Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 157 - 126: Do I Look Like I’m Suitable for Taking Care of Kids?_2

Chapter 157: Chapter 126: Do I Look Like I’m Suitable for Taking Care of Kids?_2

"It’s rude of me, really. All this time, I’ve been feeling incredibly guilty and blaming myself. As a father, I couldn’t avenge my son’s death on my own, so I could only invite Lord Naberius."

The Old Silver Dragon shook his head slightly, showing a pained expression on his face.

To lose a child in old age is an immense sorrow not just for humans, but also for the Dragon Clan. Unlike the Colorful Dragon, which sows seeds everywhere, the Metal Dragon is very cautious and restrained when it comes to reproduction.

In general, Dragon Species gain the ability to procreate during their juvenile stage, and the unrestrained Colorful Dragon will mate and lay eggs at this age.

However, the Metallic Dragon Race exercises extreme restraint in this area, waiting until at least the young dragon stage, while those slightly more particular will wait until they become a Young Dragon before seeking a mate and starting to hatch and raise their offspring.

It’s not uncommon for Metallic Dragons to wait until their adult stage to look for a mate and raise offspring. After reaching the mature stage and becoming an elder dragon, they basically lose the ability to breed, or more accurately, they can’t have offspring anymore.

Since Golden and Silver Dragons have opportunities to attempt to break through to Legend at this age, the difficulty for a Legendary Dragon to lay eggs is astronomically high, if not impossible.

Therefore, a couple of Metallic Dragons with a strong desire to reproduce and a very harmonious marital life may only lay five clutches of Dragon Eggs over several centuries, and fewer would have only three clutches.

It’s not uncommon for Metallic Dragons to raise only one clutch of Dragon Eggs. Some Metallic Dragons with great aspirations and ambitions treat this aspect more like a task to be completed.

However, even when treating it as a task, Metallic Dragons meticulously execute the requirements for nurturing, raising their offspring responsibly, and rarely do they just leave them unattended.

Thus, Metallic Dragons have quite intense emotions towards their offspring, and upon the sudden news of their offspring’s unnatural death, seeking revenge for their child is inevitable.

"This is probably everything they had!"

Noah looked at the old dragon’s mournful expression and quietly muttered to himself.

Inviting an Ancient Dragon to target a specific objective on the battlefield demands a different reward compared to requesting an Ancient Dragon to investigate the cause and avenge the incident.

However, in such matters, the Ancient Silver Dragon might not even charge any fee, or if it does, it would likely be symbolic more than anything else.

With Rafael’s biological father having expressed his stance, Noah naturally had no reason to refuse anymore. After clarifying Rafael’s debts and confirming he had none, the Ancient Dragon allocated the remaining assets.

Rafael’s wife and daughter each received half, with the daughter having the first pick of any magic equipment.

"Thank you all for gathering here to avenge my husband, but I feel I do not have the right to inherit this property, so I voluntarily give it up and request that this portion be entirely given to Lord Noah."

Just as the Ancient Dragon made the decision and none of the old dragons expressed any objection, Cynthia, the Silver Moon Elf who also attended the meeting, expressed a contrary opinion, catching the attention of the Dragon Group once again with her speech.

"Why me?"

Once again the focus of the meeting, Noah was utterly baffled, as he didn’t recall any interaction with this elf, except for the time he informed her of her husband’s demise, after which he hadn’t offered any more comfort.

"I will follow the Dragon Group to track down the murderer of my husband. I must witness the enemy’s death with my own eyes. If I survive this incident, I will return to the Silver Forest.

My daughter Isabella cannot come with me, so I wish to entrust my husband’s portion of the inheritance to you to care for until my child grows up and becomes truly independent."

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Noah felt a tinge of melancholy, sensing that this lady might have some misunderstanding about him. Did he appear particularly suited for taking care of children?

Moreover, even if he did seem like a great caregiver, the problem was that the age of that half-dragon definitely exceeded his own; he was still practically a child himself.

"Noah, is there any inconvenience? You can speak up."

The Ancient Dragon spoke.

"No, I actually quite like this child. Taking care of her and raising her won’t be any problem."

Although muttering to himself inwardly, Noah outwardly showed no hesitation, agreeing without delay.

After all, it’s a half-dragon; compared to mortals, that’s naturally quite favorable, but to her paternal and maternal clans, not so much.

Her paternal lineage, the Silver Dragon, would fare better. If entrusted to another dragon, there would definitely be Silver Dragons willing to accept, but the growing environment, who could say?

As for her maternal Silver Moon Elf, if her biological mother were willing to take her, that would be fine, but since she was returning to her own elven country, it wasn’t suitable at all.

This isn’t even a stereotype. Many High Elves consider their bloodline supreme, rejecting everything non-elven, with their greatest disdain reserved for half-elves who possess elf bloodline but are not pure.

Even Isabella, a half-elf with Silver Dragon bloodline, would be no exception. Returning with her mother to the land of the Silver Moon Elves would most certainly lead to a shadowed upbringing.

This set the first agenda for the revenge conference. Noah received a significant portion of Silver Dragon Rafael’s assets, while the remaining small portion was entrusted entirely to him as guardian.

None of the Old Dragons opposed this because anyone who wandered around enough would realize that this juvenile Golden Dragon, who had yet to reach adulthood, already possessed wealth surpassing that of any Adult Dragon, let alone many Old Dragons who could only look up to him.

Under such a premise, giving him most of the Adult Dragon’s assets and having a small portion entrusted for safekeeping, witnessed by the Ancient Dragon and many Old Dragons, would not pose any issues.

After all, the little fellow was so wealthy, and thus he wasn’t going to tarnish his reputation or credibility for such a trivial sum.

Throughout the Silver Dragon’s revenge meeting, Noah participated, but he only listened the whole time, as he was left out when real action began.

Not only was Noah left out, many of the voluntarily arriving Young Dragons and juvenile dragons were all sent back and not allowed to participate in this action. Participating required at least being an Adult Dragon.

"Noah, we witnessed Rafael’s fall with our own eyes. At that time, we were powerless. Now, with Lord Naberius leading personally, we must participate in this action."

Having spread the news widely, the Bronze Dragon couple, who arguably brought about this revenge war, sought out Noah,

"But there will certainly be casualties in this war. We worry about something happening to us, so we wish to temporarily entrust our children to you.

If we manage to return, you would just need to take care of them for a while. If we do not return, you protecting them, ensuring they successfully hibernate once and become Young Dragons, would suffice."

"Do you also have some misunderstanding about me?"

After leaving the meeting, hearing this request, Noah very much wanted to ask the Bronze Dragon couple in front of him what kind of perception they had formed of him,

"Do I look particularly suitable for child-rearing?"

Although such words were only entertained in Noah’s mind.

With a heart ready to face death and intent on avenging their friend, the Bronze Dragons.

Noah found it hard to refuse their request. Furthermore, the other party offered appropriate remuneration. His territory didn’t mind having another batch of Bronze Dragon hatchlings; he could certainly afford to raise them.

"I sincerely hope you can return safely. Children who grow up with their parents are the happiest."

Noah expressed sincerely.

"We hope for the same."

Under the leadership of the Ancient Dragon, the Dragon Group grandly soared into the Sky Dome, with Ancient Silver Dragon Naberius, having taken human form, revealing the majestic and vast form of the Ancient Dragon. When the dragon wings, shining in silvery-white light, spread, all living things among the mountains prostrated themselves under the Ancient Dragon’s majesty.