Whispers of A Dead Empire

Chapter 86

Nyx's eyes went wide at the mention of training, and a feral glint appeared. "Fighting?" She asked as she leaned forward, and the tips of her canine-like teeth appeared. Her tongue reached out and slithered across the tips. Oh no, don't tell me she's a battle junkie.

"At first, no, I want to make sure you are trained, just in case something happens and you need to protect yourself." I crossed my arms and sat back in my chair, dismissing my screen.

"Fighting is fun." Her cute face seemed to melt away, revealing the apex predator that lurked just beneath the facade.

In a way, it was scary to behold. I had almost forgotten that she was a dragon polymorphed into human form. I cleared my throat as I shoved away from the shock. "Well, I'll have Alessia train you for a time until we figure out what you like." I hoped that some of the stuff that was brought to me would come in handy for training in the future, especially for her. If I could play to her strengths, I would have another powerful asset to wield. Though I probably wouldn't let her be on her own for quite a while. In fact, the mere thought of someone laying a hand on sent a shot of fiery white rage through my veins.

"I do like Ms. Alessia." Nyx mused quietly to herself while kicking her feet.

"Good, I'm glad to hear that." I quickly dampened the rage, trying to lash out since there was no real reason for it to be there. I mean, it was just a thought after all. "Speaking of Alessia, have you seen her?"

Nyx hummed softly to herself as she scrunched up her small face. "I can't say that I have recently. She was here just before you woke up."

I quickly opened up my screen, brought up Alessia's name, and wrote her a small message, telling her to come to see me and bring along that gift that Kharon had, if it was on the way, of course. I dismissed the screen and sat back in the chair. "So, how did you like the negotiations?"

"Ugh, mother, they were so boring. Just mindless chattering." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Tell me about it." I really hated dealing with negotiations. It was such a delicate dance that it was hard for me to keep up at times. While I could do it, I much rather leave it to the people who knew what they were doing, which in this case, it was Kharon. I swear, without him, I would be so lost.

"Can we play later, mother?"

I glanced down towards Nyx and saw her giving me a set of the biggest puppy eyes I could imagine. Damn child and her manipulations. "Later. I have to do a few things, and then we can play." I quickly formed a list in my mind about what I had to do today. The first thing is, I really needed to make a new batch of materials to ship out. I may include some concrete, and a few other things, just for variety. Right after, I needed to see what weapons had to be made for Kharon, and then I suppose I could play with Nyx. Though I had a feeling, her version of playing was like fighting.

"Do you promise?"

"I do. Let me just get all of this stuff done, then we can play."

Nyx flashed me a brilliant smile and hopped out of her chair. "Thank you, mother. I'm going to go play with the wolves than for now." She jumped off her chair and scampered off towards the canines without giving me a chance to respond. At least she wasn't being obnoxious anymore. I felt a smile cross my face as I watched her runoff, and a warmth spread through my chest. I think I'm finally finding some happiness. The sole thing I've been searching for, and it's within my grasp.

I pulled my eyes away from her and glanced back at my menus. Now I just needed to knock out today's to-do list. Let's see, what did I want to give Redrick? I glanced through my templates and spawned in a bunch more pens, and then to match it, I spawned in a few of the plastic bits filled with ink, just so people could refill the pens. I wasn't sure what kind of operation Redrick was running, but I know how many business owners were, so I might as well try to help the people out the best that I could.