Chapter 190: 189 – Making Plans
If audio player doesn't work, press Stop then Play button again
"I'll help you," Fang said immediately. "I'll put Zephyr on hold with immediate effect, and other than completing the projects I have already taken up, I won't take on anything new for Zephyr from now on."
Ren shook his head. "No, you should continue building up Zephyr," he said. "You have already started making progress in segments that Sirocco has no influence in, and it would be best to continue expanding as much as possible. In fact, I would want you to take over a mid-sized media company in the next six months under Zephyr's banner as well – it is something that has long been neglected at Sirocco, and we definitely need some amount of media control before the babies are big enough to go to school."
Fang wanted to argue, but Ren's logic couldn't be refuted.
Prince Uno, on the other hand, was rubbing his hands in delight. "Why do you want to take six months? You can have a media company right now – it is headquartered in Star Nation, but there is decent international influence, and you can simply put it under Zephyr's banner and open a small office in Cosmopolis. Take it as a belated betrothal present from your Big Brother!" he said.
"And Big Sister will also give you a belated betrothal present – a scientific research facility in Snow Country, which can be put in under SIMS right away," Princess Una said, smiling brightly.
"Auntie also wants to give you a betrothal present," the Dragon Queen said. "How about a couple of mountains behind the new SIMS facility that you are constructing in Dragon Nation? You can use part of the land to build a new scientific research facility as well, and you can also build a nice house in the mountains for the babies to run freely. Ray is a dragon, after all, he will need to learn to fly sooner or later. We have to give him space to be able to fly freely without the risk of being seen by ordinary people."
Ren and Fang stared at the three royals of the Dragon Nation in shock.
"That – that's a little too much," Ren said weakly.
"Nonsense," the Dragon Queen said firmly. "Fang is the youngest child of his generation in the family, and even Ren is younger than Uno and Una. Of course we will want to spoil you to our heart's content. Besides, this fits in well with your plans, doesn't it? Your children are my grandchildren as well, aren't they? So, don't you think that I would want to help protect them as well?"
"And a betrothal gift is definitely pending from our side!" Princess Una said. "We can't be so cheap that we don't even give a proper betrothal present to our little brother and his fiancé, right?" She winked at Ren and Fang.
Fang and Ren looked at each other helplessly.
"You are not allowed to refuse," Prince Uno said sternly, pursing his lips. "Both of you are the youngest in our generation, as Mother pointed out, and it is our privilege as your elders to do these things!"
"And you have to think of the babies, too," the Dragon Queen urged, knowing that was the weak point of both Fang and Ren. "Sylvia's original form must be quite big, right? And Ray will definitely grow – Big Brother's dragon was the size of your Sirocco building in Cosmopolis! You need to have a safe space for him to fly around, don't you?"
Ren's face suddenly grew anxious. "Fang, Ray needs to learn to fly, doesn't he? How – how would we be able to teach him how to fly?" he asked in a worried voice.
"You can throw him off a high place, he will learn," Prince Uno said. "Just put a cushion or a net or something soft for him to land on so that he doesn't get hurt if he is not able to fly right away."
Ren was horrified. "We can't do that!" he retorted. "How can we just throw a little baby off a high place?!"
Prince Uno rolled his eyes. "How will he be able to fly if he is not in the air?" he asked.
"Don't worry, we will figure it out," Fang said softly, patting Ren's arm in a reassuring manner. He glared at Prince Uno and said, "We are not throwing our baby off a high place!"
Prince Uno shrugged. "How do you think baby birds learn to fly?" he demanded. Then he waved his arms casually. "Never mind. You two do whatever you feel like – but if you raise little Ray to be a chubby and useless pampered brat that can't even fly, I'll have a bone to pick with you for ruining the royal legacy of the Dragon Nation!"
He even huffed and crossed his arms to show his annoyance.
"Ray will do whatever he wants to do, as will all our children," Ren said firmly. "We are not going to burden our children with any legacy unless they want it by themselves."
Prince Uno sighed, but didn't argue. After all, hadn't the Dragon Queen supported him and Una on this matter, too? He wanted to design clothes, so he had been encouraged to do that, while Princess Una enjoyed politics and governance, so she was made the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. Prince Uno was reasonably sure that if neither of them were interested in governing the country, the Dragon Queen would have borne or adopted a few more children, and whoever amongst them would have been interested in taking over the country after the Dragon Queen, she would have groomed then for it with her own hands. Fortunately, Princess Una was not only interested, but also had the aptitude and the talent, and both the Dragon Queen and Prince Uno were very, very proud of Princess Una.
"That's good," Princess Una said. "It is always good to be able to do what you want to do." Her thoughts were along the same lines as Prince Uno.
Princess Una looked at the Dragon Queen and hesitated for a moment. The Dragon Queen noticed it immediately and asked, "What is it, child? Did you have something to tell me?"
Princess Una nodded. "Mother – I – I was wondering if I could tell Zeus about our magic," she murmured. "We are going to be married in the future, and it would be very difficult for me to keep so many things hidden from him…"
The Dragon Queen smiled. "Of course you can," she said. "Zeus is a good child, and he deserves to know the truth before the two of you get married."
Princess Una bit her lip nervously. "What if – what if he thinks that it is not real…? Or – what if he thinks that we are monsters?" she whispered. "What if he doesn't want to marry me any more after he learns the truth?" While she believed deep in her heart that Zeus would accept everything about her because his affection for her was real, and that the existence of magic would probably be a shock for him, but not so much so that he would want to terminate their relationship, but Princess Una was still anxious. After all, they had been together for a long time now, and she had kept such a big secret from him. Would he be very annoyed? Would he be disbelieving? Would he detest her? Would he feel betrayed? Would he want to leave her…?
"Have some faith in your man, Una," Prince Uno said, patting her shoulder in a reassuring manner. "Besides, if he dares to break your heart, I will break his legs," he added in a dangerous voice.
"And I will break his arms," Fang added immediately. "No one gets to hurt my Big Sister."
Ren huffed. "What is the point in breaking his arms or his legs?" he asked. "Isn't it too much work for too little of an outcome? Won't he simply be able to go to a hospital and get himself fixed? And won't both of your reputations be tarnished because you got violent?"
Prince Uno, Fang and the Dragon Queen stared at Ren.
"What do you mean? If a man breaks my sister's heart, am I simply supposed to let him go scot-free?" Prince Uno demanded angrily.
Ren rolled his eyes. "Who says you have to let him go without any consequences?" he said with a devilish smirk.
Fang knew that smirk very well. His eyes softened and he leaned closer to Ren. "What should we do, then?" he asked in a quiet voice.
Ren's smile widened. "Wouldn't it be better to make him impotent instead?" he asked.
Princess Una didn't know whether to laugh or cry upon seeing how her family was discussing dealing with her fiancé if he dared to reject her. She even felt a little bit of sympathy for her man.
"None of you are allowed to touch Zeus," she said sternly. "If he dares to leave me, I will deal with him myself!"
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
"I'll help you," Fang said immediately. "I'll put Zephyr on hold with immediate effect, and other than completing the projects I have already taken up, I won't take on anything new for Zephyr from now on."
Ren shook his head. "No, you should continue building up Zephyr," he said. "You have already started making progress in segments that Sirocco has no influence in, and it would be best to continue expanding as much as possible. In fact, I would want you to take over a mid-sized media company in the next six months under Zephyr's banner as well – it is something that has long been neglected at Sirocco, and we definitely need some amount of media control before the babies are big enough to go to school."
Fang wanted to argue, but Ren's logic couldn't be refuted.
Prince Uno, on the other hand, was rubbing his hands in delight. "Why do you want to take six months? You can have a media company right now – it is headquartered in Star Nation, but there is decent international influence, and you can simply put it under Zephyr's banner and open a small office in Cosmopolis. Take it as a belated betrothal present from your Big Brother!" he said.
"And Big Sister will also give you a belated betrothal present – a scientific research facility in Snow Country, which can be put in under SIMS right away," Princess Una said, smiling brightly.
"Auntie also wants to give you a betrothal present," the Dragon Queen said. "How about a couple of mountains behind the new SIMS facility that you are constructing in Dragon Nation? You can use part of the land to build a new scientific research facility as well, and you can also build a nice house in the mountains for the babies to run freely. Ray is a dragon, after all, he will need to learn to fly sooner or later. We have to give him space to be able to fly freely without the risk of being seen by ordinary people."
Ren and Fang stared at the three royals of the Dragon Nation in shock.
"That – that's a little too much," Ren said weakly.
"Nonsense," the Dragon Queen said firmly. "Fang is the youngest child of his generation in the family, and even Ren is younger than Uno and Una. Of course we will want to spoil you to our heart's content. Besides, this fits in well with your plans, doesn't it? Your children are my grandchildren as well, aren't they? So, don't you think that I would want to help protect them as well?"
"And a betrothal gift is definitely pending from our side!" Princess Una said. "We can't be so cheap that we don't even give a proper betrothal present to our little brother and his fiancé, right?" She winked at Ren and Fang.
Fang and Ren looked at each other helplessly.
"You are not allowed to refuse," Prince Uno said sternly, pursing his lips. "Both of you are the youngest in our generation, as Mother pointed out, and it is our privilege as your elders to do these things!"
"And you have to think of the babies, too," the Dragon Queen urged, knowing that was the weak point of both Fang and Ren. "Sylvia's original form must be quite big, right? And Ray will definitely grow – Big Brother's dragon was the size of your Sirocco building in Cosmopolis! You need to have a safe space for him to fly around, don't you?"
Ren's face suddenly grew anxious. "Fang, Ray needs to learn to fly, doesn't he? How – how would we be able to teach him how to fly?" he asked in a worried voice.
"You can throw him off a high place, he will learn," Prince Uno said. "Just put a cushion or a net or something soft for him to land on so that he doesn't get hurt if he is not able to fly right away."
Ren was horrified. "We can't do that!" he retorted. "How can we just throw a little baby off a high place?!"
Prince Uno rolled his eyes. "How will he be able to fly if he is not in the air?" he asked.
"Don't worry, we will figure it out," Fang said softly, patting Ren's arm in a reassuring manner. He glared at Prince Uno and said, "We are not throwing our baby off a high place!"
Prince Uno shrugged. "How do you think baby birds learn to fly?" he demanded. Then he waved his arms casually. "Never mind. You two do whatever you feel like – but if you raise little Ray to be a chubby and useless pampered brat that can't even fly, I'll have a bone to pick with you for ruining the royal legacy of the Dragon Nation!"
He even huffed and crossed his arms to show his annoyance.
"Ray will do whatever he wants to do, as will all our children," Ren said firmly. "We are not going to burden our children with any legacy unless they want it by themselves."
Prince Uno sighed, but didn't argue. After all, hadn't the Dragon Queen supported him and Una on this matter, too? He wanted to design clothes, so he had been encouraged to do that, while Princess Una enjoyed politics and governance, so she was made the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. Prince Uno was reasonably sure that if neither of them were interested in governing the country, the Dragon Queen would have borne or adopted a few more children, and whoever amongst them would have been interested in taking over the country after the Dragon Queen, she would have groomed then for it with her own hands. Fortunately, Princess Una was not only interested, but also had the aptitude and the talent, and both the Dragon Queen and Prince Uno were very, very proud of Princess Una.
"That's good," Princess Una said. "It is always good to be able to do what you want to do." Her thoughts were along the same lines as Prince Uno.
Princess Una looked at the Dragon Queen and hesitated for a moment. The Dragon Queen noticed it immediately and asked, "What is it, child? Did you have something to tell me?"
Princess Una nodded. "Mother – I – I was wondering if I could tell Zeus about our magic," she murmured. "We are going to be married in the future, and it would be very difficult for me to keep so many things hidden from him…"
The Dragon Queen smiled. "Of course you can," she said. "Zeus is a good child, and he deserves to know the truth before the two of you get married."
Princess Una bit her lip nervously. "What if – what if he thinks that it is not real…? Or – what if he thinks that we are monsters?" she whispered. "What if he doesn't want to marry me any more after he learns the truth?" While she believed deep in her heart that Zeus would accept everything about her because his affection for her was real, and that the existence of magic would probably be a shock for him, but not so much so that he would want to terminate their relationship, but Princess Una was still anxious. After all, they had been together for a long time now, and she had kept such a big secret from him. Would he be very annoyed? Would he be disbelieving? Would he detest her? Would he feel betrayed? Would he want to leave her…?
"Have some faith in your man, Una," Prince Uno said, patting her shoulder in a reassuring manner. "Besides, if he dares to break your heart, I will break his legs," he added in a dangerous voice.
"And I will break his arms," Fang added immediately. "No one gets to hurt my Big Sister."
Ren huffed. "What is the point in breaking his arms or his legs?" he asked. "Isn't it too much work for too little of an outcome? Won't he simply be able to go to a hospital and get himself fixed? And won't both of your reputations be tarnished because you got violent?"
Prince Uno, Fang and the Dragon Queen stared at Ren.
"What do you mean? If a man breaks my sister's heart, am I simply supposed to let him go scot-free?" Prince Uno demanded angrily.
Ren rolled his eyes. "Who says you have to let him go without any consequences?" he said with a devilish smirk.
Fang knew that smirk very well. His eyes softened and he leaned closer to Ren. "What should we do, then?" he asked in a quiet voice.
Ren's smile widened. "Wouldn't it be better to make him impotent instead?" he asked.
Princess Una didn't know whether to laugh or cry upon seeing how her family was discussing dealing with her fiancé if he dared to reject her. She even felt a little bit of sympathy for her man.
"None of you are allowed to touch Zeus," she said sternly. "If he dares to leave me, I will deal with him myself!"
"I'll help you," Fang said immediately. "I'll put Zephyr on hold with immediate effect, and other than completing the projects I have already taken up, I won't take on anything new for Zephyr from now on."Ren shook his head. "No, you should continue building up Zephyr," he said. "You have already started making progress in segments that Sirocco has no influence in, and it would be best to continue expanding as much as possible. In fact, I would want you to take over a mid-sized media company in the next six months under Zephyr's banner as well it is something that has long been neglected at Sirocco, and we definitely need some amount of media control before the babies are big enough to go to school."Fang wanted to argue, but Ren's logic couldn't be refuted.Prince Uno, on the other hand, was rubbing his hands in delight. "Why do you want to take six months? You can have a media company right now it is headquartered in Star Nation, but there is decent international influence, and you can simply put it under Zephyr's banner and open a small office in Cosmopolis. Take it as a belated betrothal present from your Big Brother!" he said."And Big Sister will also give you a belated betrothal present a scientific research facility in Snow Country, which can be put in under SIMS right away," Princess Una said, smiling brightly."Auntie also wants to give you a betrothal present," the Dragon Queen said. "How about a couple of mountains behind the new SIMS facility that you are constructing in Dragon Nation? You can use part of the land to build a new scientific research facility as well, and you can also build a nice house in the mountains for the babies to run freely. Ray is a dragon, after all, he will need to learn to fly sooner or later. We have to give him space to be able to fly freely without the risk of being seen by ordinary people."Ren and Fang stared at the three royals of the Dragon Nation in shock."That that's a little too much," Ren said weakly."Nonsense," the Dragon Queen said firmly. "Fang is the youngest child of his generation in the family, and even Ren is younger than Uno and Una. Of course we will want to spoil you to our heart's content. Besides, this fits in well with your plans, doesn't it? Your children are my grandchildren as well, aren't they? So, don't you think that I would want to help protect them as well?""And a betrothal gift is definitely pending from our side!" Princess Una said. "We can't be so cheap that we don't even give a proper betrothal present to our little brother and his fianc, right?" She winked at Ren and Fang.Fang and Ren looked at each other helplessly."You are not allowed to refuse," Prince Uno said sternly, pursing his lips. "Both of you are the youngest in our generation, as Mother pointed out, and it is our privilege as your elders to do these things!""And you have to think of the babies, too," the Dragon Queen urged, knowing that was the weak point of both Fang and Ren. "Sylvia's original form must be quite big, right? And Ray will definitely grow Big Brother's dragon was the size of your Sirocco building in Cosmopolis! You need to have a safe space for him to fly around, don't you?"Ren's face suddenly grew anxious. "Fang, Ray needs to learn to fly, doesn't he? How how would we be able to teach him how to fly?" he asked in a worried voice."You can throw him off a high place, he will learn," Prince Uno said. "Just put a cushion or a net or something soft for him to land on so that he doesn't get hurt if he is not able to fly right away."Ren was horrified. "We can't do that!" he retorted. "How can we just throw a little baby off a high place?!"Prince Uno rolled his eyes. "How will he be able to fly if he is not in the air?" he asked."Don't worry, we will figure it out," Fang said softly, patting Ren's arm in a reassuring manner. He glared at Prince Uno and said, "We are not throwing our baby off a high place!"Prince Uno shrugged. "How do you think baby birds learn to fly?" he demanded. Then he waved his arms casually. "Never mind. You two do whatever you feel like but if you raise little Ray to be a chubby and useless pampered brat that can't even fly, I'll have a bone to pick with you for ruining the royal legacy of the Dragon Nation!"He even huffed and crossed his arms to show his annoyance."Ray will do whatever he wants to do, as will all our children," Ren said firmly. "We are not going to burden our children with any legacy unless they want it by themselves."Prince Uno sighed, but didn't argue. After all, hadn't the Dragon Queen supported him and Una on this matter, too? He wanted to design clothes, so he had been encouraged to do that, while Princess Una enjoyed politics and governance, so she was made the heir to the throne of the Dragon Nation. Prince Uno was reasonably sure that if neither of them were interested in governing the country, the Dragon Queen would have borne or adopted a few more children, and whoever amongst them would have been interested in taking over the country after the Dragon Queen, she would have groomed then for it with her own hands. Fortunately, Princess Una was not only interested, but also had the aptitude and the talent, and both the Dragon Queen and Prince Uno were very, very proud of Princess Una."That's good," Princess Una said. "It is always good to be able to do what you want to do." Her thoughts were along the same lines as Prince Uno.Princess Una looked at the Dragon Queen and hesitated for a moment. The Dragon Queen noticed it immediately and asked, "What is it, child? Did you have something to tell me?"Princess Una nodded. "Mother I I was wondering if I could tell Zeus about our magic," she murmured. "We are going to be married in the future, and it would be very difficult for me to keep so many things hidden from him"The Dragon Queen smiled. "Of course you can," she said. "Zeus is a good child, and he deserves to know the truth before the two of you get married."Princess Una bit her lip nervously. "What if what if he thinks that it is not real? Or what if he thinks that we are monsters?" she whispered. "What if he doesn't want to marry me any more after he learns the truth?" While she believed deep in her heart that Zeus would accept everything about her because his affection for her was real, and that the existence of magic would probably be a shock for him, but not so much so that he would want to terminate their relationship, but Princess Una was still anxious. After all, they had been together for a long time now, and she had kept such a big secret from him. Would he be very annoyed? Would he be disbelieving? Would he detest her? Would he feel betrayed? Would he want to leave her?"Have some faith in your man, Una," Prince Uno said, patting her shoulder in a reassuring manner. "Besides, if he dares to break your heart, I will break his legs," he added in a dangerous voice."And I will break his arms," Fang added immediately. "No one gets to hurt my Big Sister."Ren huffed. "What is the point in breaking his arms or his legs?" he asked. "Isn't it too much work for too little of an outcome? Won't he simply be able to go to a hospital and get himself fixed? And won't both of your reputations be tarnished because you got violent?"Prince Uno, Fang and the Dragon Queen stared at Ren."What do you mean? If a man breaks my sister's heart, am I simply supposed to let him go scot-free?" Prince Uno demanded angrily. Ren rolled his eyes. "Who says you have to let him go without any consequences?" he said with a devilish smirk.Fang knew that smirk very well. His eyes softened and he leaned closer to Ren. "What should we do, then?" he asked in a quiet voice.Ren's smile widened. "Wouldn't it be better to make him impotent instead?" he asked.Princess Una didn't know whether to laugh or cry upon seeing how her family was discussing dealing with her fianc if he dared to reject her. She even felt a little bit of sympathy for her man."None of you are allowed to touch Zeus," she said sternly. "If he dares to leave me, I will deal with him myself!"
