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KOHADA SHIMESAHA

SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

VOLUME 4

art by RAN / story by SHIKI MIZUCHI / character design by KOHADA SHIMESABA

DRAGONAR ACADEMY VOL. 4

©Ran 2013, © Shiki Mizuchi 2013

Edited by MEDIA FACTORY.

First published in Japan in 2013 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo.

English translation rights reseated by Seven Seas Entertainment LLC.

under the license from KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo.

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A first-year Senios (upperclassman) at Ansullivan Dragonar Academy.

He has the gift of riding any dragon. He’s partnered with the young dragon Eco.

Despite her appearance, Eco is a dragon-and Ash’s Steed!

She’s young and inexperienced, but was still able to craft an Ark for him.

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A third-year student at Ansullivan Dragonar Academy, and president of

the student council. She’s the school’s most gifted Dragonar, and rides the Maestro dragon Ciichulainn.

She’s called the Scarlet Empress.

The first princess of the Knightdom of Lautreamont, and Sylvia’s eldest sister. She is a tremendous hero, and is called the Iron Blooded Valkyrie. She takes pride in her status as an unequaled,

undefeated warrior.

A first-year Senios at Ansullivan Dragonar Academy, and a childhood friend of

Rebecca’s. Since discovering Ash’s identity as the Silver Knight, she’s been trying

everything she can think of to get close enough to him to bear his offspring.

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A mysterious entity who appears in the Dragon's Workshop, a shared space

constructed by the Holy Dragons long ago. Navi helps Eco build an Ark, and has been

3, appearing in Ash’s dreams.

Asoldierfrom theZepharos Empire, Milgauss attacked Ash during the

Dragonar Festival of Aries. His true identity and motivations are

shrouded in mystery.

A girl who works alongside Milgauss. As an operative for the

Empire's intelligence service, she is currently undercover in

the knightdom.

While Ash was I j participating in the L J

Dragonar Festival of Ml Aries, he was attacked Hi and nearly killed by a njl? man who seemed to

be an imperial soldier. V With Ash moments by

away from death, his et. Steed finally awakens. □vta* However, unlike all the P V other students’ Steeds, x gAshlsidragon-whoheg^ag 'fnames^Ecq, has tKe-Z^^

s w shape ofya young M||/human girl.

X^nsullivan Dragonar ^j^cademy: a school > v )for boys and girls who’ve made pacts with

L \ dragons! Ash Blake | J is a student at the 'k academy, but he’s an k embarrassment to the ^school-even though he

I has a Star Mark (the / symbol of his pact), / his dragon has yet / to be born.

"YOU ARE\ NOT. MY |

KEEPER! I\

AM YOUR KEEPER!!!'']

% Ash and Ecojtry/§ f to settle iritofgailyjfr \

-1—life togetheVA m ^ but their effortsfare^ thwarted whemtlie A town is attacked I by M

a Necromancia! m Ash, armorecl> m by the ArklEco m created forjfiim ff

and wieldincftticnr holy blade Aix^%^

les-Bains, is'able • to counter the -t

Necromancia’s as-' , sault and protect ^

Ansullivan!,,^^

Working with Rebecca and Glenn, Ash

infiltrates the church, and is

once again able to save the day with the help of the Ark created for him by Eco.

Their brief respite is shattered by the arrival of a

notorious activist /ancl .terrorist, / Aydocha the //Executioner. / Avdocha takes

possession of a church and'takes

its occupants as hostages--

including Princess Sylvia!

"'WITH THIS f ICS ARK, L -

I'M SHUTTING £ f SOWN YOUR ) ASSAULT\ON [ ^ nuQ.Tnwrurr i " -OUR-TOWNU ( MANIFEST^*

THYSBLF, ARK GUN OF THS ABSOLUTS GLACISR!

THAN AMS IS BRIONACH"

J_IJ

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\

WELL, PON'T WORR/. HUMANS AREN'T

60NNA BE \ BOTHEREP.

I MEAN, WE CARR/ \ THE STUFF \

AR0UNP LIKE A LUCKy CHARM/ / ..

I KNOW HUMANS

ANP PRAG- ONS PON'T

ALWAYS see THINGS THE SAME WAY

ow LOCK.

I'M NOT GONNA

BE BOTH- EREP...

BY ANYTHING

you SECRETE.

OKAY LETS

SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.

BUT NOW I

KNOW...

IT WAS SHEER

LUCK THAT I GROSSER

PATHS WITH THE SILVER

KNIGHT IN THAT CHURCH.

BLENDING IN WITH THE HOSTAGES

WASN'T THE SAFESTMOVE

EVER...

THE SILVER

KNIGHTS NAME: ASH BLAKE—!!

TUB SILVER

KNISHT///

SHE'S FAMOUS

EVEN AMONG THE

TANTAROS TRIBE...!

W*ITiWASML VSA'SHOCKlP 1 TO SEE YAVQOCHA THE ftEXECUTIONER 'IN THE FLESH’.)

I'VE STILL GOT TIME/ IF BEINO

SINGLE'S OKAY FOR PRINCESS VERONICA, ITS

GOOD BNOUGH FOR MB!!

oh, RIOHT/

X HAVEN'T EXPLAINER THAT YET.

WHY ARE THINGS

SO BUSY RIOHT NOW?

ITS JUST STRESSFUL

TO LOSE STAFF AT SUCH A

BUSY TIME OF YEAR.

THE INVITATIONAL

TRAINING CAMP IS COMINO UP SOON/

ITS A SCHOOL TRADITION.

XT TAKES PLACE AT A BOARDINO HOUSE ON

THE SHORE OF LAKE

ALLONNES.

ONLY THE FIFTY STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST

ORADES IN THE SCHOOL

OETTO PARTICIPATE.

OH, WOW/ THAT

SOUNDS AMAZINO/

AND OF COURSE,

ONE OF US COES ALONO

TO TAKE CARE OF MEALS AND FOOD PLANNING.

THEN THE SILVER

KNIGHT IS ALMOST (

GUARANTEEV TO BE

THERE!!

WELL, EVER/ SINGLE MEMBER OF THE STUPENT

COUNCIL'S PRETTY MUCH OLWRANTEEP

A SPOT IN THE TRAINING CAMP,

w INCLUPINO HER.

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NOT EVERY

MEMBER.

HOW ABOUT YOU 'N ME PRINK THE

NIOHT Amy, HMM?

UHILE 2ft&

SURE.

THAT, AW...

J "LET'S SFTTLC , THiN&S

ONC€ y»ND .FOR ALL..

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Rebecca’s Dangerous Command

announce wAiO's seen

ALL OF RE¬ BECCA'S

BUT STILL, RECORD ISN'T

EVER/ONE OVER¬

REACTING?

m

WELL, HERE'S WHAT X

CAN TELL YOU.

m

THERE'S GOTTA

BE MORE TO IT.

ON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S

THE yOUNOEST PERSON EVER TO BECOME A

PRAOONAR, ANP SHE BROKE

EVERy RECORP REBECCA SET.

SHE'S ONLy A yUNIOS, BUT HER OVERALL

AVERAGE IS TUE FIFTH-

BEST IN THE SCHOOL.

i- % i

Settle down/ Yes, we’re

aware -that Lucca has

seen assent due To

health issues. As you can

see, sA,es noT /-.ere Today.

THERE IS. SHE'S PROBA¬ BLY OUR THIRP MOST FAMOUS

STUPENT, AFTER REBECCA ANP

THE PRINCESS...

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\ and overall J perPornoance

4 (H T^us Aar P.ave seen exemplary,

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,

i - ——1 eam/na Ker a 1 p/ace in this \ year's camp. -f ~/~i

BUT SHE'S MISSEP

A TON OF CLASSES

LATELy.

REMEMBER WHAT X

TOLD YOU BEFORE?

SITT1NO BESIDE

ANOTHER PERSON lets you

UNDERSTAND THEM

BETTER.

RECEIVING THAT RECOM¬ MENDATION IS

BOTHERING you, isn't rr?

WITH YOU, i feel

LIKE X CAN HAVE MUCH,

MUCH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.

I'LL HEAP

STRAIGHT THERE/

SUMMON TWEE!!

cuchulainn/ I, REBECCA RANDALL...

come OH,

ASH//

WE'RE &0\H&

TO mV3 HOUSE room

V

um, EXCUSE ME, BUT I THINK

THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLy

ONE HERE WHO knows you.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT

yOURSELF?

IT'S NOTHING

FANCY, I'M

AFRAID...

INTERESTING WHAT KIND

OF TEA IS IT?

DID YOU HEAR

THAT? STAMINA!!

AND THEN, IF YOU'D

KINDIY GVE ME youR ssso-n

ITS AN ORIGINAL

BLEND, SO IT

DOESN'T HAVE A NAME.

BOOSTS youR

STAMINA, THOUOH.

WON'T LET ME

RIPE HIM ANYMORE.

MY OAWAIN.

I HE... ME

WHAT?/

OAWAIN BEOAN TO

REJECT LUCCA THREE

MONTHS A&O.

SO PAR, NO ONE'S COME UP

WITH A SOLUTION.

UNFORTU¬ NATELY, WE ALSO CAN'T

AFFORD NOT TO DO ANYTHING.

ANt? THAT MEANS THE REST OF US

CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP, EVEN THOUOH WE'RE

BREEDERS TOO...?

THAT MEANS SHE HASN'T

BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND? CLASS.

WITH EACH VA/ THAT PASSES WITHOUT

THE ASTRAL PLOW BEINO

REPLENISHED OAWAIN OROWS

WEAKER.

J eob/MM timCooz'^

^ UKEA PRAGON,

ANPI CAN'T ' RIPE HER...

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I CAN IMAGINE

HOW SHE.. FEELS.

I KNOW howtp .FEEL, .

ANYWAY.

BUT I Em THE SAME \

thing!/ HARPENEP

TOfUS.fk

BUT WATCH

HER WASTE AWAY, I...

I...!

o

I COULPN'T JUST LEAVE

YOU LIKE THAT.

SORR/ ABOUT THAT.

LIKE WHAT?

I MET A OIRL NAMEP LUCCA

EARLIER.

BUT sneakinc BAP Into yoUR ENOUOH KEEPER'S YOU HAVE

BEP? THE NERVE REMEMBER

SO LATE... yOUR PLACE

/ you... / you SEEMEP

LIKE you WERE f 7 HAVINOABAP v i PREAM OR

Jk SOMETHING.

SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENEP BETWEEN HER ANP

HER STEEP..

ANP WHEN r saw you LIKE THAT

X GOT WORRIEP.

RI6HT.

I OJESS X SCREWEP

UP, HUH? SORK/.

HMM?

THAT'S mum

I'M yOUR STEEP/ THAT MEANS y<PU

HAVE TO COM SAVE ME EVEN IN

My PREAMS, UNPERSTANP?/

WHEN WE WERE KIPS,

X USEP TO SLEEP

BESIPE HER WHEN SHE HAP SCAR/

PREAMS.

SO IN THE PREAM,

yOU'RE BEIN£ ATTACKEP BY

SOMETHING EVEN WORSE

THAN A NECROMANCIA?

BUT... but rr FEELS

FAMILIAR, TOO. LIKE I USEP TO KNOW IT, SOMEHOW...?

WAS IT PIFFIOJLT TO PER¬ SUADE HER?

AT FIRST, IT TOOK FOREVER

TO WAKE HSR FROM HER NAR

ANP THEN WHEN SHE PIP WAKE UP...

VES

V-

THEY HAVE

A LOVELy, CLASSIC FLAVOR.

ANP WHAT ABOLTT YOU?

you PIPN'T SEE TOO MUCH

EXFOSEP SKIN, pip you?

Hey/ XT WAS

WAY WORSE

FOR ME//

MAnsE EVEN HER

STAR MARK?

MUCH PUNISH¬

MENT CAN

JUST BECAU SE THAT STUPIP COPIEP ARK SOT ALL MESSEP UP?/ OP COURSE

NOT//

THAT'S RICHT. THIS IS

NO TIME TO PEEL ALL

PEPRESSEP, IS IT?

AN ORIGINAL

ARK?

HUH?/

V'/////( / \ NEXT TIME I'LL MAKE

u ^ you A MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER ONE/

WATCH THE

HANDS!!

&3

l

AUGH! UO! WW/'P THAT

MAKE ME THINK OF

HIM?!

FOROIVE ME, PRINCESS,

BUT AT THIS RATE I FEAR I'LL HAVE NO

CHOICE BUT TO HELP yOU OET

CHANOEP...

imi! AHHHH.

FINALLy, X CAN KICK BACK ANP

R2LAX. YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHIN^//

ER, MAYBE X

SHOULDN'T DISTURB

HER.

SHE WAS PROBABLY AS

SURPRISE? AS EVERYONE

ELSE.

HUMAN' SHAPE...

ANP >THEN... THERE'S

THAT.

SHE WAS BORN; 1) FROM xli //VS/flB :

/if£

PLEASE STOP

TURNING

AWAY FROM ME'

&Am\u, PLEASE

I WAS SO THRILLED

WHEN YOU WERE

BORN...

YOU'RE MY

FAMILY! AND when you BECAME A MAESTRO!

so HE'S BEEN

RESTING HERE SINCE WE ARRIVES,

HUH?

fiAWAIN, PLEASE

so HE'S BEEN

RESTING HERE SINCE WE ARRIVE?,

HUH?

PLEASE STOP

TURNING AWAY

FROM ME.'

I WAS SO THRILLED

WHEN YOU WERE

BORN...

YOU'RE MY

FAMILY! AND when you BECAME A MAESTRO!

NOTHING 6IVES ME

THE RI6HT TO MEPPLE

IN 0TH™ PEOPU

BUSINE

you CAN STILL

TELL WHEN SOMEONE'S

CRYING!

YOU AT LEAST KNOW

THAT MUCH, PON'T YOU?!

you CAN STILL

TELL WHEN SOMEONE'S

CRYING!

YOU AT LEAST KNOW

THAT MUCH, PON'T YOU?!

NOW rve

PONE IT.

/ I FEEL , ‘LINE EVERY Bit'OF ME. IS'BEINGi SMASHED), TO PIECES.

TAXING HIM ON

WITHOUT AN ARK...?

WHAT AN IDIOT I AM!

THIS IS WHAT I

GST FOR STfeMNGMY mpse/Nj m&usss.

A MAN WHO

COULP RIPE

PRAGONS.

I TRULY WANTED

TO BECOME

WHERE m r?

PIP I.

ARE YOU

AWAKE

WHAT ARE YOU vom

HERE...?

OR" IP YOU'RE

HERE, AM X

PREAMINO?

/ y/v j t aep V/ liWLorri 1 U\ X-

I KNOW

nee; j yj YOU!

I'M IN THE

OTHER WORLD?

f\ HBB!

u

LUCCA IS HIS only

MASTER.

HE WANTS

TO TELL you

THAT...

THREE MONTHS

AGO...

IUCCA TOOK A NASTY

PALL OFF HIS BACK.

BUT LUCCA NEVER

MENTIONED

ARE you FAMILIAR WITH THE PRAGON PANCB? EVEN

REBECCA DIDN'T KNOW

ABOUT THAT'

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO BECOME

THE HEAD OF THE EKBLATT TRIBE MUST

LEARN rr

I PARESAY THAT'S

WHEN SHE STOPPING

ATTENDING CLASS.

THEY MUST BE ABLE

TO TAKE TO THE SKIES WITH THEIR DRAOON...

ANP PERFORM the m&\c

PANCE.

you...

WHAT'S GOING ON...?

HMM?

TODAY'S THE SIXTH

UAY OF THE TRAINING CMP

HOW LONO

HAVE X BEEN OUT?

LISTEN TO ME, U1CCA!

YOU NEEP TO KNOW

HOW OAWAIN PEELS ABOUT

you//

THAT'S GOOD

TO SEE.

IF OAWAIN SEES /OU

LOOKING LIKE THAT, I BET

HE'LL SOFTEN towarp you rioht Amv.

Pa r j \

WE'VE GOT TO

(JET TO THE MAUSOLEUM

RI6HT AWAY!!

X CAN'T BELIEVE

IS IT THE

OENUINE ARTICLE?

THERE ARE TWO OREAT 8LOOPLINES PESCENPEP

FROM IMBOLC, THE WISE

PRAOON KINO.

AVALON, THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF THE

HOLY PRAOONS, ANP NEHALENNIA, THE ROYAL HOUSE

OF THE PARK PRAOONS... X ASSURE

YOU, ITS A TRUE

HISTORICAL EVENT.

ANP THE BATTLE

WAOEP ETERNALLY BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES...

THIS IS A TALE FROM THE OLP KINOPOM ERA,

ISN'T IT? BUT I THOUOHT rr

WAS A M/TH—

WHAT IF YOU'RE PLANNING

TO UNLEASH THE CRIMSON

VRAOON BREATH...

I WOULP

THINK AGAIN... ANN.

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■APPEAR'. ANCE.X:

CALUNG ME...

WHAT SH0ULP LEAVE

HER BE.

WE SHOULP BE£IN.

NATURALLY.

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NO BETTER PLACE IN

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FOR YOU!!

LET THIS BLADE

SERVE AS A ORAVE MARKER FOR ALL OF YOU!

YOU PATHETICALLY

TIN/ WORLD.../

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WHEN A DRAGON SAYS NO... The students of Ansullivan Dragonar Academy are abuzz

with excitement: the school’s annual invitational training

camp is coming up, and only the best and brightest will be

chosen to attend. Ash Blake is stunned to find he’s been

selected—he may have unusual gifts, but his Steed, Eco, has

a human body. How can a Dragonar who can’t ride his

dragon possibly participate?

Yet the biggest surprise is not Ash’s selection. When a girl

named Lucca Sarlinen is chosen, speculation runs rampant.

Lucca is one of the academy’s best students, as well as the

youngest person to ever become a Dragonar, but things have

gone terribly wrong between her and her Steed, and no one

knows why.

The sacred bond between dragon and rider is explored

further, as Ash tries to find a way to help Lucca—before it’s

too late! _

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