LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 4: An ancient conspiracy
While Adrian was stunned at his mother's appearance Irene was having a mental breakdown. She just escaped the kingdom that betrayed her and finally managed to find a suitable hiding place on a mountain.
After making sure this place is safe she began to give birth to her children. Since she already managed to isolate them in her magic space the process was very simple. When she saw her two babies Irene was shocked,
One of her babies had dragon scales forming on his face near his eyes. This meant that he was affected by her dragon transformation. This made Irene very guilty and very sad.
"I'm sorry It's all because of me your future is destroyed. "She sobbed as tears began to come out of her eyes. She knew how much of discrimination her child would get because of his condition. And this all happened because he was born with her as a mother.
Adrian seeing her like this felt his heart ache. In his previous life, he never saw his mother so he never knew what it was to feel a mother's love. But seeing Irene like this he wanted to cheer her up.
So he used his meager strength and tried to reach her head to pat her. While doing so she didn't forget to make some baby sounds while having a happy smile.
Seeing his actions Irene who was crying stopped her sobbing for a moment and looked at her son with curiosity.
"Are you not afraid of me? " she asked, not really expecting her son to understand her. " What am I even doing? Of course, you aren't afraid of me. You have never known what a monster is so how could you show any real emotions? " Irene then shook her head and muttered.
Her son may just be like this until he grows up and understands what type of monster his mother is. At that time he is sure he would be just like everyone scared and angry.
" uwwaaaaaaa" Suddenly a baby's cry was heard bringing both Adrian's and Irene's attention. Turning to the side, both of them saw that another baby was crying loudly.
Seeing this baby Adrian's mind went into overdrive, ' Is this my sibling? Wait, this meant I'm not Ezra. phew Thank god I almost thought I would have to be a girl for the rest of my life. ' he then looked at Irene and saw she was troubled by what to do. 'Well, it seems like I have to help '
"Gugugaga " Adrian made baby sounds and hugged the baby Erza trying to calm her down. And in no time he managed to calm her down. As an orphan, he had various opportunities to learn how to calm a crying baby.
Seeing her children getting along Irene's heart calmed down a little. She endured three years just to protect them so she was glad to see them healthy. ' oh right I have to give names to them 'she remembered as she looked at her eldest.
" My sweet girl, your name will be Erza. I hope you can enjoy a happy childhood without ever experiencing war like what I had " Irene said as she used her hand to carefully caress Erza's head.
She then turned to her second child and said, "My dear son from now on your name will be Akira. Same as your sister I just hope you too can live a life away from war. As for your appearance, I will find a way to solve it. This is my promise to you "
Hearing her words Adrian, now known as Akira, was stunned. He then hurriedly tried to find a mirror and consistently saw a lake near him. He then took a peek and saw that there were some red dragon scales near his eyes.
'Oh this could spell trouble, ' Akira thought grimly. Thankfully he managed to hide his expression from Irene or she would have another mental breakdown.
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Years went by in a flash. Irene would occasionally bring them out for some fresh air, but most of the time, they remained in her magical space—a vast, serene realm that resembled the endless expanse of outer space.
Since time flows differently, he and Erza didn't feel that much time had passed. But Akira could feel Irene slowly losing her sanity each time they came out with his skill. It seems like there is no stopping Irene from going down the same path as the original anime did.
During the time Akira was in the magical space, he was not staying idle like little Erza was. Since Irene didn't have two storage spaces, things like magic books and weapons were floating in the same place as the two babies.
So Akira used his *Voice of All Things* skill on these magic books to understand what their content is. And although he couldn't really awaken his magic due to not being old enough, he had no problem deepening his magical theory.
This went on until Akira eventually finished reading every single book in Irene's magic space. Then he went towards the two weapons and used his skill on them.
'His thought at that time was whether he was able to learn the sword moves of the past wielders. But it seems his expectations were too low because he managed to see the full story of the swords.
These two swords were previously used by Irene's father making him his grandfather. Unlike Irene, he was not a magician. He was a pure swordsman. During his time he was just a prince of a small country. It was during his youth he came across Belserion and saved his life when the dragon was at its most vulnerable period.
After that, both of them became friends and founded the kingdom of Dragnof where dragons and humans lived in harmony.
Life went normal for them until the day came when he and his wife AKA Irene's mother were ambushed when they were going in for an inspection in the city. One of the ministers with the aid of their neighbouring country launched an attack on them and killed them both.
Due to the sudden death of their king and queen Irene who was the heir at that time became the Queen of Dragnof at the age of 13. Due to the minister bribing many people, the culprits were never found.
But Akira who saw everything because of the weapon's memory understood one thing. The kingdom that was responsible for the murder of his grandparents was the one his father came from.
' It seems they have been aiming to conquer Dragnof for a long time. And hadn't it been for Belserion Irene too would be murdered. ' Akira thought as he analyzed everything. 'But they never expected that Irene would destroy everything during her escape. ' he mused as he saw the flashes of memories Irene had when she was escaping.
Since her mind was very unstable at that time she used her powerful moves to make a path for her to escape. This move regretfully destroyed the whole kingdom as Irene didn't take into account the buff she would get when she turned into a dragon.
'Well the past is the past, no point in thinking about it now, ' Akira thought with a sigh. He never thought that he would uncover an ancient conspiracy while searching for some sword moves.
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