On the.?^% contin\ent] of Vester, I\_so—Sup\
reme \R=(#ule*(/r of t.he Hidden Dragon D`omin.##io\-!n—goes(` i-^ nto h`,id ;
ing u/;nder a hu] m,ble ide@!nt=ity t?o inv=estigate his )m
:other Saint!!ess Esa(
ra's! murder. D +isguised as !/]^a*:n ordinary man, he takes re+]sidence in Silv#%[er@%\moon C ast:le and, honoring an\ old betrothal, b )$ecom#
es th-e f-iancé o]f Sera-[ , heires;s.?
_to the :sa?!;intess lineage$
..
$ S:/ e - _ra,  $=however , is ( obsess(=ed( w-;ith the legendary Dragon+* Lord—a myth%:ica$l f\+igure she has worsh-ipped from $afar—and feels only disa+pp$\
;ointment +t
oward her unremarka ble-l)#o, @okin#-g be)tr+]othed.@ She f=:[requ. +ently mocks a$)nd belittles!- him],) unaware of_ h\is= true identity.
Cardin[(=al Tar. en of the(\\ Orthodox@@\ C. -hu[,-rch, c=.ovet\ing the s/aintes:*s's power, s_)/ec.$retly hires _ e ight renowne/d Dragon S layers ]\an_$d ra!^ll^ie,_s nobl+_e consp-?-ira@tors to am*b*!+us :h and assa=.ssi=nate Sera ti]me a)(`nd *@*again.\#.@ Each time, Iso secre_$tly interven`e$;s, wie^(+,lding his silver/%\-dragon might  to save h%_er., At Dragon Ridge A%l)tar, he finall @#y reveals his true .fo+,rm as the %[Dra?gon Lord—yet\  Sera fai`ls to recognize h *im.
T_[he perils contin@/
ue: ^(a ta$
ve(;$ rn trap, +;a roy?a =l co^=:#unc`il c.oup, !
[`and a siege by dark Dragon Sl.$ayers—a;ll quietly thwarted by I so fr(][/om the sha $d
`ow(^s#.-? At the c*_limactic final banquet, the Chur=?-ch la`%unches its all-^ out ass[^a!(u=-lt$. I/s%o summ$ons a th .[ousand dragons b??efore the entire as+)s/ embly, shat$ter+ing th) e enemy'=]s ranks. ^-+Only then does =Se+;r(`a realize$ that the")ordinary" fiancé$` who sto [od by her ^all \=alo:ng is( t?he Dragon Lor()d she so l(\onged !to meet. Together, th$+=ey /?$join forces -.to*$ cou*?nte,;r the Chu)rch's c:onspiracy and+,\ uncover the trth b `=ehind th-%e% pa__)st.