Hatching in Equestria as a Silver Dragon
Chapter 54 Non-democratic election
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The next morning we all woke up early, because a certain deity who is probably trapped inside a magical artifact was shouting at us to wake up inside our heads.
I groaned in annoyance and so did my parents, seems we can't even go a single night without being woken up early here, blinking awake and quickly getting up from the bed, we didn't even have time for a nice morning stretch.
The powerful voice of Boreas resonated in our heads clearly.
'Arise, wake up from your slumber and go spread word to the entire city about my return, about the ceremony at the castle's entrance, I know you were in deep slumber and it's early in the day, but you will need several hours to get every griffon aware so you must make haste!'
I remembered I had offered to help with this, can't just stay in bed and go back to sleep, as cozy as it was to be sandwiched between my parents...
'Mister Coconut, you must head to the hospital where you healed everyone in need, and talk to the head of the hospital and ask them to inform everyone, they will believe you, after all you made a miracle happen, healing those who would not have survived, your deeds are being whispered among the families of the hospital works and patients as we speak, soon you will be remembered as a legend here, a traveler from a distant land who made a miracle happen.' Said unicorn was shocked to hear the voice, directly in his head, one who he wasn't familiar to him, and yet it felt... Familiar, not a mere mortal who was talking.
'I will do it, if it will help them, I will gladly help you.' He answered with only a few seconds of considering it.
'Good, lady Faust will also be pleased with your actions, we may sometimes have different perspectives but we work towards the same goal, a more prosperous and harmonious world.' Dad smiled at that and nodded in agreement, then waved at us as he walked out to the bathroom to get ready.
'Lady Sylf, or as your fellow guardponies call you, the Meteor right? You must head to the castle and along with your son, Onyx, talk to General Steelwing, show him the Idol and let him touch it, he will hear me and he will understand what he has to do, once you are done you will take me to the streets and go door to door, calling out for the citizens to come out and see the Idol. They will be eager to see it, after all, young Onyx has made a friend who already started to spread the word about it.'
'Once you do that and inform everyone of the event, go to the door of the castle and stand there with the artifact in your claws, visible to all. Once all have gathered, or at least those fit to do so and present, I will be able to find the right griffon to lead this nation, they will have to be young and malleable in mind, and their training will take years, they may need to go out and learn in other nations too, since this former empire has decayed beyond the ability to offer a formal education.'
'That is all, I can't command you to do this, but I ask of you for the sake of Griffonstone and griffonkind, for this day only, be my chosen heroes.' His request sounds reasonable, but I have a few conditions.
'We will, but there are some conditions, first of all we ask that you do not conquer other nations unless they try to conquer you first, second is to respect the right of all sapient creatures to live and don't resort to cruelty to further your cause, no political torture or another cruel punishments for those with a different viewpoint, and don't restrict the freedom of relationships between any consenting adults, within your nation or outside, no matter their race or gender, if you promise to uphold those laws and of course any other common laws, I will do my best to support your goals, I will even go out of my way to help find ways to help your economy, i already have a few ideas.' I take a short pause before continuing.
'Those are my morals, and I don't compromise on them, hopefully you can agree with me on them and we will get this done.' I finished the shortened version of what I want, it's clear if people are happier they are more productive, making them miserable by adding nonsensical laws will only worsen the situation.
Boreas was silent for a full minute thinking about what I asked, then I felt his voice again.
'You really are thinking ahead, you're very much Considering you did most of the work to get me and you will still do some more, I accept your terms.'
As he said that, we went to get ready, it was important to be presentable after all for such a momentous occasion.
About 10 minutes later we were both ready, heading out the door I took a look around until I located the castle in the distance, and have my target in sight to teleport to.
"Let's do this! Mom, because I know you don't mind, I'll be riding on your back, you don't mind right?" I approach and pet her on the head, hugging her wolf head to my chest, she returns the gesture with her snout, softly pressing on me.
"You know I love carrying you around my little pup, even, I'd never say no to that, I still remember when we first met and you were scared and alone, you were such a small adorable little hatchling! Come on climb on before I get emotional, don't want to be late." I nodded in response, climbing up her head and neck, making her giggle as my tail caressed the side of her head as I went up and laid on her back the wrong way around, then I turned around 180 degrees to face forward and held onto her sides.
"You silly drake, you know it would have been easier to climb from my side? Well do you want me to run you there or you're just going to teleport?" She asked me while smiling, her head moved to the side to look back at me.
"Let's just teleport, we can walk around once we informed General... Steelwing? Yes him, once he is informed we will go and walk around the town talking to griffons, should be easy, we can even bribe them with bits if they don't want to hear us out, but hopefully mister Boreas here can help with that, after all every griffon knows the legend, right?"
'Indeed, they are all taught the legend of our old kingdom, they will listen to you if you show them the Idol, if they still don't want to listen, I will talk to them directly.'
With that we teleported to our target, it was near and in clear view so it was negligible and faster to cast, appearing with an electric crack of energy, we knocked on the door, and not even a minute later it opened, I was carrying the Idol of Boreas in my arms while atop of my canine steed.
"Whos- Wait is that... The Idol of Boreas?! I'll go inform the General right away!" The griffon wearing light armor and a sword asked in astonishment, before shaking his head and dashing back into the castle, said castle was was lit by torches along the walls, it was very simple in design and lacked luxurious decor that the Equestrian royal palace had, still it looked pretty impressive inside too, whoever built it knew what they were doing.
About five minutes later, a larger griffon wearing steel plate armor with a more prominent insignia and more decorations, including medals and other symbols on the chest of the armor and near the neck, came forward escorted by two similarly armored soldiers, they looked more like knights, unlike the lightly armored guard from earlier.
"Greetings guests, I've heard a great deal about you, mostly about your miraculous unicorn companion who isn't present here at the moment, and even a rumor has spread about what I am seeing right now with my own two eyes." He stared at me and Sylf before focusing his sharp eagle eyes on the Idol on my arms.
"I am General Steelwing, for all intents and purposes I am the leader of this nation, we have a military government at this time and I command the military, I can't help but notice you have brought back the Idol that fell into the Abyssal Abyss, may I get your names and what you want with Griffonstone?" It was clear from his tone that this was not so much a question, but a demand, and this guy was no pushover, I wouldn't want to piss him off, he was the most jacked and biggest griffon I've seen so far.
Before I could answer, mom beat me to it, nodding her head in her way to do a salute.
"I am Commander Sylf of the Equestrian Royal Guard, not on official business but to help my beloved son and husband with their own goals, I am more or less, their caretaker and guard respectively, it's good to meet you Captain, now your turn to explain son."
"And I am Onyx, I'm the adopted son of this wonderful wolf here." I hugged her neck from a top her back, purring and nuzzling her lovingly, making her giggle and even the stern looking General to soften his gaze.
"I have come here to help your city, your nation, to improve and to surpass it's formed glory, my dad, the pony you already heard good things about I'm sure, has also his goal of healing the injured and sick and save as many as he can, he offered medical aid, and I offer economic and political aid, you may distrust me, after all from what everyone says, dragons are often selfish and greedy, and extremely rude if not outright hostile, but you can hear it directly from your god." I offer him the artifact.
He nods and reluctantly approaches, grabbing it and taking it from my claws, he seems to go into a trance, closing his eyes, sitting down on the ground for a few minutes and then opens his eyes again with a determined look, and a small hopeful smile.
"I apologize for doubting you at first, I will inform the chain of command, and I will make sure to organize everything for the ceremony, now go and show the people the return of their beloved god, we will be ready by the time you come back." He assured me, then returned the Idol and shook my claw firmly, I returned it just as firmly and smiled at him.
"No big deal, I would have doubted me too if I was you, see you later now, let's go mom!" Turning around we walked off into the city, it was still early morning and many were asleep or just starting to get up, we ran house to house informing the griffons inside, having breakfast or just waking up, even going as far as to knock on their windows if they didn't answer the door, looking for them.
Some were definitively pissed off until they saw the Idol and then we explained, it took several hours despite there not being that many houses on the city itself, because we had to travel down the hill and also go into all the surrounding farmsteads, thankfully the farmers always awoke much earlier and we often found them working in the fields outside, making the job much easier, and telling them to spread the word themselves, that any job could wait for a few hours because it would be worth it.
By the end even mom was panting and low on stamina, my arms were a bit tired too from holding the Idol up in view of everyone, it was heavy pure gold after all, I was getting sore.
But every single house in the city and around it has been told about, and everyone agreed to go.
We came back up, I had to use magic to cool ourselves down because our bodies were overheating, specially mom's, her back underneath me felt hot enough to sear a steak at this rate, I used my icy breath to cool her down until she was back to normal, causing her to let out a small satisfied moan.
"Ohh~ this is why Its always a good idea to help you out, you always return the favor in your own way, and this refreshing wonderful breath of yours... You are really fresher than mint." She complimented and stretcher, trying to get as much coolness on her as she could.
"Please keep going! Can you do my back too?" I nod and breathe out my frost breath on her back, having to step off her for a minute to uncover her back enough to cool her overheated body down until she was nice and cool, of course the body warmed back up quickly but the excess heat was removed by then.
"Mmhhn that feels like jumping right into cold water, without actually getting wet, thank you!" I smirked and gave her a squeeze on the ass, or flank, making her let out a surprised gasp, and turn to look at me with a slightly offended expression, without any real anger, a glint in her eyes that promised she would get back at me was clear.
"Sorry, It's just you're so fit and perfect... I was curious as to what it would feel like, you don't mind, do you?" I gave her my best puppy dog eyes and she just giggled and made a dismissive gesture with her paw.
"I appreciate the compliment, but I'm getting you back in the future and that look wont work on me, Im already immune, I raised you remember? you won't see it coming when it's my turn to pay you back. Now let's finish this so we can have a few days of relaxation here before going back to Equestria." She patted my head with her ghost hand spell, I didn't really care if she got back at me, knowing her, it would not be anything bad.
"Oh I love you my big fluffy cuddly wolf momma, you would never do anything that upset me or hurt me or even make me feel bad so I'm not worried, but right you are, we are short on time and should get out back, at least before either of us gets exhausted and falls asleep, it's quite comfy on your back..." We spent a few seconds tenderly nuzzling, with me hugging her neck, and then trotted back up the mountain and up the tree, heading to the castle.
Eventually we arrived, the General was waiting and was dressed in his fancy armor, more polished now and accompanied by other fancily dressed griffons, he nodded at us with a smile, some griffons had already gathered in front of the castle, talking amongst themselves and pointing at us, the mood was excitement and hope, nothing like the usual depressed attitude the griffons first had when I arrived here.
I decided to go lay down on the steps of the castle, while I waited for the griffons to gather, taking out my phone from my inventory and snapping a picture of the gathering crowd,and turning to selfie camera and snapping a silly picture of myself, showing off the Idol and making a peace sign in another.
'What are you doing? What kind of magical device is that? I wasn't aware a magical device that can make instantaneous drawings was invented, griffons really are far far behind, aren't they?' I could almost feel the disappointment in Boreas telepathic voice, but I immediately tried to reassure him.
'Oh no no, this little device is not something made by ponies, it's a small souvenir I got in one of my travels, the ponies are nowhere near this level yet and won't be for hundreds of years unless they get some help, as for what it is, that's simple! It's a very advanced machine that uses electricity, and logic gates to make thousands of calculations per second, and it has many sensors, similar to our eyes, they send sensory information to equivalent of our brain in this device, and the thinking part transforms that sensory input into useful signals that light up the light emitting layers on the part you can see, that is called a screen.' I gently tap the glass screen with my paw without using the claw, it would probably scratch the glass.
'This sounds quite advanced, you say this device that looks like a rectangular small mirror of metal and glass is capable of not only seeing the world, but it also has a thinking ability and it can produce art instantly? This sounds... Fascinating actually, I would love to learn more, I have met a few renown arcanists in the past who would do anything for gaining the knowledge about making this, but it's been so long...' I could tell he was talking about something that happened millennia ago, or even longer.
'Honestly I don't know much, been out of the loop myself and I was never really studied in the field of electronics myself, biology is more my field of expertise but I can tell you a few things about it, for instance... I can... Uhh nevermind I forgot there's no satellites here, I can use this to write notes, and record sound and video, here let me show you my parents wedding, I bet you'll like that.' I realized now that smartphones, despite how much they have advanced during the years, are completely dependant on both satellite GPS and access to the internet to be more than glorified video cameras, maybe flashlights but any of my light spells were better, still I could immortalize events in video or photograph and that has value on itself.
'So... The reason it can only do those things is because, the place where I got this, there is a world wide network of communication devices that send a signal, imagine it as a magic spell that sends a letter, those letters would send the information from large towers to this devices, allowing them all to be interconnected to a unimaginably large network called the Internet, a network that spanned across the entire world, and it was mostly invisible, and from there came most of the usefulness of this device, but that would take forever to explain so let's just say you could buy a house or anything you wanted, without having to physically be there or take bits to the person, everything from banking to buying from the market could be done from across the world.'
'... You visited another plane of existence at such a young age? you truly are the most adventurous being I've met in a long long time, most would wait to become adults before embarking in such a dangerous journey. You probably have lived through many dangerous adventures, I can see it on you, your body is unusually strong for a dragon of your age, there's something about you that is... Extremely familiar to me, yet I can't quite place it.' Uh oh... Did he figure it out? Well I could just deny it, play dumb.
'No idea what you're talking about mister Boreas, I just have experience with exploration and I have been very well trained, I'm the son of a Commander of the Equestrian Royal Guard after all, and she taught me how to defend myself.' He was silent for a minute after that.
'You know lying to a god is not a good idea, right? I was with you when you fought those pale spiders, you can use magic of the seventh tier, combat magic, necromancy, combining it all with quick movements, and overwhelming strength and brutal attacks.' Fuck, I forgot he was with me then, I feel extremely stupid right now.
'If you want to keep your experience a secret I will respect that, just don't take me for a fool little one, now relax, im not going to do anything to you, I just want to ask something off you, be my voice to address the gathered griffons, it's time.' I was worried he was angry at me and would do something, but he never raised his tone or seemed to be angry, still I was concerned and feeling a lot less confident about my ability to lie, he had me completely figured out, and I had made a stupid mistake, except for some things.
Lies really come back to bite you in the ass, don't they?
'Y-youre right, I am an adventurer, not by choice to be honest most of the time, it's hard to explain but for now let's focus on what we have to do, will you tell me what I have to say word by word? Or do you want me to let you speak through me, use my voice as a conduit for yours?' I was worried he would ask me to lend him my body or something, I wasn't exactly keen on giving my body over to someone, specially a being who had been locked away in some artifact for who knows how long, if he was locked in it maybe he would want to be in a real body again, but I was not sure he was trapped in there, there were a lot of things I didn't know about him, and I suspect he could at least see my memories, at least some of them, without me even feeling it, how else would he know about mom's nickname? Or her rank?
'Oh, I know you're worried, I can't read your thoughts, not more than vague descriptions of beings I see and surface thoughts, but I can feel your emotions, I can deduce many things from that, it's an important part of being a god, and no, apologies for the misunderstanding, I only ask that you speak in my behalf, one thing is to sense and watch the world around me, other is to interact with it directly.' So he was trapped, either trapped inside the Idol or too weak to interact with the world, was this because of lack of followers? Maybe the griffons stopped believing or their connection to the Idol, along with the relatively small amount of inhabitants of this city meant he had less of a following or even those who knew about him.
'I will help you, I'll speak on your behalf because this world really needs some ambition, it's pretty much absent where its needed.' I smile and get up, the griffons are all here now, waiting somewhat impatiently, but not angry just yet, except maybe a few of the fancier dressed ones.
I stand on my hind legs to have some more height, as I was smaller than the adults, and most were definitively adults.
I used my regular voice, I could speak very loudly if I wanted without amplifying it with magic, I lifted the gold idol over my head, showing it to everyone, they all went quiet and paid attention now.
Public speaking wasn't my forte, but with Borealis telling me what to say and his subtle encouragement, and maybe divine bolstering from him I lost my fear, temporarily.
"Citizens of Griffonstone, your god is back, I have descended into the Abyssal Abyss myself to retrieve the Idol, to bring it back to it's rightful place in your castle, but he has given me a task first, I am to gather you here right and let him choose a king or queen who will, in time, bring glory and prosperity to your nation." Everyone paid close attention to my words, but four families near the front stared with suspicion.
"Now without further ado, I want you all to stand a meter away of each other and sit on the ground, Boreas will select a new ruler among all of you, I personally don't even know who will be chosen, so have your heads raised and all look into the Idol, he will know, I will walk in rows and try to give him a good look at all of you, okay?" I got a murmur of agreement and they moved apart, leaving space between them enough for me to go row by row, there were a lot of them, the whole city was here and I didn't know how many there were exactly.
The griffons on the front, gathered in groups that seemed to be families approached me before I could start doing my duty.
"Wait a minute, who do you think you are beast?! Going around with our precious Idol and claiming to speak for our god, you have no right! And you dare to claim that he will choose a new king yet you have not informed us, the nobles first!?" An old griffon guy wearing fancy old style suit yelled in indignation, standing in front of me and blocking my path, he was joined in by a representative from the other three noble families who all had some insult to throw at me as they approached.
"You stole the Idol! It's only meant to be held by griffon talons, give it back thief!" An old lady dressed in a fancy dress that would not look out of place in a Victorian era court glared at me with disdain, furious that I had their precious Idol.
"You shouldn't even be allowed in our city, why has the General let you in? You should be kicked out!" Another of them nobles yelled, everyone here could hear them. But the common griffons didn't seem to share their same attitude, they were glaring at them, whispering to each other.
I sighed, tired of always having to deal with this kind of people, at least one of the fancy dressed groups didn't get in my way or try to interrupt, they were some nobles it seems that weren't a nuisance.
"You are interrupting my duty given to me by your god, move aside and remain quiet or else." It may seem a bit harsh on them, but I didn't feel like having to debate a bunch of annoying, entitled and unpleasant 'nobles'.
"You dare threaten us?! You will be put in a cage! Guards! Arrest this fraud!" But the guards didn't move, they didn't even look at them.
"Guards! Quickly, why are you ignoring us? Come on! Are you on his side too?!" They were starting to sound desperate, and clearly angry.
"You filthy and uncivilized lizard! What lies have you told the soldiers, to have them working for you?! If I had my sword here I would cut you down myself, bloody monster!" Okay that crossed the line, I was going to just push them back but now this guy had it coming, I'm not going to let others insult me without consequence.
"Go back to your spot, and shut the fuck up, will not repeat myself again." I said as an ultimatum, but he approached instead, so I started preparing a spell.
"Go to Tartarus you scaly scavenger, I'm gonna put you on the ground!" He threatened again, moving with hostile intent clear on his posture and beak.
"I see you will not budge, well I did warn you, now pay the consequences." I finished preparing the spell.
My eyes started to glow more every second.
Then with a small flash if indigo and a dismissive wave of my paw he turned into a pig, started to make soft confused oinks, and quickly ran back to his group making loud pig squeals when he realized he wasn't himself anymore, everyone was shocked into silence, then the cheering started, and the laughs from the large crowd of commoners, the nobles however weren't too thrilled, but they didn't dare to look at me anymore, looking to the ground instead in fear of being next.
"Anyone else has any objections? I have a few ideas for animals I can turn you into, don't worry though, it will only last about an hour, hopefully by then I will be done with this, but dare either of you nobles get in my way or interfere again? I will make your transformation permanent." I was completely bluffing of course, polymorph was not permanent and I couldn't do more than one creature at a time, and even then I needed to concentrate somewhat on the spell for it to work, but I had so much practice with this specific spell that I could easily keep that in the back of my mind while performing other tasks, as long as they weren't too difficult or other spells I needed to concentrate on.
Perhaps I was too harsh but I was not feeling the most patient today, my mood wasn't the best, waking up early and having to stop cuddling to go run around outside was less than ideal.
With the annoying nobles out of the way, I started my work, getting a good look at every griffon and giving the Idol a good view too, I spent half an hour going from griffon to griffon, hopefully the nobility will not try anything again, sabotaging my efforts to help their nation... I will make sure to have them investigated and when Treble is officially in the throne he can get rid of their titles once and for all, at least the ones who are a thorn on my side, my plans for this nation are far, far from over.
But that was for later, I had to focus on finding the new ruler.
There must thousands of griffons here, I wanted to groan in frustration, but I kept my little legs moving fast, until I felt a mental command to stop, which I obeyed right away, sliding on the wooden ground until my claws came out.
Then I realize who this griffons are, my pals from the orphanage! Also grandpa Gruff was with them.
I smile and give them a nod. 'This ones, two of them or maybe three would make for fine rulers, they just need the right education, what do you think, Onyx? You may underestimate yourself but you are bright and perceptive, look at them and tell me what you think.'
I had to think for a moment, staring at the three of them, I knew Gilda was rude to the six mares in an episode but right now she was an innocent, joyful little griffon child, the other two were also really kind and friendly, but I think Treble had the right characteristics to be a good ruler, from the little I interacted with him, he wasn't a bully for one, he was like a big brother to the other two and planned to start working next year to get mister Gruff more time at the orphanage raising the girls.
I realized I was staring off into space while staying still, I blinked and focused on the ground and put on a more thoughtful expression instead of my dumbfounded one from earlier.
I just wasn't expected to be asked for an opinion, but I decided to answer honestly.
'I think Treble is better for the position, he already wants to work to help the orphanage, but he is kind to others and even liked to hang out with me despite me being 3 years younger, other griffons or ponies his age may think of me as lame because I'm younger, yet he didn't.' I offered, thinking of the positives, but I had to also consider the negative.
'I could say the negative is his age, he is almost an adult and while that's good for a king, he has a lot to learn and has to do it quickly, being a king isn't easy or safe, he would need training both in politics and combat to be able to defend himself, most importantly the loyalty of the army, but that is something I can't really help with...' I concluded my thoughts on him, then move to Gilda, of her I didn't have much to say, she was too young to tell what she even liked, let alone what she was good at.
'Gilda has room to learn, extremely good potential and could work if properly educated, she is much younger and probably easier to teach her everything she would need to know, but that same advantage is her disadvantage of being so young that she isn't fit to rule for many years until her brain fully develops.' what else could I say? She was just very young and playful like any other children her age.
'And lastly Sable, she's really sweet, curious and loves cats, no idea if she would be a good queen but she clearly would be kind, and I can respect that, plus I love her tiger pattern half, she's very unique in that way, what else... She complimented me and that was sweet, did I mention she likes cats as much as I do?' I suppress a giggle, imagining a queen surrounded by dozens of cats.
'I may be an idealist but I think you could teach them all and guide your griffons to prosperity, a prosperous nation isn't just defined by the king or queen, or the governing body, it takes the majority of the population to be educated to become truly wealthy, or that is what I believe.' and with that I was done explaining my thoughts on them.
He thought for a little while then decided finally.
'While I think Gilda would be great with enough training, we need a leader soon to stabilize the nation, and while I can't teach everything to Treble right away, I can guide him on what to do step by step while he is still learning to rule by himself, I will have Gilda learn properly too, she could replace him should anything happen, or just so they each have less work.' That made sense, however I would need to check up on them to make sure no one is trying to plot something and take advantage of them, those damn nobles worried me, hopefully the little scare I gave them earlier taught them a lesson, the old griffon should be back to normal by now.
'Sounds logical, you will be taking up two students then, good luck and finally I'm free to go take a nap.'
'Wait, give the Idol to Treble, oh and thank you for making me realize that I have them, they still remember me despite the centuries, they remember their founder, first if their kind.
I may not be able to directly assist you, but this nation will remember your deeds, that you can be sure of.'
With that I go back to reality hearing everyone muttering and whispering and getting impatient from me just staring into the ground thinking, turning and facing Treble who I approach, giving him a fist bump in greeting before pulling him next to me with my foreleg, sort of in a side hug.
I need to announce the choice, specially for the army who were the ones truly in charge, as they held the weapons and armor and trained soldiers.
"It's done! Your god, Boreas has already chosen a new king to guide you, king Treble!" The muttering stopped as soon as I started to speak, but then I handed the Idol to Treble and lifted him up into the air with my telekinesis, he was surprised and flapped to stabilize himself first before relaxing when he realized he was safe and he lifted the idol in his talons up high.
"Long live King Treble!" I yelled out happily.
I showed him to the entire crowd, who soon started to clamor happily.
"Long live king Treble!" Everyone, including the General chanted three times, before I lowered him back to the ground.
That was a good sign, but the expression on the General wasn't happy, it was grim, as if he knew something I didn't. That worried me a lot.
"You're all free to leave, and return to your daily activities. Thank you all for coming here, now please give your new king time to prepare for his coronation ceremony, with that I bid you all farewell." I bowed my head to the crowd, and walked towards the castle, gesturing for Treble to follow, now we had to talk to the current leader of the nation, General Steelwing, the most intimidating griffon around.
Hopefully he would approve and I could find out what was happening to him to look like that.
Somehow even after all the good things that happened today, I felt as if something was very wrong, why else would the General have that look on his face?
Author's Note
Hope you enjoy the new chapter! good night everypony ![]()
