At the Chieftain office.
Arthur was seated in front of Arnook, the chieftain of the northern water tribe.
Azula wasn't there because he had something important to speak with him alone.
Azula protested at first but just the look from Arthur made her become obedient.
Only he could do that to her in this whole world.
Arnook didn't look very happy when he met him. It must be something to do with his precious princess.
Arthur didn't mind him as it was normal for a father to be stern to a boy who was getting closer to his daughter.
And the one his daughter was interested in, at that.
「This is normal for a male dragon to attract females of the inferior race. You have to get used to it.」said Great Red.
She was very proud of the dragon race.
「Baka Red…be quiet, I'm trying to sleep」said Ophis while yawning.
She didn't want to hear her nonsense. She could cut the connection between them.
But she didn't trust Great Red enough to leave her alone with Arthur.
Who knew they would do some crazy thing when she wasn't around.
Arthur ignored Great Red's comment.
She didn't have to tell him that because he had experienced it himself.
And not only because of the dragon blood but because he was getting super handsome as well.
After a period of silence. Arnook started the conversation.
"I am Arnook, the current chieftain of the northern water tribe. I have heard everything about you from Pakku and my daughter." said Arnook sternly.
He was trying to discern Arthur.
'I know that he is very strong but as a chieftain, I could not show any weakness.'
He could act like this was also because he believed that Arthur wasn't someone who would be offended by just his little act of pettiness.
Pakku could see through people and he told him that Arthur was a good person.
That was all he needed to know.
"I hope it is not something bad," said Arthur.
He wanted to know why Arnook wanted to see him.
But as he observed him. He knew that Arnook just wanted to know who his daughter wanted to pursue.
"Nothing bad at all." confirmed Arnook with a sigh.
"To be honest, she had praised you too much."
Now that he met him. And saw his temperament.
'I couldn't find any flaw in him and he seemed to be a genuinely good person.'
It might be a better idea to betrothal her to him and not someone from his tribe.
'They want to have my daughter as she is very beautiful and whoever has my daughter means that they would have a very powerful political power.'
She was known as the snow flower of the northern water tribe and she could speak with the spirit of the ocean and the moon.
He knew his tribe inside out. There were rotten fishes among them.
They tried to do everything to seize the power even if they had to betray the tribe for it.
So betrothed her to Arthur was a great choice.
"I have Pakku call you here because I have something to discuss with you. It is about my daughter. Do you want to have her?" Arnook asked him directly.
Yue seemed to take a liking to him even before they met.
He really wanted to know what the ocean spirit had said to her.
She could talk with the spirit from a young age. So she listened to everything the spirit had told her.
Arthur heard that clearly and was shocked.
He had never thought that Arnook would want to betrothal Yue to him. He was only here for a day only.
Arthur didn't know that Yue already knew that he would come from the ocean spirit since she was young.
"That is just a little bit—"
Arthur was in a dilemma. His relationship with Azula was still not stable enough to have a new one add to the mix.
Ty Lee was not counted as Azula didn't have a problem with her.
As for Emilia and Rem. They should be okay because they didn't have a problem with Azula from the beginning.
They didn't even live in the same world.
"Father! How can you speak to his highness like that!"
Yue ran inside the room. Her face was red. It meant that she heard everything that he said.
"What do you mean? You like him don't you. I just want you to be happy."
Arnook looked at his daughter. He thought that she would be happy if he betrothed her to him.
"I am very happy, Father but you can't do that. I am going to pursue his highness myself. You can't betrothal me to his highness like this. Otherwise, I will lose to Princess Azula!"
Yue said with fire burning in her eyes. She really took Azula as her rival.
'I really don't know what to say now. My daughter wants to pursue a man herself.' thought Arnook.
And while Arnook and Yue were talking to each other. Great Red spoke to him.
「Art, I don't want to bother you right now but I felt a huge group of people approaching the tribe with malicious intent from the ocean far away. They will reach the northern water tribe's water soon.
Her sense was no joke at all.
He could not sense that far away yet but he believed to be able to do the same soon.
"Chief Arnook, I have something to say right now and it is very urgent," said Arthur seriously.
Arnook looked at him and when he saw he was serious. He nodded.
Arthur told him about the fire nation fleet approaching the northern water tribe's water.
He was sure that it must be the fleet led by general Zhao.
"How could you know about it?" asked Arnook.
He knew that Arthur was very strong but what he said was very hard to believe.
'I don't want to waste time to clear his doubts so I should show him something.' thought Arthur.
His eyes turned into reptile-like eyes. His aura changed completely. It was majestic and mystical.
"I am a dragon. I can sense malicious intentions from far away. If you don't believe me, many innocent people of your tribe will die."
Arnook felt the pressure of his words and saw his dragon aura. He couldn't help but believe him.
'I thought that dragon was something that only appeared in the myth.' thought Arnook and Pakku.
To think that they were real.
Arnook coughed a little into his hand before he said.
"You don't have to worry about my people dying. I have already prepared for what is to come."
He knew that this day would come so he had been prepared for it.
"I know that there are spies in my tribe but even if the rotten fishes were to tell my plan to the fire nation. It would be useless. They were fed with wrong information. Only my most trusted people knew about my real plan."
Arnook was very confident.
Arthur heard that and he changed back to normal.
"If that is the case then I don't have to worry."
Arthur looked at Yue who was hesitant to speak to him about something.
"Do you have something you want to say to me?"
He asked her directly. Becoming a dragon made him more bold than before.
He knew what was inside her mind but still wanted to hear it from her.
"Could you give me permission to pursue you, your highness!"
Arnook heard that and felt faint. How could his daughter ask a man that he wanted to pursue him like that!
'My beautiful and elegant daughter. How…'
Pakku laughed in his head. He had never seen him like this before and it was very refreshing.
Arthur looked at how hopeful she was. Who was he to reject such a beautiful woman?
He wasn't a hypocrite but he also had to be aware of those who gave his heart to him.
"I can tell you that I don't mind but I don't know what will happen in the future. You might have to fight with Azula often…"
Arthur observed her reaction and saw the fire in her eyes. She really wanted to beat Azula.
'Maybe my words encourage her to pursue me even more. The heck is this. Am I a princess or something haha.'
Arthur had never thought that someone like him would be in this kind of situation.
"Thank you very much, your highness!"
"Please call me Art if you want us to be closer."
Yue felt hot on her face but she nodded.
"Yes, A–Art."
"That's good."
Arnook looked at his daughter and Arthur. He had become a third wheel now.
"Should we go and drink?"
Pakku offered. He hadn't had any drinks for a while. But today he felt like drinking.
"Sure, let's go. Give them some space."
Arnook and Pakku went out of the room and headed to the bar to have drinks.
As for Arthur and Yue.
They just spend time together under the moon after that.
Azula was also there as well and thus they fought again.
'Well, I should have known. But they seem to be enjoying themselves so It's okay right.'
Arthur looked at the moon while water and ice, fire and lightning became his background effect.
He missed Emilia and Rem so much.
…
Fire nation, the capital city.
At the troop assembly point.
"What… The whole troop got wiped out!" said one of the generals.
He looked at the soldiers who reported to him that the troop was wiped out by the dragon.
They were the survivors from the expedition to the green mountain.
These soldiers were weak. He doubted they could survive from the dragon attack. He was sure that the dragon must spare them on purpose.
Maybe it wanted more people to attack it so it could have more food or even entertainment.
The generals thought that the dragon wasn't real so they just sent a few hundred people there.
Who would have thought that the dragon was real and they got annihilated like this.
"Should we send more soldiers?"
Silence was everywhere. The question wasn't answered.
"If we don't want to send more soldiers. What are we going to report to the fire lord?"
Ozai was a tyrant that would leave no room for mistake to anyone. If he knew about the failure.
They would be punished severely.
"What can we do? Even if we send more soldiers. They would just die in vain." said another general.
He didn't want to send his men to go and die in vain.
Those people who were killed by the dragon were already enough to make him feel very guilty.
"Why should we have to do every unreasonable thing that the fire lord wants? Shouldn't he make our nation great and not wage war and order our people to die like this?" said the angry general.
He couldn't hold it in anymore.
"What are you spouting? Shut up if you don't want to die!"
His friend wanted to stopped him. He knew that other generals might not think the same as him.
And he might be executed because of insubordination.
"I don't care. Ozai isn't making our nation great. He is going to destroy us all. What would happen if the dragon decide to attack us because of his fucking order!"
"This…"
What he said was true. If the dragon that could wipe out the whole troop of hundreds people in a second were to attack the city.
They had no way of defending themselves.
Maybe their family might be killed because of it.
"The fire lord is going to kill us, kill our family at this point. He is a war monger who didn't care about anything. He wanted the world at his feet but at what cost? No, not his cost but our cost!"
No one could refute him because they were also victims from his tyranny.
"Then what should we do about it?"
"Do you remember that young man who fought against the dragon and survived? I think we should find him and ask him to deal with Ozai. He must be stronger than him if he could expel the dragon. And if the dragon attacks us. He could protect us and our family from it."
All the generals that were with him were those who didn't want Ozai ruling.
They thought about what he said and found merit in it.
It should be the time that they raise their flag to the tyrant. Ozai must be eliminated if they want peace again.