Dragon Genesis: I Can Create Dragons

Chapter 430: Impudent! How dare yo—

“But that is not what your eyes are for, is it?

Even our soldiers would have been able to find the dead bodies eventually, then what use do we have for you and this power you hold?”

Draksis countered immediately, clearly prepared for a confrontation.

Lavinia, who heard his words, quickly narrowed her eyes, but just as she was about to lash out—

“If we go by that logic, then the most useless one here would be you, no?

After all, any person at the Forge can make what you make. Heck, even I learned how to build something decent within a day, give me a week or two, I might even be able to replace you.

If you are so easily replaceable, Elder Draksis—

Then what use do we have for you and this power you hold?”

Kael shot back, asking the same question Draksis did, surprising not just Draksis, but even Lavinia as well.

“…what did you say?”

Draksis questioned, his eyes wide in shock, unable to believe what he just heard.

“I said you are the most useless one here.”

Kael didn’t hold back.

“And you know what’s worse?

You are useless and you have a loud mouth, it’s the worst possible combination one could hope for.

I don’t even understand how you have stayed in the Council for all these years.”

Kael then looked right into Morvain’s eyes and—

“Someone at your position should know the difference between the competent and the incompetent.”

He said as his icy blue eyes turned back towards Draksis,

“And incompetence shouldn’t be tolerated.”

He spoke directly and Elder Draksis’s body began to tremble in unbearable rage and humiliation.

“Y-Y-You dare sa—”

“I do.”

However, before the old man could even burst out in anger, Kael interrupted. His eyes looked right into Draksis’s in a frosty manner and—

“I do dare.”

Kael then leaned forward and lowered his voice, the authority and intensity in his voice, however, only strengthened even further.

“I will say this just once, Elder Draksis.

I usually hold back every time you target me out of my respect for your age.

But my mood is ill-suited for pleasantries at this moment.

Your old age will not hold me back,

So be very careful of what you say from this moment forth.”

“…”

“…”

Silence.

Absolute silence fell over the place.

For a moment, none dared to speak.

Kayden, who was seeing everything play out, instantly recalled how Kael lashed out at him outside the Wall. Korvath too, stared at Kael with a solemn look on his face. Morvain and Lavinia, on the other hand, were a little taken aback.

This Kael wasn’t the one they were used to, this was…

Outside of their expectations.

“…is that… a threat?”

After a long silence, Draksis, who felt like he was being pushed back, asked a question in a low voice as he stared at Kael.

“You can see it in whatever way you desire.”

Kael’s answer was cold and direct.

“You think you can threaten a member of the Coun—”

“As I said before,

I do.”

Kael repeated his words.

“And I can do a lot more if you force me to.”

His words made Draksis flinch, however, this was a man who had decades of political experience. Unlike Kael, he wasn’t speaking these words just for the sake of it.

He had a plan.

He could see that Kael no longer had any self-control, he was speaking whatever came to his mind, and the Leader of Forge was planning to use that against him and get support from the rest of the Council Members.

“What exactly is it that you can do?”

Draksis questioned, baiting Kael.

And Kael…

He took the bait.

“Let’s step outside and I will show you.”

He spoke as he stood up, as if prepared to take action right at this moment.

From the other side, Draksis stood up as well, still not backing down. In an instant, the atmosphere of the room changed, Kayden and other elders now had grim looks on their faces, uncertain of what was going to happen next.

Draksis, on the other hand, looked into Kael’s eyes with a brave look on his face and—

“Su—”

He answered, or at least, he tried to.

But before he could say anything—

“That is enough.”

The Matriarch ordered, slamming her palm against the round table before them.

Once everyone in the room finally turned towards her, she glared at both Kael and Draksis and—

“You have already disrespected the Council Meeting enough, I will not tolerate it any further.

Sit.”

She ordered.

Draksis slowly nodded at the Matriarch’s word and began to sit while staring at Kael to see what he was doing, but then—

“No.”

Kael shook his head, now staring at Morvain.

“…what?”

The Matriarch narrowed her eyes.

“This needs to be addressed,

Right now.”

Kael spoke, the power in his voice didn’t lose out to Morvain’s.

Morvain continued to stare at him in silence, the rest of the elders were taken aback as well, especially Draksis, he didn’t think the boy would talk to the Matriarch in that tone. Of course, inwardly, he was glad. Because of the boy’s own mistake, the rest of the elders and the Matriarch would be able to see his true face as well.

“What do you need to address?”

After a brief silence, Morvain questioned in a low voice.

“My position in the Council.”

Kael answered directly and as if that wasn’t enough,

“And your competence as this Council’s Head.”

He added another thing, instantly making all the elders present widen their eyes in shock. Heck, even Lavinia seemed surprised by those words. She tried to calm Kael down by holding his hand and pulling him aside, but Kael forcefully let go of her hand and stared right into Morvain’s eyes without a change in his expression.

Morvain blinked, she was not at all prepared for this confrontation.

“Impudent! How dare yo—”

Draksis raised his voice. Kael, however, just pointed his hand at the old man with his index finger raised, telling him to close his mouth.

What’s even more surprising was that when Draksis saw that, instead of boiling in anger and losing his control, for some reason, he froze.

He wanted the Matriarch to deal with the situation herself.

Or at least that was how he convinced himself as he thought about how his body froze on its own.

Kael, on the other hand, didn’t even spare the Leader of Forge a single look and leaned forward towards the Matriarch.

“First you appoint me as the Warden of Vigilance, giving me power and authority on a similar level as other Council Members,

But then you allow other elders to constantly target me without saying anything.

Before, Lavinia was the one who stood up for me, and even today, when an old man with a hammer targeted me, you just stayed silent, only using this ’authority’ of yours to control the situation.

I am new to politics and all this stuff, so excuse me if my question is too amateurish in the eyes of experienced men and women such as you, but explain to me, Matriarch, is all this some sick power move where you try to keep me in check using the Forge Leader?

Are you two in on this? Did you tell him to act like this in the meeting beforehand? If yes, then why even go that far after giving me all this power?

And if no, then why did you not stop Elder Draksis when he began instead of interrupting us when I was about to settle things on my own?”

“You are looking too deep into this, Kael. I ha—”

Morvain tried to answer but—

“I am? Please explain to me how.”

Kael interrupted, making the Matriarch’s gaze colder than before.

“I will if you let me speak without constantly interrupting me.”

“Go on then.”

Kael didn’t back down either.

“Sit.”

Morvain ordered, her eyes staring right into Kael’s, and this time, Kael followed her orders and settled down.

The Matriarch then turned towards Draksis and—

“You too.”

“Yes, Matriarch.”

Draksis bowed his head and sat quietly.

In an instant, the Council Hall felt like a Council Hall again. Kayden, who watched everything from behind, couldn’t help but be awed by how his mother handled everything. He also looked forward to what she had to say about Kael’s outburst.

It wasn’t just him, everyone on the Round Table was the same, waiting for her to address the situation.

Morvain observed everyone on the table, her eyes lingered on Lavinia longer than others, but when they finally landed on Kael again—

“I speak when words are needed.

I did not need to speak until you two forgot whose hall this is.

Do not confuse my patience with my permission.”

She spoke, her voice carrying authority that seemed to suppress both Kael’s and Draksis’s.

But then—

“So that means we are allowed to call out any member of the Iron Council until you think things are going too far and stop us?”

Kael questioned directly, not letting this matter go.

Yes, it wasn’t just Draksis who was prepared for a confrontation, Kael was too.

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