Because Dreamfyre and the three young dragons frequently visited the area where Daniella fed them every day, the land within half a kilometer had already become barren.
Even the enormous black rock where Dreamfyre usually perched had long since been scorched pitch-black by repeated dragonfire.
In order to prevent the destruction from spreading further into the orchard, Daniella ordered the construction of a black stone wall over ten meters high around the surrounding area.
More than a month had already passed since the Cannibal’s previous attack, yet the vicious old dragon had shown no signs of movement.
Meanwhile, Daemon had already explored nearly every corner of Fishing Village and White Sheep Town and could no longer tolerate the boredom.
He frequently rode Caraxes in secret to the spice ports of Driftmark or even crossed the Narrow Sea to Pentos and Tyrosh in search of pleasure and excitement.
Clearly, the gold dragons Daniella had lent him only gave him even more freedom to indulge himself.
Unfortunately, Daemon seemed completely unaware that all gains obtained without effort ultimately came with a greater price.
That day, the weather was exceptionally humid and oppressive.
The gloomy, stuffy chambers within Dragonstone made both Aemma and Viserys feel unusually irritable.
Meanwhile, the sunlight in Aegon’s Garden was overly harsh, and the sea winds were far too strong.
Thus, Daniella happily rode Dreamfyre toward the orchard on Dragonstone’s new island while bringing along the pink young dragon Meraxes, who had already learned to fly, together with Viserys’s family and her personal maids to escape the heat.
Dreamfyre’s body was enormous.
Her broad back could easily carry dozens of people.
As a result, Daniella had recently begun frequently taking her maids and Dragon Guard knights on flights atop Dreamfyre.
This thrilled them beyond measure.
After all, aside from members of House Targaryen themselves, very few nobles in Westerosi history had ever stood upon a dragon’s back.
Historically, only the young Lord of the Eyrie had once been carried by Visenya Targaryen upon Vhagar.
The orchard itself was filled with cool shade and gentle breezes, making it far more pleasant than remaining inside Dragonstone Castle.
Dreamfyre and Syrax perched side by side atop the enormous black rock peacefully.
Through years of training under Daniella, Dreamfyre’s temperament and intelligence had improved greatly.
She became increasingly tolerant toward both humans and dragons that showed no hostility toward her.
After this period of interaction, Syrax, whose nature was already relatively gentle, had also developed a good relationship with Dreamfyre.
Occasionally, Dreamfyre even brought Syrax and the three young dragons with her while hunting across the Narrow Sea.
With Dreamfyre protecting them, the three young dragons, who had once been terrified of the Cannibal, gradually regained the courage and confidence expected of dragons.
Nowadays, their freely soaring figures could often be seen above Dragonstone’s new island.
Because Daniella had brought plenty of desserts, delicacies, and fine wine, while the maids had prepared complete picnic supplies along with simple washing equipment, everyone quickly settled into the orchard after arriving. The source of this chapter is novelping(.)com.
Soon, they found a scenic location beneath the fruit trees and leisurely enjoyed afternoon tea while admiring the beautiful landscape around them.
Meanwhile, the pink young dragon Meraxes, who had already grown to over two meters long, clung tightly to Daniella while continuously urging her for food.
Meraxes truly was extraordinary.
Although her appearance remained slender and delicate, her appetite was astonishingly large.
She could already consume several hundred kilograms of roasted meat each day, while her body visibly changed almost daily.
Among all the dragons recorded within House Targaryen’s histories, none had ever grown as quickly as Meraxes.
Daniella increasingly suspected this abnormal growth had something to do with herself.
After all, the dragon dreams she experienced differed greatly from the records preserved by House Targaryen.
According to the family’s records, dragonriders would only occasionally experience prophetic dreams around the time a dragon egg was about to hatch.
At first, Daniella believed she might simply be a rare dreamer among the Targaryens.
However, as time passed, she increasingly felt her dragon dreams were far more extraordinary than that.
After all, Daniella entered that mysterious dragon dream every single night.
And within that dreamscape, besides Dreamfyre and Meraxes, Vhagar would occasionally appear as well.
Recently, even the three young dragons had inexplicably begun appearing within her dreams.
Inside the dragon dream, their sizes were vastly larger than in reality, appearing incomparably majestic and ferocious.
Daniella speculated that perhaps those dream forms represented their future peak states.
Or perhaps the dragon dream itself allowed dragons to evolve and grow more perfectly.
Thinking about the faint pink-purple flame mark upon her forehead, Daniella increasingly believed such possibilities were entirely reasonable.
Perhaps that mysterious mark truly was her yet-unactivated blessing.
Roughly half an hour after Daniella and the others arrived at the orchard, the Dragon Guard knights also arrived while herding dozens of fat sheep.
Since Daniella had already ordered special grills built within the orchard previously, the Skinning Knights immediately began skillfully slaughtering and skinning the sheep, marinating the lamb, and preparing the grills.
Daniella had long ago discovered that lamb roasted over branches pruned from fruit trees tasted especially delicious.
Because of this, huge piles of dried fruitwood had already been stockpiled near the clearing, enough to sustain roasting for at least one or two years at the current rate.
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Just as she began wondering how she should summon them, joyful dragon cries suddenly echoed from the distant skies.
Because Daniella kept Meraxes beside her nearly every day, the pink young dragon had already become extremely familiar with the three young dragons.
The four young dragons got along exceptionally well together.
Although the three brothers fought ruthlessly among themselves whenever food was involved, sometimes even engaging in fierce fights, they all treated Meraxes with extraordinary care.
Not only did they never compete with her for food, they even actively offered her portions of their own meals.
Hearing the calls of the three young dragons, Meraxes immediately swallowed the meat she held in her mouth before happily flapping her wings and flying toward them.
The close relationship among the young dragons once again refreshed everyone’s understanding of House Targaryen’s dragons.
However, just as everyone happily watched the dragons interact,
“SKREEEECH!”
A deep and ominous dragon roar suddenly echoed from the direction of Dragonstone itself.
The moment everyone looked toward the source of the sound, the gigantic charcoal-black dragon blotted out the sky itself, instantly causing countless faces to pale in terror.
It was the Cannibal.
“Rhaenyra!”
“Take Syrax and fly far away from here immediately!”
“Do not act recklessly!”
Daniella sternly warned Rhaenyra while rapidly rushing toward Dreamfyre, who had already risen to her feet and begun roaring furiously.
Meanwhile, the three young dragons immediately reacted with surprising intelligence.
Taking Meraxes with them, they rapidly fled toward the caves behind the volcanic slopes where they currently nested.
Those caves were extremely narrow.
Young dragons could easily pass through them, but a giant dragon the size of the Cannibal could never enter.
However, the journey itself remained the most dangerous moment.
Given the Cannibal’s terrifying speed, he could absolutely intercept them before they reached safety.
Thus, Daniella quickly mounted Dreamfyre before soaring directly into the sky to intercept the Cannibal herself and buy enough time for the young dragons to escape.
With Dreamfyre’s current strength, even if she could not defeat the Cannibal outright, she was certainly capable of fighting him evenly.
Facing the Cannibal once more, Dreamfyre finally revealed the true majesty of a dragon queen.
Her furious and piercing roar echoed across the entirety of Dragonstone Island.