Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Extra 1
Extra 2
Extra 3
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
New Year Special
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
New Year Special 2
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Extra Part1
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Dragoon 148: And Aleist The Protagonist
Dragoon 149: The Empire’S Advance
Dragoon 150: Comrade
Dragoon 151: The Other Reincarnation
Dragoon 152: Fina’S Counterattack
Dragoon 153: Demon King
Dragoon 154: Last Boss
Dragoon 155: Dragon And Wyvern
Dragoon 156: What’S Gone And Done
Dragoon 157: Events Set In Stone
Dragoon 158: The End Of The Event
Dragoon 159: Thank You For Everything
Dragoon 160: I Kinda Don’T Really Get It
Dragoon 161: Those Who Can’T Run
Dragoon 162: Sword And Magic
Dragoon 163: Versus
Dragoon 164: Last Battle
Dragoon 165: You’Re There, And I’M Here
Dragoon 166: Dragoon
Dragoon 167: Epilogue
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Fantasy, Martial Arts, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 170
Estimated words: 466358 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2332(@200wpm)___ 1865(@250wpm)___ 1555(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 466358 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2332(@200wpm)___ 1865(@250wpm)___ 1555(@300wpm)
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LIST OF LAST 10 CHAPTERS:
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On another morning, Rudel ran out again. Having turned ten, Rudel had learned to control the Mana throughout his body to run at a breakneck pace. If he ran in the yard, his parents and the servants would complain, so now he would leave the castle, and run along the city's outer wall… to be more precise, he would run perpendicular to the wall. Such was the amount of speed he put out.
He would run until the time came that his stomach rang out, and trusting in his stomach's clock, he would return to the castle only to find breakfast had been prepared right on time. In a room without any other, he would eat his breakfast… Rudel's daily life hadn't changed in five years.
He would uphold proper manners as he ate, and without fail,
"Thank you for the meal!"
He would say his prayers. Seeing him like that, the servants found Rudel to be eerie. As he talked to himself in an empty room… even with five years gone by, Rudel's treatment hadn't changed.
But even so, Rudel wasn't sad. To Rudel, who simply dreamed of becoming a dragoon as soon as possible, he had no time to worry about anything else, and he didn't know what kindness was to begin with. The only time he ever studied it was within the realm of his books.
Lately, he was asking his tutor less and less. His tutor concluded that he had given up trying. But Rudel had seen through his home tutor's ability. It became more often that he wouldn't get much of an answer even if he asked, so he had switched over to self-study.
He had made numerous requests to his parents for a new tutor, but they wouldn't take him seriously. The reason being, that tutor highly praised his younger brother Chlust. They had taken quite a liking to the tutor who would say, Chlust has a great future ahead of him…
But even Rudel had someone he could respect. His former mercenary swordplay instructor. He had no relation to young Chlust. Chlust was off being taught by some other famous swordsmaster.
A martial art and swordstyle close to real combat reliably trained up Rudel's body. It was because he could experience it first-hand that Rudel respected the soldier… though he was still mocked nonetheless…
And one day a turning point did come to his life. The birth of a younger sister. His 'two sisters' who would turn three this year were by no means twins. Rudel's father had sown a seed elsewhere.
The first was Erselica, born of his own mother, and the other was Lena. The two of them received complete opposite treatments. Erselica was doted on to no end. Yet while that went on, Lena received only the minimum interaction.
In Courtois where blond hair was most common, Lena was a girl who boasted a rare set of black hair and black eyes. She was holed up in her room more often than not. Yet between Lena and Rudel, a strange stream of meetings would repeat. Rudel's room was on the second floor, while Lena's was right below it.
While Rudel would start moving each day with the rise of the sun, exiting through the front door soon became a pain… he had taken to jumping out of the window. The first time Lena spotted him, she thought of him as a suspicious character. And from that day, she would wake up at that time to observe the suspicious one.
Waking up at sunrise, going out, and returning every day at the same time. It was only a while later she learned he was her brother born of another mother.
At the time, Lena's impression of Rudel was,
"Cool…"
The young girl was somewhat of a strange one. Lena had a nature closer to Rudel. The sort of person who's body would move before her mind, a girl who would eat well and sleep often… and Lena had an interest in Rudel. She would follow him around each day to watch his back.
Perhaps because of that, the name Lena got in the mansion's gossip was the, 'lingering shadow'. The strange Rudel paired with his strange younger sister, it continued on regardless of the servants' disdain.
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"… What are you doing over there?"
"Hah!?"
One day, having finished his sword training, Rudel decided to turn to Lena before returning to his room. He had noticed her for a while now, purposely keeping it off his mind. But as it went on day after day, he was beginning to run out of patience…
When he turned, he found a girl he had never seen before… that was Rudel's impression. As Rudel was fundamentally uninterested in the human relations within the mansion, he didn't even know of the existence of his sisters.
"Y-yo!"
While Lena gave something greeting-like, staring inquisitively at him, Rudel was troubled. He had never expected such a greeting to come in. And he grew some interest.
"… Yo?"
From that day forth, Lena got around to boldly approaching Rudel's side. Rudel had some interest in the girl who hung around him so restlessly, and approved of it.
And they got around to eat breakfast together.
"Bwo, this is bitter…"
As she bit into a vegetable, Lena complained to Rudel. Rudel had eaten it for five years, so he didn't mind it, but generally speaking, Rudel's meals tasted terrible.
"It's full of nutrition, so you have to properly eat… chew well… no, don't just swallow it, you have to chew!"
The bitterness opening a hole in her stomach, Lena swallowed before she could taste the flavor. That was quite a surprise to Rudel… so such a method existed! Thought he… it seems Rudel and Lena were idiots all the same.
And he taught her studies as well. The home tutor was now nothing more than an existence that merely existed, and even if Lena was in the room, he wouldn't say anything.
"One, twoo, three… lots."
"… It's four."
Perhaps Rudel thought her a nuisance at first. But he learned how large her existence had become to him when Lena caught a cold. When the one who always followed him around wasn't there, he couldn't help but worry to no ends.
And seeing her following the following day, Rudel felt relief. Realizing that, Rudel…
"Were you lonely?"
"Why?"
"Nothing. Now don't be picky, you have to properly chew and eat… as I was saying, don't just swallow!"
At the fact he was able to have such a conversation over breakfast, Rudel gave his first heartfelt thanks.
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On yet another day, Chlust and a girl he didn't know came walking down the corridor from the opposite direction. Rudel and Lena had business ahead, so of course they walked on. But Chlust and that girl walked right down the center of the passage.
Rudel was the eldest son. So when he walked down the hall, he rarely conceded the road to another. He walked towards Chlust head one… behind Chlust, a few servants held back as they watched the situation.
"Brother, won't you step aside?"
"Chlust, I'm your older brother, and I think my position here is higher than yours."
Brothers separated by a year, but those around thought of Rudel as an idiot, and Chlust a prodigy.
"Rudel-sama, Chlust-sama is in a hurry, so if you don't concede the way…"
One of the servants said it, but Rudel wouldn't stand down. He expressionlessly stood on the spot as he waited for the other party to stand down. The one irritated by it all was Chlust. Chlust would always hear it from those around,
'If only Rudel wasn't there… the one worthy of being head is Chlust.'
They would say. So he held an excessive dislike of Rudel's attitude. And before his cute little sister, conceding the road to Rudel was unthinkable. Erselica gripped Chlust's hand as she glared at Rudel, the brother she didn't get involved with.
The servants in the area knew this wasn't good. So while it would be a detour, they sent Chlust down a different path. Chlust turned his back to Rudel as he walked off…
Seeing her brother, Erselica spoke,
"You just have to do away with him…"
Blood brothers with a large wall in between them… Rudel and Chlust would end up feuding a number of times after that.
Total Chapters in book: 170
Estimated words: 466358 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2332(@200wpm)___ 1865(@250wpm)___ 1555(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 466358 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2332(@200wpm)___ 1865(@250wpm)___ 1555(@300wpm)
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