Recently, perhaps because Daenerys had expended too much mental energy practicing archery, she would get tired and fall asleep very early every day, often sleeping soundly until dawn.
Of course, occasionally she would also enter a dragon dream state. But she didn't know if it was because she had established some kind of connection with the Weirwood, but in her recent dragon dreams, Daenerys's perspective would actually switch to Miraxis's or Dreamfire's.
This was completely different from her previous dragon dream states; it was more like a Skinchanger's dream state.
But this also allowed Daenerys to discover some very interesting things. When her perspective became Dreamfire's, she could actually see clearly inside the pitch-black Dreamfire cave. No wonder dragons weren't afraid of dark environments; it turned out they had night vision!
Daenerys also tried to manipulate Dreamfire's body, gathering all the rubies inside together. She had thought it would take some effort to get familiar with Dreamfire's body, but unexpectedly, it was as flexible and free as using her own body.
It turned out that when Daenerys entered Dreamfire's consciousness, Dreamfire's consciousness also remained awake; it was more like the two consciousnesses merged, but with Daenerys's consciousness as the dominant one.
This feeling was much deeper than the telepathic connection she had with dragons when riding them.
Through Dreamfire's eyes, Daenerys also saw a completely different world. For example, the varying magical strengths of the rubies scattered on the ground were clearly displayed before her like candlelight.
So Daniella controlled Dreamfire to dig out many larger rubies in the dragon's lair, the largest of which was even bigger than a watermelon. The magic contained within it was so intense that even from Dreamfire's perspective, it felt dazzling.
And the magical elements in the surrounding environment were like sparks, slowly gathering into Dreamfire's body.
Looking at the five Dragon Eggs she had placed in Dreamfire's cave, they now looked exactly like five pulsating flames of different colors.
The ground fire and the magical elements from the surrounding environment were also continuously converging towards them, making them grow brighter.
However, among the five Dragon Eggs, only the black flame had a faint soul fluctuation. The other four flames seemed to be purely pure flames, without any trace of a soul.
"Does the hatching of a Dragon Egg require the infusion of a soul?"
Thinking of the Dragon Mother hatching three Dragon Egg fossils, and her own experience of hatching Miraxis, Daenerys suddenly felt like she had grasped something!
Before she could think further, she was already woken up by Laila.
"Princess, it's time to get up!"
"Your body hasn't fully developed yet; you really shouldn't spend so much energy practicing archery every day! Before, you never woke up this late."
Laila grumbled as she helped Daenerys up.
"I think this is good; at least Queen Aemma knows the Princess works hard practicing archery, so she won't force her to learn etiquette."
Gariel, who was assisting Laila, said with a gloating expression,
"Princess Rhaenyra has been a bit miserable lately, I heard she has to spend the entire morning in the Queen's bedchamber learning etiquette!"
Because ever since Daenerys had a conflict with her sister Rhaenyra last time, she had been having breakfast in her own room every day.
And Viserys and Emma also felt that Daenerys had been wronged, so they didn't say anything. They just sent someone to invite her for lunch and dinner every day.
But Daenerys used the excuse of practicing archery, turning down seven or eight out of ten invitations. Even when she did go, she would simply finish her meal and leave immediately, with almost no communication or interaction throughout.
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"You guys don't know yet, do you? Mond Hightower paid 100,000 gold dragons for the Princess to let him experience flying on a dragon, didn't he?"
At this moment, Besani, with a gossipy expression, complained to everyone,
"After Princess Rhaenyra found out, she released a message to the public. She could take people flying for only 10,000 gold dragons."
"Hehehe! But unexpectedly, after Harwin Strong of Harrenhal paid the gold dragons, Syrax wouldn't even let him get close."
"Princess Rhaenyra had no choice but to personally take Harwin and climb onto Syrax's back. But halfway through, they were both flung off by Syrax."
"Fortunately, Harwin's skills were good; he held the Princess and cushioned her fall, otherwise something would definitely have happened."
"Unfortunately, Harwin's own arm was broken."
"Hmph! If just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could casually climb onto a dragon's back, then only those with Targaryen Family blood would be able to ride dragons."
Laila, who was always sharp-tongued, immediately spoke with disdain upon hearing this,
"Besides, can the skill level of Dragon Knights be the same?"
"This is just because Syrax is young and good-tempered; if it were another short-tempered dragon, one blast of Dragonflame would be more than just a broken arm!"
"And wasn't that Harwin Strong known as the Bone Breaker? This time his own arm broke first; he truly lives up to his name as the Bone Breaker!"
Daenerys didn't pay too much attention to the gossip of the few maids. After all, her goal was set on the entire world; she had no time to care about that fool Rhaenyra.
Fire Burial Tower
After a simple breakfast, Daenerys immediately summoned Dreamfire and flew towards White Sheep Town.
"Promote cremation?"
Samwell and the others were all shocked by Daenerys's proposal!
"Princess, currently only the Targaryen Family practices cremation according to Ancient Valyria tradition; Westeros doesn't have this tradition."
"If it's forcibly promoted, it might stir up public resentment."
"Of course, I know that! But Dragonstone New Island is originally a newly formed island, and White Sheep Town was only built a little over two years ago. Where are its traditions?"
"Moreover, speaking of tradition, Dragonstone's tradition is to practice cremation."
"We can build a Fire Burial Tower. Those who are willing to have a cremation there will be rewarded with a silver coin. For those who insist on burial, let them transport the bodies to a place where they can be buried. Anyway, my territory does not allow burial."
In this world where the lord's word is absolute law, since Daenerys had already made up her mind, they naturally could not refuse.
And in order to complete the Fire Burial Tower as quickly as possible, Daenerys, along with Dreamfire and Miraxis, forged all the necessary stone materials at the stone factory in one day.
So, the Fire Burial Tower was completed three days later. To attract people, Daenerys even specially took a millstone-sized raw ruby ore from Dreamfire's dragon lair and had the stonemasons polish it into an exquisite rhombus shape.
Then, it was placed on a bronze stand at the very top of the Fire Burial Tower. Below the bronze stand was a huge, continuously burning coal furnace, which also concealed a red Dragon Egg.
Since only her personal guards changed the coal fire daily, others naturally didn't know what was inside.
So, although everyone felt very puzzled, seeing such a grand place for funerals, they were all quite willing.
The residents of White Sheep Town proactively held funerals for their deceased relatives there.
However, it was a pity that after several funerals, Daenerys observed the Dragon Egg placed at the top of the tower through Dreamfire's eyes and found no significant changes.
It wasn't until one day, after an old Dragon Guard from Fishing Village held a funeral there, that Daenerys discovered a soul fluctuation had actually been born within that Dragon Egg.
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