Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 352: So? Where will we be going today?

Chapter 352: So? Where will we be going today?

After failing the trial, Kael’s lesson began. Imperia, as an experienced Queen, began telling him everything he needed to know in order to command the ants and reduce the overwhelming pain he felt before.

“When you divide the Ants into groups, focus on Ants with similar emotions together, since they would have the same task and will go through the same situation together, the way their emotions change in the future will mostly be the same as well.

This way, when you feel their emotions, your mind will begin to sense them as one. It will be much more manageable that way.”

Knowing how important all of this was, Kael listened attentively.

“Ah, that makes sense.”

About two hours had passed since the lesson began. Vitaria and others had woken up as well. Nyrri wanted to play with his Papa, but seeing that he was busy, Igni stopped the youngest, sending him to the Sanctuary.

Cirri, the eldest sister, was sent with Nyrri to take care of him. The two were quite close, so Cirri did not mind.

Vitaria wanted to tease Imperia to get her daily quota, but Igni stopped her as well.

Yes, the Dragon was the one holding it all together.

“Of course, you will still need to get used to this information that floods into your mind. Making Queens and focusing on just them will work, but it will still be difficult.

Grouping is very important here. You plan to see the entire group as one entity, their Queen, but it wouldn’t be easy. Since your Queens are new, there are chances that group falls apart, and if that happens, your mind will once again start seeing them as individuals, increasing the amount of information that you receive.”

Teacher Ria explained. Honestly, with her calm and mature presence, the role of a teacher suited her exceptionally well.

Much more than Vitaria, who constantly suggested Kael use the Power of Illusion on different targets and cause chaos together with her.

Kael was quite grateful for this change of teaching.

“Would the Queens adapt as time passes?”

He questioned curiously. He could see how he would gain more freedom to move if that happened.

“They are in the presence of their Mother, they should evolve faster, and since the number of Ants under their command is limited, they should start learning within a few hours.”

Imperia nodded.

“So then…”

Kael tried to ask more questions but—

“Alright, that is enough.

It is time to eat.”

Lavinia, who saw the time, brought breakfast. She then glanced at Kael and—

“You also need to freshen up, so eat quickly and move, or you will be late for work.”

Kael nodded. He then glanced at Lavinia. Her hair was wet,

“You took a bath already?”

“Of course.”

“Why now? You don’t have to leave before afternoon.”

“Habit.”

The Princess smiled.

Kael found it odd considering this ’habit’ didn’t show itself yesterday, but knowing that he was thinking too much, he just shrugged and prepared to eat.

The rest of the children came out of the Sanctuary as well. Unlike Kael and Lavinia, who were only eating the provisions given to them, the children ate meat that was prepared for them.

Yesterday, while Kael was busy, Igni went to hunt for himself and his brother and brought back quite a lot.

The provisional food tasted bad. The children preferred meat. They offered it to Kael and Lavinia as well, but they declined. After all, the two of them wanted to live like the people of Ashen Heights, at least for the initial few days in order to get close to them.

After breakfast, Kael went to freshen up and soon—

She was here.

“Lord Kael, I am here to pick you up!”

Alrisa spoke as she knocked on Kael’s door. The instant he heard her voice, Kael froze. His gaze carefully turned towards Lavinia, a little uncertain of what the Princess might do, but the instant he saw her smiling cheerfully with her eyes closed, he felt a sense of foreboding.

Something was about to happen.

Vitaria was tempted to stay and watch what happened, so instead of entering the Sanctuary, she simply cast an illusion into Alrisa’s mind and made herself invisible to her, getting the nearest seat to the drama that was about to unfold.

Imperia, who saw her smile, just sighed in defeat. She herself jumped into Kael’s pocket while Lavinia,

“Won’t you open the door for her?”

She spoke in her ’gentle’ tone.

“S-Should I…?”

Kael did not know what to say.

“Of course.”

Lavinia smiled. She then stood up and,

“Actually,

Let me do it.”

She spoke as she slowly walked towards the door. Kael, who could see Pyra and Sparkle snickering and laughing as they followed the Princess, felt that this might be Alrisa’s last day, so he went towards the door as well.

“Oh, Alrisa. You are here early.”

Lavinia, who opened the door, greeted with a smile on her face.

From her reaction, it seemed like Alrisa was prepared to be greeted by the Princess and—

“Lady Lavinia, good morning.”

She greeted with a cheerful smile on her face.

“Good morning, huh…”

Lavinia muttered.

“Yes, Lord Kael uses this as a greeting, so I tried to mimic it.”

Alrisa nodded. Her smile seemed to have widened. Soon, she ignored Lavinia and glanced at Kael instead,

“Good morning, Lord Kael!”

She greeted and Kael…

He instantly recalled how Lavinia brought up Kayden before and—he just nodded with a polite, professional smile.

It was an action that put a smile on Lavinia’s face. She then glanced at Alrisa and—

“So? Where will we be going today?”

She questioned, surprising not only Alrisa but Kael as well.

“We?”

Alrisa tilted her head, confused.

“Mhm, Kael told me how exceptional you are and how much you know about this place. I have been trying to explore this place on my own, you know, getting to know everything, understanding the people, their situation, and overall atmosphere, but I soon realized how inefficient that is.

It is foolish to do everything on my own when I have an expert like you around, don’t you think?”

Lavinia smiled brightly and Alrisa…

“…I was told you were giving Magic lectures to the Mages.”

She spoke carefully.

“Ah yes, I only need to take out four hours for that. I am quite free for the rest of the day.”

The Princess answered with a ’gentle’ smile on her face.

“…You could have delivered more lectures.”

Alrisa muttered in a low voice and Lavinia didn’t ignore that,

“Are you telling me to work more? That’s quite odd. Kael told me you liked working as little as possible, even doing everything in your power to get relaxation in your working hours.”

Alrisa stared at Kael when she heard those words, and Kael just looked around, trying to avoid her gaze.

“Anyways, I will be following you two today. I hope you do not mind that.”

“…I don’t.”

Alrisa couldn’t say anything.

“Great! I knew you were reliable when Kael praised you so much yesterday!”

The Princess smiled as she held Kael’s arm and pulled him close to her. Kael was still confused. For now, however, he decided to enjoy this.

To think Lavinia would go as far as using her precious free time to stick with him just because she was jealous of Alrisa.

It felt quite… good.

“So? Where will we be going today?”

Lavinia questioned as she glanced at Alrisa. The woman momentarily glanced at Kael and then—

“Lord Kael showed interest in the Watch yesterday, so I was thinking we go to the Wall, unless of course, Lord Kael is interested in something else. The Matriarch allowed me to repeat as well, so if you wish, we can go to the Forge as well.”

“The Watch, huh…”

Lavinia muttered.

She knew Kael wouldn’t be repeating either. They were doing this to learn the situation, not the work. Even if Kael was interested in the Forge because he needed swords, with limited resources, he couldn’t get them anyway.

Even if they did have the resources, it was foolish to make his sword on his own rather than having an experienced smith do it.

“Let’s go to the Wall.”

And just as Lavinia was expecting, Kael spoke up.

“Alright.”

Alrisa nodded.

The three then walked towards the Wall. During their journey, Lavinia made sure she stood between Alrisa and Kael. Since she was already here, she also began questioning Alrisa about various things in town. The Assigned Liaison answered properly.

Within minutes, it felt like the previous sparks that flew between them seemed to have completely disappeared. Even the passive aggressiveness within their sentences began to fade away.

By now, Vitaria had already returned to the Sanctuary. The Fox wasn’t expecting Lavinia to make such bold moves. She was very impressed.

“You did this, didn’t you?”

Cirri, who saw the Fox nodding continuously inside the Sanctuary, questioned as she narrowed her eyes and the Fox…

“Whatever do you mean?”

She just cutely tilted her head.

Of course, the trick would never work in front of Cirri,

“Don’t play coy with me, Fox.”

The Dragon spoke in a heavy voice and Vita…

She just chuckled,

“Who would you rather have?

The Princess or the Assigned Liaison?”

She questioned back and Cirri turned silent.

After all, the choice was obvious.

…

On the other side, Kael, who had now reached the Wall, stared at the man standing in front of him with a somewhat annoyed look on his face.

“Kayden.”

He greeted with a forced smile as he grabbed Lavinia’s waist and pulled her close to him, as if openly claiming her for all to see.

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