Not long after the negotiation between humans and dragons, the centuries-long war finally came to an official end.

Though Leon still had lingering thoughts about the mysterious "Shadow," he decided to cherish and enjoy the peaceful days that had come, however brief they might be. For now, he chose to set aside all worries, conspiracies, and chaos.

After all, the general was now back to his “forced retirement” as a stay-at-home father.

*“Not that he chose retirement,”* he mused to himself, *“it’s more like being forcibly ‘laid off.’"* Once the Empire's most formidable dragon slayer, he was now technically “unemployed” …