Son of the Hero King

Interlude

Interlude

The dragon realm was not calm at the moment, ever since the latest events where traitors had been revealed once again, something dark had been building and tension was at an all-time high.

Dragons were by nature extremely individualistic and the fact that traitors might still be laying low pushed this desire for isolation even more. As if it wasn’t enough, any dragons who showed even the slightest suspicious action had risk of getting lynched by the crowd before any question was asked.

Kiyohime had been pulling her hair because of the stress even as she struggled to bring stability to the realm.

It was not easy. Even more so since dragons knew that she was the executioner who put down all the traitors. At the same time, it was exactly because of this that she was more respected. Many dragons pitied her in fact, for they knew that Kiyohime loved the dragon race from the depth of her heart.

They could not even imagine how much grief she must have felt as many of the dragons had been directly or indirectly raised by her.

Kiyohime knew that her prestige was helpful but soon Tiamat would leave for the divine beast conference and she knew that once this happened things might really get troublesome.

She had been visiting Tiamat repeatedly the last few weeks as Tiamat delegated more and more of her authority to Kiyohime.

Once Tiamat left, the Territory would not benefit from the additional protection of the Sea of Stars dimension that belonged to Tiamat. This was another glaring point they needed to take care of and another problem she had been losing her hair over.

Today though, as she walked alone in the hallway, her expression was less frantic. After all, she wasn’t here for a report but simply to show a message.

“Oh my, Kiyo! How are you!?”

Kiyohime stopped in her tracks and looked at the short pinked woman sauntering toward her with a large grin.

“Skuld.”

Kiyohime's relationship with Skuld was...Complicated. As a dragon and a warrior of Order, she despised Skuld and in fact, would be happy to sink her claw in Skuld’s heart and crush her heart. She also knew that Skuld, despite her apparent smile and joy, held no love nor interest for her and anyone else.Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

Expect one person — Sol.

Kiyohime's relationship with Sol was even more complicated.

“What the matter?”

“My, oh cold! After what we did together last time, I thought we became closer.”

Kiyohime felt heat cover her face. Right. This was the reason why she could not completely rebuke Skuld. That wild night she spent alongside the other women with Sol was still etched in her memory.

Letting out a sigh, she resumed her stride, “If you have nothing of importance to say then leave. I have a message to give.”

“Oh, I know. I can even guess what the content of that message is. Why else do you think I came?” Skuld chuckled before walking alongside Kiyohime. The two of them were relatively close in height so they made quite the picture together.

What was worth mentioning though was that even as she seemed close, Skuld made sure to keep a certain distance from Kiyohime. It was a distance so small it seemed useless but for people at their level, this was just the perfect distance to react instantly in case of a sudden attack.

Kiyohime gave a side glance at the impish titan and scoffed, “Your sister should be soon received by Tiamat, right?”

This was how a prince should be!

The Sol she had known had been relatively humble in his actions and words. Those traits were admirable in a warrior. But she did not wish to see them in someone else's family.

Pride. Absolute and complete pride as well as confidence in one's own power. The complete and unbreakable belief in the power you possessed.

“This was beautiful.”

In the end, her laugh ceased but her mood was still at an all-time high.

“Kiyohime. I want you to make a copy of this recording and spread it through the entire Dragon Territory. If possible, also make them flow in the other territories.”

Kiyohime, who had been spellbound by Sol’s display of power and his full dragon appearance, tore her gaze with difficulty from the video that was replaying. His glistening scales had been quite mouth-watering after all.

“You...” Though her thoughts were still a little jumbled she immediately understood what Tiamat was trying to do.

“You want to build his legend?”

“Heh.”

Tiamat snickered, “Soon he will have to create his name. Might as well help him.”

The victory against the Titan was great but anyone with discerning eyes would know Sol didn’t use his own power to bring victory.

Now though, there would be no doubt about his might and power. This was perfect to build a legend and increase the chances of receiving a good name.

But this wasn’t all. Tiamat knew very well that Sol did not need her help for powerful name. The second reason she was doing this was simple,

“I want all the divine beasts to remember.” She grinned, her eyes filled with amusement.

“I bullied all of them. My daughter bullied all their children and my grandchild will bully all their grandchildren.”

The dragons were the strongest. This was nothing but the simple truth. Tiamat laughed again while Kiyohime gave a bitter smile at the childishness of her creator.

Soon though, the two dragons found something curious. Why was that impish woman not reacting?

When the two of them finally paid attention to Skuld, Tiamat shook her head while Kiyohime only sighed.

“She fainted,” Kiyohime said as she watched Skuld lying down on the ground with a happy face as if she had reached Nirvana.

It seemed like this video had been too much for Skuld’s poor heart.