I'm really not the Saviour! (我唔係救主囖!) [danmei/BL xuanhuan]

40 - But (Grand)Dad, you don't understand!

A/N: Chapter 40! It's a day late, but here it is.

Family drama

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The Two Dragons Four Tiger Alliance declared war on the Kingdom of Dzue and the Demon Realm the very next day.

In the conference room of the palace in Ming Yuet, two real dragon sat, along with four humans who might be accurately described as tigers, considering the message that was brought to them by an advance scout. The official declaration was yet to arrive, not that they would wait.

"Should we respond as the real Two Dragons Four Tigers?" Gou Dzing joked.

"None of us is actually a Tiger though," Chan Bik said seriously. "I'm a Snake. Your Majesty, are you a Tiger?"

"Rabbit," Dzue Dziu Ming responded cheerfully. "Interesting to see who has taken up arms, and who's decided to stay out of it."

Smoking pensively, Wong Tang stared into middle-distance, brows furrowed.

"Cheon and Sek'syun," Gong Ming Dzue said, poring over a large map, small statues placed over important landmarks, or indicating the position of troops. "Mou Dong, Kwan Leon, Hung Tung and Ming Sects. Ngo Mei has declined to take part. Tsun Dzan have not stated their position clearly yet."

"I'll go and see them," said Dzue Dziu Ming. "I should make it clear that even if their headquarters are based in Dzue, they should not feel pressured to support the country. Although it would be nice if they did."

"If this Alliance wants to attack a target," Gong Ming Dzue continued, "it would be here." She tapped the western border of Dzue where it bordered with Cheon. "The north of the country is protected by Tsaam Lam. It is unlikely that Sek'syun would attempt to attack this way, and therefore unlikely that they would actually access the Demon Realm... Dzue would have to fall before Tsaam Lam could be breached."

"That might still be impossible," Wong Tang finally spoke up. "Even I don't know half of the things in Tsaam Lam. Mount Fa will be alright - Old White and Ah Gwong are still there, but I should go and give them the news."

"I'll go to western Dzue," Gong Ming Dzue said.

"Why?" Dzue Dziu Ming asked.

"To check the situation, of course."

"That's a dumb idea."

"You're a dumb idea."

"Dzue is safer when you are closer to your waterway, Ming Dzue." Wong Tang jabbed her pipe in the direction of Gaam Yuk Ying and Gou Dzing. "The two of you will go west. Little Chan, we'll return to the Demon Realm together, and I'll keep going on to Mount Fa. Ask Lau Yan to return to Ming Yuet to support her sister."

"Grandmaster, you could easily squash this war before it even starts," Chan Bik said. "Why not just go do that? Just yell at them. Show them how scary you are."

"And what would that achieve, Little Bik? If I went out there and killed everyone, or even if I suppressed them all with my power, what will be the result? Certainly, I would stop the war. But then what? The other countries, the other sects, would view us with fear and distrust. Relations based on such shaky foundations... how long do you think they would last?"

"But if we go to war, people will die, Grandmaster," Chan Bik protested. "I don't want that to happen!"

"Little Bik, people will die no matter what," Gong Ming Dzue said gently. "Our choices are limited. We can only do our best."

"But you're dragons - Grandmaster, you're literally the great goddess of creation. You-"

Yes, I am." Wong Tang's voice was shaded with melancholy. "I have done my work- I created. And now my creations have chosen this path. Am I to now also force them to bend to my every whim and belief? Should I have a palace built on Mount Fa, and everyone is to come and worship at my feet?"
"You wouldn't-"