Book 15: Chapter 105


    My night with Irina was somewhat embarrassing as predicted. Previously, my wives werent around. We chose to do itte at night, and Irina did her best not to moan aloud when we started. We were just doing it for a dragon egg, after all. We couldnt show that we enjoyed it. That was a way of respecting my wives plus Irinas guilt and courtesy. However, once Irina got into the mood, her moans grew bolder and bolder.


    Irina stopped caring about controlling her moans. She shook her hips on top of me as if she craved it. She moaned louder and louder, bolder and bolder. Lucia wouldve perceived it as a provocation if she heard it.


    Irina wasparable to a suction cup that sucked me dry. She tightly hugged me. The fatigue tried to rob my conscious. Irina refused to let go even once we were done. I dont know if that was the dragon races trait or Irinas herself. It didnt feel that way in the past, yet I felt it then.


    After a few rounds, Irina, drained, slid off. She lied there and gasped for air. She was a lot easier to please than other dragons. I instinctively hugged her. She went along with me and leaned onto my chest. She gently ced her hands on my chest and closed her eyes. I suppose she felt secure and bliss once she felt at ease. I, on the other hand, didnt feel all that happy. Once it was time for me to enter sage mode, I watched her eventually fall asleep before covering her with the nket and getting out of bed myself.


    Lucias sleep at night was unstable as per usual, which was why she might be nkly sitting outside in a sour mood for all I knew. During the day, she said, Your Highness, please dont say sorry to me again, please dont apologise to me again, which worried me somewhat. She forgave every time I apologised. She never made me worry, yet she herself would be stuck bleeding from the effects of the pain I inflicted for a long, long time. I knew that it would be too mean if I went and hugged Lucia then. Using her gentleness and fearlessness, then trying to give her a hug to smooth it over was just scum.


    I didnt have any other way to extend Mommy Elizabeths lifespan. I didnt know how to write poems or sing Hello Hawaii, in English, so how was I supposed to extend Mommy Elizabeth and Niers lifespans? All I could do was use the dragon egg to extend their lifespans, granting them the chance to continue staying by my side. That was the only way. It was my only opportunity to help my mom and wife. I let Lucia down by doing that, but Lucia could stay by my side for a very, very long time.


    I guess Ill use time to make it up to her. Ill spend time at her side to make up for the pain I put Lucia through, I decided.


    I exited the cave. The wind outside blew my cloak open. It was freezing in the forestte at night. I wrapped my cloak around me due to my shivering. I peered into the dark forest underneath the cold and clear moonlight. The leaves blocked out most of the light. I was surprised to find nobody was outside. Lucia wasnt outside. Uhm, nobody was outside. Instead, there was a dragon.


    Id never mistake the ck scales. It was Dragon Mom. Lying on the ground, she took gentle breaths. Perhaps she was sleeping. When she heard my footsteps, she opened her golden eyes to look at me. I paused. I didnt speak, as I was totally stunned. I didnt expect Dragon Mom to be there. I thought, Why did Dragon Mome out here to lie? This isnt a nice ce by any means, and its cold.


    Hesitantly, Dragon Mom inquired, Did youe out for something, Son?


    No, nothing, I just want to take a stroll.


    Yeah? Dragon Mom nodded and then slowly stood up. She stood before me with her humungous body that exuded a dragons unique dominant presence. She shook out her body to shake off the leaves on her. Then, she said, Since you cant sleep, how about flying ap with Mommy? The weather is clear today, so its perfect for us to fly ap.


    I didnt know why Mom made the sudden suggestion. A whim, I guess? She shouldve been aware I wasnt a fan of flying because I could barely glide, and it was frosty. Moreover, it waste at night. To my surprise, I nodded.


    I climbed onto mom. She allowed me to lie on her back. I grabbed onto her scales. Mom slowly stood up and ensured I was secure before taking off. The gales whistled next to my ear. My eyes were reluctant to open and expose themselves to the moist and frosty temperature in the sky at night. As a matter of fact, I couldnt even breathe. I suppose some people were fond of race cars due to the feeling of being pushed back into their seats. That said, I didnt have a backrest behind me. The risk of falling weighed on my mind. Dragon Mom soon steadied her flight. I gradually sat straight up.


    Mom was right. There were no clouds that night, and it was bright despite the time. I could also see the stream down below as well as the forest. I could even see the smoke from the fires that had been put out. That shouldve been the mes acting as light for the town if I was correct. That was the first time the moon overhead seemed so closed. I was even afraid Id hit my head on it and, thus, bent down a little. The moon in this world was weird. It was different to the moon I once saw. The moon in this world didnt have a single blemish on it. It was as though it wasnt a.


    Mom suddenly spoke up: If this was in the past, we would fly together as a group underneath such a soothing moonlight. Our bodies could virtually cover the entire sky. Our wings alone could shroud the moonlight, engulfing everything down below in darkness. When Mommy was younger, Mommy loved to draw all sort of pictures in the ground using Mommys wings for fun.


    Mom drew all sorts of beautiful lines with her flight underneath the moonlight. While looking at the sky, she nostalgically told me, At the time, I never thought about how the future would be once I grew up, and I never put any thought into whatd happen. Now, though, Mommy hasnt even reached middle-age, yet Mommy has begun to consider things after death. Dragons never fear death. What we fear is vanishing.


    I didnt respond, as I didnt need to. I had figured out what Dragon Mom was trying to express.


    I know that you see Mommy as a traitor, a jerk for what Mommy did this time. Mommy wasnt considerate of you and didnt care about your feelings. I know you must be mad at Mommy, but I hope you can understand. Son, Mommy knows fear, too. Mommy is afraid right now, too. After seeing the wings shroud the sky that day, Mommy regretted and felt agonised, as well. I used to be filled with pride upon seeing that grand scene, yet I all I felt was pain and rage when I saw it again Son, dont me Mommy. Please, youre Mommys only family. If even you hate Mommy, Mommy really doesnt know what to do I really cant do anything Son


    Its all right, Mom, I dont me you.


    I honestly didnt me Mom. I didnt me any of my Moms; nobody was wrong. It was just that what we coveted was different. If I could make them happy, Id be very happy myself.


    Once I finished up what I wanted to do, Id head back. As for what happened in the forest afterwards, it was none of my business Henceforward, the dragon race would need to continue on their path on their own. I didnt want to have too much involvement. The dragons wouldnt be able to threaten the North again after the big massacre, and they fundamentally lost their future. I gave them theirst hope. I didnt want to see such a prominent race just vanish henceforth. Despite it being true that they brought it upon themselves, I didnt want to see thest dragons lonely tears