Chapter 30 Unexpected Visitors pt. 2 (2/2)
”No. I'm telling you what you already know. But now I'm going to tell you what you don't.” He stopped. Turned, and gave me a hard stare. ”When I met your mother she was a woman who would kill as casually as breathing. She was arrogant and careless, a true tyrant. Lives meant nothing to her. Son, they still don't. You mother isn't a good person. Don't think she is, because she's not.”
Woah there. ”Is that something a guy who married her is supposed to say?”
”It's not, but then again it doesn't matter. I like her anyway. See, son, I'm strong enough to usually keep her from killing for every little displeasure. You may not know, but I'm not entirely human either. My bloodline is...special.” He hesitated. ”Only because of that could I be with your mother. Not because she'd only accept someone strong, but because if I wasn't so powerful I'd never be able to stand by her side for the simply fact I wouldn't be able to stop her from doing things that make my stomach turn. Even if she let me be with her, I couldn't. Not if she kept up the atrocities she'd committed when I first found her. Which, were I a weaker man, she would and for no other reason than she could.” He spoke grimly.
” I love her in spite of all she's done, but only because she doesn't anymore.”
Their relationship sounded complicated.
He loved Mother, but wouldn't be able to stand her continuing to be a massive cunt to everyone.
He can only be with her because she stopped, and she only stopped because he was strong enough to MAKEher stop. If not for that she'd still be pulling the kinds of stuff he'd be sickened over.
Their's wasn't a relationship that would ever work out if Father wasn't so powerful.
”I'm saying all this to you so that you understand her. Damien, your mother is capable of anything. She behaves because of me, yes. Though when it comes to the best interest of her race as a whole even I wouldn't be able to sway her.Her family is especiallyhard to deal with.”
”Her family?”
”The Water Dragons.” He clarified. ” The Okeanos Family specifically. There's several types of Dragons in existence, Damien, but only the Water Dragons are considered ”evil”.”
”Oi. I ain't evil.”
”I saw the decapitations.” He said dryly. ”They were scum but I don't see any other fourteen-year-olds leading a band of zealous cultists to go and kill OTHER bands of zealous cultists. Do you?”
”I see your point. You were saying?”
”I was saying that they're covetous. Obsessive. And, frankly, unhinged in ways no one could ever fully understand. You, hell I don't even wanna get into how many levels of weird and sadistic you've got going on. What you did to that chief is really a work of art the likes of which only a twisted mind could've come up with.”
”Hurtful.”
”Anyway. Don't underestimate the lengths she'd go to, son. She calmed down for my sake and because I'm able to keep her in line...if barely. This matter, however, is one where even I won't be able to stop her from pursuing. Besides that you're making her feel like you're drifting away and, soncon
that she is, that'll make her even more volatile. Just be ready for anything.”
Mother, a soncon? Aren't they supposed to keep girls away from their sons, then? I don't get her thought processes. Maybe it's a ”My son deserves all the girls!” Kind of thing? Ugh. Dunno.
He paused. ”There's something else too.”
There's more? Haaa...
”What?”
”Remember the thing she said about keeping the bloodline pure?”
”Yeah?”
”...Damien, Dragons don't have problems with birth defects. At least not the Okeanos Family from what I know.”
”Okay...?”
Weird change of topic, but whatever.
He peered down steadily. Finally he turned away and sighed. ”Look, don't think too much about it. It doesn't really matter anymore. But keep it in mind. That fact, it means Dragons don't have the same common sense as humans.” He warned. ” Both your mother and your mother's grandfather married outside the Dragon race. It wouldn't be allowed a third time under normal circumstances.”
That sounded pretty damn shady. ”What's that supposed to mean?”
He scratched his head in frustration.”Nothing, it's nothing. Just thank the Gods you're different from the other male Dragons.” He added, ” And that you've got a cousin.” He muttered.
Some dark theory formed at the back of my mind when I heard his words. But I forced it down and asked,”Quick question then. Would Mother kill any of the people I like?”
”Totally. She would play with them first, but yeah.”
”Alright.” I decided.
”Alright, what?”
I smiled. And for the first time it was one I let display it's full innate ability for bone-chilling coldness. ”If she tries doing that I'll just take her precious Dragon race and make sure they go extinct.”
Extinction of an endagered species? Please, I was a human in my past life, we did that better than anyone.
Waiter! One Dragonslayer Spear to go, please!
Father blinked at me. ”You realize most are already adults and that each one has the power to level an entire mountain range, right?”
”So? If Arifureta taught me anything about Dragons it's to always aim for the ass. And Big D will make a damn good pile driver.”
Pro strat 1 : Sneak up, touch the bum and done.
But how will we sneak up on a Dragon, you ask?
...Heh...
Waiter! One cardboard box as well, please!
Oh yes, boys and girls. Good ol' cardboard box. The pinnacle of modern stealth tools. Boss would be proud.
Besides, aren't I a Dragon too? Bet I could even just Thu'um those lizards to death. Really need to try that out one of these days now that I think about it...
The man burst out laughing. ”Ha!” He chuckled throatily. ”Yeah, that makes a lot of sense!” He grinned. ”You know, the ass is your mother's weakness t--”
I Flying Falcon Kicked him across the street.
”TMI. Gentlemen never tell.”
Well, well, well.
Charlotte, looks like your services might be needed in the future after all. Gonna have to get that girl a certain Greatbow later on. Hopefully she don't use it on me too...
I left Father to savor the taste of dirt and went on my merry way.