Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 500

Chapter 500: Chapter 500 - Taming Opportunities

Ren saw the director limping slightly while helping coordinate the purifications and immediately approached Selphira.

"Could you please heal his leg completely?" he asked, pointing toward where the director was working.

Selphira followed his gaze and nodded immediately.

"Now I can make them perfect," she murmured, approaching the director. "You’ve been limping for too long."

When Selphira applied her healing magic amplified with the elixir and the turtle’s purification, the director experienced a more intense resonance than when Ren purified him. His Phoenix, sensing the energy, began to glow with a warmth that extended beyond personal healing.

"Incredible," the director murmured, testing his completely restored leg. "I had become so accustomed to the inconvenience that I had forgotten how it felt to be whole."

His Phoenix, now revitalized by the healing, began helping with purifications. The warmth it emanated had a particularly effective effect against residual corruption, significantly accelerating the cleansing process.

Sirius returned shortly to help Selphira purify after his meetings about the critical decisions that had been made during the last hours.

His expression showed the fatigue of someone who had been evaluating candidates and making decisions that would affect lives and the kingdom’s future.

"They’re going to notify the chosen ones soon," he told Selphira, his voice carrying both relief and apprehension about what was coming.

Ren heard the conversation while resting and recovering mana from constant purifications and began thinking about the people he could choose to become doubles. His eyes turned toward Yang, who had demonstrated genuine loyalty during critical situations.

The director, now completely healed and with his Phoenix actively helping operations, also seemed like a natural candidate. His experience and dedication to education, as well as his support against the enemy, made him valuable in both times of peace and war.

Even Wei had shown good qualities despite the way they met... he perhaps loved knowledge with too much impetus, even immature in defending it, but had proven not to be a bad guy in reality.

Each person Ren was contemplating represented not just individual merit, but the potential to strengthen the kingdom’s foundation through education, loyalty, and specialized skills.

"Difficult decisions," Ren murmured to himself, understanding that each choice could have ramifications extending far beyond the immediate conflict.

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Days after the purification operations, a royal ceremony had given post-war awards to more than 100 nobles and soldiers in a celebratory mood...

In a discreet mansion under Starweaver control, a small gathering of nobles showed a very different mood.

The room was filled with tension and mutual recriminations, the air thick with frustration and missed opportunities.

"One whole day later we found out about the doubles situation," Lord Aldric complained, one of the minor nobles who had bet his political future on the opportunistic faction. "And what did we do to stay alert? Nothing!"

"It’s not my fault you all waited until the last moment to decide," Lady Morgain replied, whose house had historical ties to Goldcrest territory. "You were all ’evaluating the situation’."

"Evaluating," Lord Baelthon repeated sarcastically, whose family had been traditional detractors of the Ashenway. "While the king returned and began creating more than a hundred new doubles who will be grateful to him, none to us."

The realization of how unbalanced their opportunistic faction had become was evident on every face in the room.

They had calculated on the king’s absence being permanent, or at least long enough for them to reshape the power structure. Instead, his return had caught them completely unprepared.

"At least not helping Kharzan seemed to be a good decision in the end," Lord Caelum observed, trying to find some positive aspect in their collective inaction.

"A correct decision for the wrong reasons," Lady Daphina responded, whose house was a minor branch of the Dravenholm. "We waited too long to take any decisive action."

"And now," Lord Aldric added bitterly, "not supporting at the critical moment left us completely out of the rewards."

The room fell into uncomfortable silence as each noble processed the implications of their political decisions. Many represented houses that had been traditional allies of Goldcrest territory families, minor branches of main houses, or even historical detractors of different factions who had thought they could benefit from the chaos.

"What do you propose to do now?" Lady Morgain asked, breaking the silence.

"For the moment, we’re going to stop the meetings," he declared firmly. "We’re going to maintain a low profile." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

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