Lord Aoji, kneeling prostrate on the ground, raised her head in bewilderment. Looking at Kallen standing before her, she asked in confusion:
"What happened to me?"
Kallen walked up to her and simply looked at her without speaking.
Lord Aoji turned to look at the scattered icebergs and piled-up snow around her, then asked again in a puzzled tone:
"I don't remember what just happened. Did I do something?"
Kallen bent down and reached out with both hands, finding two pieces of unmelted ice crystal over Lord Aoji's ears. Their size and shape closely resembled earmuffs.
They could block sound and prevent communication. In other words, after turning into a dragon, Lord Aoji had consciously guarded against Kallen attempting to trigger a lightning strike on her by calling up her memories.
This was clearly beyond what that little Bone Dragon could do.
Clack.
Kallen dropped the pair of ice-crystal earmuffs in front of Lord Aoji.
Lord Aoji's breathing visibly caught.
Kallen said, "I believe you were controlled by her. There must be something special about her, but I don't believe that, as an adult dragon of noble blood, you couldn't put up even the slightest resistance after being controlled."
Lord Aoji fell silent.
Kallen continued, "People who are deceived often have a predisposition toward wanting to be deceived. Deep down, you probably wanted to be controlled, too."
Then Kallen turned his head toward the little Bone Dragon, still frozen inside the lump of ice.
"When she launched that special attack on you, one that might only work against your Dragon Clan, you must have realized something, didn't you?"
Lord Aoji remained silent.
"It doesn't matter if you won't say anything. I can guess. You probably realized that even if she controlled you and drove you mad, making you crush me