Chapter 1819 I will be in your care. "You fight like a proud warrior. It doesn't matter if Aeliana can endure hours against the Progenitors and you cannot. You do not fight to 'last' against your enemies. You fight to crush them. That is who you are, and that is the warrior I love." Nux then pulled the Dragon even closer to him and, "You are different, your fighting style is different. So stop comparing yourself with her. You are a lot stronger than that. Focus on that strength and..." Suddenly, Nux's smile widened and, "Focus on me. I am your target. I am the one you need to surpass, not her. Or... Are you scared?" Nux smiled. "You are weaker than her. I aim high." Vyriana snorted. Nux, however, just tightened his hug around her and, "Why don't you try and defeat the 'weaker' one before aiming high?" "I broke your arms when I punched you." "And? That doesn't mean anything, you should know that." It was true. Nux was the product of Vyriana's ruthless training. She, out of all the people, should know breaking his arms wouldn't do anything since he wouldn't even feel the pain. Not to mention, after severing Lane, this had become even more useless since the man could simply kill himself and resurrect back to full health. Even if they used 'higher quality' energy to stop him from healing himself, it wouldn't matter since the man could now abandon his body and form a new one. "If I can break your hands, I can break your head too, and when I do it, your resurrection won't work." Vyriana didn't give in. "I welcome you to try" Nux's smile widened. "Alright then." The woman nodded, prepared for another round of battle as she popped her fingers. "...he really knows how to deal with her, doesn't he?" Saphira, who was keeping an eye on them, couldn't help but comment. "Hmm?" Acliana tilted her head in confusion. She was currently hugging Saphira, trying to get on her good side again. Her attention, however, was now on Nux and Vyriana. "Vyriana was down when she couldn't defeat me." Dagahra spoke. "And that girl didn't say anything to us. She just continued to spar with him and continued to lose. We knew what she was feeling, but when we tried to talk to her, she remained silent, trying to act like nothing happened. But when he did it..." Saphira spoke, her eyes glowing with slight jealousy when she stared at Nux. "I feel like that man has stolen my Vyriana from me." "I feel the same." Dagahra nodded, his eyes momentarily turning cold. "Is this how Azriel feels when he looks at him? This... anger and frustration...? After all, he took this one away as well, didn't he?" Saphira questioned. Aeliana blinked, confused as to why she and her father were unexpectedly caught in the crossfire. "I am surprised that brat is still alive." Dagahra commented. "Indeed, but I guess even our hands are tied, aren't they? We cannot hurt our disciple's husband, now can we?" "But he still isn't his daughter's husband yet," Dagahra muttered. It felt as if he was looking forward to Azriel going after Nux. "Have you lost your mind, old man? This is why these young ones find us boring. It is all because of you, and I am being dragged down with you." Saphira blamed, and then she pointed at Aeliana and, "Do you not see it? Look how jealous she looks when our Vyriana is being pampered while she is stuck here with you. Out of all people, our Aeliana is jealous, and that too, of her closest friend. What makes you think this girl hasn't already fallen head over heels for that boy? Azriel is in the same situation as us, if not worse." "L-Lady Saphira! I am not jeal-" "Yes, yes, I know that. I was just exaggerating to explain it to him. You see, the older the men get, the lower their emotional intelligence falls. As for you, of course, I know you aren't jealous at all. Why would you be jealous of your friend? Everything's fine." Saphira spoke as she ruffled Aeliana's hair, and the more she spoke, the more the Vampire felt like the Dragon progenitor didn't believe her one bit. "Lady Saphira, I reall-" "Mhm, Mhm." Saphira nodded, and then, "By the way, why did you call Vyriana? Didn't you want to spend more time with him alo- Ah, I meant, didn't you want to train with him alone?" Aeliana stared at the Dragon Progenitor in silence. If she had her doubts before, now, she was sure this woman wasn't taking her seriously at all! She wasn't jealous of Vyriana! Really, she was not! But in the end, Aeliana just gave in. Since no one was believing her, she decided to ignore it and answer Saphira's question so that once she was done with her, she could go to Nux and take Vyriana's place. "Vyriana trained him from scratch. She knows how all his abilities work, so I wanted her help to continue his training" "Is there something we can help with?" Saphira questioned. "With Nux's training?" Aeliana blinked. "Mhm, we have time." Saphira nodded. The woman then smiled and, "It would be fun to observe the boy who is known to have the highest potential in the entire Universe." "I cannot allow that." Aeliana, however, shook her head. Saphira tilted her head, surprised. "He has some secrets he wishes to hide. I cannot allow you to observe his training" The Vampire spoke. The look on her face was enough for the Progenitors to know that no matter what they said, they wouldn't be able to convince her. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞 But then, "No, it's okay." Suddenly, Nux called out. The three turned towards him and Vyriana, and Nux continued, "They are my Vyriana's masters, and people you treat like your parents. If you two trust them, I do as well. Also, I would be a fool if I give up on the opportunity to train with the Dragon Progenitors. Nux smiled as he stared at Saphira and then Dagahra. Then, He bowed his head. "I will be in your care" "Oh?" Saphira raised her eyebrow with an interested look on her face. "I won't hold back this time, brat." Dagahra spoke. "That is exactly what I want." Nux nodded. Then, as if recalling something, "Actually," He took out a call artifact and activated it. "Let me call Mother as well."