BXBX NOVEL Chapter 61 61 - The Third Dragonkin Brother
"Don't ambush us like that again," Haruki warned, his fingers held sternly towards Doroke.
Sitting on Margarette's lap in the moving carriage, Doroke simply scoffed at Haruki's words. However, as he noticed Tiara's eyes flaring up in rage, his demeanor changed the very next instant.
"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry," clasping his hands apologetically, he replied.
Stressed by the effect of carnal curse as well as the chaos Doroke had just rained down on them, Haruki began caressing his temples in an attempt to calm his nerves.
"So cuteeee…" Mumbled Riley, pulling on the soft cheeks of the frost dragonkin resting over her lap.
"Ehehe," gloating in her praises, Tiara wore a sluggish smile. "You're cute too!"
Upon hearing those words, Riley's face turned into a cherry, and as if fumes of embarrassment were shooting out of her ears, she covered her face to shy away from the compliment.
"You too little one, you too…" Patting Tiara's head, Margarette warmly smiled at her for praising Riley.
'Am I in a nursery?' Somewhat irked by what was happening, Haruki closed his eyes shut to control his racing mind. Messing or even hinting his real identity in front of the dragonkins would've been detrimental to his safety, and thus keeping that in mind, he took a few deep breaths before speaking once again.
"So you two are here to keep us safe until we reach the tundra?" Haruki's guess was on point, and with a gentle nod from the two it was made official.
"Why only till the tundra? Can't they accompany us back to the castle?" Hearing Riley's question, Tiara turned her head towards Riley to reply.
"We can't cross it, mother will be angry!" She offered the same answer she had given to Haruki.
And yet, Haruki couldn't help but feel that there was something more to the story than just the fear of Rose getting mad at them. After all, the duo seemed desperate to meet their mother, and if they really wanted to they would have broken the rule at least once or twice.
"Who are these two by the way? They weren't with you when you went to Daria," pointing to the new faces holding them in their arms, Doroke turned to Haruki for an answer.
For a moment, Haruki wondered whether he should brush off the explanation since he had a lot more questions for them, but then realizing that he was bound to share the journey with them a lot further, he decided to just get it over with. Taking a moment to give them the same convincing lie that he fed the others, Haruki brought the siblings up to speed on the matter.
"Ray and Belladona, your names are so nice," as innocent as always, Tiara complimented the two.
"Is it nice?" Staying true to his mischievous character, Doroke tried to provoke the two but simply got ignored.
"I like her better," said Margarette, stroking Tiara's fluffy white hair.
"Me too," Riley added.
Puffing up his face, Doroke seemed extremely annoyed, Tiara on the other hand was happily beaming a smile. Through the conversation, Haruki wasn't sure if he should be annoyed or laugh at the silliness of not only the siblings but the other two holding them.
"Oh!" Jerking forward, Tiara squealed out loud. "I almost forgot!"
"Forgot what?' Doroke asked.
"You too?!" She complained before sighing at her brother's carelessness. "Mother sent another message with another tiger like the one pulling the carriage! She wants you to get home quickly so big brother is gonna help!"
"Big brother? How many siblings do you have?" Haruki asked out of genuine curiosity.
"Seventeen!" She answered, shocking everyone around her.
Giving each other awkward glances, the adult in the carriage decided to just let the matter die down, and instead, focus on what Tiara was originally talking about.
"Ummm, ah…so your brother, how is he gonna help?" Asked Margarette, nervously scratching her chin.
Following her question, the carriage began to shake once again. Unlike last time, however, the passengers weren't all too bothered by it for the moment. Suddenly as a beam of blinding light penetrated in through the opaque exterior of the wagon, the dragonkins jumped off the laps and opened the carriage door. Almost blinded by the light further creeping in through the door, everyone turned to the sibling to figure out exactly what they were up to.
'What the hell is that light? It's bright enough to burn your eyes out!' Struggling to focus on the siblings, Haruki cursed the light internally.
"That's our brother, we should go now, tell mom I wanna meet her soon!" Said Tiara before shooting off like an arrow.
"Tell her we love her!" Following right behind her, Doroke flew off as well.
"Wait! At least tell us what's happening!" Haruki's cries were left unheard by the duo as they had already flown far away.
Damaging their elevated senses as demons, the light drifted all of them away from their conscious selves. As it slowly began to dim down, the carriages slowed down on their own as well.
Further ahead, taking some time to recover their sights, the adventurers made haste to check up the middle carriage to ensure the duke's safety. While on their way there, however, realizing the sudden change in the scenery after the light had died down left them all baffled.
"I'm not dreaming, am I?" Standing at the edge of a mountain path, Kane was looking down at the duchy of Laria.
Right behind him, the silver storm stood gazing at the city in amazement. Getting off their carriages as well, the members of Nue's eye, and the clovers rush towards the scene as well.
"We were teleported, but how?" Wondered Diana, the most proficient mage in the group. "There are no magic circles and it teleported the carriages too!"
"Is the duke okay?" Bringing everyone back to reality, Maggie reminded everyone of their duties.
"Shit!" Noticing how nobody had left the duke's carriage, Kane stormed right over to it.
Upon getting there and looking in through the already-opened door, he braced in horror at the sigh of everyone being passed out as if they were dead.
"Lucy! Pon! Come here!" He ordered at the top of his lungs.
"Calm down, they're alive, I can feel their souls," sneaking right behind Kane, Fay assured him of their safety.
And yet being the responsible leader that he was, Kane was not at all willing to take any chances.
"Keep the carriages moving, I'll go on ahead to get help from the guards," leaving Haruki and the others in the hands of the rest, Kane took Arthur and rushed towards the city on the horses that were just pulling the carriages.