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogance Jessica which made everyone curious what did she whisper into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it won’t be exaggerating if I say we are family. She since childhood takes me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines are a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maid, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

"The Legend of Silver Knight ~A.S.B.1365.5~"is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 1

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Azyrion: /* Part 1 */

==Chapter 1 - Silver Knight==
=== Part 1 ===

Have you heard of it before?

Recently, a hero succeeded in preventing the monster called Necromancia from destroying the city of Ansarivan. According to witnesses, the hero seemed dressed in a silver-colored Ark<ref>聖騎甲（アーク） Āku, lit. "Holy Rider Armor") - An unique set of armour Ark-Dragners receive from their Maestro.</ref>.

If not for the hero, the city probably would have already been in ruins. The worst possible situation is maybe the whole district…err no, it would have not been surprising if the whole Ansarivan city were razed to the ground.

However, so far no one there knew the hero’s true identity.

As he was dressed in an Ark, he must have been an Ark-Dragner.

His purpose is not to show off his skills and he does not ask anything for a reward.

Ahh!!! He is such an honorable and noble person! The Knight of all Knights can’t be anyone apart from him!

So let's call him 'Silver Knight'.

From here on, we gradually announce the establishment of the SKFC (Sliver Knight Fan Club)!

Anyone interested in becoming a member is always welcome!

SKFC kaichou<ref>''Kaichou'' means "president" in Japanese. I leave it there because this is a notice and it looks funny when it is written in the English form.</ref> Jessica Valentine (Advanced Course first year).

===Part 2===

"... So this is your first errand?"

Ash felt Eco looking at him from his back, so he turned around and nodded in response.

"Yeah, since I’m in charge of General Affairs.

There is a big bulletin board facing the staff room at the corridor of the ground floor of the campus. The surfaces of the board are fully disorganized and there are some unauthorized posters. Ash felt dizzy looking at it.

Just right after the official ceremony had ended, Ash immediately received an order from Rebecca.

During the school’s free time, the girls’ dormitory seems to have established an organization named SKFC. There was a rumor that the posters used for recruiting members are plastered everywhere on campus.

Any absurd acts like this which are not recognized by the Student Council cannot be left alone.

To remove all the unauthorized posters is Ash's first errand as the Student Council’s General Affairs chief.

The afternoon courses were going to start in thirty minutes. To make time for the precious lunch break, Ash angrily tore off the posters.

"You're hopeless<ref>The original word is (真是的). It has no direct translation. It is used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.</ref>! Who does the Student Council think they are! First of all, I’m your rightful owner, right? So who allowed you to take orders from outsiders other than me?!"

"I think you had switched our stands. I'm your owner... Anyway, why are you here?!"

Only by now, the dense Ash in amazement.

There will be classes that must be attended after the ceremony, so they separated in the boys' dormitory. Eco just talked with her usual tone, so Ash, without any hesitation, started to chat with her.

"Where is Cosette? Didn't I remind you that during my lesson time, you have to look for her?"

"You-u ...... you still haven't figured it out yet? You really are dense to the extreme!"

Eco puffed her cheeks and turned around in front of Ash.

Her skirt flipped up in midair, revealing a pinkish white thigh.

Looking at Eco’s delicate and charming appearance, Ash’s heart could not help but skip a beat. Then, he finally noticed the difference.

Eco is not wearing her usual casual wear, but a school uniform.

"Just a moment! Why are you wearing our school uniform?"

"Cosette knew I wanted to look around the school, so she lent it to me."

"Oh, what a nice person Cosette is…WAIT! This school is for dragon breeders! Why you, a dragon is here?!"

"I'm just very interested and wanted to know what the things you are doing in this school. Cosette told me that I won’t need to worry about being found out while wearing this dress."

Cosette's devilish smile vividly emerged in Ash’s mind.

“Then, when is the lesson going to begin?”

"You also intend to attend class!?"

"Hmph, I just want to attend class! And you are not allowed to give opinions!"

"Thunk<ref>Sound of stomping.</ref>!" She stomped with a menacing manner and she straightened her chest.

"...... alas."

It seems that Eco had already made up her mind and nothing made her think twice.

Ash can only miserably continue to tear up those “eyesore” posters.

===Part 3===

When the bell rang, Ash and Eco were still in the corridor at the ground floor.

“Gosh! Now we need to rush to class!”

Ash ran while dragging Eco behind him.

"You shouldn't be hasty in front of a noble Dragon!"

This afternoon there is a scheduled lesson on Oracle<ref>竜媒魔法（オラクル） Orakuru, no translation for it. Literally means "Magic Dragon Medium".</ref>. This course is a compulsory subject specified by the Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Dragons regularly secrete a type of crystal with magic, called Bright Dragon Crystals<ref>竜輝華晶 Ryūki-kashō </ref>

Through the Bright Dragon Crystal, the Oracle can be activated. Today, it is widely used by humans who do not have magic as a light and a heat source in daily life.

"Anyway... I have not seen you secrete a Bright Dragon Crystal."

There are many breeders who bring have their pal’s Bright Dragon Crystal with them.

That is not only a proof of their good relationship with their pal, but also acts as a talisman. When they ran into a dangerous situation, it can be used as a medium to activate their oracle.

Unexpectedly, Ash inadvertently made Eco blush.

"Sha<ref>A sound used of scolding people.</ref>!... You better be careful or I will crush you! How can I casually expose those shameful things in front of others!"

Ash could not help but be surprised for a moment.

"Shameful? How shameful can it be?"

"Th-Those downright low things...How can I even be speaking of it!"

"Low? Bright Dragon Crystals are formed when excess magic crystallizes(?) Even when seen, I think it is no big deal….!!! "

"You haven’t seen other dragons secrete their Bright Dragon Crystal before, right?"

"Who says so!? I ''have'' seen!"

Ash calmly replied.

"What!"

Eco looks like she felt a heavy blow, just like a thunderstrike.

"How could there be such shameless Dragons!"

"Anyhow, this is a Dragon Riding Academy. Those incidents are quite common."

Eco stood still in disbelief.

"What you said... is it really the truth?"

"Mmm, it is the truth. For some dragons, as long as you ask them, they would generously secrete it for you. Or else, after the practical skill lessons, you can see that it is all over the field."

"Su-Such a thing could even be happening! The blame should be put on the stupid and ignorant humans who tame the dragons. Now the moral standards of a dragon have dropped this low. This situation is really serious... we dragons have undergone degradation."

"You too had overestimated this problem! Is it really that serious?”

“The secretion of it from a human request, or secrete it anywhere... It's pretty outrageous! Although I do not deny that I inevitably will run into the kind of really intolerable situation. At least carelessly become incontinence<ref>To those who don’t know it means unable to restrain natural discharge of urine or feces.</ref>..."

“Incontinence? Why do you use this word to describe it? In the end, Bright Dragon Crystals are actually... "

Ash felt a chill in his heart.

Because Eco accidentally slipped it out from her mouth, Ash would been happier if he had not heard the facts that he didn't need to.

-- ''Can I calmly face Bright Dragon Crystals in the future......?''

Ash stared blankly at Eco.

Perhaps she had a misunderstanding, Eco angrily shouted:

"I, I will not incontinence!"

===Part 4===

Both of them hastily rushed to the second magic lecture room and found out that Angela-sensei has not yet arrived.

Students in the classroom are chit-chatting excitingly.

Ash suddenly lost all his might, but this is a lucky outcome for him.

Dr. Angela Cornwell, who has an authority on the research of dragons, has shown a strong interest in the young dragon Eco.

Recently, Ash and Eco suffered quite a lot because Angela.

If they were carelessly late for class... she may have taken the opportunity to trouble them and then sternly order them go directly into the dissection room.

Ash looked around, he intend to look out his friends.

At this moment, his eyes fell upon Silvia.

Silvia, all alone on her own, was sitting at the side beside the wall.

Because of her royal family background and insubordinate personality, she was unable to make friends.

Although she received the warm applause from all the students in the morning ceremony which is a rare sight, but to be able to blend into the life of other students, things like this do not happen overnight.

Last month because of some unpredictable events, Ash felt his relationship with Silvia had become closer.

-- ''I should try to sit beside her...''

Just as Ash was trying to do this brave act.

“Oi!”

Suddenly someone pulled his sleeve, he was shocked and his thoughts return to reality.

"Eco... is there anything?"

"That's my line! What are you doing staring blankly?"

"No-nothing... I wasn't in a daze.”

Ash quickly removed his sight from Silvia.

Eco immediately showed an unhappy expression.

It's probably because she saw his attention towards Silvia just now. However, what was the reason for her to be upset?

Just when Ash's mind is fully confused, his good-for-nothing friend<ref>Original word is (损友). When translated it means "bad friend". But there are wider meanings that can also be used to say useless friend or used sarcastically toward those close friends who are mischievous which is in this case.</ref> Raymond Kirkland raised his hand.

"Yo, Ash, this way!"

Raymond had occupied the seat at the last row beside the window, which is the best place to avoid the teacher’s sight.

"Angela-sensei has not arrived yet."

"This period was changed to homeroom! Looks like the staff meeting this afternoon had extended... Well, that is not important."

For Raymond, when he saw beautiful girls such as Eco, he instantly has a shortness of breath.

“Eco is here too! This morning’s ceremony you are really cute……Gawk Pug<ref>sound of being hit while talking </ref>."

After suffering a straight punch from Eco, Raymond's face looked like he was going to heave.

Ash quickly stops her from behind.

"Hey…Hey… What are you doing? Hitting random people!"

"... I just don't know why? I just get mad when I see him."

In the end, Ash had to separate both of them by sitting between Raymond and Eco.

"Hey, Ash...... what’s the situation right now?"

After enduring an iron fist, Raymond immediately sprang back to life and questions Ash.

"Can't you see this with your own eyes? Of course she came here by force."

"She also looks nice in a uniform.... Are you really sure you don't want to have an exchange with my Brigid?"

Seeing Raymond’s perverted expression, Ash can only shake his head and sigh.

"Do you want to be squashed to death by Brigid? Say, how come I didn't see Max?"

Right until now, Ash only noticed that Maximillian Russell, who is supposed be beside Raymond, was gone.

"Ohh, Max should be busy tearing the posters, right?"

“Ehh-Eh?”

Max is a proud member of the Student Council, he is a secretary there. But to be removing illegal posters, it is fair to say that this is not a part of his job.

"You also know his personality, right?"

"Ha ha ... it's hard not to imagine it."

Ash finally figured it out.

Max very serious about hygiene. For example, when he saw someone look lightly messy, he would very much like to clean them. He has a personality where ‘his eyes cannot tolerate even a dust particle’ which causes others to have headaches. So naturally, he must interfere with the business of those illegal posters.

"Also, Raymond, there is something I've wanted to ask you."

"Anything?"

Ash, staring at Raymond's confusing face, threw him a question that he doubted since that morning:

"The ‘Silver Knight’. What is it, actually?"

“What? Are you kidding me?"

Raymond suddenly raised his voice, shocking Ash.

The students around them cast curious looks at them.

Raymond, after an unnatural cough to clear his throat, whispered into Ash’s ear.

"You-u... the poster above has stated clearly, didn’t it? The ‘Silver Knight’ is the hero who protected this town and avoided it from being destroyed by the Necromancia’s attack. To summarize it……"

Raymond lowers down his tone, and says the decisive words:

"It's you!"

"Eeh……me!? It's me? Why?"

Ash became dumbstruck and gazed at Raymond’s snappily stinking face.

"Because you're the one who actually beat the Necromancia!"

"The problem is… Am I suitable to have a stylish name such as the ‘Silver Knight’? Anyway…who is the one responsible for creating this title?!"

"This name is adapted from a novel. A shoujo novel called ''The Sky Dragon Knight Chronicles'', the protagonist is also known as the ‘Silver Knight’. Really popular among the girls."

"Oh......"

"From the eyewitnesses' testimony, at St. Durham<ref>(聖ダーラム) Durham is a city in northeast England.</ref> Square, the Dragner who rode Necromancia has an Ark. His coolness seems to be identical to the ‘Silver Knight’ in the story.

“That time the armour Eco created indeed is silver in colour..."

"No need to worry. Fortunately the academy has suppressed this information, only a few people know that the knight is you."

Raymond strangely felt a bit jaunty.

"If the secret is exposed... I don't know what will happen."

Raymond nonchalantly replied to Ash's question.

"Perhaps you'll run into your first and at the same time your last romantic encounter. I heard that during the school holidays the SKFC members exceeded a hundred people!"

"Is it true?!"

When Ash could not help shouting out loud...

"What Raymond said may not be a joke!"

The owner of the voice behind Ash is Max.

Max with his nervous appearance is the same like always. Compare to Ash and others who appear to look untidy even with their uniform, he always tidies himself up just like a newly-enrolled student.

Underneath Max’s armpit are a stack of posters. Judging from the thickness, there are at least more than one hundred.

"I can't stand this any longer. These people really know how to create trouble."

Standing in the middle of Ash and Raymond, Max sighed deeply.

"However since the SKFC has been locked on by Rebecca, they better be careful. Things like this will soon come to an end, right? Moreover, this type of activity is impossible to maintain for a while."

After Ash optimistically expressed his opinion, Max immediately stared sharply at him through his glasses.

"Wh-Why are you looking at me?"

"It appears that you still don't know what situation you're in. Listen, currently it has been confirmed that there is a big chance that the ability of a Breeder will be passed on to the next generation. The next ‘Silver Knight’ is powerful enough to defeat that Necromancia. Moreover, he is also equipped with an Ark, which also proved that he is an Ark-Dragner."

"…... So?"

Max, just like Raymond, lowered his tone.

"Just in case someone knew that you are the ‘Silver Knight’…... the SKFC will do everything in their might to win your sperm.

"Since when was I a breeding horse<ref>(種馬) ''Taneuma''. Direct translation is breeding horse but it means a breeding medium or tool.</ref>?"

"Stay cool. The SKFC members are originally Breeders. If they bear the child of the Silver Knight, there will be a great chance that the child will become an Ark-Dragner like his father. Though because of Xenoglavia’s<ref>(ゼノグラヴィア戦争) ''Zenoguravia-sensō''. I cannot find any reference for this name do tell me if anyone knew.</ref>War, the young people who intend to become a Dragner are decreasing...... but when it comes to an Ark-Dragner it's at a whole new level."

Despite how others listen it seems to be a joke, but Max was speaking with a serious expression.

"If that being the case, I'll help you no matter what the reason is. I can't stand the Ash who has luck with the girls!"

"Raymond, it seems that we need to have a talk."

"No, I agree with what Raymond is saying."

"Not you too, Max!"

"Otherwise, you don't mind the SKFC knowing your secret?"

Ash became speechless.

"Well, I...... of course, I don’t want them to know. Become popular with the girls with those impure motives has nothing to be happy about."

"Hmm, I'm not really satisfied."

Eco suddenly snappily grumble.

"To be honest, the reason you can defeat the Necromancia is because of the Ark I created? But the one in the spotlight is only the knight…… that's why I always say humans are stupid and ignorant beings!"

“What Eco said is absolutely right."

Just when they are busy chit chatting with Max……

"Sorry for my interruption my fellow students!"

The classroom door suddenly opened with a "Bang!" A group of girls dressed in the academy's uniforms started to fill up the classroom.

The sudden progress made the students speechless. Everyone’s attention is focused on the suspicious group.

There was a total of about twenty people.

The suspected leader of the group of girls stepped forward onto to lectern and her eyes swipeed past the classroom.

Ash couldn’t help but stare at her.

The girl’s gesture has a temperament of nobility in it.

Her orange-yellow elegant curly hair lay in front of her chest. Her slender eyes emitted rays of sparks as if an emerging raging fire.

"I'm the President of the SKFC, Jessica Valentine!"

After announcing her name, Jessica, with an elegant aura, looked at the students around her.

"Those who have seen our posters, I think you had already knew our aim, right? That's right, we're looking for ‘Silver Knight’-sama. That day during the Necromancia’s attack, it to be the school’s off days, we deduced that there should be a lot of students who happen to be wandering at St. Durham Square the combat scene. Now maybe that this classoom may have one or two witnesses……"

"Don’t you think you're asking too much<ref>Original word is过分, is used colloquially to express exasperation of someone is being unreasonable or bothersome.</ref>?"

Silvia, with a courageous and serious voice, interrupted Jessica’s speech.

"Oh my, I thought who will it be, and it turn out to be Oujo<ref>(王女) ''Ōjo'', "Princess".</ref>-sama."

Jessica's response made Silvia’s face turn black.

"I'm not speaking to you as the Princess, but as the Student Council’s disciplinary member who is now giving you a warning! Have you not found out that you are destroying the school's discipline?!!!"

"Ha! Since you're talking to me as a Princess, then I won’t be branded as disrespectful when I argue with you, right?

Jessica's choice that did not intend make any concessions had surprised others.

"Do you think your behaviour as acceptable?"

"The school’s discipline compared to my ‘desire’ is simply nothing!"

"Well, if that's the case, might you speak out your ambition? I'm all ears."

Jessica, like she had already prepared for this, immediately raises her chest and say:

"I want to give birth to ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s children!"

An awkward type of silence suddenly enveloped the entire classroom.

Everyone obviously are feeling disgusted with her direct declaration.

Even Silvia was also stunned speechless.

Finally, a student with low profile who is one of the followers broke the silence.

"President! Your speech had violated club regulation article one hundred and twenty-seven!"

"Hmm…... As expected of Vice-President Lynette-san. Good job noticing. Please allow me to withdraw my previous declaration."

“Withdrawal of declaration has been confirmed!"

After he had listened to Jessica and Lynette who were speak annoyingly rhythmically, Ash muttered:

"Th-That rumour......"

Raymond tried to pacify his concern for Ash:

"Carelessly resisting is suicidal, Ash. I heard that the Valentine Family is a traditional noble family."

Facing Raymond’s smile, Eco started to speak out loud:

"Oh, I really can’t stand those people any longer. The true face behind 'Silver Knight' is……"

"W-Wa-Wait, Eco!"

Ash quickly covers her mouth from behind.

"Mmm -!"

Eco is struggling with all her limbs. In the eyes of others, this situation is like Ash is hugging her from behind, not wanting to let go. Her body's tenderness and lovely feel made Ash blush, but still he must not let go.

It is rare that the school is helping me in controlling the information? If my identity is revealed in a place like this, all their hard work will go to waste.

"Back to the topic, Princess Silvia, it is true that we are making a list of people who are present at the incident."

"So……?"

"Princess, your name is also on top of our list. Maybe you had already know the true identity of ‘Silver Knight’-sama, am I right?"

“Y-You. What are you talking about?!"

It seems that the straightforward character of Silvia is not good at lying.

Silvia was obviously shaken when Jessica hit the bull’s eye.

It is a lie if she says she didn’t know, because that time the one riding with her on Lancelot is actually the ‘Silver Knight’.

"Hey…... Ash? It seems the situation has gotten worse."

When Raymond is warning him, Ash has already stood up and came to Silvia’s rescue.

"Miss. I’m sorry, but now is still the school hours."

The crowd’s attention immediately falls on Ash.

Silvia also looked at Ash with a surprising expression. Perhaps this is an illusion, but it seems that she had breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, I remember that you are the Student Council’s……"

Ash mercilessly interrupted Jessica.

"Can you please leave the classroom immediately? Don't interrupt us in our lesson time."

The classroom fell silent.

Ash's determination caused the entire student body to gasp.

Unexpectedly, Jessica didn’t back down.

In contrary, she is also smiling.

Compared with undisguised expression, the kind of smile was even scarier.

"Your name is Ash, right? A guy with no obvious achievements, but still allowed to join the Student Council…... Hey, Vice-President Lynette? His name is on the list of people who were at St. Durham Square, isn’t it?"

Lynette, like she had memorized the whole list without any hesitation, answered immediately:

"......Ash Blake, advanced course first year. Someone actually confirmed that he show up near St. Durham Square!"

After hearing Lynette’s report, cold sweats emerged from Ash’s body.

"Speaking of this, people call you 'The Boy who can Ride any Dragon'. Could it be…....that you had possibly managed to ride the Necromancia?”

"……!"

A sudden hit at the bull’s eye made Ash speechless.

"It's just that ‘Silver Knight’-sama is a noble Ark-Dragner, and you…... are nothing but simply just a Breeder who is a nobody. People like you simply cannot be compared to ‘Silver Knight’-sama! Oh Hohoho!"

Fortunately Jessica just laughed at that thought. She would never have expected she is at the grasp of the truth.

"Not to mention your Pal ...... hee hee, it's funny just by thinking at it. She turned out to be a child. Even this morning's ceremony has a really fantastic finish."

"Wh-What did you say……!"

After hearing Eco, naturally she would be angrily and want to stand up to refute, but……

"You!!! Don’t interrupt."

Ash immediately reached out to stop her.

"Who do you think you are......"

Although she feels reluctantly, Eco shut her mouth.

All the SKFC members are trembling under the pressure of Ash’s aura.

Although Ash is now a member of the Student Council, in the past he is no other but the infamous 'Number One Problem Child’.

And it is not a name given for nothing.

Jessica is also no different; she is the only one who is showing no sign of fear.

"Ash, stay calm! She's a noble!"

Raymond give a out loud warning but Ash is not bothered by it.

"What is a noble to me when I even challenged a Princess!!!!!!"

"Ahh ... You're right, I totally forgotten all about it ......"

Raymond looks into the distance with a crestfallen expression.

"How dare you insult my Pal......? What is the meaning of this? If you want to apologise, it's better that you do it right now."

"Hah<ref>An insulting sound.</ref>! You are but a commoner and you dare to order ''me'' around!"

Ash and Jessica.

Each refused to back down and stared at each other directly.

Just when the tension reached its climax……

The classroom door is suddenly slammed open.

"So…... I see that you have been wandering around here, Jessica."

All the people in the classroom are attracted toward the overwhelming presence, everybody stay silent.

The one and only exception is Jessica.

“Rebecca! Y-Y……You stay out of my way! "

Jessica unexpectedly never shown any weakness even when the opponent is Rebecca.

"He-Hey, the girl called Jessica…... she really have some nerve? She actually dared to address Rebecca by her first name."

Raymond, opposite of the speechless, Ash calmly pulled out his notepad and make a quickly flip.

"According to my information network…... both of them seem to be childhood friends who grew up in the same hometown."

"You're still the same, never let loose any girl's information."

"Hmm…... you're wrong, Ash. It's limited to 'cute girls' only, okay?"

Raymond laughed proudly at his own works while Rebecca and Jessica's argument still continued.

"I would like to throw the question back to you, Rebecca, why are you here at 'this place'?"

"I come here to notify the members of the Student Council…... It seems that you still with the same stupidity, Jessica."

"You've come at just the right time? Everyone listen carefully!!! The Student Council is controlling the information of the St. Durham Square attacks, we have confirmation! The Student Council took all the trouble to cover up what? Does it imply that the
Student Council had long ago knew ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s identity?"

"Even if it is the truth, I am not obligated to tell you at all. I suggest you to remember your duty as a student?"

"I have no intention of disturbing the class. I just simply urged everyone here to help us collect ‘Silver Knight’-sama’s information!"

"You're still the same, full of nonsensical reasoning......"

"I, the representative of the SKFC, request the Student Council to reveal that information to the public!"

After Jessica’s tenacious declaration. Rebecca gave a frightening expression.

"......At the beginning I don’t want to give you trouble because you are my childhood friend, but I seems that I need to deal with this with another way."

Under the sight of her fierce-looking eyes, Jessica felt that she was going to surrender and back off.

In the eyes of Ash, it seems that Rebecca’s back is full of red glowing aura.

"Wha-What…... the Student Council President even tried to use force to solve problems……"

Jessica can not help but shrink and take a few steps backwards.

"Too bad. To think that I even bothered to treat you nicely."

Rebecca, with a graceful smile, whispered into the ears of Jessica.

"Yikes!"

Jessica immediately starts sweating, her back unnaturally bent.

Jessica headed down and rush out of the classroom. The Vice-President, Lynette, and the other SKFC members quickly scattered.

"Right. Silvia of Disciplinary Affairs, Treasurer<ref>the original can mean treasurer and accounts but still I think CFO is better :).</ref> Max, and Ash of General Affairs. The three people mentioned, please report to the Student Council’s office immediately. An emergency meeting is to be held. That is all."

After Rebecca had informed the others, she left.

"An emergency meeting ... is something wrong?"

Ash asked out, but Max is equally confused.

"The President came personally to inform you, she but also choose to do it during lesson time...... certainly it is no simple matter."

Raymond, between Ash and Max, with a rare worrisome look murmured and grumbled.

"I’m so lonely. I didn't expect that even Ash had joined the Student Council…... Damn, why am I the only one left out?"

"Raymond ......"

"Fortunately, I still have Eco! Hey Eco, why don’t the two of us alone go to have a cup of tea……? Gawk!"

With her superhuman strength, her iron fist knocked Raymond away.

"You shut up! Obviously, I'm a member of the Student Council…... The woman dare not to mention my name and choose to ignore a noble Dragon? I will not forgive her!"

After Ash glanced at Raymond who is sticking on the wall, he tried to speak a few words to calm down Eco:

"You are their 'mascot'. So you don't have to attend any meetings."

"Nothing to do with me?! Since you all wounded the pride of a Dragon, I will attend no matter what!"

Eco cried.

===Part 5===

The Student Council office is located at the top of the school premises in the central tower.

Ash and Silvia, Max, and Eco all of them are walking towards the Student Council office.

The Max who has quick pace walk lead the way while the trio Silvia, Ash and Eco walk together in a row.

This formation formed is by purely coincidence, but sandwiched in between Eco and Silvia, Ash without needing any more reasons feel nervous.

Why are we not there yet......? Ash even has such thoughts.

Since it is still class time, there are no other students at the corridor.

But since the staff meeting has yet to end, every classroom is changed into homeroom.

Even that the students of Ansarivan are with high self-demanding standards<ref>Yes it sounds funny but I cannot find any better words. By the way it also mean high ego.</ref>, homeroom is still inevitably noisy, even the corridors are full of the sounds of laughter.

"By the way, there are two members we haven’t met yet."

While climbing stairs, Ash asked while facing Max’s back.

"Ahh……, the vice president and the secretary? I think both of them will not be attending this meeting."

After hearing Max’s answer, Silvia response to it.

“I cannot turn a deaf ear in this case. Do both of them have any conscious of being in the student council? Any jobs related to the social welfare people, needs to be completed with full effort……this is the family rules of the Lautreamont family!!!! Who does the vice president and the secretary think they are? "

“Plea-Please Allow your humble servant to explain to thee...... ahem! "<ref>This whole sentence is spoken in polite form.</ref>

Max who is not used to be with Silvia speaks in the polite form, so that’s why he could no help but give an unnaturally cough.

Although he is speaking to the princess, but after all both of them are members of the student council Moreover, they are students of the same grade, that’s why he found out that conversation using polite form doesn’t seems natural.

"That vice president is famous for the one who only knew how to fool around, but that person ability as a Dragner is obvious to all. That’s why the president will have a side of her eyes close, it is understandable."

Sure enough, Silvia is dissatisfied.

"How come there is such lax and insolent person! Since that person has the ability that the president acknowledge, but why is the vice president fooling around?"

"OK, OK, in this case since the president is acquiesced with it, what you complain to Max will be useless."

Ash gently calms Silvia down, but on the other hand he also agree with her point of view.

"What kind of person is the secretary?"

Right after Ash asked, Max answer with a mumbling tone.

"The secretary…... in short is any ordinary pushovers. Anyway, you will meet sooner or later."

Speaking of which, they had arrived at the Student Council’s office. The topic regarding the vice president and the secretary came to a stop.

===Part 6===

"So let us began our meeting."

Rebecca with her opening remarks starts the emergency meeting.

Ash initially was also nervous, fearing that Rebecca be disgusted with Eco who came without being invited, but in the end Rebecca doesn’t do or complain about anything.

Looking around, as Max had said, the vice president and the secretary the seats were empty. So, the secretary’s work had to be handed over to Max.

Although Ash is curious about the vice president and secretary but in the end it is clearly not the right time to ask such questions.

Staff meeting is extended, all lessons are change into homeroom, in this situation, it is not hard to figure out that some important things had happened.

It seems that it is really related to the attacks of the Necromancia?

Although he is not willing to make any assumption...... but this still does not rule out the occurrence of a more serious incidents.

"I believe everyone had also hear about the rumor……"

The members presence held their breath to listen to Rebecca announcement.

"Recently, with the girl’s dormitory as their base, the organization named SKFC is highly active in the dark.

"I beg your pardon?"

An unexpected answer cause Ash to almost fell off his chair. At first he thought what emergency and urgent events it is but he didn't for one moment that it would be the SKFC……

While observing the other people's reactions, Silvia and Eco look blankly. Max alone seems to have become accustomed with it, and
Rebecca continues with her speech.

"What is the problem?"

Under Rebecca glare, Ash hurriedly corrects his sitting posture.

"Uh…... because you said it was an emergency meeting, I thought what is more a intractable problem."

"Take it easy, we are not at the main topic yet. SKFC is just a side problem to be discussed."

"I see…..."

Ash nod to indicates his understanding. At this time, Silvia suddenly raised her hand.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"I have something that I don’t understand. When president sent Jessica Valentine running off…...

"Oh, I'd like to hear too."

Ash echoed Silvia’s question.

Rebecca took only a few words to send off that arrogance Jessica which made everyone curious what did she whisper into Jessica’s ears.

“Oh, that thing."

Rebecca with a wry smile shrugged.

"As you know, she and I are childhood playmate. Nope, it won’t be exaggerating if I say we are family. She since childhood takes me as her rival…... in short she hates to admit defeat."

"Just like family ......? I have heard of the Valentines are a traditional noble family."

After Ash stated the information acquire from Raymond, Rebecca can not help but burst out laughing.

"Oh ... this is really an interesting rumour. Their family, for generations are serving the family of Randall as house maid, just like the house of Shirley who serves the royal family of the Paladin." "<ref>Paladin the king of Lautreamont knight country also the highest class of all dragner still the interesting is the current king is not even a breeder.</ref>
Rebecca with her eyes staring into a distance, murmured.

"That girl...... a maid?"

Jessica glamorous figure and maid this few word completely cannot be combined. Made Ash shocked.

"So, I threatened her……if you continue to stir up trouble, do not blame me if I announce the Valentine family’s background to the public."

From the looks of her eyes, it is like she is lecturing her useless little sister.

"But why did she lie that the Valentine family is of nobility?"

Silvia seems completely unable to understand Jessica’s thinking.

Jessica from last time likes to daydream, she had a particular strong sense for nobility, and now she is even seriously believes
her family is from a royal linage...... you just need to take it as a disease that can be commonly seen in the adolescence years. "

"So that is how it is......"

When the misunderstanding clears up, Ash feel relieved.

At the same time after he learned that the Valentine’s are maids, Ash subconsciously begin to imagine Jessica wearing a maid
costume.

That insufferably arrogant girl with a feel of nobility when put on the maid attire to serve her master, somehow it doesn't feel
bad…… Ash cannot help but fantasizing Jessica’s graceful appearance.

"Hey…... what are you thinking?"

When he returns back to his consciousness, the side of his cheek felt a painful sting.

Eco with much force slap Ash’s face.

"No, nothing, I am not thinking of anything…..."

Ash face is full of embarrassment.

"Are you're thinking of some improper image?"

"Urgh, I am also thinking the same thing."

Even Silvia also supports the views of Eco and questioned Ash.

"I think there is an eighty percent chance that he is most likely to imagine Jessica wearing a maid attire."

After the Rebecca cheeky speak out her own views, Ash suddenly turned pale.

"Ho-How do you know?"

"Oh, I manage to guess it? I am just talk through my woman intuition…..."

Rebecca seems happily laughing.

Ash feel a murderous intend behind and quickly turned around to look back.

"Have you forgotten that I am rearing you……? And yet you still dare to have fantasy of those females...... you cannot be forgiven.
Don’t you think you lack of consciousness?"

Eco’s fist is shaking.

"How dare you have any perverted thought of the students attending the same school…... how shameless! enemies of all women must taste the iron hammer of death!"

Silvia flushed with anger.

"Wa-Wait! It is just that I am distracted for a moment! Besides, why do you need to be angry with me because of these things?"

"I am gonna trample you!"

"The inviolable family rules!"

Eco's kick and Silvia punch hit Ash at the same time.

“……”

After Ash stumbled back to his seat, the meeting to continue to proceed as usual like nothing had happened.

“President…... I would like to ask. "

Silvia asked.

"What is the problem, Silvia?"

"Just now you say that Jessica take you as her rival...... is her ability that amazing? Jessica Valentine this is the first time I heard her name…..."

Silvia has a good reason to doubt.

Rebecca is not just only an Ark Dragner, but also the president of the school’s student council.

She is undoubtedly the strongest Dragner in the whole Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy. Even Professor or the practical skill instructors can only admit defeat when it comes to Rebecca.

To take Rebecca as her rival. No matter how you think of it, it is not normal.

"Jessica ...... in fact, very motivated for her own self improvement, but she is always futile or she is very persistent in doing things that is meaningless. I cannot deny that she those ‘who are able to overcome all kinds of hardships if you just put in effort' ...... "

To be able to be praise by Rebecca, regardless of her written performance"<ref>Could probably mean test result.</ref>, maybe she is someone who really have some skill.

"In conclusion, the SKFC that Jessica led wants to expose ‘silver knight’ true identity. If their objective is only this we can leave them be. But what they desire is not just this, when given the opportunity, they would like to obtain the ‘Silver Knight’’s sperm. "

"Spe-Spe ……!"

Silvia suddenly blushed. Her movement becomes very unnatural. Seeing her being so shy, Ash also cannot help but feel embarrassed.
"What is it that they want? Is it delicious?"

Unlike Silvia, Eco is confused.

"Nothing, you need not know such a thing

"Even you know, as your owner is it not logical that I do not know!"

"What sort of reasoning is that?!!!!"

"Hmph, even if you do not want to tell me, I still have the dragweiss!"

Eco like entering a trance, suddenly close her eyes.

The dragons that have a longer history than humans, she can search informations dating back to centuries.

"Wha ... what!"

After just a few seconds, Eco’s whole face is blushing as if she is on flame.

She at the same time she turned angry.

"Are you kidding!? Ther-There are actually such a large number of female animals trying to access…... this guy’s…... Spe-Spe......? That’s why I said, human are stupid and ignorant thing!"

Eco seems to be ashamed and embarrassed to speak out that word. It is rare that Eco is blushing exactly like Silvia.

"Hmph…... it seems that the word 'obscene' needed to be added at the back of 'stupid and ignorant'.
"This human sounds really nasty!"

"Stupid, ignorant and obscene humans!"

"You do not need to repeat! It is hard to pronounce!"

"Then you should kneel down and apologize, I will remove the word 'obscene'. I’ll let you represent all mankind, this opportunity is not easy to get you know!?"

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"I will not represent this!"

Ash angrily complained, Rebecca coughed loudly with "ahem".

Suddenly back to reality, cold sweats emerge from Ash.

Disregarding the meeting, Ash and Eco both of them are arguing.

"So-sorry ...... Hey you to came and sit down."

"Hmph, don’t you order me......!"

Eco wanted sternly rejected but halfway she closed her mouth. Her expression is like she saw wild bears in the forest while staring at the face of Rebecca.

Followed by Eco, Ash sight drift towards Rebecca, facing her. Ash same felt a chill in his spine.

"Are you satisfied?"

Even while Rebecca is smiling, but her eyes definitely are not smiling in the slightest.

"I- I understand ......"

Eco is reluctant to sit down on her seat. Perhaps her animal instinct makes her detect Rebecca unfathomable terror.

"Back to the main point, about SKFC…… in all cases, we will be focusing and pay more attention in prevention of them from finding out ‘Silver Knight’s’ identity."

Under Rebecca’s glare, everyone nodded.

"But fortunately they thought ‘Silver Knight’ is an ark dragner, which Eco needs to be thanked in making the ark. So SKFC should be the less likely to targeted Ash who has not become a dragner. Even I, until now, failed to fully understand how Eco managed that. "

"Hmmm, manage? It is good that you understand how great is that!"

Her previous fear disappears, Eco starts to act arrogant again.

"In short, Jessica is not a person who will easily give up, you be careful in this case. Anyway, the secret of the Valentine family, please do not expose it, after all, that’s her secret since her enrollment to this academy. It will be harsh on her if it is exposed…… Now back to the ‘main’ topic. "

Rebecca places her elbows on the table, her fingers overlap. Then she gently lift up her beautiful chin.

Ash notices that Rebecca is worrying about something.

How tough is the problem that Rebecca is facing now?

"The fact is…... I received a message….. The first princess of Lautreamont ,Veronica Lautreamont will come to Ansarivan for a week to visit.

After they heard this news, everyone knew the seriousness of this situation, suddenly they all turn solemn and silent, but right at the next second……

"Noooooo…….!"

The Silvia is moaning abnormally.

"Anything, Silvia?"

Rebecca is concern about her, but Silvia did not answer.

On-Onee sama sh-she’s...... a tyrant...... "

The change in Silvia startled the others.

"Is she really coming to Ansarivan?"

Silvia is trembling and turns pale the end of the world is coming. She huddled up and hid under the table. She is shaking with her hands protecting her head.

The usual Silvia who is always energetic in reality has a timid side - even when Ash had already knew this fact it is still hard to imagine that Silvia would act like this.

"Are you alright? Princess."

When looking under the table, at the same time Ash remember the nick name of the first princess Veronica Lautreamont…...

She is called the ‘Ironblood Valkyrie’.

"The Legend of Silver Knight ~A.S.B.1365.5~"is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Prologue

2013-04-29T11:30:20Z

Azyrion: /* Part 3 */

==Prologue==
Lautreamont Knight Country, people called it the country of Dragon Breeders.

To the north was the Zepharos Empire, while to the south was the Chevron Kingdom.

Sandwiched between the two major powers, a small country with a population of no more than five million, had a special academy.

Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Educating and guiding teenage boys and girls who formed a contract with dragons -- an academy for Dragon Breeders.

===Part 1===

"Well, we would like to introduce the new members of the Student Council for you students."

Rebecca declared in a loud voice to all the students who gathered in the lecture hall.

The Student Council president, Rebecca Randall, with the prestigious nickname "Scarlet Empress", looking like a marble statue, glorious and splendid, attracted the attention of all the students.

"First of all, in charge of Disciplinary Affairs, Silvia."

"Yes!"

After Silvia solemnly answered, she took a step forward from the stage side curtain.

"Blue Ice Princess"

Like the impression given through that name, Silvia's blue eyes were as cold as ice with bright blond hair that embellished her white beauty.

"I am Silvia Lautreamont and this is the first time I have joined the Student Council. Although I'm still young, inexperienced and have much to learn, I swear I will make every effort to maintain the discipline of Ansarivan Dragon Rider Academy. I hope that every student can take care of me in the future."

Her modest way of speaking caused many whispers among the students.

The overbearing aura of arrogance that previously surrounded Silvia had suddenly disappeared.

Silvia gracefully took a bow and the audience burst into thunderous applause. Because of the enthusiastic applause, Silvia herself couldn't help but feel confused.

Maybe because she felt very reluctant(?), Silvia dashed toward to the side of the stage behind the curtains.

"Your speech was great."

Ash, who also became a Student Council member at the same time, was standing by the stage smiling cheekily towards the Silvia who ran off the stage because of her shyness.

"What's so great about that..."

Perhaps because she wasn't accustomed to being praised, Silvia blushed. Because of her embarrassment she looked down at the ground. After a while her swollen face suddenly stiffened, and she snappily asked Ash:

"That's none of your concern! Why don't you mind your own business! You're going up on the stage next. Are you sure you'll be all right?"

"Th...That's..."

For the infamous Ash who is the school's most problematic student, naturally, this is the first time he would be on stage in this situation. He would be lying if he said that he was not nervous.

"Gosh(?)...I envy you, Princess who does not have anything to do with the word 'tense'."

"Don't be silly. I also felt tense!"

Ash, shocked by Silvia's aggressive manner, couldn't help but shrink back.

"Ah, sorry. Because you didn't seem nervous, I couldn't help but ..."

"As the king's daughter, I was raised to be brought to participate in many ceremonies, so I do not have stage fright ... However, it is also impossible not to feel nervous."

"Is it? Then I feel a little better."

After seeing Ash laughing out of the blue, Silvia looked surprised.

"So even Her Royal Highness can be nervous. Ah... then it is quite okay for ordinary people like me to feel nervous. After knowing about this, I suddenly feel relieved. Thank you!"

"I-It's nothing. There's no need to thank me for something this small."

Silvia embarrassingly turned her face to the side.

"Well, I'll introduce the next member who is the school's 'Number One Problem Child', who is now turning a new leaf. In charge of General Affairs, Ash Blake."

A noisy boiling atmosphere emerged in the hall right after Rebecca's sentence.

"To put it another way, 'General Affairs' means to help in anything. So no matter what difficulties we run into, feel free to discuss it with Ash."

Seeing the increasingly boiling atmosphere, Ash could not help but feel distressed.

Looking from the center of the stage to the entire hall, a total of four hundred students from basic and advanced courses densely filled the entire field of vision.

"Shit..."

Obviously, just before this moment, he could relax thanks to Silvia's help, but after he stood on stage, the feeling of nervousness emerged without his knowledge.

"..."

Ash suddenly worried about the bandage covering his left arm.

On Ash's left arm, the <Seikoku> pattern was imprinted.

Any Breeder must have an imprint trace, but Ash's <Seikoku> area is extremely large in which it covered almost all of his left arm.

Because of this, Ash's everyday life had always been with a bandage-covering <Seikoku> to avoid it from being striking.

This morning, he had been even more careful than usual while wrapping his bandage.

Even so, in the view of the audience, there was a feeling of uneasiness - fearing that his <Seikoku> will be seen by the audience through the clothing and bandages.

"Hey ... you better stay strong."

At this time, Silvia's soft sound could be heard whispering in his ears.

Ash pretend to turn his head around casually and found out that Silvia is staring directly at him.

"...Princess?"

Silvia, who held her fist towards her chest, forcefully nodded.

''- To think the Princess would actually cheer for me ...!''

Even though it was a small action, Ash suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

He gazed back to the students.

"Uh ... I have just become a member of the Student Council. My name is Ash Blake. To be honest, I don't know what to do...... Wha... Whatever it is, I will do my job with all my might, so please take care of me!"

After he truthfully expressed his feelings, Ash gave a deep bow.

While maintaining his posture, one second passed, two seconds later.

The hall is stone silent!

''--Is it me, this infamous guy, no matter how much I express myself, I couldn't make myself acknowledged by others?...''

Just as he started to feel regret-

A loud clapping sound could be heard by Ash.

"Princess ...?"

That's right. Silvia, standing on the stage side curtain, took the lead by starting to applaud.

Rebecca also started clapping along.

Driven by both applauds, the sound of applause slowly spread from every corner of the venue.

Ash looked around the hall. His best friends, Raymond and Max, were smiling at him while clapping and cheering.

"Everyone!"

In a blink of an eye, the enthusiastic applause grew similar to that of the speech by Silvia.

===Part 2===
The relieved Ash returned to the stage side curtain.

"Hmm ... pretty just so-so."

In just a moment, Silvia resumed immediately the usually chilly attitude. However, Ash decided to take it as a praise.

"It's all thanks to you, Princess... Eco is not present yet?"

Ash's pal, Eco, has yet to show up, which made him worry.

The main character of this office ceremony is by no means for only Ash and Silvia.

Some time ago during the celebration of the birth of young dragon Eco <Pal Party>, Rebecca kissed Ash, Silvia, and Eco's cheek, in the name of the initiation ceremony.

Since she accepted Rebecca's kiss, Eco became a member of the Student Council.

So, right after Silvia and Ash had their speech, it should be Eco who should be getting ready by the stage side curtain... However, she had disappeared without a trace.

"Indeed, she had been too late. Hopefully Cosette won't do some tricks... "

Silvia frowned.

Cosette was dispatched to Ansarivan from the palace to serve as Silvia's maid. While Ash was busy, he asked ask her to help take care of Eco.

"I'll take care of her clothing." After she learned that Eco will be going on stage, Cosette excitedly volunteered.

But that was two hours ago.

"Does picking clothes have to take so much time?"

"Cosette certainly loses herself while dressing up Eco as a doll. I can't help but pity her."

"You say it as if you have been a victim."

"Please don't make me remember it..."

Silvia looked very funny when she dived her head under her arms.

===Part 3===
While Ash and Silvia are chattering, Rebecca was giving a speech in order to buy some time.

"... That day, Silvia with soulful eyes said to me, 'I will certainly do my best. Also…please call me by my name. At least in the Student Council, please do not take me as the Royal Princess of the Knight Country.'"

Rebecca vividly described to the students the actual scenes of the 'Pal Party'.

"... At that time, I felt as if someone had confessed to me. By the way, my fellow students, even though Silvia looks like an old fogy, in fact, she is one or two men to her liking-"

"President! That’s enough!"

Silvia raised her fist in anger, cursing from the side curtain offstage.

Suddenly laughter enveloped from the school hall.

At this moment…

''-Bang!''

The hall main door was slammed open by someone.

Everyone turned their head back to look behind the door.

The excited Rebecca proudly announced:

"Dear students, our third new member, Eco, has finally appeared!"

Eco walked majestically and the students separated into two to clear a path for her.

Followed after her steps, "Knock, knock"<ref>sound of footsteps.</ref> a chilled sound is echoed in the hall.

Cosette followed behind Eco. She was dressed in the usual maid attire and acted as Eco's retinue.

"Wh-what’s that?"

Ash stuck his head out from the stage side curtain, shocked.

Silvia was also stunned.

Rebecca, from the side, looked proudly at Eco as she progressed towards the stage, and introduced:

"As all of you had heard, Eco, Ash's partner, was born last month. I do not know why, but she has the appearance of a human even though
she’s a Dragon, so we can communicate with her. Therefore we decided to let Eco become the mascot of the Student Council and sincerely welcome her to join it!"

On the stage, Eco is looking around the whole school.

People can clearly feel the strong will of her bright, ruby-coloured eyes.

Her silvery-pink hair was light and elegant.

The sides of her head has the symbol of the dragon tribe, which are her horns. But because Eco is still a young dragon, the shape of her
horns do not look pointy, but more like ‘circular stubs’.

She was dressed in a luxurious black dress despite her petite body.

[[Image:Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi v2 p021.jpg|thumb]]
"Is that… Eco?"

Ash unconsciously murmured and muttered.

Eco's appearance is not only beautiful, her whole body emitted an elegant atmosphere. Even if one says that she is a princess, there is no reason someone would not believe it.

In fact, students seem to be subdued by Eco's beauty.

"Just say hello to everyone, Eco! Just do exactly as I taught you to do and there won’t be any problems."

The words Cosette whispered to Eco were overheard by Ash.

"Ar…Are you sure?"

Eco asked innocently.

"Of course. I, Cosette, promise you that this will be a great opportunity to immediately win everyone's hearts."

Cosette smiled.

Ash, confused by her words, felt a bad omen.

"Alright."

Eco, not bothered by Ash’s worries, obediently nodded, ''"huff ..."'' she inhaled deeply.

Everyone without exception became breathless and focuses their attention on Eco's every move.

Eco posed her hands high in the air like to intimidate...

"Gaoo!”<ref>Sound of eco's roaring.</ref>

She let out a roar in front of the students in front of the whole school.

To say she is roaring is not right; the correct context should be more like reading directly from a script.

There was a brief moment of silence, and the hall was soon filled with laughter.

"Wh ... why is everyone laughing?"

The students’ response made her stunned.

===Part 4===
Apollo<ref>God of sun.One of the Olympians. Wiki it if you dont know.</ref> House is the student dormitory for male upperclassmen to live in.

Ash's personal room is located on the third floor.

Eco had settled here for about a month's time.

Although she is a dragon, a beautiful girl admitted to the male dormitory had set off a momentary uproar in the Apollo House. Since she had been living here for a month, many had already been accustomed to it.

Just right after she stepped into the room, Eco angrily stomped around.

"This is too outrageous! They actually dare to make fun of such a noble Dragon... this is a sin that cannot be forgiven! This is why I hate those stupid and ignorant humans!"

"You can't blame them... Your greeting is just too different. A dragon will never roar with 'Gaoo', right?”

When the fact that Ash’s simmering smile is reveal, Eco glared angrily at him.

"It's all Cosette's fault! She lied to me! She told me that a dragon must capture the hearts of everyone and it is the most effective way!"

"Okay... I got it."

"What do ''you'' know?"

"Simply put, Cosette saw you usually act high and mighty so she kindly helped you think out this plan. If it weren't for her advice... I‘m pretty sure that there would about an eighty percent chance of you going up the stage with your proud attitude and shout 'You bunch of stupid and ignorant humans…!' That sort of nonsense."

"Well..."

With Ash's deduction seeming entirely correct, Eco suddenly became speechless.

"So in order to avoid those awkward scenes, Cosette helped you in her own way. And the result is?"

"The result is that I just become the laughing stock for humans!"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone doesn't take you as a joke to laugh at."

"So why are they laughing?"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone thinks that this is very interesting and feels friendliness in you. On the other hand, that dress suits you."

"Huh ...?"

Eco's cheeks quickly turned red as if there was a wild fire burning.

"Are…are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Eco angrily shook her face to the side, but Ash cannot help but smile. All of a sudden he got carried away, and reaches out to pat Eco's head.

"Are you shy? Haha, it seems that you, too, have a cute side."

Her soft hair felt really comfortable, and Ash became addicted and couldn't stop himself.

"You......"

While facing one's own intoxicated and heavenly atmosphere, Eco's eyes suddenly burst out with a dangerous flare.

By looking closely you'll notice that she is frequently shaking her little fist.

"It appears that... you still don’t know your place."

"Hey, calm down, Eco......"

"I warned you, didn't I? Instead of you keeping me as a pet-"

Eco took a murderous step forward.

"I'm your owner! Now quickly kneel on the ground!"

"Uwa!"

In the instant he collided with Eco, he suddenly felt dizzy.

In the blink of an eye, Ash is facing the floor.

Eco pulled up her skirt and lifted her foot high up in the air.

Despite the small and exquisite size, it contained the power which is undoubtedly no different from a dragon.

Ash’s spine suddenly felt a chill.

"Wait a minute! By the way, are you hungry?"

"Don’t you worry. Before the ceremony<ref>The original meaning is something like promotion ceremony to tell others that you had taken up a job. But to think that I did write promotional ceremony in english XD. Sorry if I forget to mention this before.</ref>, Cosette had given me something to eat."

The strategy with the food temptations was ineffective.

"Since you’re full... then you have to hurry and return the dress! Wearing such a dress while acting wild will crumple the clothes!”

"You don't need to worry so much. Besides, this dress is mine."

"No way! You can't take someone else’s things and claim them as your own!"

"Cosette presented it to me. I heard that this dress was originally Silvia's, but she had outgrown it."

"Why is it Cosette again...? 'Crack<ref>Sound of bone cracking.</ref>'!"

Before Ash could finish his sentence, Eco trampled his back.

"Shut up! I want you crushed!"

"You already crushed it... a while ago."

The force is so strong, it is hard to imagine the one standing on his back is the girl's tiny feet.

An uncomfortable amount of sweat flowed out from his forehead to the neck area.

"What did you just say?"

"Huff!"

Eco started to turn and twist her feet to draw a circle on Ash’s back.

Ash clearly heard the screams of his spine.

"My spine! My spine! Ah! Ah! Ah ......!"

"How is it? Now do you know where your place is?"

While he is gradually losing consciousness, Ash thought he saw an illusion of a sea of flowers.

===Part 5===
Christmas calendar year 1265. Half a month had already passed by in the month of Taurus.

After the Necromancia attack, Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy is finally getting ready for a school reopening.

"Initiation ~A.S.B.1365.5~" is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Prologue

2013-04-29T11:26:30Z

Azyrion: /* Part 2 */

==Prologue==
Lautreamont Knight Country, people called it the country of Dragon Breeders.

To the north was the Zepharos Empire, while to the south was the Chevron Kingdom.

Sandwiched between the two major powers, a small country with a population of no more than five million, had a special academy.

Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Educating and guiding teenage boys and girls who formed a contract with dragons -- an academy for Dragon Breeders.

===Part 1===

"Well, we would like to introduce the new members of the Student Council for you students."

Rebecca declared in a loud voice to all the students who gathered in the lecture hall.

The Student Council president, Rebecca Randall, with the prestigious nickname "Scarlet Empress", looking like a marble statue, glorious and splendid, attracted the attention of all the students.

"First of all, in charge of Disciplinary Affairs, Silvia."

"Yes!"

After Silvia solemnly answered, she took a step forward from the stage side curtain.

"Blue Ice Princess"

Like the impression given through that name, Silvia's blue eyes were as cold as ice with bright blond hair that embellished her white beauty.

"I am Silvia Lautreamont and this is the first time I have joined the Student Council. Although I'm still young, inexperienced and have much to learn, I swear I will make every effort to maintain the discipline of Ansarivan Dragon Rider Academy. I hope that every student can take care of me in the future."

Her modest way of speaking caused many whispers among the students.

The overbearing aura of arrogance that previously surrounded Silvia had suddenly disappeared.

Silvia gracefully took a bow and the audience burst into thunderous applause. Because of the enthusiastic applause, Silvia herself couldn't help but feel confused.

Maybe because she felt very reluctant(?), Silvia dashed toward to the side of the stage behind the curtains.

"Your speech was great."

Ash, who also became a Student Council member at the same time, was standing by the stage smiling cheekily towards the Silvia who ran off the stage because of her shyness.

"What's so great about that..."

Perhaps because she wasn't accustomed to being praised, Silvia blushed. Because of her embarrassment she looked down at the ground. After a while her swollen face suddenly stiffened, and she snappily asked Ash:

"That's none of your concern! Why don't you mind your own business! You're going up on the stage next. Are you sure you'll be all right?"

"Th...That's..."

For the infamous Ash who is the school's most problematic student, naturally, this is the first time he would be on stage in this situation. He would be lying if he said that he was not nervous.

"Gosh(?)...I envy you, Princess who does not have anything to do with the word 'tense'."

"Don't be silly. I also felt tense!"

Ash, shocked by Silvia's aggressive manner, couldn't help but shrink back.

"Ah, sorry. Because you didn't seem nervous, I couldn't help but ..."

"As the king's daughter, I was raised to be brought to participate in many ceremonies, so I do not have stage fright ... However, it is also impossible not to feel nervous."

"Is it? Then I feel a little better."

After seeing Ash laughing out of the blue, Silvia looked surprised.

"So even Her Royal Highness can be nervous. Ah... then it is quite okay for ordinary people like me to feel nervous. After knowing about this, I suddenly feel relieved. Thank you!"

"I-It's nothing. There's no need to thank me for something this small."

Silvia embarrassingly turned her face to the side.

"Well, I'll introduce the next member who is the school's 'Number One Problem Child', who is now turning a new leaf. In charge of General Affairs, Ash Blake."

A noisy boiling atmosphere emerged in the hall right after Rebecca's sentence.

"To put it another way, 'General Affairs' means to help in anything. So no matter what difficulties we run into, feel free to discuss it with Ash."

Seeing the increasingly boiling atmosphere, Ash could not help but feel distressed.

Looking from the center of the stage to the entire hall, a total of four hundred students from basic and advanced courses densely filled the entire field of vision.

"Shit..."

Obviously, just before this moment, he could relax thanks to Silvia's help, but after he stood on stage, the feeling of nervousness emerged without his knowledge.

"..."

Ash suddenly worried about the bandage covering his left arm.

On Ash's left arm, the <Seikoku> pattern was imprinted.

Any Breeder must have an imprint trace, but Ash's <Seikoku> area is extremely large in which it covered almost all of his left arm.

Because of this, Ash's everyday life had always been with a bandage-covering <Seikoku> to avoid it from being striking.

This morning, he had been even more careful than usual while wrapping his bandage.

Even so, in the view of the audience, there was a feeling of uneasiness - fearing that his <Seikoku> will be seen by the audience through the clothing and bandages.

"Hey ... you better stay strong."

At this time, Silvia's soft sound could be heard whispering in his ears.

Ash pretend to turn his head around casually and found out that Silvia is staring directly at him.

"...Princess?"

Silvia, who held her fist towards her chest, forcefully nodded.

''- To think the Princess would actually cheer for me ...!''

Even though it was a small action, Ash suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

He gazed back to the students.

"Uh ... I have just become a member of the Student Council. My name is Ash Blake. To be honest, I don't know what to do...... Wha... Whatever it is, I will do my job with all my might, so please take care of me!"

After he truthfully expressed his feelings, Ash gave a deep bow.

While maintaining his posture, one second passed, two seconds later.

The hall is stone silent!

''--Is it me, this infamous guy, no matter how much I express myself, I couldn't make myself acknowledged by others?...''

Just as he started to feel regret-

A loud clapping sound could be heard by Ash.

"Princess ...?"

That's right. Silvia, standing on the stage side curtain, took the lead by starting to applaud.

Rebecca also started clapping along.

Driven by both applauds, the sound of applause slowly spread from every corner of the venue.

Ash looked around the hall. His best friends, Raymond and Max, were smiling at him while clapping and cheering.

"Everyone!"

In a blink of an eye, the enthusiastic applause grew similar to that of the speech by Silvia.

===Part 2===
The relieved Ash returned to the stage side curtain.

"Hmm ... pretty just so-so."

In just a moment, Silvia resumed immediately the usually chilly attitude. However, Ash decided to take it as a praise.

"It's all thanks to you, Princess... Eco is not present yet?"

Ash's pal, Eco, has yet to show up, which made him worry.

The main character of this office ceremony is by no means for only Ash and Silvia.

Some time ago during the celebration of the birth of young dragon Eco <Pal Party>, Rebecca kissed Ash, Silvia, and Eco's cheek, in the name of the initiation ceremony.

Since she accepted Rebecca's kiss, Eco became a member of the Student Council.

So, right after Silvia and Ash had their speech, it should be Eco who should be getting ready by the stage side curtain... However, she had disappeared without a trace.

"Indeed, she had been too late. Hopefully Cosette won't do some tricks... "

Silvia frowned.

Cosette was dispatched to Ansarivan from the palace to serve as Silvia's maid. While Ash was busy, he asked ask her to help take care of Eco.

"I'll take care of her clothing." After she learned that Eco will be going on stage, Cosette excitedly volunteered.

But that was two hours ago.

"Does picking clothes have to take so much time?"

"Cosette certainly loses herself while dressing up Eco as a doll. I can't help but pity her."

"You say it as if you have been a victim."

"Please don't make me remember it..."

Silvia looked very funny when she dived her head under her arms.

===Part 3===
While Ash and Silvia are chattering, Rebecca was giving a speech in order to buy some time.

"... That day, Silvia with soulful eyes said to me, 'I will certainly do my best. Also…please call me by my name. At least in the Student Council, please do not take me as the Royal Princess of the Knight Country.'"

Rebecca vividly described to the students the actual scenes of the 'Pal Party'.

"... At that time, I felt as if someone had confessed to me. By the way, my fellow students, even though Silvia looks like an old fogy, in fact, she is one or two men to her liking-"

"President! That’s enough!"

Silvia raised her fist in anger, cursing from the side curtain offstage.

Suddenly laughter enveloped from the school hall.

At this moment…

''-Bang!''

The hall main door was slammed open by someone.

Everyone turned their head back to look behind the door.

The excited Rebecca proudly announced:

"Dear students, our third new member, Eco, has finally appeared!"

Eco walked majestically and the students separated into two to clear a path for her.

Followed after her steps, "Knock, knock"<ref>sound of footsteps.</ref> a chilled sound is echoed in the hall.

Cosette followed behind Eco. She was dressed in the usual maid attire and acted as Eco's retinue.

"Wh-what’s that?"

Ash stuck his head out from the stage side curtain, shocked.

Silvia was also stunned.

Rebecca, from the side, looked proudly at Eco as she progressd towards the stage, and introduced:

"As all of you had heard, Eco, Ash's partner, was born last month. I do not know why, but she has the appearance of a human even though
she’s a Dragon, so we can communicate with her. Therefore we decided to let Eco become the mascot of the Student Council and sincerely welcome her to join it!"

On the stage, Eco is looking around the whole school.

People can clearly feel the strong will of her bright, ruby-coloured eyes.

Her silvery-pink hair was light and elegant.

The sides of her head has the symbol of the dragon tribe, which are her horns. But because Eco is still a young dragon, the shape of her
horns do not look pointy, but more like ‘circular stubs’.

She was dressed in a luxurious black dress despite her petite body.

[[Image:Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi v2 p021.jpg|thumb]]
"Is that… Eco?"

Ash unconsciously murmured and muttered.

Eco's appearance is not only beautiful, her whole body emitted an elegant atmosphere. Even if one says that she is a princess, there is no reason someone would not believe it.

In fact, students seem to be subdued by Eco's beauty.

"Just say hello to everyone, Eco! Just do exactly as I taught you to do and there won’t be any problems."

The words Cosette whispered to Eco were overheard by Ash.

"Ar…Are you sure?"

Eco asked innocently.

"Of course. I, Cosette, promise you that this will be a great opportunity to immediately win everyone's hearts."

Cosette smiled.

Ash, confused by her words, felt a bad omen.

"Alright."

Eco, not bothered by Ash’s worries, bediently nodded, ''"huff ..."'' she inhaled deeply.

Everyone without exception became breathless and focuses their attention on Eco's every move.

Eco posed her hands high in the air like to intimidate...

"Gaoo!”<ref>Sound of eco's roaring.</ref>

She let out a roar in front of the students in front of the whole school.

To say she is roaring is not right; the correct context should be more like reading directly from a script.

There was a brief moment of silence, and the hall was soon filled with laughter.

"Wh ... why is everyone laughing?"

The students’ response make her stunned.

===Part 4===
Apollo<ref>God of sun.One of the Olympians. Wiki it if you dont know.</ref> House is the student dormitory for male upperclassmen to live in.

Ash's personal room is located on the third floor.

Eco had settled here for about a month's time.

Although she is a dragon, a beautiful girl admitted to the male dormitory had set off a momentary uproar in the Apollo House. Since she had been living here for a month, many had already been accustomed to it.

Just right after she stepped into the room, Eco angrily stomped around.

"This is too outrageous! They actually dare to make fun of such a noble Dragon... this is a sin that cannot be forgiven! This is why I hate those stupid and ignorant humans!"

"You can't blame them... Your greeting is just too different. A dragon will never roar with 'Gaoo', right?”

When the fact that Ash’s simmering smile is reveal, Eco glared angrily at him.

"It's all Cosette's fault! She lied to me! She told me that a dragon must capture the hearts of everyone and it is the most effective way!"

"Okay... I got it."

"What do ''you'' know?"

"Simply put, Cosette saw you usually act high and mighty so she kindly helped you think out this plan. If it weren't for her advice... I‘m pretty sure that there would about an eighty percent chance of you going up the stage with your proud attitude and shout 'You bunch of stupid and ignorant humans…!' That sort of nonsense."

"Well..."

With Ash's deduction seeming entirely correct, Eco suddenly became speechless.

"So in order to avoid those awkward scenes, Cosette helped you in her own way. And the result is?"

"The result is that I just become the laughing stock for humans!"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone doesn't take you as a joke to laugh at."

"So why are they laughing?"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone thinks that this is very interesting and feels friendliness in you. On the other hand, that dress suits you."

"Huh ...?"

Eco's cheeks quickly turned red as if there was a wild fire burning.

"Are…are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Eco angrily shook her face to the side, but Ash cannot help but smile. All of a sudden he got carried away, and reaches out to pat Eco's head.

"Are you shy? Haha, it seems that you, too, have a cute side."

Her soft hair felt really comfortable, and Ash became addicted and couldn't stop himself.

"You......"

While facing one's own intoxicated and heavenly atmosphere, Eco's eyes suddenly burst out with a dangerous flare.

By looking closely you'll notice that she is frequently shaking her little fist.

"It appears that... you still don’t know your place."

"Hey, calm down, Eco......"

"I warned you, didn't I? Instead of you keeping me as a pet-"

Eco took a murderous step forward.

"I'm your owner! Now quickly kneel on the ground!"

"Uwa!"

In the instant he collided with Eco, he suddenly felt dizzy.

In the blink of an eye, Ash is facing the floor.

Eco pulled up her skirt and lifted her foot high up in the air.

Despite the small and exquisite size, it contained the power which is undoubtedly no different from a dragon.

Ash’s spine suddenly felt a chill.

"Wait a minute! By the way, are you hungry?"

"Don’t you worry. Before the ceremony<ref>The original meaning is something like promotion ceremony to tell others that you had taken up a job. But to think that I did write promotional ceremony in english XD. Sorry if I forget to mention this before.</ref>, Cosette had given me something to eat."

The strategy with the food temptations was ineffective.

"Since you’re full... then you have to hurry and return the dress! Wearing such a dress while acting wild will crumple the clothes!”

"You don't need to worry so much. Besides, this dress is mine."

"No way! You can't take someone else’s things and claim them as your own!"

"Cosette presented it to me. I heard that this dress was originally Silvia's, but she had outgrown it."

"Why is it Cosette again...? 'Crack<ref>Sound of bone cracking.</ref>'!"

Before Ash could finish his sentence, Eco trampled his back.

"Shut up! I want you crushed!"

"You already crushed it... a while ago."

The force is so strong, it is hard to imagine the one standing on his back is the girl's tiny feet.

An uncomfortable amount of sweat flowed out from his forehead to the neck area.

"What did you just say?"

"Huff!"

Eco started to turn and twist her feet to draw a circle on Ash’s back.

Ash clearly heard the screams of his spine.

"My spine! My spine! Ah! Ah! Ah ......!"

"How is it? Now do you know where your place is?"

While he is gradually losing consciousness, Ash thought he saw an illusion of a sea of flowers.

===Part 5===
Christmas calendar year 1265. Half a month had already passed by in the month of Taurus.

After the Necromancia attack, Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy is finally getting ready for a school reopening.

"Initiation ~A.S.B.1365.5~" is closed.

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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Prologue

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Azyrion: /* Part 1 */

==Prologue==
Lautreamont Knight Country, people called it the country of Dragon Breeders.

To the north was the Zepharos Empire, while to the south was the Chevron Kingdom.

Sandwiched between the two major powers, a small country with a population of no more than five million, had a special academy.

Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy.

Educating and guiding teenage boys and girls who formed a contract with dragons -- an academy for Dragon Breeders.

===Part 1===

"Well, we would like to introduce the new members of the Student Council for you students."

Rebecca declared in a loud voice to all the students who gathered in the lecture hall.

The Student Council president, Rebecca Randall, with the prestigious nickname "Scarlet Empress", looking like a marble statue, glorious and splendid, attracted the attention of all the students.

"First of all, in charge of Disciplinary Affairs, Silvia."

"Yes!"

After Silvia solemnly answered, she took a step forward from the stage side curtain.

"Blue Ice Princess"

Like the impression given through that name, Silvia's blue eyes were as cold as ice with bright blond hair that embellished her white beauty.

"I am Silvia Lautreamont and this is the first time I have joined the Student Council. Although I'm still young, inexperienced and have much to learn, I swear I will make every effort to maintain the discipline of Ansarivan Dragon Rider Academy. I hope that every student can take care of me in the future."

Her modest way of speaking caused many whispers among the students.

The overbearing aura of arrogance that previously surrounded Silvia had suddenly disappeared.

Silvia gracefully took a bow and the audience burst into thunderous applause. Because of the enthusiastic applause, Silvia herself couldn't help but feel confused.

Maybe because she felt very reluctant(?), Silvia dashed toward to the side of the stage behind the curtains.

"Your speech was great."

Ash, who also became a Student Council member at the same time, was standing by the stage smiling cheekily towards the Silvia who ran off the stage because of her shyness.

"What's so great about that..."

Perhaps because she wasn't accustomed to being praised, Silvia blushed. Because of her embarrassment she looked down at the ground. After a while her swollen face suddenly stiffened, and she snappily asked Ash:

"That's none of your concern! Why don't you mind your own business! You're going up on the stage next. Are you sure you'll be all right?"

"Th...That's..."

For the infamous Ash who is the school's most problematic student, naturally, this is the first time he would be on stage in this situation. He would be lying if he said that he was not nervous.

"Gosh(?)...I envy you, Princess who does not have anything to do with the word 'tense'."

"Don't be silly. I also felt tense!"

Ash, shocked by Silvia's aggressive manner, couldn't help but shrink back.

"Ah, sorry. Because you didn't seem nervous, I couldn't help but ..."

"As the king's daughter, I was raised to be brought to participate in many ceremonies, so I do not have stage fright ... However, it is also impossible not to feel nervous."

"Is it? Then I feel a little better."

After seeing Ash laughing out of the blue, Silvia looked surprised.

"So even Her Royal Highness can be nervous. Ah... then it is quite okay for ordinary people like me to feel nervous. After knowing about this, I suddenly feel relieved. Thank you!"

"I-It's nothing. There's no need to thank me for something this small."

Silvia embarrassingly turned her face to the side.

"Well, I'll introduce the next member who is the school's 'Number One Problem Child', who is now turning a new leaf. In charge of General Affairs, Ash Blake."

A noisy boiling atmosphere emerged in the hall right after Rebecca's sentence.

"To put it another way, 'General Affairs' means to help in anything. So no matter what difficulties we run into, feel free to discuss it with Ash."

Seeing the increasingly boiling atmosphere, Ash could not help but feel distressed.

Looking from the center of the stage to the entire hall, a total of four hundred students from basic and advanced courses densely filled the entire field of vision.

"Shit..."

Obviously, just before this moment, he could relax thanks to Silvia's help, but after he stood on stage, the feeling of nervousness emerged without his knowledge.

"..."

Ash suddenly worried about the bandage covering his left arm.

On Ash's left arm, the <Seikoku> pattern was imprinted.

Any Breeder must have an imprint trace, but Ash's <Seikoku> area is extremely large in which it covered almost all of his left arm.

Because of this, Ash's everyday life had always been with a bandage-covering <Seikoku> to avoid it from being striking.

This morning, he had been even more careful than usual while wrapping his bandage.

Even so, in the view of the audience, there was a feeling of uneasiness - fearing that his <Seikoku> will be seen by the audience through the clothing and bandages.

"Hey ... you better stay strong."

At this time, Silvia's soft sound could be heard whispering in his ears.

Ash pretend to turn his head around casually and found out that Silvia is staring directly at him.

"...Princess?"

Silvia, who held her fist towards her chest, forcefully nodded.

''- To think the Princess would actually cheer for me ...!''

Even though it was a small action, Ash suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

He gazed back to the students.

"Uh ... I have just become a member of the Student Council. My name is Ash Blake. To be honest, I don't know what to do...... Wha... Whatever it is, I will do my job with all my might, so please take care of me!"

After he truthfully expressed his feelings, Ash gave a deep bow.

While maintaining his posture, one second passed, two seconds later.

The hall is stone silent!

''--Is it me, this infamous guy, no matter how much I express myself, I couldn't make myself acknowledged by others?...''

Just as he started to feel regret-

A loud clapping sound could be heard by Ash.

"Princess ...?"

That's right. Silvia, standing on the stage side curtain, took the lead by starting to applaud.

Rebecca also started clapping along.

Driven by both applauds, the sound of applause slowly spread from every corner of the venue.

Ash looked around the hall. His best friends, Raymond and Max, were smiling at him while clapping and cheering.

"Everyone!"

In a blink of an eye, the enthusiastic applause grew similar to that of the speech by Silvia.

===Part 2===
The relieved Ash returned to the stage side curtain.

"Hmm ... pretty just so-so."

In just a moment, Silvia resumed immediately the usually chilly attitude. However, Ash decided to take it as a praise.

"It's all thanks to you, Princess... Eco is not present yet?"

Ash's pal, Eco, has yet to show up, which made him worry.

The main character of this office ceremony is by no means for only Ash and Silvia.

Some time ago during the celebration of the birth of young dragon Eco <Pal Party>, Rebecca kissed Ash, Silvia, and Eco's cheek, in the name of the initiation ceremony.

Since she accepted Rebecca's kiss, Eco became a member of the Student Council.

So, right after Silvia and Ash had their speech, it should be Eco who should be getting ready by the stage side curtain... However, she had disappeared without a trace.

"Indeed, she had been too late. Hopefully Cosette won't do some tricks... "

Silvia frowned.

Cosette was dispatched to Ansarivan from the palace to serve as Silvia's maid. While Ash was busy, he asked ask her to help take care of Eco.

"I'll take care of her clothing." After she learned that Eco will be going on stage, Cosette excitedly volunteered.

But that was two hours ago.

"Does picking clothes have to take so much time?"

"Cosette certainly loses herself while dressing up Eco as a doll. I can't help but pity her."

"You say it as if you have been a victim."

"Please don't make me remember it..."

Silvia looked very funny when she dive her head under her arms.

===Part 3===
While Ash and Silvia are chattering, Rebecca was giving a speech in order to buy some time.

"... That day, Silvia with soulful eyes said to me, 'I will certainly do my best. Also…please call me by my name. At least in the Student Council, please do not take me as the Royal Princess of the Knight Country.'"

Rebecca vividly described to the students the actual scenes of the 'Pal Party'.

"... At that time, I felt as if someone had confessed to me. By the way, my fellow students, even though Silvia looks like an old fogy, in fact, she is one or two men to her liking-"

"President! That’s enough!"

Silvia raised her fist in anger, cursing from the side curtain offstage.

Suddenly laughter enveloped from the school hall.

At this moment…

''-Bang!''

The hall main door was slammed open by someone.

Everyone turned their head back to look behind the door.

The excited Rebecca proudly announced:

"Dear students, our third new member, Eco, has finally appeared!"

Eco walked majestically and the students separated into two to clear a path for her.

Followed after her steps, "Knock, knock"<ref>sound of footsteps.</ref> a chilled sound is echoed in the hall.

Cosette followed behind Eco. She was dressed in the usual maid attire and acted as Eco's retinue.

"Wh-what’s that?"

Ash stuck his head out from the stage side curtain, shocked.

Silvia was also stunned.

Rebecca, from the side, looked proudly at Eco as she progressd towards the stage, and introduced:

"As all of you had heard, Eco, Ash's partner, was born last month. I do not know why, but she has the appearance of a human even though
she’s a Dragon, so we can communicate with her. Therefore we decided to let Eco become the mascot of the Student Council and sincerely welcome her to join it!"

On the stage, Eco is looking around the whole school.

People can clearly feel the strong will of her bright, ruby-coloured eyes.

Her silvery-pink hair was light and elegant.

The sides of her head has the symbol of the dragon tribe, which are her horns. But because Eco is still a young dragon, the shape of her
horns do not look pointy, but more like ‘circular stubs’.

She was dressed in a luxurious black dress despite her petite body.

[[Image:Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi v2 p021.jpg|thumb]]
"Is that… Eco?"

Ash unconsciously murmured and muttered.

Eco's appearance is not only beautiful, her whole body emitted an elegant atmosphere. Even if one says that she is a princess, there is no reason someone would not believe it.

In fact, students seem to be subdued by Eco's beauty.

"Just say hello to everyone, Eco! Just do exactly as I taught you to do and there won’t be any problems."

The words Cosette whispered to Eco were overheard by Ash.

"Ar…Are you sure?"

Eco asked innocently.

"Of course. I, Cosette, promise you that this will be a great opportunity to immediately win everyone's hearts."

Cosette smiled.

Ash, confused by her words, felt a bad omen.

"Alright."

Eco, not bothered by Ash’s worries, bediently nodded, ''"huff ..."'' she inhaled deeply.

Everyone without exception became breathless and focuses their attention on Eco's every move.

Eco posed her hands high in the air like to intimidate...

"Gaoo!”<ref>Sound of eco's roaring.</ref>

She let out a roar in front of the students in front of the whole school.

To say she is roaring is not right; the correct context should be more like reading directly from a script.

There was a brief moment of silence, and the hall was soon filled with laughter.

"Wh ... why is everyone laughing?"

The students’ response make her stunned.

===Part 4===
Apollo<ref>God of sun.One of the Olympians. Wiki it if you dont know.</ref> House is the student dormitory for male upperclassmen to live in.

Ash's personal room is located on the third floor.

Eco had settled here for about a month's time.

Although she is a dragon, a beautiful girl admitted to the male dormitory had set off a momentary uproar in the Apollo House. Since she had been living here for a month, many had already been accustomed to it.

Just right after she stepped into the room, Eco angrily stomped around.

"This is too outrageous! They actually dare to make fun of such a noble Dragon... this is a sin that cannot be forgiven! This is why I hate those stupid and ignorant humans!"

"You can't blame them... Your greeting is just too different. A dragon will never roar with 'Gaoo', right?”

When the fact that Ash’s simmering smile is reveal, Eco glared angrily at him.

"It's all Cosette's fault! She lied to me! She told me that a dragon must capture the hearts of everyone and it is the most effective way!"

"Okay... I got it."

"What do ''you'' know?"

"Simply put, Cosette saw you usually act high and mighty so she kindly helped you think out this plan. If it weren't for her advice... I‘m pretty sure that there would about an eighty percent chance of you going up the stage with your proud attitude and shout 'You bunch of stupid and ignorant humans…!' That sort of nonsense."

"Well..."

With Ash's deduction seeming entirely correct, Eco suddenly became speechless.

"So in order to avoid those awkward scenes, Cosette helped you in her own way. And the result is?"

"The result is that I just become the laughing stock for humans!"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone doesn't take you as a joke to laugh at."

"So why are they laughing?"

"No, you're wrong. Everyone thinks that this is very interesting and feels friendliness in you. On the other hand, that dress suits you."

"Huh ...?"

Eco's cheeks quickly turned red as if there was a wild fire burning.

"Are…are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Eco angrily shook her face to the side, but Ash cannot help but smile. All of a sudden he got carried away, and reaches out to pat Eco's head.

"Are you shy? Haha, it seems that you, too, have a cute side."

Her soft hair felt really comfortable, and Ash became addicted and couldn't stop himself.

"You......"

While facing one's own intoxicated and heavenly atmosphere, Eco's eyes suddenly burst out with a dangerous flare.

By looking closely you'll notice that she is frequently shaking her little fist.

"It appears that... you still don’t know your place."

"Hey, calm down, Eco......"

"I warned you, didn't I? Instead of you keeping me as a pet-"

Eco took a murderous step forward.

"I'm your owner! Now quickly kneel on the ground!"

"Uwa!"

In the instant he collided with Eco, he suddenly felt dizzy.

In the blink of an eye, Ash is facing the floor.

Eco pulled up her skirt and lifted her foot high up in the air.

Despite the small and exquisite size, it contained the power which is undoubtedly no different from a dragon.

Ash’s spine suddenly felt a chill.

"Wait a minute! By the way, are you hungry?"

"Don’t you worry. Before the ceremony<ref>The original meaning is something like promotion ceremony to tell others that you had taken up a job. But to think that I did write promotional ceremony in english XD. Sorry if I forget to mention this before.</ref>, Cosette had given me something to eat."

The strategy with the food temptations was ineffective.

"Since you’re full... then you have to hurry and return the dress! Wearing such a dress while acting wild will crumple the clothes!”

"You don't need to worry so much. Besides, this dress is mine."

"No way! You can't take someone else’s things and claim them as your own!"

"Cosette presented it to me. I heard that this dress was originally Silvia's, but she had outgrown it."

"Why is it Cosette again...? 'Crack<ref>Sound of bone cracking.</ref>'!"

Before Ash could finish his sentence, Eco trampled his back.

"Shut up! I want you crushed!"

"You already crushed it... a while ago."

The force is so strong, it is hard to imagine the one standing on his back is the girl's tiny feet.

An uncomfortable amount of sweat flowed out from his forehead to the neck area.

"What did you just say?"

"Huff!"

Eco started to turn and twist her feet to draw a circle on Ash’s back.

Ash clearly heard the screams of his spine.

"My spine! My spine! Ah! Ah! Ah ......!"

"How is it? Now do you know where your place is?"

While he is gradually losing consciousness, Ash thought he saw an illusion of a sea of flowers.

===Part 5===
Christmas calendar year 1265. Half a month had already passed by in the month of Taurus.

After the Necromancia attack, Ansarivan Dragon Riding Academy is finally getting ready for a school reopening.

"Initiation ~A.S.B.1365.5~" is closed.

==References and Translation Notes==
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