My head was pounding as I came to barley able to stand the pain, remembering the last moments before I passed out I quickly looked around
" calm down we already got to you." Hearing the beautiful voice of my wife I relaxed laying back down " I hope you got enough rest because you have been out for a week."
" what!" I shot back up in a panic at that news" shhh, she is sleeping."Looking to her lap I noticed a white spider curled up
" She has gotten quite attached to me while we waited for you to wake up, she's a cute little thing." As I looked at the spider I was hit with a sense of guilt ' why did I take her with me.'
" yeah...where are we. I charged the subject since I could feel us moving and not wanting to dwell on the bad thoughts
" we are inside of a tent on icarus's back, making our way to the dragons." Petting the spider Elise smiled " we should be arriving soon so this was perfect timing for you to wake up."
We were both silent until she asked me what happened an I told her not wanting to hide things from her
" well it's to late to feel bad now all we can do is move forward an look to the future." I wanted to express my fears but zauto entered the tent saying we are about to land
Bracing myself, everything started shaking for a couple minutes before going still this finally woke the spider up, she stretched her limbs upon seeing me wake as well she immediately jumped to my chest
" yay awake, safe, alive." She rubbed her little head against me wrapping her legs around me
' can you get her please.'I was still conflicted on my feelings towards the spider not understanding why she was so attached to me after I killed her mother
" come here ta'lat he is still hurting."Looking at me she hesitated before climbing Elise onto Elise latching onto her back it was hard to tell if she was looking at me due to the orca like face paint that covered her
Helping me up we all left the tent after I got dressed " welcome to our home." The dragon King greeted us as we got off icarus a small group was with him one of them was his son the one next to him was the dragon kings wife i assumed, the others were guards judging by their armor an clothes
" thanks for hosting us while we stay." Elise and I bowed in a sign of greeting and thanks
" think nothing of it now please follow me." Following I noticed almost everything was made out of hardened sand like the pyramids but their was more to it like it had a metallic property
' weird are the materials used not all organic'
" are you injured i can have a healer take a look at it." The king asked noticing I was limping as I moved " it's nothing I'll be fine."
As we walked through the city The citizens kept staring at us particularly Elise they seemed obsessed with her
" it has been so long sense we have had a pure dragon among us although you may not feel it their blood sure can."
" is that why you two only have a single set of wings." My curiosity got the better of me
" it's not just us it's everyone only have a single pair if they have them at all, you see through the generations we slowly last our wings, from two pairs to a single one."
Now I understand why they looked at Elise the way they did " now it has gotten worse in the past 4 generations the number not growing wings as raised dramatically, we are trying to find the cause but we have been unable to so far."
" hmm...this probably isn't my place but how much do you engage in incest." This got everyone to stop in their tracks but I didn't notice
" you see if what you told me is correct the reason this is happening is because your population has reached a point where all of you are related to some degree so you need to have children outside your own race,it may take a generation or two but I guarantee you will see true bloods pop up again."
" are you certain of this." The dragon King came uncomfortably close " im not a hundred percent it depends on what traits are dominant and recessive but yeah it should at minimum help."I took two steps back after saying that giving me some distance between us
" father you can't believe him he could be making this up."I turned to flabbergasted
" it's basic genetics it's common knowledge from my world that's why incest was strongly discouraged there honestly it explains a lot about you."
" don't,keep moving!. " the dragon king stopped his son from doing something stupid unfortunately he didn't stop a unusually buff an tall male dragon who had been leering at Elise since he caught sight of her
The king said something to him but he completely ignored it " there goes another one. Apparently he had a reputation of taking people's partners
" why don't you come with me baby I'll show you a better time then this welp." Before either of us could say anything a web sealed his mouth shut
" there is your answer." I chuckled moving to continue but he angrily ripped the web off
" was I talking to you." He swung on me but zauto was already in front of me transformed into his demonic form to absorb the blow
Smoothly moving around him I tapped the buff man on his side nothing happened for a second until he suddenly shot up upward like he was shot out of a cannon
" my love." Elise gave me that look again
"come on he started it."
" we are guests here." Rolling my eyes I released my control " fine." It was a couple minutes until we heard the air part from his fall right before he hit the ground I slapped him sending his body skidding across the street
Walking over to his now purple body I loomed over him " did you learn your lesson or should I send you back up." His bloodshot eyes slowly turned to me as he let out a grunt unable to move properly due to a lack of oxygen
" good." Turning around I went back to the group so we can continue on or way
" I'm sorry about that he's our strongest warrior an unfortunately we need him." The king said after waving for one of the guards to take him to the healer
" it's fine just keep him away from us I don't want to have anymore issues with him." Nodding we continued towards the center of the city where a castle that had similar angles to a pyramid stood surrounded by a moat that seemed to deliver water to the rest of the city through a bunch of channels
" impressive this city is beautiful built."I kept looking at the architecture and layout of the city
" our ancestors built it after fleeing here, unfortunately whatever techniques they used were lost over the generations so the best we can do is maintain what we already have."
" well it seems you have done a great job there is barely any decay to be seen." I said looking a bit closer at the structures
" thank you but that's not completely thanks to us what whatever the material is made of is extremely durable." My suspicious of the material nor being completely organic was all but confirmed
As we walked over the bridge I admired the castle and it's strange yet familiar look instead of taking us inside the castle he led us to a hut like house sitting of to the side of it, light plumes of smoke gently raised out of the chimney
Overall it looked very comfy
" we are back manory." The kings wife who had been silent until now spoke
" did your cousin finally do something right for once in." A elderly dragon woman came out of a nearby by room hunched over needing a cane to walk but seeing us she suddenly stopped in her tracks
" you actually found her." Before she could continue the dragon king cut her off " please we are here for that."
" what could be more important then the fate of our race!" The old lady was angered by what he said
Elise, zauto and I still stood at entrance confused by this whole show
"Please manory it is a sensitive subject we can't just dump it all on them it will scare her off can you please just answer her questions about the changes to her body."
The lady took a couple deep breaths before looking at Elise" ok what do you wish to know."
At this point the curiosity of both peaked we already knew something was up with they way he treated us, I almost killed his strongest warrior and he apologized to me
" that can wait we want to know what you all were talking about. " The dragon king sighed while the old lady smirked
" you are destined to become our ruler and lead us out of our dark times I have seen it with my vision you'll be our great queen to rebuild our nation and people