Dragon King's Harem Chapter 79. Cold Dream I
[Do you want to activate the alarm parchment?]
[Yes] [No]
'Yes.' After I chose, the parchment floated in the midst of us and turned into smoke that spread throughout the room before it disappeared without a trace.
[The alarm parchment has been activated]
"Let's go to sleep," I said to Evelina and Jyne who were already sitting down beside me. We were already on the bed and wearing other clothes that served as sleepwear. Something similar with my inner shirt and trousers. While Evelina and Jyne wore looser dresses than their previous clothes.
After answering me with a nod, I lay down, placing my head on the pillow and my body on a hard mattress with a rough bed sheet.
"Good night, Evelina, Jyne." Then I closed my eyes.
"Good night, Your Majesty," they replied. They also lay on my sides and their hands pulled the blanket to cover us.
The narrow bed made us have to sleep close to each other. Not to mention, they hugged both sides of me and put their hands on my chest and abs as if I was their favourite giant doll. Their heads were on both sides of mine and I could hear their breathing in my ears. The narrowness made me uncomfortable, but it made our bodies much warmer considering this place's temperature was much lower than in the Palace.
Although I wanted another form of warmth, I wasn't sure they had any energy after our long journey. Plus I hadn't been able to touch Jyne since she hadn't become my wife and we had to prepare our energies for tomorrow morning. But I could say I was quite grateful for her presence. Our bed was only made of the hard mattress, so her tails provide extra comfort and softness to it and it was a pleasant feeling.
In just a few seconds, my drowsiness began to overtake me.
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Feeling strange, I opened my eyes and the first sight I saw was a snowfield.
'What?!' I opened my eyes wide and stood up in surprise. I swept my gaze around me, trying to find out where I was or find out where Evelina and Jyne were. But all I could see was a carpet of snow. Not only that, I realized I was standing on all fours of my feet since I was in my Dragon form. And from the cold biting my body, I felt as if my huge body was being stormed by a snowstorm. Surprisingly, there were no storms here, only small snowflakes falling from the aurora-filled sky.
'This isn't right...' I looked around me in caution. The parchment alarm didn't make a sound, so I was sure no one approached me. The fact that I got teleported meant that someone was doing it remotely. But moving someone like this could only be done by a Dragon King. Moreover, I shouldn't return to my original form like this.
I decided to check what was wrong with my system.
'Status!' But there was no response from my system, so I could only conclude. I was in an illusion spell or something. And this illusion spell couldn't hurt me, that's why my system didn't tell me anything.
A long breath escaped my nose, creating a thick fog in front of me. I straightened my neck and moved it side to side, so I could get a better look at this place, but there was no sign of anyone here. My feet moved forward, leaving large footprints behind me as well as a trail of my tail. The cracking sounds from the crisp refrozen slushy snow followed me.
"Why did you bring me here? Show yourself!" My voice sounded like a fierce roar, just like when I met the real Argod for the first time. I was pretty sure whoever he/she was, he/she just wanted to talk to me. That's why I didn't use my brute force or skills.
But, no one answered me...
"I command you to show yourself!" I said again. Spells like this usually had a certain time limit, so it was a matter of time for me to get out of here.
This time a woman's sad voice answered me.
"Your Majesty... Do you think fire and ice can be together?"
I stopped in my tracks and my eyes darted in all directions to see where the voice was coming from. Unfortunately, I still hadn't caught anyone or anything there.
"What makes you think two opposing elements can be together?" I answered. This was the most basic thing and everyone knew it.
Then she was silent again.
"Why did you bring me here? What's your goal?" I asked impatiently. Although the coldness couldn't kill or freeze me since it was just some kind of a dream, it didn't mean I was happy here. I felt uncomfortable and wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
"Do you mind if I accompany you here, Your Majesty?" she asked again. The trace of disappointment and sadness was evident in her tone. Unfortunately, the voice sounded like it was coming from all directions, so I didn't know where it was coming from.
I wanted to reject her immediately, but I decided to hold myself back.
"How can you accompany me if you don't show yourself."
Again, she fell silent.
I sighed once again.
"Fine! If you don't want to say anything I won't say anything either," I said in annoyance. After that, I bent my four legs, dropped my lower body against the cold snow and lowered my neck, bending it to the side. Likewise, with my wings, I lowered them and made them look like my blanket. Then I closed my eyes.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I didn't mean to offend you." The woman's voice came back.
But this time, I was the one who ignored it.
"Your Majesty?" she asked.
I didn't answer her.
After a while, she called me again.
"Your Majesty, are you mad at me?" she asked in a sad tone.
"I don't feel like talking with the wind. Show yourself and we'll talk," I said without opening my eyes.
After another pause, she answered me again.
"But you say it yourself, fire and ice can't be together."
From her words, I realized what she meant was the Mana element.
"Did you forget I'm not fire?" I reminded her that my element was 'Magus'. Although... Since I was a dragon, I still didn't like the cold.
"But can a dragon fall in love with ice?" she said again.
Feeling she kept repeating the same thing, I decided to end it.
"Stop beating around the bush. Just show yourself and we'll talk," I said straight to the point.
Again, she just answered me with silence.
'Still don't want to talk, huh? Fine, I will sleep here until your Mana runs out,' I thought. This kind of spell drained the user's Mana significantly especially since she used it on me.
"Your Majesty..." she called. But I didn't care.
She kept calling me and I ignored her until her voice was accompanied by a cold touch under one of my eyes.
In shock, I opened my eyes. At the same time, the cold touch disappeared. One of my pupils immediately caught sight of a female elf who stood in fear at the side of my face. Unlike Evelina, her long hair that covered her back was silver. Her face looked a bit melancholic. Her skin was pale as if she was made of the ice itself and her eyes were blue. Her appearance clearly showed her tribe as a snow elf. But a few neatly lined ice spikes that adorned the top of her head, made me realize her status.