Upon reaching the central garden of the capital, Arad stopped at the gate and stared inside at the vast, lush forest sprouting in the middle. “To think such a place existed around here,”
Aella looked at Arad, smiling, “We wouldn’t have come here,” She giggled.
“You had to find those thugs,” Eris added.
Arad shook his head, “I could have searched for them at another time,” He replied while approaching the garden gate, “For now, let’s go see that flower field.”
“Sir, please wait a moment,” An armed guard approached them, standing in front of the gate.
“What is it?” Arad approached the guard, “You better not tell me it’s closed,” His mere presence towering over the guard caused the poor man to start shaking in his boots.
“The garden has rules that you must follow,” The guard gasped, “Don’t throw trash or you will be removed, don’t feed the animals so they won’t start targeting people for food, and don’t ignite any flames.” The stated the three main rules with a shaking voice.
“What? Is that all,” Arad smiled, “We can follow those with ease,” He smiled.
The guard relaxed, stepping aside, “You can enter now,”
Mira asked Arad as they walked inside the garden, “Isn’t that common knowledge?”
Aella sighed, “You’re right, at least for us elves. Respecting the forest is an important thing,”
“Humans are stupid. You will find a lot of fools that don’t follow the basics of decency.” Eris sighed, pointing in the distance to a ground of people hiding their trash inside the bushes.
Arad sighed, “Give me a moment,” He turned around and returned to the gate.
He then returned to the girls after a minute and they asked him what did he do.
“I told the guard. They should get removed soon,” He growled, “I came with you here to enjoy a beautiful flower field. Not a trash-filled field.”
The girls watched as ten armored guards rushed inside the garden, surrounding the people hiding the trash and giving them a beating. After that, they were forced to clean their own mess, and arrested.
Arad kept walking deeper into the forest with the girls trailing behind him. With each step, the forest got denser until it suddenly cleared out.
“We’re there,” Arad smiled, staring forward at the vast colorful field ahead of him. Yellow, red, orange, and purple flowers spread across a vast field with a single massive white tree blooming in the middle.
“Look at that tree,” Mira pointed out, “I’ve never seen a tree with white leaves,”
Aella crossed her eyes, staring hard at the tree, “Those are petals. It’s blossoming,” She walked forward and sat between the flower carpet.
“The forest here is calm, and it has been like this for decades,” Aella looked around, “To think humans actually protected such sanctuary.” 𝒷𝒹ℴ𝓿𝓁.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Mira stared at her, “I heard the capital was built upon a holy spot of unimaginable beauty. This must be it.” She looked at the tree, “But I wonder, what kind of wood would come from such a tree.”
“Don’t cut it,” Eris stared at Mira.
Mira giggled, “I won’t, I know leaving it is best,”
Arad walked with the girls toward the tree, sitting beneath its massive branches. Arad lay on the ground, closing his eyes as the girls basked in the sun.
Suddenly, Arad felt something heavy on his chest. Something was off. The girls aren’t heavy enough to feel like this. He opened his eyes, spotting a naked woman sitting on his chest before going blind.
Arad growled, and the weight on his chest lifted. He sat up, and the girls stared at him confused, “What is it?”
Arad blinked, and he could see again. He stared around, sweating. ^Was it a dream, or did my regeneration already kick in?^
He looked around for a sign of the woman but found nothing. He stared at Aella, “Did you see another woman around here?”
Aella blinked, “No, it’s just us. How did she look?”
“Pale skin, white hair. She was naked and sat on my chest,” Arad replied, “My eyes burned the moment I looked at her,”
Eris and Mira stared at him with doubtful eyes, “Aren’t you just a bit horny?” Eris smiled. “I can always sit on your chest. The alchemist also has hair dyes.” Mira smiled, approaching Arad.
Aella on the other hand scratched her chin, “You eyes burned…” She looked around the tree, “The description fits too well. You weren’t dreaming,” She stood and approached Arad, “I suspect it was a nymph, a newborn one at that,”
Everyone stared at her, “I thought nymphs seduce people like cubus.”
Aella shook her head, “Nymphs are the living incarnation of the raw beauty of a location. They are born when a peace of divinely beautiful land remains undisturbed for years.” She approached Arad.
“A newborn nymph won’t be able to control the power of her beauty, resulting in anyone that lays eyes upon her going blind.” She explained.
Arad’s hand started shaking as he stared at them, feeling the nymph hug him from the back. “Dragon…” A voice whispered into his ear, and the girls gasped, unable to see what sat behind him.
“She’s with you,” Aella gasped, sweating, “Don’t look at her. We can’t see her, so we know she was just born. The moment we got here.” Aella looked at her hand, “A beautiful flower field, a sleeping dragon, and the wind spirit sealed in an elf. All those three gathered together to provide the necessary mystical aura of the place.”
“This place,” the nymph whispered, “I waited for a long time for something powerful, magical, and fae in nature to come. You and the wind spirit provided me with what I need to start manifesting. Thank you…”
The presence behind Arad disappeared, and he growled, “Where did she go?”
Aella looked around, “It will take her a few days to fully manifest. We should come check on her later.”
“Did she really need me and Zephyr?” Arad sighed, staring at Aella.
“We aren’t in the elvish kingdom where the world tree roots spread across the land and give magic to the birth of fae spirits like nymphs and dryads. This is the human kingdom. It lacks in mana and purity.” Aella replied with a smile.
[The mere existence of a dragon changes the nature around them. Red dragons turn mountains into volcanos while black dragons morph forests into putrid swams. Your body radiates magic. The same is true for Zephyr.] Mom explained.
Arad stood, staring around, “A nymph, what did we get stuck in?” He sighed.
[You’re lucky none showed around you till now. Thirty nymphs were born from your mother’s draconic body as she slept. The arcane amethyst glow of her draconic body was like the night sky.]
“What?” Arad gasped.
[Dragons are the apex of anatomical function and beauty, an alive and massive art piece created and designed by the first overgod AO. Your mother is an exceptional one with an unrivaled twilight beauty. It only makes sense for nymphs to get born from her massive and perfect body,]
^Mom, are you just boasting?^ Arad sighed.
[A bit, but it’s true that your mother is a one-of-a-kind beauty. Not that anyone saw her real face or body, probably not even your father as she should have been disguised.]