Targaryen Who Turned Dragon

"I have no idea what Big Sis was thinking when she told me to do this. Only someone with the Heavenly Wolf's divine power should be able to go past the first style so she's asking me to do the impossible."

"Enough with the small talk, just show me the second stage already. I'm not the so-called heavenly genius for nothing."

"If you say so, the second style is called Wild Fang and it looks like... this!" She used her little finger to produce sword force. A deep-blue, giant, wolf formed with its mouth so wide open that it could blot out the sky. Its intimidating presence disappeared soon after.

Aerion chuckled. "That's rather simple."

"Eh?"

"Wild Fang!"

A similar deep-blue wolf appeared, albeit slightly less imposing due to his inferior level of strength. Then Aerion activated his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. "Show me Wild Fang once more, I'll get it perfect this time."

Caizhi was dazed with shock for a couple of moments. She expected that he would be able to, at most, learn the second sword style in the short span of a month. However, he had already done so during his first try!

"Big Sister was right, you are one of a kind. Hehe, if you can do that in your first try, then learning the sixth sword style in a month shouldn't be difficult."

"Then let's proceed." Aerion smiled.

~

"I'm preparing to betroth Caizhi to Aerion Targaryen. Do you understand?"

"What!?" The Star God Emperor replied to Jasmine's rather bold statement. "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Aerion Targaryen is already betrothed to the Brahma Monarch Goddess... and are you forgetting that I am Caizhi's father? As I am her father, I should be the one to make such a decision!"

"I was only informing you of the matter, not asking for your opinion... and you dare call yourself her father? Do you truly believe that you deserve to be called that!?"

"Caizhi is also a subordinate Star God, how could I not have full authority over important such as her marriage? She has only recently received her divine power which means she requires time to full blossom and marriage would only serve as a distraction! Caizhi is also far too young to discuss such a matter not only that but we do not know of Aerion Targaryen's character... how could we make such a decision so carelessly!?"

"Old Villain, I've already made the decision and nothing you do will change that! I'll betroth Caizhi to Aerion Targaryen in front of the memorial tablets of mother and maternal aunt. You don't need to tell the world about it or hold a grand ceremony or even a feast. You don't even need to show up... in fact, it would be better if you don't because you don't deserve such a privilege! I'm already doing a massive favour by informing you of this matter beforehand."

"You..."

The Heavenly Origin Star God stopped the Star God Emperor and chuckled. "This matter was brought up all to suddenly so my king was naturally agitated. The heavenly genius who survived eleven rounds of lightning tribulation which shook the entire Primal Chaos Dimension and even threatened the existence of all life, such a talent will never be seen again, I'm afraid. His future is truly limitless and a marriage alliance which binds him to the Star God Realm through Caizhi would certainly be beneficial."

"However, the greatest hindrance in Your Highness carrying out this matter may not be my king but, rather, Aerion Targaryen himself. If he already has the Brahma Monarch Goddess. why would he want Her Highness Caizhi?"

"You fellows need not worry about Aerion Targaryen's decision as he has already agreed to it!"

"...?" The Heavenly Origin Star God was rather shocked by this revelation.

"His true primary weapon is a heavy sword and the Heavenly Wolf Hell God's Tome was offered to him if he agreed to marry Caizhi as his wife. There was no reason for him to disagree!"

"This... how could the Heavenly Wolf Hell God's Tome be taught to an outsider? This is simply..." The Star God Emperor resisted nonetheless.

"The second condition for me to cooperate with the 'ceremony', is that you do not mention this matter ever again!"

And just like that, Jasmine's figure disappeared from their sights.

"Why did you stop me?" The Star God Emperor inquired.

"My king, if we resisted too much it would make the truth of the ceremony more apparent and result in unnecessary risks. Caizhi is the key, yes, but Her Highness needn't know that until it happens or else all of our planning would be for nought."

"You are right." The Star God Emperor nodded. "In comparison to the importance of the ceremony, everything else is trivial!"

~

After two days, he had achieved perfect mastery of the first six stages. It did help that he had the mighty Sharingan along with Caizhi's practical presentations. Rarely did he ever have a master figure showing him the profound skills while he was comprehending them. Aerion was extremely grateful for Caizhi's assistance and Jasmine's order which led to him learning the sword styles in the first place.

When they were done, Jasmine gathered the two in her bedchamber. Behind her stood the memorial tablets of her mother and maternal aunt. There were quite a few star candles arranged as well. It seemed rather strange to Aerion who couldn't quite figure out why she had made such preparations in her bedchamber.

"Aerion, do you still remember the promise you made to me two days ago?"

"A way to redeem myself... indeed, I do remember."

"Good, I wanted to make sure. Caizhi, how old are you this year?"

"Nineteen."

Aerion wore a face of puzzlement. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Nineteen years old, which means you've reached the age of marriage." Jasmine ignored Aerion while also indirectly answering his question.

"Another one to the collection, hahaha." Rotias laughed.

This isn't amusing, Rotias.

"But..."

"Aerion Targaryen, Caizhi. With the heaven and earth as witness, and this princess as the matchmaker, you two will become husband and wife here today!"

Jasmine did not ask for approval from either party, leaving no room for disobedience.

"Jasmine, have you gone mad?" Aerion shook his head. "There's no way in Seven Hells I'm marrying Caizhi! I barely know her and she's also against it... why have you even come to this decision?"

"Have you already forgotten your words, Aerion?"

"... I did not. Still, this is a terrible match. Besides... there is something else."

"Hmm?"

Aerion's eyes flashed as an image of a silver dragon engulfed in white flames appeared before him.

It's not crimson...?

"My fate is my own to control... my path is my own to choose... reality is my will!!"

Who... was that? Certainly not Aerios as his scales are crimson. Could it be another dragon... but why am I seeing these things?

"Could it be that..." Rotias chuckled. "Those silver scales are rather formidable and equal in their usefulness when compared to Aerios' crimson scales... hmm, interesting, indeed."

Aerion sighed. "The thing is, I witnessed another Dragon Dream and this one prophesied that both you and Caizhi were involved in some kind of ceremony. All of the Star Gods were gathered, including the Star God Emperor while you and Caizhi were trapped in some sort of barrier. Could it be that you don't know of Caizhi's involvement in the ceremony? Otherwise, marrying her to me would make no sense."

"Caizhi... is part of the ceremony?" Jasmine muttered with wide-open eyes. "No, the Old Villain would not dare! You should not know of the ceremony, either... yet you do."

"Ceremony? What ceremony?" Caizhi inquired.

"Did he not tell you? No wonder why you tried to marry her to me... it all makes sense now, you didn't want to leave her all alone, did you? But now that you know the truth, all of this is rather unnecessary. Jasmine... I can take you and Caizhi away from this sad fate."

"I don't want to run anymore... more importantly, I don't want Caizhi to do so." Jasmine countered.

"Even a life of running away is better than a swift death. I ran away from my roots, too, and now look where I am! I'll grow strong quickly and then the Star God Emperor will pay for his deceit and heartlessness. Then I can become the God Emperor of the Star God Realm and you won't have to worry about a single thing any longer!"

Aerion embraced Jasmine. "One year, give me one year and you'll be able to return to the Star God Realm with my protection. Hell, you won't even have to run away, Planetos is a beautiful planet where you can do as you wish."

"You... you would do that for me? The Old Villain wouldn't let you run anywhere, how could you grow strong in the first place?"

"Ah, but you're forgetting about Ying'er and the Brahma Monarch God Realm. The Star God Realm would not dare to even think of offending the Brahma Monarch God Realm. The Brahma Heaven God Emperor would not allow his heavenly son-in-law to be threatened by a lesser realm, it would simply be attracting calamity. Not even a desperate Star God Emperor would dare."

Caizhi was confused the whole time, she did not even speak and instead, listened carefully.

"I can't..."

Jasmine, I don't care if you hate me in the future... no, you wouldn't hate me in the future. You would understand everything perfectly.

"You will!! I, Aerion Targaryen, won't allow you to die at the hands of the Star God Emperor even if I must anger the entire Star God Realm!"

Aerion grabbed Caizhi with his right arm while his left remained with Jasmine. Without hesitating for a single moment, he activated the World Teleportation Portal.