“What have you done?! What have you done?!! You f.u.c.king b.i.t.c.h, I’m going to kill you! I swear I’ll personally do unto you what you did to my mom! Undo what you did to my mom! Undo what you did to her, and I’ll promise you a quick one!”

I tried with all my might to stand up, but my knees were soon pierced . Camille’s sharp claws speared through the gold and pinned me to the ground . My joints were shattered, causing large blobs of blood to spill out . Every time I tried to break free, I could see the shocking sight of my white joints moving about where my blood was spilling from .

The joints I needed to create movement were shattered . I wanted to fight back, but Camille saw through me, and thereby quickly destroyed my knees, pinning me to the ground . The huge holes in my knees felt as though my calves might end up separated from my leg . My blood ran along the gold . My blood pouring out was accompanied by my deafening cursing . I guess I suffered a severe wound . I couldn’t feel my arms or lower leg . All I could feel was concern and resentment .

Mom’s lifeless white pupils were trained on me, or rather, I was looking at her . My eyes were fixed on her . I silently pleaded in my mind, “Please, Mom, please wake up . Please wake up and look at me . I beg you . Please tell me that you’re okay…”

Despite my predicament, I didn’t feel weak or even pain . All I could feel was rage . I wanted to jump to my feet and murder her . I wanted to murder the two dragons before me, but I couldn’t move . I knew my expression had become distorted . I transform into a dragon when I’m enraged .

“Dragon transformation,” said Camille . She walked up to me and strangled my face . She stroked the scales on my face and, in a quiet voice, said, “You really did transform into a dragon . I knew it . You are a genuine dragon . You are a dragon descendant with pure dragon blood . Sylvanas was stupid . How stupid to hide this treasure and not use it herself . Has she gotten too used to her ident.i.ty as a mother?”

“What did you do to my mom?! What did you do to her?!!”

“Didn’t I already tell you? It’s just some poison . It’s what elves used to use against us dragons . In reality, it’s not that useful . I presume its original purpose was to kill us, but all it’s capable of is inducing enough pain to make a dragon want to die . However, that activates our innate ability as dragons . We fall into a deep slumber when we’re on the brink of death . In other words, without an antidote, Sylvanas will remain in an eternal slumber . ”

Camille sat down on my chest . She gently thrust her slender and long finger into my shoulder, which felt as though it had been shattered by her previous thrust . She stuck her finger inside and then drew a circle in there . She then grabbed the scales on my face with her b.l.o.o.d.y hands and laughed in a soft voice: “And so, you are a hostage . You’re now a dragon . This wound is nothing to you . I’m sure that your arms and legs will recover in a few hours’ time . Nevertheless, your Mommy Sylvanas won’t be able to . Therefore, if you want your mom to live, get Irina pregnant . ”

“This is kidnapping! You think I’ll help you after you’ve done this?!! I just need to leave . I have no need to help you lot!”

“The prerequisite is that you have to have the ability to leave . ” Camille swiftly brought her face up to mine . Her eyes were the same as Irina’s . She looked at me with a fierce and pleased look .  A smile crept up on her face . With a soft laugh, she retorted, “It’s impossible for you to leave this place . The dragons here won’t let you leave . Frankly, I didn’t kidnap you . I protected you . You think the dragons won’t leap at you and play with you until you’re dead? Fortunately, I’m looking after you . ”

Camille then stood up . She abruptly shoved her daughter over to me . Her daughter, who was quaking, shrieked as she tripped over to me . Camille folded her arms: “I don’t intend to bargain with you . Look at your Mommy Sylvanas . If you want to save her and take her home, hurry up and get my daughter pregnant . I’ll release you once she’s pregnant . I absolutely will keep my word . ”

“I… I…”

I was seething . I ignored Irina, who was struggling to get to her feet . I knew it wasn’t Irina’s fault . I was sure that she didn’t want to go along with her mother . Despite that, though, I couldn’t contain my anger . I wished she’d get off me; otherwise, I was going to lose it .

Camille snorted: “Irina, take him back to the room . Your job is to now get pregnant . Focus all of your energy on that . If you want to go home sooner, then do your best to get Irina pregnant as soon as you can . Oh, right, Irina is a dragon, and she can transform into a full dragon, so if you try to do something and anger her, she might kill you . Thus, I suggest you don’t even think about harming my daughter . ”

“I…”

“Oh, yeah, I already told you, I don’t want to bargain with you . I’m not making a trade with you . It’s merely blackmail . You’re a dragon, yourself . Since you’re a dragon, you should obey the dragon race’s request . If you keep haggling, I’ll call all the female dragons here, and I’ll have Sylvanas witness eyes you being ravished to death with her own . ”

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!! I swear I’ll kill you! I swear it!!! I won’t let anybody harm my mom! Never!”

“It doesn’t matter,” nonchalantly replied Camille . She looked at me with the same expression . She nonchalantly shrugged and then pivoted around: “It doesn’t matter to me if I die . I lost the desire to live long ago . Irina is my only motivation to live . As long as this succeeds, it doesn’t matter to me if you kill me . The question is, will you bear to kill Irina? Don’t forget that she’ll be pregnant with your child . ”

Camille left, leaving just Irina and I .

I huffed and puffed . It felt as if there wasn’t enough oxygen to satisfy my body . My entire body was akin to a blaze .

I wanted to kill Camille . I wanted to rip her limb from limb in front of Mommy Sylvanas! I was too naïve, far too naïve . I never imagined that she’d do that . She did drug me, but I didn’t think it was going too far, which is why I felt that I could communicate with the dragons . I never expected her to dare go after my mom . I didn’t expect her to dare harm Sylvanas .

I silently fumed, “Is she fearless for the sake of her goal?! Does she not care about the consequences?! Does she not care about anything, as long as she can have a child, or rather, make me and her daughter have a child?! She never even asked for her daughter’s opinion!!”

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty! King Troy! You will be all right . You will be all right . Trust me . Trust me . I… I know that you will not trust me now… But… but… I genuinely do not want… I really did not think… Mom would resort to this method… I truly never expected it… Sorry… I am sorry… Sorry… I am so, so… So sorry…”

I believed Irina told the truth, because she, too, was quivering . Her legs were weak . She couldn’t stand steady, either . She was stuttering . Her face was paler than Mom’s . It was as if it wasn’t my mom that was lying there but hers . In a fl.u.s.tered fas.h.i.+on, she tried to pull me up, and take me away, but she couldn’t, unfortunately . As a matter of fact, her hands shook more violently than mine .

I desperately tried to break free of Irina . Noticing that, her expression looked incredibly anguished . She solemnly looked at me: “You would not believe me if I told you, would you…? It is true, though… It is true… I never thought about doing this… I never thought about it… . I would never use this method… I did not think this would happen… I am very sorry… Very, very, sorry… I… I… I… don’t know what will happen, either… All I can do is apologise… I… I cannot do anything…”

“I believe you…”

I huffed and puffed as I struggled against Irina . Perhaps my nerves were somewhat weak due to my anger and wounds, leading to my vision being somewhat dark and blurry . I flared up, and I wanted to act upon that anger . As a result, I couldn’t maintain my friendly expression . I took in a deep breath and demanded, “Mom… My mom… Sylvanas… . Irina… Go help her first… Help her…”

Irina’s expression froze . I desperately tried to lift my head . I looked at Irina and yelled, “Hurry!”

“Ah, Oh, All right…”

Irina finally came to her senses and staggered over . She desperately tried to pull Mommy Sylvanas up . Mom’s body was limp, as well . Irina was unable to muster up enough strength to move Sylvanas . Sadly, I couldn’t do anything . All I could do was blankly lie there on the ground and look at Mom’s lifeless eyes .

My heart wasn’t wounded, but the heart that Mom gave me throbbed painfully . Every drop of blood in me filled me with despair . My blood overflowed, covering gold in my blood .

“I don’t want my mom to get hurt… I will definitely save her . I swear it…” I told myself .