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"I guess I’ll have to. There’s no other option," Drake said. "About Blood Dragons, my brother, I guess. Sea Dragons, Triton? I need to make him stronger, so his bloodline also becos strong enough. I guess that boy will be my next disciple. Then there’s Demonic Dragons? Only my son is one so far. I guess I’ll ask for his blood, although it might be a little awkward. And lastly, Spirit Dragons? Hmm."
"Your daughter," said Jotun. "The little one. She is a Spirit Dragon."
"Kate? Wasn’t she a Technomancy Dragon?" Drake wondered.
"Technomancy Dragons have yet to be recognized as their own by Mother, but she is a Spirit Dragon," explained Jotun. "The last Sea Dragon, that boy, he’s also partially a Spirit too. Both of their blood should work."
"Alright then," Drake nodded. "Everything seems attainable, and we’re moving toward Sangre by now, so I guess the only complicated one is the Phantom Dragons. Hydra, you said? I’ll ask my grandma then. Thank you, Jotun. You’ve been of great help."
"Oh, don’t ntion it," Jotun said, patting Drake with her sharp claws. "Hmm!"
She looked at both Drake and Athyst, giggling.
"Ah, both of you look adorable together!" she said, using her claws to push them together. "Athyst, why don’t you claim him as your husband, girl? You could definitely make incredibly strong children with the Dragon King’s seed! You’re wasting a great opportunity."
"W-What?!" Athyst blushed as she glanced at Drake in embarrassnt, running away from him. "No way! Why would I ever do that?! Ew! I only see him as an uncle at most!"
"Ouch," Drake felt a little hurt, but that was fine too. "Yeah, please don’t force her. Our relationship isn’t like that."
"Is that so? Hoho, alright then, my bad!" Jotun giggled. "Now go. I am sure you’re busy."
"We are. Let’s go, Athyst. Next stop should be the Light Dragon Realm, right?" Drake asked.
"Yeah," Athyst nodded. "I’ll open the gate myself."
FLUOSH!
Drake and Athyst arrived at a realm of stars and light, walking through a stairway made of constellations as they reached the nebulas above this beautiful realm.
There, they found a giant made of pure light, a dragon of beautiful, glistening golden light.
The Primordial Mother of all Light Dragons, Asga.
This ti, Athyst was also moved.
"Grandmother."
The giant dragon looked down at Athyst, smiling.
"Hello, Athyst, my dear. I’ve been waiting for you. It has been a long while."
"Yes, it has. Umbral is dead."
"You defeated him?"
"Thanks to Drake’s help too, but I did take him down."
"I see. Well done. You’ve avenged your dear mother."
"I... I did, but..."
"..."
"Is she here? Did she reappear?"
"..."
"Please, can you check for ?!"
"Athyst."
Asga looked down at her granddaughter, cradling her in her hands, lifting her up, and hugging her with her large body.
"You know that I’ll always love you, right? My dear granddaughter. You can visit any ti or even stay with if you want."
"Grandma. D-Does that an?"
Athyst started crying. Asga didn’t say a word, but her eyes looked like they were saying everything.
"I’m sorry."
"Ahh. No, it’s fine. I knew that it was a very small chance."
"Currently, we don’t know what happened to your mother’s soul, but I know that it hasn’t been destroyed either."
"No?"
"No. She simply went sowhere else."
"Can’t great-grandmother do sothing? She’s the strongest dragon, right?!"
"It would be too selfish to ask her for help. Her powers are being used to protect all of us, after all, Athyst."
"Ah, yeah, I’m sorry."
"However, I will go ask her on your behalf and take any punishnt if my question is too selfish."
"W-What?! But grandma!"
"Don’t worry."
She looked at Drake as she left Athyst by his side.
"Drake, my King, please take care of her."
"Don’t worry. We’ll wait."
"Then."
Asga turned into particles of light and disappeared, erging in a world of bright lights and intersecting colors, constantly twisting in an endless vortex.
At the center, a titanic dragon, bigger than anybody, stood.
She was slumbering, but once one of her daughters arrived, she quickly opened her bright rainbow eyes.
"Asga."
"Mother."
"Ask."
"It’s about my granddaughter, Athyst. What happened to her mother?"
"Hm."
Tiamat fell silent for a few seconds.
"She was slain by the betrayer, Umbral, and had her body and soul turned into Soul Gear. Then, Umbral was slain by her daughter. His soul and body were destroyed. His Soul Gear broke into Soul Essence."
"Is she, so we couldn’t recover her?"
"It was impossible with her soul in that state."
"I-I see."
"A fragnt of her, however, lives."
"What?!"
"A power I do not understand, it goes beyond mine. But there’s sothing that has taken hold of this fragnt, becoming part of Athyst’s powers."
"So?"
"Technically, she lives within her daughter."
Athyst and Drake heard the conversation, which Asga had purposely connected to where she went, leaving Athyst in tears once more.
"S-So she’s really there? With ?" Athyst cried. "Drake, uncle Drake, she’s alive! She’s, uuhh."
"There, there, it’s okay," Drake hugged her, comforting her as Athyst broke into tears over his chest, his long wings wrapping around her tenderly. "I’m happy for you, Athyst."
After that, Asga reappeared, back from the Realm where only Tiamat existed, as she smiled at Athyst.
"Apparently, your mother is sohow within you?" Asga didn’t really know what to say. "I don’t really understand what my mother ant with that."
"It’s okay, I do understand!" Athyst smiled. "It’s sothing a little complicated, a power born from our hearts nad Archetypes, which Drake has shared with ."
"Archetypes, how interesting," Asga said.
Drake didn’t really want to explain these things, which were a secret, to everyone.
So he quickly decided to change the topic.
"Umbral apparently had a fragnt of Chaos. I believe he fought a fragnt of the Chaos Dragon and ate her," explained Drake. "And well, the Chaos Dragon are your original body and soul fragnts, right, Asga?"
"Yes, I felt sothing. A piece of myself ca back," nodded Asga. "And it seems that fragnt has been destroyed. I’ve already been dead, so this didn’t change much. I’m glad Umbral was defeated, and this is finally over."
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