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Looking at Wayne's smiling face, the Marquis of Roses smiled faintly.

Then a cold voice rang out.

"Yeah, Wayne, long time no see."

"Oh, right."

Wayne then pointed to Aurora: "This is Aurora, General Derry's daughter."

Most importantly, she's an admirer of her older sister.

Upon hearing this,

The Marquis of Rose looked calmly at Aurora with his cool eyes, and Aurora immediately tensed up.

"Derry Aurora has met the Marquis of Roses. I...I admire you greatly. You are a role model for women."

I hope that one day I can become someone like you.

See here,

Marquis Rose chuckled lightly: "Child, there's no need to be so nervous."

As for becoming someone like me?

That's not necessary. What you need to do is become your unique self; you are not someone else's substitute.

Aurora was slightly taken aback, then bowed.

"Yes, thank you for reminding me."

It's alright.

Since you're one of Wayne's men, it's nothing unusual for me to say these things.

Hearing the Marquis of Rose's words, Wayne felt a warmth in his heart, after all, what did those words mean when translated?

You would never hear this kind of talk if it weren't for Wayne.

This is doing a favor on behalf of Wayne.

---

A moment later.

In the living room of the airship's control room, Wayne slumped on the sofa.

"Big sister, what are your plans for the future?"

We can't just go straight back to Rose Territory, can we?

"I will leave the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, all graduates of the Knight Academy will be except for those who have already chosen a follower and have a better contracted magical beast."

Everyone else will be attending the recruitment fair; I'll be there to recruit the knights I like. The day after tomorrow is the Elemental Academy.

Wayne's eyes lit up as he listened to the Marquis of Rose recount the upcoming itinerary.

"Is that so?"

"Could you take me with you, dear sister? I'd like to broaden my horizons."

"certainly,

I called you here so you would stay with me for a few days, but time is tight; the century-long expansion period stipulated by the Empire is drawing ever closer.

The borders of Rose Territory are also somewhat unsettled, and I cannot leave for too long, so this is the only way.

"Restless?"

Is there anything I can do for you?

The words fell.

The Marquis of Roses's cool laughter rang out.

How much do you look down on me, your older sister?

Or do you think your older sister is just an ordinary little woman?

And for now, you don't need to. All you need to do right now is grow well.

of course,

Your most important task right now is to help me recruit knights and wizards.

"I'd be happy to serve my dear older sister!"

.........

The next morning, Wayne came out of the bathroom after washing up, and Marquis Rose was already waiting at the dining table.

"Good morning, Big Sister~"

"Good morning, come have lunch with me. After we finish eating, we'll be heading to the Knight Academy."

Wayne walked over and sat down.

.........

10:00 AM.

Tens of thousands of knights gathered on a vast meadow on the edge of the Knight Academy.

On a raised platform, Wayne stood beside the Marquis of Rose, his eyes fixed curiously on the herd of horses in the center of the grassland.

It wasn't that he had never seen a horse before, but rather that the horse in front of him was completely different from what he had imagined, and it looked exactly like... no, it should be said that it was not much different from the dragon head he remembered from his previous life.

The dragon in Chinese mythology has a dragon head, a body length of over five meters, exceptionally thick horse legs, four hooves with auspicious clouds as a backdrop, and even a mane and dragon tail. This is why he has been staring at it.

Curious?

Hearing the voice, Wayne turned his head to look at Marquis Rose.

"I'm curious, big sister."

What kind of horse is this?

Shouldn't a knight be bound to a dragon?

This is completely different from what I imagined.

Listening to Wayne's barrage of questions, the Marquis of Rose showed no impatience; on the contrary, she was extremely patient.

Or rather, a gentler answer to Wayne.

"This is a dragon horse, a valuable commodity selected by wizards after they conquered a dragon-type plane group during the Great Expansion."

You can see tens of thousands of dragon horses in the arena, and by the different colors of their skin, you can determine their elemental attributes.

For example, those ice-blue dragon horses are ice elementals, and once they grow up, they can easily reach level six.

It's not impossible to reach level seven if you have the right opportunity.

Because of the large number of knights they train, and considering their potential, Ryoma was chosen as a graduation gift from the academy to graduating knights.

"So rich?"

"If you have money, it's allocated by the Tower of Truth. Besides, you're someone who buys dragon eggs by the dozens at a time."

"You still care about this?"

Wayne shook his head upon hearing this, and then said something in a serious tone that made Marquis Rose both laugh and cry.

"Is this what they call using public funds to pull strings?"

"Hehe~"

Little Wayne, don't make your big sister laugh in such a serious setting!

This stunning scene attracted the attention of thousands of people in the audience. Of course, the most important factor was also the great reputation of the Marquis of Rose. From the moment the Marquis of Rose and her entourage appeared,

It attracted the attention of countless people.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

The Marquis of Rose stopped laughing, first circling the vast meadow before continuing his explanation.

"As for the issue of knights contracting with dragons, you're referring to top-tier knights."

It should be noted that the Central Knight Academy of the Myriad Races Continent alone has tens of thousands of students graduating every year.

This doesn't even include the graduating knights of the Holy Land Continent. If every graduating knight were to contract a giant dragon every year...

The dragon race would not agree either.

And if that's really the case, then the Dragon Continent shouldn't be called the Dragon Continent anymore; it should be called the Dragon Training Ground.

"In other words, only a very small number of knights who graduate from the Central Academy each year successfully form a contract with a dragon?"

But... wait a minute!

I remember that after the twelve-year academy exams, there was a six-year journey to the Dragon Continent, wasn't there?

Is the probability of this contract succeeding really that small?

Especially after seeing tens of thousands of knights in the arena, I felt the diversity of the world even more.

"I'm very disappointed that the path to transcendence is not as vast as you imagined, but rather unusually narrow and even rugged and difficult to traverse."

Or are you feeling sorry for them because they've been treated unfairly?

Hearing the Marquis of Rose's voice in his ear, Wayne snapped out of his daze and shook his head slightly.

"There was disappointment, but not because the path to transcendence was narrow, but because I didn't see the scene I had imagined."

Ten thousand dragons soared, and knights rode them on their backs.

Marquis Rose smiled and shook his head: "Your imagination is quite wild. While one might see ten thousand dragons soaring in the sky on the Dragon Continent, to actually ride ten thousand dragons is a different story."

Such a scenario is unlikely, unless another period of great expansion begins.

He paused for a moment as he spoke.

"After the great examination in the twelfth year, there was indeed a six-year period for traveling to the Dragon Continent."

But while the knight is choosing the dragon, the dragon is also choosing you. Unless you can make the dragon see your value, there is no chance of a successful contract.

This value can be seen by the dragon or made to believe that you possess something that allows Him to go further.

It could also be something you can offer to attract Him, anything that can attract the dragon.

That would be considered a success.

He glanced at the tens of thousands of knights on the grassland before continuing, "And most of these knights before us, the dragon will not pay any attention to."

This is the norm.

Don't take your habits or experiences for granted; that's true for those with less than top-tier talent, or even those with top-tier talent in a single area.

Perhaps it's all a luxury.

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