Unmade Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Royal Library of Irea

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Vale pushed himself upright, boots grinding softly against the jagged scales beneath his feet. The surface of the Azure Leviathan was uneven and sharp, like a mountain of living stone, yet it barely reacted to his movement. Instead, the massive creature released a deep, rumbling sigh, one that resonated through its entire body and traveled up Vale’s legs like distant thunder. Drago glanced down at the beast, one brow raised. “Oh, don’t overreact,” he said dryly, reaching down to poke the Leviathan between two overlapping plates. “You need exercise once in a while.” A faint smirk tugged at his lips. “You’ve grown quite fat in my absence, you know. You’re lucky Ivor allows you to eat more than I do.” The Leviathan responded by rolling a colossal eye, its iris shifting lazily before the lid slid shut again, as though it had decided the conversation was beneath it. Its breathing slowed, deep and steady, the sound more like waves breaking against cliffs than the breath of a living creature. Vale stared at the exchange, stunned. After a moment, he cautiously raised a hand. “Uh… sorry,” he said, glancing between Drago and the Leviathan, “but is it really useful to potentially anger something that big?” Drago turned toward him calmly as the Leviathan settled further, clearly unbothered. “You do know I’m Levi’s rider, right?” Drago said evenly. Vale froze. His eyes drifted downward to the gargantuan creature, then snapped back up to Drago. 'He has this thing as his tamed beast?' The realization hit him almost like a physical blow. Vale had assumed the Leviathan was a powerful guardian, or perhaps an ancient creature granting them passage out of some inscrutable whim. The idea that it was bound, that someone could command something so vast, made his chest tighten. Vale didn’t know much about tamed beasts. In truth, this was the first he had ever seen. But even without experience, he understood one thing clearly: controlling a creature like this was not merely rare, it was borderline mythical. Slowly, he exhaled and rested a hand on his waist. “I did not…” He hesitated, then added with a strained attempt at humor, “So what, does that mean the First Monarch is also your tamed beast now?” Drago stared at him. The silence stretched just a moment too long. Vale’s eyes widened. “The First Monarch isn’t, right?” he asked quickly, a nervous edge creeping into his voice. Drago let out a deep, weary sigh. “No,” he replied. “Not anymore, at least.” Vale’s eyes widened further, his mind already racing, but before he could form another question, the water around them shifted unnaturally. The waves rolled inward, then stilled, as if something massive was moving beneath the surface. Vale turned sharply just as a stone road began to rise from the sea. Dark gray slabs, ancient, worn, and soaked, emerged slowly, water cascading off their sides as they locked into place. The path stretched forward, broad and solid, leading away from the Leviathan and toward the cavern entrance beneath the tower. Vale clenched his teeth and turned back toward Drago, ready to speak, but Drago had already raised a hand, palm outward, halting him mid-thought. “No more questions,” Drago said firmly. “First, we handle your stay.” Vale hesitated. Every instinct urged him to keep pressing, to unravel the truths piling up faster than he could process them. But slowly, against his will, he forced his curiosity down. He released a quiet sigh, crossing his arms, and glanced toward Eskar. The crimson-haired boy still held the egg tightly against his chest, his posture protective, almost reverent. “Aren’t you curious?” Vale asked softly. Eskar opened his eyes and stood, the faint heat radiating from his arms fading as his power receded. He walked past Vale with a small, calm smile. “Not really,” he replied lightly. “Curiosity did kill the cat, after all.” Vale rolled his eyes. “You’re impossible.” Together, they stepped off the Leviathan’s back and onto the slick stone path. Water pool