章 98: Divine Intervention (I)

Sleep was all it took for me to be fully recovered the next day. I spent my morning sitting in my usual chair in the library, reading the latest book that Moca had brought. He does a splendid job of bringing many new and exciting books that I had never seen before, from history books to old fairy tales, children's books, diaries, and even magical books that I especially enjoyed.

There was a time when he brought over a love diary. I couldn't read through most of it, because the journal embarrassed me so much that I locked the diary with a lock, never to be open again.

Moca didn't just bring one, but multiple-rated R ones that I even created a special section in the library for them and put a red tag on it to remind me it's a bit too rated M for me.

It seems I have seen a couple of books missing with the red tags, but they always come back clean and undamaged. I wonder who is borrowing such dangerous books. So far, I wasn't able to find out who the culprit was.

Today was a day off from school, so I didn't really need to go out. Instead, I enjoyed most of my day reading and lounging around doing nothing. I even changed into my dragon form and hopped inside the treasure room to cool off my mind.

The soft, clinking sound of multiple coins fell over each other as I swam around. My snout was breathing out smoke, peeking out from the mounds of gold. I did my best to stop myself from overeating gold, but that unsatisfactory hunger still pulled in the back of my mind.

Once a week, I would indulge in five to ten gold pieces to stop the hunger from growing. I knew that this unsatisfactory hunger would drive me insane if I wasn't careful. Plus, my mind becomes muddled if I don't eat gold, and the longest I could go without was three days at max. Any longer and it would be like that day where I made a terrible mess of myself on Earth.

Such thought made my body shudder, how could a dragon-like me fear so much? I'm not an all-powerful being, but a dragon that could change into a human or was I a human that could change into a dragon? Never mind, it's too complicated.

With a puff, I blew out smoke from my mouth. This was one time that I wished I hadn't run away from Elcro, but leaving the city was a lot harder on me. I couldn't change into my dragon form as much as I wanted, nor would I be able to call on my power. Plus, Elcro could probably help me out on why I had been cursed into changing into a human form, though being human isn't so bad.

My wings opened up, and the gold fell like rain, creating a delightful sound of tinkling. I did it a couple more times till I was satisfied. Yep, I don't ever get too tired of this sound at all.

"Young mistress!" Coco burst in through the door, startling me out of the mounds of gold. A small tidal wave of gold started to fall down, heading straight towards Coco. Coco braced herself and jumped up high into a perfect arch. She landed on top of the gold as if nothing just happened.

My hand slowly clapped, impressed by her feat. I know that only Coco, Tart, and Moca were the only ones to freely come in and out of this room, but still, it's not often that they did. "Y-Yes?"

"Young Mistress, you need to quickly come with me. The Divine Races have arrived." Coco gracefully bowed, but I could tell that she was not happy with the sudden intrusion.

"Where are they?" I shifted into my human form, jumping out of the mounds of gold.

"They are waiting in the guest lounge."

"Is it Elcro?"

"Elcro? I wouldn't know. They didn't tell me their names."

"They?" Was there more?

"Yes, a group of them have come to speak with you."

We quickly made our way towards where the Divine race was situated. The moment I opened the door, the whole room felt like it glowed more brilliant than before. In total, they were three Divines in the room. One was definitely Elcro; the other was an elderly gentleman with a short cut beard, silver hair, beady eyes, stunningly handsome, and a kingly aura around him, sitting down on a chair next to the window. The one next to him was wearing all black with black hair and gave off a very intimidating and scary aura. All of them had a pair of fluffy wings as part of their ears, all they needed now was angel wings, and the whole set would be complete.

"Hello," I calmly voiced outwards, catching their attention. They were too dazzling, making me want to squint my eyes and look away.

"Myrin." Elcro gave out a cry of pleasure when he saw my face.

That strange name again...

"Elcro. I surprised that you are here, and my name is Berry." I corrected him.

Elcro frowned. "I have brought someone you know over with me this time." He replied and motioned towards the elderly gentleman. "This is King Alberi of the Divine Race and his personal guard Olivo."

I gave him a small but graceful bow. "It is nice to meet you, King Alberi."

The king took a good look at me, staring as if he found something amusing. "We have been searching for you Myrin Drakel of the Drakel house."

"I am sorry to say, but my name is Berry Drakel. Are you sure I am Myrin?"

The king looked confused at what I had stated. "I am sure you are Myrin for the Drakel house had only one daughter."

"I see. Well, your highness, would you believe that I don't remember who you are nor what you are talking about?"

"You have amnesia?" The king stated with concern. "Why wasn't I told of this?"

"I didn't know your highness." Elcro quickly replied.

"No matter." The king waved his hands, and then he gently folded it in front of his leg. Every movement that he made was graceful and kingly, making me feel quite small. "Myrin Drakel, or should I say Berry Drakel?"

"Berry would be better, your highness. It's more comfortable."

"So be it. There is no harm in changing one's name, though I am glad that you still remember your last name. This in itself is proof that you are from one of the twelve major households: the house of Drakel."

I thought it over. Was it really enough proof that I was Myrin Drakel just from a last name? I knew that commoners didn't have a last name, and only the nobles did.

"Drakel is the family of the Ancient Dragon race that has watched and guarded the Legendary Weapons for hundreds of thousands of years. They aren't many of your kind left. Honestly speaking, you are one of the rare few Dragons left. We of the Divine Kingdom have watched and protected your people since ancient times."

"Wait, there are more dragons out there?" I blurted out my words.

The king smiled. "Yes, did you think that the legend of the six legendary beasts was all the dragons in existence? Where do you think a Black Dragon from the legend came from?"

"I don't know. The only thing I remembered when I woke up twenty-seven years ago was my name. Everything else in my head was empty."

King Alberi rubbed his chin, deeply thinking over what I had said. It seems it didn't hit him until now that I really didn't know much about the world. "All Legendary creatures are born from something. A Titan forms from the most evil, Orc that has been transformed from dark magic. A Black Gryphon from a nest of Gryphon's race lives in seclusion in the south of the mountains. A hydra is born from multiple snakes that had been warped by evil. A Leviathan is a creature from the waters, spawned from a whale or a fish. Phoenix is born from the essence of dark fire found in the darkest place of the world. A black dragon is always born from the Drakel family line."

The last part hit me--A black dragon born from the Drakel line. This was huge news that I didn't expect to hear. "Why have you not destroyed the Drakel line?"

The king chuckled. "That would be unwise. You see, from a curse, there is always a blessing that follows with it. You, my child, are the blessing that this world has given to counter the six legendary monsters."

"And what could I do when I'm just me? I'm not all-powerful; the last time I fought with the Black Gryphon, I almost died."

With a nod of his head, the king spoke, "I heard from Elcro you fought with the Black Gryphon.

That is to be expected. You aren't born to combat the six legendary monsters, but to be the dragon maiden that bears and powers, the legendary weapons. Every six thousand years, a new dragon maiden is born, harboring the power to summon the legendary weapons to give to the chosen heroes that will slay the mighty monsters. The trait of a dragon maiden is that her scales are the color of snow, her eyes are the color of emerald and sapphire."

My lips twitched. "I see."

"Your time has just started. Have you chosen a Beast-kin to wield the Legendary weapon?"

"No. I didn't know that I had to find someone until now."

"I understand. That is to be expected. Finding the Beast-kin who can fully utilize its power is the true hero. It might take years, decades, and even centuries to find the right one."

It felt a bit strange that he didn't hurry me along in finding the Beast-kin who could hold the legendary weapon. I would assume that they would kick up a fuss for me to find them, but they just seem to relax about the whole thing.

"Wouldn't it be better to find the one who could wield it now? So many Beast-kin will be dying if I don't."

The king shook his head. "There is no point in rushing. Without the right hero to hold the Legendary Weapon, it is just a foolish goal. Instead, they would be devoured by its power the moment they touch it without consent from you. Only a few of the Legendary Weapons act in such a barbaric manner."