Loving The Cursed Werewolf King-Chapter 475: Arielle Meets The Dragon Clan
Otis handed Arielle a towel to wipe the sweat off the girl’s face.
"Arielle, I’m sorry. You will always be accepted by Birwick Mountain because you are the descendant of the Moon Goddess just like me. It’s just... the dragon clan has a grudge against your husband, especially Xieno. Back then, his younger brother left Birwick Mountain and brought some of his friends to attack Blackthorn Palace, but Ronan chased them all the way to Birwick Mountain. I was negligent. Before the young dragons returned to this dimension, Ronan defeated them and managed to slash the head Maxieno’s younger brother."
"Ah, I understand now. It’s okay, Lord Otis. Does that mean I’ll be staying somewhere else?"
"Do you remember the lake where I called you?"
Arielle nodded. "It is near the part of the forest where the souls of Princess Cecil and God Amadea met?"
"Have you seen them in person?"
"Yeah, I tried talked to Amadea once. Even though I was chased away at that time because I wasn’t Cecil, his mate."
Lord Otis was thinking for a moment. That was quite strange. Otis had crossed the path with their souls left on earth several times, but they never looked at Otis as if they were in their own worlds. Otis would ask one of the other elders of the werewolf about this later. However, going to the werewolf clan was a little difficult because it was quite far away.
If only he could bring one of the dragons here, it would be very easy, but Otis couldn’t unite the two tribes that were always at war.
"Alright, we’ll talk about that later. Now, we have to hurry to leave this castle. I’m sorry to make you do this even though you have just recovered."
"It’s all right, Lord Otis. I will always be grateful because you are willing to teach me how to master this power."
Otis looked at Arielle with a smile etched on his face. "Your kindness is very different from others, Arielle."
"I’m just doing what my heart tells me to, Lord Otis. I’m sure everyone has the same conscience."
Lord Otis nodded. "You are right. Sometimes humans don’t need super power, the sharpest sword, or a strong and dashing body to become the strongest human in the world. A person’s kindness and sincerity could also be categorized as power."
Otis escorted Arielle to leave the room. The location of the room that was at the end of the hall reminded Arielle of how her family treated her. It didn’t make her sad because she knew the reason Lord Otis did that.
The two of them passed through a circular staircase made of rocks that some parts were mossy. Above them, there was a lot of dust and cobwebs flying. Some of the wooden doors and windows were already broken and weathered with age.
Arielle stopped at one of the windows to look outside. It looked like the room was in a tower, because underneath them was another part of the castle. Arielle didn’t dare to take her body out any further because it was too scary.
"Arielle?" called Otis, waiting for the girl to come down with him.
He couldn’t let Arielle get lost and run into one of the dragons who lived in this castle.
This castle was a relic of the Birwick Kingdom hundreds of years ago. However, after the Birwick Kingdom was conquered by King Theodore, the first King of Norhendell, everything became chaotic. Princess Cecil, who happened to be Amadea’s mate, the God entity that guarded Birwick Mountain, was forcibly taken by King Theodore and made her a concubine. Amadea was raged and locked up in this castle.
Until Amadea disappeared from the world and Princess Cecil disappeared with Amadea’s heart, leaving the North with its snow, this castle was abandoned. The werewolf clan was eliminated because Amadea was no longer their leader.
The dragon clan then claimed the castle for them to live in. After hundreds of years, this castle had become unkempt because the dragon clan was a very barbarian clan.
Arielle frowned at how dirty the castle walls were. It looked like they had never been cleaned. Otis took Arielle to the great hall. The castle was really in the form of ruins. Even the roof had holes, the floor was full of wood blocks and stone that was not cleaned at all.
One of the doors to the hall had been ripped off, while the other part had claw marks, and the lower half was burnt, leaving a black residue.
The commotion of the hall suddenly stopped as Otis cleared his throat. Dozens of people with various colours of hair, skin, and eyes were gathered in front of Arielle’s eyes. Some had green, yellow, red, brown, black, white skin, all colours existed in that place. They were all looking at Otis and Arielle alternately.
At the end of the room, there was a huge golden throne where the man named Maxieno was sitting with the purple-skinned beautiful woman on his lap.
"Why did you bring her here, Otis? You ruined this morning’s mood!" Xieno said, which boomed throughout the hall.
"I just wanted to introduce Arielle to you guys. It’s likely that Arielle will stay with us in Birwick until she can master her power. So, I beg you not to do anything when you accidentally run into her."
Otis then knelt on the dusty floor.
"Oh, nice. You don’t want to kneel too, human?" asked one of the dragons nearby.
Arielle didn’t want to make a fuss. She also knelt so everything would be over soon. Arielle only stood after Otis stood up first.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Arielle Dellune. The wife of Ronan D. Blackthorn and the Queen of Northendell."
Everyone in that place gasped, including Otis, who was surprised by Arielle’s bold attitude.
"How filthy human you are!"
"Look at those blue eyes! Maybe she is just as stupid as her husband!"
"That girl looks as arrogant as her husband!"
"Boohoo! You are in our territory. Your status and who your husband is does not apply here. Lord Xieno can crack that damned human’s head of yours in one step!"
Various kinds of insults and exclamations Arielle received. Such insults did not affect her at all. Even though this was Arielle’s first meeting with the dragons, she would not let her and her husband’s pride be trampled on.
No matter what they said, Arielle was still proud to be Ronan’s wife, and soon, she would become the Queen of Northendell.
Arielle just smiled, making the dragons even annoyed. They let out more insults, hoping Arielle would cry.
The dragons were arrogant creatures. They had a high ego and liked to look down on other species. Otis would tell Arielle the reason dragons were such sensitive creatures later. They had high self-esteem, but if you knew how to hurt their ego, you would know that they were the most fragile beings ever.
"Hey! You guys shut up first!" said Xieno, who was still on his golden throne.
"Otis!" Xieno called.
"Yes?"
"Seriously! I have told you several times that you don’t have to bring that human to show her face in front of us.... You guys are really ugly and make my day become gloomy. Look at the fuss you have made! You’d better get going now!"
Otis nodded his head in understanding. "I promise that Arielle’s presence will not disturb you. Then, I’ll have to say goodbye first." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
"If you need my help, you can visit me," Arielle said with a smile on her face, making all the dragons inside frown in disgust.
Humans and their confidence. It was very disgusting, they thought.
Otis then asked Arielle to get out of the hall with him. They then left the castle, which was not at all maintained.
"Did you live here Lord Otis?"
Otis nodded. "Yup. I live with them. I become Maxieno’s servant to be precise. But sometimes I can use him to take me to some places whenever I want," said Otis with a chuckle, making Arielle laugh too.
"You were born here?"
Otis shook his head. "I don’t know who my parents are. All I know is the dragon clan found me near the snowy Birwick Mountain. They took me and helped me. I grew up serving them, but there are some advantages I can get. I came to know the secrets of the world that no one else knew."
"For hundreds of years, Northendell was under the curse of eternal snow. I know all about what caused it to happen. I also know why the descendants of King Theodore were cursed by Amadea. I also know how to return spring to Northendell. I know everything... because I met people who have also lived for hundreds of years. Like Xieno, and the ancestor of the werewolf clan, even the eagle clan. I know all of them well."
"You’re the only human here?"
Lord Otis shook his head. "I heard the werewolf clan adopted two humans to be their servants just like I did with the dragon clan. However, I haven’t visited the werewolf clan since twenty years ago, so I haven’t met the humans they have adopted."
"They’re not here?"
"No, the dragon clan and werewolf clan are sworn enemies. Amadea’s and Xieno’s fathers once fought each other for the blessing of the Sun God to become a god, and the Sun God chose Amadea. Thus, the dragon clan hated the werewolf clan. Besides, what your husband did to one of their members made them loathe the werewolf."
Arielle and Otis walked quite a distance, but she couldn’t feel the time was ticking because Arielle learned a lot from that man. Otis appreciated the girl who managed to keep Ronan from marking her. Otis was worried because Ronan had some of Amadea’s curse that came from the Sun God. Otis was also worried that Arielle would get burned when the two of them did the marking procession.
However, little by little Arielle knew how to quell the fire in her body, so Otis said that if the girl returned to Northendell later, he suggested that they immediately carried out the marking procession to perfect Arielle and Ronan’s relationship.
