Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 377: …It was a necessity.

Chapter 377: …It was a necessity.

Inside Kael’s Sanctuary, four Ancient Beasts of Eternal Rank surrounded a small, helpless fox.

“What I did was…”

Vitaria tried to explain herself with a light smile on her face, but before she could say too much—

Slap

The ant jumped onto her head and slapped her.

“How dare you trick Father?”

Imperia questioned.

Cirri too slowly walked forward, staring at the fox with her adorable amber eyes that did not seem like they were joking around.

“What did you say again…?”

The dragon questioned, her voice becoming heavier as time passed.

“Ahhhhh! Father!!

Father…”

Nyrri repeated Vitaria’s words, perfectly replicating her expression like a pro. Yes, the youngest was here as well, and he seemed quite angry too.

He loved his older sister, yes, but he loved his papa even more. And even though he was used to his sister’s games—since she played with him a lot as well—this was not a game.

“Exactly!”

Cirri nodded, patting her youngest brother’s head with care before her eyes became fierce as she glared at the fox.

“That thing was not even half as strong as you! With that bulky body of his, he couldn’t have caught you even if he had tried a hundred times, and you’re telling me that not only did that thing catch you, he even lifted you in the air and choked you till tears came out of your eyes!?

Father may have been fooled by you, but don’t think for a second that your tricks will work on me!

Why did you start crying and calling for Father when you could’ve slapped him away on your own!? How dare you play such games with Father!? Have you lost your mind!?”

The dragon spoke, raising her voice in anger.

“Vita, you know how much Father adores you. You know he would lose his mind if something happened to you. Why would you do such a thing?

He was crying even after everything was done.”

Igni questioned as well.

Even the eldest did not like how the fox acted.

Vitaria lowered her head, her ears flapping down in sadness. Recalling the tears that rolled down her father’s eyes and his trembling body as he hugged her, she knew she had gone too far.

But…

This time, she didn’t do it just to play around.

“…It was a necessity.”

The fox spoke in a low voice.

Every single one of her siblings moved closer to her, almost as if telling her to explain herself.

“Human life affects Father.”

Vitaria began, and her words received nods of approval. Nyrri nodded as well. He had stayed with his papa for enough time to know this. Also, the fact that all his siblings were nodding—he didn’t wish to be left out.

The fox then raised her eyes and looked at them—

“Father is too connected to humans, and it’s not just Lavinia. Though his connection with Lavinia is stronger, other humans aren’t nothing in his eyes. Their happiness makes him happy, their sadness makes him sad, and their deaths… devastate him.”

The fox spoke grimly, and once again, the siblings nodded.

“Father may not show it, but he is quite soft. Someone like him wouldn’t be able to kill another human, and we saw it today with our own eyes. Even when he tried, his body froze.”

“That did happen.”

Imperia nodded.

“If Sister hadn’t gotten involved, things might have become complicated.”

The ant spoke, staring at Cirri.

“I did what I had to do.”

This time, Cirri didn’t jump in to take credit. It was an extremely scary moment for her—one where she might have lost her father. Just thinking about it made her shudder.

“Father is too soft-hearted.”

Igni nodded too.

He had noticed it before as well—other beings’ lives bothered him and affected his mind. It was… quite strange to see.

“But you cannot be soft-hearted in a war.”

Suddenly, Vitaria spoke up, looking into Igni’s eyes.

The eldest turned silent. The rest of the siblings weren’t any different either—they knew Vita was correct.

“The bulky things realized Father wasn’t killing them, so they were constantly throwing themselves at Father. It not only pressured Lavinia, but even the two armies were about to face each other.

If that had happened, more than a hundred humans might have died, and Father… currently does not have the heart to see such a sight.

Someone like him would have blamed himself for all those deaths—it would have sent him into a spiral of constant self-blame and self-hatred. And I could not allow that.

Father needed to kill.

And the only way he would ever overcome the restrictions his mind or his body put on him was…”

“If one of us gets hurt…”

Igni completed that sentence. After all, he was the first to see his father act like that. He still remembered how his father burned every single one of those wolves to a crisp when they had surrounded him.

His father didn’t react this strongly when his own arm was torn off, but when he was hurt—his father nearly lost himself.

It was a sight Igni would never forget. It is what pushes him to get stronger—so strong that he is never placed in a similar position where his father loses himself trying to protect him.

But…

To think Vita would use their father’s trait like that.

Honestly, Igni wanted to get angry but…

He couldn’t.

He knew his Vita did the right thing.

The very fact that the raging Cirri was silent was proof of that.

Their father was indeed not in a state to watch more than a hundred humans die and be fine.

Vita had to do what she did for him to react and finally stop the war.

Also…

Igni knew Vita didn’t enjoy hurting their father. He had seen how her eyes had gotten moist when she was wiping Father’s tears—that wasn’t an act.

Vita blamed herself for hurting Father, and it pained her.

But…

It was indeed a necessity.

Slowly, Igni brought his claw on top of Vita’s head and—

“You did well.”

He spoke as he gently patted his sister’s head, and once again, Vitaria began crying as she snuggled close to her brother.

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