Chapter 15 (2/2)

For example, the leader of the rebellion usurped the position of the chief of the ice clan, but the internal strife's effects was quite severe and their clan's collective strength declined.

The ice dragons had no choice but to relinquish their position as the ruling clan of the dragon race to the gold dragons. Though his power was somewhat inferior, the chief of the gold clan ended up being coronated as the king.

The missing prince of the ice dragons remained as a thorn in their new chief's side. Ever since he was born, the prince demonstrated extraordinary power - his authority over ice and snow exceeded that of anyone else's, and n.o.body could utilize ice magic without his permission. As long as he was present, ice and snow would only listen to his commands.

If it were not for the gold clan helping the rebels and them catching him off guard, the prince would have never been defeated and wounded so severely.

He was the chosen one of the ice clan, the one bestowed with the t.i.tle ”Ice Prince” on the day he was born — Yiweisibel.

Around a year ago, the Ice Prince Yiweisibel who had vanished suddenly appeared. He a.s.sembled his former subordinates, cleared away the parties responsible for the rebellion back then, and once again shook up the ice clan.

After reestablis.h.i.+ng the ice clan's authority as the leading clan of the dragon race, he who was formerly known on the continent as the 'Ice Prince' had now colloquially become the 'Ice Emperor'.

However, he was not granted the t.i.tle of king of the dragon race.

Dragons would never acknowledge one without a dragon pearl as their sovereign no matter how strong he was.

As a result, the seat of the king of the dragons was currently vacant, though everyone tacitly considered Yiweisibel as the unofficial leader of the dragon race.

The way they addressed him right now was extremely awkward; his t.i.tle was ”His Majesty the Ice Emperor” at first, but later on they decided to switch back to calling him the prince of the ice dragons.

I silently lowered my head, while taking advantage of my job to ask more about Yiweisibel. My heart grew increasingly certain; aside from his name, everything else matched up.

When I returned to the storage room the Adventurer's Guild offered to let me use later that night, I laid down on my wooden plank bed and stared blankly at a hole in the ceiling.

I had to go look for Fruu.

But how was I going to find him…his majesty, the Ice Emperor…?

Author's Notes:

The plot keeps bounding and swerving in melodramatic (TL: ”dog blood”) directions.

Let me summarize for you what might as well be the cla.s.sic sequence:

In a land far, far away, the owner of a tiny family restaurant rescues a wounded heir of an aristocratic family by chance. The heir, an extremely talented individual, helps the little owner and the restaurant booms magnificently in that remote place. But then, one day he decides to return to his family to settle the conflict that had caused him to be injured in the first place.

The little owner is betrayed by the manager he trusted, and is penniless as he leaves his hometown to search for his old friend. At that point he discovers that the difference in their status was far greater than he imagined, and it's hard to meet him…

So if you follow the sequence, the next step should be…

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