Vyvyanās long blonde hair gently swayed; her blue eyes had determination written in them. Puzzled, Ying asked, āDid you have business with me, Queen Vyvyan? What do you want me to do? Although I am a bodyguard, I am unwilling to kill people.ā
āNo, Iām not asking you to kill anyone, and I donāt have any ridiculous request to make of you. I want you to kill a wild beast thatās similar to those wyrms. Itās a wild animal thatās endangering my son.ā
āItās a wild beast thatās similar to the wyrms. Itās another wild beast that kills people. Itās another wild beast that wants to kill my son. We want to kill it. We want to bring my son, who is also your master, back. Last time, our child protected us and saved us. This time, itās our turn to protect him! Ying, what do you think?ā
Ying had seen enough variety of monsters, and she wasnāt worried about her conscience bearing any burden over killing a wild beast. From Yingās perspective, there was no such thing as a good wild beast; only ones that harm people and ones that didnāt. Previously, she had no means of killing wyrms. Otherwise, she wouldāve annihilated them all. She thought sheād never be able to kill the wyrm, but that turned out to be false. Sometimes, the wyrms she wounded gradually died. However, there wasnāt just one, and a new one would eventually surface. The thought of protecting wild beasts never crossed her mind. If the wild beast hurt those she loved, then killing them was justified. She had no pity for them. She had killed many wild beasts and guarded the village for a long time. Killing a wild beast was as simple as the click of a finger.
There was no problem, since Ying didnāt have to kill a human being. Hence, she nodded: āAll right. Do I need to prepare anything?ā
Vyvyan nodded: āWe need your sister, Xia, as well. The wild beast also has a layer of mana enveloping its body, which functions as its armour, so we need somebody who can pierce its armour. As long as you can destroy its armour, killing it will be a simple matter.ā
Ying nodded again: āI hope itās not too far away, then. Xia isnāt in good shape, so we canāt leave for too long.ā
Vyvyan clenched her teeth. In a serious tone, she responded, āThat wonāt be a problem. We can reach our destination in an instant as long as youāre ready. Tomorrow, that damn dragonās head will be hung on our wall in our room for accolades.ā
Ying nodded. She didnāt care what the dragon was. If it was a wild beast, it could be killed. Judging from the fact it had mana armour, it sounded as if it was the exact same as the wyrm. Most importantly, it was the first time Ying saw Vyvyan with such an overwhelming murderous urge.
Vyvyan didnāt care what consequences would come out of killing the dragon. She merely wanted to kill the dragon.
Ying nodded: āWe can move once my sister, Xia, has arrived.ā
Pleased, Vyvyan nodded back: āIāve always thought of those around my son as cowards, but he does have a brave warrior with him, after all. Ying, we have only met once before, but your bravery for him and sense of duty to him is the same. Ying, you are a qualified guard.ā
āNo. Queen Vyvyan, that is not certain. I have never been a bodyguard. I cannot call myself a perfect guard, yet. However, I can accomplish this task. ā
Vyvyan turned around and left. Although the coward Elizabeth was unwilling to go, she could find someone else. The dragon possessed very powerful mana. Vyvyan, therefore, wasnāt confident she could defeat the dragon in a head-on battle. The scales of dragons could reflect all magic attacks, but as long as the scales were nullified, it was nothing but a huge lizard.
As she left, Vyvyan said to herself, āI was hoping that Elizabeth would help me slay the dragon, but it appears Iāll have to personally slay it in the end. At the end of the day, Iām my sonās true mother, after all. Iām his true mother. A mother never worries about whether she can do it or not, for a mother can do anything in her childās presence. A mother can give up everything for her son. Elizabeth canāt give up anything. What right does a woman, like her, have to be a mother? What right does she have to have such a cute child? I knew it; Iām the one who should be Troyās mom. When everybody in the world abandons him, Iām the only one who will stand in front of him and protect him without any qualms! Only I can do that!!
Iāll slay that dragon. Iāll slay it. I can forgive it for stealing my brother, but under no circumstances will I allow it to steal my son. My son is now willing to live, so thereās always the chance he might accept my method. I just have to bring him back. I just have to slay that dragon, stomp it, behead it, and then hang it on the wall!
Whoever hurts my son can forget about living. If they do, Iāll make their life more miserable than death.ā
Current time at the elvesā forbidden zone in the desert, located Northwest of the elven lands.
I didnāt know what the exact name of the place was, but since it was a desert, I couldnāt go wrong calling it a desert. The dragon civilisation once existed there. I saw a few leftover items from the dragons. The dragons didnāt snatch the gold from somewhere; the gold actually belonged to them. According to what I was told and the engraving on their gold coins, the dragonsā civilisation was very prosperous and powerful back in the day.
The dragon looked a little sad when their destruction was mentioned, though. The dragon race was destroyed due to war, one waged against themselves no less. I felt incredibly depressed when she told me the part out the female dragons fighting over a child male dragon as well as what his mother did. It was probably because we shared the same grief.
Although I wasnāt a dragon, my two moms treated me that wayā¦ They didnāt fight me for lust, but purely out of their motherly instinct; nevertheless, it still made me suffer and cry in sorrowā¦
āWaitā¦ If the dragon can go into heatā¦ā I realised something disturbing.
I turned to look at the dragon next to me feeling terrifiedā¦ She was looking at me with affection, but I was certain that she would definitely treat me the same way she treated my fatherā¦
I wasnāt willing to develop a sexual relationship with the dragonā¦ I suffered so much doing it with Mommy Vyvyanā¦ It felt amazingā¦ But the most important thing was the sinful feeling. I honestly didnāt want to do anything with the dragon. What was more frightening was, if I did, then Vyvyan would probably incinerate us with her rageā¦ I bet Elizabeth would join the fray with her, tooā¦
Mom threw me into the water. I had undressed. As I said, Momās clothes were made from her scales, so I was the only one thereā¦ The water wasnāt cold in the slightest, but I was positive the dragon raised the temperature of the waterā¦
She looked my way nervous and eager. She really wanted to be close to me, but she didnāt dare to approach. She looked somewhat similar to Elizabeth back then. I had an odd nostalgic feeling when I saw that look of hers. I said, āMomā¦ I want to know how exactly I can live onā¦ā
She replied, āThou will not die when thou are by my side.ā
āNo, what I mean is I donāt want to depend on others to liveā¦ I want to live on my ownā¦ I want to return to normal. I want to return to my previous self that could produce mana.ā
āThou wonāt die by my side. Thou are my son, therefore I can save thou.ā The dragon looked at me nonchalantly, and then continued, āI am thy mother; therefore, thou can just rely on me. I will not complain, feel annoyed or hate, so thou can rest assured. I am thou mother; therefore, protecting thou is my responsibility. Thou need not worry.ā
By the sounds of things, the dragon didnāt seem as though she intended to help me come up with a methodā¦ She just needed me to be by her sideā¦ Actually, I was sure she was worried Iād leave. She really liked me, but she wasnāt an idiot who forgot or ignored things. She still had her guard up against me, which is why she chose a method that would keep me with her.
It was a deal with realistic benefits. She couldnāt go anywhere if I left. My only choice was to stay by her side, or Iād die due to lack of mana. The mana I required was as insignificant as a corner of her scale. Though Mommy Vyvyan was a demi-god, she was limited by her physical body, so she didnāt possess as much mana. The dragonās mana capacity was mind-blowing.
āI have to leaveā¦ Do I need to find a way myselfā¦? How am I going to do that, though? I donāt have a wayā¦ I donāt understand the dragon before me, and I know even less about dragons. What do I need to do to save myself here?ā I contemplated.
No clue. Nonetheless, I still had hope. Previously, I lacked time. At that point, what I had was time. All I was missing was an opportunity.
The dragon didnāt wait for me to say anything else. Instead, she sat down comfortably in the water. The White Deer King also immersed herself in the water. She mustāve really liked the warm water, too. I shut my eyes.
āI donāt have any method for the meantime anyway. Iāll just enjoy this comfortable water for now. I definitely wonāt waste too much time here. I must return, and I must return with a normal body!ā I decided.
Current time at the Imperial Palace in the North.
Xia felt Ying pick her up. She softly giggled, and then asked the person next to her, āDo we have to head out, Sister?ā
Ying nodded: āYes. We need to make a trip outside; or rather, His Majesty has run into trouble again; he needs our help. We need to rescue him and slay a wild beast with mana. Itās all right.ā
āIs it the same as the wyrms?ā
āYes, about the same. Itās that sort of monster.ā
āOkay.ā Xia didnāt say anything else. Instead, she gave a nod.
Ying was willing to go, because sheād ask lots of questions and find herself wrestling over things a lot, but she didnāt say anything this time. That indicated she also wanted to head there as early as possible even if she had to kill somethingā¦