Book 19: Chapter 74
The huge dragon landed on the ground and irritably flapped its wings, thereby blowing the guards aside. Then, the dragon reverted to his human form. Vera froze for a moment. She was aware of the previous two individuals and their dragon lineage, but the last one, which was the smallest dragon, was a male, and he was somebody she’d met before.
He was Queen Vera’s bodyguard, the young man in white. It turned out his uniform was made of scales. It was her first time learning her father had a dragon as a guard. Vera finally realised he was the only guard granted an audience,as he was a dragon.
That must be why Queen Vera chose him. A dragon would be able to shock many people. The aura of a dragon was enough to keep assassins at bay. Queen Vera was probably unaware of his true identity. She, presumably, allowed him be her bodyguard, as nobody dared to meet his gaze, giving her a sense of safety and reassurance.
The young man in white walked up to Troy and went down on one knee. He courteously said, “I apologise, Your Majesty. I misunderstood your command. I thought you order was for me to protect Queen Vera; therefore, I… I will accept any punishment you have for me, including failing to protect the Princess.”
“Put that aside for the meantime.”
Troy ignored the young man and focused his attention on Ikana, instead. He pushed Liu Yue and Vera behind Sylvanas and Irina. In a serious tone, he stressed, “I’ll put my guard’s matter aside for now. Ikana, you didn’t do it on purpose, but therein lies the problem. You hurt my daughter. A mere apology isn’t going to settle it, is it?”
“I am very sorry. I know that an apology is not enough to resolve the problem, but I still need to offer my sincerest apology.”
Ikana stood up and pulled Aber behind her. She knew Abner couldn’t match Troy. Troy always wanted to make the world a cosy and benevolent place. However, his true nature was a murderer who massacred the anthropoid army in the North without batting an eye. He didn’t spare women or children. She had to appease him in order to reduce her losses to the bare minimum. She wasn’t certain she could win against Troy, let alone Abner.
“I don’t want anything. The entire world isn’t as important as my daughter is. I just want revenge. Who kidnapped Vera? Call him out here.”