LONG AGO, WHEN DRAGONS SOARED ACROSS THE WORLD.
EACH NATION HAD A DRAGON TO GUARD IT,
AND THE GUARDIAN DRAGONS BESTOWED THEIR BLESSING UPON HUMANITY.
EVEN AFTER THE DRAGONS FELL INTO SLUMBER, THAT ‘BLESSING’ REMAINED IN THE LANDS OF MEN,
SERVING AS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH HUMANS BUILT THEIR HISTORY.
AND AFTER COUNTLESS AGES—
SOMEONE APPEARED WHO SLEW A DRAGON.
A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE DRAGONS HAD GONE TO SLEEP.
THIS IS ENTIRELY UNJUST!
IT'S CLEARLY UNFAIR!
EVERYONE THINKS SO, CAPTAIN...!
YOU SLEW THE DRAGON AND LED US TO VICTORY IN THE WAR!
YOU ARE THE HERO OF XENOMES...!
DOMINIC LEGENON, KNIGHT COMMANDER OF XENOMES
YET HIS MAJESTY...!
REGARDLESS, IT IS A ROYAL COMMAND.
WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION HIS DECISION?
ASSIGNING A WAR HERO TO GUARD A MERE CONCUBINE?!
THIS IS PRACTICALLY EXILE!
HIS MAJESTY IS SIMPLY JEALOUS OF YOU, CAPTAIN.
YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE.
I AM THE KING'S KNIGHT.
NOTHING MORE, AND NO- THING LESS.
NOW RETURN TO YOUR POST, SIR.
WE WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT HERE.
WE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU.
THIS WILL BE YOUR QUA- RTERS, SIR.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AT ALL.
WITH THAT, PLEASE REST WELL.
EVEN THE ROOM FOR A MERE GUARD IS NEEDLESSLY LAVISH.
EVERYTHING FEELS SUFFOCATING.
I SPOKE AS DUTY DEMANDED, BUT I KNOW THIS SITUATION IS UNFAIR.
SHE MAY HOLD THE KING'S FAVOR, BUT SHE'S JUST A CONCUBINE. AND THE RUMORS ABOUT HER ARE FOUL.
WHY WOULD SOMEONE WHO NEVER EVEN STEPS OUTSIDE NEED A GUARD?
THIS PLACE WAS BUILT FOR THE ONE THE KING CHERISHES.
A SECLUDED WORLD ONLY THE KING MAY ENTER.
ON TOP OF THAT, AMONG THE KNIGHTS SENT TO GUARD HER...
I HEARD NONE EVER LEFT UNHARMED.
THEN I HAVE ONLY ONE GOAL HERE.
TO WALK OUT OF HERE ON MY OWN TWO FEET, SAFE AND WHOLE.
SIR KNIGHT. MAY I COME IN?
...WHO IS IT?
TO WALK OUT OF HERE ON MY OWN TWO FEET, SAFE AND WHOLE.
THE MISTRESS OF THIS PALACE.
I AM ADELHEID.
I ABANDONED MY FAMILY NAME LONG AGO.
ADELHEID, CONCUBINE TO THE KING OF XENOMES AND MISTRESS OF MOND PALACE
AM DOMINIC LEGENON.
I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO PROTECT YOUR HIGHNESS.
NO NEED TO BE SO FORMAL WITH ME.
WHEN I HEARD THE LEGENDARY SLAYER WAS COMING TO GUARD ME,
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DE- LIGHTED I WAS.
SO TELL ME...
COULD YOU TELL ME THE STORY OF HOW YOU SLEW THE DRAGON?
...DID THE DRAGON SAY ANYTHING TO YOU, CAPTAIN?
I HEARD THEY DID BACK WHEN THEY BESTOWED THEIR BLESSING...
THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MYTH.
YOU DON'T SEEM TO ENJOY CONVERSATION MUCH, CAPTAIN.
...NOT AT ALL. I SIMPLY HAVE DUTIES ORDERED BY THE KING.
AH, THE ROYAL COMMAND. RIGHT.
YOU ARE QUITE DILIGENT.
THAT'S REASSURING.
SIR KNIGHT, AREN'T YOU THIRSTY?
PLEASE HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK WHILE YOU WORK.
EVERYONE HERE IS SO CAREFREE.
AH...!
WHEN NONE OF YOU KNOW WHEN THE KING MIGHT ARRIVE.
...CLEAN THIS UP AND GO BACK INSIDE.
...DO NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEM.
I TOLD YOU BEFORE TO FEEL AT EASE AROUND ME, BUT...
I WILL GIVE YOU JUST THIS ONE ORDER.
DO NOT SPEAK A SINGLE WORD TO ANYONE IN THIS PALACE OTHER THAN ME.
SHE TREATS ME MORE LIKE A SERVANT THAN A KNIGHT...
...UNDERSTOOD.
...DO YOU THINK THE KING WILL COME TODAY?
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE HE VISITED MOND PALACE.
I DO NOT KNOW. I MERELY FOLLOW ORDERS.
WHAT ORDER DID YOU RECEIVE FROM THE KING, CAPTAIN?
TO GUARD THE GATES.
SO NO OUTSIDER MAY ENTER.
CAPTAIN, NO OUTSIDER EVER COMES HERE.
WHICH MEANS YOU ONLY NEED TO WATCH THE INSIDERS.
CAPTAIN, AREN'T YOU COLD?
JUST STAY INSIDE WITH ME TODAY AND TALK.
I AM ON DUTY. IT IS QUITE CHILLY, SO PLEASE STAY INSIDE.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN A WEEK.
IT'S RAINING, SO COULDN'T YOU TAKE JUST ONE DAY OFF?
EVER SINCE THAT DAY, SHE HAS VISITED ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SHE PRETENDS TO BRING ALONG A FEW BOOKS,
YET ALWAYS FLIPS THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY BEFORE SHUTTING THEM.
ARE THERE WOMEN IN YOUR ORDER, CAPTAIN?
YES.
WHAT ABOUT COMMONERS?
ARE THERE ONLY NOBLES?
THE LEGENON KNIGHTS DO NOT DISCRIMINATE BY STATUS.
...IF ONE BECOMES A KNIGHT, ONE TRAVELS TO MANY PLACES, RIGHT?
...FAR MORE THAN WITHIN MOND PALACE.
IF I WERE TO BECOME A KNIGHT...
NO, EVEN IF NOT A KNIGHT, ANYTHING-SO LONG AS I WASN'T WHO I AM NOW.
I WOULD ENTER THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.
BECAUSE THERE IS A DRAGON I WANT TO KILL.
After the ancient world protected by dragons, a thousand years later, the hero Dominic Legenon, who killed a dragon and won the war, is assigned to protect the king's concubine Adelheid instead of receiving a reward. His soldiers consider this decision an exile, but Dominic accepts the duty and goes to Mond Palace. Despite the malicious rumors about her, Adelheid visits him every day, tries to make conversation, and finally says that she is a dragon he would want to kill.
