Dragonslayer’s Class Regression Chapter 44

Chapter 44

‘Melissa Allensia.’

She appeared healthy, seemingly recovered from the Hong-hwa disease thanks to Zeke’s medicine.

He bowed his head toward Melissa.

“I’ve heard much about Princess Melissa’s reputation. I’m deeply grateful that such an esteemed person has come to my promotion party. It’s an honor to meet you.”

Though the compliments were cringeworthy, they were essential in noble society.

Thankfully he had hurriedly learned various formal phrases from Andrei before the party, otherwise it would have been difficult to match the atmosphere.

Melissa smiled and replied to Zeke’s words.

“I’m overjoyed that the continent’s youngest Blue-rank promoted knight knows of me.”

“I’ve been very interested in the charity work you conduct, Your Highness. While some might think it’s just giving away resources, there are many budgetary details that require attention in public relief work.”

Melissa’s expression changed at Zeke’s response.

Her mask-like smile cracked, showing genuine surprise.

Most young knights she had met were just braggarts filled with desires for honor and victory.

They would only use surface-level knowledge of her charity work as conversation material, showing no understanding of the underlying difficulties.

But Zeke had hit the core challenge of charity work in just a few words.

‘As Cliff said, he might not be just an ordinary knight.’

“Thank you for understanding. I shouldn’t take up more of the party host’s time. It was a pleasure meeting you. Farewell.”

Thinking she needed to learn more about him, Melissa bid farewell to Zeke and withdrew.

After Melissa, Zeke was exhausted from meeting countless royalty, nobles, politicians, and other key figures.

‘Master Kaisir’s hell training would be better than this.’

While the Draker family was a knight family, they were also deeply involved in the politics of each kingdom.

As they played a role in maintaining the Central Continent’s balance, other kingdoms valued their relationship with the Drakers and actively sought to maintain alliances.

Though just one family, they wielded greater influence than any kingdom or empire.

This was the transcendent Draker family.

At that moment, a group approached Zeke.

As they approached, others could be seen stepping aside.

The party atmosphere changed due to these attendees wearing armor instead of formal wear.

The young man at their front approached and gave an imperial greeting to him.

“Zeke Draker! The continent’s youngest Blue-rank promoted knight!”

The slightly drunk young man was strangely acting familiar with Zeke.

The young man in gleaming armor with an elaborately styled hair smiled at Zeke.

“I am Carus Nerva Constantinus, Fourth Prince of the Great Rom Empire.”

The Central Kingdom officials around were startled at the young man’s words.

They hadn’t expected a Rom Empire royal to attend an individual’s promotion party.

Zeke fell into contemplation as he faced Carus, the fourth prince of Rom Empire.

‘Why did that damn prince come here?’

Though he didn’t know him directly, Carus was the very person who had created the devastated Atlas that Zeke had seen in his previous life.

Reluctantly, Zeke greeted Carus with a sour expression.

“Your Highness Carus. Thank you for coming to my promotion party.”

Honestly, he didn’t even want to exchange words.

However, Carus approached expressing friendliness toward Zeke.

“Come now, let’s go have a drink together. Hey! Bring wine quickly. Bring the finest wine to commemorate this historic first meeting between the continent’s greatest playboy Carus and Sir Zeke Draker, who will become the continent’s greatest knight!”

A servant hurriedly brought wine glasses at Carus’s words.

Completely ignoring the surrounding gazes, he rudely handed Zeke a glass and made a toast.

“This is wine bestowed by an imperial royal, so drink it all down without leaving a drop.”

The surrounding officials frowned at Carus’s words.

Even though the Drakers existed only as a family, considering their influence, such rude behavior and speech was inappropriate.

As People began whispering about Carus’s conduct. Zeke downed the wine Carus had given him.

Carus clapped his hands in delight.

“Good, excellent! Zeke! Let’s drink together until our noses go crooked today.”

At that moment, Abel approached from behind Carus.

“Your Highness.”

Carus was extremely pleased to see Abel calling him.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“Oh, Abel. Thank you for inviting me to such a pleasant gathering. Come, let us raise a toast together!”

Abel carefully maintained his expression as he spoke to Carus.

“I am overjoyed to see you in good health. Actually, I had something to discuss with you. How about sharing a drink with me while we talk?”

“Hmm, I’m not really interested in hearing about troublesome matters.”

“This requires Your Highness’s wise counsel.”

At those words, Carus finally nodded.

“Very well then. Sir Zeke, next time let’s spend all night drinking and discussing the epic poems praising the Dragon Slayer legends!”

Carus strode away, his long cape billowing.

Once he disappeared from the banquet hall, others finally let out sighs of relief.

They then lowered their voices and whispered among themselves.

“How surprising that an Imperial Prince would behave in such a way.”

“Well, the Rom Empire itself lacks tradition. That must be why both the Emperor and Prince are like that.”

“Still, the Lion Sword’s handling of the situation was truly remarkable. To step forward himself and resolve the issue so quickly.”

“Indeed. It seems people’s praise for him is not without reason.”

Zeke fell into thought as he watched the departed Carus, Abel, and the people of House Jiemens.

‘The Imperial Prince, House Jiemens, and Abel. It seems like they’re plotting something.’

Zeke’s eyes flashed sharply.

* * *

The promotion party continued for several days.

Parties and banquets were very important to nobles.

This was because they served as important indicators to show others the family’s capabilities.

If they were going to hold a banquet at all, they needed to ensure guests were treated well.

As a result, Zeke, the party’s main character, had to deal with attendees for several days.

Only when the official banquet ended could he finally catch his breath.

“Training is a million times easier than hosting a banquet.”

He threw off his uncomfortable formal attire.

Then he took out the note received from the family head.

“The Dragon Slayer’s treasury.”

Befitting the Dragon Slayer family, countless items collected over a thousand years were stored in the treasury.

Without further thought, Zeke headed straight toward Winterkeep where the Dragon Slayer’s treasury was located.

Orders must have been given already, as Zeke was immediately guided to the underground treasury after his identity was verified.

‘The temperature is low.’

Following the guide underground, Zeke could feel the magically lowered temperature.

“Please proceed this way for processing.”

Walking down the narrow corridor, dozens of family knights were guarding a massive door.

Zeke went to the desk for processing.

“Confirmed. By the family head’s order, you may take one item from the treasury. The inside is quite spacious, so it will take considerable time to look around everything. Since you cannot re-enter once you exit, you may bring supplementary food, chamber pots, and bedding if desired.”

It seemed some people stayed inside for days choosing their desired item.

For Zeke who had an inventory, this wasn’t particularly necessary, so he indicated he was fine as is.

“Then I will open the treasury.”

When the desk attendant pressed a switch, the treasury’s massive door opened automatically.

Kuguguugu!

As Zeke entered the treasury, the door closed completely behind him.

“Wow, what is all this?”

The treasury was a massive item storage warehouse.

What appeared to be tens of thousands of items were displayed on large angles.

Seeing this sight, he understood why people said they stayed here for days looking for items.

Though he knew the treasury was impressive, he couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement as it exceeded his expectations.

“There’s so much I can’t tell what’s what. I should first examine their functions.”

Zeke activated his Skill Dragon Eye.

Information about the items appeared before his eyes in succession.

At the overwhelming content, he quickly deactivated the Dragon Eye.

“Damn, I’ll go cross-eyed at this rate.”

After contemplating, he opened the system window.

“System. Is there a faster way to find useful items?”

[Checking available functions according to administrator’s request.]

[Activating intermediate administrator’s system linkage function.]

[Can mark items on map by linking possessed Skill Dragon Eye and mini-map functions.]

“I don’t quite understand what that means, but let’s try it.”

[Linking functions.]

Soon, information about items in Zeke’s line of sight began appearing one by one on the displayed map.

“So this is what system linkage function means.”

It seemed information could only be displayed for items that came into his field of vision.

Zeke used Shadowless Step to quickly move around every corner of the treasury.

Even so, it took quite a while as the treasury was so vast.

“Whew, this should be enough?”

After scanning through the treasury once, Zeke changed the mini-map to 3D and checked the information of scanned items.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

However, there was still too much quantity.

“System, can I separately view only the types of items I want?”

[Yes, that’s possible.]

“Good. Then exclude regular items without magical functions from these items.”

More than half of the displayed items were erased.

“Okay, good. Next, remove one-time consumable items too.”

Again, half of those were erased.

“How many items are remaining?”

[2,832 items.]

“Still quite a lot remaining.”

Zeke decided to examine these items one by one for now.

He used the Shadowless Step and moved around examining the items.

“Why are there so many swords? System, remove swords with performance lower than Bahamut.”

Instantly, half were reduced again.

Zeke examined the remaining items.

There were no more swords visible, suggesting none performed better than Bahamut.

Then Zeke discovered something strange among the displayed items.

“What’s this? Why is all the information showing up as question marks?”

Beyond the black marking on the map, only ??? was written in the information window.

Zeke went to where that item was located.

It was in an unclassified item storage area stored in box form in a corner, not the regular display area.

It was only marked that much because Zeke discovered this place he almost passed by and quickly looked around.

Only after clearing away all the preservation boxes could Zeke finally discover what was inside.

‘What could possibly be in here?’

Zeke opened the preservation box to check the items inside.

Various odds and ends were mixed randomly in the box.

Zeke took them out one by one to examine.

‘Not this, not that either.’

Then something caught Zeke’s hand.

‘Is this it?’

It was a crude-looking bracelet with a sky-colored jewel embedded in the center.

Zeke looked at the bracelet and tilted his head.

‘Why isn’t the information showing up even with Dragon Eye?’

Just then, a message appeared.

[Title ‘Heir of Terakan Draker’ activates.]

[Registered as heir to the ‘Sacred Guardian Stone’.]

[Through the ‘Sacred Guardian Stone’, you can summon a familiar that matches your soul.]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​