In Asterion's room.
"It started the day the Game of Kings ended, a voice appeared in my head." Luna said, feeling relaxed and no longer able to endure the agonizing pain. "It was a man, powerful and full of hidden arrogance."
"He said empty promises and a crown on my head, he wanted me to be Queen of Great Britain, like he once did with Morgan Le Fay." As Luna said these words, Asterion's eyes narrowed and Hermione behind him couldn't help but open her eyes in utter shock and disbelief.
"Why would he make such a promise?" Asterion asked straight to the point, he already had an idea who it was from Luna's words. Together with the warning he had received from Phineas Black, he put the puzzle together without too much difficulty.
"He wanted me to remove Excalibur from his flesh and blood so that he could finally be free of the seal that had imprisoned him for over a thousand years." Narrowing her eyes in comfort, Luna answered without hesitation, not caring what shock her words might cause.
Asterion's lips curved into a smile of amusement, he put his hand to his face and muttered to himself. "So that's it, that's what you were counting on to kill me and Dumbledore. I must say, you really are capable of killing me. A relic from another age, probably the last of its kind, a creature that fought against wizarding gods."
Suddenly, a pair of hands touched his chest, five slender fingers with blue-painted nails sliding over his skin, hugging him tightly while a soft body pressed against his back.
"Put some clothes on, you're still almost naked." He heard Daphne speak and then helped him into a loose and very comfortable white silk shirt,
Asterion rolled his eyes, he wasn't naked, only his upper body was exposed, but Daphne's possessiveness spoke louder at the moment.
Hermione looked at Daphne and couldn't help but feel a little envious and embarrassed at the scene in front of her.
Daphne was wearing a beautifully stitched black lace camisole with floral prints, her black underwear showing through the almost transparent fabric, especially at the top where her modest and beautiful breasts were perfectly visible. She didn't want to admit it, but she was a little jealous of that body, Daphne seemed to be perfect in every way, especially her body, which seemed to be sculpted to perfection.
Looking at Asterion and Daphne, Hermione was sure that Rose had won the lottery.
Seeing Asterion finally presentable, Daphne nodded in satisfaction, she didn't like other women looking at her fiancé's naked body, even if it was only her upper body.
Asterion didn't mind Daphne's thoughts and concentrated as countless ideas began to appear in his mind. Looking at Morgan, Asterion could barely hold back the laughter that threatened to escape his lips. He had found the best battery to bring Morgan to the second stage, how could he not be happy?
Originally, he'd thought of something else to use as a battery, but with an Elder Dragon captured and deliciously served to him on a silver platter, he didn't need anything else and would leave whatever he came up with for Stage Three.
"Did he say anything else?" Asterion asked, narrowing his eyes with a seemingly calm expression.
"He said there was no worthy king in this empty age, no king capable of fighting him as King Uther and King Arthur had done in the past. So I said I would find a king worthy to fight him." Luna looked at Asterion innocently and spoke with a sweet expression.
Asterion rolled his eyes at Luna's innocence. He had already discovered that Luna was not as innocent as she seemed to everyone. She was more cunning than anyone else, especially with her gift of seeing into the future.
As for her dragging him into this mess, Asterion didn't mind at all, he had been involved before, when they wanted to use an Elder Dragon as a weapon to kill him.
But Luna's words practically confirmed his suspicions about who the Elder Dragon was. He wasn't the only one who figured it out, Hermione and Daphne behind him with wide eyes also understood who Luna was talking about.
Vortigern, King of the legendary Camelot, also known as Albion, the White Dragon. A tyrant king in every sense of the word.
There probably wasn't an English wizard who didn't know this name, he was King Arthur Pendragon's main antagonist in the legends handed down from antiquity.
Knowing that this monster was alive and sealed beneath the castle made both girls feel a cold shiver run through their bodies.
"How is that possible?" Daphne tried to remain calm, but in the face of such a frightening fact, she couldn't. This was no ordinary enemy. This wasn't just any enemy, this was the accursed Vortigern, the one who had personally fought Arthur Pendragon.
Who was Arthur Pendragon? Not only did he have Elder Dragon blood running through his veins, but he also wielded a sword. A sword made by the Lady of the Lake herself - Viviane - a true pagan goddess.
Excalibur was a weapon that could kill gods!
But even with all these advantages, it was only with Merlin's help that Arthur managed to kill Vortigern, which was obviously a lie, considering what she had heard from Luna.
"What are we going to do? From what Luna said, the seal isn't as strong as we thought." Hermione asked with a panicked look on her face, she was the most panicked of all the people here. Of course, no one blamed her.
Unlike Asterion and Daphne, Hermione hadn't been involved in the world beyond the attack on Hogwarts, so it was normal for her to panic at this point. "Don't worry too much, Hermione, the seal probably took some damage when the Hogwarts core exploded. Besides, his request for Luna to help him escape shows that he's nowhere near escaping the seal." Seeing the girl's panic, Asterion comforted her by putting his hand on her shoulder. He wasn't lying, Vortigern was far from escaping his seal, something he would use to his advantage.
"Even if there is a problem, there will be me, Dumbledore and Rose, it's not so easy for that winged lizard to do something." Asterion continued to speak, gradually calming Hermione's panicked expression.
Noticing her own state, Hermione felt a little embarrassed, but looked at Asterion with a look of gratitude. Asterion was right, even if there was a problem, it wouldn't be something she, a mere second grade witch, could do anything about.
That kind of thing would be handled by Special Grade Wizards. Knowing this, the girl's troubled heart calmed down considerably.
Luna, almost asleep from exhaustion, opened her narrowed eyes and spoke in a tired tone. "Someone will try to release the dragon seal, I don't know who or what it is, but my vision can't see it.
Asterion's eyebrows knitted together. Trouble, this was trouble. An unknown enemy who knew about the highest secret of Hogwarts, no matter how he looked at it, he was still part of the damn conspiracy, even if he had arrested the conspirators.
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