If it seems life is going smoothly, then you don’t know everything.
If the gods give you something—even just by talking to you—think about why they’re being so kind.
Only Timiredys, the future dragon, doesn’t have time for much reflection. For now he is an initiate-student of the magic school “Silver Narwhal,” and, in addition, the newly appointed duchess of the Dragon Empire. There’s no time to idle: life races ahead. Even though graduation exams are still far off, being held accountable—and sometimes even getting hit—happens more and more often. And fine, if it were limited to tricky tasks from the beloved guardian. But the killers of her parents still haven’t been punished, the followers of the bloody god haven’t been stopped, and the warlike Vikings are not the kind of neighbors you can calmly turn your back on.
So she has to live as if every day might be the last—counting only on herself and her loved ones. Divine mercy is, of course, good… but it’s so unpredictable…