Huli walked through the corridors of a large country house, followed by Ronin and Tatsu. The country house was located in a remote place. It was neither the south nor the north and neither the east nor the west.
With each step he walked further into the corridors, the temperature in the mansion dropped. The moment he reached the door at the end of the corridor, the entire part of the mansion behind him was frozen.
He opened the door and they entered. Four elderly people sat in a room at a round table. The first older person to look up was a man with a long beard and long gray hair. His age could be seen on his face. He had clear blue eyes and was wearing a gray fox fur cloack with a fox on it.
An older lady sat next to him, who looked good despite her age. She had long and thick red curls that was so long that it almost reached to the floor. With her bright red eyes she looked suspiciously at Huli. She was wearing a red cloak made of the scales from a dragons with a dragon on it.
Next to the older lady was a skinny older man with long green hair and green eyes. Despite his age, there was no wrinkle on his face. He was wearing a green snake skin cloak with a snake on it.
The last person who sat at the table was a small, elderly lady. She had black style hair that just reached her waist and had eyes as black as the night. She was wearing a black wolf fur coat with a wolf on it
Before the elders could say something, Huli let a strong wind storm pass through the room and said
"greetings to the elders I don't have time to talk much, I would like to know what happened to that woman of the dragon tribe"
The elder of the foxes tribe began to mumble
"I tell you, you and your wife are just as cheeky! Do you have no respect at all for your elders! "
He pointed a finger at Huli
"and especially you! You have absolutely no respect for your great-grandfather! "
Huli rolled his eyes and made a small bow
"great grandfather"
The elder of the foxes tribe became even more angry and stamped his feet. The elder of the wolves tribe raised her hand and said
"Haijme calm down you know that your great-grandson has the temperament of his mother, just like Kaida inherited it from her mother"
She turned to Huli
"the woman died during labor"
The elder of the dragon tribe shook her head
"what that poor woman has gone through because Kaidon had soiled her several times."
Huli looked closely at the elder
"and the child?"
This time the elder from the snake tribe spoke
"we were late, when we arrived the woman's body was cold and there was no trace of the child.
Huli turned and walked to the door and said in an ice-cold tone
"and you call yourself the elders? You couldn't even save her child for everything she had to endure. And believe me the consequences will be great. They have already made their move. they stole the childs dragon egg "
When the elders heard the words of Huli, they lowered their heads and dared not say anything. Because they themselves knew that they had failed to protect the woman well.
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"Where is Huli? Why hasn't he arrived yet? He said he would arrive in the west at the same time as us. "
Kaida kept on rattling while Jaya desperately tried to get her in her dress. She was visibly sweating and seemed to be very worried.
"Your queen, now is not the time to think about the king since we have a big problem. The dress that they have made for you does not fit! "
Kaida shrugged
"how come it does not fit? Isn't there anything else I can wear? "
Jaya became frustrated with Kaida's casual attitude and pointed to her belly
"THAT IS THE REASON THAT IT DOES NOT FIT! AND NO YOU CAN'T WEAR ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOU AND THE KING SHOULD WEAR THE SAME "
Kaida rubbed her ears
" Well my dear Jaya you don't have to shout like that, I am sure you will come up with a solution. By the way, do we still have lemons?
Just as Jaya was going to explode, Rei came in with an extra piece of fabric.
"Jaya, luckily I made it on time, I already suspected that the dress had to be tailored.
Kaida looked at Rei while she ate a lemon
"do you know where Huli is?"
Rei smiled and rubbed Kaida's hair
"there came a message that there has been a change in plans, since there is something off with Fu, the journey will take them a little longer. He willl arrive at the earliest in the night or at the next sunrise "
"Mmm probably Fu is a bit slower because she is pregnant"
The rest of the time, little was spoken because Jaya and Rei were adjusting Kaida's dress and Kaida was mainly eating lemons. When they were finished, Kaida was allowed to look in the mirror.
When she looked in the mirror, she was pleasantly surprised. The dress that Kaida was wearing was made of light blue silk . In the middle there was a dark blue band, which made sure that the belly of Kaida was clearly visible.
To hide her belly she put on the mantle she had received from Huli on their wedding day. In addition, she also had a blue silk scarf that she could wrap around her.
"Come it's time to go to the engagement party"
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Together with Jaya and Rei, Kaida walked through the corridors of the Villa of the royal family of the wolves tribe. The Villa was large and simply furnished, many pieces of furniture were dark and made of wood.
They were escorted to the ballroom by a butler. When they arrived in the ballroom, they saw that many were already present.
Mamushi and Salmus were talking to Zuko and Okuri, while Nana took the opportunity to introduce Renjiro to her father.
"Since when does she gets along so well with my oldest brother?"
Rei looked at Nana and Renjiro in disapproval. She was not fond of Nana at all because of her behavior in the foxes tribe and rather wanted her brother to stay away from Nana. But since they were in the west she had seen the two together every time!
Kaida laughed
"don't worry, she's not that bad. I have seen a completely different Nana during our trip, you would be surprised!
Rei wanted to ask a few questions, but she was interrupted by the trumpets that blew. The doors on the other side of the ballroom opened and Kyona and Cuan stood in the opening. They held each other's hands and walked inside together.
Kyona wore the traditional engagement clothes of the wolf tribe, She was wearing a black satin dress and around her neck, she was wearing a necklace with a dragon pendant and matching earrings. She had two thick gold bracelets with a flame on her wrists.
Cuan was wearing the traditional engagement clothes of the dragon tribe but it was not the color of the dragon tribe. He was wearing black woolen trousers and a sweater and had a necklace with a wolf pendant around his neck and had golden bracelets with a wolf on his wrists.
Because Kyona did not want to marry in black, they had decided together that they would wear the clothes in the color of the wolf tiribe for the engagement party and the dragon tribe colors for the wedding.
As Cuan and Kyona walked to their place, they were welcomed by the people who were present. Kyona glanced around and was visibly enjoying the attention.
Cuan looked satisfied at Kyona and lovingly guided her to their place.When they were at their seat, it was time for the greetings.
Kaida was glad she didn't have to wait long until she could greet her sister and cuan. During the greeting, she immediately presented the foxes tribe's wedding gifts.
Kyona laughed secretly and said
"the foxes tribe is generous, but sister you can not fool me. I am also a student of our aunt. I want to know everything after the wedding! "
While Cuan looked at Kaida and Kyona, Kaida bowed and said
"but of course my little sister"
As soon as the greetings were over, the party was in full swing and everyone was having a good time.
After a few hours Kaida was exhausted and just when she wanted to withdraw she was approached by the butler of the royal family of the wolves tribe
"Your highness the king of the wolves tribe requests that you meet him in the meeting chamber, if you would follow me"
Kaida nodded and left the ballroom with the butler. Within minutes they came to a large oak door. The butler opened the door for her so that she could enter.
When she was inside, the butler closed the door. Kaida looked around the meeting chamber and saw that Zuko, Salmus, and Chao were present.
Chao was the current king of the wolves tribe. He was in his forties and was tall and athletic. He had his long black hair tighted on the front and the back fell over his back. He had the same black eyes as Cuan.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense. When Chao saw Kaida, he signaled that she could take a seat. When she was seated he spoke in a serious tone
" Your Queen, as you wished I tried to find out where the woman is, but my research has shown that the woman died during labor"
Salmus nodded and said
"I have exactly found out the same, besides it is not clear where the child is"
Zuko now took the opportunity to talk
"we thought she would be safe if we left it to the elders, but unfortunately we failed to keep our promise "
Kaida thought. She saw the woman they were talking about in her mind. The woman had been one of the most beautiful women in the dragon tribe. She was a member of the strongest branch family and had been one of her mother's personal maids.
Her uncle Kaidon tried several times to court her, but she had rejected all attempts because she was not interested. because he found that he had suffered humiliations, he had abducted her and took away her innocence.
By the time they found her, she was broken and Kaidon had had his way with her several times. The earlier queen had been furious and had exiled Kaidon and given all his wealth and possessions to the woman.
However, it had not been enough to keep her safe, since Kaidon had tried to kidnap her the moment he heard the news that she was pregnant. But this time he did not succeeded, but the woman became sick with fear.
Because the threat of war was there and the earlier queen knew that she could no longer protect her, she secretly sent her to the elders. But they themselves were not safe during the war.
"We must try to find out who all knew that my bad uncle would get an heir. We will probably find a clue as to who stole the dragon egg. "
The three men nodded and then Chao said
"this was all dragon princess, now that you are pregnant you need your rest. It's well into the night it's time to take a rest "
Kaida looked up in surprise, and saw Salmus and Zuko nod correspondingly. Is it so clear then?
"I will take a walk in the garden, then I will retreat to my Chamber, I wish you a pleasant evening and a good night's sleep"