Liam Yancey spoke, "…Professor Smith, I understand. To put it bluntly, you're saying that..."
He paused, "Because of the family alliance, Bastian and Bartholomew are additional? They can't be considered as dragon beasts in the century cycle? Is that right?!"
"Correct!..." Noah Smith smiled and continued, "For example, originally, a dragon beast appeared every few decades or a century. After the alliance, two dragon beasts became the guardians of the Yancey and Summer families. This does not conform to the blood bracelet family's rules. Usually, one dragon beast guards one family, so Bartholomew and Bastian became anomalies, like extra on a predetermined path, and thus cannot be counted as dragon beasts of the cycle. The generation of dragon beasts before Bartholomew is certainly past its time, so it's only natural that Four becomes the master of the next generation of dragon beasts..."
