Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons

Chapter 490: A kiss…? In front of everyone…?

The wind howled across the open courtyard as Kael and the Velmourn riders descended from the sky. The beasts landed one after another, wings beating against the air before folding neatly to their sides.

The last to land was Kael himself—yes, Igni wasn’t with him. Despite the Dragon’s constant refusal, Kael had forced him back into the Sanctuary and told Vitaria and Nyrri to keep an eye on him. Igni needed to heal, and healing would be fastest inside the Sanctuary.

As the group landed on the ground, everyone—the Council Members, the Matriarch, Kayden, and a few other soldiers—stared at them in shock, their eyes wide, movements still, as if they were unable to process the sight in front of them.

The group did not return alone.

Together with them were a total of twenty-nine Sky Kingdom soldiers, bound with ropes. Their once-proud uniforms were now dirtied and scorched.

What surprised people the most was that among these soldiers… walked another woman… a woman who was… as strong as Commander Korvath himself, if not stronger.

The Sky Serpent General, Aurelia Stormborn.

Of course, none of the Velmourns knew about her. Even if they had heard a few rumors from the merchants who often visited them, they often ignored them since they simply did not care about the outside world. But even then…

Most people here could feel it.

Aurelia Stormborn… she was strong.

And the fact that she was walking on the ground with her head hung low, a collar on her neck, and her hands bound…

It meant that she was defeated by Kael, together with all the other soldiers who had surrounded him.

Even the most seasoned warriors in the Heights felt their stomachs twist when they thought about it.

They all knew the story.

Kael was surrounded by more than eighty soldiers.

And he returned… with thirty prisoners.

Including a General.

Just… what kind of monster was he?

Were the rumors true…?

Was he… truly a… God?

The Iron Council stood still, their bodies tense for no reason. They knew the man in front of them was an ally, but even then…

Today…

Today Kael looked… much more… intimidating.

Morvain herself had no words—she just scanned the man in front of her from head to toe with a sharp look on her face.

His calm face, the faint scent of blood that still clung to him, and the new… cold, detached aura that she was sensing…

It… it looked like she was seeing an entirely different man than the one they had sent out.

This was probably the reason for this deafening silence. Everyone around must have sensed the same thing as well; this is why no one dared to speak—

No one but…

“Kael!”

A loud voice broke through the silence.

Before anyone could even react, a blur of black and purple darted forward and collided with Kael, throwing her arms around him.

Kael blinked in surprise as her warm, trembling body hit his.

“Lavinia—”

He tried to say something, but the Mage hugged him tighter, burying her face against his chest. Her hands clutched his shirt like she feared he’d disappear if she let go.

For a moment, Kael didn’t move. He just hugged her and gently rubbed her back, calming her tense body down. After a few seconds, when her body finally loosened up, he placed his hand on her shoulders and finally looked at her face—

Her hair was messy, her cheeks stained with dried tears, her eyes red and swollen. Her lips trembled; her whole body was shaking slightly even now when she was in Kael’s arms.

One look at her and Kael realized it…

’She cried the entire time I was away…’

Kael felt a piercing pain in his heart when he saw that. Soon, however, he suppressed his pain and wrapped his arms around her even more tightly—

“I told you, I am fine,”

He said gently.

“You should—”

However, before he could finish, Lavinia tilted her head up and sealed his lips for a firm, desperate kiss without a hint of hesitation.

“!!!”

For a moment, Kael froze, his eyes wide in surprise.

The entire courtyard went dead silent again. Even the elders of the Iron Council, who had seen battles, starvation, and deaths, couldn’t hide their awkward expressions.

Kayden turned slightly, scratching the back of his neck.

As for Kael…

He still couldn’t believe what was happening to him.

A kiss…?

In front of everyone…?

Just what was she thinking…?

All these questions came to his mind, but the instant Lavinia’s teary face appeared in his mind, all those thoughts vanished and he…

He gave in.

His eyes closed, his hand rose to her cheek, and he kissed her back.

Lip to lip, each sucking the other’s lip in a strong, passionate kiss, while they pulled each other into their embrace. Their bodies were so close to each other that not even air could pass through them and they—

They stayed like that—two figures standing in the middle of chaos, surrounded by Council Elders, soldiers, prisoners, and silence, yet lost in each other—as if nothing else in the world existed.

“…Well,”

Kayden muttered, clearing his throat.

“Guess that answers how he’s doing.”

The tension broke slightly, and Korvath took the opportunity to speak.

He turned toward the group of soldiers who had escorted Kael back.

“What took you so long?”

The Commander asked in a calm tone. While he did ask the question to shift the attention, it was still something he wanted to know.

He had sent these soldiers an hour ago. According to the reports, they got there within ten minutes. The return journey shouldn’t have taken more time, then why did it take them an hour to come back?

At that question, the soldiers stiffened immediately. Their eyes flicked toward each other nervously.

Korvath frowned at that reaction and continued to stare at the soldiers until one of them finally stepped forward—

“W-We were… cleaning the battlefield.”

He answered with a stutter.

“Cleaning the battlefield…?”

Korvath frowned.

The lead soldier nodded slowly, his body trembling ever so slightly as the memory returned. The bloodied ground, the red that flowed without stopping, and… the severed bodies—especially that head still attached to its spine…

It was a horrifying sight.

And as they burned the bodies and cleaned everything… they saw it all… even if they did not want to—a sight that they would never forget.

It…

It wasn’t a battle—

It was a slaughter.

And the most terrifying part?

It was all done by a single man.

“Yes…”

The soldier did not say anything else, he just nodded slowly to Korvath’s question.

The other soldiers were no different; they shifted uneasily, their faces pale as the images replayed in their minds. Slowly, they turned towards the man responsible for it all.

And seeing him hugging and kissing the woman he loved as if nothing else mattered—the sheer difference between the two sights… confused their minds even further.

To think the man behind all the slaughter just… sat there—with no injuries or even bruises. Heck, other than his cape that was torn, there was almost no evidence that he had even been to the battlefield.

It almost felt like…

He was someone who had gone out for a walk and mistakenly encountered the bloodied sight and had no relation with it at all.

When Korvath saw his soldiers’ faces, he understood what they were talking about. He too, stared at Kael for a moment before recalling the transformation he used against the Stonefangs, and he shook his head.

If… if it was that power…

Then tearing through the Sky Kingdom Unit wasn’t impossible either.

Korvath nodded to himself.

No one said anything after that.

The only sounds that remained were the faint rustling of the wind and the quiet sobs of Lavinia, muffled against Kael’s chest.

Until finally—

“Kael.”

Morvain called out.

The Matriarch had held back for long enough.

She had seen Lavinia’s state; Kael too had been through a lot. It was clear that the couple should be given some time alone, but…

As much as the Matriarch wanted it, she could not allow it—not right now.

There were too many things she wanted to know, especially about the new faces Kael had returned with.

She needed a complete report.

Kael realized it as well. He tightly held Lavinia’s back, pulling her close to him before he broke the kiss and finally looked at Morvain.

Morvain’s body flinched at his gaze; she, however, did not show it.

She stared back into his eyes and—

“Report everything that happened. Report why you took prisoners and why you brought them back when you already know our situation.”

She ordered.

Kael nodded. He wanted to begin with how he and the Velmourn soldiers went to the forest to bring wood, but then he paused.

He did not know how much he should reveal in front of Aurelia and the others. The Matriarch sensed his worries as well, but just as she was about to nod and have Aurelia and the others taken away—

“Let me tell you everything.”

Aurelia spoke up, looking right into Morvain’s eyes.

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