XLVIII. Sad revelation

The group of assassins arrived at the hidden city of the natural dragons, they waited for their contact in the city to be able to confirm the situation of the two Dragon Relics, the dragon arrived at the meeting point, the natural dragon was happy to see twelve of his brothers of cause waiting using every tree and bush to hide his presence.

"Glories to the Great Rellix" salutes with a bow.

"As you reported, we have the girl with holy relics. Right?"

"Yes. Not only are there the relics that our great captain is missing, but there are also two of the best Greater Dragons, Ssaull and Magarai"

"It doesn't matter, we will defeat them, we are the best assassins trained personally by our captain"

The natural dragon stops his companions so that they will not advance further, if they acted without a good plan he would die without even approaching a relic.

"They are crazy if they enter without preparing before!"

"Natural dragons are usually calm"

"Most of the time, yes, but when a threat like Greater Dragons or Rellix's army appears, they will defend themselves with everything" the earth dragon did not seem to care about the advice of his companion. "I insist, they are trained by the same Elenai the warrior who can break the formations of her enemies and they have been trained to do the same"

"What do you suggest then?"

"I have a plan if you are willing to listen to it"

The assassin group takes time to listen to their spy's plan to accomplish their captain's mission.

In the store, Alexandra continued to hug the man who did not refuse to let go of his niece, so many years lost by the tragedy and now he finally had something of his lost world, he would not waste another minute without being with his family.

"It's weird," said the girl.

"What is weird?" the man watches his niece.

"I thought I would never meet my human family or at least part of it"

"Human family? Alexandra, what are you talking about?"

The girl plucks up the courage to talk about her mother's dragon, she knew that once she told her who raised her, maybe things would get a little tense.

"It will sound something difficult to believe, I only ask that well, before anything else have an open mind"

"Well, if you're going to tell me that dragons saved your life, look around you, we also live with dragons. Those of the natural race, unlike their other brothers, are trustworthy" the man commented calmly.

"It's much more complicated than that I'm afraid" she reveals the insignia of a Greater Dragon, her uncle's expression changed from hers to a serious one after observing that insignia. "Magarai is the name of the dragon that became my mother"

"Oh my God, she, it can't be true," he said worriedly.

"I know that she participated in the slaughter of an old human camp many years ago, damaged and ruined many lives and families, but she trusts me, she is different now"

The girl takes her uncle by the hands to calm him down so that he remains calm to talk. It was important to avoid falling into the old wounds of the past and that he could not think correctly because of anger.

"Look, uncle ..."

"Roman, neither name is Roman Santiago"

"That means that I am a Santiago" she is shocked to hear a surname.

Only important dragons such as politicians and rich people could have a surname as a sign of power between them, it made the girl very happy for some reason to know that she had a surname for her.

"Haha, no dear, your last name would be Montoya for your father" she comments with a smile.

"Why?"

"Well the children inherit the surnames of the father"

"You will explain that to me later, Uncle Roman, first we must solve my mother," she commented so as not to deviate from the important topic, "you must give it a chance and meet Magarai, it is thanks to her that I was able to have a life, I was trained to survive any conflict and if it weren't for her, I ... would be dead a long time ago "

The man looks worried at his little niece, it was impossible for Alexandra to lie, but also that the dragon that killed her parents decided to take care of the baby of the family that she killed, the oceanic dragon must have hidden intentions. Why did his niece think Magarai was different?

"Alexandra, I don't know what you think, but that dragon isn't trustworthy, she's the one ..."

"I kill many of us, I know Ssaull, another Greater Dragon told me everything"

"Ssaull !? Wow, is that dragon here with you?" the girl nods "Great! It was thanks to him that I was able to get out alive that night"

Outside the store

"Do you think she will still love me as her mother?"

The dragon asked nervously, the minutes had turned into hours for her, it was a matter of time for her daughter to come out with the truth of the dragon's crimes.

"If she didn't hate you when she found out that you killed her people in an unarmed way, I think she will still love you even with the mistakes you have made in the past. Unless you have killed her parents, I think that might be the only thing she can't forgive "he watches his partner's eyes filled with guilt. "You're screwing with me, tell me I'm wrong, please, lie to me if you want"

Rophttys understands as his brother the terrible secret that the dragon was hiding from her daughter for seventeen years, which would undoubtedly be something that could seriously affect the relationship of the dragon with the human.

"That Magarai you trust not only hurt and annihilated ours"

The man looks for a cup of water, remembering that terrible night affected him as much as if that had happened recently.

"It also affected me a lot to find out what she did in the past, even so, I cannot afford to be upset by something I do not remember, what I can do is appreciate my present and the good things that she did for me" she helps her uncle pour himself to water.

"That damn creature almost killed me, if it hadn't been saved by a miracle, maybe we wouldn't be talking now niece" he takes a little water.

"This, I know we can solve it, she almost hanged me, but she rescued me to escape an execution" Roman almost suffered from cardiac arrest upon hearing that, Alexandra had to reassure him again. "I understand how you feel, but she risked everything for me, I'm alive thanks to her"

"That dragon killed my sister and your father!"

The girl almost had a fit when she heard that her human parents had been killed by her dragon mother of hers. Again the reality of the dragons was hitting her, the man had to take the girl's arm so that she did not fall to the ground.

"No. You have to be wrong, she couldn't kill my parents"

"Alexandra listens, that dragon is the cause that you have been away from me, it is the cause that you do not have a human mother or father to raise you" the man is upset when he remembers how powerless he felt on that terrible day. "That damn thing you think is your mother is a cold-blooded and ruthless killer."

"No, maybe you are confusing another oceanic dragon, she would not have adopted me if that were true; that doesn't make a damn sense" she refused to believe it, she went out to ask her mother and see for herself.

"Niece!" the man follows her.

When leaving the store Alexandra sees her mother, her dragon, that white dragon smiles when she sees her until the man who accompanied the girl leaves her too; It was then that both exchanged glances, one full of hatred and the other regretful for her past acts.

"You, bloody disarmed and murderous creature" the man wanted to launch himself to kill the dragon, caring little for her safety or if he had a chance of achieving it.

"High!" Alexandra stops him with the ocean relic so they don't get hurt.

"Niece let go of me, she is a murderer, I kill your parents, I kill my dear little sister!"

Everyone began to look at the oceanic dragon who did not try to defend herself from those accusations, she would not lie, no more, at this point, it would be honorable for her to tell Alexandra the truth of everything.

"Because you say nothing?"

The dragon looks at her daughter, Alexandra wanted to hear how her mother defended herself, she was willing the oceanic dragon to defend herself, with her strong voice she admitted that she had not killed her parents, but the dragon did not.

"The lizard will not say anything, she knows very well that it is true"

"I'm sorry my daughter, I .... killed your ...."

"DON'T TRY TO LIE!" They all look at the human who was already starting to shed tears. "You may have committed horrible acts in the past, but I know you didn't kill my parents!" she gets down on her knees crying. "Please, please I ask you to tell everyone that they are wrong"

Magarai looks at the young girl who for so many years I care and love as her daughter, hers just like hers despite the differences. If she had the opportunity to correct only one thing it would be that night, it was a terrible mistake that she made with pride for her loyalty to the dragons. The dragon looks at her bluish friend who looked at her sad, he made a sign that she understood that she should do the right thing, she bends down to hug her daughter one last time, making clear all the love she felt and pride for the great daughter she had, the warrior she was becoming and perhaps the only one who was worthy of killing her if need be. Alexandra's uncle was going to intervene, he would not let Magarai touch the little family he had, but Elenai stops him, even she could see that this was something that both females had to do.

"I'm so sorry Alexandra," she said crying as well.

The girl hugs her sobbing not wanting to hear anything, she did not want to know the truth. She did not feel capable of resisting that reality, the dragon that she trusted the most in her tried to harm her and took her parents away from her.

Magarai tells her daughter how one night she and a group of dragons had been in charge of eliminating the humans because there was information that they conspired with Captain Rellix for the overthrow of the kingdom of Morkhex, she went to fulfill the mission of ending the problem once and for all. She is one of her attacks had fought with her uncle who sacrificed himself to save her family, the man had not represented any problem for her; Only her tail was enough to give the subject several blows and throw him away, she assumed that the subject had died from the force of her so she continued. She chased after the couple trying to hide amid the chaos praying that no one had seen him hide. However, Magarai followed them so as not to let anyone escape, this mission was to kill everyone, with no prisoners or no one alive, those were the orders.

"Getaway!" the man to protect the woman and daughter of him throws himself with a sword that he had.

The dragon smiles when seeing a fighter that if he was going to die, he would die fighting, that was worthy of respect even if he came from a human being. The dragon blocks the blow with her sword to give him a fight like warriors, the man did not last a minute, the dragon in a quick movement beheaded the man feeling a bit disappointed, but still, she praised him for his courage.

The mother takes a knife and places the crying baby behind her in the crib, she would not let anyone get near her baby, even if it was useless she would not let anyone or anything hurt her daughter. The dragon could see that the woman was not a warrior and could not fight, even the man that Magarai had beheaded had a better chance because of the way he moved, just as it happened with him, the dragon recognized her value, everything happened in a single second and cut her leaving the sight of the human woman on the ground. The dragon approached the baby who was crying desperately, the screams, the noises of possible explosions of fires and laughter must have scared the poor creature, the dragon takes the baby in her arms.

"I'm sorry little creature, I'm afraid I have to fulfill my mission" she caresses the infant's face, even Magarai felt some remorse for having to kill a baby, but it was her duty and she would not hesitate. "I pray to Mother Desthy to give you and your family a place in her glory."

She manages to calm the baby with a spell to send her to sleep regardless of the noise, now the baby was calm and asleep, so perhaps she would not suffer so much, Magarai with her tail points the sword at the baby's body, although her eyes reflected guilt from having to do something so heinous, her warrior will her loyalty and honor helped her to be strong enough. When the dragon takes a bit of momentum with her tail to deliver the killing blow, a hand on her feet stops her and she starts to look to see who it was.

"Please ... please" she coughs blood ".... don't ..... hurt her ..."

It was the infant's mother, she could barely breathe and she could not stand up, even so with her little strength she tried to stop the dragon.

"Forgive her" she cried pleading for the dragon's mercy, "it's ... just a ... baby ..."

Magarai lifts her feet so that the dying human wouldn't continue to touch her, that lady was nothing to the dragon and if she had to, she would kill the baby.

"Alexandra ..... forgive her" she no longer had the strength to move, even so, she extended her arm as best she could towards her baby. "Mommy loves you Alexandra" the woman closes her eyes, no longer being able to retain the little life force that she had.

"Until the end, a mother watches over the lives of her children," she said respecting the dragon.

She looks at the baby again and this time with no one to interrupt her, she was preparing to end the life of the little creature. But when looking at the mother's face and the baby's face, it was as if something inside her began to feel something different, she began to feel bad about what she was doing, Magarai remembered how her mother had also given her life to protect her from dangers and how she fought to the end, how she suffered when she saw her mother's corpse and how lonely she had felt since then, she had sworn to eliminate all the evil dragons in the world to avenge her mother and continued the legacy of the Greater Dragon despite being female to defeat and annihilate all cruel dragons. Now it was she who did something as cruel as trying to kill a baby, the dragon looks at the sleeping creature in her arms so calmly, a voice in her head judged her, asked her if this was something that her mother or himself Meugurai, she dropped her sword from her tail and placed her hand on her head thinking that she let herself be affected by the actions of the human woman, but her head, heart, and soul got into a conflict over what Magarai did.

She looked at the sky through a light swallow, she seemed to have seen an ancient dragon observing her on the moon, for some reason she felt that the dragon was telling her to protect the baby, she was asking her to be the new mother of the creature. When he finished telling that sad story, the man shouted several insults for the excuse of the dragon to take care of the human, Magarai finished with a phrase that would be marked in everyone's memories.

"Maybe that image of Desthy ordered me to take care of Alexandra, but it was my heart that began to see her as my daughter. Today I will pay for my sins with honor now that I know that my daughter, I mean Alexandra will be safe, I will not defend myself; do what you have to do "said the dragon throwing away her weapons and any healing object closing her eyes accepting her fate.