Fuchur watched his mother suffer martyrdom. She could no longer speak, her tongue torn out and her cheeks perforated.

Blood flowed all the time and she could no longer drink, eat or breathe under water.

She was enraged but also against her son!

She did not know how to scold him and, saddened by not being able to explain the stupidity that he did, she thought back to the words exchanged and she began to doubt.

Maybe we were nice? We hadn't attacked but we had just defended ourselves.

Even though we were in the north, we were far, very far from the poles and if we had to compare the land where we were, it was as if we came from the south of Spain and we were going to settle in the Hérault.

We inspected the old building and there was a FORGE! YES! and in the village NO FORGE!!!! YES!

We cleaned up and burned all the plants and roots that were preventing the ruin.

We used the grimoire to get the fallen blocks back into place and the cement to fill in the holes.

We went into the forest to cut wood and make beams that we had fun putting back in place and while we were playing in the construction site, people from the village came to see the wyverns working, but in secret. Some people brought sheep as offerings so that we would not be too mean and hope that we would not go on a human diet.

Without turning around, we said to the shepherd: "Take back your sheep, Mr. Shepherd, we know from the beginning where you are hidden. We don't eat humans and we settle here for a while.

We'll repair this ruin and then we'll invite the village to a party! We are the Wyrmes troubadour, magicians!"

The shepherd ran with all his legs, scared. By feasting and inviting the village, he thought that the village would be THE main course and that we would celebrate by setting fire to it!

Fuchur came to the village of Eau vive (Strong Water) and bypassed any human on the way to an inn by the lake and cried, cried "Sire Vallois, Sire Vallois, please help!"

The young knight who lived in the village of Eau Vive below Sombreffe, the village 5 kilometres further up the hill.

"Fuchur???? What are you doing here so close to the village? You know it could be dangerous for you here?."

"Mommy's hurt! Come quick, we need your help! "

"Is Aqua hurt? My God, Aqua, my darling!"

Aqua and Vallois have been friends since childhood. He was raised with Aqua by his parents at the lake and Aqua is like his big sister now and Fuchur is his nephew! Needless to say, beware of anyone who hurts his family. Dragon or human.

He got out and went straight to the pontoon and saw Aqua, her head bloody and losing blood, a little at a time but it didn't stop.

"Who did this to you! "Oh, my God, what an ugly wound! You have to stitch it all up but you have to go to the village of Dusk, there's a barber and he knows you, he'll be able to heal you but you're losing blood.

Fuchur, how long has this been happening?

"About six hours.

Why didn't you come right away? Your mom's going to weaken!"

"Sorry, Godfather!" Come on, buddy, come on, we have to hurry.

Aqua came out of the water and they walked 5 kilometers to Sombreffe at a brisk pace....

The beams and the roof were put in place, and the frame was fixed in place.

Then we attacked the tiles and put back what we could and a roof was put on what was before an old ruin.

And with a little magic, everything was cleaned up and put back in order.

The hearth was repaired and we put the waste wood inside and roasted our deer.

Wooden furniture and a large bed/nest for the two of us to lie down by the fire.

Then at the edge of the hearth we started to taste our deer. We still had some prey in our magical storage where their freshness was assured but we were proud of our craft.

With magic, and our strength, we were going 20 to 30 times faster than craftsmen, and my experience before was a huge advantage.

"He was still beautiful, wasn't he, Fuchur?"

"Yes, but immature! He looks like he was raised by humans... and that's why he's a mama's boy.

HAHAHAHAHAHA" Laughing tone.

Then an angry voice exploded in the room!

"I MAY BE A MAMA'S BOY BUT MY MAMA'S GONNA DIE BECAUSE OF YOU!

BAD WYRMES!"

We turned around and saw a knight in armor with a sword brandished with fire around it.

The rage could be seen in the knight's eyes!

It was a magic sword. It would pass the shield!

The force shield!

Fuchur threw a breath of ice and he made us suffer!

Wall of Flames!

The magical furniture instantly disappeared and a wall of flames rose up between us...

"Vallois, I'm Knight Vallois and you will pay for what you did to my big sister! You monsters!"

"I'm sorry we didn't do anything!" and I bet the attack with a sword that came out of my magic space and Rogue's training paid off. You could see his blows coming.

"Ha" a dragon with a sword! And well trained, I see!"

Cling, clang.

Auberone turned to Fuchur!

"Listen, dumbass! If your mommy's in this state, it's because she tried to kill me! We've never killed humans, but if you don't stop this madness, you'll lose not only your knight, but also your mom. And we'll be sad to have you as an enemy. We can heal your mommy if she is still alive!"

Vallois: "Liars! You're red dragons, you're monsters."

Me : "Yes, monsters raised by Zanzar and Rogue!"

The knight stopped dead in his tracks.

The rage grew: "It was you who killed Zanzar! And stole his powers."

Me: "Is Rogue dead too?"

"Stop, you're making me laugh." Vallois spat out, armed with his plate.

And, taking advantage of my distraction, he gave me a painful gash which cut some scales from my leg.

"It's for Zanzar!"

The rage was mounting, but I'd never felt that kind of anger before. The anger of a red dragon.

BANG, I sent the knight crashing into the wall and I grabbed after a rush of adrenaline and cast a spell of strength on me, catching Fuchur.

He was stuck like a mouse in a boa and I took out my dart and put it against his neck.

"Freeze!" I spat, my eyes red with anger! Lava flowed from my mouth and drops of lava fell to the ground, producing small burning candles on the ground.

My body glowed like a red-hot iron and I was burning a little Fuchur.

Auberone had never seen me angry and with such a cold look. but so burning. A reflection of red light was reflected on the walls and especially on the knight's armour.

Valiant threw down his sword and fell to his knees.

"Finish us with dignity, red dragon. I want to die as a knight facing you and not as a coward or a sissy."

Me: "If I were a little older and more human, I would have raped you because I like you so much, Chevalier Vallois."

But if you move again, your nephew Fuchur will fall victim to my wrath and I'm very, very sorry."

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"Now, you will be reasonable and throw your poison dagger in your boot and throw your enchanted sword behind me. Careful not to make a foolish gesture. I love Fuchur too much to hurt him. Besides, I'm very sorry it's come to this."

"You speak well for a monster! How many men and women have you slaughtered to learn their perfect language?"

"Valiant Knight, it was my father John of the old forge who brought us up and Paul his nephew and his daughter Mary who is my niece took over the forge that I repaired.

We saw a forge here at the ruins of the little castle and we wanted to repair it for fun. John taught us everything! And he enrolled us in the academy under the protection of Zanzar.

It was my father Ignar who killed Duncan. We fled and were taken in by John. Our mother was killed by Ignar and we ran away from him."

Valiant: "How do you harden your steel?"

"You can use water, but it's a thousand times better when you soak it in mineral oil and anneal it. It's more corrosion-resistant."

Valiant fell to his knees and said sorry, we were afraid of red dragons and you told the truth. I believe you. But can you release Fuchur?

He's wet himself and he's scared to death. I'm afraid he's traumatized by the females... He's so young, and he doesn't understand what love is, he's just a kid who likes to play.

"We wanted to play with him too, we wanted to share honey and splash around in the water with a beautiful water dragon. It's true that we almost fell in love with him, but we too are still dragon children and we have to double in size again. "

Fuchur was released and asked for forgiveness.

Valiant: But what did you do to his mother?"

"That Idiot screamed like a pig we were about to cut his throat and he panicked because of the color of our skin and yelled at his mother. "

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"We tried to talk to her, but she attacked right away and tryed to kill us on sight. We didn't stand a chance. Thank God we're magicians."

"You guys are magicians??? That's impossible!"

"We only did defense spells and she froze our wall of strength and then she blew the ice off. If me or my sister got caught in it, I or she would be killed! Then she tried again but our spells were stronger. We have a very, very high level of magic, like the strength of a human compared to a dragon...

Then she tried to breathe and I used the fastest spell to not attack, a spell to stop the breath. But we didn't know that it would turn the breath back on and she took the damage she intended for us.

She must be in excruciating pain right now! But we know some healing spells we learned at the academy. We used to heal dragon slayers who got injured in training."

Valiant: "You trained dragon slayers?" But that's crazy! You know all the secret boots and I couldn't get a punch in except as a distraction!"

Me: "Not very chivalrous, but I won't hold it against you. Look, it's already closed and in an hour we won't see anything."

Fuchur: "Mommy, we have to save mommy!"

Me, very angry with Fuchur:

"FUCHUR, I'M MAD AT YOU! "YOUR COWARDICE HAS ENDANGERED YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GODFATHER, YOURSELF AND BOTH OF US."

We want to take care of your mom but if you don't explain to her that it's all your fault, she will attack and then we will be really ENEMYED and believe me, I don't want to die, nor my sister! And we will defend ourselves this time!

And you, Valiant, you know what an archimage fireball does, don't you? Ours are even stronger and we didn't use our breaths too and as you say so well that we are "MONSTERS", we don't need to sing to cast a spell!"

We quickly got out of the tower and went down to the village square. The people ran away and there was a dragon lying on the ground with its head full of bloody gauze and a barber trying to sew up what could be sewn up.

The villagers had tied her with chains which they knew well as harmless but as a precaution for the barber.

She was crying in pain.

The barber was afraid when he saw us, but Vaillant reassured him, and he calmed down when he saw fuchur crying at his mother's feet.

Aqua's gaze changed when she saw us and looked at Vaillant interrogatingly as if he had betrayed her.

"It's a misunderstanding Aqua, I think Fuchur owes you an explanation," she turned her eyes to her child.

"Mom, it's my fault, I may have been attacked by them, but they wanted to be my friends and share honey. It's my fault you got hurt, I apologize."

She looked up to the sky and then to Vaillant:

"Big sister, they're magicians and they can heal you."

She squealed with fear, believing that it was all over and that she, her son and Vaillant would die by our cunning. A last burst of energy made her get up and she broke her chains, as if to defend her child, and we lay down on our stomachs and asked for forgiveness together!

She would never have thought that red dragons would flatten in submission before a water dragon, much less strong, especially out of the water.

She blew, looked at Fuchur and fell unconscious.

I screamed quickly! Auberone, "major care"!

And I, too, threw major cares on Aqua and my tears fell into her jagged mouth. The tissue closed and her tongue came back into place and the tissue deflated. Her airway cleared, but she needed oxygen.

"Say, fuchur, your cold breath, can you put the liquid you're spraying into this metal container?"

"Yes, Vermithraxa! Here."

He fills me a metal vat that I had in my storage and I had liquid nitrogen or very close to it and it separated the nitrogen from the air and therefore the oxygen.

"Hold this tray close to your mom's nose, this clean air will help her breathe and get her strength back. Your cold separates the nitrogen from the air and the oxygen that your mother needs to live. I'll explain later.

Aqua's breathing became more regular and her heart rate slowed, which was a good sign. She needed a lot of hydration and I asked Vaillant to pour water on her regularly and to pour water in her mouth. Then she started snoring and she was saved.

"After a good night's sleep, tomorrow she'll be better and she can go back to the lake on her own and after a good meal and a few liters of water and a day or two of rest she'll be fit again."

Fuchur: "You saved mommy! Thank you, Dragons, I'm sorry I acted so stupid." I hope you'll still be my friends? Huh? Yes, please!"

Auberone and I looked at each other and at Fuchur again:

"You know, Fuchur, we like you deep down but we're really scared of your mommy.

She tried to kill us and we don't blame her anymore, but I'm terrified!"

"I too" said Auberone.

"We're red dragons and your mommy's a water dragon and... this is her territory you see... and..."

"I get it," Fuchur cried... "I really screwed up. "

He got down on his knees and begged us to stay...

Fuchur's head was stroked and he came and put his head against our heart and said, "Your heart beats fast and you're warm".

"We'd like to stay for a while, but, but I'm too scared of your mum. In fact, how can I put it, she loves you very much and protects you and you're still a bit too small for those things, but we're not lying to you, you can hear our hearts beating. What if she gets her revenge? And...

YES, I cried. WHY is it so complicated?!!!!!!"

"Girls, go get some rest! I'll sleep with you until it calms down and you, Fuchur, take care of your mom. Okay?"

We'll see tomorrow and Aqua will never attack me even if I'm with you.

And we all go rest and cook my venison left in the fireplace. Then we tried to get some sleep.

We were afraid we'd fall asleep.

"What if Aqua isn't the only dragon here??????????"

Auberone was clenching her teeth in fear and I held her close to me to reassure her.