490 Unchanging

"Ivan! Amelia! Stop playing with the dragon—something huge is going on!"

Starfall Year 834, the 3rd of October. Winter Fort Academy, Mount Nissia.

Sleet butterflies were dancing amidst the chilling northern winds. The days were growing dryer and colder, but the pair of platinum blond siblings were crouched around the nearby pine forest, smiling as they fed a young dragon.

A big bucket filled with marine fishes stood beside the elder brother, while the younger sister held several pale-blue crystals containing the dual mana elements of ice and water. And before them was the young dragon—two meters in length including its tail—gulping down the catch Ivan was unloading, chewing occasionally while staring at Amelia hopefully, waiting for the moment she throws the crystal.