In under twenty minutes, Lotte really brought a giant wyvern with her back. Ellos became frightened out of his mind when he saw the wyvern and refused to ride it, but as he said before, he was jumping into a dragon’s mouth. How could he give up now?

The wyvern obeyed her words absolutely as it had been suppressed by Lotte’s league. Even when Ellos got on, it was looking at Lotte. For the record, it seemed Lotte was okay with other women riding her as she let Licorice get on.

“Let’s go then,” I idly said.

Ellos remarked, “Friend, I’m beginning to regret this.”

I grinned at him. “Don’t worry, everyone says that at first.”

The two wyverns flew up into the sky, one large and one small, drawing attention from many in the palace. I ignored their gazes and shouted, “Let’s go!”

[Grrrrruaaaa!]

Lotte flapped her wings with a spirited roar. Ellos must have given up, as he also entrusted himself to the wyvern he was riding. In an instant, we left the palace and were soaring through the sky. There was nothing that could block our path.

“At this speed, we’ll enter their territory in ten minutes!” he shout...