*Well, I didn’t manage to sleep with all those flames…but it was worth it! *

Eve seemed quite happy that morning.

She felt a bitter feeling remembering all she couldn’t experience the past night but was happy, at the same time, knowing that her discerning eye had found an indomitable male.

In the beginning, she was unsure whether it was right to court the male that caused the death of her son, Cain.

But then a second passed, and her eyes were attracted to his golden ones.

He wasn’t a phoenix but had a more effective regenerative power with respect to an average phoenix.

His age is lower than 30.

Even though she was consciously appreciating his incredible potential for the future, to justify her decision…

Unconsciously she couldn’t exclude the possibility that she also wanted a toy boy after her husband abandoned her years ago.

Finally, regardless of the relationship he had in the past with her son, that had gone crazy, he was the man that actually saved her life with his own strength.

Sure, the years she couldn’t fight, first in order to tend to her family and then encased in Cain’s ice were long.

*I could still be stronger than him, depending on how long I was hybernated.

Even if this is true now, I will gift him my life as he earned it the moment he cured my deadly disease.

Finally, if he becomes more capable than me… *

During this instant, Eve was red in the face because of her embarrassing thoughts.

She thought her son had gone crazy the moment she was encased in ice.

Sure, she sustained him when he wanted to know better his natural gift, but she never remembered signing for that indefinitely long cryogenic prison.

The moment he imposed that decision on her, Cain became a deranged monster to be put down in her mind.

One of the core values in Dragon society was freedom and pride.

All he did with that forceful action was contemporarily strip her of her freedom, making the decision without asking her, and her pride not allowing her to die naturally, fighting against that disease.

At the same time, his power allowed him to enact his plan, so he was actually a dragon until the end of his life.

*At least he died fighting against a potent warrior. *

Her mind seemed to have reached the end of the track.

She had reached her conclusion.

Cain’s actions could have looked like compassion and maternal love to others, but to her were merely a product of his egoism.

He kept doing whatever he wanted until his last breath while imposing the consequences of that on whoever was around him.

Apart from his atypical power, he died as a dragon.

On the other side, the same couldn’t be said for her.

Eve slacked on her regular training, full of confidence because of her age, and lowered her guard against Cain.

For that reason, despite the level difference, he managed to imprison her for an interminably long time in that ice jail.

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At that moment, her identity as a dragon ended.

The moment she was freed from Eric and observed him, she was unsure if trying killing him and regain her freedom to die or accept his asks until her body would finally turn into dust.

‘’Just kill me or let me kill you so that my illness will finally give me rest. ‘’

Those were the first words she said to him.

Her mind was clearly on the brink of breaking, her eyes dark and empty.

All she wanted to see was the unclean carpet

She just wanted to become dirt.

‘’I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I guess you’ll have to endure living for a bit longer. ‘’

Then she felt enveloped in a warm wind.

All those years, she closed her eyes, ice all around her.

All she could feel was the pain of her illness and the cold her crazy son gifted her.

Now her eyes slowly raised towards him, her mouth slightly opened, seeing his perfect face.

A smug smile was plastered on it with no sign of leaving.

The heat surrounding her, slowly increased until she felt her illness being burned down with incredible precision.

The instantaneous searing feeling didn’t have enough time to cause her any pain, as the pleasant wind became flames delicate and minuscule in size.

She thought she would die for them and that her life would end because of the whim of that mysterious man.

To her surprise, the warm fuzzy feeling she felt before had just become more intense.

The healing process gave her an idea of how precise and elegant the control of his powers was.

*He’s using such care for me, a dying being with no past and no future?! *

Seconds later, she felt completely healthy.

Words couldn’t exit her mouth, just one thought in her mind.

*I will give my life to him, as he made me reborn. *

As she remembered, her blush stayed in place, but for different reasons from the previous physical ones.

*Is it love? *

She herself couldn’t say at the moment, genuinely thinking that every moment felt new to her to the point where she had to know herself again from the start.

A sweet smile appeared on her face, happy because of that feeling.

At that moment, a Sun entered the kitchen where she currently was.

Not quite literally, but almost.

Rubra had a shining smile, 36 teeth wide on her face and little but intense embers didn’t allow Eve to watch her directly.

Eve was annoyed by all of that.

*Is she bragging?! *

The sad truth for her was that Rubra was currently just happily existing, without caring for anyone or anything apart from Eric.

*That was just the best! *

This was the real thought in Rubra's mind.

Seeing Rubra’s reaction Eve felt like starting a fight.

As if sensing the incoming problems, Eric entered with a slow gait and a relaxed smile.

‘’Good morning!

Shall we start our travel? ‘’