Jeannes

**Jeannes** is a dragon knight and a commander of the 1st Flight of 11th Dragon Knights of the Parpaldia Empire's Duro Defense Force in the industrial city, Duro.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

At the beginning of the Duro Air Strike, in the room where the air defense communications section inside the lavish building headquarters of the Imperial Army Base at Duro, communications officer Gustain found one of the signatures disappeared on the magic signature sensor. He believed one dragon knight of Squadron 1 under Magne’s command shot out of the sky. The radar operator reported before Gustain could even order him to check, confirming the Japanese were attacking. He heard Magne’s intense scream and tried to warn Squadron 8 assuming that these unknown fast-flying objects (F-2 fighters) were headed toward them. Gustain switched the channel to the one used for emergencies before issuing orders to their wyvern units that were already up in the air and on standby on the ground. The Duro Defense Force was preparing for battle.

Commander Jeannes of the 11th Dragon Knights' 1st Flight braced himself for what was to come as he took to the skies for the defense of Duro. He knew of what had happened to Magne’s 2nd Flight. After he thought they were so easily shot down, he prepared their dragon knights to fly at the highest possible altitude if the enemy blended into their surroundings called camouflaging tactic. He spotted an F-2 fighter flying at unimaginable speeds far in front of them. Instinctively realizing that it was a threat, he screamed at his manacomms directed to his subordinates. He commenced evasive maneuvers as he issued his orders. Before he knew it, the subordinates disappeared in the explosions. He spotted four of his subordinates wiped out by Type 90 air-to-air missiles (AAM-3).

At the scream of his subordinate, Jeannes turned to where he pointed and saw two JASDF F-2 fighters heading towards them at speeds at the far end. He readied his wyvern lord for a shot at the incoming enemy aircraft; they may still be out of range, but he believed that their ultra-fast speed worked against them as it would put them within range in no time. However, with the fact that the enemy had a better range than them established, he knew that he had to perfectly time his attack. Despite having not issued orders to his subordinates, they lined up for a shot.

As the eleven wyvern lords extended their necks in the direction of the F-2 fighters, fireballs began forming inside their opened mouths. Jeannes shouted at his subordinates to fire. They unleashed fireballs toward the F-2 fighters as they sped across the skies. The ten fireballs closed the distance towards them, but the F-2 fighters launched Type 90 air-to-air missiles (AAM-3) toward the dragon knights. All heat-seeking missiles distinguished and ignored fireballs emitted by wyverns, which were reprogrammed by the Ministry of Defense before the war with Louria started. The wyvern lords, which had fired, still had residual heat leftover from the fireball creation process, which was how the missiles were able to lock onto them. The missiles hit their targets. The proximity fuses on the missiles detonated, engulfing the wyvern lords in fiery explosions and falling them down from the sky.

On the other hand, the fireballs launched by the wyvern lords disappeared into the sky as they ran out of momentum and mana, all without hitting a single target. The F-2 fighters then unleashed a hail of bullets on the wyvern lords, ripping two of the surviving six wyvern lords to shreds. The F-2 fighters wrapped up their attack and then climbed into the skies above across the city below. Some of them flew up into the sky to try and chase after the F-2 fighters, but they couldn't catch them fast. Jeannes vented his frustration by punching his thighs as he realized the Japanese aircraft was not from Mu. Two F-2 fighters managed to take out ten of their wyvern lords easily. The dragon knights were basically helpless against them. His subordinate screamed as he saw multiple objects incoming. By the time Jeannes turned to look eastward, several of his subordinates were knocked out of the sky by explosions. Jeannes himself felt a force so strong it knocked him out. He was killed in action together with his wyvern lord.

Two F-2 fighters flying at incredible speeds showed up in the airspace above Duro, taking out ten wyvern lords in an extremely short span of time before disappearing into the skies with their immense climb power. Immediately afterward, unidentified attackers attacked the remaining wyverns of 1st Flight, annihilating the unit completely.

## Trivia

* Jeannes only appears as a character in the light novel.