John Awakes
Derek still has more questions to make, regarding many loose ends in the story, but he knows better than to dig any further.
"One day, my mother told me that... My existence would be different from the other older heirs, or the offspring after me, do you know why?"
Derek wanted to ask that question that was in his heart, though he didn't know if he wanted to hear the answer.
The beast took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice.
"The fact that you can be in this place means that you are different... This place is a frontal mountain to the 'Sacred Peak', where the Masked Man resides....
The admission to this place alone is earned not by being part of the Golden Royals, but by talent and destiny, but how else do you think the boy who rescued us got to be a member of them?
Over the millennia, your family has been the only one to allow all three descendants of the same generation to access."
"..."