The White King's Favorite

Chapter 3

"Ask Nebora if you need anything else," said Cassandra as Tessa took the bags from the servants' hands.

"I will. ...Are you s-sure this is f-fine, mom?" Muttered Cessilia.

Her mother smiled gently, and caressed her hair a bit more.

"I have a good feeling. Plus, you're going with Tessa. What should I worry about?"

Behind Cessilia, Tessa gave her aunt a confident nod, and walked up to the black dragon, leaving the poor old Yassim in awe. It couldn't be... Those girls were preparing to ride this beast? With him!

Cessilia gently hugged her mother, and walked up to Krai, gently patting his snout, while her cousin was already climbing on the dragon's back. Once on top, the young woman put down the two satchels, and held out her hand to help Cessilia join her.

"Hurry up, old man!" She suddenly shouted at Yassim.

"M-my Ladies, you're not expecting me to... mount this deity creature!"

"The deity creature will be twenty times faster than a horse," sighed Tessa. "And I promise he won't eat you unless we ask him to!"

Yassim let his jaw down without thinking, and turned to Lady Cassandra.

"...The d-dragons really eat humans?"

"Don't worry," chuckled the Princess. "This one's been on a low-human diet for a few years already."

Yassim needed a few seconds to process those words, wondering if she was simply toying with him. They wouldn't really have let a creature that could eat human beings near the Imperial children, right?

Seeing the two young ladies ready to go and waiting for him, Yassim had no choice but to move, and he did so very, very carefully. The old man took a long detour around the mighty black dragon, although Krai visibly had no interest in him. Instead, he was raising his head high for Cessilia to scratch behind his horns, making high-pitched sounds of satisfaction; Yassim had to gather all the courage he had left in his body to take Lady Tessa's help and set foot on the onyx scales. The height once on the dragon's back was impressive, but he didn't have time to look down; He was seated right behind Tessa, who quickly explained to him where to hang on.

"K-Krai, let's go," gently said Cessilia, patting his neck.

The dragon turned his head to Cassandra, who gave him a gentle pat on the hip before standing back.

Yassim was terrified, but he thought to himself he was a blessed mortal to ever be given a chance to climb on a dragon's back, and ride it! The large black wings spread far on the sides, showing off the dragon's unexpected width, and Krai flapped it twice before suddenly taking off. The climb was so sudden, it felt like the dragon had jumped up, and forgot to get down. Yassim gasped loudly, and held on, frozen by fear. He was riding a dragon!

"Close your mouth, Old Man," chuckled Tessa. "You won't like it if something flies in!"

"Lord Yassim," said Cessilia. "We can make s-stops if you need. D-Dragon flying can be d-difficult for Elders..."

she'd rather walk all the way from the Diamond Palace to

am honored to be allowed to... fly this wonderful creature. D-do you mind if I ask a few questions, though? The old man I am still holds much curiosity for the wonders of the Dragon Empire, and now that I have seen this, I

away," nodded Tessa. "Most people in this Empire don't get to see the dragons

s-sister goes

was one to run away, but it looked like the younger siblings were usually

I ask about this... magnificent dragon? I wonder about the

Father's

dragons you saw earlier were babies," explained Tessa. "Dragons don't grow like humans, they undergo major growth spurt when their master matures, around teenage years. We don't know much about the reasons behind the size differences from one dragon to another, but the stronger their master, the bigger the dragon. You saw auntie Shareen's golden dragon earlier right? It's Glahad, our grandfather's dragon. He's getting smaller with the years because his owner

was a b-baby, Glahad was much

the black dragon let out a long growl, and Cessilia gently

red-eyed dragon was the War God's Dragon itself? Moreover, if the Golden Dragon from earlier used to be bigger, he couldn't even imagine that mountain of scales moving like a creature! It was worth ten armies! The old man took a few minutes

was solidly chained to the Eastern Kingdom's fate. Those dragons were a magnificent gift, but a much more important creature was riding it at the moment. He ought to be sure of who he was tying his fate, and

I ask how come you're also... Speaking

throne, to simplify the

each other, looking as close as sisters indeed. Yassim was impressed. All of his teaching about the Dragon Empire had shown centuries of bloody fighting between all the previous Emperors' many concubines and children for the succession. For each new Ruler, a long trail of blood had to be spilled for him to access the golden chair, his hands dirtied by many of his siblings' blood. It was no secret that most concubines weren't afraid to kill to protect their progeny, when the said progeny didn't kill their own siblings instead once they were old enough. Even Empress Shareen's generation had been the theater of an impressive war between her father's six sons. Yassim thought he had come prepared, knowing that Empress Shareen had been placed despite three out of her six brothers still being alive, but now, it turned out this was

retaining any

away from it! He only goes once in a while

was speechless. A former Imperial Prince was now a family man and an

Tessa with a big smile, brushing her flying hair and little braids out of her face. "Tell us about your King that wants to marry Cessi.

remember to control it, and he bowed

but an admirable young King. Our

were taught about your civil wars too. You guys fell for one tyrant after another, and you called us barbaric

pulling

system was failing long before we sought war with the Dragon Empire, that is the truth. The gap between our poor citizens and the rich elites brought the Goddess of War upon our nation... Our once wise leaders were then no better than an assembly of greedy people, seeking to put the blame for failure on each other, with only a handful daring

there n-no leader to

issue with our former Republic Nation was that once a leader stood out, he didn't

still managed to decide on the war with our Empire, twenty years ago," said

better days. Many of our famished citizens enrolled

and

the hands of the Goddess of Chaos. Our angered citizens attacked the noble houses to steal what they could, good citizens became bandits overnight, and no power was strong enough to stop

"Ten years..." Grumbled Tessa.

to bring back the peace, but... For many, the anger was too strong. The nobles who tried to seize the power were overthrown one after the other by citizens who couldn't stand to see their former masters yield the

"Ashtoran...?"

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