"Oh! All right!"
Seeing her plan fall through, Ishina felt thoroughly dejected, but she immediately changed the subject.
"Mother, why have you stayed in this miserable place for more than half a year?"
After six months of construction, the Smoke Sea Fortress was grand in scale, but its buildings were all tall, austere structures of dragonstone. Apart from Danyla's plain dragonstone palace, which was built from golden dragonstone, everything was predominantly black and red.
To the children, who were accustomed to the splendor of Holy Flame Island and King's Landing, life here naturally seemed harsh.
"Winter could arrive at any moment. This place is close to the Lands of the Long Summer, so crops can grow here even in winter. But its terrifying, extreme environment makes people fear it like a deadly beast. They dare not set foot here lightly. Only by staying here myself can I gradually ease their concerns."
"Now that you're here, stay for a little while! There are plenty of mutated sea creatures in the Smoking Sea, and they'll be a great help to your great dragons' growth."
"But Aunt, ever since we arrived, my Arrax has been restless. He seems eager to fly to the Valyria Ruins across the sea. He won't run away from home too, will he?"
Seeing that Danyla wanted them to stay for some time, Lucerys hurriedly voiced his concern.
"Are your great dragons the same?"
Hearing what Lucerys said, Danyla quickly questioned the children.
"My Isalorn hasn't shown anything unusual. In fact, Isalorn really likes the environment here."
Ishys answered proudly.
"Vaemontan has certainly become a little restless, but mostly excited. On the way here, I even hunted a strange fish nearby that was over ten meters long!"
Oserion's bond with his new great dragon was indeed growing ever closer.