Chapter 146

Just because the nobles had gathered didn't mean they'd immediately set off to hunt monsters. Whatever the true purpose behind it, occasions when the empire's nobles all gathered in one place were rare enough as it was.

"Wow, there really are a lot of dragons."

"I've never seen this many dragons gathered together in my whole life."

Rick and I were the only ones here who let our inexperience show. Plenty of dragons gathered at the training center too, but a sight like this — so many well-managed dragons gathered in such numbers — was genuinely a spectacle. Melissa, who'd volunteered to stay behind at the estate and manage the dragons there, would probably regret missing it if she could see this.

"The reins! Hold the reins properly!"

"You idiot! How could you forget to bring that?!"

As the saying goes, a tree with many branches is never still in…