The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1360 Curiosity and Kindness

From the back of the room, small wings fluttered, and a red dragon flew over to inspect Karl after escaping from her nanny.

{He doesnʼt look scary. Thereʼs no sense of violent intentions from him at all.} She insisted, landing on his shoulder.

Karl stroked the little dragonʼs head, and took a bit of roasted frog from Hawkʼs space to feed her.

The hatchling tore into it with savage eagerness, and then hiccuped and passed out as the flood of mana filled her body.

”See? Arenʼt they adorable?”

”She just advanced from Awakened to Ascended.” Librarian Barry noted.

”She was already at the bottleneck, but Iʼve got more frog legs if we need them. They are part of the plan to get Princess Rue back on schedule.” Karl agreed. Dakkarian sighed and took the sleeping dragon off Karlʼs shoulder.

”I get it now. The whole balance of the world will be overturned if you get to have baby dragons.

Thirty seconds, and theyʼre starting to advance.

Thirty minutes, and theyʼll likely be awakening System interfaces before they can even fly straight or understand cause and effect relationships.

Then what? A whole army of loyal whelplings that will follow the Avatar of the World Dragon instead of their own Gods, thatʼs what.”

Karl waved his hand, trying to dismiss the other Avatarʼs words. But Caraʼs laughter was infectious, and the rest of the dragons in the room were beginning to laugh along with her.

”The God of Death is a god of order, everything in its time and place. The only thing that is more likely to upset them than a Chaos Dragon is a Time Dragon.” Librarian Barry noted.

Karl cleared his throat nervously.

Right, canʼt let them know that youʼve been sent here from the future. No matter how funny it is to play with the baby dragons.

”I promised that I would behave and not turn this whole mission into one huge mess. But as my mission is to help Princess Rue catch up to her potential and get the respect she deserves, there will likely be some surprise advancements.” He informed the others.

[Too late. I pumped her full of mana all night, and sheʼs going to advance before lunch.] Cara added.

[As long as itʼs not here in the breakfast hall, we should be fine.]

The nanny came over with an indulgent smile on her face while she began to gently disentangle the sleeping dragon from Dakkarianʼs robes.

She was an expert, and knew not to let the sleeping hatchling grab hold of him again after she got one paw free, so the process was completed in seconds, and the sleepy little red dragon was relocated.

”Avatar, thank you for putting the little one down for her nap. Sorry for the intrusion.” She muttered.

The woman was into her later middle years, and still a Monarch Ranked Red Dragon, so her status was presumably low, compared to the Mythic Ranked men at the table. But she was one of the Palaceʼs best nannies, trusted enough to work directly with the children of the senior staff members.

”No need to apologize. The World Dragon Avatar provoked this incident.” Karl nodded. ”This one is definitely on me. I didnʼt realize that there were curious young ears around when I was making jokes.”

Cara returned to her seat, and noticed that the way the other children looked at Rue was different. Gone was the old disdain for her status, and it was replaced with a mix of mild envy and anticipation.

”Why donʼt we all get together for some group training on the weekend? I know that nobody wants to be training on their day off, but if we do it as a group, it could be fun.” Cara suggested.

The kids looked to each other for confirmation. They loved to challenge each other to games and trials. It was the unofficial method for determining the hierarchy of the young dragons within the Palace.

Even if Rue wasnʼt there, they wouldnʼt object.

”That sounds wonderful. What time do you think? Princess Rue, could we do it in the morning, so we can go until lunch?” One of the girls asked.

Rue beamed with excitement at being asked her opinion. ”First thing after breakfast sounds really good. Then we have time for multiple contests before lunch. Everyone gets pulled away to do things in the afternoon, so morning is definitely best.”

With their plans made, all the children began to go their separate ways, and Karl took that as his cue to return to their quarters so that he could start Princess Rue on a proper training regimen.

There was so much that she had never learned, and that the nation didnʼt seem to be teaching any of their young Royals.

Perhaps it was intended to be reserved for those who were going into military service, as they were a thousand years into the resurgence, and things were relatively stable. But if Karl was going to teach Rue to be all that she could be, and a serious contender for the throne, she would need to know it all.

Once they were back in their room, Karl created a new Illusionary Domain for Rue to train in.

”Alright, first I need to know if youʼve been taking all the lessons on etiquette, laws, history and geography that a Princess and future ruler should have?

If you want to get vengeance and be above all the people who bullied you, you will have to know those things.” Karl began.

Rue nodded. ”Librarian Barry is quite helpful when you ask him to learn a new thing. I might not have gotten all the specialty tutors that most of my siblings did, but I did get free access to the Library, and I did my basic schooling with the red dragon matron like everyone else.”

Karl smiled. ”Wonderful, then we donʼt need to go over the basics so early in

the day.

The most important part of gaining support is proving to others that you have the power to back up your words. Or, in this case, the potential.

Nobody expects you to make it to Mythic Rank right away.

What they will want to see is that you have the potential to make it there when you are grown, and the wisdom to manage situations so that they work in your

favour.

Those are skills that it would be better if someone local taught you, as I know very little about the situation within the Palace. So, what I will teach you is how to use your magic in both the subtle and flashy ways.

One to get things done. The other, to show off for a crowd and remind them that you are not weak, even if you have been lenient.”