Whispers of A Dead Empire

Chapter 78

"I thought you were supposed to be a dragon." I sat up on my bed and stretched. The relief was tangible once I figured out what this child was, but so was the stress.

"I am a dragon, mother. However, I took this form since I had assumed that it would be the most appealing to you." The little girl huffed at me. Her small arms were crossed, though her dress seemed to swallow her up.

"I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting to see, well, a child here." I chuckled nervously while scratching the back of my neck.

"Hmph. anyway, now that you have awakened, I demand immediate affection." The little girl stamped her tiny foot and balled her fist up as she glared at me

Mentally, I sighed, and I could feel a tension headache rising behind the migraine that hung behind my eyelids. This was going to be a pain in the ass. I wasn't ready to be a mother! Damn everyone involved in the string of events that led me here. "Uh, you do not get to make demands of me," I replied as I stood up and quickly adjusted my cloak.

The little girl stood at me, her eyes wide in shock as I walked right past her. "But mother." She huffed as she followed quickly behind me.

"If you ask nicely, I'll consider it," I told her through a yawn as I walked over to the door that led to my office.

"B..b.but." Her voice lowered slightly as I kept pressing forward. I really didn't feel like dealing with this, but I had to.

"Say, please," I told her as I opened up the door and held it open as I gestured for her to walk through.

She shot daggers at me as I stepped into the room behind her. God, this child was going to be quite the headache. Instead of saying anything, she gave me the silent treatment as she stormed into the room, sat on the ground, and stared at me menacingly.

I, however, would not argue with her. I walked over to my desk and pulled the chair out and sat down. "So, tell me. Do you have a name?"

She had her cheeks puffed up as she glared at me. Silence hung in the air for quite some time before she eventually spoke. "No. However, I demand that you bequeath a name upon me."

I sat back in my chair and crossed my arms. Oh, she is spoiled rotten. Now that I think about it, she sounds like a more eloquent feminine version of Midir. "So, here are the rules, right? You do not get to make demands of me. That is not how any of this works."

"But.." But I cut her off, I had no interest in trying to argue with her.

"No buts. If you refuse to listen, then you can go back into my soul realm until you decide otherwise." I actually didn't know if I could put her back in there or not, so hopefully, this bluff works.

Her eyes widened, and she shook her little head as fast as she could. "No, no, no, I refuse. I've spent far too long there. Anything but that, I implore you, mother."

I had to suppress the smile that threatened to dance across my face. Finally, I have my first trump card on the matter. "Good, then listen to me. Now, first things first. Tell me about you." I kept my voice stern, but really, I had no idea what I was doing. I had never interacted with a child like this before, so it was all too new to me.

She looked down and idly ran her fingers across the concrete ground. "Well, when you selected the aspect of the dragon, I was inserted into your soul. It allowed me to awaken when you reached the second tier of soul cultivation. However, due to Midir granting me the polymorph skill, I can take the form of a human.

Oh, that bastard. So, this was his doing. If I was stronger, I would beat his ass for doing something like this. "I see. Anyway, you mentioned skills. What do you have at your disposal currently?" I crossed my arms as I filed through the various thoughts. So, as much as I wanted to deny it, the child is mine.