Hyren, the capital Ceres' central district, was the city's most advanced district and also the closest to the palace.

This district was for the rich. The prestigious noble families and the families who had accumulated wealth through trades lived in Hyren.

Although the Lionheart main estate was on the outskirts of the capital, the Dragonic estate was in the center of Hyren.

The Lionhearts’ first ancestor, the Great Vermouth, had naturalized to the Kiehl Empire 300 years ago and worked as an archduke of the Empire. Straut the First, who was the Kiehl emperor at the time, desperately wanted the hero to become his guard and live in proximity to the palace… but Vermouth rejected the emperor’s desperate plea and mostly stayed in the castle on Mountain Uklas, which was located in the southernmost part of Kiehl.

When he had gotten too old, he returned his title of archduke bestowed by the emperor and spent his remaining life in a mansion inside the forest, which was now the Lionheart’s main house.

Unlike Vermouth, Orix Dragonic had never gone to Helmuth even though a full-scale war against the Demon Kings was going on. Ever since he had arrived in Kiehl, he continued to protect Straut the First and worked as a commander of the White Dragon Knightly Order.

For over 300 years, the Dragonics had made their name as the prestigious noble family and the best knight family in Kiehl. Not all Patriarchs had become the emperor’s guard, but the Dragonic family had produced many good knights. Those knights were considered to be one of the best on the continent. Among them, the Dragonic knights, considered the creme of the crop, had enjoyed the honor of guarding the Emperor right by his side.

The current Patriarch, Alchester Dragonic, was known to be as talented as Orix Dragonic, their first ancestor. There was no exaggeration to Alchester’s title of the best knight in the empire. Alchester had been able to use sword force even before he became 20. When he won first place in the Kiehl martial arts competition,...