Chapter 750: 747, Confrontation in Person (Part 2)_1
“No necessary connection? How so?” Manina stared straight at the Red Dragon Queen, curious to hear how these giant dragons would explain themselves.
“Of course there’s no necessary connection,” the Red Dragon Queen responded seriously. “In our Giant Dragon Clan, offspring of dragons residing overseas often send gifts to the direct descendants of the Dragon Emperor and the Dragon King if they wish to return to Dragon Island.”
“It’s possible that the Blue Star humans knew of this tradition, so when pretending to be a dragon offspring, they too wanted to offer a gift, but by coincidence chose Princess Coco.”
As soon as the Red Dragon Queen finished her statement, the Black Dragon King, flapping his enormous dragon wings, chimed in: “I think Geli (the Red Dragon Queen’s name) is right. If the Blue Star human had chosen my son when presenting the gift, would you also accuse me of colluding with the Blue Star humans?”
Both the Red Dragon Queen and the Black Dragon King stared at Manina with a daunting demeanor, eager to hear his response.
Manina remained unfazed by the two Dragon Kings’ intimidating manner.
After all, he was the Emperor of the Raging Sun Empire, not someone who would bow to two mere dragons.
He smiled at the Dragon Kings and said, “Both of you make adequate arguments. But here’s the thing—I was unaware of this custom, so how did the Blue Star humans know about it?”
“That…” Faced with this question, the Dragon Kings found themselves at a loss for words.
Not even most of the dragons on Dragon Island know about the “Offspring Return Gift” tradition since it’s carried out secretly, so how could the Blue Star humans possibly know about it?
“Isn’t it possible then…” the Red Dragon Queen racked her brain and proposed, “After this Blue Star human disguised themselves as a dragon and arrived on Dragon Island, the Dragon Race guard tasked with receiving him unintentionally mentioned this tradition, so that’s how they knew it?”
“That’s absolutely impossible,” Manina confidently said, waving his long sleeves. “Over ten days ago, I ordered my people to contact the two dragon race guards who greeted the Blue Star human.
From what they said, I’ve gathered that they did not voluntarily mention the gift tradition to the Blue Star human. It was the Blue Star human who took the initiative to say that he wanted to meet Princess Coco, which they then assumed to be a gift offering.
It’s clear that the Blue Star human’s intent upon landing on Dragon Island was to find Princess Coco. Of this, I am 100% certain.”
“…” The Red Dragon Queen and the Black Dragon King didn’t know how to respond.
If what Manina said was true, then…
At this moment, the White Dragon Queen stepped in.
She flew three body lengths ahead and looked at Manina with piercing eyes: “So as I’ve been saying, do you have concrete evidence?
“Coco is my daughter, and she’s also a direct descendent of the White Dragon Tribe bloodline. Surely you can’t attempt to place guilt on a mother and daughter based on just your statements?”
“At the moment we do not possess solid evidence,” Manina stated. “However, we could perform a ‘Mind Search’ spell on Princess Coco.
If you’re worried about her ability to handle it at such a young age, we could have Victoria the Great administer the spell to ensure 100% safety.”
The “Mind Search” spell is a special spell used by Psychic practitioners. It’s similar to the [mental theft] spell used by priests in the “Evolution” game. Both are capable of investigating an individual’s memories.
The only difference is that ‘Mind Search’ requires voluntary cooperation from the subject for optimal results, while [mental theft] forcefully steals someone’s memories, which could lead to incomplete memories during the process.
If they use ‘Mind Search’ on Coco, then everything will be settled.
Hearing Manina’s proposition, the White Dragon Queen was startled.
She and her daughter had made numerous preparations over the past month, such as having Coco bundle up her memory experiences of meeting with Zhong Feng and Su Yu and hide them deep within her memories where a Psychic wouldn’t find them.
But the problem is, Victoria is a rank eight Psychic!
If a rank seven or lower Psychic tried to use the spell on Coco, she would have confidence they could still deceive them.
But if they were to have a God Level Psychic like Victoria perform the spell…
If not 100%, then there’s a 99% chance that they would be exposed!
Therefore, no matter what, they absolutely could not let Coco fall into the hands of the Raging Sun Empire!
Thinking of this, the White Dragon Queen quickly responded: “No! I refuse to allow a ‘Mind Search’ to be performed on Coco!”
Then she looked at the Dragon Emperor and the two Dragon Kings beside her and earnestly said:
“Coco is my daughter, and the direct descendent of the White Dragon Tribe’s royal bloodline! Her memory contains many significant secrets of the White Dragon Tribe and the entire Dragon Race. How could we foolishly expose these secrets to the Skuru?”
Hearing the White Dragon Queen’s words, the other three dragons seemed moved.
The Dragon Emperor, who had been silent all this time, chipped in: “Manina, you’ve crossed the line! Coco’s identity is special. Her memory isn’t something you can just look into whenever you want.
If we open this door for you now, would you periodically inspect the memories of our direct relatives in the future? Do you think our Dragon Race are pets of the Raging Sun Empire?”
At this point, Langqi, who had been following Manina, tried to hold back a smirk. He desperately wanted to respond: “Aren’t you?”
However, considering that he might get blasted into oblivion by an angry Dragon Emperor, he chose to hold his tongue.
Dragon Emperor Kadrigos continued to talk: “If you have solid evidence, bring it and as the Dragon Emperor I will strictly deal with any descendants who have strayed from our path.
But if you wish to inspect the memory of our dragon race without evidence, let me be clear—it’s not possible!”
Manina’s face remained unchanged. He rubbed his chin as he stood in mid-air, thinking for a few seconds.
After finishing his thoughts, he said: “Alright, we’ll immediately go to find concrete evidence. Langqi, let’s go.”
After completing his statement, he flew towards the expedition force headquarters below.
However, after flying for about ten meters, he raised his head and stared at the White Dragon Queen. His eyes held a strong warning: “Don’t think this matter is over. Don’t let me catch wind of any collusion between you and humans again, or else…”
Having said that, he left abruptly with Langqi, not turning back.
After Manina left after his threat, the White Dragon Queen and the other three giant dragons all sighed in relief.
The pressure that Manina instilled in them was not small.
Who would have thought that they, three rank sevens and one rank eight dragons, would be no match for a single rank seven like Manina.
“Julie, you return to Dragon Island,” the Dragon Emperor told the White Dragon Queen. “Consider this matter temporarily closed. Go back to the island and rest; you can also look after Coco.”
“Alright, thank you, Your Majesty.” The White Dragon Queen nodded.
“As for us three,” the Dragon Emperor glanced at the Black Dragon King and the Red Dragon Queen. “Once the Spatial Energy in the Space Crack dissipates, we should return to guarding the Giant Spiritual Spring Eye.”
“Understood,” said the Black Dragon King and Red Dragon Queen in unison.