Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons - Chapter 539: H-Hey! Where are you going!?

Chapter 539: H-Hey! Where are you going!?

“Are you liking the delicacies that our people gave you?”

Kael asked as he looked at the Sky Serpent General, who, together with her subordinates, was eating the food prepared for them. The General looked back at him with a sharp look on her face and—

“We are eating what our comrades earned for us.”

She retorted, concentrating on the fact that they weren’t ’given’ the food they were eating but had earned it instead.

And before Kael could reply—

“And no, we are not enjoying ourselves, not when our comrades have been working tirelessly for the last two days and the one who captured us is nowhere to be seen.”

The General completed.

Then, without letting Kael answer, her eyes fell on Lavinia and an almost taunting smile appeared on her face—

“It is nice to see you again, Princess.”

She greeted.

Lavinia narrowed her eyes—

“I remember telling you before, I am not a Princess, not anymore.”

The Mage answered, but the General just laughed at those words.

“If you think you can simply abandon the title you were born with, then I’d say you haven’t changed, Princess. You are as naïve as you were before.”

“…”

Lavinia stayed silent, not knowing what to say, but the General did not stop there.

“The fact that you have Dragonborn Blood flowing through your veins can never be changed, and as long as that doesn’t change,

your identity doesn’t either.

You will always be the Princess of Drakthar, no matter how strongly you deny i—”

“Alright, that is enough.”

Not wanting to take any more of this, Kael raised his voice and interrupted the General. He then looked into her eyes and—

“This isn’t about her.”

At those words, the General turned to Kael and grinned at him instead.

“Not about her? Alright then. Let’s talk about you instead. You aren’t exactly doing well on your end either, Hero.”

Kael narrowed his eyes and Aurelia continued looking into Kael’s eyes.

“People talk, Kael. Those you think are loyal to you, even those who are actually loyal to you, they all talk, even more so when they are frustrated.”

“What are you trying to say?”

Kael questioned directly. He wasn’t exactly a fan of these games, and Aurelia didn’t extend it any further either.

“The Stonefangs.”

She said the word.

“I do not know what you were thinking when you brought them here, but I do know it was not a wise decision.”

Kael remained silent. His expression looked similar to that of Lavinia, and once again, Aurelia didn’t stop at his silence.

“Don’t be surprised. As I said, people talk, especially when they are frustrated, and they…”

Aurelia looked at the doors, probably talking about the guards standing behind those doors, and—

“And they are quite frustrated.

Also, there is no artifact that isolates sound in this hall. I understand the resources here are limited—you might not even have artifacts that silence sound, but if that is the case, other preventive measures become essential.

Measures like design. I know the space here is quite ample; this Hall could have been made with two walls in a way that sound is limited through natural means, without having to use artifac—”

“I understand that you now know about the Stonefangs, I get it.”

Kael, understanding that Aurelia might go on a long monologue, interrupted her early.

“You heard the guards, you might even have interrogated them, to which they did not answer you clearly, but you still got what you wanted to hear from them using some tricks and whatnot.

I get it—you found the information that I did not wish for you to know.

What now?”

“…”

This time, Aurelia was the one who turned silent, and it wasn’t because she felt cornered. Rather, it was because she felt… ridiculous.

“You have no reason to act in such a manner.”

In the end, she couldn’t help herself and commented as she looked at Kael.

“You did not lose, Kael. Sure, you can say you suffered quite a wound, but me learning about the Stonefangs is not a big deal, not when I am a prisoner and am in no state where I can use this news to my advantage.

There is no reason for you to be so hard on yourself. You cannot see everything, you cannot fix everything,

you cannot not make mistakes, and accepting your mistakes and learning from them is what good leaders do.

When I found your mistake, instead of taking it on your ego, you should try to get more out of me and—”

“For someone known as the Serpent General, a General known for her efficiency, you sure talk a lot.

Consider not talking so much; maybe that would help your ’efficiency’ even further.”

Kael retorted, Aurelia however shook her head like a disappointed mentor.

“Such remarks will not help you.”

“Your words won’t help you either.”

Kael retorted again and—

“But they will help you.”

Aurelia answered. This time, her eyes shined with a meaningful gaze.

“What do you mean?”

Kael’s frown deepened.

“Learn from me, Hero Kael.”

“What…?”

An absurd look appeared on Kael’s face.

“Learn from me.

You have become more arrogant, but considering your ability, that is only natural. I do not blame you.

But as you can see, you may have multiple means, but you cannot always win. There are battles even you would lose.

Why go far?

If I hadn’t underestimated you and brought more reinforcements, you would have lost.

You won, and you surprised me with your might, but that trick can only work so many times. There will be a time when your powers will be well known by the world—time when people, enemies stronger than me, will not underestimate you like I did.

And those battles, you wouldn’t be able to win them all. There will be some that you will lose, and I…

I wish to help you win those battles.”

“Are you suggesting that you will make me undefeatable?”

Kael raised his eyebrow, but Aurelia shook her head.

“I am not as arrogant as you. I do not have the ability to back that arrogance, nor am I claiming to make you undefeatable.

But I do wish to turn you into someone far more capable than what you currently are.

You are an excellent soldier, I do not deny it. Both your Magic and Sword are honed to a level of perfection rarely seen otherwise, but I wish to turn you into a leader.

You hold the ability of a hundred people on your own, but I wish to teach you how to command a thousand.

I wish to teach you how to make use of your people, how to deploy strategy, tactics that would help you multiple times. I will teach you how to avoid major mistakes that might cost you more than just a battle.

I…

I have a lot to offer.”

Aurelia took a small pause, almost as if letting Kael digest everything he had heard. Then, once she thought she had given enough time, she continued to provide the ’help’ she had promised.

“First, let’s discuss the Stonefangs.”

Kael didn’t say anything. He let the woman continue. Just like he expected, the woman had a lot to say.

He, on the other hand, was only trying to get something useful out of her—a piece of information that he would not know.

As a General of one of the strongest Kingdoms in the world, he believed the woman should know a few things, even if it was about the Heights—the place disregarded and abandoned by the world.

“You may not understand it well since you have only been in this world for a few months, not to mention the records about the Heights have always been difficult to find, neither would they be linked to your interest back when you were in Drakthar.

For you, it is natural to not understand it, but…

But in the end, however natural it may be, if you are the leader, all these reasons become… excuses.

Your decision was a mistake.

And I do not know how you somehow convinced the Velmourns to live together with the Stonefangs, but you need to make things right, and you need to do it carefully.”

“So you… want me to send the Stonefangs back where they came from…?”

Kael asked with a somewhat disappointed look on his face, Aurelia however played the role of the teacher who needed to say what was needed and—

“Yes.”

She nodded, and Kael…

He sighed and turned around with a disappointed look on his face.

Aurelia wasn’t it.

If the General knew something about the tribes gathering together, she would not have acted this way. So at the very least, he could say the Sky Kingdom wasn’t involved with the incident—at least not on the level where all the higher-ups knew about it.

Of course, there is a possibility of Aurelia putting up an act in order to fool him, but even in that case, she wasn’t useful to him since she still wouldn’t give him the information he needed.

This entire conversation was a failure, and Kael had no choice but to accept it.

As for the General—

“H-Hey! Where are you going!?

I wasn’t done talking!”

She still couldn’t believe the man just… turned around and left like this.

Just… how arrogant can one be!?

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