Ahh, being captain of a ship like the Vulcanus was intoxicating.

To think that the whole ship was my home.

I was happy to be with my dragons but unhappy about the terrible second separation.

But I was sure that one day, perhaps, we would all be reunited, but I think deep down I should have been more severe!

But I hope Fuchur can pull through. It's true that even in the time of the knights and dragon slayers, he had managed to fit in.

I pray that his plans will come to fruition, but he will be with Bubble and Spash, who will certainly be an excellent oceanographer. The demand for underwater houses is exploding and it is a job expressly designated for him and his children will also be able to be deep-sea firemen or underwater builders and or rescuers.

There is no lack of work and then on IO, the inhabited moon of Saturn, a paradise for them, sea dragons! it could be a civilization for them! Implants of wings to go into space, wheels for their eel bodies, a whole work of cybernetics....

If they integrate well and people like them, little by little, they will integrate the human adventure... Let's hope the youngsters don't get caught in fishing nets...

I practiced using the control implant in my double EVA.

The Vulcanus arrived in lunar orbit in a few hours, and we all landed in rooms fitted to our size.

We could go outside on the lunar surface and stay and hunt in the bubble gardens. These were tubes that were tens of kilometres long but whose sections every kilometre opened onto the next section and closed again after one passage. So in case of an accident, 1 section would close again and protect the other sections. allowing easier repair.

The air being less dense due to the 6 times lower gravity, it was almost impossible to fly. Jumping, yes, gliding a little, yes, with a hop, but flying, out of the question.

To cool down a bit, I moved into a section where I was sure I wouldn't run into the others who went directly by the shuttle, without going through the Vulcanus.

We would have fought for 100% of it.

Anyway, I had to avoid Falkor!

I open the section to one of the greenhouses and guess who I run into...

FALKOR!

GGRRRRRRRRRRRR

me:

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

We look at each other nasty!

Me : What are you doing there! I grumbled!

"And you? Where are you going?"

"You shouldn't be here! "

"You want to get smart!???"

"I ain't afraid of you!"

Our muzzles were up against each other! And we were showing our teeth.

It was for the one who looked as scary as possible!

"You have won!" I said to Falkor, and I turned and wallowed on the ground, laughing. But did you see your face?

And Falkor, don't take it the wrong way, but your breath! I don't know what you've been eating, but it stinks like hell!

Are those pellets?"

"Yes."

"O-shaped?"

"Yes"

"Red?"

"Yes.."

"Was Frolic marked on the bags?"

"Yes, they were snacks I found in the storeroom."

Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

I have to tell the others! No, that's too much!

Falkor: "What? "

"You ate the whole bag?"

"Yes, it was delicious."

"AHA (I'm holding my heart out with laughter)

And you're the only one who ate it?"

"No, Fourreux loved it!"

"HAHA

Falkor, it's dog food......."

..............

Vermi?

Yes?

"I've got to kill you! No one must know..."

Cast: Wall of force

Falkor is blowing ice and the wall is holding!

"ALERT, FIRE ALERT, section 21 must be evacuated!"

Falkor punches the wall and it holds. RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE.!!!!!

Aqua's coming up behind him!

"What's going on, Falkor? We're lost in the corridors. We've got to get to Section 2.

VERMI? What are you doing here? Why are you fighting?"

Falkor looked at me with a look on his face that if I spoke they would no longer answer for his actions...

"Let's settle the score!" I said angrily, and then I rolled around on the floor laughing.

Aqua: "What are you laughing about?"

Your boy, he stinks like hell! Go make him discover toothpaste!"

"But, I've got an egg to peel with you too!" said Aqua.

Falkor pulled it out and said, "Forget it.!!!!"

"NO!"

"You treat us unjustly, Vermi, we've always had our hearts on our paws with you and you're denigrating us, it's disgusting."

"Look, Aqua, I'm having some serious problems too. I saw the danger. I don't have to do all this. I could go marry the other samurai scum and have the whole planet for me and my kids and send you off to graze.

You don't think I'm heartbroken with all this trouble and frankly, it's too much for a dragon to do all that! It's unnatural! It's my human side that gave me the heart and my dragon side that gave me the courage to do all this!

Now, we must save what is saveable. You adopted Zmei and you're Fuchur's mom! You're adopting Falkor and Ignar's eggs, but watch out! They had the V3s back then, and now he'll have a shuttle or a ship! And a warship, you can be sure of that.

You and Falkor will have to face them."

Aqua: "Will have to? Who?"

Metanovae and Ignar. Ignar is convinced the reds are his, but I know they're yours, Falkor.

"No," Falkor said, "The red ones are Ignar's." They're his children too.

"What a jinx!"

"Look, I still have Ignar's pennant. He really liked Metanovae!"

"I see you've made your choice, my child.

Know that I will make you pay for his death. Or you will go and I will go and sow tears and pain all around you. Enjoy your loved ones while they are still alive. It won't last much longer.

Your beloved daddy

Kisses."

Auberone came running and saw me. She approached, frightened...

Come in my arms Sister, I beg your pardon but I wanted you all here.

We kissed and licked each other.

"FUCHUR? What are you doing here? You should be in school.!!!"

"Auberone made an illusion of me outside and I boarded the plane illegally! I'm asking you pardoonnn! And he lunged at me and I fell backwards."

BOOOM made the centre and alarms went off!

Shit, we're gonna have to change the floorboards, well, they have robots for that!

Fuchur gave me one of those tongue twisters! Hey

"EEEEH, but you've eaten frolics too! YOUAH!"

?????? Vermi, don't you love me anymore???????????

BUT you're so stupid, but control what you eat! I bet you took Fourreux's bag of treats!"

"Yeah, how did you know?

It's a secret, but don't ever eat that again!

It's dog food!"

Auberone giggled, and everyone laughed except Falkor. I turned my head, but he was gone.

"Fuchur, what about your studies? Your plans?"

"I'm afraid of Metanovae... She knows me and she might use me as a hostage..."

"But that doesn't mean you don't have plans! You stay connected virtually. You stay here on Luna 1. I want to see your graduation certificate, or else you'll go study with Ignar."

With all these people together, we went to the mess hall in a huge hangar.

Heavy equipment was stored and hidden by a huge cloth tarp.

Human employees were there, and World Peter wasn't interfering anymore, but look at my method.

"Now, I speak as the director of this production center. I am no longer VERMI or darling or Vermithraxa or queen or princess.

From now on, you will call me MADAME THE DIRECTOR, Or Mrs. Longhorn."

And I'm going to take on the appearance of HALF

I step onto a platform in front of the tarpaulin-covered package and take a pad of electronic paper.

This paper is made only of carbonite and you can write on it ad infinitum. It's put in a ball and it goes back to its original shape, virgin again and can be stuck on as a notepad. Very ecological and it can transfer the drawing by itself or take a picture and the sheets can take different sizes.

"Let's see, AH, here I have the results of your studies from Heater."

I turned red, red with anger!

"What's this? Your language results are catastrophic! The math, pitiful!

You can't even count in gold coins.

A merchant asks you for half a gold coin for a kilo of salt. For 4 kilos of salt, you need 10 skins.

How many skins do you have to trade for 1 gold coin? Half of them said, "You hit the merchant, and the other half said 40 skins.

No good answer. The worst was 1 grain gets salted for a gold coin.

But I noticed that the TV time meter, HOLO sport, snacks and the kitchen budget exploded. You didn't even go hunting.

And worst of all, the video games and the porn movies

The human children are laughing at you!

You're in over your heads and you don't even realize it anymore.

WE'RE DRAGONS AND WE WORK FOR WORLD NOW!

If you keep this up, you'll be working for Artemis. I'm sure the humans will appreciate dragons being hunted by humans, not by humans as a video game, or you're the target!

We'll have a good laugh if we can get you to pop GROA GROA and burst into flames.

Your results are mediocre and I can't let that go by.

So I'm going to change my method with you.

A very old movie that I saw in the other volume was called the learning machine, I think that movie was the "sub-gifted", a bit like you!

it was either graduation or prison for half their lives and they scratched their way out of it.

But that movie was a joke, but I'm not laughing anymore.

Did you like my show about Artemis? Did you like my Artemis show? Was it nice watching me instead of studying?

Well, I brought back some souvenirs..."

And I take off the tarp and on a throne, a brand new Samurai, a mega version of the YASHIDA company, a spin off from Hitachi, the robotics specialists.

"I PRESENT YOU "Anscrouf." THE new learning machine.

He'll be your new teacher! He's 25 meters tall and made of refractory alloy.

Protection gems are inserted inside. Attraction field, magic missiles, wall of forces, shields and a mythical wand instead of the katana, too sharp for my taste.

Punishments will be done in front of everyone, Adult as well as child.

Basically study well because he's programmed to kick you in the Ass. and any rebellion will end in a humiliating kneeling position with his hands clapping hard on your back.

He's programmed to make you learn and what doesn't fit through the head will fit through the back.

Peter World left his jaw open: "No, she didn't dare, BUT she's worse than me!" What finesse, what research, it's art as a method.

The dragons were frozen with terror and looked at me with hatred!

Mr. Anscrouf, you can start school now!

And I began to applaud with the humans in the room.

A metallic and extremely grave voice began to speak:

"CLASS 1A STAND UP IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR TEACHER."

"WE'LL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR MAKE SURE YOU GRADUATE."

IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU AGAIN.

IF YOU'RE DISTRACTED, I'LL MAKE AN OBSERVATION...

IF I MAKE TWO REMARKS, I'LL SHOOT YOU.

IF YOU FAIL THE QUIZ QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR A.. .

IF YOU FAIL A SECOND TIME, I'LL RIP YOUR A.. OFF.

YOU NEVER FAIL A THIRD TIME.

WELCOME TO CLASS 1A.

NOW, LINE UP ON THE LINES ON THE FLOOR.

A DESK WILL COME OUT.

YOU WILL PRESENT YOURSELVES IN ORDER OF PLACE.

I SPEAK IN ENGLISH.

IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, STUDY ENGLISH WITH THE SMART BUNNY PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND THE COMMON AND THE DRACONIAN. BUT IN A MONTH'S TIME I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW ENGLISH.

TEST IN THE MORNING AND TEST IN THE EVENING.

THE FIRST TEST IS TO SET THE PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE."

My reign of terror began today!