Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4057

Chapter 4057: Free Will (Part 2)

"There, there, Little One." Orion hugged her. "I said if something happens to us. I’m still alive and have no intention of giving up without a fight."

"Always a daddy’s girl." Jirni sighed, triggering a sudden tackle.

"Don’t die, Mom. Please!" Quylla sobbed.

"I- You-" There were few things on Mogar Jirni Ernas couldn’t handle, and the desperate cries of her daughter were one of them. "There, there?"

She gently patted Quylla’s shoulder, cursing herself when the bawling only grew louder.

"Friya, this is all your fault! You’re upsetting your sister!" Pushed with her back against the wall, Jirni tried with misdirection. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"How is this my fault?" Friya replied. "I didn’t say anything. It’s-"

She wanted nothing more than escape the crossfire, but she knew that blaming Orion would only pour oil on the fire.

"I mean, I’m sorry, Quylla."

"You’re sorry about what?" Quylla sniffled.

"Anything you want. Just stop crying!"

"Does this happen often, or is this just my luck?" Ajatar the Drake asked.

"I have three pregnant women in my house and a bunch of children." Lith replied. "What do you think?"

"Same old, same old, then." Ajatar had assumed a humanoid, clothed form.

He looked like an anthropomorphic lizard as tall as Lith and covered with sapphire scales. Ajatar wore a thick woolen sweater rolled up to his elbows, warm padded trousers and shoes.

Drakes suffered from cold less than Hydras, but shared the dislike for low temperatures that united all descendants of Leegaain. It was the reason he had no tail in that form.

"What can I do for you, Ajatar?" Lith asked. "Do you need a place to stay as well?"

"Gods, no." The Drake pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up his snout. "My research needs peace and quiet. Here I can’t hear myself think. Let’s go somewhere more private."

Lith brought Ajatar to his study and offered him a chair.

"Much better." The Drake sighed in relief when the door closed and shut off all the noise that so many families living together under the same roof produced. "As you can imagine, I need your help.

"Let me talk until the end before answering because I’m not going to take much of your time or energy. It would be more correct to say that I need your support."

Then Ajatar explained the problems that Fyrwal was likely to face even as an interim Council representative and the many grudges that too many Awakened bloodlines harbored against the Hydras.

"Yours is a good plan." Lith pondered. "If you succeed in becoming a Dragon, no one will be able to criticize Fyrwal’s choice to keep Ufyl alive. It will turn her political enemies into willing allies and clear her path to the seat of representative.

"Even better, everyone will be so eager to adapt the Hydra technique to their bloodline that they won’t have the energy or will to argue with Fyrwal’s orders. What I don’t understand is what you need my help for."

’If timed properly, Ajatar becoming a Dragon would do wonders for me as well.’ Lith thought. ’Lots of members of the Council would lose interest in my Indech form and pester him, instead.

’Combined with my Indech, it should also drive all Lesser Divine Beasts away from Meln. Why become a Upyr hybrid when you can become a true Divine Beast and gain your unique powers?’

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