"Father, but I don't have magic."
Rhaegor was a bit dejected. He had seen his father use a few drops of blood to cast magic unknowable to mortals, but no matter how he imitated his father's every move, he even secretly dripped blood into a burning brazier. Unfortunately, it had no effect, and he was even mocked by his younger sister.
"I know."
Dragonzel was not surprised by this. The notes left by his old man mentioned the "Silver Blood" of the Varezes family. In the distant Freehold era, the Varezes family mastered the method of manufacturing Valyrian steel, and one of the important factors they relied on was the Blood Mage talent passed down in the Varezes family bloodline. However, this talent could not be cultivated later like a Fire Warlock, nor did it appear every few generations like the "dragon dream" talent rumored to be held by the Targaryen family. Instead, it appeared irregularly, and then for several consecutive generations, no children with related talents would appear at all. If the first Blood Witches of the Varezes family hadn't, like their colleagues, played with the blood of others to extend their lives, this family would probably have been completely devoured by other great families before the Varezes family rose.
It seems I am the exception.
But it doesn't matter. Even if Rhaegor didn't inherit the Blood Mage talent from the family's "Silver Blood," there are still some magic spells in the family's heritage that he can use.
For example, the hidden magic circle in Dragon Nest City.
For example, some ritual magic that does not require magical intervention.
And more importantly, a truly powerful witch, Melisandre, is imprisoned beneath the family's ground. She is not only a skilled Shadowbinder but also an excellent Fire Warlock. Although the "song of fire" of this world, represented by the red god R'hllor she believes in, will not directly tell her anything, her ruby, which contains a massive amount of fire magic, and the fire magic within her body, which Dragonzel can almost directly sense, all prove that she, this "red god Chosen," indeed has some skill.
Hopefully, she will understand on her own the things Dragonzel wants her to know.
Hopefully, she won't be so stupid as to wait for Dragonzel to teach her face-to-face, word by word, how to speak and act in a way that truly conforms to the expectations of the god she believes in.
While the father and son were discussing the inheritance of magic.
King's Landing, Dragonpit.
This once empty and sparsely populated massive building has gradually regained the lively atmosphere it had during King Jaehaerys's reign. Some elderly Dragon Guards, though now retired, still live near the Dragonpit in case of need. In their memories, the most glorious era of the Dragonpit housed Targaryen dragons like Balerion the Black Dread, Vhagar, Vermithor, Silverwing, the "Red Queen" Meleys, Caraxes the "Blood Wyrm," and so on. Every day, the sound of thunderous snores and dragon roars could be heard there.
But the Dance of the Dragons changed everything. The assault of King's Landing's mob made Daemon realize that the Dragonpit was not safe, but there was no time or money to build a more suitable Dragonpit near King's Landing. So Daemon could only try his best to modify the Dragonpit in King's Landing, striving to make it more comfortable.
Especially after Joffrey returned to Tide Stone to serve as the Lord of the Tides, and Baela, riding Moon Dance, disappeared without a trace.
Only Caraxes, Syrax, Dreamfyre, and Morgul remained in this massive building.
Caraxes also became a wild dragon after Daemon's death, but it still seems to remember its duty as the leader of the Dragonpit in King's Landing. It still maintains order in the Dragonpit and generously shares a portion of its hunt with Syrax, who is obsessed with laying and hatching eggs, and the young Morgul.
For some reason, Morgul, who grew up in King's Landing, is not only very shy and timid in personality—don't let its cleverness in the King's Landing riot, where it used piles of people to build its defenses and breathed fire to kill many rioters, deceive you. That was a matter of life and death. It personally saw Sunfyre killed by the rioters, so how could it not go mad?
Perhaps that madness exhausted its ferocity. This young dragon has since become accustomed to hiding in the shadows of its nest, even when eating, it is cautious, always living a life confined to its nest and the sandy area in the middle of the Dragonpit.
Moreover, its body size has grown very slowly. At over ten years old, it is not even as large as Igaras, who hatched only a few years ago, or even the green dragon that hatched from Meral Yangyan's dragon egg. No, to be precise, if only considering length, it is not even as long as a white dragon that survived from Dragon Mountain, which was recently brought here.
This made Morgul even more reclusive.
Syrax remains obsessed with laying and hatching eggs. It produces new dragon eggs almost every month, but few hatch, for unknown reasons, though the two young dragons that did hatch are very healthy.
Much healthier than the young dragons hatched in Dragon Mountain on Dragonstone.
However, Dreamfyre's temperament has changed dramatically. Like Morgul, it has become reclusive. Dreamfyre, having accepted Caraxes's rule, naturally also accepted the rules of not going out to harm people and not breathing fire indiscriminately. But this does not mean it is willing to completely obey Caraxes's command like Syrax or Morgul. It chooses to avoid all occasions where Caraxes appears. When in its own nest, even if Caraxes passes by, it will furiously breathe fire or roar a few times to show its displeasure.
However, since it was in its own nest, Caraxes had no choice but to let it be.
One dragon after another climbed down the stairs from above the Dragonpit.
They are the true "future" of the Targaryen family. Leading the way was Stormcloud, the blue Unicorn dragon. Having spent over ten years in Dragon Nest City, it now felt utterly unaccustomed to returning to the Dragonpit in King's Landing.
It prefers the nest it and Shadow Nightmare created by breathing fire, rather than the artificially constructed underground cave of King's Landing. Stormcloud sniffed, a little dejected, and let out a series of low growls.
Translated, it means:
"Red snake. Need to return. Nest."
A sharp roar followed, and Caraxes's long, snake-like dragon neck extended down from the Dragonpit's dome. Its scarlet dragon eyes glanced at Stormcloud and the young dragons behind Stormcloud.
Igaras lay slumped to the side, not for any other reason.
Only because a milky-white young dragon was wrapped around its body. This young dragon, named "The Pale Shadow" by Viserys, also had a peculiar appearance. It had a long dragon snout, looking like both a snake and a large, destructive fish called a "garfish" found in the rivers of the South. Its emerald green dragon eyes were hidden beneath slightly sharp, milky-white scales. Even stranger, this young dragon's neck and tail were terrifyingly long. Caraxes was already slender enough, but this young dragon named "The Pale Shadow" was even more slender, more like a large snake. Its hind claws were also very slender, automatically and skillfully adhering to its body when it wrapped around Igaras.
It looked even more like a snake with a pair of huge wings.
Especially when it lifted its head, the scales and skin on both sides of its neck would quickly tense and spread, forming a pair of flat, cobra-like structures.
It looked even more like a snake.
Igaras could never have imagined that after just bidding farewell to its beloved Sarafasas, upon arriving in King's Landing, before even entering the Dragonpit to find its nest, it would be entangled by this young dragon.
And it couldn't do anything about it.
Igaras's small head and thick neck meant it couldn't attack the "opponent" wrapped around it. As for its wings? When it was wrapped around it, the other's wings were much more flexible than its own.
Igaras could only dejectedly carry this inexplicable dragon into the Dragonpit.
Even Caraxes paused for a moment when it saw The Pale Shadow, though not for too long. After all, similar appearances among dragons are very normal, very normal.
The purple-gold Geleisos had grown more majestic after several years of growth—compared to the few dragons of the Targaryen family, when it came to majesty, Star Song and Hovendes of the Varezes family were the true embodiments of it.
Yet, at this moment, it was trembling, not daring to look up at Caraxes, who had lowered its head, which disappointed the old dragon.
Another blue-black dragon hatched on Dragonstone, whose appearance closely resembled Dreamfyre, also dared not look up at Caraxes.
However, the two dragons hatched here in King's Landing, and the long-necked green dragon "Emerald Eye" Jade Olins from Meral Yangyan's dragon egg, did not show much fear towards Caraxes.
These two young dragons, who had no names yet and only nicknames given by the Dragon Guards of King's Landing, stood one on each side, curiously observing the structure of the Dragonpit. Although they were born here, this was indeed their first proper entry.
The brown young dragon nicknamed "Unicorn" had purple markings on its body. Compared to other young dragons, this one was a size smaller, and its parrot-like dragon head was not very large—though larger than Igaras's dragon head. It had a huge bony horn above its nose, which extended backward to the end of its head, appearing particularly unique. When it was lying down, its tail also curled high, the fish-like tip of its tail swaying slightly in the air, as if searching for something.
The orange young dragon nicknamed "Horn Tide" had many black spots on its body. Its small dragon head, however, bore a pair of huge bony horns, almost as large as Syrax's horns, which resembled both moose antlers and weirwood. The pair of dragon horns undulated like ocean tides, extending diagonally upwards, growing into a pair of monstrous dragon horns. The rest of its body was normal, and it had no bone spurs, except for its tail.
Scanning these new dragons, Caraxes let out a low growl and slowly retracted its neck.
"Blue Unicorn go into cave do not provoke bad-tempered blue old fellow."
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