I probably should've told so of my wives I was leaving. Geta is with , and Kou should be able to send the ssage out. I should learn how much they all need to know about where I am. I am the Queen now. I shouldn't need their permission to do things.
"You've brought her," a Silver High Priestess says. "I was wondering if the old Queens had a plan to kill her if they failed to win the war. Glad they didn't think that far ahead. This way to the Queen's room. Your Royal Highness."
"Didn't think about that," I say. "Well, she's alive."
"I can see, Your Royal Highness," the High Priestesses says. She opens the door for us and takes the lead in the halls. "You didn't even know about her. There was nothing to worry or think about. You didn't do anything wrong by defending yourself. Sorry for making you think that. Have you talked to the Goddess of Royals yet?"
"I haven't talked with that one," I say. "I'm not sure if I want to see her."
"Haha, yes, she is a tricky one," the High Priestess says. "She needs to have all the royals supporting her so she can never give too much away or pick a side. Don't worry too much about her, but you should visit her. Just have the Valkyrie with you. I'm sure Royal will try to get you to make a stupid promise."
I really thought I was done eting new Goddesses. Maybe I can have Nanoka or Yumanea co with to help out as well?
"Here is the room," the High Priestess says. "Thank you for our visit, your Royal Highness."
"I've been here the entire ti," I say. Having multiple bodies really is weird.
"It's still a visit, even if it didn't start when you ca to the door, your Royal Highness," the High Priestess says.
"I guess," I say. This one is an actual room rather than a cave. I guess Queens get so extra privacy over even the priestesses. I hope Zarzi gets a door soon, or I can just bring her into the castle or sothing. It would be interesting if the temple fights that.
But first, the kids need to be born and figure out how to raise all of them. Maybe I can ask that from Dragon as well right now.
The room is nice. A bed, couch, table, and even a fireplace. Where the chimney goes, I don't know. So strange rune, I'm sure. I put Elo down on the bed and sit on the couch. Kou sits down with while Geta stands by the door.
"Welco back," Dragon says, lounging in her stream of lava. "You haven't even been crowned, and everyone is calling you Queen. Quite funny."
"Is Zarzi going to be stuck here without a door to her room?" I ask. "Then could you have done sothing to stop Yzzorres or whatever from killing a bunch of people?"
"Zarzi is free to go when the kids hatch," Dragon says. "Then maybe. Probably. But I don't care. Yzzorres isn't strong enough to rule the world or anything, but no individual can stop her. Why should I intervene? She's earned her power. She went to help you. She risked her life doing that. Others should risk it besides her. The chicken is happy to be your mate now. Be thankful."
"Those won didn't want to be there!"
"No. They were there to protect you. Are you willing to say you should've just given yourself over to that idiot Phollo? No. Death will be kind to those won. Respect their sacrifice publicly and help their families, and nothing will be lost. Phollo wouldn't stop her conquest after getting you."
"But..."
"Yes, if Yzzorres didn't co, they wouldn't have had that final attack. You could've just killed the Queens. But that attack happened. It ended well for you. Don't get mad about good things happening for you now. I can always tell Yzzorres you aren't happy with her gift. She'll correct that mistake, and I know you won't be happy with that outco. The strong do as they wish, and that now includes you. Don't be mad that I'm not affecting the world a lot. I could make the world a lot more hostile for everyone if I liked. Would you like Nature and Justice to co down personally? How about that champion sitting in the cell? Would you like Justice to do more for her? Or Nature's champion? Would you like her to co after you? I know you're about to ask to do even more for you. How much is too much? How much do you want us to do?"
"After all the shit done to ? Is that too much to ask? Is it really too much to ask for so help hurting the ones that get to hurt for free, and that the ones helping don't suffer so much? A bit of help is a small thing to ask, I think."
"I like you," Dragon says. "I don't love you. But move on from this topic. You won't convince I'm wrong. I did not tell her to go or to stay. Blaming will get you nowhere."
"I guess that is what you would say about it," I sigh. "But I can still be mad about it. But yes, I have things I want. One is a ritual, so I'm not asking you to give things for free. The other is just knowledge."
"That knowledge isn't for you to have," Dragon says.
I did not think about what I wanted! "It is," I say. "I need to heal the old Queen."
"Then use your mana," Dragon says.
"It won't work."
"How do you know that it won't work?"
"Geta said sothing about it," I say.
"Sure she did," Dragon says. "You wish to clear out her mana. Why not ask to do that? Or go to Space or Fertility to ask them to do it. You don't need the knowledge unless you're trying to do sothing naughty."
"You..."
"But you're asking to help you do it. Be careful with your logic, little one."
"I would still need the strength and ability to do whatever the fix is. Would it be so bad to let the world know how to fix the soul and mana? You must have a way to reverse the damage done to her. I'm trying to implent it myself rather than forcing you to do all the work. You saved her life, and I want to finish the process rather than you having to do the work."
"Before, I wasn't doing enough, and now you want to sit back and relax."
"Kind of?" I say. "I would like your help giving Zarzi and Elo their strength back through a ritual or sothing. If possible. I know I can help them earn it back without your help, so it's fine if there is a problem with doing it."
"You really care about learning how to heal her afflictions and don't care about healing Zarzi."
"Zarzi, I already have ways to heal her in a week. Elo as well, but first I need to heal her mana and soul," I say. "So, of course, I'm more worried about solving that issue."
"Little one," Dragon says. "Your intentions are very clear. You have soone else you want to heal as well, and just stumbled into a great way to solve that issue."
"I..."
"No need to deny it. Fine. If you can do all the steps needed, you deserve it," Dragon says. "But don't co complaining to when the other Goddesses get mad at you. I won't defend you then. The Priestess should be getting the strength ritual ready for you. You'll be the center of the ritual. I'll pass the knowledge off to you during it. Try not to die while using it. They won't care about Elo getting healed, but I'm sure your next project is not as innocent. Do not spread it far and wide. That will get you killed. Goddesses don't like others ssing with the mana and souls. There's a reason it took a ritual to fuck it up in the first place."
"Thank you," I say. "Why do you help so much?"
"I made you a royal dragon," Dragon says. "I could've decided you were going just to be a normal dragon, or a silver one. Anything. I decided you would be royal. Then Fertility went and ruined my plans, and Sex sealed the deal. You were ant to be found imdiately. Brought into the capital by Yumanea and live an easy life till you are ready to take over for the idiot Phollo. I don't need to go over the following events; you know them well. I owe you sothing for all that trouble, I guess. Besides, it's fun seeing you ss with everyone. We all know you t with the Demonness. What you plan to do with her isn't my business. As long as you don't plan to kill ."
"Why would I try to kill you?"
"I just told you I'm one of the sources of all your problems," Dragon says. "But I don't think you wish to kill . I just need to make sure. Now, do the ritual and be careful if you ever et Yzzorres. She is interested in you, but do sothing stupid and you'll end up in her belly with no one but yourself to bla."
"Why wouldn't I have to et the massive dragon that can kill whenever she wishes?" I sigh in the room. Dragon didn't care about my comnt? She probably still heard it. I wonder how much she gleaned about what I wanted to do. I didn't think about her at all, so it shouldn't be much. Just a good guess from a Goddess.
"Because the Queen is the one who is supposed to be able to call on her in monts of need, my Queen," Kou says. "Hence, Phollo being able to drag her out during the war," Kou says. "The Priestesses are already getting the ritual ready. Seems surprisingly peaceful for a ritual. Just so blood symbols with you in the middle. I guess having a High priestess, current Queen, and old Queen in a ritual for sothing so mundane would do that."
"Dragon seed in a helpful mood," I say.
"That would do it, my Queen," Kou says. "They are almost ready. I guess they were already preparing before we ca. You must have transferred the thought between bodies or sothing."
"I think I said sothing to Zarzi."
"Be careful, Alzi," Geta says. "Death is patient because they always co to her. Don't make her change."
"I'm not about to deny her anyone," I say. "At least I have no plans to do that. What about the vampires? They seem really old."
"They can still die," Geta says. "But there are a number of reasons they are limited to a single family besides Mai. Death takes all in the end."
"Besides the Goddesses," I mutter.
"Yes."
Well, at least she knows she doesn't get all in the end. Should probably warn Esralda that Death is certain that she'll be killed eventually. It would be a funny thing to talk about while I figure out how Quintella is doing. She must've given birth. Maybe even Lorlei as well. I can figure that out later.
Ti to sit in the middle of a bunch of blood and hope Dragon doesn't kill for the knowledge.
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