Still Silkie POV

I stared into the crimson red eyes of the snake-haired lady. "Well, we never actually had a good time to talk." I tell Medusa.

"What about now?" She said. "After all, that is the reason why I called you here." She then continued to watch the miners do their job.

I scurried to her side and watched the miners dig their pickaxe through the gold and pull it out again.

"So Silkie, you mentioned to Marrowkai before that you were 9 years old, correct?" I heard Medusa ask. "Uh huh." I replied.

"And that Drones get their wings at 10 years of age?" She questioned. "Yeah." I answered, as I watched a miner pause for a bit.

"Which means that you'll get them next week, since it would be your 10th birthday." "Yep, pretty much."

Medusa kept asking me boring questions like "How much do you know about this place" and "What are my intentions".

I yawned and kind of spaced out. I look in another direction and see a few Juggerknights training. I watched as they attacked each other with their axe and defended themselves with their shield.

"Silkie? Are you listening to me?" Medusa said, pulling me back to reality. "Huh?" I asked.

Medusa sighed. "I was asking if you can do anything to defend yourself." She told me. "Because we haven't seen you fight back to anyone else yet."

I thought for a while. "Um, I can hit people with my tail." I responded. "And I can scare Crawlers, like this-" Then I raised my frills and demonstrated how I scared the Crawlers last time.

Medusa rolled her eyes. "Is that all you can do?" She asked. "I think so." I replied. "Mom never told me about how Drones fight."

I look at Medusa, who was still looking at the scene of busy miners. "How do you stand on 2 legs?" I asked out of curiousity.

Medusa looked at me with an annoyed face. "What? You keep asking all these boring questions." I said. "Its only fair that I do the same.

"So how do you walk on 2 legs?" I repeated. "How do you keep your balance like that?" I then stood up on my own 2 hind legs to show Medusa what I meant.

But I could only do it for a few seconds. I then had to go back on all 4 legs to stop myself from falling.

"See?" I said, but Medusa only glanced for a short while. "Stop acting like an innocent little girl. Its getting annoying." She told me.

"But I am a little girl. After all, Im just 9 years old." I replied in slight confusion. "At least answer my question." I playfully tugged at Medusa's green robe.

"Stop that!" She growled. "I brought you here to question you and not the other way around!"

I huffed in response. Then I had an idea. "Hmph! Fine, if you won't answer my question, I won't answer any of yours." I pouted as I faced back and sat down.

"Ugh, you stupid, stubborn insect! Get up!" Medusa demanded. I raised my head and closed my eyes, ignoring her.

"Grr, you dumb animal. Fine, I'll answer only ONE question. No more after that." She told me.

I smiled and face her again. "Why do people in this place walk on 2 legs? Except the Crawlers of course." I ask again.

"Because some beings have a body structure that allow balance on 2 legs while others, like animals, can only maintain balance on 4 legs." Medusa answered.

I blinked a couple of times. "So you're saying that only humans and people like you walk on 2 legs while animals like Crawlers and Drones walk on 4 legs?" I said.

"Yes. Now no more questions." Medusa told me. "But I have one last question for you, Silkie: What else do you know about Drone Island?"

"Um, aside from it being really far away, mom said that it has a lot of tall, thick trees where Drones can build their homes.

"She also said that there's soo many different kinds of fruits and flowers there! Like, a lot don't exist here." I smiled as I started imagining the island.

Medusa seemed uninterested at what I said. "Hm, and how many Drones live there?" She questioned. I shrugged. "Eh, probably like a few thousand or something." I told her.

"Alright, that is all I need to know." Medusa then called out to an idle Juggerknight who looked like he was supposed to be guarding the miners.

"You there! Get Silkie back to her cell!" She commanded. It caught the Juggerknight's attention and he quickly analyzed the situation before nodding and bowing.

He walked over to me and took my leash in his hands. He then began to lead me back to my cell.

Medusa POV

I watched the lazy Juggerknight take Silkie away from my sight. The Drone was acting cheerful and playful towards him.

I wonder how I will be able to train her. I thought. And the rest of the Drones once I finish conquering them. I smirk as my plan was laid out in my head.

First, I get Silkie to trust me. This should be quite easy since she is quite stupid and gullible.

Then, when Silkie gets her wings, she'll track down the Drone Island and lead us there.

Once we get there, I take down whatever leader rules the Drones and conquer their island.

With the island under my control, I'll be able to enslave all the Drones and make them work for the Chaos Empire.

The only problem is that I do not want to deal with fools who act like Silkie. Hopefully, at least some of the other Drones are smarter and aren't useless.

Its a great plan. And when I have all the Drones under my command, I can finally bring Order to its knees.

I chuckled as the thought of seeing the pathetic King Zarek and his empire beg for mercy made me feel ecstatic.

But until then, I would need to deal with Silkie if I want my plan to succeed.