Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 317: Winter is coming.
Chapter 317: Winter is coming.
“Anyways, it is a good thing it happened. I can now use the crowd you gathered to introduce the newest member of Ashen Heights.”
Morvain declared with a big smile on her face as she finally turned towards the crowd, her words instantly attracting their attention.
“People of Ashen Heights, allow me to introduce to you, the Dragon Rider who will be staying with us from now on, Kael Carter.”
She introduced with a big smile on her face, and as if on cue, the subordinate Morvain had sent back to the Elders’ Hall stepped towards her with a coat in his hands.
Morvain took the coat in her hands as she slowly walked towards Kael.
“From this day forth, Kael Carter will live together with us.
Because of that, after 1200 long years, our people will once again be blessed with the presence of a Dragon.”
“A Dragon!”
The crowd exclaimed in joy, their eyes stared at Kael in fervency.
“Kael Carter.”
Morvain called out, looking straight into the Hero’s eyes.
“Winter is coming.”
She began,
“However, this winter will be different from others. This winter won’t come with death and destruction.
With the presence of a Dragon Rider, I expect that this Winter comes with Warmth and Power.
Power that will allow us to take what once belonged to us.”
Morvain announced as she appeared right next to Kael and then, she wrapped the coat that all people in Ashen Heights wore around him, announcing that he was now the same as them and,
“Kael Carter, I hope that in this Winter, you will usher our people into a new Era.”
The Matriarch announced, and Kael, who was instantly surrounded by the coat’s warmth, stared into Morvain’s eyes and started observing her.
As expected of a Matriarch, she knew how to lead her people.
She did not mention anything about being a Hero or being chosen by Lord Feraos, after all, the people of Ashen Heights did not believe in it. Even though the Velmourns did not deny the existence of Lord Feraos, instead of worshipping him, they wished to surpass him.
That was the will of the Twilight Sovereigns, a Will that is carried into these people’s hearts even after generations have passed.
“I hope to stand up to your expectations, Matriarch.”
Kael nodded confidently.
He then glanced at Lavinia, who stood at a distance and nodded at her. The Princess was excluded and it wasn’t surprising.
Dragon Rider’s ally or not, in the end, Lavinia was still a Dragonborn. The moment her full name was revealed, the crowd would react to it violently and it wouldn’t be easy to control them.
Kael, Lavinia, and Morvain, everyone knew that.
After all, these people still believed that their current predicament was all due to the Dragonborns. Even if Lavinia revealed that she was no longer part of the Dragonborn Family or Drakthar, they still wouldn’t let her go.
Lavinia and Kael had discussed it as well. Lavinia had no plans of changing her identity, so a better plan was to let these people get used to them and rely on them. Once she becomes an indisputable part of Ashen Heights, one whom everyone is reliant on, then she would reveal her identity and force people to accept her.
Till then, all the crowd work would be done by Kael and… his trusted firstborn.
“RRROOOAAAAAAAARRRR!!!”
Igni, who stepped out of the portal, roared loudly. His roar instantly made all the beasts in the area shiver in primordial fear. Some weaker ones even passed out. The people were taken aback by his sudden, majestic appearance, and then—
“A Dragon!!”
“It really is a Dragon!!”
“Dragon!!!”
The crowd cheered in disbelief.
Kael climbed on top of Igni, and the Dragon flew away after Kael grabbed Lavinia.
Yes, today’s showmanship was over.
The Matriarch continued to calm the frenzied crowd. Witnessing a Dragon indeed made them lose their minds; that was simply how strong of an effect a magical creature like a Dragon had on these people.
They even forgot about the battle between the Dragon Rider and the Young Patriarch, everyone other than the Young Patriarch, that is.
Kayden still could not get the image of Kael roaring right in his face out of his head. His body still shook as he recalled it; the Matriarch did not miss his odd reaction either.
However, since she had to calm the people right now, she could only leave the matter in her people’s hands. She nodded at Korvath, who nodded back and walked towards the shaken Kayden.
Even the Commander of the Watch wanted to talk to the Young Patriarch. He had a lot of questions in his mind.
Time passed. After the Matriarch managed to calm the crowd, everyone was sent to their respective destinations. The news about the Dragon Rider spread throughout Ashen Heights like wildfire, and thousands of different questions were raised.
Tarevian Velmourn, the Voice of the Commonfolk, had an extremely busy day because of that. He couldn’t answer all the questions that were asked, but he still did whatever he could.
Official statements were released answering people’s queries. For the next few hours, the entirety of Ashen Heights was much more lively than normal.
And the ones who made it happen were flying in the sky, busy eating the meat they just cooked after hunting in the nearby forest.
“This is fun.”
Kael laughed.
“Yes, Father.”
Igni nodded. He liked spending time with his father like this. These moments were very special to the Dragon.
“Don’t you think you went a little too far in that spar?”
Lavinia, who was sitting next to Kael, questioned curiously.
“I held back, didn’t I?”
Kael frowned.
“You didn’t have to roar at him in the end, he looked shaken. You had already won, why did you do it?”
“…”
Kael turned silent at that question.
Honestly, even he did not know why he did it.
’You are very beautiful, Lavinia Dragonborn. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.’
For a moment, the scene of Kayden leaning towards Lavinia appeared in his head, soon however, he shook his head and,
“I did it because I felt like it.
Don’t worry, he will be fine. He was strong.”
He commented as he continued eating.
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