The golden rays of the setting sun bathed the lush green lawn of Hisna Manor, where servants busily scurried around, making the final preparations for the banquet about to begin.

Nacho stood on the veranda, watching everything unfold while fiddling with a silver coin in his hand.

The coin bore the emblem of the Empire's dragon-slaying army—two crossed longswords forming an "X" between a pair of dragon wings.

In the Empire's royal hierarchy, coins made from different materials represented different statuses and powers. From the lowest to the highest, there were copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, and the unicorn …