Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire
Chapter 348 - 222: Little Grandnephew, Don’t Be Afraid

Chapter 348: Chapter 222: Little Grandnephew, Don’t Be Afraid

"It does have some impact, but I focus more on personal ability rather than lineage."

Noah looked at the young man whose face had become much more serious and said straightforwardly,

"Your family lineage only made it easier for me to notice you. If your abilities didn’t meet the requirements, you wouldn’t have everything you have now, let alone stand in front of me."

"Isn’t that because of the Augustus family’s influence? If I were just an ordinary Tifflin, would you have summoned me?"

Wayne was quite persistent at this moment. He even ignored the pressure brought by the Holy Dragon in front of him and dared to question consecutively.

"If your abilities were still comparable to now, of course, I would. Why not?"

Noah asked back with a strange expression,

"How much do you think the so-called family background and strong bloodline influence me? I know you reject the Augustus family.

However, I think it’s unnecessary. It’s enough to hate one person within it. There’s no need to resent the entire family; others haven’t done anything wrong."

"Who?"

"Of course, it’s your father. Who else would be so irresponsible as to throw you to me right after you were born? No matter how much you hate him, even if you want to draw a sword and cut him, I would cheer and support you on the side."

Noah’s tone at this moment was entirely like an unkind elder teasing a junior.

"So, growing up in Rodia wasn’t an accident? Was it that man’s arrangement?"

Wayne was unwilling to mention Uranos by name.

"Otherwise, did you think you were abandoned? He deliberately threw you onto my territory without even greeting me. That’s simply excessive."

Although Noah didn’t harbor any grudges over this matter, the Golden Dragon was quite pleased to cause some minor trouble for the increasingly solitary King.

"So, was my childhood growth all planned? Those Tifflin who cared for me, and the Little Fairy?"

Upon realizing he wasn’t simply abandoned, Wayne reviewed the life journey he’d revisited countless times, asking the Holy Dragon who truly understood everything. He had long been skeptical.

"Those Tifflin were found by your father. As for that Little Fairy, if I said it wasn’t arranged by me, would you believe it?"

Although Uranos acted recklessly, he wasn’t truly cold and heartless. The Tifflin who cared for Wayne never worried about money after adopting him, nor did Wayne, growing up, ever truly worry about money while traveling across the Kingdom.

He didn’t completely abandon this child, who he felt was a disgrace to the Augustus family name, and offered considerable financial support behind the scenes, but that was the extent of it.

"I don’t believe it."

A Little Fairy who suddenly appeared recommending themselves might have seemed a stroke of luck to young Wayne, but as he grew slightly older, he found it deeply suspicious.

However, lacking parental care, Wayne yearned for affection, and even when he sensed something was amiss with the Fairy beside him, the feelings built from spending time together were hard for him to dismiss coldly.

After all, this Little Fairy who actively came to him never did anything to harm him, always helping him diligently, even protecting him from danger.

"That’s why I said such things can’t be explained clearly."

It was merely an unintentional act in childhood, agreeing to take in the Little Fairy, after which all Fairies in the region became de facto Favored of the Golden Dragon.

Although this greatly increased the survival rate of these fragile fairy-like creatures, some wild Little Fairies indeed exploited this rather intimidating identity to cheat and cause trouble for Noah.

But Noah wouldn’t take responsibility for those. If a wild fairy made a mistake, it was none of his business. However, the Little Fairy beside Wayne did indeed mix with them previously, which Noah hadn’t known.

It wasn’t until this Fairy turned to Wayne that Noah noticed this little one’s existence.

To be fair, in the context of the time, there weren’t many Little Fairies like this, but after Uranos rose to power and carried out a major layoff, many such Little Fairies started entrepreneurial pursuits, looking for benefactors.

As the saying goes, people in higher positions influence those below. Since Noah kept a large group of fairies, naturally, some aspiring nobles and factions were willing to support a group of fairies too.

They might not have much practical use, but even for appreciation, their beauty was undeniable and impressive.

"Was my life all planned out?"

The information Noah revealed was something Wayne had never known, prompting the young man to ask this question after learning all these things.

"Of course not. You’ve even smashed Uranos’s palace. Why would you have such a question? How much trauma does it take for someone to plan for their own son to wreck their palace?"

Noah wondered if the young man in front of him had some paranoia,

"Our arrangements for you were merely to ensure you could grow up healthy and worry-free. As for you venturing out and achieving all you have, that was beyond our expectations.

No one could have imagined that you could have such potential to impact the Legendary Realm at such a young age. I must say, among your peers, you are the most outstanding."