Burning chains

Ch 4: A Baitronix

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Anne's Pov

It must have been 4 hours of being taught by this elven maid,she was nice and quite old.

"Okay Anne, let me teach you about one of my favorite animals that is quite common this side of the country,the Baitronix" Olivia took out a book and put it on the table.

"What's a Baitronix?" I couldn't stop my face from lighting up with curiosity.

"It's a big animal about the size of a small horse stable,they are nocturnal and gentle giants to everything but their own kind,they have fleshy pink skin and a meaty body and sharp claws used to climb high mountains and the have a big mouth filled with razor like teeth that use against others of their kind,their meat is highly considered a delight to eat by many" she turn the pages in the book to show me a drawing of one of them.

It looked disgusting and people eat this,what does it even taste like, maybe it's one of those looks bad but tastes amazing.

"Most people say it tastes like chicken or mutton,the prince says it tastes like beef with a lot of spice,he loves it" she gave a small smile and patted my head.

I learned into her touch, it's been so long since someone has given me affection like this. I miss it a lot,it feels so soothing,so familiar.it's the same as my mother's...mother...I miss you. Tears begin to fall from my eyes and I cling to Olivia,not wanting to leave.

"Anne, let's end this topic here, I'll teach you now about the draconic council,the queen's chosen advisors" she pulled away from me with a look of seriousness.

Olivia explained to me a lot about the draconic council,they are 8, high ranking nobel dragons that serve as the pseudo rulers while the queen is hibernating and while the prince is not yet had his coronation to become king.

"They make most of the laws regarding what to do whether buying slaves or tending to them,every slave must be documented and those documents will be handed to the council to prepare everything the slave must do as a slave to dragon nobility" she gritted her teeth and I could see the faint tears in her eyes.

"Olivia... what do you mean by that, what things will I be made to do?" I was shaking in fear of what might become of me,of Emily.

Olivia was silent at first,but the look in her eyes were that of sadness and some kind of anger.

I looked at the library trying to distract myself,I wander the selves. Potion making, How to skin a human to eat, can I love my chicken,are just some of the weird titles of this book,but honestly I want to find a book that I can read to just pass the time...My bleeding heart, I take the book off the self and I go back to Olivia to ask her about it.

"This book was written by his Majesty when he was only a thousand years old...he used to love writing books for the queen" Olivia gave a sad sigh.

"What was the King like... before he died" my curiosity was plastered all of my face.

"Damien was...The dragon king was a stern and stubborn man,but if you got past that you would see a kind and selfless man that loved his family and his people more than anything" she had a look of pride.

"I guess that's why the other dragons loved him so much" my words were coated with venom,and it made her flinch.

"I didn't mean dragons,he cared for all of his subjects,human,elf,orc, IT DIDN'T MATTER,HE CARED AND RESPECTED THEM,AND HE DIED FOR IT!" Olivia had shouted loudly and dropped to her knees while crying,she was hurt.

"Olivia I'm sorry I...I didn't know he was like that, everyone back home always talked about him like how they did about all other dragons, selfish monsters" I kneeled down next to her and hoped that she would know that I'm sorry.

"It's fine Anne, it's my fault for breaking down...he was like a father to me,he cared for me the best he could and taught me everything I knew,and when he died the queen and I raised Arthur the best we could,but he is still hurt about his father's death, don't tell him I told you " Olivia wiped her tears away and gave me a sad smile.

I just hugged her and promised not to say anything,I felt sadness just looking at her, she's an old lady but she holds on so strongly, she's lost a father and had to basically raise a child that was traumatized...but a weird question kept bugging me.

"Olivia I need to know something,dragons are immortal, immune to disease and can't be harmed by any other race,so...what killed the king?" The fear is my voice was evident,I didn't want to upset her but I needed an answer.

"I can't say...I didn't see it,but I know who did it,they didn't want to be seen as equal to the other races" she stood up and looked at me with a hateful look,it wasn't directed at me I could tell.

I stood up and I held her hand,I got the answer I wanted in a way,it was another dragon that killed the king.

"Let's go into the garden,the sun is setting and you probably want to see your sister" her grip was gently.

She lead me through the halls and past many paintings of Arthur as he grew. Some were of him as a little child,his black hair was so bushy and his golden eyes looked so full of joy and innocence,some were of him as a teenager,he even had a rebellious look in some of them

When Olivia took me out into the garden I was in awe,beds of blue roses and purple violets arranged in connecting circles,and Emily playing tag with another girl of her age,they both looked so happy, unaware of the world and it's problems.