Her crimson pupils narrowed as she followed the blade with a cold gaze, finding a black-haired knight trembling as he held his sword to block her.
"No... I won't let you... harm... the young lady."
"Tch—"
Furiel let out a dissatisfied click of her tongue.
'How annoying. I should just kill him.'
With that thought, Furiel did not hesitate and moved to strike.
After all, Speuler had no powerful background; killing him meant nothing.
Even if he did, Furiel would not care.
As a dragon herself, Saisa knew the nature of chromatic dragons all too well and immediately used an ice element barrier to block Furiel's hand.
"I think there is a misunderstanding between us."
Furiel's cold vertical pupils swept over her, indifferent.
"Talk to me after I kill him."
"No! You cannot kill the innocent!"
Hearing this, Furiel shattered the barrier with a single punch, her crimson eyes glaring at Saisa.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Daring to challenge me."
Seeing the situation, Gris also hurried to mediate.
"Calm down, calm down, everyone just calm down a bit."
"Hmph!"
Furiel snorted coldly.
"Jo, keep an eye on her at all times. Do not let her leave White Crystal City for even a single step."
"Yes! Master."
Jo, who had been watching the drama from the side, quickly stood up.
She did not want Saisa to leave either, only to go back and tell those fellows on Dragon Island about the situation here, which would only bring trouble.
Having finished this, Furiel gave Saisa one last look before using a spatial teleportation to vanish.
Looking at the suddenly disappeared Furiel, Saisa was also stunned.
"Space... magic?"
"Miss Silver dragon, come with me."
Jo's words pulled Saisa back from her thoughts. Saisa looked at the tall Jo and, without saying much, followed her out. Speuler also quickly followed after Saisa.
Watching the group leave one after another, Gris scratched his head.
"So... it's all over just like that?"
...
Under Furiel's orders, Saisa was placed under house arrest in White Crystal City. Originally, Furiel had planned to execute all the members of the merchant caravan, but after considering Jonavili, she abandoned the decision.
The most noteworthy was Gris; aside from the necessary eating and sleeping, he could spend all his time in the card room.
However, since Saisa was confined to a residence, the time Gris spent in the card room became less and less.
...
Thirty-eight years after Jonavili Frator Amody fell into hibernation.
In the darkness, a dragon looked at the scene before her and let out a confused sound.
"Where... am I?"
Her youthful voice was laced with bewilderment as her white dragon head turned to observe her surroundings.
Jonavili was certain that this was a place she had never been to before.
"I remember now. Was I not in hibernation?"
"Then this is... my dream?"
Her crystal-blue dragon eyes widened slightly, filled with curiosity.
At that moment, dots of stars appeared in the endless darkness. In the blink of an eye, a massive life planet appeared before Jonavili, and brilliant starlight twinkled all around her.
"This is? The astral plane! How can I be here? No, I mean, why would I have such a dream?"
Before Jonavili could think further, two small glowing red dots flew out from the world, rushing straight toward her.
Jonavili tried to dodge, but she found her body firmly locked in place, unable to move or break free.
The red dots rapidly enlarged, and only then did Jonavili see clearly what they were.
They were two drops of dragon blood!
The two drops of dragon blood had already reached Jonavili and, under her gaze, passed directly through her body.
Jonavili looked down and found that her dragon body was like a phantom image; it returned to its original state after the dragon blood passed through.
Subconsciously, Jonavili tried to turn around and actually succeeded.
But that was the extent of it, as she found herself locked in place once more.
Before she could ponder further, a massive dragon egg suddenly appeared, catching her attention.
"What on earth is that?"
Jonavili could not help but be shocked. She had never seen such a dragon egg; its size and appearance were almost unrecorded in her draconic inheritance.
The egg was covered in charcoal-gray dragon scales, which were fine and smooth.
Between the joints of each scale, a prismatic radiance flowed like a constant stream.
On the dragon egg, there were also twelve lines formed by black dragon scales.
The destination of the two drops of dragon blood was the dragon egg. Without stopping, they crashed into the egg and soaked directly into it.
As the dragon blood entered, the dragon egg began to tremble, as if it were rejecting them.
Right then, a pair of stars radiating a brilliant golden light abruptly appeared behind the dragon egg.
Jonavili froze on the spot until a voice, majestic yet tinged with helplessness, pulled her thoughts back.
"Sigh~ forgive me, child. This is a move born of necessity. Although white dragons are a bit idiotic, at least others won't be able to tell, right?..."
"Remember... I will wait for you at the end of the time turbulence. I exist in the past, and I exist in the future. I exist at any known point in time. When the time is ripe, I will naturally meet you."
Hearing these words, Jonavili shook her dragon head.
"What is all this nonsense?"
While Jonavili was muttering, she noticed that the charcoal-gray dragon egg had changed. Its color turned pure white, the prismatic radiance was masked by silver-white patterns, and even its size shrunk by several levels.
While Jonavili was bewildered, a massive white conical pillar slowly approached. Seeing this object, Jonavili was completely dumbfounded.
Because she recognized what it was—it was a dragon's claw!
That meant... those two "stars" were not stars at all, but the eyes of a dragon!
The thought was absurd, but Jonavili felt it was the truth.
While she stood dazed, the claw, which was like a sky-supporting pillar, gave a light flick, just like someone flicking a glass marble.
The white dragon egg instantly passed through Jonavili's body and flew toward the world.
Suddenly, Jonavili's heart tightened. Following her intuition, she stiffly raised her head and happened to meet that pair of "stars."
She had an illusion that the fellow on the opposite side was looking at her.
A voice tinged with slight interest rang out.
"Oh? A dream?"
"You still have the mood to sleep here? Get the hell up!"
The roar made Jonavili's mind ring. Her entire body fell backward, and her consciousness gradually blurred. Before she completely lost consciousness, she wondered if it was an illusion, but from those massive golden dragon eyes, she saw reluctance and... a trace of doting?
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