FIRST DEMONIC DRAGON

by Kideo11

Carter Williams was your typical twenty year old loser. After a fight in the street leaves him unconscious he wakes up in the body of a young dragon in an entirely new world. Armed with a system to assist him and two beautiful wives to support him, Carter vows never to live his life hiding in the dark again as he seeks the title of dragon king.

Chapter 1

"Shit…it's always depressing no matter how much I look at it." breathed Carter with a heavy sigh.

Carter Williams was walking home from work on a chilly winter day and eyeing his meager paycheck and calculating expenses for the next month.

'Well whatever I guess. I'll just have to make do like always. ' He thought before taking out his Bluetooth headphones from his pocket.

These were the one nice thing he owned and he'd saved up for months just to buy them.

Placing the earbuds in his ear he continued his walk home while listening to a new album that released this morning.

Along the way home Carter passed by many young couples and the bitterness he felt in his heart from staring at his sparse paycheck only increased with these constant reminders of his eternal virginity smiling in front of his face.

Carter was not particularly attractive. He was a short brown skinned young man, who was slightly overweight and had a round face riddled with acne. His only redeeming quality, were his bright almond colored eyes that shined like pools of gold under the sun, but even they were hidden behind a thick pair of glasses.

Bang!

Carter had accidentally bumped into a young couple while he was daydreaming about bed wars and knocked over a girl about his age and causing her to spill the drink she was carrying all over her boyfriend's pristine white Nikes.

"Shit! I'm so sorry are you okay? "

Carter asked with clear panic in his voice

"No I'm not okay you fat fuck! You knocked me over!" The girl screamed at him with clear disgust.

" I know I know I'm sor- "

POW

Carter didn't get to finish his sentence before he caught a fist to his jaw that sent him flying backwards.

The girl's boyfriend had recovered from the initial shock and was seething with rage. He'd just bought these shoes so he could look perfect for this date he'd been planning for forever and now some fat dork was gonna ruin it ? No way in hell was he going to let him off!

"Piece of shit how are you gonna compensate for this huh?!" The boyfriend took two steps to reach Carter in an instant and placed his foot on the chest of the young man who was still struggling to hold onto his consciousness from the surprise haymaker he'd received.

By now a crowd had formed around the three individuals, but nobody was coming to Carter's defense.

On the contrary, people were even recording and beginning to make jokes, while Carter lay on the ground with a foot in his chest.

" I'm sor- "

Crack!

Carter tried to apologize again but was again cut off but before he could finish his sincere apology he was assaulted by the feeling of his sternum being stomped in.

"AGHHHH"

"Oh, sorry man my bad all that padding you had on your chest I didn't think I'd actually break anything!" the malicious smile on his face couldn't be hidden no matter how hard he tried but it was clear he wasn't making much of an effort either way.

By now, Carter couldn't even hear him. He was in so much pain his entire world was spinning. Poor kid couldn't even remember where he was and breathing was getting harder by the second.

" Derek can we just go? The mood is beyond ruined and I'm getting cold. "

The girlfriend had gotten up off the ground and, was walking behind her boyfriend trying to get him to leave.

Though none of this was for Carter's sake.

She was cheating on the bastard and with all the cameras out she was extremely worried about getting caught up by her other boyfriend, who she was supposed to see the day after tomorrow.

"Huh? Oh sure Ash. " the dominating and oppressive man from before was no longer there and almost immediately retracted his foot from Carter's chest and joined his girlfriend's side.

Though, not before patting Carter down and taking what little money he had on him.

"Tsk he's a poor bastard this isn't even half enough to get a new pair of shoes babe. " He said to Ash as they were walking away from the scene.

"Well what'd you expect babe you saw his shitty clothes. You should've known he wouldn't have any real money." Ash giggled in twisted amusement as she grabbed Derek's arm and leaned her her head on his shoulder.

"You looked really hot out there though.. Let's go back to your place I'll give you a good reward for sticking up for me."

Derek caught himself wishing fat losers would bump into his girlfriend everyday if they brought these kinds of blessings.

Chapter 2

"Hey should we call an ambulance? "

"Nah. You heard what they said this guy's poor he doesn't have any money for medical fees just leave him, I'm sure he'll be fine."

" Hey did anybody get the punch that guy threw? Can somebody send it to me? "

"Sure, what's your number. "

"That guy's girlfriend looked like a slut."

" You want him to hear you say that?"

*Cough* " A-Anyways do you really have a foot fetish bro?"

The crowd surrounding the altercation was beginning to disperse, seeing as there was no more action and nobody was coming to help Carter as he lay on the ground struggling to breathe.

'This is such bullshit… what the hell did I even do to deserve this?'

Carter slowly slipped into unconsciousness after cursing his miserable fate with every fiber of his being.

When Carter opened his eyes all that greeted him was the pitch black nothingness of the void.

'This is a weird little dream.' Carter often had strange dreams that didn't make any sense so waking up in a pitch black space wasn't really that strange to him.

Carter tried to move his body to look around the void only to realize he was bright green and ethereal like some kind of ghost.

While this should've alarmed him greatly, he didn't think he was dead.

He could just… sense it. That was why he still believed completely this was a dream. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

He was not uncomfortable in the dark. Hell, he'd had his lights cut off more times than he could count so naturally he was used to it.

Faced with nothing to do but float and poke holes in his body Carter began to sing.

Music wise Carter was a bit of an oddball because he liked everything.

From hardcore rappers to heavy metal and even a little Kpop he had a little of everything on his playlist.

"I used to ruleeee the worldddd." ?

"So to helll with good intentionss , So to hell is where I'll go!" ?

"Starin' in the mirror like what happened to me?" ?

After exhausting all of the songs he had in his memory Carter simply chuckled, finding humor in his own private concert and floated in the void for what felt like hours before a voice finally reached him.

"Will you answer their call..?"

"Who the fuck said that?!"

Carter spun around so much looking for the new entity the poor soul made himself incredibly dizzy.

He was supposed to be alone here so suddenly hearing a deep menacing voice suddenly speak to him instinctively made him clench his ghostly butt cheeks in fear.

He just hoped he wasn't heard singing but, with his luck he probably was.

"Will you answer their call?.." the entity repeated.

'Nobody ever fucking calls me so I'm sure this is a dream.' Carter thought with a frown.

"Uhh…sure?" He said hesitantly. He was unsure of what'd happen next but he almost never had nightmares since he'd graduated high school, so his guard wasn't up too high.

"What three desires lay in your heart…" when the entity asked this question Carter was immediately taken aback.

"I want to be happy, popular and rich."

"ARGHHHH!"

As soon as he answered the question Carter felt an immense pain where his heart should've been.

"You lied…"

"What? That's what I really want! That's what every human wants right?!"

"ARGHHH!"

"You hate humans..."

"How can I be a human if I hate humans?!" Carter was beginning to get annoyed. What the hall was this voice even talking about?

"You appreciate their creations, Yet hate their ideals, their behavior, their controversies…."

"That's.. that's…" he couldn't find a way to refute what the voice was saying.

Carter didn't get along well with other people.

The things they cared about, he didn't.

Though he could find beauty in their creations he found people to be overwhelmingly flawed and hard to deal with.

Though he'd never admit it out loud.

Who could blame him?

If he wasn't being beaten by his parents, he was bullied by others.

Just look at what happened earlier!

His whole life had been like that.

Not once had he belonged anywhere.

That's why he spent all his time alone reading Webnovels, manga, and listening to music.

Only through escapism could he belong somewhere.

'Wait..Webnovel…' Carter's train of thought immediately halted as he had an insane thought cross his mind.

Remembering the plot of several Webnovels he'd read he found this situation eerily familiar and was wondering why he didn't notice before.

"This…this isn't a dream is it?" He asked with a voice full of suspicion.

"….No."

Chapter 3

"Holy shit.." Carter whispered.

It was happening!

Finally, after everything he'd been through his wish was finally granted!

He'd get to fulfill his dreams of being living in a fantasy world and going on adventures, having cool powers, and being surrounded by women!

"What three desires lay buried in your heart?…." The entity asked again.

Carter was going all in. Now that he knew more about this situation, answering was a little easier.

"I… don't want to be human. I want to be better than them! A million times better! I want to soar to heights they could never even hope to see!

"…granted." The entity said after a long silence.

If Carter could see the entity he'd see a wide smile plastered across its ancient face.

Though why exactly it was smiling only it knows.

"I have two more right?"

"Indeed…"

He quickly dismissed it and continued to contemplate his next wish.

"I want to master every weapon in existence!" Carter had a very good reason for his second wish.

His favorite characters were warriors who could be extremely versatile and level mountains with one swing of their sword.

What man doesn't wanna be a war god?

…

Okay, don't answer that , but Carter damn sure did!

"Granted." Carter wasn't sure if he'd imagined it, but the entity sounded harder to hear all of a sudden.

"Final desire?"

Suddenly Carter felt incredibly shy.

His next wish was very chunni of him but it was absolutely essential If he wanted to dominate others in this new world. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝗲𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

"….tem.."

"What?.."

"System…" Carter said shyly.

Suddenly Carter felt a sensation as if his mind was being opened and pried through, he instinctively knew the entity was reading his mind to understand.

This came as a shock to him.

Supreme cosmic entities were supposed to know about systems already!

It looked like he was gonna have to have his custom made.

He was just glad the entity spared him the embarrassment of having to explain.

Though he hoped it hadn't seen the ungodly amount of porn in his memory.

"It is done.."

Carter wasn't imaging it, the entity was definitely getting harder to hear.

Suddenly Carter's wispy body began to glow with a warm white light.

"So long earth! So long human life! So long lonely nights!"

Carter vanished in a flash of white light.

Leaving the entity alone chuckling at Carter's show before his departure.

"You'll return sooner than you realize… if you're lucky that is."

Chapter 4

POV : ?

"Gah!"

Waking up with a start I immediately began to try to catch my breath. I dreamt that I was falling endlessly down a deep, dark abyss with no end in sight.

Laying back down into my extremely comfortable pillows I then- Wait, what the fuck?!

Looking down at my bed, and my current surroundings I realized this room was not my own.

No way in hell was I sleeping on silk sheets at home!

"Where the hell am I.. Wait is that me?" I couldn't even recognize my own voice. It sounded so smooth and velvety I was sure even if I wasn't a famous singer in my last life I would be in this one!

Host has awakened.

Uploading memory files.

You may experience slight discomfort.

"Huh?- ARGHHH"

After the robotic voice finished speaking I was assailed with memories that were entirely brand new and yet eerily familiar.

The body I was currently that of seventeen year old Exedra Draven.

If my life from before was pathetic this guys is just downright pitiful.

Exedra's mother was apparently a dragon princess. He'd never met his father, and didn't bother to talk about him.

Exedra was expected to be highly gifted from the moment he was born due to his extremely unique and powerful mana.

Despite all expectations, he'd actually ended up as a cripple when he was only four years old.

While it's true that his magic power is truly dense and powerful that's also part of the problem. It's too much for his draconic body to handle and it slowly corroded him from the inside out.

He couldn't shift, couldn't use any magic, he couldn't even breathe flames!

To other dragons he was considered a disgrace and a failure. For one of royal lineage to be unable to access their dragon body was the height of inconceivability.

His incompetence earned him endless harsh treatment.

If it weren't for the horns on his head, and a dragons natural ability to sense their own kind no one would even believe he was one.

Exedra only had three woman who did not treat him poorly. His mother Yara loved him deeply. Even if she never said it he knew she always blamed herself for her son's circumstances.

Exedra also had two wives who were forced to marry him as punishment from their clans because they, like him were deemed defective. Their families also hoped to establish ties with the prestigious and wealthy dragons.

While they did not treat him poorly they were not intimate and their relationship was closer to that of acquaintances, and more often than not, he avoided them due to the guilt he felt for them having to marry someone useless like him.

"… Fucking hell.." I slowly wiped two crystalline tears from his face.

When the memories were uploaded I didn't just see them I lived them. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Every. Single. Second.

When it ended I wasn't sure if I was Carter or Exedra but really it didn't matter.

All that mattered now was that I finally have the chance and ability to change our circumstances.

Slowly rising from my luxurious silk sheets in this overbearingly large bed I walked towards a large mirror in the room.

When I looked into the mirror what I saw shocked me greatly even if I somewhat knew what I'd see.

A sickly looking boy with black hair that reached his shoulders styled in a messy and unkempt fashion. Sitting atop his hair were two proud black horns. Tanned skin the color of the finest bronze with a few patches of black scales on my shoulders and hands. Peeking from behind the curtains of my black hair were two yellow reptilian eyes.

Standing at only five foot eight I look more like a member of a forgotten lizard man race than a proud and noble dragon.

"Haaaa" I'm really all skin and bones now.

Despite that, I was over the moon!

I was a dragon now!

A noble one!

Albeit a weak one but still.

When I said I didn't wanna be human I expected him to turn me into a goblin or something.

Though when I felt the weakness running rampant in this body, I realized even a newborn goblin could tear me a new asshole if I wasn't careful.

I slowly began poking my ribs that were revealed fully on my belly.

It seems like I'll forever have body issues in my lives. Either I'll have man boobs or be so skinny you could argue I'd never eaten a full meal in seventeen years of life.

Urgent Reminder : Host has not installed "Body of Peerless Devastation".

"Oh is that one of my wishes?"

Affirmative.

Let's do that now then."

Host is advised to bite down on something as there will be extreme discomfort.

I practically sprinted to his bed to stuff my mouth with the silk bedsheets.

If the system is saying this is gonna hurt I'm sure as shit gonna believe her!

I'd have to get more familiar with all this later but for now I should do something about this sickly body.

I could literally feel my organs being slowly corroded and it was less than pleasant.

Commence body upgrade?

"Mmf! (Yes!) "

Beginning installation of "Body of Peerless Devastation."

As soon as it began I felt the most terrible, soul breaking pain I'd ever felt in either of my lives combined.

Chapter 5

POV : Yara

"Still no changes today then?"

"None at all Madam. We are scheduled to check on him again in another hour."

I slowly nodded after hearing the words of Duke, the head butler of the castle.

Duke was a very old dragon who'd been around since I was a girl and he was almost always at my side.

He wore a typical black butlers outfit with a golden handkerchief on his breast pocket.

He had a finely trimmed white beard, a stern yet handsome face, and a single horn in his crown of neatly styled white hair.

Two days ago my baby boy collapsed and his condition took a turn for the worst. The vicious mana inside of him began to eat his body at a more rapid rate.

We called every doctor we could and yesterday he finally stabilized, but he had yet to wake up and I was beside myself with worry.

"My lady please try to relax. I believe you have an appointment you must get to correct?"

"Yes… Yes you're right Duke I should get going." As I turned to head toward the garden for tea with my daughters in law I stopped. "Please inform me of any changes."

"Of course my lady you will be the first to know."

As I continued on my walk to the garden I couldn't help but offer my son another silent prayer while once again cursing the fact that his father was not here with us. 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Upon entering the garden and being surrounded by the vibrant, luscious greenery, I immediately felt my worries slightly lessen.

Seeing the rich colors of the flowers, and smelling mellow scent of my favorite tea brewing did wonders to calm my constantly running mind.

Walking on the pathway to the center of the garden, I soon caught sight of a large handcrafted wooden table with two beautiful young ladies sitting down chatting happily.

"Sorry I'm late girls." I said with a warm smile on my face.

"Oh Mother, Hello! "

"Hello Mother!"

Hearing the calm and mature voice followed by the cheerful endearing one of my daughters in law, I couldn't help but smile in my heart.

They truly were wonderful women yet life had been unfair to them as it often is to many of us.

Taking my seat across from them I finally felt a semblance of peace for the first time in two days.

"How are you lovely girls doing?" As I poured myself some tea I stared at the two women across from me who despite being equally gorgeous were polar opposites.

"Ah! I'm doing well mother I defeated fifty of the guards today!" The energetic hellhound Bekka was the first to speak as usual.

Hellhounds are a race that are a mix of WarWolves and demons and are incredibly rare.

Even in my very long life, she's only the second one I've seen.

Standing at an impressive six feet tall she was actually quite a small one for a hellhound. She had pitch black skin that was littered with extremely well defined muscles, yet it did nothing to take away from her feminine charm.

On the contrary it might've even added to it.

She had an incredibly curvaceous figure with large F cup breasts, and an extremely curvy bottom that has a black fluffy tail sticking out above it. She had long black hair that added to her wild charm. Her face was small and cute with a pair of vibrant orange eyes with black sclera that conveyed passion with every word she spoke and a pair of fluffy black ears on top of her head.

"Bekka dear, be sure not to break the guards again okay." I said with a small chuckle.

"No worries mother I've gotten much better at sparring with them. I don't want to see what comes out when they break either." As she covered her cute little mouth with her furry clawed hands I couldn't help but find her overwhelmingly cute.

The reason Bekka was exiled from her clan was, despite her love of battle and obvious talent for it, she hated blood so killing was almost inconceivable for her.

The mere sight of blood made her slightly nauseous and she had a tendency to faint as well when too much was spilled.

A weakness that was extremely unwelcome from a daughter of the chief.

Chuckling at Bekka's adorable nature I turned my head to face my other daughter who had been observing all of this with a small smile on her face.

"And you Lailah?"

"I've been in a bit of a rut lately, I think I've combed through just about every book in the library."

"Oh? Why did you not come to me or Duke if you required more books my dear you know we'd be happy to help. "

"Mother how could I bother you with something so trivial." As I watched her try to hide the small blush on her face I found myself wondering how my son was gifted not one great beauty but two.

Sitting opposite me was a mature looking woman who oozed feminine charm, and grace. Lailah was the oldest daughter of the witch queen who was disqualified from the throne due to her magical aptitude.

In this world witches were a race that occurred naturally and lived separately from humans. They are distinguishable by their animal like eyes.

Despite no longer being recognized as a member of the royal family she still maintained her grace and air of nobility.

She was only a little bit shorter than Bekka but her frame was much more soft and delicate. Her brown skin was laced with intricately carved runes resembling birthmarks. Her bright red serpentine eyes painted a beautiful picture of a woman who was sexy, mature, and dangerous.

Even if her real personality was about as far from dangerous as you can get.

She was a bit older than Bekka and yet she was even more shy.

Back home she endured horrible treatment much like that of my son due to her magic of controlling animals ,specifically snakes, not being seen as useful.

She was a quiet girl who often avoided interaction with others and constantly worried her presence was unwanted.

But despite her timid nature was a woman who was incredibly witty and gentle.

If these weren't my sons wives and I wasn't promised to another I'd take them for myself!

Chapter 6

As the minutes trickled by and I continued my talks with the girls the conversation suddenly turned to my son.

Bekka : "We heard about Exedra.."

Lailah : "How is he? How are you?"

Hearing the genuine concern in the voice of these young girls, I found myself truly touched yet again to have these two as part of my family.

Even if their road here was less than ideal, I was incredibly grateful they were here.

"He's fine, he's stable now so that's all that matters." I said trying to convince myself as much as them.

Bekka : "We should see him when he wakes up!"

Lailah: "I haven't seen him in a long time.. I think he avoids us."

We settled into silence before I uttered a single question that has always plagued my mind.

"Have you ever resented my son?"

I could tell my question took them by surprise. They both looked at eachother for a moment seemingly understanding what each was about to say.

Bekka: "Never!"

Lailah : "No."

As I smiled at both the girls it took all my willpower to hold back the tears that threatened to fall.

Lailah seemingly noticed this and moved her chair next to mine and took my hand in a bold gesture.

"We only resent circumstance, but since we have been here we have been very happy." She squeezed my hand lightly before she continued. "Your son seems like a wonderful man from your stories I only wish we were a bit closer."

Bekka nodded from her seat and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

My son was well liked by all of the staff and the guards. Sometimes they doted on him more than I did.

But in front of his wives my sons bright and charming personality disappeared as if it were never there.

I knew how my son felt about them how could I not?

Yet it always seemed as though I lacked the words to convince him to let go of his self hatred and try to love the girls the best he could.

Before I could speak to try to explain my son's behavior I caught sight of Duke running towards us.

"Duke? What's the matter?" I feared that asking this question would bring me great pain.

"My lady, please pardon my unsightly arrival, but there has been terrible screaming coming from the Young Master's room. The medical team has been alerted and are on their way immediately."

I quickly stood up and prepared to leave. Turning my back to tell the girls we'd have to continue tea another time, I was shocked to find them standing as well, staring at me with resolve in their eyes.

Bekka / Lailah : "We're coming with you!"

I stood their slightly gobsmacked for a moment.

Seeing my son's wives so caring and resolute I found myself unbelievably touched.

I made up my mind then and there that as long as my son lived through this, I would punch him over his head and demand he treat these girls better!

"Mmh, alright girls let's go." And like that the three of us ran through the castle like mad toward my sons room.

Approaching my sons room I could hear the screaming I had been told about and it sounded like my baby was in the most terrible pain imaginable!

Slowly it began to die down and as we reached the door I could no longer hear anything and I immediately feared the worst.

I kicked in the door, sending it flying off the hinges and I could finally see inside.

My son's room was still tidy as always and nothing seemed to be out of place, and then I noticed something that did not belong, and my brain immediately stopped working.

A man slowly rose off of the ground and stood on his feet. He was about six foot three inches tall. He wore nothing but sleep pants that appeared to be much too small for him. His body was extremely well defined as if it had been chiseled from marble by gods themselves.

He wasn't overly muscular or terribly skinny his body was just… perfect.

He had long dark red hair the color of wine that hung all the way down to his waist. His bronze skin was flawless and without a single imperfection. On his head were four proud horns as black as obsidian.

Staring back at me were a pair of red reptilian eyes that glimmered like the finest of rubies.

Looking into those eyes I had the strangest feeling as if I'd seen them countless times before, yet I'd surely never.

Staring into the face of the stranger in my sons room I was immediately struck by his beauty. He was without a doubt the most handsome man I had ever seen.

He looked so much like…

"A-Asmodeus?" I meekly called out.

The man appeared to be confused before a glint of recognition shone in his eyes and he spoke.

"No… it's me mother." The man's voice was smooth as silk, as if merely listening to it could lull an unguarded soul into blissful sleep the likes of which they would never awaken from.

"Exedra?!"

The last thing I saw was the man nod with a smile that could enchant any woman before I passed out from shock.

Chapter 7

POV : Exedra

Body successfully upgraded.

Body of Peerless Devastation has evolved into Demonic Dragon's Body of True Annihilation.

Strength + 1,500 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

Endurance + 950

Agility + 1,350

Mana + 2,000

Skill learned : Pain Resistance Lvl : 1

Skill Learned : True Dragon Transformation.

Skill Learned : True Demonic Transformation.

Skill Learned : True Demonic Dragon (LOCKED)

Skill Learned : Infernal Flames Lvl : 1

Skill Learned : All weapon proficiency Lvl : 1

Skill Learned : Demonic Dragon's Pressure

As the notifications rang in my mind I did my best to listen to them but I was still recovering from the terrible pain I'd just felt when my body was upgraded.

Suddenly my door was kicked in and I could sense three people had come to my room and even more coming down the hall.

I got up slowly and I could immediately feel all the changes in my body. The weakness that plagued me before vanished like a mirage, and I can feel my mana circulating properly throughout my body now.

This new sensation of having mana should feel foreign to me, but it feels so natural.

'Holy hell am I taller?' I thought noticing the clear difference in my surroundings.

"A-Asmodeus?"

Suddenly I heard a beautiful singsong voice and when I looked at the woman who'd spoken I felt a range of complicated emotions.

My mother on earth was a horrible bitch who never showed me love from the moment I was born.

But this woman in front of me..she was the kind of mother anyone would be overjoyed to have.

She had long flowing silver hair with two black horns sitting proudly atop her head. She wore elaborate white and blue robes befitting of her status as the most favored princess of a powerful empire. Her bright purple eyes looked at me with a great deal of confusion and hope.

Living Exedra's memories it was naturally impossible for me not to have an attachment to this woman in front of me.

Before I knew it I was responding back to her like I'd done it a thousand times before. "No… it's me mother."

"Exedra?!"

I nodded slightly with a small smile on my face. Seeing my mother so surprised I must've changed a lot more than just my height.

Thud!

Under my horrified gaze I watched as my mothers eyes rolled back into her head and she fell face first onto the ground.

"Mom!"

"Mother!"

"Oh gods somebody help!"

Almost as if on cue the medical team that consisted of a small squad of healing mages arrived on the scene lead by the head butler Duke.

Duke looked back and forth between me and my face down mother for what felt like forever before he hesitantly asked "Young master..Is that you?"

"It's me old man, now can you please help my mother. I think she's just fainted from shock."

"…completely understandable.." Duke muttered.

Duke must've been shocked. The veins in his head didn't bulge when I called him old this time.

"Alright everyone! Help her get to her room." The white haired old dragon began to organize the healing mages he'd brought in who were also staring at me funny.

Did I get uglier or something?

As the healers got to work helping my mother, I turned my gaze to the two ladies who entered with her, and my heart immediately began to speed up.

They looked just as beautiful as I remembered and my mind immediately froze and I could think of nothing to say to them.

Noticing I'd probably been staring too long I was the first to speak.

"Ah.. hello girls.. You both look as lovely as ever."

Lailah : "Thank you, and I must say you look.."

Bekka : "Brand fucking new!"

At her words I noticed everyone in the room nod their head furiously in agreement , prompting me to scratch my cheek in slight embarrassment.

I hadn't noticed it before but both of my wives were giving me strange looks and I had absolutely no idea what they meant.

'Hey system do you know why they are looking at me like that?'

Answer : The individual known as Lailah is gazing at the host with lust.

Hearing that I almost fell over from shock. 'Lust? Me?'

Correct, after analysis of the individuals facial muscles and eye patterns, the system has found this answer to be the most likely.

'Uhhh and Bekka?'

The individual known as Bekka is looking at the host as a combatant.

'Sizing you up' if you will.

Hearing that answer I simply grew even more confused. Bringing my clawed hand to rub my temples I began to walk towards the full sized mirror in my room.

Bekka and Lailah, seemingly understood what I was about to do and came and stood on either side of me as I looked in the mirror.

Staring back at me was a tall bronze skinned man with glowing red eyes, four black horns and long dark red hair. My scales which were always dark now seemed to be comparable to the night itself.

The scrawny boy I saw before was no more and in front of me stood a man whose body was so well defined and perfect it could make the most beautiful male models on earth develop body image issues.

Looking at this complete and utter stranger before me all I could think was..

"Who the fuck is this?"

Chapter 8

It's been a few hours since the chaos that unfolded earlier and now Bekka, Lailah and I are all sitting in my mothers room waiting for her to wake up.

As we sit there in utter silence I do my best to try to understand the system and all of its functions.

'Alright system show me everything you can do. '

Shop

Status

Missions

Skills

Evolution

These are all of the default functions host.

'Oh yea I got a shit load of skills earlier I should check those.'

Skill : Pain Resistance Lvl : 1

Description: Nullifies pain from all physical or magical attacks by 20%.

Skill : True Dragon Transformation.

Description : Call on your draconic heritage to shape-shift into your current dragon form.

Skill : True Demonic Transformation.

Description : Call on your demonic Heritage to shape-shift into a powerful demonic state.

Skill : True Demonic Dragon . (LOCKED)

Description : Combine your primordial demon bloodline with your royal dragon bloodline to enhance your transformation into a creature never before seen in this world.

Skill : Infernal Flames Lvl : 1

Description : Your dense and chaotic mana is infused into your natural flames creating a powerful spell capable of turning anything without sufficient mana defense to ash.

Skill : All Weapon Mastery Lvl : 1

Description: Your one of a kind body provides an innate basic understanding of all weapons in existence.

Demonic Dragon's Pressure : Release your natural aura, causing beings weaker than you to feel an insurmountable pressure.

As I looked over my skills I couldn't help a bitter smile from breaking out on my face.

'Demonic dragon, huh?'

I immediately frowned when I read this as I don't think I'd ever heard of a demonic dragon in original Exedra's memories so I was certain my mother wasn't one.

Realizing I'd accidentally solved the mystery of my heritage I felt a mix of complicated emotions.

I decided I'd ask my mother when she awoke and focused on my other gains for right now.

As I read everything a second time, I couldn't help but be excited.

Finally! It was only a first step but it felt like an enormous leap from where I used to be and indeed it was.

'Hey system why is one of my skills locked?'

Answer : Your unique state as a demonic dragon is a highly volatile transformation.

It combines and amplifies the special strengths of your first two transformations as well as alters your personality.

In this state your demonic appetite for destruction and your draconic need for dominance would feed off each other, prompting the host to enter into a berserk state without sufficient control.

Alright.. I guess that one makes sense.

Despite my recent power up I've tried to take great care not to grow too arrogant.

While I may have an advantage over lesser beings, I'm well aware that true monsters like my uncles and grandfather could kill me with a sneeze.

So I'd rather not have them put me down like a rabid dog if I can avoid it.

"Pokeee"

I was jolted from my thoughts by a long finger being poked into my stomach.

I looked to my right and seated next to me was my very adorable wife Bekka poking my stomach and eyeing me with a curious gaze.

"Umm.. what are you doing?"

"How did you do it? Your muscles are so defined it's like you've been working on them all your life!"

I still didn't have proper clothes as nothing in my closet fit me anymore so I was walking around draped in a blanket with a pair of black pants.

Lailah said nothing but I could feel her curious gaze burning into the back of my head, indicating she wanted to know as well.

This was a question I had been anticipating and I had come to one foolproof answer.

"Would you believe me if I told you I was granted three magical wishes?" I said with a cheeky smile.

I heard a cute chuckle from Lailah and as far as Bekka…

"Hmph, fine don't tell me then." She puffed her cheeks out and folded her arms to show she was unhappy with my honest answer.

I told myself I was going to foster better relationships with my wives so naturally I couldn't let her pout.

Wracking my brain to try to think of something to lift the mood of my cute but wild wife I came to only one real plan of attack.

"Hey Bekka.. would you mind sparring with me after this?"

Lailah : "Huh?"

Yara : "What the fuck?"

Bekka : "REALLY?!"

Bekka had gotten so close to me I hadn't even registered the fact that my mother was awake and obviously listening to this conversation.

She was so close even without my enhanced senses I could smell her natural pheromones and the inviting scent of cinnamon that lingered off her body.

"Yes really. " I slowly tried to inch away from her as dragons and demons have an extremely high libido, only falling behind goblins and orcs.

So naturally, faced with my wife who was close enough to kiss me, I was five seconds away from pitching a tent fit for a week long camping trip.

Slowly Bekka stood up from her seat and stood motionless before..

"LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Before I could even respond to her monstrously energetic outburst she bolted and was at the door before any words left my mouth. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

"I'm gonna go spar with thirty of the guards to warm up! See you later don't take too long!" With that she closed the door and I could hear the pitter patter of her feet running down the hallway.

Chapter 9

When I could no longer hear the sound of Bekka's clawed feet frantically scraping the marble floors, I turned my gaze to my mother who had been looking at me like she'd seen a ghost since she woke up.

"Lailah… would you mind giving me and my mother a moment alone?"

"Oh? Sure-"

"No. My daughter stays." The firmness within my mothers voice let me know negotiating was a pipe dream so I slowly nodded my head.

"I-I really don't mind-" Lailah tried to protest but it was my turn to cut her off.

"No..mom's right you should stay. You are family after all and I should start treating you like it."

She blushed furiously which was really quite cute.

Shaking my head to focus I asked my mother the question that'd been burning in me since I solved the mystery of my birth.

"My father was a demon?"

Immediately I felt the tension in the room increased tenfold.

My mother wore a complicated expression on her face, as if she was unsure as to how much she should tell me.

After a full minute she calmly said "Yes.."

She didn't ask me how I knew which surprised me greatly, but I could see she was much too blindsided by the question to even begin to wonder.

Seeing as how this was difficult for her I got up from my seat and climbed into her bed and sat beside her like I did when I was a little boy.

Gently I took her hand and looked her in the eyes before smiling softly "Tell me about him."

My mother also seemed to relax and she wore the same small smile on her face before she began to tell the story of how she fell in love with a demon lord.

This world is known as Dola. There are eight continents each divided up among the leading eight races. Dragons, Demons, Vampires, Elves, Dwarves, Phoenixes, Witches, and most surprisingly, humans.

In this world beings can undergo a mystical process called evolution upon fulfilling a secret set of conditions set from birth.

Essentially you had to live in blind faith that you were filling out the conditions necessary for your evolution and you would never learn them until you had finally completed them and the voice of the world spoke to you.

The voice of the world was an entity dubbed Asherah and there was almost no information about her.

Upon completing one evolution you would immediately have a new set of evolution conditions carved into your soul.

To say evolving is a difficult task is a gross understatement. The highest number of recorded evolutions for a single individual is only six which is an incredible feat in itself.

All of the leaders of each race have evolved six times each and have been dubbed 'demigods' by the people and by Asherah herself.

My grandfather is the current Dragon King and has been reigning for over nine hundred years. To the masses he is simply known as Helios, The Calamity and is The Dragon Demigod of Endless War.

My mother was the youngest of three siblings and the only princess of the Dragon Empire, Antares.

Needless to say my grandfather doted on her endlessly and her siblings noticed this and began to bully her relentlessly.

Despite being over two hundred years old she had only ever evolved once and was considered the laughingstock of all her siblings, who were already on their second or third evolution.

Thirty years ago my mother had enough. She had a terrible fight with my grandfather and blamed his constant coddling for her never being able to evolve again.

That night she left a letter on her dresser to her father apologizing for the harsh words that were said before she fled from the castle under the light of a full moon.

Convinced her conditions had something to do with combat, my mother flew all the way to the border between the demon continent and human continent where she began looking for opponents to sharpen her blade against.

Unlike most other races who remained fairly inactive demons and humans engaged in near constant war and battle fields were as common as leaves on the ground.

It was on one of these battlefields where she found my father.

Chapter 10

Apparently, my mother watched the demons win a rather lopsided victory against the humans.

It was there that she saw him.

Skin as dark as the void, long silver hair that came all the way to his knees and bright red eyes the same color as my own.

She said one of the first things she noticed about him was his extremely handsome appearance and utter lack of damage done to his clothing despite fighting on the front lines.

Mother thought she'd found a good place to hide but against my father it was as if she was out in the open.

He appeared before her and assumed she was a demi human slave that had been captured by the humans and my mother, who was unable to tell anyone she was actually a princess, went along with the lie.

Struck by my mother's beauty the two quickly became friends and my mother slowly forgot what her goal even was in the first place.

A year after they met they officially entered into a courtship.

Mother said it would've taken longer had she not been the one to confess first.

Apparently, the old man was rather dense. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

Nine blissful years later her hair and scales which were a bright crimson before changed to a luminous silver to match the one she loved more than anything.

She had finally undergone her second evolution.

She had evolved into a long extinct species of our race known as a Silver Moon Dragon. Known for their beauty and immense magic prowess these dragons were highly revered and no one knows how they died out.

Her final condition? To share the blood of an arch demon.

Apparently they were overjoyed when I had been conceived and my mother finally decided to tell the secret of her background and the circumstances behind the day they met.

She expected him to be upset or feel betrayed but much to her surprise, he already knew.

Her father had been scouring the entire world for her ever since she disappeared and every continent had heard of the missing dragon princess.

Normally, that wouldn't have been enough to suspect her, but my father noticed my mother was too well refined to have been a slave after the many times they had eaten together.

With that final burden lifted from her mind my mother and father were prepared to return home to declare their marriage and deliver some much needed apologies.

However that night as they prepared to leave they were attacked.

There was no army, no sneak attack, no grand entrance. Four humans in bone white armor showed up at the front door and immediately began to massacre all of the demons under my fathers command.

Every one of them was stage five and massacred the defending demons left and right.

My father begged my mother to flee as she was already carrying me but she was adamantly refusing.

My father was a powerful stage five demon lord as well but my mother knew numbers could overwhelm.

Faced with my mothers stubborn nature my father conjured a portal two thousand miles away from their current location and pushed her through it.

The last words she'd heard were "I love you, and I will find you both."

Mother attempted to return to the castle to look for my father but all she found were the bodies of the demons who'd been cut down in the initial attack, and the castle where they lived reduced to rubble.

Eventually, my mother returned to Antares with me in her arms. My grandfather whilst initially overjoyed could not help but notice that even though his little girl had evolved again the spark in her eyes appeared to have long vanished.

Since her return my mother has never spoken to anyone about my father and has regarded humans with extreme prejudice.

While most dragons see humans as nothing more than flies and would ignore their existence my mother would slaughter every one she saw.

While that should bother me.. it doesn't.

I'm not that fond of them either so I see nothing wrong.

Chapter 11

POV : Exedra

As I walked along the grand halls of the castle to the training grounds my mind was deep in thought over the story I'd just been told.

The original Exedra had always assumed his father was some horrible bastard because his mother refused to even mention his name.

Only now am I realizing she never really stopped grieving.

Deciding not to think about it anymore, I inspected the new clothes Duke had prepared for me last minute and once again grimaced.

A tight long sleeve black shirt and black pants.

While I don't mind black, and actually prefer it, I have a sneaking suspicion he prepared these specific clothes for me because he was sure Bekka would knock me into the dirt.

"Aaarghh!"

"Medic!"

"Monster.."

"Ha! Thirty four guards and not a scratch on her! I win! Pay me bitch!"

"Goddamnit.."

Noticing I'd reached my destination based off the groans of pain, I quickly shook myself out of my thoughts and looked up to find Bekka surrounded by the bodies of semi conscious dragon-newt guards.

Despite the 'dragon' in their name these knights were closer to lizard men their only distinguishing characteristics being their large wings on their backs and ability to breathe fire.

Even if they were incomparable to true dragons , they were still nothing to scoff at and seeing my wife surrounded by their exhausted, battered bodies showing no sign of exhaustion other than a light sheen of sweat, I began to have second thoughts about this sparring session.

'No , no , no this is a perfect chance to bond with Bekka AND get some training that I'm severely lacking in.'

I decided to check my current stats since I hadn't checked them the whole time I'd been in this world.

Exedra Draven

Race : Demonic Dragon (Hybrid)

Status : Nervous

Level : 1

Age : 17

Times Evolved : 0

Health : 15,000

Strength : 1, 750

Endurance : 1,800

Agility : 1,800

Mana : 2,050

Exp 0 / 100

Seeing my stats that had received a huge boost since this morning I felt myself swell with confidence.

'That's right that weak and helpless Exedra from before is long gone. I have to be confident!'

After giving myself a small pep talk I asked the system to check Bekka's stats.

Bekka Osa Draven

Status : Excited

Race : HellHound (WarWolf Variant)

Age : 19

Times Evolved : 0

Health : 15,000

Strength : 1,650

Endurance : 1,700

Agility : 1,500

Mana : 1,900

Okay…this seems doable.

While she has me completely beat in experience my higher stats should help close the gap.

I should be nervous since this is my first fight in this body, but I'm starting to feel strangely excited!

I am completely in tune with my body I can feel all of my current limits and abilities.

I can feel the mana in my body flowing smoothly, calming my nerves even more and giving me even more confidence.

"Heyyyy! Exedra you ready to spar?" Bekka said with a wide grin.

She'd finally noticed me and practically leaped over the guards to stand directly in front of me with her tail wagging and her ears twitching.

"Yea..Definitely." I smiled.

Chapter 12

General POV

"Hey is that really young master Exedra?"

"That's what Lady Bekka said."

"I'd heard he changed this morning, but this is too drastic don't you think?"

"Are they really going to spar?"

"He's gonna get his brand new body broken already."

Exedra naturally wasn't aware he was being talked about, as nothing could shake his focus from the wall decorated with various weapons in front of him.

While he was focused on choosing a weapon Bekka was helping the guards she'd beaten up to their feet to join the rest who were spectating and gambling.

Slowly the training grounds began to fill up and look like a small arena. One of the guards had gone and informed other guards inside who informed maids, cooks , and even the gardeners!

Everyone wanted to see if their frail young master was really going to spar with the castle's furry little battle maniac.

"Is that really him?"

"Am I gay?"

"Holy shit."

"He's so handsome now.."

Almost seventy five percent of all personnel inside the castle had moved to the training grounds to watch their former weak and sickly Young Master compete against his powerhouse of a wife.

Amongst all of the staff three individuals did not belong.

Yara was accompanied by the head butler Duke and her other daughter in law Lailah.

As Exedra finally moved after minutes of internal debate the entire training ground which was abuzz before suddenly turned dead silent.

What weapon would the young master choose? His body was too weak for any sort of training before so the only weapon he'd ever held were the knives at the dining table!

Under the stupefied gaze of all present Exedra touched four different weapons and sent them into his storage ring before he picked up a large great sword that was as tall and as wide as he was!

Once again shocking all the participants he began swinging the great sword around leisurely like it was made of feathers!

He had trouble walking up a flight of stairs a week ago!

Turning back to face his wife he was slightly surprised to see she'd been watching him the entire time yet she didn't even rush him to choose a weapon.

"You ready?" Bekka asked as she picked up a giant bronze war hammer and slung it over her shoulder.

Like Exedra she could use multiple weapons including her claws and fangs but she preferred blunt weapons as they left less chance of bloodshed.

"Ah hold on." Exedra jammed his great sword in the ground and began to tie his hair up in a ponytail, unintentionally letting every woman in the audience get a good view of his perfect face.

Several maids made vows to wear their best makeup and perfume when cleaning his room from now on.

'Asmodeus he really looks so much like you..' Yara couldn't help but flash a bitter sweet smile as she looked at this scene.

As soon as he was ready he lifted the great sword from the ground and gave it a few swings in the air and everyone immediately noticed something was wrong.

While his movements were not divine or perfect they in no way shape or form belonged to someone who was holding a sword for the first time.

Those movements belonged to someone who'd been training for a year at the very least.

'Baby boy just what happened to you?' But Yara has no time to wonder over this, as Exedra was finally ready and both fighters got into position.

"Hey Exedra?"

"Yea?"

"Let's make a bet!"

"Bet?"

"If I win you have to be my sparring partner everyday for the next two- No three years! "

All of the guards in the audience immediately sucked in their breath.

Bekka had basically just asked him to end up a cripple again!

This was way too big a gamble! 𝒷𝓮𝒹𝓃ℴ𝓿𝓮𝓁.𝓬𝓸𝓂

"Okay..and if I win?"

"I'll become your true wife body and soul!"

As the guards looked at Bekka's scantily clad figure suddenly they didn't feel like it was such a big gamble to take.

"Okay..So if I win I can ask you to go on a date with me?" Exedra was desperately trying to play it cool but it was hard.

He had no experience with women before so all he could do was use the things he'd read in romance Web-novels and hope it worked.

"If you win I'll spend every night with you if that's what you desire."

"Deal!" Exedra didn't mean to sound like a horny beast but unfortunately his eagerness to accept slightly gave him away.

The crowd had various reactions to this sweet display.

The people who were already married or in relationships let out a low chuckle and immediately thought of their loved ones.

The single people immediately made an expression as if they'd been forced to eat dog food.

Some people are married to their work okay?!

"Alright.. Let's begin." As soon as the words left Bekka's mouth her entire aura changed.

A dark fiery pressure began to spill out of her body and engulfed Exedra.

Chapter 13

The soldiers watching this spectacle immediately grimaced. Many of them had been hit by Bekka's fearsome aura before and just seeing it sent chills down their scaly spines.

Boom!

Under the stupefied gaze of everyone present, Exedra used his own aura to counter Bekka's.

An ominous, dark purple aura was flooding from Exedra's body and clashing with his wife's dark red aura.

This went on for several seconds before the dragon began to gain the upper hand.

His aura was slowly pushing back his wife's and the crowd couldn't be more shocked.

Then, as if by prior agreement the auras of the two immediately retracted and they simply stared at each other.

Wide, manic smiles broke out on both of their faces before they vanished from their positions.

Bang!

In the center of the dusty arena, hammer met great sword in a great clash that sent sparks flying.

It was evident to all that Exedra was physically stronger than his wife as she was being pushed back!

Nobody could believe this was the same young man who got winded walking up a flight of stairs a week ago.

Seeing she'd lose in a contest of bare strength, The hellhound began to infuse mana into her arms and hammer to try to close the gap.

Her muscles began to swell, and her hammer began to heat up at an incredible rate, causing Exedra's greatsword to melt slowly.

"Tch." Seeing that his weapon was about to be ruined he clicked his teeth in frustration before jumping backwards into the air.

Four, pitch black wings shot out from his back and helped him to stabilize his body in the air.

"Since when can you do that?!" Bekka cried in surprise.

She wasn't the only one. It was well known that Exedra was unable to shift and was not expected to ever be able to.

Everyone in the audience was once again shocked silly by a new development.

Exedra didn't even answer her and instead threw his greatsword at her like a boomerang.

BOOM!

Bekka seeing this immediately swung her giant hammer and smashed the damaged greatsword to pieces.

Before the shards of metal even touched the ground, Exedra was shooting forward like a bullet towards his wife with a new weapon in his hands.

Wielding a spear with a serrated black blade as it's tip, Exedra thrust his new weapon forward aiming for his wife's leg.

Oddly enough Bekka's sickness from blood didn't include her own so her body was already covered in old wounds.

"Steps of the Black Wolf!"

Before Exedra could land a decisive blow against his wife she activated her signature movement technique.

Black aura began to cover clawed feet and her movement speed doubled.

She easily avoided the black spear that was aimed for her femoral artery, by doing a flip into the air.

When the hellhound landed she'd managed to put quite the distance between her opponent and herself and Exedra buried his spear a few inches deep into the ground.

'Maybe weapons aren't the way to go, she has too much experience for that.' Exedra thought.

'No…that's it.' He grinned when he finally came up with a plan.

He once again changed weapons as he sent his spear into his storage ring and pulled out two katanas with bright red blades.

"Oh, changing weapons again? That won't help if you can't hit me you know?" Bekka mocked.

"My dear wife.." Exedra began.

Sudden his eyes glowed a more intense red and his blades slowly became coated in bright purple flames.

"Block this with your full strength, okay?" He said with a smile full of sharp teeth.

He slashed the air with both blades, sending two colossal crescent blades of fire directly for his opponent.

Bekka seeing this immediately felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, she once again activated steps of the black wolf to somersault high into the air.

BOOOOM!

When the blades of fire struck the ground where Bekka was standing, there was a huge explosion that obliterated the ground and sent dust flying everywhere.

The crowd watching was spared from the aftershock of the explosion, when Duke erected a barrier at the last second to protect everyone.

"Is this really the young master?.."

"He's so strong now."

"Ha! Who said our young master was a lizard? I'd like to see them now!"

While the crowd was genuinely in awe there was one amongst the crowd who was watching all of this with a frown on her beautiful face.

'Baby boy, just what has happened to you…' Yara worried.

Chapter 14

Even though she saw it all vividly she still couldn't believe it. Her son could shift now? Use his flames? Multiple different weapons? Just what the hell happened?

Duke and Lailah, who were beside her wore similar expressions. This was his first ever fight and he was doing splendidly, and against a seasoned warrior at that!

Such a thing was simply unthinkable!

While Bekka was still high in the air, Exedra opened his mouth wide and released a jet of purple and black flames aimed directly at her!

Understanding that she had to block this with her full strength or risk serious bodily harm, Bekka swung her hammer in a downwards arc, while she coated her entire body in mana.

"ORAAAAAA!"

BOOOMMM!

After an ear splitting explosion, the arena was dead silent.

No one moved, and no one could see the outcome of the collision as there was a thick cloud of smoke in the air.

Suddenly, the hellhound woman fell from the sky, eyes closed and body covered in sweat.

Her hammer was completely destroyed and there were pieces of it raining down onto the battlefield.

Exedra knowing he'd won, rushed to catch his wife who was falling from the sky.

"Gotcha." He said as he gingerly caught the unconscious woman in his arms.

Holding her in a princess carry, he could see her injuries weren't anything severe, but defending against his infernal flames had used up every drop of mana in her body.

If she had used even a little bit less, she would've been covered in second degree burns.

He breathed a sigh of relief when she saw she was basically just napping after an intense workout.

"Hey! Can I get a medi-" before Exedra could finish his request for a medic from the crowd, his head was grabbed by the young woman in his arms and her lips were on his.

Exedra, and most of the spectators were incredibly shocked to see that not only did the young woman recover quickly, she even kissed her opponent.

Yara, Lailah, and Duke seemed to be the only ones not surprised by this development, and even somewhat expecting it.

WarWolves are a very simple race, they decide their roles with their mates through contest of battle.

Once defeated the victor would become the dominant one in the relationship and the loser would submit themselves completely, be they man or woman.

Due to the special circumstances behind, Bekka's marriage to Exedra she believed she'd never get to fulfill her customs but today she got her deeply buried wish.

She'd lost but contrary to feeling disappointed, she was ecstatic!

She finally had a true husband and to show how excited she was she kissed her husband passionately in front of everyone, as if to proclaim that she was truly his!

"AWWWWW!"

"That was awesome!"

"They're adorable!"

"Fuck I want a girlfriend.."

"He actually won.. The Young Master actually won!"

The loud cheers of the crowd snapped Exedra out of the small mental shock the surprise attack had put him in. If she'd used that attack during the battle he'd have been finished!

When they separated, Exedra was the first to speak.

"W-why did you do that?" He wasn't expecting his first kiss to be stolen like that but far from being upset he was simply confused.

"We had a bet remember?" She said with a seductive smile.

"Ah…Yea I guess we did. "

"I belong to you now, so you have to treat me well okay?"

Hearing this, Exedra's face broke out into a warm smile before he planted a small kiss on his wife's forehead. "Of course."

"Do you…want to go again?" She meekly asked.

He didn't answer her, instead he went on the offensive this time and stole his wife's plump lips.

Far from being surprised, Bekka became slightly more aggressive and slipped her tongue into her husband's mouth.

The crowd watching this let out whistles and loud rounds of applause once again.

This was like a stage play!

Seeing a sexy young couple battle intensely and then make out afterwards was exactly what romance novels always spoke of!

The people who were spoken for in the crowd all made simultaneous vows not to let their partner sleep tonight.

Interestingly enough, nine months later there were a lot of new babies soon to be born in the castle.

Breaking their kiss Exedra slowly whispered " Yea.. let's go again."

Chapter 15

"Huff, huff, huff You got some great stamina huh?"

"Ha! Seems like it."

Exedra and Bekka had been sparring for the past five hours nonstop, and finally collapsed on the training ground side by side like a pair of best friends.

They lay underneath the glistening light of a full moon with the light coming down to reflect off their sweaty bodies.

By now, most of the spectators had long since left, as the castle couldn't be left unattended for so long but Duke, Lailah, and Yara remained along with a few guards who were rotating shifts.

"What's our score again?"

"Twelve to eight in your favor."

"Hmph I would've won more if you didn't start pulling those dirty tricks at the end." Exedra tried his hardest to keep his calm remembering the scenes from earlier.

Frustrated with her mounting losses Bekka resulted to her ultimate weapon against her husband.

She flashed him.

Yep…

In front of everyone.

Though she did it at an angle where only he could see her holy mountains it still left both Exedra and the crowd extremely stunned.

WarWolves apparently have very little shame and are confident in their bodies due to the fact they spend their whole lives working on them.

Exedra was naturally extremely flustered, as this was his first time seeing real boobs in either of his lives and this small delay was all it took for Bekka to deliver a brutal kick to his midsection.

She won like that three more times!

'This little minx if she'd done that in the first round I would've lost for sure.' Exedra made a mental note to pay his teasing wife back for this later.

"Did my lovely husband not enjoy the show?" She wore a shit eating grin that said she already knew the answer.

"No, I definitely did. It was almost worth the blow I'd take after."

"Hehehe" Bekka giggled cutely before she rolled over to place a small peck on her husbands cheek.

"You two certainly seem to be getting along better." Yara's melodious voice interrupted the lovey dovey atmosphere of the happy couple.

"Now if you're done the two of you should wash up and prepare for dinner or have you forgotten my son?"

"Of course not."

After his mother had finished telling him the story of his father, before he left to spar with Bekka he told his mother he would be joining them for dinner.

This was a huge development as Exedra usually avoided his wives and ate dinner alone in his room or even with the servants.

Exedra slowly rose to his feet and extended his hand to his wife to help her up as well, when she gave his hand a strange look.

"You…you're not going to start treating me like some frail thing are you?" Bekka asked hesitantly.

Exedra looked at her like she was a fucking idiot.

Frail? Her? He'd never even considered it.

"Frail? You cracked four of my ribs! I know better than anyone how tough you are."

Bekka flashed her signature wide smile before accepting her husband's hand happily. 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗ｏ𝚟𝚎𝚕.ｏｒｇ

Lailah seeing the two of them so happy wore a complicated expression.

Who knew they both had these sides to them?

They truly looked so comfortable with each other you'd think they'd been living a normal married life all this time.

'Would he…see me like that too?' She thought but quickly suppressed the idea.

She didn't have any great qualities like Bekka.

She wasn't strong, charismatic, beautiful, or outgoing.

She was just a thrown away princess.

That was all she would ever be.

It was already an enormous blessing she was married to him on paper, and could provide her people certain benefits and wasn't treated harshly everyday.

To ask for any more would be the height of greed.

As she turned to follow Duke, who was going to oversee dinner preparations she suddenly felt a hand grab her wrist.

"Sorry would you mind accompanying me for a bit?" Exedra said with a warm smile that made her heart throb.

Yara seeing this also wore a small smile before she turned to leave.

'He's really grown up so well… Asmodeus you would be so proud.' As for all the secrets she was sure her son was keeping she wasn't too concerned.

…The hell she wasn't!

She'd just corner him at dinner where he couldn't run.

In true motherly fashion she was planning on interrogating him over his favorite meal.

Power like his never came cheap and she needed to know exactly what had happened to her son.

Seeing that Yara was walking away and she was about to be left alone with Exedra and Bekka, Lailah began to panic slightly.

"E-Eh? W-What do you want with me?"

"I wanted to ask you to go on a date with me as well."

Hearing the reason for Exedra's sudden pursuit of her. Lailah's brain immediately stopped working.

Seeing that his sudden declaration had short circuited his lovely wife's brain, he gently took her hand and then Bekka's before he began to explain.

"I'm well aware that neither of you wanted to marry me. You were thrown away, and cast out by your own people in exchange for resources for your clans. "

Hearing his words Bekka lowered her head and Lailah opened her mouth to protest but Exedra wasn't done.

"Though our meeting was less than ideal, you girls never treated me harshly, nor did you scheme against me. And I believe that is part of the reason I'd avoided you two for so long. "

"I didn't know how to respond properly to people who didn't outright detest me.

And I was ashamed..that two wonderful women were shackled to someone as useless as I was. "

Before either of the women could offer the young dragon words of protest, they were startled to see a small smile on his handsome face.

"But today I decided… I will be the kind of man the two of you can depend on. And I will make sure the two of you are never unhappy again."

At his next words Exedra's eyes began to glow a very noticeable red, as if to convey the passion in his gaze. "For my wives who were treated unfairly by the world for so long, your enemies shall be my enemies. And all that you desire shall be brought to your feet."

The women hearing this had very different reactions.

Lailah wore a small blush as tears began to well in her eyes.

Was someone truly saying these words? To her? She feared this was a dream she'd soon wake up from.

Bekka on the other hand…

'Fuck that was hot. I want him now… wait he said all of my desires right?'

Shyly she asked "Um.. So if I asked you to spar with me everyday you wouldn't get annoyed right?.."

"Hmm? Of course not. I'll be your sparring partner whenever you like. " Exedra was absolutely baffled seeing the timid way his wife was behaving.

'You weren't shy about flashing me in front of a large crowd but something like this concerned you?'

"Yay! Thank you husband!" Bekka dove into Exedra's arms and delivered him a big peck on the lips.

Hearing the word husband come from Bekka's lips Exedra felt his member twitch in excitement.

There was something about the way she said it that made him want to fuck her relentlessly.

Before he gave into his instincts and dove on top of his wife in the middle of the dusty training ground, Exedra turned around and began to head towards the bath.

"I-I'm gonna go get ready for dinner I'll meet you girls there."

"S-see you.."

"Bye Husband!"

Exedra gave a small chuckle and waved without looking back.

Far above, floating in the clouds a man could be seen watching everything with a neutral gaze.

The man had been there from the beginning and had not moved from his spot for five hours.

After another minute as he watched the three leave the training grounds only then did he show a small smile.

"The pace at which he and his wife improved..such a scary duo."

It was worth noting that Exedra and Bekka's first spar was incomparable to their last.

With such a good sparring partner their natural talent shone brightly and their growth exploded rapidly.

"It's about time isn't it?… I'm certainly excited."

The man's eyes glowed an intense gold before he was enveloped in a column of fire and disappeared.

Chapter 16

POV : Lailah

As I walked towards the women's bathroom with Bekka neither of us had uttered a single word since we left the training grounds.

I could tell we were both still processing Exedra's words. We were so deep into our thoughts we'd almost bumped into several walls to get to our destination.

When we reached the bath, Bekka and I got undressed before we entered the water together.

As I gazed at her well defined muscles and large breasts, she was the first to break the silence.

"You know I've never been looked at like that."

"Hmm?"

"He looked at us like we were treasures.. He's so weird."

I gave a small chuckle before responding "Yes he is."

We sat in silence once more letting the steam and the hot water envelop our bodies.

"I'm scared…" I meekly said.

"Eh? Why? It's not even dark in here?" Bekka looked around frantically trying to see what could possibly frighten me.

Seeing her like this I must admit she is quite cute.

"I am already happy and I feel like wanting more is selfish of me… I am not even sure if I would make a good wife." I felt two small tears drop down my face and fall into the water yet I was powerless to stop them.

I suddenly felt two arms around me and looked up to see the she-wolf hugging me with a gentle look on her face.

"Do you worry we will be thrown away again?" Her tone was so calm and motherly if I wasn't looking at her I wouldn't think it was truly her speaking.

Slowly I nodded as the tears began to fall once more.

Slowly my friend wiped my tears with her clawed fingers before she softly said "Our husband is not that kind of man."

"But how can you know?" I did not want to be so pessimistic, but a life time of abuse left me unable to believe I could be wanted by anyone.

Even if I was who was to say It would last forever?

To know a love as passionate as his and then have it taken away… I believe it would be best to have not known it at all.

Bekka was silent for a while and when she finally spoke I expected to hear some comforting words to ease my troubled mind.

"Hmm..because I just know? I feel it in my bones!" She said proudly.

I simply stared at her gobsmacked.

She seemingly noticed my blank look before she chuckled and said "Come here and let me wash your hair."

As I slowly sat between her legs she hummed a soft melody while she washed my hair and it did help to calm my nerves if only slightly.

After she finished washing the soap out of my hair she gave me a warm hug from behind. "Just trust me, but most importantly trust in our husband."

We stayed like that for a while before It was time to get out.

As we got dressed and prepared to head for dinner I made a resolution in my mind.

'Whatever it takes I will make myself as useful as possible so that he will never throw me away.'

I will not lose this happiness I've gained.

Chapter 17

POV : Exedra

"Exedra Avernus Draven! Start explaining immediately young man! What the hell happened to you today!"

Sigh, somehow I should've known this would happen. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝒍．𝒄𝙤𝙢

As soon as I sat down to dive into a delicious looking meal with my wonderful little family, my mother immediately began to interrogate me over my feats earlier in the day.

As I looked to both of my wives for help, I realized they weren't gonna help me either!

Their eyes were burning just as intensely as my mom's!

I looked towards Duke who was stationed motionlessly against the wall and realized he'd be useless too!

Bastard, I'm supposed to be your Young Master! If you see me drowning save me!

It wasn't that I didn't want to tell them the truth, it's just I didn't know what exactly to tell them.

How do you explain a sudden and drastic increase in appearance, ability and a miraculous healing of a lifetime ailment?

While I certainly could've hidden everything except my appearance, I didn't want to.

I've already lived my life as a sniveling rat who hides from any kind of conflict, and I wouldn't do it a second time.

Call it a dragon's natural pride, but I will use all tools at my disposal going forward and will hide from no one.

Thinking about all this was giving me a serious headache so I just decided to come partially clean.

"These…were gifts." I said after much deliberation.

"Gifts?" My mother stared back at me in complete shock. What kind of gifts were these?

I nodded and continued. "When I fell ill two days ago, I was stuck in a black space.

It was there that a mysterious entity spoke to me and asked me what I desired the most in my heart. "

"And? What did you ask for?" Bekka asked with a glimmer in her eyes.

"A body that could contain my mana, and mastery of every weapon in existence." I said.

I kept my request for a system a secret because I was certain they wouldn't understand it anyways.

And since my new body is a direct result of my wish for weapon mastery I figured this was the easiest way to make them understand my changes.

"I'm happy my boy is healthy now but… for something so great I'm sure the price will be costly. "

I understood my mother's worries, as this was also something I'd considered.

There is no free lunch in the world after all.

"Maybe it will be." I said as I stared into my glass of wine that was the same color as my hair.

"But as long as it does not call for the blood of my loved ones, I will pay any cost."

"Even if it asked me to wage war with every nation under the sun and moon, I would do it."

"To me, being a son you can be proud of, and a husband the two of you can depend on, is worth any cost." I said as I looked each of the women at the table in the eye.

I saw a small smile on all of their faces.

Even Duke had one he was desperately trying to keep hidden but to no avail.

I guess the old dragon is more sentimental than I thought.

"Well..if you feel that strongly about it I have nothing left to say." My mother took a big gulp of wine and I could tell she was in a happy mood, even if she was concerned.

"And for the record…I was always proud of you my son." She said as she gently squeezed my hand.

"My baby boy is finally healthy after seventeen years!" She exclaimed.

"We should celebrate! I have to tell everyone you're finally healthy!"

At this time Lailah who had been silent this whole time, finally chirped up. "Well his birthday is next week right? We can announce it then!"

Bekka : "That's a great idea Lailah!"

Yara : "Lailah you beautiful genius!"

As Lailah blushed furiously I sighed and began to eat.

Truth be told? I'd never had a birthday party and honestly I didn't feel like I deserved to celebrate.

I wasn't the original owner of this body after all.

And yet, seeing the excitement on the faces of everyone, as they began to discuss plans for me I didn't have the heart to tell them no.

'As expected.. this is delicious.' I thought with a smile as I silently ate dinner amongst my family.

Chapter 18

General POV

After dinner Exedra returned to his room to rest.

Even though his new body could actually go days without sleeping, he'd done a lot today and had accumulated quite a bit of mental fatigue.

'Still can't get used to the softness of these sheets. I wonder if this is the kind of thing the upper class had back home.' He thought bitterly, as he recalled his poor life back on earth.

Knock, Knock, Knock!

Hearing a knock at his door Exedra immediately cocked his brow in confusion.

Opening the door he was greeted with the sight of two wolf ears standing proudly in a sea of black hair. 𝚋ｅ𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖｅ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

Bekka stood at the door wearing her signature wide smile, a racy nightgown, and a robe with a pillow tucked under her muscled arm.

"Hello husband! I have come to spend the night with you."

"…eh?"

"Geez let me in its cold out here you know."

Exedra's body began to move on autopilot as he moved to allow the young beast kin woman into his room.

Eventually he managed to wrap his brain around what he'd just done but by then it was too late and Bekka was already sitting on his bed with a rather expectant look on her face.

As he looked at the sight of his wife on the bed he thought 'You know what? Maybe I'm not that tired.'

Exedra practically leaped on top of his wife and began kissing her passionately while his hands slowly lifted up her dress.

Bekka made no moves to stop him and judging by the subtle moans she was letting out she seemed to be enjoying herself more than him.

Only when she felt something big and warm poking her leg did she get slightly nervous but who was she?

A true warrior who knew nothing of surrender! She would welcome any challenge!

Knock, knock, knock!

As soon as the pair heard another knock on the door the hot and heavy atmosphere disappeared as if it were never there.

Exedra looked as though he was having a hard time holding back as his breathing was still heavy and his erection hadn't gone down so, Bekka elected to open the door.

The couple was surprised when, upon opening the door Lailah stood there wearing a black robe and a heavy blush.

"May I..come in?" She sheepishly asked.

"Yeah, of course!" Bekka and Exedra responded in unison, earning a laugh from the both of them.

Seeing the closeness of the two once again, Lailah was reaffirmed with the choice she was about to make.

Slowly, Lailah walked and stood in front of Exedra who was seated on the edge of the bed.

"What's the matter?" He had noticed she was having trouble looking him in the eye.

Lailah simply said nothing and after taking several deep breaths she undid her black silk robe and let it fall to the floor.

She wore a set of black lingerie underneath. The material was extremely thin, leaving her body in full view of the stunned dragon.

If Exedra wasn't slowly getting used to the fact that he would be seeing the bodies of these two women on a regular basis he'd have fallen over with a nosebleed already.

"Why..are you doing this?" It was difficult to hold back his lust but he managed to ask the question burning in his mind through gritted teeth.

"I want.. to make myself useful to you."

Hearing her reasoning Exedra no longer had to struggle to keep himself in check and he went completely flaccid.

"Lailah you-" Bekka attempted to stop her friend, but Exedra raised his hand signaling for her to let him handle the delicate matter.

Exedra pulled a blanket from the bed and gently draped it around the shoulders of the young witch.

'Does he not want me? Am I not attractive to him in that way?' Lailah was utterly confused but when she looked into her husband's deep red eyes, she saw so much warmth and concern that it made her heart ache.

"Why?.." her voice was so low it was barely a whisper.

Now it was Exedra's turn to say nothing, as he gently took her hand and brought her to sit next to him on the edge of the bed.

"You don't need to force yourself to do things that make you uncomfortable for the benefit of others, least of all for me."

"N-no I wasn't trying to-"

"You've been shaking like a leaf ever since you entered this room."

"T-that's.." the young witch fell silent. She couldn't think of an argument for her husband. She'd been completely defeated. Her plan to not be thrown away had gone up in smoke.

"I just want to be close to you.. and I don't want you to throw me away." Faced with no other options she just decided to be completely honest.

Tears slowly began to fall from her ruby red eyes.

Exedra's heart was being tugged relentlessly with every word the beautiful young woman spoke.

He couldn't for the life of him understand why she thought he'd abandon her, but when he remembered her past he found the answer easily.

'Slowly but surely I'll get her to trust me.'

He slowly brought his hand to her face and lightly brushed her cheek with his thumb before planting a light kiss on her forehead.

"Listen to me girls…" he said addressing both of his wives with a previously unseen seriousness.

"Whether you want to spend your entire day in the library eating sweets.." he said looking at Lailah who blushed again knowing her guilty habit had been found out.

"Or out on the training grounds beating down the guards." Bekka smiled widely hearing this slight jab at her.

"Nothing will change the fact that you are my wives and I will not abandon you now or ever. I will not ask anything of you and I will spoil you to the ends of the earth. I will make up for the miserable years you lived before we met, day by day until they seem like nothing more than a bad dream."

"And I hope.." he looked Lailah in her deep watery eyes that were threatening to leak any second. "That one day you will be more bold and selfish with your desires, and openly tell me what you want."

Lailah closed her eyes and took a deep breath, seemingly taking the words that'd just been said and absorbing them into her very soul.

Bekka watching this scene said nothing and only wore a small smile. 'He's really a great man.. I may be more lucky than I realized.'

After a full minute Lailah slowly opened her ruby red eyes and said in a voice full of confidence "Kiss me."

Exedra's surprise at his wife's sudden change of tone only lasted about half a second before he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her in for their first kiss.

Chapter 19

When Exedra and Lailah finally shared their first kiss, the young witch felt her whole world spin.

She felt electricity shoot to her brain from her lips, as she reveled in the passionate kiss of the man she'd eventually come to rely on.

His kiss was gentle yet slightly aggressive, perfectly conveying the attraction he felt for her while subtly alluding to his primal instincts he was once again suppressing.

Feeling such an indescribable wave of euphoria left the woman in a mind numbing state.

She knew nothing except that she didn't want this to end. She was only aware of the sensation of her husband's lips and the nectar leaking from her secret garden.

"Geez, how long are you two gonna leave me out!" Bekka said with an adorable pout on her face.

When they broke the kiss Lailah laughed before she responded. "Fufufu, you got to kiss him lots today you know? I'm just playing catch up."

"Tsk, fine." Bekka looked upset on the outside but inwardly? She was over the moon. Seeing the way her best friend was finally acting more comfortable brought her a sense of elation she didn't even know was possible.

She'd gladly let her hog their husband as much as she wanted if she'd keep smiling like this!

…or so she thought.

Ten minutes later they were still kissing!

What is she a fly on the wall?

"Aaargh! I can't take it anymore!" The she wolf tackled the pair and pinned them onto the bed with a wild look in her bright green eyes.

"Haha! Can't my friend be a little more patient?" Lailah's teasing laughter only served to rile the young wolf up even more.

"No." She growled before she planted a firm kiss on her friends lips.

Where Exedra's kiss was gentle yet slightly passionate Bekka's kiss was much more aggressive and primal and hid none of her burning desire.

She'd come here tonight with a purpose after all, and even if it was for a good reason she was still a little upset her plans had been canceled.

Now her pent up desire was showing itself in the form of a hungry passionate kiss with her only friend. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝒈

The young witch was originally surprised by the sudden kiss but soon her eyes rolled back into her head from pleasure and her body loosened considerably.

Breaking the kiss with Lailah, Bekka immediately went and found Exedra's lips which had been watching the previous development with great interest.

Exedra could naturally feel and smell the wetness coming from between his wife's legs and felt himself begin to lose control as well.

"You know we can't tonight." He said as he finally managed to break the kiss with his incredibly horny wife.

Bekka whimpered and burried her head into her husbands neck.

Of course she knew that it wouldn't be right for them to continue now that Lailah was here and she clearly wasn't ready, but her body was desperately crying out to be filled up by the one she'd fully accepted as her mate.

"Should we sleep?" Exedra asked the girls but both of their minds were elsewhere.

Bekka was still incredibly horny and Lailah was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed watching the two of them with an incredibly curious eye.

Even though she wasn't ready herself, she was still an inquisitive woman by nature, and faced with this new chance to learn in front of her, she was naturally very interested.

"Husband…" Bekka looked into Exedra's eyes with a look of fervent desire.

"Please make me cum…" she begged.

Exedra looked briefly towards Lailah to see if she looked uncomfortable at all, but far from it she looked incredibly interested.

"…Okay" he said as he briefly kissed her lips before he sat up and placed the woman in his lap with her back facing him.

He'd never touched a girl like this before, but he'd watched a concerning amount of porn in his last life, so he knew what spots to tease for his desired result.

Exedra slowly slipped his hands up his wife's dress and her breathing got heavier the further up his hand went.

Lailah moved and came and sat so that she was eye level with her friend's vagina.

She was sure this was going to be a most valuable learning opportunity and she wanted to see it up close.

"H-Hey don't stare, it's embarrassing." The usual wild and bold hellhound was nowhere to be seen and all that remained was a completely submissive woman couldn't hide her arousal.

When Exedra finally completely lifted up her dress her womanhood was revealed.

It was neatly shaved, with only a small tuff of black hair on top of it.

"It's so pretty." Lailah complimented. She'd bathed with Bekka several times but this was her first time getting such an intimate view of her friend.

"D-don't say such- Aahh!" Bekka's words were interrupted by her husband's finger finally making contact with her clit.

As he rubbed it gently, yet firmly, he used his free hand to cup one of his wife's large breasts and began pinching and pulling her nipples.

"Yes! Yess! Ahhh!" Bekka slowly began to lose herself to pleasure and she quickly began to get wetter and wetter as she lost more control of her body.

Hearing his wife's cries of pleasure brought Exedra's instincts out further and before he knew it he began to lick and suck her neck while he played expertly with her body.

The addition of another part of her body being stimulated was simply too much for the poor girl and her cries became more intense as she felt her orgasm building from inside her stomach.

"Fuck I'm close I'm close! Please don't stop!"

Exedra lost a little more of his sanity when he heard this and his instincts took over in that brief moment.

He bit into his wife's neck with his pointed teeth and drew a small amount of blood at the same time as he pinched hard on her left nipple.

The unexpected pain turned into an indescribable pleasure that made her mind go blank as she released the hardest orgasm she'd ever had.

"I'm cumminggg! Awwooooo!" As she finally released her pent up orgasm, the hellhound instinctively let out a pleasure filled howl from the depths of her soul.

She'd never felt pleasure like this before!

While she'd never slept with anyone, she masturbated frequently and believed she'd completely understood her body and yet her husband managed to give her an orgasm incomparable to anything she'd ever given herself.

With her hazy orange and black eyes she looked down only to see she'd squirted when she came and had inadvertently given her friend a second bath.

"Ahh.. I'm sorry Lailah." She barely managed to stammer out an apology as the orgasm left her in a bit of a dizzy state.

Far from being disgusted or upset Lailah was really quite curious.

Did lewd things really feel that good?

She saw sides of her friend and husband that she'd never seen before that left her slightly aroused.

Her husband was so dominant and sexy and her friend was so submissive and beautiful.

While she was deep in thought, she unconsciously used her small pink tongue to lick some of the juices that had covered her face.

'Delicious!' Like a shock had went off in her brain, the young witches eyes widened in surprise.

Her friends nectar was simply divine and she'd never tasted anything like it before!

So sweet and yet slightly salty.

Lailah had a deep love for sweets so faced with a new treat she naturally had to taste more of it.

Chapter 20

"How was it my love?" Exedra asked as he kissed the neck and cheek of his wife who had yet to recover fully.

"So…So good." She whispered.

Exedra simply chuckled as he felt pride in seeing his wife's state.

He was a straight A student in his last life but this was undoubtedly the achievement that meant the most to him.

He silently thanked all of his favorite porn websites from back home for giving him this moment of glory.

'Thank you PornCub.'

'Thank you HentaiHeaven'.

'Thank you Fwitter.'

As Exedra was busy thanking the porn gods for this grand moment, Lailah reached for his hand that was still on top of Bekka's pulsing vagina. 𝚋ｅ𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖｅ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

"Hm? What's wrong Lailah?" He wore a confused expression as she held his hand and eyed it like she was hungry.

The woman didn't answer. Instead she opened her small mouth and inserted her husband's fingers inside.

She diligently began to lick his fingers lapping up every drop of nectar that was left behind.

Exedra was slightly stunned as he watched this, but he quickly got used to it and he simply watched his wife in utter fascination.

After she was finished she gently removed his fingers from her mouth before she looked at him with her red eyes that were eerily similar to his own. "She tastes so good."

Exedra smiled upon hearing this and Bekka actually blushed slightly.

"Well..you should eat your fill then right?" He asked as he spread Bekka's legs wider to allow Lailah full access to her dripping vagina.

"H-hey let me rest for a second I'm still really sensiti- Mmh!" Bekka's complaints fell on deaf ears as Lailah dove between her legs and gently licked her vagina.

'It's so good!' Lailah thought as she greedily began to lick her friend's vagina while she shivered uncontrollably.

While her vagina was being licked by her friend, her husband had once again started pinching her nipples while nibbling on her neck and she was once again losing control of her body.

'I want to taste more.' Suddenly, Lailah stopped licking her friend and backed away slightly.

Bekka once again whimpered in frustration as she felt another really big orgasm coming and being interrupted was incredibly frustrating.

She was about to cry out and beg her friend to continue when her husband whispered in her ear "Shh.. be a good girl and wait okay?"

Naturally he couldn't read Lailah's mind but when he saw the hungry look in her eyes he understood that she definitely wouldn't be stopping for long.

Lailah closed her eyes and whispered "Lingua Serpentis."

She opened her eyes again and came between Bekka's crotch to show her what she'd done.

When she opened her mouth, her small pink tongue, was revealed to have turned into the long, forked tongue of a serpent.

Bekka immediately felt her body shiver in anticipation.

Slowly, Lailah inserted her five inch tongue deep inside of her friend's vagina.

"Oh, fuck yess!" Bekka immediately jerked her body involuntarily, and let lose a cry of pleasure that shook the walls of the room.

Lailah swirled her tongue around inside of her vagina, trying to taste as much of her delicious juices as possible.

'The deeper I go, the better she tastes!' If Bekka was on cloud nine, Lailah wasn't too far behind.

She got to eat something sweet, spend time with her family, and she was learning a lot too!

Exedra turned his wife's face toward him and captured her sweet lips.

As their tongues intertwined he felt her release pleasure filled moans into his mouth, stoking his desire even further.

Gradually, Bekka began to buck her hips back and forth, attempting to get Lailah's tongue into her deepest nooks and crannies, as her orgasm once again began to build.

"Mmh Mmh Mmmmf!" When the hellhound girl came for the second time, her entire body shook intensely as she once again squirted.

This time she managed to get most of it into the waiting mouth of the witch between her legs.

Lailah greedily swallowed every drop she was gifted before she slowly retracted her tongue and admired her handy work.

Bekka's entire body was shivering.

Her eyes had long since rolled back into her head and she and Exedra had already broken their lustful kiss.

Her vagina was still trembling and saliva and nectar could still be seen dribbling from the entrance.

Exedra gingerly picked the exhausted woman up before placing her into bed underneath a blanket.

Chapter 21

After Bekka fainted from pleasure and was tucked into bed by her husband, Lailah and Exedra simply stared at eachother momentarily before he moved to close the gap.

Seeing the bulge that was threatening to break out of Exedra's pants at any moment, she couldn't help but stare at it in awe.

While she'd never seen an actual male member before, she'd read in biology books that they weren't supposed to be that big!

'How would that feel inside me?' She wondered before Exedra gabbed her face and pulled her in for another kiss.

He was desperate to taste Bekka's juices that'd made her go mad and was pleasantly surprised to find out how delicious she was.

They lingered like that for a while, and when they finally settled into bed alongside Bekka, Exedra once again noticed his wife staring at him.

"What's the matter my wife?"

She hesitated slightly before she spoke. "The things you said today…did you mean them?"

"Every word." Exedra's answer was definitive and lacked any trace of hesitation.

As if that were the confirmation she needed, Lailah snuggled close to her husband and lay her head on his bare chest.

"Thank you.." she whispered.

Exedra chuckled upon hearing this. "There is no need to thank me. I should've been treating you girls better all along. I'm only sorry it took me so long."

Lailah smiled faintly before she closed her eyes and whispered "I'm so happy… this is worth the wait."

Exedra smiled as well before he also closed his eyes and like that, they fell asleep.

With that, his first day in a new world came to a close. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

Exedra dreamed that he was back in the black space.

He was only semi-conscious, so he was positive this was nothing more than a dream again and that he'd probably wake up soon.

"What do you strive for?" A warm motherly voice asked him.

The voice was so tranquil.. so serene that, when she spoke he felt like he'd known her his whole life.

Her voice made him so comfortable.

"Power." He answered quickly in a sleepy voice.

"How will you achieve it?"

"I will be as unrelenting as a serpent.. As unforgiving as a demon and as unchanging as a god. " He continued to give quick monotone answers, as if he didn't even have to contemplate them.

"How far will you go?"

"To the ends of this world and beyond."

"When will you be done?"

"When I stand above all."

"I see… for you, the soul who is not of this world, I give you the gift of growth."

"Whether you bring this world ruin or supremacy, I shall wait to see."

"GAAAAAHHHHHH!" As the entity finished it's query, Exedra was assailed with the most terrible pain imaginable.

It felt as if his soul was being carved into with a hot knife.

The pain he'd felt when his body was upgraded was incomparable to this.

This went on for what felt like hours before it finally ended.

"I name your path, ... ... ." She said.

The language sounded incredibly ancient and complicated.

Exedra had no idea what she'd even said.

"If you join me in the seventh realm, we will speak again."

With that, Exedra was thrust out of the void and returned to his body.

When Exedra opened his eyes, he was back in his room with his two beautiful wives each snuggled up under his arms.

He looked out the balcony window in the corner of his room, and realized it was only dawn.

He felt like he'd had a strange dream, but he couldn't exactly recall what had happened.

Host has been assigned an evolution path by the supreme entity known as Asherah.

Your soul has withstood unimaginable pain without shattering.

Skill : Soul Resistance Lvl 1, has been learned.

The potential for evolution strengthens your body.

All stats + 1,000

Host can now access the evolution menu!

As Exedra read the notifications in front of him, a wide smile broke out across his handsome face as he felt a wave of power wash through his body.

Chapter 22

POV : Exedra

It's been a few hours since I woke up from that strange dream and got all these surprise notifications.

After that, I couldn't go back to sleep no matter how hard I tried so I've just been laying here with these two lovely women in my arms waiting for them to wake up.

Sunlight has finally begun to spill into the room through the balcony, and I'm sure they'll be up soon.

Since I'd had nothing to do the entire time but lay here, I'd been familiarizing myself more with my system.

I'd learned the system was capable of extracting my memories and playing them back in front of me like some kind of streaming service.

It didn't matter how long it'd been since I'd seen or heard something all I'd need was a general idea of what I was looking for, in order for the file to be extracted and replayed.

Basically, I can use this to watch anime and listen to the music from my old life!

Only ones I've already seen though, but good anime can be watched thousands of times over!

*Cough* ahem, Otaku things aside, I can finally open the evolution screen and see my evolution requirements.

Previously, I was unable to open it no matter how hard I tried and the system wasn't telling me much either so I just left it alone.

After seeing that notification earlier, I realized the reason I couldn't open the menu was because I couldn't evolve yet.

I guess it makes sense when I think about it.

Evolutionary paths and requirements are directly carved into your soul upon birth, and since my soul is not originally of this world, I couldn't evolve.

Exedra Avernus Draven

Evolution Path : #%*^ ? %^[! [Fallen Abyssal Species (Variant) ]

First Stage Conditions :

- Conquer Five Dungeons

- Consume the hearts of ten worthy enemies.

- Gain a total of four affinities. (2/4 completed.)

As I read over the conditions again, I once again felt a headache incoming.

Dungeons are naturally occurring labyrinths that contain rare non-sentient monsters and are found all over the world.

They are the most favored way of growing and gaining strength by the lower races such as humans and beastkin.

Longer lived races, such as vampires, dragons, and phoenixes rarely use them as our bodies have evolved so that we gain strength naturally as we age.

We literally absorb mana from our surroundings with every breath and use that energy to stimulate our cells.

While it's a slower method, given all the time we have to live, it hardly matters.

To them, a member of their race entering dungeons is seen as a waste of time, as we haven't been in any kind of conflict for centuries now.

Who would dare to attack a nation led by a demigod?

In Antares, there are a total of fifteen dungeons each ranging from beginner to elite difficulty.

While beginner could probably be cleared by a small party or a single extremely talented individual, elite dungeons have wiped out whole parties of a hundred.

It wouldn't be difficult for me to acquire a pass into a dungeon as a member of the royal family, so the hard part is just picking out which dungeons to go to.

'But this ' my eyes turned to the third and final condition for my evolution before I opened the shop tab on my system.

Shop

Demon's Axe of Banishment (1,500)

Passive Skill : Diamond Scales (1,000)

Skill : Primordial Demon's Will (7,500) ｂ𝚎ｄｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

Affinity Stone : Lightning (10,000)

Affinity Stone : Space (20,000)

Ring Of Repulsion (7,000)

Abyss King's True Death (100,000)

Damn it.. I did not miss the feeling of not being able to buy things.

The system says I can earn shop points by completing missions and killing monsters, so I'll be solving this problem soon, but still.

This brings back unpleasant memories.

Ignoring my once again empty pockets, I focused on the two affinity stones going for an exorbitant amount of points.

Though when I consider the value of what they are, I realize it's quite cheap.

Affinities, like evolution are decided from birth.

Though that is where the similarities end.

Not everyone is born with an affinity, and some are born with two.

To pull off certain high level spells, the user must have its coordinating affinity or risk fatal backlash upon completion.

Affinity stones occur naturally, and they allow anyone who crushes them in their palm to gain the element inside.

They are incredibly rare and difficult to find.

Even we, the wealthy, treasure hoarding dragons, have only found six in our millennia long history.

The difference between using a spell with its affinity versus without is like comparing a car explosion to a nuclear one.

Due to my makeup as a perfect hybrid, I possess my mother's fire affinity and what I can only guess is my father's darkness affinity.

'I am already a rarity, yet this system is telling me it's not enough.' I thought with a bitter smile.

I wasn't upset about it though, quite the opposite.

My goal is to stand atop the heads of all who looked down on me from the moment I was born, and reign supreme as a God Beast.

I will become a monster feared and respected by all creation.

I'm well aware this is a monumental task and if I didn't have this system, it would be a million times harder.

How can I be upset when I have the path to get there laid out in front of me?

"*Yawn* Good morning, husband."

Shaking me out of my plans for the future was the sound of my wife Bekka who was the first to wake up.

The glimmering light of the sun shone against her black skin and made her look incredibly radiant.

As she sat up on the bed she looked at me with her bright orange eyes filled with love and drowsiness, her eyes soon widened and the loving look she gave me soon turned into one of pure confusion.

I couldn't pay attention to any of that though.

Right above her head, was a message from the system.

It was one that would undoubtedly change our lives forever.

Chapter 23

Floating right above Bekka's head were words that almost shocked my soul out of my body.

Would you like to see this individual's evolution requirements?

"Husband…did you get another wish or something?" Bekka asked me curiously.

I was so shocked by what I was seeing I barely registered her question. "Hm? No, why?"

"You look different again."

I raised my brow in confusion before I gingerly shifted the still sleeping Lailah off of me so I could examine myself in the mirror.

As I stared at myself in the mirror, I realized I had indeed changed again.

One of my eyes was now a bright purple, and my body was now covered in intricate black tattoos.

I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought I'd have another drastic change to explain to everyone again, but this is fine.

Plus I'd always wanted tattoos in my last life, but they're kind of expensive, so I never got any.

"Ah…how do I look?" I asked my wife who hadn't stopped staring at me since she woke up.

"Powerful.. your aura feels completely different now." She slowly walked towards me and rested her hand against my cheek.

She stared at me so intensely I started to believe she could see my soul. "Your eyes are beautiful my love."

At her words I immediately felt a faint blush oncoming.

I'd never been complimented on my appearance before, and hearing the love in my wife's voice as she said it made the attack super effective.

I said nothing and simply took her hand and kissed it.

"Mmm morning guys.." Suddenly Lailah rose out of the bed and sleepily rubbed her eyes.

I'd never seen her like this before and I must admit, she's unbelievably adorable.

It took me a second before I noticed, but floating right above her head were the same words I saw above Bekka's.

Would you like to see this individual's evolution requirements?

'Yes.' I thought.

Lailah Izanami Draven

Evolution Path : Mother of J?rmungandr (Unique Species)

First stage conditions

- Ingest 100 different kinds of poison (0/100)

- Gain a Serpent type familiar

- Take revenge on a being who's wronged you.

J?rmungandr?… Where have I heard that name before?

I feel like it's important, yet I can't remember why… whatever I'll think on it later.

As I quickly read my wife's conditions, i sighed when I noticed only the second condition would be easy.

I wasn't at all keen about having my wife swallow poison.

I didn't even know how to convince her to take it! We'd just started bonding and I doubt she'd believe me if I told her she needed to almost kill herself to evolve.

Remembering her timid and frail personality, I can't see her taking revenge on anyone either.

Though maybe this would be exactly what she'd need to overcome her shyness?

As much as I want my wife to be strong, I don't want to force her to do anything.

"Honey..did you change again?" The sweet melodious voice of my wife once again shook me from my thoughts.

"Yea, it was a surprise to me too. Do you like it?"

"You look very handsome." She said as she hugged me and placed her cheek against my chest.

"Doesn't he?" Bekka giggled as she hugged me as well.

Ahh… this is truly the best way to spend mornings.

All the worries I had are just melting away.

Knock, Knock, Knock!

Hearing a knock at the door, our lovey dovey atmosphere was immediately broken.

I kissed both girls on their forehead before I went to open the door.

Standing at the door was Duke and a few dozen maids each holding an armful of clothes.

"Ah, goodmorning Young Master. I've procured some clothes that take into account your.. recent… growth spurt.." As the old man's voice trailed off I realized he finally noticed my changes.

I sighed and then turned around to see that both of my wives were properly covered before I let everyone in my room.

All the maids were giving me strange looks as well, ranging from curiosity to flat out lust. 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

I may have been imagining things, but I thought I saw a dense, black aura seeping from the bodies of my wives that made a few of the maids shiver.

Well I didn't get much sleep last night, I'm probably still tired.

As I looked at all the clothes laid out on my bed I got an immediate headache.

Stuffy. Pompous. Uncomfortable. Shiny.

Those were the only words I could think of to describe the clothes in front of me.

"Are any of these clothes to your liking?"

'Hell no!' I wanted to scream.

I get that we're royals and all but I refuse to wear this stuff.

I would've torched it already if I wasn't certain it cost a small fortune.

Suddenly, my gaze landed on a long black robe that looked incredibly soft.

Next to it were a pair of basic pants and a golden ceremonial necklace made out of fenris teeth.

I quickly picked them up before I showed them to Duke.

"Old man, I appreciate the gesture but all of this is too much. Just bring me things like this okay?"

"Young master, those are the cheapest items here. Surely your wardrobe could use more variety-"

"Nope, don't care." I had to interrupt him because there was no way he'd ever convince me so I wanted to save us both some time.

I was like this in my last life too. If a place required me wearing anything other than a hoodie and jeans, I wouldn't go.

"Return everything else and use some of the money to get me things like this please." I said once again holding up the clothes I'd chosen.

"For the rest, split it up amongst yourselves as a small bonus." With that I turned to leave my room and head to the bath.

While the maids were smiling brightly at this, Duke looked slightly flustered.

"Young master, we couldn't possibly accept-"

"You can and you will old man." I said over my shoulder not leaving any room for debate.

My wives chuckled alongside eachother before they followed me as well.

This morning taught me a few things.

is quite playful in the bath.

2.I can only see the evolution requirements of beings who've either yet to evolved or only evolved once.

I couldn't see Duke's requirements earlier, or my mother's at breakfast.

I assume it's like a proficiency thing, and I'll be able to see more when I evolve myself.

"Are you ready husband?" Lailah asked.

"Of course." I smiled.

Right now I was about to go on my first date with Lailah.

We were heading down into the city for a day of shopping and relaxation.

Earlier in the bath I asked both girls what they'd like to do on our date and this was her answer.

Bekka said she wanted to tackle a dungeon so we'll be doing that one tomorrow.

I'll finally get to start working on my evolution conditions and not a moment too soon.

My birthday's next week and mom invited all four of the major dragon clans, as well as the rest of the royal family and some other honorary guests.

The four major clans are the ones who are led by the dragon lords.

They're basically a unit of government that serves directly under the king and handle most of the political matters.

It was these clans that spit on me when I was at my lowest and said I was no more than an unworthy lizard.

I will not be seen as weak. Not by them, not by anyone.

For those who have chosen to look down on me, I shall pull their still beating hearts from their chests and find the measure of their life in death.

"Poke."

"Huh? What's the matter?" I asked, confused over why my wife had her finger in my cheek.

"Your eyes started glowing and you had a scary look on your face. Are you alright?"

Whoops..

" I was simply thinking about the steps I would have to take if someone was eyeing my beautiful wife while we were out." I said with a charming smile.

Will it work?..

"Hmph, such a sweet mouth on this one." She said rolling her eyes.

"No need to worry about that, I belong to you and you alone." She smiled brightly as she took my hand.

Score!

Romance novels you truly haven't failed me!

As we walked to the exit of the castle, I couldn't help but keep staring at Lailah.

She was gorgeous in every sense of the word.

Today she wore a black sleeveless dress that exposed parts of her torso underneath and hugged her body deliciously.

Her arms and fingers were decorated with golden bands and rings that were inscribed with runes and emanated a faint magic power.

She's the type of woman I wouldn't have even been allowed to breathe around in my last life.

'I said it as a distraction but…what would I do if someone were looking at her funny on the street?' I wondered.

The answer wasn't hard to find.

If I didn't kill them I'd just singe their nuts off.

I finally have happiness after so long and I will allow no one to take it from me.

Given that I'm technically a prince, if I killed a rowdy citizen or twenty, no one would so much as sneeze at me.

Not that I would make it a habit.

As the guards opened the door for us and we were greeted by the warm morning sun, we soon entered an elaborate carriage with a gold and red design bearing the emblem of a dragon on top of a mountain.

With two pitch black, muscular horses at the front, we practically screamed nobility.

Luckily, I talked the guards out of coming with us or we'd stick out even more.

As we prepared to ride into the city, it finally hit me that I was going out with someone for the first time.

Chapter 24

General POV

The city of Naamah was the largest city in the Kingdom of Antares. Famous for it's beautiful and well developed architecture, the city was widely known as the Jewel of the Kingdom with many travelers commenting on its unparalleled beauty at night.

There were a variety of races bustling about.

From the extremely common beastmen to the rare elf and dwarf and the even rarer human.

Antares did not close its borders so anyone was free to come and live here, although the price was quite hefty.

There was always a lively atmosphere present in the streets but today, the aura of excitement was even more prevalent.

That was because Princess Yara's royal carriage was seen out on the streets after a few months of no sightings.

She was seen as the most beautiful woman in Antares and was extremely popular with the locals.

She was so graceful and warm that men didn't frantically lust after her, women looked up to her and rowdy children listened to her.

So naturally everyone was excited to see the unparalleled beauty of their goddess once again!

A large crowd had been following behind the carriage since it was sighted in the city.

At a respectable distance of course.

How could they claim to love their goddess if they inconvenienced her?! That would simply be blasphemy!

After twenty minutes, the carriage stopped in front of a small bookstore called 'The Written Hideaway'.

It was owned and operated by a very beautiful lesser dragon named Lisa and her daughter.

Lesser dragon is a term used to describe dragons that awaken no magical element.

Despite the lesser in their name, they are usually treated as ordinary citizens by other citizens, but harshly discriminated against by noble dragons.

"It stopped!"

"Is she really as beautiful as the rumor's say?"

"Even the vampire queen pales in comparison."

"I have to ask where she buys her makeup from."

"Frank…why?"

"D-don't look at me like that I just want my wife to look like her!"

Creak!

When the carriage door finally creaked open, the street became deadly silent.

This was the moment they all wanted to see.

The moment when a goddess descended from the immortal plane to grace her followers with her beauty.

They were going to thoroughly burn this moment into their minds.

Who knows when the next time they'll see their goddess is?!

What happened next shocked everyone.

Slowly a man descended from the carriage.

He wore a long black robe with no shirt underneath so that his tattooed abs and chest were fully visible. Around his neck dangled an expensive ceremonial necklace that was rumored to have been bought yesterday.

He wore dark burgundy pants and a pair of well made black sandals. His long wine red hair was tied into a ponytail that draped down his back, allowing everyone to get a good view of the most handsome man they'd ever seen.

His eyes shone like two perfect gemstones, one ruby and one amethyst.

His four horns on top of his head, and his scaly clawed hands, let all know he was a dragon, and the aura emanating from him, said that he was as powerful as he was beautiful.

"Who is he?"

"Was there someone who looked like that in the castle?"

"First I'm hearing of it."

"I wonder what his workout routine is…"

"Why? You're very fit Mia."

"Oh, I just want my husband to look like that."

As the man got out from the carriage, he raised his hand to assist someone in getting down as well.

Was their goddess coming now? Then who was this man?

Princess Yara once said to the old lady who owns the flower shop that no man or woman on this earth still living could hold her heart.

Everyone knew she met some man when she went missing several years ago and she returned with a child.

Everyone assumed her lover had perished because who in their right mind would abandon such an incredible beauty?

Did this man succeed in charming that gorgeous widow?

Slowly, a figure the crowd actually recognized took the man's hand, and descended as well.

"It's lady Lailah!"

"Oh? Isn't she married to the prince?"

"Then could that man be…?"

"I thought he was supposed to be sickly?"

"Well who else could that be?"

"If he's sick with something, I want it too."

The couple were much too enamored in their date to notice they were the topic of conversation amongst the citizens and entered the bookstore together hand in hand.

Upon entering the bookstore, the couple was greeted with a warm, cozy atmosphere that could instantly relax the nerves of a couple on their first date.

Rows of books as far as the eye could see decorated every corner.

Everything from fictional stories, to fables and even spell books.

"Welco- Oh! Lady Lailah it's been so long!" A small voice was heard rushing towards them at breakneck speed.

A small, brown haired child dove towards Lailah and gave the young witch the biggest hug she could muster.

This caused Lailah to giggle furiously and return the bearhug with one of her own. "Little Mira you've gotten so big!"

The little girl, upon hearing this stepped back and puffed her chest out with pride. "That's right Mira is a big girl now, I'm already six!"

Upon stepping back Exedra was finally able to get a good look at the young girl.

She had long brown hair and a pair of golden eyes. Her small cute face was decorated with freckles and she had a tiny brown horn on her forehead.

Poking out of her back were two dark blue wings with a tail to match.

Suddenly Mira noticed she and her favorite customer was not alone and she became very curious about the man who was standing next to her.

As she stared into his two differently colored eyes all she could think was "So cool…"

Exedra upon hearing this chuckled slightly before the young girl walked up to him ,and gestured for him to pick her up by raising her arms into the air.

He obliged her and lifted her up so that they were eye level and the girl could observe his eyes more closely.

"Mira shouldn't you be more wary of strangers?" Lailah asked with a chuckle.

Mira looked back and forth between Exedra and Lailah before responding.

"Well he's with lady Lailah so he can't possibly be a bad person." She nodded satisfactorily as if she'd just made the most brilliant deduction in the history of independent thought.

Returning her focus to the young man holding her, she immediately began to inspect his eyes with the greatest of curiosity. "Woahh… one's red and ones purple."

"Haha, do you like them little one?"

"Yea! Were you born with them?" She asked excitedly.

"No, these are a bit of a gift."

"A gift? Like from dwarf clause?"

"Not quite." Exedra chuckled.

"I want a gift like that!"

"Oh really? Then shall I pull out my eyes and give them to you then?" He said in a teasing tone.

"Mister no you can't do that!"

"Ha! I was just kiddi-"

Before he could complete his joke the little girl wiggled in his arms and pulled out a silver spoon from her back pocket. "Scoop them out with this! It'll hurt less!"

Exedra stared blankly at the little girl before turning his gaze towards his wife who watched this scene with a large grin.

"Is she serious?"

"Quite."

"Yes I am!"

"Mira! Are you helping the customers proper-" suddenly a woman came into view from a door behind the counter.

She was obviously Mira's mother, she shared her golden eyes and long brown hair.

She had two small horns on her head and her wings and tail were a light cyan blue with golden barbs

Her body was extremely curvaceous with large H cup breasts and a round perky bottom she exuded the sensual charm of an older woman. 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝑚

She froze when she saw the most handsome man she'd ever seen holding her daughter while she had her signature spoon in her hand.

"Mom guess what?! I'm gonna get this guy's eyes!"

Chapter 25

After explaining to Mira's mother Lisa the events that transpired before she appeared, she fervently apologized for a solid five minutes.

Only after Lailah and Exedra assured her again and again that they quite enjoyed her daughter's company, did she return to some sense of normalcy.

"But I don't believe I've seen you with lady Lailah before sir, if I may ask what is your relationship?" Lisa had been unable to take her eyes off Exedra since she walked in.

She was so enamored by his handsome appearance, she hadn't even noticed he was a dragon.

"I am her husband." Exedra said simply.

"Oh that's good! Lady Lailah always came in here alone so I thought she'd be lonely forever like my mom!" Mira cried.

Lisa naturally couldn't hear the jab her daughter had just taken at her or she would've been incredibly embarrassed.

She was much too horrified by another fact.

Lailah was married to princess Yara's only son. 𝒷𝓮𝒹𝓃ℴ𝓿𝓮𝓁.𝓬𝓸𝓂

Even though the man had never been seen among the common people, this fact was widely known.

'T-that means..'

This man was a dragon, and a noble one at that.

She could now clearly notice the four proud horns on his head, and the natural aura that let a dragon know they were near their kin.

'W-why is one here?! I-I've been paying taxes and giving them everything that they ask for!'

"U-umm h-how can I help you today?" She stammered.

Lailah assumed her friend was nervous about being in the presence of royalty so she elected to tell her the purpose for their visit.

"We're on a date today so we came here to buy some books and we're going to go read them at the cafe next door."

"Oh how lovely! P-please let me know if their is anything you need." She bowed deeply before walking away.

As Lailah turned to start browsing bookshelves, only Exedra remained in place gazing at the back of the woman who'd just left.

He could sense it thoroughly, the woman's pure unwavering fear.

This troubled him slightly as he hadn't even done anything to make her afraid of him.

When he remembered that she was a lesser dragon, his mind began to form its own connections.

'She must've assumed I was like those other assholes and came here to torment her.' He thought bitterly.

He figured the best thing he could do for her now, was to leave her store quickly so he began looking for titles alongside his wife.

When they finally finished, Exedra had only grabbed two, while Lailah had seven.

After they'd paid they quickly left the store and headed to her favorite bakery, though not before bidding farewell to the spoon wielding young girl and her charming mother.

POV : Lisa

As I finally saw the backs of Lailah and the prince leave I was immediately washed over with a sense of relief.

While that man was undoubtedly handsome noble dragons are more trouble than they're worth and I already have enough problems.

'What am I saying.. as if he'd ever be interested in some old dragon like me.' I thought bitterly.

I was already three hundred and seventy six this year and well past my prime.

I'm well old enough to be his mother!

As I continued sweeping up the store I continued to think about the young man I'd just seen or more precisely his aura.

A dragons natural aura is always regal and dominant, but his was also mixed with something darker that I didn't recognize.

'Could he be a hybrid?' I wondered.

They are very rare, and nobody ever said anything about the son of Princess Yara being a hybrid.

News like that would definitely travel.

Though come to think of it.. he didn't look sickly like they'd described either.

As I thought back to how happy Lady Lailah looked on their date I felt a twinge of jealousy in my heart.

I'd never looked that happy with a man.. come to think of it I'd never been on a date either.

He looked so gentle with her..

Mira's father was the exact opposite which is why I fled from him before she was born.

I was foolish enough to fall in love with a human and my poor girl almost paid the ultimate price for our kind.

Snap!

I looked down at the broken broom in my hand and sighed.

Luckily Mira went upstairs to nap or she'd make fun of her mommy again.

I'm much too old to be forgetting to control my strength.

Ding!

Hearing the bell that indicated another customer had come I quickly chucked the broken broom behind the counter before I put on my best customer friendly face.

"Welco-" after seeing the three men who had entered, my expression immediately broke and shifted to one of utter horror.

Chapter 26

"Did you miss us little lizard?" One of them said with a sickening grin.

"Please I-I don't have anything left to give, you said last time would be the end!"

"Yea well, when the snow scale clan wants something they get it."

"And since you can't meet the payment, we get to torch your little store." One said mockingly. "Unless of course you'd be willing to accept young master Jeddah's offer?"

"Or…" the leader, an ogre named Borkus stared at me with burning lust in his eyes.

"My wife's been nagging the hell out of me lately, so if you do me a favor and strip right here I can relieve a little stress and we can all leave quiet and satisfied."

Hearing his disgusting words my eyes widened in horror and I felt sick to my stomach.

I felt sick.

I wanted to fight but I couldn't.

If I shifted I could kill all of these bastards but then what?

I have no power to fight one of the clans led by a dragon lord!

I haven't even evolved before!

Anywhere I hid they would surely find me.

And what about Mira?

A life on the run is no life for a young girl like her to live.

She shouldn't have to spend her life paying for my choices.

As I prepared to remove my blouse I couldn't stop my hands from shaking.

'I'm so afraid.'

As I undid the first button, I smelled their foul odors getting closer and closer.

'Why is this happening to me again?'

When Borkus finally stood in front of me, he ripped the rest of my shirt off and shoved me to the ground.

'I'm such a coward.'

Seeing him grin as he began to unbuckle his pants, I could endure no more before I finally let the tears fall.

'I want to die.'

Ring!

As the bell on the door rang once again, I looked through teary eyes at the figures standing at the door.

"Lisa!"

Hearing the voice of lady Lailah fill my ears, I felt relieved and ashamed.

I didn't want her to see me like this, but I was so glad she was here.

Borkus : "Get the hell out of here and mind your own fucking business!"

Lailah: "H-husband."

Exedra : "I'm here my love, what do you need?"

Lailah : "Y-you said you wanted me to be more selfish with my desires so.. Please kill these bastards and help my friend."

As I watched Lailah make her request on my behalf I realized how upset she really was.

Her usual red eyes had changed to an illustrious gold, and every word she spoke she said through gritted teeth.

"What did that bitch just say?" Borkus roared.

BANG!

As soon as the words left his mouth the pressure in the room became unbearable.

Exedra's body was emitting a suffocating purple and red aura that made even breathing difficult.

Every breath I took, I felt needles in my lungs.

"You…you actually fucking dare to speak to my wife that way?"

Exedra was shaking with an unfathomable rage.

Given that we are the same species, I could vaguely sense his surface level feelings.

The chills it gave me made me want to run to another continent to hide but even then I knew it still wouldn't be enough.

His rage was as inescapable and endless as fate itself.

By now, Borkus and his goons were on their knees struggling under the pressure of a noble dragon.

"M-mercy.. I'm sorry.. it was an accident…please I have a family.." Borkus looked like he was struggling to get out every word.

I could see blood beginning to run from his ears and instantly knew whatever pressure he was feeling was atleast ten times worse than my own.

"W-we're sorry!"

"Please let us go!"

One by one they all began to beg yet Exedra only stared at them and sneered.

What happened next is something I will never forget for as long as I live.

"You say you have a family?" Exedra asked in an eerily calm voice.

"Y-yes , I have a wife and seven children!"

Exedra slowly raised his hand and held out a single finger.

A small purple and black flame, about the size of a newborn's fist materialized above his clawed finger.

'That flame.. I can feel the heat coming off of it even from here.' As soon as the flame appeared the room became noticeably warmer.

Soon the flame split into three and rotated around his outstretched hand.

"Then after I'm done with you.. I shall kill them as well and thoroughly eliminate all traces of you from existence."

As soon as his words were finished, all three flames shot towards a target at an incredible speed as soon as they made contact with the men, their entire bodies were engulfed in brilliant flames.

FWUSHHH!

"AAAARGHHH!"

"NO PLEASE!"

"YAAAARGHHH!"

They rolled around on the ground attempting to put the flames out but it was to no avail.

None of the wood in the shop or the books on the shelves caught fire either, it was then that I realized he was so in tune with his flame it would only burn exactly what he told it to burn.

For a dragon as young as he to have that much control over his power.. was simply unthinkable.

Their screaming lasted for only ten seconds before they fell over never to make a sound again, but I wish they suffered for longer.

After a few more seconds, their bones, flesh,and clothes had all been reduced to individual piles of ash. Only then did the flames disappear and that stifling aura retracted.

Even though it was over, Exedra still looked furious.

He stared at the ashes on the ground as if he wanted them to come back to life so he could kill them again.

I watched as Lailah brought her hand to her husband's cheek and looked at him lovingly.

It was as if the previous scene hadn't intimidated her in the slightest, and she was even more in love with him than she was before!

"Thank you my love."

It was only after he heard her word's that Exedra's eyes softened considerably and he gave his own faint smile before he nodded.

Lailah then turned her attention to me.

She came forward and got down on one knee and attempted to cover my exposed upper body with her husbands long robe that he'd given her.

"Are you alright?" She asked in a voice full of concern.

For some reason, when I heard that question I couldn't lie. 𝒷ℯ𝓭𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓮𝓵.𝒸ℴ𝓶

I didn't have the strength.

So instead I said nothing, and just let my tears fall silently.

Lailah made a pained expression before she pulled me in for a hug and for the first time in a long time, I let myself be weak as I cried on her shoulder.

At some point Exedra had come beside us as well and rubbed my back in comfort as I continued to wail like a small child.

Twenty minutes later, when I had no more tears left to cry, Exedra asked me in a calm and solemn voice "What was his name?"

"Borkus." I replied weakly.

In response, he gave me a faint smile and patted my head warmly before he stood up suddenly and began to walk out of the store.

I felt like I was much too old to be receiving headpats but of course he left before I could tell him anything.

"Lailah I'll be back shortly keep her safe okay?" He said without looking back.

"Of course husband."

He didn't tell us where he was going but he didn't need to.

My mother and father used to say you can feel the aura of a man who keeps his word.

Looking at Exedra's tattooed back disappear, I can finally say I understand exactly what they meant.

Chapter 27

General POV

It'd been an hour since the horrible occurrence that was thwarted by the appearance of Lailah and Exedra, and Lisa had yet to really recover from her shock.

Exedra had come back after only twenty minutes smelling of smoke and blood.

Neither of the girls asked him what he'd done because they already knew and they weren't the least bit bothered by it.

There was no need for a grand explanation, no need to feel guilty. 𝒃𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

In their world the lives of the weak were held by the strong.

To the inhuman races survival of the fittest is the supreme law of the world.

They had both seen things like this for as long as they'd been alive.

That belief had slowly taken root in the mind of Exedra since he'd transmigrated, and was giving him the mental fortitude needed to survive in this world and achieve his goal.

He took no joy in what he did, but he didn't feel like he made the wrong choice either.

He only felt bad that those kids had such a piece of filth as a father so he ended their lives quickly and painlessly.

The youngest child was already thirteen, so it wasn't as if he was killing infants.

While he noticed the ease at which he made the decision, it didn't scare him.

He figured that nothing that has happened to him so far had hurt him unnecessarily, so he could probably trust in these new instincts of his.

Despite that, he wouldn't make a habit out of what he'd done today.

It had only turned out this way because that man actually dared to raise his voice at his wife and call her something other than her name.

For his wives and mother there was no line he wouldn't cross and no blood he wouldn't spill.

Their honor would not be sullied under any circumstances or the consequences for those involved would be apocalyptic.

"Why..did you guys come back?" Lisa asked sheepishly.

As soon as they heard the question Exedra stared at his wife in amusement as she scratched her cheek in slight embarrassment.

"Ah… Well I was coming back to buy those other four books I saw. I thought I could be satisfied with what I had but I just couldn't help it."

As she listened to the reason why she was saved, Lisa smiled in amusement at the words of the young girl in front of her.

Who knew she'd be saved by her favorite customer's love of reading.

"Tell you what, since you saved me you're welcome to take any book like you like for free. "

"How could I do that Lisa? I'd be more than happy to pay for them." Lailah refused.

"It's fine. I'll honestly be closing up the store soon anyway."

"Eh?! Why?"

"Well.."

Lisa began to explain that the men from earlier had been extorting money from her for several months.

Normally, she could've handled them on her own but they belonged to the Snow Scale clan, one of the four dragon clans that were led by a dragon lord.

After she refused to spend a night with the young master of the clan he sent those thugs to harass her every week having her cough up more and more gold to prevent her shop from being destroyed.

While he could've taken her by force, Jeddah is a sick bastard who enjoys breaking women mentally before he takes them to bed.

When he heard she was a single mother, he immediately concocted the plan to have her offer herself up on a silver platter.

Given that she did not come from a clan and was a lesser dragon, she naturally had no real power to fight.

Now that those goons had been killed, it naturally wouldn't take them very long to come for her and investigate.

"W-why didn't you tell me you were going through all of this?" Lailah was incredibly distraught.

How could all of this be happening to her friend and she not even know about it?

"It's not your burden to carry my lady. How could I trouble you with something like this?" The kindness in Lisa's voice only made Lailah feel worse.

She was afraid she was going to lose a dear friend and be powerless to stop it.

"My wife do you trust me?"

Hearing Exedra who had been silent this whole time suddenly speak, Lailah was once again filled with confidence.

Her husband could do anything and make anything happen so what did she have to fear?

"Yes!" She replied without hesitation.

Exedra came forward and sat down so that he was eye to eye with Lisa.

"Would you be interested in marrying me?"

"…eh?" Lisa's brain immediately short circuited.

Was he really asking that ?

Was he really asking her?!

They just met today!

Lailah on the other hand, quickly understood what her husband was getting at and was actually excited!

"That's perfect! You're a genius!"

Exedra still hadn't gotten used to being complimented, so he naturally showed signs of a small blush on his tanned cheeks.

As Lisa watched this scene, she became more certain of the choice she was about to make.

"I'm sorry but I can't marry you."

Exedra looked like he somewhat expected this. "May I ask why?"

"W-we just met today! A-and I have a child and I'm a great deal older than you!"

Exedra chuckled when he heard her reasoning before he looked her in the eye and began to explain.

"This wouldn't be a normal marriage. You'd be marrying me in name only just for protection from those bastard ice dragons. You are by no means obligated to act like a wife with me and you can even be placed in charge of all the books in the castle library. "

Lisa wanted to stop him but Exedra wasn't done.

"As for you having a child, I do not mind. In the brief time I've known her I've actually become sort of fond of her as well. I think she likes me too, she did say I was cool after all." Seeing the cheeky grin on Exedra's face Lisa didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"And as for the matter of your age…" Exedra closed the distance between them so that he could've kissed her if he felt like it. He bent down and whispered in her ear so that only the two of them could hear.

"I'm quite attracted to older women."

Lisa's face became as red as a tomato upon hearing the teasing words of the man in front of her.

Since when were young men so shameless?!

"Husband do you mind if I speak to her alone?"

"Of course not call me when you need me my love." With that, Exedra walked away towards the back of the store.

When Exedra left, Lailah and Lisa stared at eachother for a moment before Lisa broke the silence.

"Why are you so okay with this?.."

"Hm? What do you mean?" Lailah tilted her head curiously.

" I mean your husband just asked another woman to marry him.. and you're not upset in the slightest." Lisa was absolutely baffled.

"Well.. I'm probably okay with this only because it's you."

"If it were another woman I would probably curse them in their sleep, or have Bekka crush all their bones."

Hearing the words coming from her usually passive friend's mouth Lisa couldn't help but shudder when she realized she was deadly serious.

What did he do to this girl to make her so crazy over him?

"Are you worried you will fall in love with him?" Lailah suddenly asked.

"W-where did you get that idea?!" Lisa's blush had returned and it was even worse than before.

"I noticed the way you look at him. When we first came in your eyes never left his face. "

Lisa wanted to say she was admiring his abs and chest too, and she'd even imagined what he had in his pants at one point, but she quickly realized that would hurt her case even more, so she chose to remain silent.

"He's a very good man. It's easy for women to fall for him but he himself doesn't really seem to realize it."

Lisa couldn't believe it.

Dragons were prideful by nature, so humility was usually only present in lesser dragons as life had already pulled them from their pedestals.

For a noble dragon to be humble, Lisa could only imagine the life he'd lived.

Lailah walked up to Lisa and gently took her hand.

"If you're worried about being disloyal to me, don't. You and Bekka are the only women on this planet I wouldn't mind sharing my husband with."

Lisa said nothing and continued to think.

To be honest, she hadn't been able to get Exedra out of her mind since he'd shown up and saved her earlier.

He was decisive, cruel and overwhelmingly powerful.

Her natural instincts were screaming out to her that he'd make the perfect mate.

And her motherly instincts screamed that he would defend her and her daughter just the same way he'd defended his wife earlier.

She wanted that.

She wanted to be protected.

She wanted her daughter to be protected.

She was strong of course.

Even a lesser dragon is still a dragon.

But sometimes being strong is exhausting.

She wanted to be able to leave all her worries with someone she could trust just for once and not have to do everything all on her own with no one to cry to but her pillow.

Not because she wanted to abandon her responsibilities, just because she simply needed help carrying them.

Deep inside, she knew he would give her all that she needed and more even if they never shared a bed together.

And that was why she was afraid.

If he treated her like that when they were just married on paper, she thought she'd be greedy and want more.

She'd want to really be his wife body and soul.

In exchange for freeing her from her burdens and worries she would offer her all to that man at the snap of his fingers.

Would Lailah not resent her for that?

What would his other wife think?

Would she truly be welcome in the castle as a lesser dragon?

She had a lot to think about.

POV : Exedra

I walked to the back of the store where more of the books were kept.

When we left earlier, I was trying to leave as soon as possible in order to not make Lisa uncomfortable so I didn't really look.

It's unfortunate that there's no fantasy genre in this world. Anything close to it is just a myth or a fable.

As I flipped through the rows of books, I finally got to the section where spells are located.

Spell books aren't rare per say, the problem is the most useful ones are exceedingly difficult to understand.

If you're studying a high level spell, even if you possess the corresponding element, you could take weeks to learn to execute it properly.

And If you don't have the same affinity as the spell you're studying? Be prepared to spend a few months minimum trying to learn that spell.

Witches are the only exception to this rule.

They learn spells as easily as reading a simple recipe and can even teach others and drastically cut down their learning time.

Although the fee they charge is beyond extortionate.

As a result, most beings try to come up with their own spells, which produced crude results at best.

As I browsed through the spell books Lisa had for sale I realized she had quite a fair amount of offensive and defensive spells.

Although I guess it's not surprising since there is a dungeon nearby.

I found a few dark element spells and I realized this was quite a good find.

Dark element spell books are usually found on the vampire and demon continents, as their percentage of those with the darkness affinity is fairly high.

I picked up a spell book called umbral chains and sat down on the ground to read.

It's a dark affinity spell that manipulates the shadows around the user to create chains that can be used to attack or restrain.

One of my favorite superheroes from earth used chains as his main weapon so that probably factored a lot into my decision to pick up this book.

While I wasn't expecting to finish it today, I figured I'd atleast kill some time while the girls were talking.

As I opened the first page I got a message from my good friend system.

Spell book detected.

Would you like to learn this spell?

I stared at the screen in front of me for a minute before I finally realized this wasn't a joke.

'Isn't this too much of a cheat?' I thought amusedly.

'Yes.'

Almost instantly, I felt a headache invade my mind and the book began to glow with a white light.

After about a minute the headache faded and I had a new notification.

Host's unique mana has altered the spell's properties.

Spell : Umbral Chain, has evolved into Chaos Spell : Abyssal Chains.

Evolved?

I didn't realize spells could evolve too but maybe it's something unique to me or more specifically my system.

As I closed my eyes to process the information I'd just learned, I realized this spell was really incomparable to its predecessor.

For starters, even if I'd mastered the spell and had a large mana pool, the number of chains I could summon would only be a measly twenty.

My evolved spell on the other hand…

Not only did the number of chains not have a limit, but they were bigger, stronger, and allowed me to sap an enemy's strength and add it to my own or give it to someone else.

It was even a permanent change!

The downside? The mana cost is unbelievable. Even with a plentiful mana pool for my age and stage, I can only cast that spell and hold it for about twenty five to thirty seconds.

Depending on the strength of the target of course.

Any longer than that my mana will absolutely run dry and I'll pass out.

The spell will not regenerate my mana or my mental fatigue so the absorption effect is sort of useless.

Even with that massive drawback this is still a monumental gain and I'm quite happy.

As I turned my head to look at the stacks of spell books next to me I felt a wild toothy smile breakout across my face.

Chapter 28

It's been about forty five minutes since I started learning spells and I can say this was a rather fruitful endeavor.

Though.. the headaches accumulated with every spell I learned so at the moment my brain feels like it got a lap dance from a hippo.

I feel incredibly weary and tired like I could drop at any second.

Despite that, I look at my current stats in satisfaction.

Exedra Draven

Race : Demonic Dragon (Hybrid)

Status : Exhausted

Level : 1

Age : 17

Times Evolved : 0

Health : 16,000

Strength : 2,750

Endurance : 2,800

Agility : 2,800

Mana : 3,050

Exp 0 / 100

Affinities: Darkness, Fire

Skills : Infernal Flames Lvl 1, True Dragon transformation, True Demonic Transformation, Pain Resistance Lvl 1, All Weapon Mastery Lvl 1, True Demonic Dragon (LOCKED).

Spells: Abyssal Chains, Lightning Bane, Mana Manipulation, Hate Shield, Tempest Cutter, Frozen Hell, Mist Body, Glimpse of Oblivion, Gaia's Retribution.

I'd only managed to learn nine more spells before I had to stop due to fatigue.

While I am satisfied with what I got, only one other spell managed to evolve.

Chaos Spell : Glimpse of Oblivion.

Description : Trap the target in a mental prison where their senses, and surroundings are subject to your whims.

The otaku in me is overjoyed.

This is basically just Itachi's Tsukuyomi!

Originally, this was just a darkness affinity spell that let me paralyze an opponent for a few seconds by looking into their eyes.

While this is a huge upgrade, learning this spell almost knocked me out cold.

The mental strain from learning this spell was so intense my nose had begun to bleed at one point.

These are just intermediate level spells… thinking about what would happen if I tried to learn an advanced or master level spell I immediately shudder.

My poor brain would probably turn into pudding.

While dragon regeneration is absurdly high, I don't see myself being able to heal something like that easily.

Suddenly I sensed movement from behind me and turned to see my beautiful wife standing next to a very shy looking Lisa.

"Honey… did you read all of these?" Lailah asked in surprise.

"Yeah." I was trying my best not to show how tired I was so I put on my best and widest smile and tried to perk up.

"What happened did you get frustrated you couldn't understand any of them?" She giggled.

"Ah, no I learned them all."

"Pardon?"

"Excuse me?" Lisa who had been silent up until now cried out in shock along with my wife.

Well it's not really like I can blame them I guess it is hard to believe.

I decided to say nothing and just show them.

I held up the spell book for mana manipulation and showed it to the girls before I activated the spell.

Mana manipulation is basically telekinesis but instead of using brain power, you're manipulating the mana that exists In objects to move them without making contact.

I lifted up the table next to me using mana manipulation and both of their mouths immediately dropped.

"Did.. did you really learn all of these since you've been back here?"

"Yeah, gave me quite a headache though."

"Even I can't learn spells this fast… this is on par with my mother!" Lailah said in utter shock.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, after all witches and magic do go hand in hand.

Changing the topic, I asked the girls what they'd been talking about since I left.

Instantly, Lisa was pulled forward by Lailah like a bad influence best friend to stand in front of me.

I stood up to look her in the eye and she looked back down at the floor where I was sitting.

Is she that bothered by my proposal?

I only asked because I have a personal vendetta against Jeddah and I want him to be in as much anguish as possible until he dies.

While Lisa is extremely attractive, I already have two beautiful wives that I'm more than happy with so I don't want her to think I proposed this because I'm lusting after her.

"I… would like to accept your proposal."

"Oh?" I look at the women in the room and notice Lailah has a look of satisfaction as if she were a business man who successfully got through a risky deal.

Lisa on the other hand is starting to worry me.

Her pretty face is getting redder by the minute.

"Are you sure this is what you want?" I ask curiously. "This won't be a real marriage of course but you'll still technically be married to me."

"Y-yes." She seemed to notice her tone was making her declaration unconvincing so in the next second she shook her head furiously and her next words were much more composed.

"I'm certain. I wish to marry you." She then bowed slightly before continuing. "Please take care of Mira and I."

After I heard that, I couldn't stop a smile from breaking out across my face.

Even in this situation, she put her daughter before herself.

I find such a thing truly admirable and I'm liking Lisa more already.

I think that even if Lisa and I never share a marital bed, we'll still end up being fast friends.

"Of course I'll take care of the both of you." I nodded. "Naturally, since Mira will be my daughter I'll spoil her plenty."

Next came the hardest challenge I'd ever faced since I came to this world.

I'm not sure what exactly what happened, but Lisa began to look at me with this look of fervent desire and I could smell a scent emanating from her that was so… intoxicating.

I immediately became erect and my breathing was labored as I held onto the fringes of my sanity.

Even when I was naked with both of my wives in the bath earlier, I didn't feel a temptation as great as this.

I feel like I could fuck her for a month solid with nothing but a single water break separating us.

Individual : Lisa is secreting mating pheromones, altering the hosts mental state.

Host is now in heat.

Would the host like to dispel this effect?

I know that I should but…

I look again at Lailah and Lisa and I'm overcome with an incredible lust. 𝒷ℯ𝒹𝓃𝓸𝓿ℯ𝓁.𝒸ℴ𝓶

Lailah doesn't seem to understand what's going on and is looking back and forth between us in confusion.

I want them.

I want to fuck them.

I want to see the expressions they'll makes when I cum inside of them.

I want to impregnate them.

I have to taste them.

THER ARE MINE.

As I was about to reach for both of the beautiful women standing in front of me, I heard a sudden jarring noise.

Clang!

All three of us looked towards where the sound came from and saw little Mira standing there in an adorable bear onesie with a shocked expression on her face and her signature spoon on the floor.

I immediately dispelled the effect of the pheromones and felt my body return to normal.

Fuck she didn't see what I was about to do to her mother did she?!

Chapter 29

"I-Is it true?" She asked sheepishly.

"Ah M-Mira is what true dear?" I could tell Lisa was embarrassed and it was understandable given what her daughter had just witnessed.

"I-is the cool eye man going to be my daddy?"

As soon as we heard her question Lailah smiled while Lisa and I breathed an immense sigh of relief.

Lisa walked towards Mira and sat down in front of her.

"It's true… does that bother you?" She asked her as gently as possible.

Mira looked back and forth between the three of us before she ran up to me and hugged my leg.

"No way! I've never had a daddy before!"

As we alll smiled at this tender scene Mira looked at her mother and gave her another critical hit, "Now momma won't be lonely!"

This earned a snicker from Lailah and I and an embarrassed look from Lisa.

"Wait no!" Mira suddenly backed away from me and put on an upset expression before she folded her little arms across her chest.

"I won't accept you as my father unless you give me eyes like yours!"

"Mira! You can't just-" Lisa began

"Okay." I said simply.

"Really?!" Mira looked so excited I swear I could see sparkles in her eyes.

I gently kneeled in front of her and held out my hand. "If you accept me as your father, I promise we can do the amica ritual. So that you can have eyes like mine."

The Amica ritual is a sacred right for dragons. It allows us to share traits, abilities, and sometimes strength with someone we have deemed as a true friend and companion.

While Mira's little body is much too small and frail to handle any of my strength or abilities, I should be able to give her eyes like mine just fine.

Instead of taking my outstretched hand, Mira dove into my arms and gave me a surprisingly strong hug for a little dragon.

Mira : "Dad!"

Lailah : "Fufufu, I think that's a yes."

Lisa : "Look at those two he's spoiling her already!"

Exedra / Mira : "Get used to it!"

Lisa just put on an exhausted expression before she gave up.

Lailah and I were preparing to leave and continue our date since it was still light outside.

We were going to head back to her favorite bakery before heading to a weapons shop in preparation for the dungeon tomorrow.

Lisa and Mira would spend the time packing up and preparing to move to the castle and we'd take them with us when we were done.

As we waved goodbye to the girls I took a slightly longer glance at Lisa before we continued on our way.

When I remembered what had transpired earlier, I realized there was no way I'd be able to keep my word.

I have to make Lisa mine.

Just remembering the way she stoked my desire makes me want to carry her to a bed immediately but I put that out of my mind for now.

"So what do you think of Lisa?" Lailah asked teasingly as we walked towards the bakery.

"She's very beautiful and charming." I didn't lie.

"Hmm? More than me or Bekka?"

Since my wife was in such a teasing mood I decided to oblige her.

I leaned over and whispered in her ear "I could ravage the three of you endlessly."

Her face immediately turned red but her small smile showed that she didn't hate the idea and was getting much more comfortable.

As we walked along the road in silence hand in hand, I felt Lailah's aura began to change.

I looked at her only to see she had a complicated expression on her face.

Before I could ask what was wrong, she spoke first.

"Can you teach me how you learn spells so fast?"

I didn't immediately answer her, instead I wanted to know where this was coming from. "Why?"

She stopped walking and so did I.

She looked me in the eyes with a seriousness that I'd never seen before in her.

"I love that you want to protect and spoil me.." she began.

"But having to ask you to save my friend just because I wasn't powerful enough to do it myself haunts me."

"I know that you want to help me.. but I want to be strong on my own so that one day you won't have to. "

Hearing her words I couldn't do anything but smile.

"I have a unique way of learning magic that I can't teach you my dear.."

She immediately looked crestfallen and seeing that look tugged at my heart relentlessly.

"But if you want to be stronger, I believe I know exactly how to help you I just need you to trust me."

Her eyes immediately regained their light and she nodded furiously. "Of course!"

I smiled and pulled her hand towards the bakery.

This was a conversation we'd have to sit down for.

POV : Lisa

After Exedra and Lailah left, my daughter and I began packing for our migration to the castle.

I haven't told Mira exactly where we were moving, only that it was somewhere much bigger than our current upstairs loft.

I was still a bit worried about how my daughter and I would be treated inside the castle, but Exedra assured me everyone was very kind and no one would think less of us.

'Exedra…'

As I was silently folding clothes into a suitcase, I once again remembered the face of the handsome young man who so boldly proposed to me.

Everything from his presence to his charisma and powerful aura had completely drawn me in…

'Just hearing the way he was so ready to accept Mira as his own was enough to set me off like that.' I blushed furiously when I remembered my shameful behavior from earlier.

Of course I was attracted to his physical appearance and his power but just seeing the way he was with Mira… nothing could've made me want him more.

Hearing the determination and resolution in his smooth velvety voice, I was simply overwhelmed and began releasing pheromones almost instantly.

What if he thinks I'm some kind of whore?!

Although… before Mira came in I could've sworn he was going to reach for me…

' I must've been seeing what I wanted to see.' I once again shook my head furiously in an attempt to get my mind out of the gutter.

We both agreed this isn't a real marriage it's only a contractual one!

He already has two young and incredibly beautiful wives, I'm sure I'm the only one thinking so hard about this.

"That's right his other wife!" I suddenly yelled.

I'd just remembered the plan Lailah had told me about to win over lady Bekka!

"Mira! Can you come help me really quickly?"

Chapter 30

General POV

"So… who is this?" Bekka's body was constantly releasing a menacing black aura as she stared at the beautiful mature woman standing in front of her.

She'd been very bored and lonely all day waiting for Exedra to return so when she heard they'd arrived home she activated her movement technique and rushed to meet them at the carriage.

Before she could dive into her husbands arms and reacquaint his lips with hers, she noticed another unfamiliar woman standing next to her friend.

This woman was naturally Lisa who was looking back and forth between Bekka and Exedra nervously.

Exedra seemed not to notice his wife's incredibly unfriendly aura and he said in a calm and friendly manner. "This is Lisa. As of today she is also my wife."

After the words left his mouth there was nothing but utter silence.

The wind ceased to blow, the crickets no longer chirped and the guards who were stationed by the castle door held their breath in shock.

Suddenly…

Bang!

Bekka's aura exploded and took the form of a pitch black wolf with three eyes.

With a crescent moon hanging above her head and her hair blowing chaotically in the wind the woman truly looked like a ferocious death goddess.

Only now did Exedra realize this might not go as smoothly as he'd hoped.

Though can you blame him? He'd only seen Bekka's cute sides before this.

Slowly Bekka turned her gaze to Lailah who'd been observing this development as if it were well within her expectations.

It wasn't like she didn't understand Bekka's anger.

If she were in her position she'd probably react the same way.

"You.. I thought we agreed to keep other women away from him." Bekka's voice was deep and menacing and contained none of her trademark cheerfulness.

Lailah sighed when she heard Bekka's accusatory tone and said nothing, instead she pushed forward a shaking Lisa who looked like she wanted to go home immediately.

Luckily, Lailah had prepared her for this.

Lisa knew exactly what to do to get this irate hellhound to listen, she just had to muster up the courage to do it.

She took a deep breath before she walked forward. "My name is Lisa and I'm a lesser dragon it's very nice to meet you and I hope you will hear me out!"

She bowed deeply as she presented Bekka with a basket and when Bekka sniffed the air her fearsome aura disappeared entirely but her scowl was still present.

Slowly she opened the basket to reveal a sub sandwich made with flame bear meat, assorted vegetables and a pepper sauce.

Seeing her favorite sandwich perfectly prepared like this caused her to falter slightly but she soon resumed her oppressive and resolute stance.

….Or at least that's what she believed.

Her tail was wagging fiercely, indicating how desperately she wanted that sandwich to the three in front of her.

"You think I'm so simple I'll hand over my husband just for a sandwich?" She growled.

Now it was Exedra's turned to act as he reached inside of the opened carriage and pulled out a young girl.

When Mira saw Bekka her eyes immediately lit up.

"She's so pretty! Is she my other new mommy?!"

"M-mommy? P-pretty?" Bekka stammered.

"Yes she is. This is my wonderful wife Bekka, would you like to say hi?" Exedra was such a natural with Mira a stranger would believe she was his blood related child.

"Yea!"

Exedra placed Mira on the ground and she ran over to hug the leg of the still stunned hellhound woman.

"Hello mommy Bekka! Mira's name is Mira!"

Bekka's body trembled slightly upon hearing the words of the young girl.

For canine type beast kin, the women have incredibly strong maternal instincts.

They couldn't even leave abandoned animals on the side of the road without feeling guilty.

So naturally faced with the cutest young girl she had ever seen, Bekka could only react one way.

"Oh my god how can anything be this cute!" She scooped up Mira in her arms and began nuzzling her cheeks against hers.

"Hehehe, Stop it tickles!"

"Nope you're much too cute for your own good I could just eat you up!"

"Nooo you can't eat Mira!"

As Exedra, Lailah and Lisa watched this scene all three showed wide smiles on their faces.

This was just too wholesome!

After ten minutes of playing and nuzzling, Bekka finally remembered she was supposed to be mad but the jig was already up.

Knowing she couldn't possibly be mad with this adorable little girl in her arms she heaved a big sigh before she snatched the sandwich basket from Lisa's hands and sat down cross legged on the ground.

Placing Mira in her lap, she then tore off a piece of the sandwich and handed it to her new daughter.

"Thank you mommy Bekka!" Mira cried before she began eating.

"Kyaaa! What nice manners you have, of course you're welcome my little princess. "

"Hehehe."

Seeing that the child on her lap was eating well, Bekka began to tear into her sandwich as well though not before she looked at the trio in front of her and said in a flat tone. "Start talking."

Fifteen minutes went by and Lisa had explained just about everything to Bekka and the hellhound woman had listened to every word.

Naturally, Lisa withheld some of the darker details since her daughter was present.

At the end of the explanation, instead of Bekka Mira spoke first.

"So daddy and mommy aren't really married?"

"No honey, we aren't. Lisa responded in a slightly bitter tone that did not escape Bekka's ears.

"W-why not?" The young girl was on the verge of tears.

"Ummm-"

"Your mothers just joking my little bun don't pay her any mind." Bekka interjected.

"Really?"

"Yes of course my dear how could your mother say anything to hurt your sweet little feelings" Bekka's eyes gleamed with a dangerous orange light as she stared at Lisa, seemingly daring her to continue her explanation.

This sent shivers down the back of the dragoness and caused her to nod furiously in agreement.

Mira thought for a moment before she nodded in understanding. "Mommy's not funny." She puffed her cheeks out like a squirrel as she pouted.

Bekka once again giggled at the young girl's overwhelming cuteness " No she isn't my sweet little honey bee."

"Although…" Bekka looked at the basket that the delicious sandwich was brought in and the cute little girl in her lap.

"Maybe she's not all bad." She whispered.

The three grownups naturally heard her and smiled.

Lisa's smile was the biggest of all as Lailah's plan actually worked, leaving her with a weight off her shoulders and room to breathe.

While she was still worried about how everyone in the castle would react, she naturally could recognize when to enjoy the small victories.

"Oh? Who do we have here?" A new melodious voice suddenly sounded from behind the group.

Yara had silently approached the group from the castle, and with her sudden appearance Lisa immediately began to sweat.

If Exedra's aura as a demonic dragon was suffocating and fearsome, Yara's aura as a silver moon dragon was eerily cold and regal.

Lisa didn't even feel like she was worthy to breathe the same air as her.

As she stared at her majestic twin horns and serene purple eyes, Lisa couldn't help but think she embodied every aspect of the word royalty.

"Hey mom." Exedra said casually. "This is my new wife, Lisa."

Lisa noticing the spotlight was on her bowed deeply before introducing herself. " Good evening Princess Yara, I am Exedra's third wife Lisa Clearwing. It is truly an honor to make your acquaintance."

Lisa had to dig her claws into her palms to prevent herself from stuttering but the effect seems to have paid off in the end.

"Please raise your head dear, there is no neeed for such formalities when you're family. Just call me mother like the girls do."

"…As you wish mother." She slowly returned to an upright posture and her nervousness returned with it.

The most beautiful woman she'd ever seen was staring her directly in the face!

Was she bothered by the fact that she was a lesser dragon?

Contrary to Lisa's delusions, Yara hadn't been bothered at all by the fact that she was a lesser dragon and instead was focused on another fact.

'Has my son always liked older women?'

He'd never shown any signs before so Yara was slightly bewildered.

She didn't know that Exedra's love of older women came from his last life.

Several thousand hours of pornography leave you with addictions like that.

While Yara was contemplating having someone the same age as her call her mother, a little dragon was so transfixed with the beauty of the woman in front of her she subconsciously began walking towards her.

"So beautiful…" Mira cooed.

"Hm?" Yara hadn't noticed the little dragon when she was still in Bekka's motherly embrace and when she did her eyes immediately widened in surprise.

"Where did this little cutie come from?" 𝓫𝓮𝒹𝓷ℴ𝓿ℯ𝓵.𝓬ℴ𝓶

"Ah, sorry mother this is my daughter Mira."

"D-daughter?" It was a rare thing for Yara to lose her composure but hearing Lisa's declaration it was simply unavoidable.

'As expected… she probably wants her son to be with someone who is still pure.' Lisa had a crestfallen look on her face.

Yara looked back and forth between her son, her new daughter and the small child in front of her.

When her gaze finally settled on her son she asked the question that was burning in her heart.

"Am I a grandmother?"

Chapter 31

POV : Exedra

"Am I a grandmother?"

"Yes." I said without hesitation.

My mother was silently processing this information for several seconds.

Then at a speed I could barely process, my mother scooped my daughter up in her arms and began hugging her so tight I thought she would crush her.

"I finally have a granddaughter I've been waiting so long for this day!"

Suddenly she stopped squeezing Mira and looked at her with a playful gaze. "Want to see something pretty?"

"Yea!"

Slowly, my mother's eyes began to glow white before she gave us a scene straight out of a Disney movie.

Slowly she held out her hand and generated several animal shaped constructs made from moonlight.

There were deer, fish , birds and more all circling around us, moving as if they were alive.

I had seen my mothers magic before so I wasn't that surprised but still… it is as breathtaking as always.

Bekka : "So pretty!"

Lailah : "How incredible.."

Lisa : "I've never seen anything like this before…"

My wives were in shock as well not that I can blame them.

There is a reason why silver moon dragons were so highly revered before they went extinct.

Only they were capable of creating a spectacle as beautiful as this and then razing a city to the ground immediately after.

They are as powerful as they are beautiful.

"This is amazing!" Mira cried.

She tried to touch a few of the animals and when she did they would explode into shimmering moonlight making her look like she was covered in glitter.

"Do you like it my granddaughter?"

"Yes it's almost as pretty as grandmother!"

"Fufufu what a sweet mouth on this one I love her already."

"Mira loves grandma too!"

As I watched this heartwarming scene, I turned to see Bekka with a crestfallen look on her face.

Slowly she made her way towards me and buried her face in my chest.

"Husband… she didn't even say she loved me yet."

Ahh… she's too cute sometimes.

As she looked up at me with tears welling up in her eyes she asked "Do you think she's at a rebellious age already?"

I chuckled and began to stroke my wife's hair to calm her down.

Subconsciously, I finally let out a sigh of relief knowing she was no longer hostile to Lisa.

I was still planning on making Lisa mine and having all of my wives get along is of the utmost importance.

'Lisa…' I silently gazed at her and remembered what happened earlier.

Even though I've long since dispelled the effects, the urges haven't vanished yet.

As I looked down at Bekka who was still upset over the closeness of Yara and Mira, I once again was struck by her incredible beauty and felt urges well inside of me.

I knew that tonight I probably wouldn't be able to control myself when we were alone.

'Let's just hope I don't break her before our dungeon trip tomorrow.'

Trigger warning : Sexual Violence

In the snow covered mountains north of Antares, there is a large ancient castle sitting on top of the highest mountain peak.

Inside the ancient castle, ice and treasures line every corner of every hall.

In one of these hallways a young snow wolf beast man was swearing profusely.

That is because he was elected by his peers to inform young master Jeddah that three of his personal underlings had gone missing and a certain 'toy' he'd had his eyes on had been taken.

Reaching his destination. He took several deep breaths before he knocked, preparing himself for what he'd see inside.

He'd never actually been inside himself but from the stories that'd been told by some of the other castle workers this room was the stuff of nightmares.

After he composed himself, he knocked on the door a single time and waited.

And waited.

Five minutes went by before the door creaked open and the inside was revealed.

Like the rest of the castle the room was incredibly luxurious and spacious but that wouldn't be enough to make any sane person want to stay in there.

There was blood and other unknown liquids coating the icy walls like some kind of disgusting avant-garde artwork, and given the natural enhanced since of smell of beastkin races, The man naturally didn't have to think too hard about what they might be.

Though that wasn't the worst part.

There were twelve women in the room.

They were from various races, though most of them were vampires and elves as they were widely considered some of the most beautiful alongside dragons.

Some were in the bed, but most were on the ground shivering or not moving at all.

All of them were injured, ranging from bruises to claw marks or even a few broken bones.

Without exception, they all had blood running from between their legs.

Sitting in the bed with a woman's head between his legs, was a pale skinned man with a well defined body and long snow white hair that came down to his feet.

He had two curved horns on his head, and beautiful shiny white scales all over his body.

His eyes were bright blue and contained an unfathomable coldness.

"What do you want wolf?" Jeddah asked angrily.

"Young master, Borkus and his squad have been reported missing." The beast man spoke in a clear concise tone that conveyed none of his nervousness.

Jeddah was well known to become incredibly irate over the smallest of things so it was better safe than sorry.

"So he ran off huh…" Jeddah realesed something into the mouth of the woman who was servicing him before he threw her to the side with the rest of his garbage before grabbing another by her hair and shoving her head down.

None of the girls screamed or even cried. They all knew by now that doing that would bring a far worse result.

The beastkin seeing this was incredibly sickened and disgusted. He had several daughters and four wives that he loved very much and imagining one of them in this bastards clutches made him want to kill him immediately.

Though if he had the power for something like that, he wouldn't be a servant would he?

"No sir, we don't believe he ran off. His entire family was also found dead."

This caused Jeddah to raise his brow slightly in surprise before he resumed a neutral expression.

"Bastard must've pissed off someone in a bar again."

"Well no matter." He said after a small deliberation. "Get a new set of eyes on Lisa immediately and up her fees. I want that slut in my bed by the end of the month."

The beastkin swallowed when he heard this as this was the part he was worried the most about.

"Lisa is gone sir." He said after several deep breaths.

For several seconds nothing happened.

There wasn't a scream, a spell lobed at him or anything.

But the beastkin man known as Lemkil knew better than to trust in that.

He blinked and Jeddah appeared in front of him and had his hand around his throat lifting him into the air.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHES GONE!" Jeddah's roar shook the walls of the room and caused cracks to form along the walls.

Jeddah's grip was naturally too tight for Lemlkil to get so much as a word out.

When he realized this he flung the man in his grip into the furthest wall with all his strength, firmly planting him a few inches inside of it.

Lemkil knew better than to faint, so he bit his tongue to keep himself away from the darkness that was quickly approaching him.

'The strength of a first stage is no joke after all.' He thought bitterly.

"Speak worm!" Jeddah was furious.

Most dragons are treasure hoarders by nature, they live their extremely long lives trying to satisfy their near endless greed.

Whether their vice is money, women, wine, or magic makes no difference.

So naturally, faced with something he'd marked as 'his' being taken, he was fuming.

The air around him was quickly beginning to drop to sub zero temperatures.

"She.. was seen getting into the royal carriage of Princess Yara." Lemkil managed to say through much effort.

"Why would she be in that bitch's carriage she's just a lesser insect!"

"We don't know sir."

"Useless!" Jeddah roared in anger.

He began to break things around his room for several minutes until he could finally calm down.

"The princess huh… come to think of it father was invited to her castle for some event next week correct?"

"Yes sir." Lemkil said.

He'd finally dug himself out of the wall and looked to be fine, but if you looked closely you found see a trickle of blood running from his mouth, an indication of internal damage.

"Fuck… I was planning on leaving annoying things to him but it looks like I'll be tagging along." He growled.

"I'll get my toy back by any means necessary."

Lemkil wanted to say that Yara's status was considerably higher than his own and if the woman was in her care then there was fuck all he could do about it.

But he was a lot smarter than that so he said nothing.

Secretly he was hoping for Jeddah to cause a scene with the king's favorite child so he'd be put down like the dog he is.

Jeddah grabbed a vampire woman off the ground before he threw her into the bed.

This information had greatly soiled his mood and his need to burn off some steam was too great.

"Permission to leave young master?" Lemkil asked. He didn't want to see what was going to happen next so all he could do was offer the girl a silent prayer.

"Granted."

As he Lemkil quickly walked to the door he once again heard the voice of his young master calling out to him. "Wait wolf."

"Yes sir?"

The ice dragon lifted the woman's head up by her hair so that he could get a good look at her face before he issued his next orders.

"This one has a father and a husband in the cells. Bring them both here so they can watch."

When Lemkil heard the order chills went down his spine and he gritted his teeth.

This was too much!

The woman naturally heard this but she made no sound and showed no reaction other than a single crystalline tear sliding down her bruised cheek.

"By your order…Young Master."

Chapter 32

General POV

Upon finally entering the castle for the night, the group immediately split up.

Yara took Mira to the kitchen to bake cookies, where she quickly stole the hearts of the chefs and maids on duty.

The young girl was quickly amassing a fan club as well as a personal army, as the guards who saw her vowed silently never to let so much as her hair be harmed.

Lisa was being escorted by Duke through the castle grounds and her new living quarters.

Coincidentally, her room ended up being right down the hall from her husband's room.

'W-what if I hear them having sex?' Lisa's face was flushed as dirty images of her new husband in bed with his wives crossed her mind.

'Would they…let me join?' Her eyes immediately gained a new intensity.

Dragons have an extremely high libido and naturally Lisa was not an exception.

While on the outside she was very mild mannered and timid inwardly Lisa was…

'This is all his damn fault who the hell told him to be so handsome and saying all those things and….' Lisa was getting more and more agitated as the seconds ticked by.

She'd spent a few years completely celibate while raising her daughter and was completely fine. After a few initial months of struggle she learned how to satisfy her urges herself.

She was quite content to spend the remainder of her life that way while raising her daughter but the sudden appearance of Exedra threw all of those delusions out the window.

Meeting the most handsome man she'd ever seen had awakened the deepest desires she had and brought them out in full force. 𝚋𝚎𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕.𝚗𝚎𝚝

It was like waving a crack pipe in front of someone in recovery.

'I just want to yank his pants down and suck his-'

"My lady? Are you alright?" Duke suddenly asked.

The sudden remembrance that she was not alone shocked Lisa back to reality and left her greatly embarrassed. "A-ah yes I am."

"You have this look of terrible hunger in your eyes, would you like to stop by the kitchen next?"

"Y-yes that sounds wonderful." She answered quickly.

Truthfully? She wasn't that hungry but she had to stuff atleast one hole on her body with something or her new husband would end up raped before midnight.

'I wonder… what they're doing right now.' She thought before quickly shaking her head to rid herself of those thoughts.

In Exedra's bedroom, contrary to the wild and steamy scene in Lisa's imagination, he and Lailah had spent the last twenty minutes trying to coax Bekka out of her anger.

Even though she understood the circumstances behind it, her husband still brought home another woman.

The only reason why she doesn't mind Lailah is because they were already best friends before Exedra became intimate with them and Lailah was actually his first wife so she couldn't complain.

She sat on a chair in the corner of the room with her back away from them as she stared at a wall.

"Come on Bekka how long are you going to be mad?" Lailah asked for what felt like the hundredth time.

"Till I'm ready to stop." Came her gruff reply.

She heard movement behind her and turned to see her husband eyeing her with a mischievous grin.

"If you forgive us I'll make it up to you however you want." He said in a seductive tone.

Bekka's resolve wavered for a fraction of a second before her bright orange eyes regained focus and she remembered why she was upset. "Hmph." She turned back around and resumed her game of counting sheep.

It was then that Lailah's eyes shone with a glint of realization and her face broke out in a beautifully evil grin that could captivate and terrify men everywhere.

"Husband…" her voice was soft and laced with pure seduction.

She gently stroked her husbands cheek and looked deep into his eyes as she licked her lips "Since she won't forgive us should we just have some fun without her tonight?"

If either of them were still paying attention, they would've noticed two black wolf ears twitching furiously before returning to normal.

'Hmph think you'll bluff me? Dream on!" Bekka was confident her friend still wasn't completely ready to go all the way so she remained in her seated position.

Exedra's gaze turned serious at his wife's provocation.

The effects of Lisa's pheromones still hadn't completely left his mind, and teasing him in his current state was akin to poking a bear.

"Are you sure?" He asked warily.

Lailah said nothing and instead grabbed her husband by his robe and pulled him in for a forceful kiss.

Initially, Exedra was too stunned to react to the sudden attack but responded in kind when he felt his wife's tongue invade his mouth.

After they broke their kiss, between heavy breaths filled with desire Lailah managed to utter a sentence that sealed her fate. "Stop asking questions and just fuck me."

Exedra obliged her and swiftly picked his wife up and carried her to the bed.

'They'll probably back out at any moment now…right?' Bekka was fighting hard to resist the urge to turn around but it wasn't easy.

Ultimately the belief that her friend would still be too scared prevented her from giving in.

Unbeknownst to the young hellhound woman, the day's events had a great effect on her friend's mind.

Seeing her husband so willing to end the lives of three men at her whim and eliminating a man's entire lineage just because he offended her, erased any doubts she might've had before.

And after he'd shared the secret of being able to see evolution conditions with her, she became even more certain.

This was undoubtedly the man she wanted to give her body to.

She was no longer doing this to make herself seem useful, she was doing it to express her immense love and gratitude.

Exedra tossed his wife onto the bed before he began removing his own clothes whilst making eye contact with her.

The sight of her husband's perfect tattooed body and his intense gaze threatened to overwhelm the young witch's mind and she felt herself get wet almost immediately.

As her husband crawled towards her with pure lust in his eyes, she became certain that if sex with him didn't break her mind, it would surely leave her addicted.

Chapter 33

POV : Bekka

I had turned around in surprise after my ears heard the wet sound coming from behind me, I was greeted with the sight of my love above Lailah with his clothes half off and his upper body exposed.

He reached down and tore her dress off in a single move and left her gorgeous body in full view of the two of us.

Fuck, I just wanted them to coddle me a little more how'd it lead to this?!

"Ahh!" Exedra wasted no time and quickly took one of Lailah's perky nipples into his mouth.

He began to suck and nibble on it expertly, earning cries of pleasure from Lailah all throughout.

While he was sucking her nipple, his hands weren't idle either and they slowly worked their way downwards towards her vagina.

Her vagina was quite pretty and pink with a lot of nectar leaking from it.

Fuck this is…really hot.

I felt my own body heating up more and more as I watched them.

My nipples had become erect, my breathing ragged and I became quite wet myself.

When Exedra's fingers finally reached her vagina I saw her whole body tremble.

Slowly, he positioned his hand so that his middle finger was on the entrance to her vagina and his thumb was on her clit.

He stopped sucking on her nipple and looked deeply into her eyes.

She nodded slowly and he shoved his finger in and began expertly rubbing her clit. "Fuck yes!"

She was so wet already there was almost no resistance.

I couldn't see any traces of pain on her face either just a pure sense of euphoria.

"Please give me more I want it!" She begged and he obliged her inserting another finger into her vagina and burying his face in her neck where he began to bite and suck.

Her screams only got louder and louder as her whole body shook.

Her eyes were beginning to glaze over and I could see she was close to cumming but I'm amazed she lasted this long.

If it were me I definitely would've squirted in half the time.

Even when Exedra was touching only my clit, it was so stimulating I had to resist the urge to come right away.

I had never felt like that when I was alone before. There is something about his touch that's so…intoxicating.

Just remembering it makes me incredibly wet and horny but I have to stand firm!

Wait…what was I mad about again?

"I'm cumming!" Suddenly, Lailah's whole body shivered before she jerked her hips and squirted onto the bed and our husbands hand.

The entire time she came, he never stopped moving his fingers and Lailah looked like she was going through the most delicious torture imaginable.

'I'm so jealous…' as I looked at the dizzied state of Lailah I could only feel incredibly envious.

She was breathing heavily, and I could see a mass of hickeys on her neck that made her look like she'd been marked up by a beast.

Slowly he retracted his fingers from her vagina and brought it to his mouth to taste.

His purple eye glowed brightly before a satisfied grin broke out across his face.

Next he removed the last of his clothing and I could now see his towering manhood standing fully erect.

In my old tribe, nudity wasn't really frowned upon so I've seen my fair share of male members but my husband's is… incomparable.

It was at an impressive size even when he was flaccid but now it looks as enticing as it does terrifying.

It was as long and thick as a steel pole, yet as hard as diamond.

As he positioned himself at Lailah's entrance, I looked at her narrow vagina and was sure it wouldn't fit.

As he began to push himself into her narrow entrance, Lailah awoke from her drunken stupor and winced in pain.

Even though she was incredibly wet taking something that big for the first time was bound to hurt.

"Gravi Dolore!" She cried before a golden rune appeared on her vagina and her body loosened considerably.

I didn't know a lot of spells but I knew a basic dull pain spell when I heard one.

They were really going to do it!

They were really going to take each other's first cause I was being stubborn!

But I can't even be mad because this is all making me so fucking horny!

Son of a bitch!

I stood up and removed my own clothes before I sat down with my legs spread open wide and began to masturbate.

As I rubbed and teased my own clit furiously I also began to pinch and pull my own nipple.

This is good..but it's not enough.

This won't even make me moan.

While I was trying to give myself an orgasm, Exedra's breathing had become so heavy it seemed like he'd just run a marathon.

I could tell he was fighting hard not to let his nature run wild and attack her like a beast but right now he looked… so attractive.

Slowly he began to push himself inside of Lailah and her cries of pleasure filled up the room.

Even when blood began to flow along with her nectar, she never stopped moaning.

"S-so big!" She barely managed to utter those words before Exedra began to drill her mercilessly at a rapid pace.

I began to hear growls coming from him instead of actual words and I knew he'd lost out to his instincts.

I was only amazed it took him so long.

Lailah's eyes gradually lost their focus and her tongue fell out of her mouth and I could tell the pleasure was overwhelming her.

She had orgasm after orgasm.

She continued to squirt at a rapid pace the entire time he was fucking her but Exedra didn't look anywhere close to being done.

I guess she must've ran out at some point because after a while even when she came nothing else came out, her body would just shiver as her toes clenched uncontrollably and her moans reached a new high.

I was so jealous.

I still hadn't even come once!

Frustrated, I jammed two fingers into my vagina and finally got a temporary feeling of pleasure and a moan finally escaped my lips. "Ahh!"

Exedra suddenly stared at me as he continued to fuck Lailah's brains out.

He'd seemingly forgotten I was here and my moan reminded him.

I could feel his gaze burning intensely as he stared at my vagina and I knew he wanted me to continue.

I obliged him and much to my surprise I became incredibly sensitive.

Just knowing he was looking at me made me so horny I couldn't stand it.

Swiftly, he picked up Lailah and bent her over on the bed so that she was facing me and I got a good look at her.

Her silky black hair was a mess, her red eyes had long since lost their focus and her face showed pure delight.

She was briefly surprised by the change in position before Exedra once again began to fuck her harder than before and she forgot where she was.

"Fuck! I can't stop coming it's so goodd!"

Her body trembled as he thrust into her with reckless abandon and she came yet again.

The whole time, Exedra had his gaze drifting between the two of us and it turned me on so much.

I finally felt my orgasm building after several minutes.

My fingers expertly working on my tight wet insides, my husband looking at me like a beast in heat and seeing ny friend being ruthlessly fucked right in front of me was too much stimulation for me.

"Husband…I'm cumming for you." I whispered but I knew he heard me.

I began to hear his growls and grunts increasing in intensity and I knew he was almost done too.

"Again…I-I'm gonna break!" Lailah screamed.

In perfect synchronization, we all came at the same time.

Exedra drilled Lailah with one last hard thrust before he unloaded deep in her womb.

"Fuck!" I screamed as my orgasm was finally released and I squirted all over the floor in front of me.

My body was shivering intensely, but not as bad as Lailah's.

It almost looked like she was having a seizure but I knew she was just having s constant orgasm.

Sound wasn't even coming out of her mouth any more she just made an expression as if she were in heaven.

Slowly Exedra pulled out of her vagina and his thick semen spilled out onto the bed.

"S-so full.." was the last thing Lailah uttered before her body could no longer hold itself up and she passed out.

Suddenly a whisp of purple mist left her body and entered Exedra's purple eye.

"What the hell was that?" I asked confused but I got no answer.

Instead, Exedra walked towards me and I noticed he was still hard. My body shuddered in anticipation and I grew wetter with every step he took towards me.

I knew he still wasn't fully in control and had lost out to his lust.

Instead of being afraid, I was excited! I wanted the same treatment he gave Lailah!

Without waiting for a word from me, he grabbed me roughly by the hair and shoved his manhood into my mouth.

Chapter 34

As he forcefully shoved his erect manhood into my mouth, the sweet taste of Lailah's juices, the metallic taste of her blood, and the saltiness of my husband's cum all began to stimulate my tongue.

It was so delicious, I greedily wrapped my tongue around his member searching for more to taste but it proved to be an arduous task.

His penis was so thick I thought my jaw would dislocate, and he was so long I hadn't even gotten half of it in my mouth.

Suddenly he firmly gripped the back of my head before he shoved himself deeply down my throat. "Mmf!"

He began to fuck my mouth at a rapid pace and I felt tears well up in my eyes.

'It hurts..' I couldn't breathe, and my throat was bulging as his dick went in and out.

I loved every second.

The rough way he was treating me and the taste of him inside my mouth made me incredibly wet.

I knew when he was done with my mouth, he'd give my vagina the same treatment.

It got easier as time went by, eventually I started bobbing my head back and forth on my own to match his thrusts and using my tongue to stimulate his shaft.

His eyes contained so much obsessive desire and love that it spurred me on even more and I wanted to take him deeper.

Suppressing the urge to gag and breathing through my nose, I took all of him in and my lips were soon touching his pubic area and he began to let out his own moans of satisfaction.

The sweet sound of his groans in my ear gave me an extreme feeling of accomplishment as I let him use my throat like it was his own personal toy.

I loved that feeling.

I had long since dropped all resistance and let him use me as he pleased.

I needed him to know I belonged to him.

Even though it was painful, that actually made it so much sweeter.

He continued to fuck my mouth deeper and wilder, until he let out one final grown before he came down my throat.

'I wanted to taste it…' I thought, feeling a sense of loss.

As he slowly removed his thick long member from my throat, I felt the cough I had been suppressing finally escape.

As I doubled over from my coughing fit I was eclipsed by a shadow standing over me.

What I saw when I looked up terrified me as much as it aroused me.

My husband stood before me, but his wings had popped out and deep black and red scales could be seen on his face and upper body.

He was still just as hard as before and… no way… did it get bigger? 𝗯𝐞𝐝𝗻𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥.𝐜𝗼𝐦

He bent down and hooked his arms up under each of my legs before he lifted me up from the chair I was in.

I frantically hung onto his neck to avoid falling but I was anticipating what would come next.

Instead of taking me to the bed where the still sleeping Lailah lay, he pinned me up against the wall with nowhere to run.

I looked down in the gap between us and saw that he was definitely bigger than before.

He was positioned perfectly at my entrance and with one thrust he would be inside me.

Just the thought of it made my already overflowing juices leak onto the floor.

"E-Exedra-"

Before I could ask him to start out slow since this was my first time, he captured my lips with his and kissed me with a feral passion.

His lips were soft and full, and the way he used his tongue inside my mouth made my mind go blank.

"Mmm….Mmmf Fuck!" As we kissed passionately and I moaned into my husband's mouth, he thrust his hips a single time and plunged himself inside of me.

In one smooth motion he breached my entrance, tore my hymen and struck against my womb.

The intense pain and the overwhelming pleasure nearly broke my mind in half as I had the hardest orgasm of my life.

"Shit I'm cominggg!" I screamed and I felt myself thoroughly soak the floor and my husbands lower body as I lost control of myself.

"Did you come with just that my love?"

I looked through blurred vision at my husband only to see him looking at me with amusement.

His voice was much deeper and captivating than before and just listening to it made my insides squirm.

He seemed to be back in control of himself atleast partially and I wasn't certain what that meant for me next.

"It felt..too good." I barely managed to say.

"Oh? Does my sweet little Bekka have a pain kink?" His voice again rang in my ears but I could hardly hear him since he'd once again started moving his hips.

"F-Fuck I-I don't know."

He wasn't even being fast or aggressive currently.

He was slowly going in and out allowing me to feel every inch and I could feel my body slowly adjusting to accommodate his enormous size.

It felt good, great even. But it wasn't exactly what I needed.

After experiencing that sudden, piercing initial thrust nothing else feels quite the same.

I could feel myself building up I just needed that little extra to send me over.

"…der.." I muttered.

"Hmm? I can't hear you my love."

I looked deep into his twin colored eyes as I desperately pleaded "Please fuck me harder!"

He smiled a bright enchanting smile before he heeded my request and he rapidly thrust into me.

I could feel him knocking on my womb harder and harder with every thrust.

Even though I was slightly concerned he'd break me… I didn't want him to stop.

"Fuck yes! Just like that! Please don't stop!" I moaned fervently.

I'm sure I must've sounded like some mad raving beast or looked like a woman drunk on pleasure.

In a sense, I guess I was.

I could no longer hear anything or smell anything.

All I could see was the enticing image of my husband's charming face as he fucked my brains out with a pleased look on his face.

"C-cumming… I'm cummi- OH MY FUCKING GOD I'M CUMMING!"

As I was reaching the peak of my orgasm, my husband swiftly dug his sharp claws into my ass cheeks.

The sudden, sharp jolt of pain increased the intensity of my orgasm tenfold.

My mind temporarily went blank and my body shook furiously before I went limp in my husbands embrace.

The entire time I was having an orgasm, he never stopped thrusting.

'I love you so much.' I thought as I stared at him.

I wanted to say it out loud but I wasn't even sure my voice was still working.

He gave me one last final thrust before I felt him fill my womb.

As my insides were filled completely with his children, he kissed me passionately.

As our kiss broke and my head lazily flopped to the side, I could see Lailah who was now awake masturbating furiously while she watched us.

"Ahh…that was the best."

I managed to tell him how much I enjoyed it before my body got tired and I blacked out.

Chapter 35

General POV

After Bekka passed out, Exedra gingerly laid her down in the bed under the covers before he resumed sex with Lailah.

This pattern went on throughout the entire night. 𝘣𝑒𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝑒𝘭．𝑜𝘳𝘨

When one would faint from pleasure, almost as if by prior agreement the other would wake up and receive the same treatment.

Exedra showed no signs of exhaustion even after several hours.

On the contrary he looked full of energy and like he could keep going endlessly.

After the seventh hour when the sun was showing signs of rising, Exedra pulled out of the still spasming Lailah to see that Bekka showed no signs of waking up and her chest was steadily rising and falling.

"Haaa… I think I might've overdone it." He said as he looked at the state of his wives and then the room.

There wasn't a surface or an item that wasn't wet or broken in some way.

The bed was the worst of all and it was covered in fluids from all three of them.

"I'm never going to be able to look our innocent little maids in the eye after they clean this." He thought with a sigh before he grabbed some tissues from the corner of his room that saw the least amount of damage.

As he prepared to clean his wives up he received some surprising messages from his system.

Passive Skill Unbound : Grandson Of Igrat.

Mission Received!

- Conquer the Dungeon of Black Winter

Rewards :

- Instant level up x10

- 5,000 Shop Currency

- One Random Lottery Prize

Time Limit :

- 48 hours.

As he looked over the notifications that popped up in my vision, he cocked his brow in apparent confusion.

'System what do you mean skill unbound?'

A skill that has been unbound is a bloodline trait that was formerly dormant in the host's body. It is not the same as your locked skill, True Demonic Dragon.

'Okay… do I have any other dormant skills?'

'The system does not know.'

Sigh, of course it wouldn't be that easy.

'Well how'd I get this one?'

Host performed an action that awoke the dormant magic in his bloodline.

'Show me the skill information.'

Cannot analyze skill.

What the hell?

Since when can my system not see something going on with my body?

'Why can't you see it?'

Host must be atleast stage three before skill details can be revealed.

The questions just kept piling up in his mind.

'I have to get stronger as quickly as possible.'

Unanswered questions made him nervous.

He then turned his focus to the mission and it's rewards and was mildly surprised.

The dungeon of black winter was a medium difficulty dungeon not far from the castle.

It's a relatively small dungeon with only fifteen floors.

Despite that, the size and strength of the monsters are no joke.

Whole parties of up to seventy have been almost completely wiped out and he and Bekka are going alone.

"Looks like something exciting will happen today." Exedra cleaned his wives up and tucked them into bed in the driest spots he could find before he looked out the balcony towards the horizon.

He'd finally be starting my journey towards gaining power and the thought left him strangely excited.

He thought back a little on his old life and smiled bitterly.

The difference was so great it was almost laughable.

'Come to think of it…am I thirty seven?!' I thought with an incredulous expression.

After he died as Carter, when Exedra's memories were uploaded, he lived through seventeen years of his existence from his birth to the day he collapsed and gained his body.

While thirty seven isn't really all that high a number for a race like dragons, the sudden realization that he was now a middle aged man took the wind out of his sails a bit.

"Well whatever." As he gazed at the sun rising slowly over the horizon, he felt like life in this strange world was only just beginning, but was nonetheless extremely excited for whatever was to come.

POV : Exedra

This morning was.. eventful to say the very least.

After last nights activities, both of my wives slept like beautiful little logs until eleven.

Normally this would've been fine but little Mira wanted to make breakfast for her new mommies and daddy and was slightly sad when I told them they were exhausted from a very strenuous workout.

My mother simply snickered like a fourth grader and Lisa had a furious blush on her face.

She's been looking at me funny all morning I wonder if she heard us last night?

'She should've joined if she did..' I thought before I quickly turned my thoughts to other places.

Eventually, after Bekka and Lailah showed no signs of waking up anytime soon I had to go and wake them up myself.

Lailah : "Mmm… no more… broke me.."

Bekka: "few more minutes…mmmh I can go again…"

I felt slightly guilty seeing this sight.

Maybe I went too hard on them for our first time?

I was eventually able to wake them up and assured them I wasn't going to do anything to them though I couldn't tell if they were disappointed or relieved.

I sent both the girls to the bath and finally let the maids in to clean my room.

Even though I avoided making eye contact, I could still feel some intense gazes coming my way so I left in a hurry.

Eventually I went out to the garden with my mother and Mira while I was waiting on Bekka.

Apparently Lisa spends most of her time in the library which doesn't really surprise me.

I should pay her a visit as well when I have time.

As I say with my mother and my daughter for tea, I once again brought up my father.

" Mom did dad ever speak about his family?"

She looked at me strangely before she answered. "No… he didn't."

"Mom I need to know.. what kind of demon was dad?"

She seemed to be slightly surprised by my questions and at first I wasn't sure she'd answer.

After a moment a small blush crossed her face before I understood why. "He was an incubus."

My expression immediately became one of surprise and then quickly disgust as I could see my mothers eyes get hazy like she was having fond memories.

Maybe I shouldn't have asked. The thought of my parents bumping uglies is really ruining my morning.

Putting that aside, I was greatly surprised my father was an incubus.

They're extremely rare and usually they aren't all that powerful and end up getting kidnapped and sold to rich women.

The fact that my father was so powerful was either due to his blood being extremely pure or his evolutions.

Based off the skill I'd gotten this morning I'd say it's the former.

"Daddy, what's an incubus?"

I heard the cute little voice of Mira ask me a question I never wanted to hear in a million years.

I pulled her into my lap and looked her deeply in her eyes.

"It's a type of monster you must always run away from. They're very icky and can make you sick." I put on my best spooky voice for added effect.

"I-is it a scary monster?" She asked sheepishly.

I nodded furiously "Mhm, yep very scary. But for worry your dad here can blow them all away."

I said as I puffed out my chest to look powerful in front of my daughter and the effect seems to have worked.

"Woahhh! Daddy's strong!"

My mother rolled her eyes at our display before she resumed her normal expression. "But why do you ask about-"

"Husband!" My mother was interrupted by a frantic Bekka running towards us.

Her pitch black skin glistened beautifully under the sun and her long flowing hair blown by the wind made her look equally majestic.

She wore glittering black armor that suited her wonderfully and gave her a ferocious and wild look.

Across her back was a new giant war hammer I'd bought for her yesterday in preparation for the dungeon and as an apology for breaking her previous one in our spar.

"Mommy Bekka you look so cool!" Mira rushed off my lap and ran to admire her new mother's badass set of armor.

"Aww thank you my little peach!" She scooped Mira into her arms and began to plaster her face with kisses.

Chapter 36

"Hello Bekka, I'm glad to see you're awake." Mother said with a grin. "Must've been quite the workout huh?"

Bekka's was briefly confused before her eyes glazed over as she remembered last nights events. "The best…"

I don't think I'll ever be fully comfortable with talking about things like this in front of my mother but given how open she and Bekka are, I should probably start trying.

Mother looked at me proudly before she began to laugh. "Fufufu you're your father's son alright, I remember that look vividly! One time we were on a beach in the vampire continent and- "

"Okay! Well we gotta go now." I hurriedly cut her off before she gave me nightmares.

Plus Mira was here too!

What if she traumatized her?

Bekka and I hurriedly said our goodbyes before we immediately departed the castle.

The dungeon was about 40 minutes away by carriage so we decided to fly and save some time.

I carried Bekka in my arms like a Princess and we flew off above the clouds.

We'd been flying through the sky for about 20 minutes when Bekka suddenly spoke. 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝑒𝘭．𝑛𝘦𝘵

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask but aren't you more handsome today?"

"Excuse me?" I had no idea where this was coming from.

I looked in the mirror this morning and I didn't look any differently.

"I didn't notice when you woke us up because I was so tired but when I saw you again later I was so surprised that I would've jumped on you if you were alone."

'Is she just acting like this because she likes having sex with me?'

"But now since we are alone I can show you just how attracted to you I am." She wore a mischievous smile that nearly made me give in but I held firm.

"Come on Bekka we have to conquer the dungeon today."

"Then I should make sure you finish quickly right?" She whispered softly before she buried her face in my neck and licked me all the way up to my ear.

This girl is really…

And so, the trip that should've taken us 30 minutes, took an hour instead.

….I blame her.

General POV

The Dungeon of Black Winter was located at the foot of a large mountain to the west of the castle.

The opening looked like a large cavern with a glowing black portal at the entrance.

Currently, their was no one around except for a few guards who were assigned to keep out certain unsavory visitors.

The guards were making idle chitchat and gambling while they were on duty.

This was a medium difficulty dungeon and barely anyone comes here so they could do stuff like this no problem.

A party of about sixty entered earlier and there was a betting pool over how many of the members would come out alive.

"Those bastards were way too cocky I'll bet two hundred and fifty gold only ten come out alive!"

"Ten? My aren't we feeling generous today."

"I bet that hot girl used half of those guys as a meat shield."

"I'd let her use me too."

"This is why you're fucking single. Women can smell that desperation on you."

"Yep."

"He's right Ko."

"Fuck you guys, what do you know anyway!"

The group of guards all looked at each other and wondered if they should point out that they all had at least one wife but seeing that their friend was getting upset, they elected not to comment.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, six flashes of blue light appeared and when they vanished a person took its place.

There were five men and one woman.

All appeared to be humans with badly damaged armor and various injuries.

While nothing appeared to be life threatening, their were numerous cuts and bruises on each of them.

"Ha! I bet six or less! Pay up fuckers!"

"God damn it!"

"Lucky son of a bitch!"

"Shit I'll be eating bread for the rest of the month…"

The adventures who'd just come out naturally weren't paying much attention to the gambling of the guards behind them and were instead focusing on their own internal struggles.

" Damn it Maki! What was the point of bringing a god damn dual element mage if all you were going to do was be fucking useless!"

"Hey! She tried her best alright!"

"You shut the fuck up Jackson! All she's good for was a mediocre fuck and keeping a few low level ice wolves away! What good is that if an eight foot yeti comes to stomp our skulls in!? We lost over fifty men!"

"I'm getting real sick of you talking about her like that!"

"Yea! I tried my best alright! They had artifacts that weakened my light and fire element so I couldn't heal you guys or use any real firepower!" The young blond haired woman with bright green eyes finally spoke up to defend herself.

The one who seemed to be the leader of the group, a man known as Sekkar didn't respond to Maki and instead looked at the young man fiercely defending her.

"Oi. Get a fucking grip. You think you're the only one in the guild she's sucking off?"

The other two men, who had been watching all of this with disinterested faces, suddenly started looking around as if they found all of the surrounding trees and dirt very interesting.

"W-what do you mean?" The young man named Jackson asked warily.

He was undoubtedly the youngest in the troop and the least talented, but he was smart and came from a prominent family in the human continent.

"J-Jackson don't listen to him he's lying!"

Maki was visibly sweating now.

Of course as a rare dual element mage she had a lot of influence and connections but there were certain things she could only gain by marrying into a big family.

Jackson was the perfect solution to her problems.

He was well mannered so he wasn't overly forceful and could be manipulated easily.

He also wasn't her type at all so she was free of any sort of emotional attachment to him.

"Oh? Then I shouldn't know about those three moles on your left butt cheek should I?"

Jackson's face immediately darkened.

"You.. you've seen her naked?"

"Me and half the guild 'Prince Charming'." Sekar sneered.

"J-Jackson I-" Maki stammered.

She had to save this operation no matter what!

This was her true ticket into high society!

Jackson didn't even look at Maki and instead turned towards the other two injured guys who had yet to say anything.

"Tristan? Cahal?"

They both looked at eachother briefly before they turned towards him and nodded slightly.

Jackson said nothing and instead stood up and winced in pain before he began hobbling away.

"Jackson I can explain!" Maki scrambled to get up and began to follow him but Jackson raised a single hand to stop her.

"I can't believe I ever loved someone like you." His tone was incredibly cold and full of malice.

"I knew it, I should've proposed to Isabelle instead. I just hope it isn't too late." He muttered the last part before he once again hobbled away.

"I-Isabelle? That slutty bar owner?! I'm leagues better than her!"

POW!

Jackson finally struck Maki with a blow to the face that sent her tumbling back to the ground. "Keep her name out of your filthy mouth."

Jackson began to kick and throw punches at the woman, incredibly infuriated that she had the nerve to call someone else a slut.

Interestingly enough, the guards were not paying any attention to this scene, symbolizing that they were actually quite used to dramatic scenes like this.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, everyone present witnessed the sight of a man with four black wings on his back descending from the sky with a woman in his arms.

They landed directly in between the guards and the battered adventurers.

The woman hoped out of the man's arms and stretched her body "Ah we finally made it!"

"Would've taken less time if we didn't take that little detour my love."

The woman hearing this smiled brightly before she seductively walked towards the man with her tail wagging in the air.

"Oh? Did my husband not enjoy our detour? You certainly sounded like you did."

Instead of answering the man wrapped his arm around the woman and pulled her close. "Of course I did." He said before he delivered her a passionate kiss that lasted a few seconds.

The pair were naturally, Bekka and Exedra.

The two had finally arrived at their destination after a rather explicit detour and immediately began to feed the people around them dog food.

Everyone seeing this was naturally stunned.

Who were these guys?

The man was obviously a dragon but why was he so damn handsome?

Who is this strange beastkin woman? She's beautiful but I've never seen a race like hers before!

The reactions of all of the men present ranged from jealousy over Exedra's looks and the woman in his arms to questioning their own sexuality.

Only the young blond haired woman Mika saw Exedra and immediately concocted a plan.

Chapter 37

When Maki saw Exedra, she immediately concocted a plan to make him hers.

He was without a doubt the most handsome man she'd ever seen.

Her insides squirmed just looking at his face and when she stared into his red and purple eyes she immediately felt herself get wet.

This fascination only increased when she realized he was a dragon.

She could even tell he was a noble one based off the quality of his clothes.

Even though they were simple, the material looked incredibly soft and expensive.

Was this not a divine opportunity?

She'd just lost her fat sheep and been granted the opportunity to gain another!

And this man was exactly her type!

Tall, strong, and incredibly handsome!

She wouldn't even mind if she had to be subservient to him!

Noble dragons were also notoriously wealthy so she was sure he could give her a life of luxury that was leagues above anything Jackson could've offered.

As for the woman in his arms? She wasn't too worried about her.

Whilst she was admittedly beautiful, Maki didn't believe her beauty was inferior to the strange beastkin woman in front of her.

Dragons were also known to have enormous harems due to their high libido so she was certain someone like her would be irresistible to him.

She was a dual element fire and light user with a generous bust and an ass that had never failed to captivate a man before.

Maki smiled inwardly. The events leading up to this point had provided her the perfect opportunity to gain her future lover's sympathy!

Weakly, she crawled towards the newcomers and put on her best wounded act.

Luckily other than the initial blow, Jackson hadn't managed to strike her face again so she was certain she could captive him and illicit pity.

Sensing movement, Exedra and Bekka broke their kiss and turned to see a young woman crawling towards them.

Exedra immediately narrowed his eyes when he noticed the woman was human.

This was the first one he'd encountered since he'd come to this world and she brought back some extremely unpleasant memories.

"…Help..me.." the woman meekly asked as she sat on her knees to look as pitiful as possible to them, while also giving Exedra a good view of her twin peaks that had miraculously remained undamaged.

"You bitch! You dare act like a victim?!" Jackson roared and the other members of his group couldn't help but agree silently.

Wasn't this too shameless?

Only Sekkar remained unsurprised.

He knew as soon as he saw Exedra that Maki would try to get into his pants some kind of way.

And since dragons were usually very lustful, he was sure she'd succeed.

Exedra couldn't hear Jackson's outburst.

Mentally he was faraway back on earth in his old body.

Being bullied so badly he'd go home and cut himself.

Being so afraid to be in public his hands would shake.

Being neglected and abused by his supposed 'parents'.

He remembered all of it with a simple look into this woman's eyes.

"Help you? Why should he?" Bekka growled.

The voice of his wife brought him back to the present and he thanked her silently before returning his attention to the woman.

"T-that man assaulted me… for no reason."

"Oh?" Bekka focused her bright orange eyes on the man the woman was pointing to and observed him carefully.

Even though he was red with rage, the man didn't seem like the abusive type to her.

"It's none of our business." Exedra suddenly said before he took Bekka's hand and began to walk away.

While Exedra was undoubtedly kind, that was only towards people who he loved or those that worked in the castle.

Those had been the only people he'd ever met in either of his lives who'd always treated him well and never requested anything of him.

Unfortunately, life has left him much too scarred to be kind and positive towards every random stranger, much less a human.

The woman's beauty? He was not swayed by it in the slightest.

To him Bekka, Lisa and Lailah were leagues above this insect crawling before him.

Her eyes reminded him of everything he so desperately wanted to escape from.

The greed and cunning in those eyes reminded him of the darkness that lurks within all human hearts.

The women he had now? They were his world and he would not turn his gaze from them now or in the future.

Bekka was originally surprised by Exedra's cold nature instead of his usual warmth but soon decided she liked this better.

She liked being one of the only beings alive who'd get to experience the kindness of a man as great as her husband and her tail wagged happily as she walked with him hand in hand towards the dungeon entrance.

Maki was so enthralled by the velvety smooth voice of the man when he spoke that she didn't even realize what he said until he was already walking away.

"W-wait p-please don't go!"

What was happening? Why wasn't he attracted to her in the slightest? Doesn't every man want to save the damsel in distress?

Much to her dismay, the pair continued walking.

Maki gritted her teeth. She didn't want to do it like this but she had very little choice at the moment.

"Please! I don't have much, b-but I can offer you my body!"

The pair immediately froze.

'Got you. I knew no man on this earth could resist my beauty!' She thought inwardly very pleased with herself.

"Damnit … you disgust me." He said with an exhausted sigh.

Before she could ask what he meant, Bekka moved in front of the woman so fast it looked like she teleported.

She delivered a swift kick to the woman's chest and a sickening crack was heard throughout the entire clearing.

Maki flew like a kite with its strings cut and crashed through several trees, before her body rolled to a stop a fair distance away.

She lay on the ground, struggling to breathe before she eventually passed out.

Bekka now looked furious.

Her body was covered in her signature dark aura and the presence it gave off sent chills down the spines of all the men present.

Well almost all of them.

Exedra looked at the woman like she was the most perfect woman alive.

Bekka hated killing sentient beings, her whole life she had never taken the life of an enemy outside of a hunt.

And yet she delivered a kick to that woman that was so powerful she'd die in an hour or so if she wasn't healed in time.

That was how mad she was that someone would actually dare to covet what belonged to her.

She would protect it ferociously even from the gods themselves.

Such feral love and devotion left Exedra incredibly touched.

And more than a little horny.

In either of his lives who had loved him so much they'd be willing to shatter their own beliefs and principles like that?

Exedra didn't know it but Maki had actually gotten off quite easy.

If it were Lailah she would've made sure the woman stayed awake while she died in the most horrible pain imaginable.

Even though she wasn't a very powerful witch, she was still a child of the witch queen so killing a human who was already injured would be as easy as cracking her knuckles.

Bekka atleast gave her the courtesy of dying in her sleep.

Bekka turned around and glared at Exedra fiercely.

She walked towards him slowly and stared deeply into his eyes.

"You belong to Lailah, Lisa and I. No one else." She growled.

Exedra couldn't help but smile faintly when he realized she was now including Lisa with her and Lailah, an indication that she'd come to accept her.

He wasn't sure exactly what changed but he wasn't complaining either.

"Of course I do." He said with a smile.

The people watching this scene were in utter shock.

Just who the hell was this insane couple?!

After the pair gave the onlookers another serving of dog food, it was finally time to enter the dungeon.

The guards on duty had long since hidden their gambling table and stood in a somewhat organized manner when they realized one of their visitors was a noble dragon.

They were the rulers of this land and the guards were much too afraid of being reported for slacking off.

They had kids to feed and wives to take care of!

Well except for Ko.

As the pair finally approached the guard's, they straightened up even further before undergoing standard procedure. "Good day to you two. Please show me your dungeon permit to be granted entry." 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Exedra said nothing and reached inside of his robe and pulled out a golden token with an emblem of a dragon on top of a mountain.

The signature emblem of the royal family.

They didn't even consider for a moment the token might be a forgery because absolutely no one had the balls to masquerade as a member of the royal family and risk the wrath of the dragon king himself.

All of the guards immediately widened their eyes before they all kneeled in unison. "Please forgive us for not recognizing a member of the Draven royal family, the supreme overlords of the skies!"

Exedra and Bekka looked at all of this with a neutral gaze before they walked past the kneeling guards for the gate.

"S-sir please, a moment if I may." A voice suddenly asked.

Exedra stopped in his tracks and turned around to see a young orc guard with his hand raised and his head down.

He didn't dare to meet Exedra's gaze.

"What do you want? I'm in quite a hurry." Exedra asked with clear irritation in his voice.

The guards who heard this looked at Ko, who'd raised his hand and glared daggers at him.

'Bastard! Do you want to die before you even see a naked woman?' They all thought in unison.

"I-it's just… I'm concerned my lord. Even though this is only a medium difficulty dungeon you may be putting your life in danger if you enter with just the two of you."

"That group you dealt with earlier was originally a party of over sixty and they are all that's left."

Exedra immediately sneered and his tone became ugly. "You're concerned? How touching. But I find your comparison of me to mere humans to be… incredibly insulting."

Ko thought for sure he was going to die.

People have been killed for much less when it came to insulting noble dragons and he could only silently regret his choice to speak up as he kept his head down.

Much to his surprise, Exedra didn't move to kill him, though Bekka looked like she wanted to.

How dare he compare her powerful and magnificent husband to insects!

Exedra walked towards the portal and stopped just shy of entering it.

"I'll show you…my wife and I are more than enough." He then entered the portal and disappeared.

Bekka followed behind him, though not before giving an intense glare to the one who gave her husband that unflattering comparison, and they were both gone.

This left the guards amongst themselves again and everyone immediately glared daggers at the youngest member of the group.

"Ko… I'll FUCKING KILL YOU!"

"Bastard! You could've gotten us killed along with you!"

"Eep! I'm sorry guys I'm sorry!" He screamed.

Needless to say, Ko got a much needed lesson from his seniors that day about proper protocol when royals are around.

Chapter 38

POV : Exedra

When I passed through the portal, the first thing that hit me was the cold.

Then the darkness.

I appeared to be in some sort of large cavern, surrounded by nothing but stone and ice.

Suddenly, Bekka appeared right next to me.

She didn't seem to be bothered by the cold, and I knew since she was part demon like me the darkness wouldn't bother her much either.

"Are you ready husband?" She asked with a warm smile on her face.

She didn't seem to be too bothered by the fact that she'd basically just killed someone, or maybe it just hadn't hit her yet?

"Yea, let's go." With that, we began our adventure deeper into the cave.

We each pulled our weapons out of our storage rings and cautiously walked forward.

While I couldn't sense anything, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Notice : Time given to conquer dungeon is now in effect.

47 hours and 59 minutes remaining.

I dismissed the surprise prompt for the system before I got another idea.

This dungeon was a great chance to build my strength, so I wanted to be able to guide Bekka in the direction that would help her most as well.

I already had Lailah working on procuring poisons while we were gone today so this would be killing three birds with one stone.

'Show me Bekka's evolution conditions.'

Bekka Osa Draven

Evolution Path : Tiangou of The Black End & Eternal Void (Forbidden Species)

First stage conditions :

- Take the life of 100 enemies. (0/100)

- Visit the abyss and return with your soul intact.

- Awaken the void element.

Tiangou? I feel like I've heard of that one too but I can't remember it… No I'm starting to feel like something is purposely keeping me from remembering.

It's…unsettling to say the least.

I began to read her evolution conditions and my headache worsened considerably.

While her first condition was relatively straightforward, I didn't understand anything about an abyss but given how morbid it sounds, I think she has to almost die.

I'm torn.

Of course I want my wives to be as strong as possible but having them face mortal danger purposely is a big no.

But if I prevent it from happening then aren't I just holding her back?

I've never been in a relationship before so I'm not even sure what the right decision is here.

I sighed again internally before I looked at the third and final condition and my eyes widened in shock.

What the hell is this about the void element?!

The void element is the rarest and strangest element of all and hasn't appeared in the last 1,200 years.

No one knows exactly what it can do but stories are all wild and varied, each being more exaggerated than the last.

The last person who held it was the vampire king but they say he died or vanished and now his daughter leads the vampire race.

'I think mom invited her to the party next week… should I ask about it then?'

I'd met her a few times since my mother and her have such a good relationship they consider each other sisters and rivals and yet I wasn't sure if it was too personal a question.

No matter who has asked, Queen Audrina has never once answered a question about her father.

After a while people just stopped asking altogether. 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗼𝐯𝐞𝗹．𝐨𝐫𝗴

Though there were of course some who were more persistent than others and came up missing.

While I didn't think my aunt would kill her so called favorite nephew, I couldn't say with certainty she wouldn't either.

ROOOOAAAARRR

Suddenly, a bone chilling roar resounded from all around us and Bekka and I immediately halted our movement and looked forward.

About 50 yards away from us, several large humanoid like monsters were slowly approaching.

They were horribly deformed with rotting gray skin.

Their bodies had chunks of flesh missing like they'd been eaten either by themselves or by other members of their race.

Their faces were the stuff of nightmares and only contained black empty eyes and an overly large mouth filled with yellow teeth.

"Chenoos, huh? " Bekka wore an exhausted expression.

"Not a fan?"

"They give me the creeps."

I chuckled at this before stepping forward and swinging my battle ax that was as tall as me over my shoulder. "Leave them to me then."

Before I could rush forward and clear the area, Bekka grabbed my wrist and looked at me with her cheeks puffed out.

"I thought you weren't gonna treat me like I was frail."

I realized my mistake then nodded slowly.

"You're right. I'm sorry."

She smiled wide before she pulled me backwards. "Good, now YOU step back pretty boy and leave them to me!"

Bekka walked forward and before I could say anything, she was already changing.

Her body that was already very well defined, exploded with muscles that were packed with power. Her teeth and claws lengthened and sharpened drastically.

She grew to match my height and her waist length black hair grew down to her knees.

You know I never understood the term 'muscle mommy' in my last life but now I have to admit…

This is pretty hot.

'I wonder if she could keep that form up during sex?…'

"AWWOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Suddenly Bekka let forth a fierce howl that shook the walls of the cave.

She placed her hammer on the ground before leaping high in the air with her claws poised to strike.

She landed in the center of the horde of beasts like a black meteor and sent out a pulse of dark energy on impact.

BOOOM!

Immediately after she landed she dashed towards the monsters closest to her who were still stunned by the energy she'd released and with a single slash of her claws she decapitated five of the monsters and sent their heads rolling on the ground.

Her claws easily ripped through the flesh of the monsters like they were made of paper.

"Umbral Movement!" With her movement technique activated along with her transformation she became so fast even I was having a hard time keeping up with her.

All I could see were black streaks flashing across the battlefield and chunks of flesh flying into the air.

Originally I was quite worried that due to the monsters humanoid appearance, Bekka would have a harder time killing but she seems to be doing just fine.

Maybe it's because they don't bleed?

They are technically dead after all.

Heads rolled, limbs were ripped off, and the monster's bodies dropped to the ground one by one.

GROOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

With one last pain fueled scream, a group of over forty chenoo died in under ten minutes.

I never wanna hear any of the guards complain about Bekka being too rough on them again.

She happily trounced up to me slightly sweaty with her tail wagging behind her and a proud look on her face. "So? How'd I do? Your wife's pretty awesome right?!"

'She's so cute when she's like this. Should I tease her a little?'

I put on my best thinking expression before I spoke, "Hmm it was alright I guess, a little slow though."

"Eh? You bully! Apologize! I'm five times faster in this form!" She pouted.

I put on an overly shocked expression. "Why should I have to apologize? I saw slow, so I said slow. That ain't bullying, that's an astute observation!"

Her cheeks puffed out and she looked like she was on the verge of erupting when I finally couldn't hold it anymore and burst out laughing.

"Pffft…HAHAHAHAHA!"

She seemed to finally realize I was joking when my laughter gave me away and immediately started attacking me with 'light' punches that cracked a few ribs.

After she finished assaulting me and I apologized for my bad joke, we continued walking throughout the first floor of the dungeon.

Bekka said she wanted to handle the first floor alone and I obliged her and spent the time admiring her overwhelming beauty and incredible battle prowess.

I didn't know it then, but this started a competition between us to see who'd clear floors in the fastest time.

While I was watching Bekka decimate another pack of chenoo, I came to the conclusion that my own battle prowess was severely lacking.

While my wish for mastery over all weapons was granted, that's not the same as mastery over combat.

Bekka's instincts, reactions, and technique all eclipsed my own by a wide margin.

I'm starting to think the only reason I could beat her in our spar was due to my high stats and luck.

I need experience.. and a lot of it.

Dungeons are good but.. maybe a proper teacher would be good as well?

"Hey! Were you watching?" Bekka screamed, shaking me out of my thoughts.

She was waving at me from atop a mountain of corpses and looked pretty pleased with herself.

Though I could honestly understand why.

The further we walked the bigger and more numerous these things became and she was still doing just fine.

"Of course, you were incredible." I smiled.

She blew me a flirty kiss before she jumped down and continued walking.

After a few more minutes, we found a huge wooden door with glowing blue runes inscribed on it.

We'd finally hit the boss room of the first floor.

Bekka and I looked at eachother and nodded.

As soon as she opened the door, the glowing runes disappeared, and a terrible icy pressure descended upon our shoulders.

Chapter 39

Sitting on throne made of pure ice was a chenoo about ten feet tall. Normally, chenoo wear no clothing and hold no weapons but this one carried a large hatchet and wore rusty bronze armor that covered it's disgusting misshapen body.

It focused it's beady black eyes on us and rose from its throne slowly.

GROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHH

With a loud sickening war cry, instead of rushing forward like most of its kind it conjured spears of black ice in the air and shot them towards us.

Bekka leapt out of the way and began circling the beast searching for a weak point.

"Hate shield." A red miasma left my body and gradually formed a sleek reflective surface before the spears struck against it and they bounced off harmlessly.

Hate shield was a spell I'd learned in Lisa's old shop. It's a spell that doesn't utilize any particular affinity, and instead feeds off the rage of its user to create a barrier.

It's most useful when in the hands of certain races and individuals with more explosive personalities.

The angrier you are, the more firepower you can defend against.

Despite its usefulness, not many attempt to learn it as the belief that the best offense is a good defense doesn't seem to be very popular in this world.

The boss seemed to recognize that I wasn't intending to move from my spot and instead turned its focus toward Bekka who was finally making her move.

POV : Bekka

Damn it.. this thing doesn't have a single opening.

If it were the same as the other grunts outside I could've handled this easily, but I can tell at a glance that it's flesh was much tougher than those small fry.

I decided to say fuck it and just rush this thing head on.

I stopped circling the beast and took a deep breathe before I circulated mana in my legs and pushed forward at an incredible speed.

I prepared to swing my hammer and crush this big bastard's knee and make him much easier to deal with but the boss didn't seemed to be too fazed at my new speed and swung his hatchet to counter my blow.

CLANG!

When our weapons collided, the sheer force of the blow sent me skidding back several feet.

With one collision, a shockwave was sent through my body that caused me immense pain and it took everything I had not to cry out.

My internal organs felt like they were on fire and I could feel a thin trickle of blood running from the corner of my mouth.

I looked towards the boss and I could see that other than a large crack in his weapon, he didn't seem to be suffering nearly as much as I was.

I knew right away this boss was too difficult for the current me to solo.

'Shit… is that my only option?'

I looked towards the entrance where my husband was still waiting and despite his outwardly calm appearance, I could see the worry in his eyes from all the way over here.

While I do have a way to beat this boss on my own I haven't fully mastered it yet and the side effects could be disastrous… should I just ask him for help after all?

I shook my head furiously as soon as the thought crossed my mind.

I told him I didn't want him to see me as fragile so how could I even think of asking him for help when I still have all my limbs intact!

'Maybe if I look cool enough he'll actually praise me this time instead of bullying me.' The mere thought out a smile on my face and erased all of my reservations.

I dropped my hammer to the ground and closed my eyes to focus.

"Beast Aspect."

General POV

Suddenly, all the shadows in the room vibrated before they rushed toward Bekka's feet or more specifically her shaadow.

Exedra and the chenoo boss were equally stunned by the chaotic nature they could feel emanating from those shadows and the boss unconsciously stepped back.

Bekka's body slowly began to sink into the ground until it disappeared altogether.

For almost a minute, there was utter silence.

Exedra and the boss never took their eyes off the pool of shadows for a single second.

They could feel Bekka's aura that was rapidly growing in power and ferocity.

Suddenly a wall of shadow shot up from the ground and the boss immediately took a fighting stance.

When it fell a huge black wolf with glowing orange eyes could finally be seen.

She was about half the size of the boss, but despite that her body emanated a pressure that promised absolute death.

The boss felt the threat from this new beast and wanted to neutralize it immediately.

With another strange battle cry, the chenoo sent forth a larger volley of ice spears that were double the size and strength of the previous amount.

The spears shot forward, but Bekka had yet to move from her spot.

She opened her mouth wide she let loose a fierce howl that shattered all of the ice in midair.

Exedra observed all of this with a neutral gaze, and yet the small smile on his face made his sense of pride known.

Finally making her move, Bekka rushed forward and tackled the boss to the ground and began biting and clawing at his flesh.

The hatchet shattered on impact when it met Bekka's hardened fur and muscles and it's armor was being torn to shreds by her teeth and claws.

More gashes and bite marks were accumulating on its body by the second and it was easy to see the boss was losing vitality rapidly.

The boss made a last ditch effort to protect itself and get this beast off of it and began to coat it's arms in a layer of thick ice to bolster its defenses and raised them to defend its vital points.

Seeing she wasn't able to claw through as easily as before, Bekka raised her paw and brought it down on the frozen arms of the chenoo and shattered them completely.

"ROOOAAAA-"

In the midst of releasing a pain filled roar, Bekka lowered her hed and clamped her jaws down on the neck of the enemy underneath her, effectively halting it's screams and ending it's life.

Whoosh!

A blue pillar of light appeared in front of the icy throne and left behind an ornate golden chest and a rune circle to take them to the second floor.

Dungeon loot was always dropped when the boss monster was slain and could contain any number of rare items.

The quality of dungeon loot that was given was based off the performance of the individual or individuals who cleared the floor.

No one knew where exactly dungeon drops came from, but when they saw the rarity of some of the loot they didn't care much either.

They simply thanked their lucky stars for their fortune and prayed to the gods that their luck would be even better on the next floor.

The widely accepted theory was that dungeon chests contained gifts from the gods who were entertained by the struggles of mortals.

"Very impressive Bekka! I knew you could handle it." Exedra had dropped his barrier and was walking towards his wife with a warm smile on his face.

Bekka suddenly raised her head from the corpse of the boss and focused her bright orange eyes on the presence she'd just noticed.

"Grrrrr…" Bekka immediately took a defensive stance and bared her fangs at the unknown man in front of her.

Exedra seeing this froze immediately.

'Does she not have full control?'

It was not uncommon for races capable of shapeshifting to lose out to their instincts if their transformation was a particularly powerful one.

The problem was that this was an issue mostly seen in young children and by adulthood they had complete control.

Though for wolf type beastkin the full moon wiped all control away as if it never existed.

A full moon was still two weeks away so that meant Bekka's lack of control was an internal issue.

A frown crept onto Exedra's handsome face. He could see Bekka's muscles twitching underneath her sleek black fur and knew she was going to attack him at any second. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝙜

He didn't have any herbs to burn and put her to sleep or another enemy for her to tire herself out on so he knew he'd have to restrain her without hurting her.

Exedra took a deep breathe before he said, "You'll have to forgive me for this my love."

Bekka snarled again before she leaped forward to eat the chattering being in front of her.

"Abyssal Chains."

Exedra raided his hand towards Bekka and black chains surrounded by a red miasma shot out of his palm.

The chains wrapped up Bekka's body, immobilizing her but she still showed no signs of regaining her sanity.

'She won't get mad at me for this….right?'

The chains thrummed with a red energy and began to rapidly drain Bekka's until she could no longer stand on her own feet.

Exedra could feel Bekka's power flowing into him and a very dark voice in the back of his mind was telling him to keep her power for himself but he quickly shook it off.

Eventually, Bekka shrunk back down to her normal form. "Did I win?…"

The weakness in her voice reminded Exedra to return her siphoned power and once the color in Bekka's face returned, she started sounding like her usual self.

"I'm proud of you." Exedra lightly kissed her forehead and Bekka wagged her tail happily with a small blush on her face.

"Want to take a look at your rewards?" Exedra finally stood up after several minutes of explaining everything that happened after Bekka used her transformation and made sure she was okay and could continue on.

"Yes!" Bekka quickly hopped up and rushed to open the chest containing her prizes.

Exedra was glad to see she was feeling better as she spent several minutes apologizing for trying to eat her husband.

Inside the chest were two return crystals, a set of black armor that was above her current set in quality, a few health potions and a strange black collar with a bronze skull on it.

"What's this?" she held up the collar with an inquisitive look on her face.

'System can you tell me what this is?'

Cerberus' Collar :

Effect 1. Produce two clones of yourself.

Effect 2. Increases power of darkness affinity by 50%.

"Oh!" Exedra was really surprised.

"It'll let you make clones of yourself and increase the power of your darkness affinity. "

He took the collar from Bekka and placed it around her neck.

She giggled happily before she looked at the magic circle a few feet away from them.

"Ready for the second floor?"

Exedra's eyes gleaned with an intense light and a wide smile broke out across his face.

"Definitely."

Chapter 40

POV : Exedra

After another brief flash of light, we were once again in an icy cave surrounded by darkness.

If it weren't for the metallic scent of blood assailing my nose I'd think we were at the entrance again.

Once I observed that Bekka was right behind me, we began our journey into the second floor of the dungeon.

We traveled in utter silence since Bekka was slightly exhausted from her work on floor 1 and I wanted her to rest her mind and body on this floor as much as possible before we got to the third floor.

Suddenly, the sound of low growls and claws scraping the floor entered my ears.

A pack of ice wolves had appeared in front of us from the walls of the cave and was circling us like we were prey.

Each of the wolves were the size of a horse with glowing blue eyes and razor sharp teeth.

They looked like they were going to lunge for us at any second but.. why would I let them move first?

"Gaia's retribution." As soon as my spell was activated, spears of earth shot up from the ground to pierce the legs and paws of the wolves rendering them immobilized.

While their yelps of pain filled the cavern I took out a khopesh style sword from my storage ring and proceeded to behead all of the wolves in the blink of an eye.

x 10 Beta snow wolves killed.

- 1,000 SC gained.

1 Alpha snow wolf killed.

- 200 SC gained.

Host leveled up!

"Woah!" Bekka was clapping proudly with an awed expression on her face that left me slightly embarrassed.

'System what's SC?'

SC is shop currency.

Ohh so I get currency for killing monsters? That makes me even more excited.

As I looked at all the corpses of the beheaded wolves a glint of disdain flashed in my eyes.

'Haaa at this rate I won't be able to learn much. This'll be way too easy.'

Lack of proper challenge for host has been acknowledged.

'Come again?'

Sending request to entity #% * for an upgrade of dungeon difficulty or a suitable alternative.

'What the fuck?'

As if on cue the ground beneath us began to shake furiously.

"W-what's going on?" Bekka in a rare moment of nervousness had instinctively come to my side and took my hand.

"I don't know, just hold on okay?"

She nodded furiously as we waited for the ground to stop shaking.

Suddenly, a blinding white light engulfed Bekka and I and we lost consciousness shortly after.

"What the fuck has that psychotic god done now I can't believe mother even allows this madness."

As I was coming to, I heard the voice of an old man chattering on about something I could barely make sense of.

"Ugh my head " I was still slightly groggy and delirious. I wasn't sure of exactly where I was but I knew I was laid out on the ground.

My eyes flashed open when a thought crossed my mind. 'Bekka!'

I sat up and looked around in every direction.

I appeared to be in an empty Roman style colosseum made entirely out of ice.

Snow was lightly falling from above onto the sandy ground beneath me.

"Bekka?!"

"Bekka!"

My wife was nowhere to be found.

My mind began to run at a thousand miles a minute and I was so angry pressure was leaking off my body in waves, cracking the ground at my feet.

'SYSTEM WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?'

System functions are currently unavailable.'

ROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR

Before I knew it, the angry roar of a dragon escaped my throat and shook the walls of the colosseum.

"Can you shut up you damn mistake? Your wife is fine, I just didn't bring her here."

I spun around desperately looking for the one the voice belonged to and my eyes focused on a figure sitting at the very top of the colosseum.

He was weird.

He wore elaborate golden robes that looked like something Duke would've picked out for me to wear, and where his head should've been was instead a snowflake.

I couldn't focus on his weird fashion choices or fucked up face for now so I just asked the burning questions in my mind.

"Where is she?! What is this place?!" I roared.

"What an insufferable little mortal you are." The entity gave an exhausted sigh before he began to answer my questions.

"She is back at my dungeon, resting peacefully and free of danger."

"And this place.." he raised his arms out and spoke in a tone filled with pride "This is your proving ground!"

I frowned upon hearing this. "Who are you that I should have to prove anything to you?!"

"I'd like to tell you but unfortunately an unevolved being like yourself hearing my name would turn your brain into pudding."

"Then send me back or say something fucking useful."

Hearing my words the snowflake man's voice suddenly became as cold as the harshest winter. "Insufferable wretch.. if I didn't know any better I'd think you were their real grandchild."

Before I could ask him what he meant, he snapped his fingers and in front of me appeared ten warriors made of ice.

Each one carried a weapon and was almost three meters tall.

"Listen up mortal, you find my dungeon to be lacking? Fine. I owe a favor to the one who brought you here anyway and this will be a fun way to repay it.

You are going to compete against fourteen waves of warriors. If you survive, then I'll give you a very good reward and return you to your sleeping mate."

As soon as he finished informing me of what was about to happen, the warriors moved to attack me with their weapons drawn.

I hastily pulled out my khopesh again as took an elegant stance as I prepared for the inevitable clash.

"Do try not to die, I don't want to owe that damn psychopath any more favors nor do I want to piss off that fucked up family of yours."

The first six waves of warriors were relatively easy to bring down.

But the seventh wave is where things got really complicated.

Instead of being regular warriors in armor, the snowflake man changed them into werewolf warriors and doubled their numbers.

They were bigger, faster, stronger and twice as deadly.

They would come at me as many as four at a time, leaving me virtually no room to breathe or make the slightest mistake.

Honestly? My magic combined with my weaponry is the only reason I'm still upright.

The ice these things were made of is special so even my flames don't work.

'And this is only the seventh wave' I thought bitterly.

Bang!

I delivered a swift kick to one of the werewolves and sent it tumbling into another a fair distance away.

I'd now taken down about half of these damn soldiers but I still had more to go.

I twirled my weapon in my hand before I rushed forward and began exchanging blows with another group of wolves.

I'd been using my khopesh to gradually leave small wounds that accumulated over time but things were growing dire.

My mana was all but spent, and my mental fatigue was gradually accumulating.

Slash!

"Damn it!" I reflexively grew my wings and shot up into the air.

One of the wolves finally got me and slashed it's claws across my chest.

As my blood flowed out of the wound I became even more enraged at the absurdity of all of this.

I couldn't even focus on the battle because I was too worried a dungeon monster would come across Bekka while she was asleep and start nibbling on her.

"Oi, you fucking mistake! That's cheating!" I heard snowflake man scream another one of his annoying taunts but before I could retort the gravity on my body increased drastically and I plummeted towards the ground.

Bang!

Damn it DAMN IT!

This is pathetic. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝙡.𝙤𝙧𝒈

I'm too weak.

This is embarrassing.

'How laughable.'

As I sat there with both knees in the dirt I looked forward to see the nightmarish ice sculptures had recovered and were closing in on me.

I bitterly closed my eyes and waited for the final blow that never came.

When I opened my eyes, I was floating in another black space.

Honestly I'm getting tired of waking up like this.

"You're pathetic."

Suddenly I hear a voice that's eerily familiar behind me.

I turn around and I see me.

Well old me.

"What is this?" I sneered showing my obvious disdain for this current situation.

"This is your intervention." The old me materialized a chair out of thin air and sat down.

"Look at you, giving up already. What the hell's wrong with you? Or parents used to beat us worse than this."

I simply said nothing and continued to listen.

"Do you know what your problem is?" My clone leaned back leisurely in his chair and stared at me pitifully. "You don't know what you're fighting for."

"So what if your combat experience is lacking."

"So what if your flames don't work on them."

"So what if you're running out of mana."

"As long as you're still breathing you still have a chance to end the battle on your own terms. "

"It doesn't matter if it's not decisive, cool or praiseworthy. "

Hearing those words my anger began to reach a boiling point.

He didn't stop talking and instead continued, "For right now all that matters is that you struggle." He looked at me seriously.

"You want to live? You want to become an abomination that strikes fear into the souls of others? Then struggle."

"Keep crawling forward until you can fly."

He stood up and walked towards me.

"We are living out our wildest dreams in this world. You will not bring our weakness from our last life into our new one."

"Because the reason why we fight " He got so close to me I could see that his eyes were not my own and instead just pools of black as empty as they were endless.

"Is so that we are never forced to live as we once did again."

I agonized over his words for a long time.

I realized he was right.

Subconsciously I was still treating this like some sort of game or story where I was the hero and all victories would conveniently fall at my feet.

Only now do I realize how foolish I've been.

I am merely thankful that I realized this before I was in a truly dire situation.

Just imagining a scenario where I could not protect my wives and daughter makes my blood boil.

"Do you finally get it?"

I said nothing and simply nodded.

I will never end up on my knees again.

When I opened my eyes again, the monsters were still rushing towards me but I felt incomparably calm compared to my previous self.

It was as if I was looking at puppies instead of wolfmen.

That sense of hopelessness that assailed me before has vanished like dust in the breeze.

"Alright let's be serious now."

Skill : True Demonic Transformation, activated.

All stats + 10,000

Chapter 41

General POV

"Damn it Saklas.. just what do you see in this brat anyway." The entity muttered as he watched Exedra fall to the ground.

He could admit that while Exedra had potential as a warrior, it was not anything worth breaking the transcendental laws for.

Good warriors were everywhere in this world so why the hell did he go so far to find this particular soul?

As he watched Exedra close his eyes while kneeling in the dirt he scoffed even further. 'His will is weaker than I'd thought. Sad you did all of this for it to bear no fruit.'

He raised his hand to snap his fingers and dispel all of his soldiers when an ominous aura started to flow from Exedra's body.

Slowly his wings cracked and twisted as they began to change shape and became longer with pitch black feathers.

His blood red hair darkened even further and grew until long silky black hair was touching the floor.

His tattoos began to glow with a red light across his entire body and added to the pressure of his new already overwhelming aura.

He opened his twin colored eyes and the entity was immediately taken aback. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍．𝒏𝒆𝒕

His eye that was formerly red, was now a deep pitch black.

Upon taking a closer look at the man's face the entiy frowned deeply. 'He's definitely that whore's grandchild.' Even he a god level being was not immune to the charm of Exedra in this transformation.

He was created from two species who were widely regarded as the most beautiful in several realms so naturally he was enchantingly handsome.

The entity made a silent bow to keep this man away from his harem and his daughters.

When Exedra's eyes opened, his aura that had been overflowing before, was quickly retracted and honed to a fine point.

Outwardly he appeared to be deadly calm yet his killing intent had evolved to such a level that it could not be sensed by anyone who wasn't stage three at least.

Naturally, the entity could feel it.

His killing intent was like a precisely honed knife that could slice with ease.

Exedra looked around at the soldiers and stared blankly.

The entity even wondered if his transformation was just for show and he was going to give up after all.

Exedra pulled a spear with a serrated tip from his ring before he began to move.

Instead of waiting for the soldiers to come to him, he instead pushed off the ground at a speed incomparable to before and thrust his spear into the chest of one of the werewolves.

BOOM

With a single thrust he blew a giant hole in the beast and before it could even fall over he was on to the next opponent.

Exedra swung his blade with a new ferocity, he felled enemy after enemy with such ease it was unthinkable that these enemies had given him so much trouble before.

He swung his spear in a methodical and yet elegant manner.

Every blow dealt against a wolf promised death and Exedra was so in tuned with his weapon it was as if it was an extension of his own body.

'Boring… so boring.'

Even though he was in the middle of fierce combat, Exedra's bored expression never left his face.

He didn't even need to use magic to win this fight anymore he was relying on his weapon skills alone.

Bang!

After the final werewolf had its head separated from the rest of its body, Exedra turned to face the entity that watched the entire spectacle with great interest.

For a being like him, he could see that Exedra's power hadn't just grown, his mental state seemed to have changed as well.

It was as if he was a different person now.

'How is it possible for him to have such a dramatic change?..' the entity wondered but then shook it out of his head quickly.

He'd seen stranger things in his millennia long existence after all.

As he was about to snap his fingers to summon the eighth wave, the voice of Exedra interrupted him. "I'm getting bored."

"I want to hurry up and go home." He elegantly twirled his spear in his hand before he pointed it at the entity whose name he still didn't know. "Send all the remaining waves at once."

If the entity's face could be seen, a malicious smile would be displayed across his face. "Boy…do you know what it means to point your blade at a god?"

Without a change in his expression or posture, Exedra said in a cold voice, "Show me."

"Heh." The entity let out an unamused chuckle before he clapped his hands and the arena began to fill up.

Instead of simple warriors made of ice, beings of flesh and blood began to materialize from thin air.

Frost giants, ice wolves, yetis, chenoo and even yuki-ona, all creatures of ice and snow rapidly filled up the arena and faced Exedra with menacing glares.

This sight that would've forced ordinary warriors to cry out in despair was only enough to put a small smile on Exedra's face. "This looks a bit more entertaining."

Exedra placed his spear back inside his ring and took a deep breath.

For a horde of over 100 monsters like this, magic was more than ideal for crowd control.

With a loud roar, the yeti, chenoo, and ice giants all rushed Exedra simultaneously.

Though that was exactly as he was counting on.

"Abyssal chains."

At Exedra's command, instead of the chains coming out of his outstretched palm, all of the shadows of the beasts rushing towards him suddenly released tendrils of pitch back chains covered in red miasma.

The chains thoroughly entrapped their victims and brought them to the ground.

The shadows the chains were connected to then all began to melt into one before they made a beeline directly for Exedra.

When Exedra's shadow connected with the merged shadows of his attackers, he fought the urge to release the grunt of pleasure that threatened to leap out of his throat.

The feeling of growing strong through feeding on others was terribly euphoric.

Originally, he wasn't sure this would work.

Just because his enemies looked more alive than before, didn't mean they actually were.

His spell only worked on living targets and if this hadn't worked he would've needlessly left himself open.

Though, with his newly enhanced speed and endurance they still wouldn't have been able to kill him.

"What a nasty spell you have there… I've never seen anything like it." The entity muttered.

Exedra naturally couldn't hear him as he was much too immersed in his rapidly increasing stats.

Strength + 200

Endurance + 110

Health + 170

Strength +140

Health + 130

….

As numerous notifications flashed across Exedra's eyes, the other monsters finally made their move.

The yuki-ona were the first to launch their attack and sent volleys of ice magic towards the young dragon who was still in a trance.

Huge spears of ice shot towards Exedra at a rapid speed and prepared to pierce his body.

Tink!

The sounds of the spears breaking against Exedra's scales filled the arena.

He didn't even need to conjure a shield to protect himself, with his newly risen stats and buff from his transformation, magic like this was no longer enough to even scratch him.

As the volleys of ice fell harmlessly to the ground, Exedra finally regained focus and locked his eyes onto the hordes of monsters looking at him with horror in their eyes.

"Lightning bane."

At Exedra's command, his entire body was enveloped in lightning and the air around him began to crackle with intensity.

Chapter 42

Lightning bane was a spell Exedra did not expect to use anytime soon.

Out of all the spells he'd learned that day in Lisa's shop, this one was undoubtedly the hardest on his physical body.

While the mana cost wasn't too high, the danger lie in the toll it took on its user's physique.

Lightning bane was a spell that focused the element of electricity into the user's body to increase the users speed and strength by a drastic amount.

A first stage being would easily be able to contend with a second stage being if this spell was used correctly.

While the spell was a huge gain, even Exedra's body was much too underdeveloped to handle this sudden and drastic increase in power.

Even with his highly durable draconic body, channeling pure lightning into one's self could have extremely debilitating consequences if he held the power for even a moment too long.

Without the lightning affinity, the drawbacks were simply far too big.

Hence the spells name, as it could literally be the bane of its users existence.

Atleast until Exedra generously received the health and endurance stats of the muscle bound ice monsters.

The sudden and drastic increase in those specific stats gave Exedra's body the durability he needed to use the spell freely, atleast for ten to fifteen minutes.

Exedra stretched as he felt lightning coursing through his body.

He felt so powerful that the feeling of boredom he'd been gradually getting away from returned in full force and a slight sense of irritation took its place. "Did I just make this too easy?"

GRAAAA!

An alpha ice wolf leapt toward the electrified Exedra with its fangs bared.

"Noisy." Exedra flicked his finger and a bolt of lightning shot out and pierced the wolf right between its eyes and killed it instantly.

The lightning bolt came out the back of the wolf's head and headed towards the pack of wolves right behind it.

The lightning had a chain effect that pierced the foreheads of all the wolves and killed them becore they could even let out a yelp.

The entire pack of twelve was wiped out before the lightning lost power and disappeared.

x 11 Beta snow wolves killed.

- 1,100 SC gained.

1 Alpha snow wolf killed.

- 200 SC gained.

Exedra looked at the finger he shot the lightning from and a smile threatened to break out across his face.

"Well even if it's easy I suppose it can still be fun."

Whoosh!

He disappeared from his position and reappeared in the center of the horde of monsters that had yet to be touched. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝗹．𝐨𝗿𝗴

He'd eliminated about 40% of the attacking force so far and now it was time to wipe out the rest and go home.

Exedra coated his claws with lightning and dashed forward.

Slash!

Bang!

If Exedra's claws weren't enough to end their life with their sheer sharpness, the lingering electricity in their body would travel to their brains and overload them to cause an explosion.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Enemies were dropping dead left and right.

Some had slashed necks while the ones with tougher skin had minor cuts on their bodies with blood leaking from their eyes and noses.

Of course they tried to put up a fight, but Exedra was too fast for them to follow.

Exedra was killing them and collecting SC and experience points like there was no tomorrow.

Even if god himself appeared in front of him and demanded he stop his harvest, he'd spit in his face and continue his slaughter.

Host leveled up!

Host leveled up!

Yuki-ona killed.

- 350 SC gained.

Frost giant killed.

- 500 SC gained.

Host leveled up!

Exedra's face didn't show it, but he was in heaven.

The slaughter of enemies coupled with the feeling of his body undergoing a level up was incredibly addictive and he felt himself developing slight battle maniac tendencies.

Thud!

Only when the body of another ice wolf hit the ground did he realize he'd run out of enemies.

"Tsk." He clicked his teeth in frustration before he deactivated lightning bane and turned to look at the snowflake man in the stands above him.

The entity was astounded.

Exedra's battle sent chills down his spine.

His spell that let him drain the life force and strength of his enemies and add it to his own was horribly efficient.

"Send me back." Exedra's cold voice snapped him out of his deep thought and he stared at the young man in front of him.

He was covered in blood and yet he didn't have a single scratch on him.

The wounds he'd received earlier had healed so well he didn't even look like he'd been injured in the first place.

His eyes contained an unfathomable depth that even left an entity as old as he was feeling slightly on edge.

While he knew that Exedra couldn't hurt him, his cold reptilian eyes said that he'd sacrifice everything just to try.

Men like that are dangerous.

"Sure that was quite the spectacle young man."

Exedra said nothing and simply let the entity continue to speak.

"I've been alive for a very very long time I've never seen anything like that chain spell you used. Is that a spell you created?"

Exedra chose not to respond.

Rather than being offended the entity seemed to like this answer even better.

'Smart kid.'

Exedra being powerful was one thing, but being tight lipped about his trump cards greatly increased his chances of living a long life.

"Don't worry, I'll send you back to your lovely wife and give you an ample reward."

Exedra nodded slightly in thanks.

The entity waved his hand and Exedra was wrapped up in a blizzard before he disappeared from the arena.

"Carter huh I'll be watching you with great interest."

The entity fell into deep thought after Exedra left.

"He'll surely be here in 1,000- No, 100 years."

'I should forge a good relationship with him now then.'

Normally, higher beings detest mortals.

But Exedra's potential was too high to ignore, and he couldn't kill him because he'd risk war with the one who brought him as well as face punishment by the transcendental laws.

Remembering Exedra's chain spell again, the entity felt his body shiver uncontrollably.

"Jaldabaoth just what did you do."

When Exedra opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different space than the one he left from.

He was now in a stone lined room decorated with gold and littered with damaged weapons.

In the center of the room there was an ornate chest decorated with gems and precious metals.

Next to the chest was a portal to transport them to the outside and next to that was the sleeping Bekka.

Exedra was about to rush to check on his slumbering wife when the sound of her snoring lightly reached his ears.

He smiled on his heart when he saw the adorable state of his fearsome wife and decided he'd let her sleep for a little bit longer.

Hidden sub-quest : Survive the trial of the entity %# * $$. (Completed!)

- 5,000 SC has been awarded.

- Your level has risen by 10!

- One random lottery draw available.

Exedra was quite pleased with the fruits of his labor as his harvest had been incredibly abundant this time around.

He turned his gaze to the chest that still lay unopened.

'Well should I see if my luck keeps increasing?'

Exedra opened the chest and examined its contents

There were three items inside.

The first was a pair of daggers with a blade that appeared to be a shard of frozen ice.

The runes inscribed on the delicate looking blades were emitting a constant stream of cold air.

'Analyze.'

Tears of Khione : Legendary Grade.

- + 2,000 to all stats when wielded by someone with the ice element.

- Can be bound to its user.

- Unique weapon skill : Chillrend

My eyes immediately widened when I read the grade of this weapon.

Weapons are divided into seven grades of rarity and power.

From weakest to strongest there is..

Common.

Uncommon.

Rare.

Unique.

Legendary.

False god.

True god.

Needless to say anything above unique grade was incredibly difficult, if not impossible to obtain.

When there was even the slightest rumor of someone having so much as a legendary grade weapon, entire parties of over half a million would run out and attempt to bring the priceless treasure back home.

Bekka's collar she received earlier is a unique grade item.

Exedra could see how big the difference was from the buffs alone.

He turned his gaze to the second item and was even more pleased than before.

The second item was a golden sword with a curved blade and a bright blue gem in the hilt.

Shu's Razor : Legendary Grade

- Form change.

- Summon a blizzard.

- + 1,000 all stats

- Can be bound to its user.

"Form change huh?" Exedra picked up the sword and bit his lip to spill a bit of his blood on it.

Chapter 43

When Exedra's blood dropped onto the blade, something unexpected happened.

A fierce wind began to blow around the two and only disappeared after several minutes.

The entire time the wind was blowing, Exedra could feel a sort of connection forming between himself and the blade.

Legendary Grade weapon bound!

-Corrupted Shu's Razor.

'Corrupted?' He wondered.

Corrupted Shu's Razor : Legendary Grade

- Form change.

- Summon a blizzard, a sea of hellfire, or a shroud of darkness.

- + 1,500 all stats

- Bound!

Exedra was incredibly perplexed.

Weapons weren't supposed to be corruptible or take on their owners characteristics.

Not legendary grade ones anyway.

Exedra frowned deeply.

It seemed like questions about who he was and what was special about him were piling up daily.

He was going to need answers and fast.

Chalking everything up to 'because I was transmigrated' was no longer going to cut it.

The unease he felt in his heart was steadily growing.

But where should his search for answers begin?

The information the system could give him was limited and after he was forcibly taken somewhere earlier, he decided to rely on the system as little as possible.

So where does he go from here?

'Change.'

Exedra watched as the sword in his hand changed to a large golden mace. ｂ𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎｅｔ

He spent a few minutes changing his new weapon into various different forms.

Eventually, he decided on having it take the form of a simple gold earring that he promptly equipped.

Exedra then turned his focus to the third and final item in the chest and his eyes widened in shock.

"Mmm…husband?"

Bekka had finally begun to stir from her sleep and immediately went looking for the man she loved.

Upon seeing his wife's half awake state, Exedra forgot all about the third item and instead focused on his attention on her. "How are you my love?"

"I'm fine, but did we kill the boss already?"

Exedra immediately narrowed his eyes when he heard his wife's question.

"What boss?"

Bekka turned her head to the side in a confused manner before a glint of realization shone in her eyes. "Oh? Don't tell me the yeti king hit you so hard you forgot?"

By now Exedra had gotten a general idea of what was going on but he still couldn't believe it.

Did the entity give her false memories?

While he could agree somethings were better left unsaid, the thought of someone poking around in his wife's mind left a bad taste in his mouth.

This only increased the wariness he felt towards the system and beings like whoever created it.

If only Exedra knew that the entity only altered Bekka's memories because he felt it'd be easier and was trying to help.

No good deed goes unpunished as they say.

Soon Exedra and Bekka left the dungeon immediately began to fly home.

Even though Exedra felt like he'd only been gone a few hours at most, it was well into the night when they went outside.

While Exedra soared through the air with his wife in his arms, he decided to sort through his gains from the arena challenge.

'Status.'

Exedra Draven

Race : Demonic Dragon (Hybrid)

Status : Fine

Level : 24

Age : 17

Times Evolved : 0

Health : 23,160

Strength : 5,750

Endurance : 5,800

Agility : 3,920

Mana : 3,220

Exp 746 / 2,400

Affinities: Darkness, Fire

Skills : Infernal Flames Lvl 1, True Dragon transformation, True Demonic Transformation, Pain Resistance Lvl 1, All Weapon Mastery Lvl 1, True Demonic Dragon (LOCKED), Grandson of Igrat.

Spells: Abyssal Chains, Lightning Bane, Mana Manipulation, Hate Shield, Tempest Cutter, Frozen Hell, Mist Body, Glimpse of Oblivion, Gaia's Retribution.

Total SC : 20,050

Bound Weapons: Corrupted Shu's Razor.

'Looks like I'll be doing a bit of shopping when I have the time.'

Just because he wouldn't rely on the system for certain information or to gain his strength, didn't mean he wouldn't accept its rewards.

After they arrived at the castle, they were immediately told by the guards that little Mira wanted to see both of them as soon as they returned.

So Exedra put his plans to go and check on Lailah's progress on hold for a moment and walked with Bekka arm in arm to the training grounds were Mira was supposed to be located.

Bekka was wagging her tail so happily she actually hit Exedra a few times.

Training? Her daughter? Her husband? Those were all of her favorite things!

If she could get her daughter to spar with her then her husband to feed her and fuck her again afterwards she believed she'd die peacefully with no regrets.

"Hehehe.."

Exedra naturally noticed the dopey smile on his wife's face and chose not to comment and just let her be happy.

He wasn't quite the same after his mind broke in the colosseum.

While he still loved his wives and cherished them very much, there was a coldness inside that had finally been released.

It was not directed at them per say, more so the world and himself.

The way he was now, only his family would be able to illicit any kind of warmth from him.

Bekka of course noticed his change but after observing him for a while, she felt no need to bring it up.

In short he was still the same he just spoke less.

But his eyes never left her.

His eyes that had become so cold and lifeless were overflowing with warmth when he looked at her bright smile.

He still treated her as tenderly as before and kissed her just as passionately so she simply wrapped her tail around his waist to let him know she was there for him whenever he was ready to talk.

Exedra naturally noticed this small gesture and leaned over to plant a small kiss of true appreciation on her forehead.

He was in deep thought himself.

Ever since he'd entered the castle, he'd noticed something strange in all of the women present.

Some were gazing at him and quickly turning away when their eyes met, others were just blatantly staring.

He couldn't understand it at first but gradually he began to feel it.

Their overflowing desire.

After using his demonic transformation for the first time, his heritage as an incubus bloomed and his charm had exploded to nearly heaven defying levels.

Bekka of course had noticed and they spent a few extra minutes in the dungeon indulging before they left.

While his outward appearance hadn't changed much, the incredibly seductive aura he exuded was almost too much for the women to bear.

If he wanted, he could have all of the women in this castle in his bed tonight.

And half of them had husbands!

Reaching the training grounds, the first thing they noticed was little Mira standing next to the head of the castle guards.

Hajun was an extremely well built man that bordered on looking like a freak of nature.

He was very tall with reddish orange hair and bright yellow eyes with brown scales.

Despite being a lesser dragon, Hajun was highly respected by the noble dragons for his many years served as the king's right hand.

Now he was retired and placed in the service of defending the kings favorite child.

"Did Mira do good old man Hajun?" Mira was slightly sweaty wearing a small training outfit and holding two wooden daggers.

"You did very well little one! If only my own kids showed this much promise!"

Out in the city six individuals took a small arrow to the heart.

"I wonder when mommy Bekka and daddy will come back…" Mira's voice was full of sadness as she looked down at the ground.

Suddenly a furry black bullet scooped her up faster than the eye could see and twirled her around in the air.

"I have returned my sweet little butterfly I'm sorry for making you wait!" Bekka's heart was in tatters.

She actually put such a sorrowful expression on the face of her lovely daughter!

She had to fix this with an unparalleled amount of snuggles!

She'd nuzzle those cute cheeks until they fell off!

"Mommy Bekka! You're home!" Mira quickly squeezed her mother back when she realized it was her.

Exedra silently stood back and appreciated this heartwarming scene.

Mira noticed her father standing a bit further back and quickly held her arms out to reach for him. "Daddy's here too!"

"E-eh? Is mommy not good enough?" Bekka's ears quickly drooped.

Exedra suppressed a chuckle when he heard his wife. 'She's my daughter too you know.'

"Mira missed you both!" she said as she lightly patted her moms hair to cheer her up.

"Young master I am glad to see you are in good health." Hajun bowed deeply and put on a respectful tone. "And you as well lady Bekka."

They in turn nodded respectfully back.

"What are you guys doing out here?"Exedra asked as he lightly stroked Mira's head.

Hajun briefly paused when he heard the way Exedra sounded.

Even when his young master was sickly he never sounded as cold and distant as he did now.

But he'd seen many things in his thousand years of life so he quickly shook it off and responded. "Princess Mira wanted to learn how to use a weapon my lord. Apparently she was inspired by the tale of your battle."

Bekka / Exedra : "Oh?" They turned their heads in unison to their daughter who wore a sheepish smile on her face. "Hehehe."

"How'd she do?" Exedra asked.

Hajun briefly wondered if he was hallucinating what he'd heard earlier because his tone was now much warmer than before. "She tried swords, bows, and spears earlier, but ultimately daggers suit her best because of her small and agile frame."

Mira poked her chest out with pride and held her wooden daggers up in the air. "Mira is the deadliest of all!"

"You certainly are my little pea, your cuteness could kill!"

"N-no! Mira is a strong and scary dragon like daddy!"

Exedra felt slightly warm inside when he heard what his daughter thought of him.

Every worthwhile father wants their child to see them as strong and dependable after all.

"Mira did good so can I ask for a reward?"

"Of course my little sweetheart do you want to spar with mommy?" Bekka asked eagerly.

"Old man Hajun told me if you asked that to tell you no mommy."

"E-eh?"

Hajun quickly looked away like he'd found something really interesting in the dirt.

Exedra chuckled lightly before he asked, "So what reward would my daughter like?"

"Eyes!" Mira cheered and pointed at her father.

He nodded in understanding before be bit his finger to draw blood and began to draw a symbol on Mira's forehead.

"Dono tibi, mi verissime, particulam meam." At the end of Exedra's chant, Mira's body began to float and was enveloped in a bright purple light.

Slowly Mira's eyes took on the same red and purple coloration as her father and her hair became an illustrious silky black, the same color as her fathers before his transformation.

Finally, she grew a second obsidian black horn on her head.

At the spells end she slowly floated back down to the ground.

She took out a small locket with a mirror inside and examined her new appearance thoroughly. "S-so cool…" she finally managed to say.

"I look just like daddy!" She quickly rushed toward him and gave his legs the biggest squeeze she could muster.

For the first time since they left the dungeon Exedra's face showed a small smile.

He quickly picked his daughter up and returned her hug.

Bekka was thoroughly entranced.

She'd seen her husband smile numerous times before but there was something about the way he smiled now that was just different.

It was a smile full of appreciation and warmth that left her desperately wanting to see more.

Exedra looked Mira in her eyes before speaking, "I gave you your eyes, but I do so to honor our prior agreement so you can ask me for something else."

Mira thought so hard her parents could swear they saw smoke coming out of her little ears. "Mira doesn't know." Was her final answer after much deliberation.

Exedra nodded slightly before he pulled out a small item from his storage ring.

"How about this then?"

Chapter 44

Bekka : "I still can't believe it."

Hajun : "T-that's..!"

Mira : "Ooh shiny!"

The item the three of them were ogling over was the third reward from the dungeon and it was undoubtedly the most precious thing he could've received.

Sitting in Exedra's outstretched hand was a palm sized white stone with a rune for ice inscribed on it.

"This is an affinity stone my daughter. It'll give you the power to generate and manipulate ice." He carefully explained.

If Hajun didn't bite his tongue to keep his mind alert, he would've fainted already.

This was an extremely rare treasure that each of the continents would bleed for and his young master was pulling it out and handing it over to a child like it was a mere lollipop?!

He desperately wanted to protest, yet when he started to speak Exedra looked at him and he froze.

Those eyes that were seemingly daring him to speak sent chills down his spine and prompted him to realize that his opinion would be entirely unwelcome. 'Such a doting father… my king, he's just like you.'

Exedra had long planned something like this but was simply waiting on the chance.

Since he knew he could purchase affinity stones from the system shop, he planned to buy some for Mira and Lisa.

Naturally he knew that Lisa was worried about fitting in as a lesser dragon and even though he would kill anyone who dared to belittle her, he didn't know if he could be there to step in and save her before damage was done.

Although he had a plan for when he'd gift Lisa one, Mira getting one here was a fine opportunity. "Here hold this."

"Oooh it's cold!"

"Alright, now crush it."

"Okay!" Mira quickly heeded her father's words and crushed the stone with her tiny hands.

The next second cold air began to shoot out from the shards of rock and flowed into her.

Hajun and Bekka held their breath in awe.

They were literally witnessing the use of one of the rarest items in this world!

They had to thoroughly engrave this piece of history into their minds.

Eventually Mira absorbed all of the essence and the area became completely silent. "So… how do you feel my little cub?"

Bekka asked delicately.

Mira didn't respond and instead opened her mouth wide and released a blast of cold air into the sky that turned into a small shower of snow.

Hajun: "Incredible…"

Bekka : "My daughter is even MORE amazing now!"

Exedra: "I'm glad everything worked out okay."

Mira's eyes shone with a strange glint before she turned towards her father and said in an excited voice, "Thank you so much daddy! If you want Mira to kill someone just tell me!"

Exedra was originally taken aback by his daughters sudden blood thirst but when he remembered their first meeting he realized that was pretty in line with her personality.

The worry that he might be raising a tyrant never crossed his mind.

Whether Mira grew up and wanted to be loved or feared, it would not change the fact that he was her father and he would love her all the same.

Exedra focused a little bit on the aura of Mira and he could now feel clearly the aura of a noble dragon. "It's my job to kill for you my daughter not the other way around."

"B-but Mira wants to kill things with her power." Despite the morbid nature of her words, the little girls expression was quite sorrowful as if she'd just been told she couldn't have cake for breakfast.

Bekka took this moment to swoop in and get some mother daughter time. "Well you can go hunting with me? What do you say?"

Mira looked back and forth between old man Hajun and her father before answering.

It was as if she was trying to gauge if it was okay to go hunting with her battle maniac mother. 𝚋ｅ𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖｅ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

Seeing them both nod she finally accepted with a bright smile on her face. "Yeah let's go!"

Suddenly Mira's eyes began to get heavy and her body began to go slightly limp. "S-so tired…"

"Well you did do a lot today lady Mira. Even though we're dragons proper rest is still necessary." Hajun said before he bowed to the three of them and walked away.

Bekka quickly took Mira into her arms and carried her towards the baths. "I'll go get her ready for bed husband I'll see you later."

After Exedra was left alone his thoughts overtook him.

The way Mira had gotten so sleepy out of the blue was… strange.

He wasn't sure if he was being overly paranoid or what but it was certainly bothering him.

'System do you know anything?'

Individual: Mira Clearwing, has had her fate forcibly altered by the host. As a result she is undergoing alterations to her evolution conditions.

Exedra relaxed only slightly when he heard the reason for her sudden drowsiness but frowned again when he realized he was the only one to notice.

"Questions… so many questions." He sighed in his heart before he went to find Lailah.

Upon finding Lailah in their bedroom, Exedra was going to ask how her day went and if she had any issues with her conditions but Lailah had more… pressing concerns.

"Take your pants off."

As soon as she saw her husband with his new aura of seductiveness all weariness she felt from her day disappeared as if it were never there and she only had one thing on her mind.

Exedra could feel the desire radiating off of Lailah like a furnace and quickly obliged her.

He lifted her up and then tossed her onto the bed before he began to remove his own clothes as he climbed on top of her.

Exedra would not let her go until he was thoroughly satisfied.

And when it came to his wives he was a greedy man who was not satisfied easily.

- 4 hours later.

Exedra was once again admiring the sight of his wives completely naked and covered in bite marks and a mix of their liquids and his.

About an hour after Exedra and Lailah began Bekka came and promptly proceeded to strip and join.

As Exedra looked at his wives who were thoroughly exhausted from pleasure he felt slightly guilty.

With his heritage as an incubus blooming, Exedra was now unrivaled in the act of lovemaking.

He could literally see each of his wife's weak points, imbue an incredibly pleasant sensation into the women just by touching them and even increase the strength and duration of their orgasms.

Even without his new powers, because he'd taken the time to learn his wife's bodies making them orgasm was almost as easy as breathing for him.

'I wanted to all her about her task but.. I won't get anything out of her like this.' Exedra regretfully looked down at Lailah who was undoubtedly worse off than Bekka.

Exedra got to focus on her for an entire hour alone before Bekka even showed up and her mind almost broke several times.

Exedra calmly pulled a blanket over his naked and shivering wives before he asked the system to see the progress of Lailah's evolution conditions.

Lailah Izanami Draven

Evolution Path : Mother of J?rmungandr

(Unique Species)

First stage conditions

- Ingest 100 different kinds of poison (100/100) Complete!

- Gain a Serpent type familiar.

- Take revenge on a being who's wronged you.

'So she managed it after all.'

It took some convincing for Duke to order so much poison but ultimately, because he was certain Lailah wasn't going to harm anyone inside the castle he procured the items she needed with speed and efficiency.

'I'll ask her for more details in the morning.' Exedra thought before he began to get dressed to head to the castle library.

In his battle in the colosseum, Exedra realized the importance of spells as well as his weaponry so he was going to sort through the spell books in the library to see if he could find anything useful, or better yet a spell that he could evolve.

It didn't make sense to have all of these resources and not make use of them after all.

Reaching his destination, Exedra quickly picked up a variety of spell books before he sat down at a table by the window.

The library was incredibly spacious and beautiful with rows of books both ancient and new lining every corner.

The large glass window Exedra sat next to provided a gentle view of the surrounding mountains and even the town below.

Exedra felt the most comfortable in this place.

It reminded him of the days he'd spend reading without a care in the word well into the night.

With an imperceptible smile on the corner of his lips, Exedra picked up the first book.

Spell book detected.

Would you like to learn this spell?

Chapter 45

POV : Exedra

After I put down the final book I finally clutched my head in attempt to calm this raging headache.

I decided to push myself and learn atleast fifteen spells this time but unfortunately I was only able to learn four before my head felt like it would split apart.

Chaos Spell : Soul Breaking Scythe

Description: Summon an ethereal scythe to deal damage directly to an opponent's soul.

Chaos Spell : Abyss Hounds

Description: Summon up to three hounds from the abyss and use them to carry out orders.

Chaos Spell : Seducer's Hymn

Description: Imbue magic into your voice to make weaker beings more likely to obey your commands.

Chaos Spell : Sinister Burial

Description: Give shadows mass and crush enemies under a blanket of darkness.

Though all of those four spells evolved, I still couldn't be happy with this result.

Is this all I amount to?

I have to push harder.

I need more power.

I picked up a high level spell book from the stack of books I'd selected and opened it.

Spell book detected.

Would you like to learn this spell?

'Yes.'

Immediately my head felt like it was being ripped open and force fed information.

The pain was excruciating, but I silently endured as the minutes went by.

An eerily cold feeling suddenly pierced through my body. ｂ𝚎ｄｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐

I looked around for the source of this uncomfortable feeling and my eyes settled on a shadowy corner in the center of the room.

Sitting in a pool of shadows was a single yellow eye.

Instinctively I turned my head away.

Something was screaming at me that looking for even a second longer would send my mind spiraling into madness.

I felt it's gaze on me for a while.

I felt that I could hide nothing from it.

I felt no hostile intention so I made no move to guard myself or attack.

After an unknown amount of time, the eye disappeared and the headache I felt left with it.

Host has received the blessing of Maliketh, The First Abyss King.

Maliketh has transferred to the host his original spell: The Goal of All Life is Death.

Host has gained a new affinity : Death.

Passive skill : Soul Sense lvl 1, has been learned.

I just barely managed to read the message from the system before I passed out.

POV : Lisa

It was just before dawn when I got out of bed and prepared to go to the library.

I wasn't normally up around this time but I'd been having trouble sleeping tonight for some reason and I'd grown restless.

As I walked through the dark empty halls towards the library, my thoughts drifted to my baby girl.

When I went to check on her earlier tonight she felt… different somehow.

It was as if she'd matured overnight.

Then she muttered something about cookies in her sleep and I realized I was probably just overthinking.

I noticed her new look as well and I found my baby girl to be even more beautiful than before.

It looks like she and Exedra finally did the ritual and she got the eyes she wished for though I'm not exactly sure where the black hair came from.

Creak!

As I opened the door to the castle library I headed directly for the narrative section and began to search for a romance novel I hadn't read yet.

After I found a novel that I hadn't read yet I quickly headed to my favorite spot to read in the library.

Waiting for me at the table by the window was the man who was supposed to be my husband and just the sight of him took my breath away.

I don't know how it happened but in the time since I'd last seen him he appeared to have become even more handsome and I almost jumped on him.

At some point I realized he was asleep in his chair and before I knew it, I was walking towards him.

I told myself I was just going to wake him but.. before I knew it I was lightly stroking his face.

I memorized every detail.

The strength of his jawline, the softness of his skin, and the silkiness of his long red hair.

To me, a more beautiful man did not exist.

Without ever even looking at me with any lewd intent, this man had captured my attention thoroughly.

He was sleeping so peacefully that I decided to take my book to my room and read there but before I did I wanted to make one selfish choice.

I slowly tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and leaned down and softly kissed his lips.

It lasted for only a second before I hurriedly pulled away.

Just one kiss was enough to send my breathing into a spiral and make my body cry out for more but somehow I held firm.

With great difficulty, I turned around and left him to rest.

Though, not before I draped a blanket over his body.

As I walked towards the exit I looked at the book in my hand and shook my head before I headed back to my room.

I knew in my heart that instead of reading I was going to spend the night masturbating again.

POV : Exedra

"Young master?" A voice suddenly asked.

Noisy.. so noisy.

"Young master are you alright?"

I slowly opened my eyes to see an old elven woman eyeing me with a concerned look in her eye.

"Bridgette?" I asked.

"Yes young master that's me, but why are you sleeping in my library?"

What?

I looked around at my surroundings and realized I had indeed fallen asleep in the library.

It was then that I remembered last night's events and remembered what happened in the first place.

'But how did this blanket get over me?' I knew for sure I didn't grab it.

Unknowingly, my hand went to my lips and I felt a warm feeling spread through my chest.

I dismissed Bridgette and informed her I was just studying some spells late and fell asleep.

She simply asked me not to overwork myself just because I was healthy now.

I put all of the books back and left the library.

As I walked through the halls I was replaying events from the night in my mind over and over again.

The blessing from the first abyss king, the sudden acquisition of the rare death element and the new spell I acquired left me extremely perplexed.

I wasn't even aware I could receive blessings and I wasn't even sure what an abyss king is.

There is no knowledge of it in my memories and I don't think it'd be in any books either.

'Show me what that blessing does.'

Blessing of Maliketh, The First Abyss King.

- + 2,000 all stats.

- Increased affinity with the night and all of its creatures.

- Additional buffs in places thick with death.

While I was pleased with the added strength, I still was curious about the origin behind this new entity.

Additionally, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see the details of the spell I was given.

It was as if the information was hiding deep within my subconscious.

I knew I could use it, and I knew how to I just didn't know what it would do.

I decided for now I wouldn't try to use it.

The last thing I wanted was to test it at the training grounds and level the castle.

I could feel it deep within my bones that the spell was terrifyingly powerful.

Part of me was excited and looked forward to the future when I might finally get to use it.

- 1 Week later.

POV : Lailah

"Does anyone know why he called for us like this?"

Bekka : "Nope."

Lisa : "Sorry, no."

Mira : "Maybe he has somebody he wants us to kill?"

I choked slightly when I heard my daughters idea of what her father might be calling us for and I wondered if her getting an affinity stone amplified her violent tendencies. "Ahem, I don't think that's it Mira."

Early this morning, Exedra had called for all of us to meet him in the reception parlor for an unspecified reason.

We tried to ask mother what it was about but she simply giggled and remarked over how it was nice to be young before walking away, leaving us all confused.

So now we are walking to meet Exedra without knowing quite what is in store for us.

Mira put her little hand on her chin and seemingly was thinking very hard about something before she reached another conclusion, "Maybe he's going to give us cookies?"

Lailah / Bekka / Lisa : "You just ate breakfast!"

"So?" Mira turned her head in confusion as if she truly did not understand why we weren't on our way to eat cookies.

"Well knowing your father I wouldn't be surprised if he had cookies prepared for you since he knows you're coming." I muttered.

"Yep." Lisa agreed.

"You're probably right now that I think about it." Bekka said.

Mira's eyes glimmered with excitement before her face broke out in a wide smile and she unfurled her wings from her back. "Cookies!"

Like a little missile, she took off towards the room at the end of the hall where we were supposed to be meeting her father.

"Mira! No flying in the castle!" Lisa cried but it was to not avail.

"Her little wings are so cute." Bekka wore the same pleased expression that she always had whenever Mira was involved.

"You all spoil her too much." Lisa pouted.

"Fufufu, give us a break we've never had a daughter before and she's so cute we just can't help it." I reasoned.

"But what if she becomes a tyrant one day with no impulse control?"

"Is that a problem?" Bekka and I asked in unison.

"W-what?"

"I would still love her just the same."

"As would I." Bekka nodded.

Lisa seemed to realize that she was never going to win this battle in the first place so she rolled her eyes and put on a dissatisfied expression.

She could try and hide it all she wanted but I've known Lisa for a very long time and I understand her well.

That little glint in her eyes tells me that she's actually quite happy that others treasure her daughter as much as she does.

Reaching our destination, the girls and I opened the door to witness a stunning scene.

The parlor was filled with fine clothes, dresses and jewelry of all kinds.

Everything from the brightest gold to the most illustrious rubies and diamonds were laid out in front of us.

Sitting on a couch in the center of the room was our husband with Mira in his lap nibbling on a cookie.

Next to him was a dwarven woman wearing formal business attire and smiling warmly at us.

Lisa : "Wow.."

Bekka : "What is all this?"

Lailah "Who is this for?"

Exedra's face didn't show it, but his eyes contained a pleased expression that he couldn't hide.

When he finally opened his mouth to speak, his words brought tears to my eyes.

Chapter 46

General POV

"The party will be in two days. Your families will be in attendance."

When Bekka and Lailah heard this, their bodies instinctively trembled.

Even though they had grown up completely differently the treatment they had received was the same.

Bekka was scorned from the moment she was born due to her fear of blood that stemmed from childhood and her subsequent unwillingness to kill.

Lailah was treated harshly because even though she was a daughter of the witch queen, her talent for magic was far behind her sisters and her animus element, though rare only let her control snakes and take on some of their characteristics.

The bullying both girls faced was intense and never ending.

After their clans used them as bargaining chips, they hadn't seen or heard from them again.

Exedra knew and understand all too well the reason for his wives state and he quickly reassured them. "They will not be left alone with you, and I will remain by your side at all times."

The girl's felt slightly reassured upon hearing this but even still, they were nervous.

"This is Ruti." Exedra gestured to the unknown woman standing next to him. "She is here today to help you girls."

"Help us how?" Bekka asked but her voice was much quieter than normal.

"She's going to make you the most beautiful women on the face of the earth."

The three women cocked their heads in confusion like little kittens.

"Even though your families married you off for resources, I am going to show them you are living better lives than they could even imagine."

Lailah and Bekka's eyes widened.

"I am going to adorn you with the finest of jewels, silks, and gold we can find. You will be the very picture of elegance and let those beneath you know they aren't even worth your gaze."

Exedra turned to Lailah and said, "Even your mother will not have as high quality an outfit as the three of you."

Lailah was incredibly shocked.

When it came to witches, they were all very rich.

But they weren't quite the richest.

The treasure hoarding dragons with long lifespans and ferocious power naturally dominated the worlds economy.

The vampires were second since, like dragons, they had long life spans but they much preferred to use their divinely beautiful appearances to charm themselves into lavish living.

Surprisingly, dwarves were in third place as anything and everything that they made could be sold for a few million gold.

But dwarves are picky about their clientele and they don't sell anything to witches or humans, effectively cutting down some of their potential business.

Despite all that, witches were still incredibly loaded and there wasn't much they couldn't obtain through one method or another.

So saying that she would be wearing items even her mother could not easily obtain, Lailah didn't feel worthy.

Bekka wasn't much better. 𝚋𝚎ｄ𝚗ｏｖ𝚎𝚕．ｃｏ𝚖

Her clan was never that wealthy to begin with so even living in a castle was a huge improvement for her.

Now her husband was about to spend a few billion gold on each of them?! It was enough to make her head spin.

"Does Mira get a dress too?" The little dragon had finally finished her cookie and was now looking around the room admiring the most beautiful dresses she'd ever seen.

"Of course my daughter. Ruti has a selection picked out for you in the next room."

Ruti bowed deeply before finally speaking, "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance princess Mira. If you'll follow me I can show you what we have for you today."

"Okay!"

Just like that, Exedra was left alone in the room with his three wives.

"I don't think I deserve all of this…" Bekka finally said.

"Me neither." Lisa muttered.

Lailah said nothing but it was clear she felt the same way.

Exedra nodded like he was expecting this before he stood up and walked towards the girls.

He stopped just in front of them and said in a voice that contained seriousness as well as sincerity, "If anyone deserves something like this, it'd be you three."

"You've all lived very hard lives. Something like this is in no way intended to erase the trauma of your past, but it is a promise for the future."

"A promise?" Lailah had tears welling up in her eyes.

Exedra nodded and brought his hand up to her eyes to wipe the tears that were beginning to fall. "A promise that in the future things like this will be common place."

"If you can't handle things like this then how will you handle the other things I'll give you?"

This earned a small chuckle from the girls and their mood lightened considerably.

Lailah : "This is… thank you."

Bekka :"You're really the best husband ever."

Both girls gave Exedra a kiss of thanks before Lisa stepped forward with a face full of complicated emotions.

"T-thank you." She finally managed to say.

"Oh? Is that all? Don't you want to kiss him as well?" Lailah teased.

"E-eh?" Lisa got flashbacks to the week before where she found Exedra asleep in the library.

She frantically looked around for help from Bekka but the hellhound was no longer paying attention and had started nibbling on the plate of cookies Mira was working on earlier.

"I…" she started to say

Exedra stepped forward and planted a firm kiss on Lisa's lips.

Lisa felt her brain go numb temporarily.

She couldn't think, she barely remembered to breathe.

All she could do was savor the first real kiss she had with her new husband.

Naturally Exedra never would've kissed her if he wasn't sure she wanted it.

With his eyes allowing him to see the desire of the women around him, he could clearly see how much Lisa wanted him.

This was more than enough for him to act.

After they broke their kiss Exedra was the first to speak, "You are my wife too. You don't have to hide what you want from me. I hope one day you'll be comfortable enough to realize that."

When he began to walk away, Lisa had a lump in her throat.

Did all of that just happen?

Was she dreaming?

"So… who's going first?" Exedra asked as he sat back down on the couch.

- 2 Days later.

The castle was chaotically busy today.

The guest list for the young masters party was long and frightening.

Every servant assigned to work the party had been sweating since they woke up.

If they made a mistake and offended one of the guests in attendance today they could start a war!

…not really but that's how they felt anyway.

The reception room for the party was decorated to a tee.

Tables lined with exquisite food and drink, chairs made of wood from a world tree, gold and jewel encrusted silverware, the level of extravagance was simply overwhelming.

Yara had spared no expense ensuring that her sons birthday and announcement of his health would happen in the most ideal setting possible.

She was going to make this the most memorable night of her son's life!

Night had already fallen and guests were just now being let in.

While no one really noteworthy had yet to arrive, Yara was out in the crowd mingling and greeting guests all the same.

Everyone praised her for her beauty and attention to detail in planning this party.

Outwardly she was graceful and charming and full of life.

Inwardly she was anxiously awaiting the arrival of a certain someone.

"Ladies and gentlemen may I please have your attention.."

Yara's eyes lit up when she realized the arrival of an important guest was about to be announced.

She crossed her fingers hoping that it was the one she was waiting for!

"It is my highest honor to introduce to you.."

Chapter 47

"The pillars of dragon society, the dragon lords!"

Applause and gasps erupted throughout the hall yet Yara had a displeased expression.

Four beings walked through the entrance to the hall and everyone was immediately captivated.

"From the BloodFlame clan…"

A woman with pure white skin and hair, dressed in red and black armor stepped forward.

"Lady Seras Bloodflame!"

A round of applause began for the most fearsome and famed warrior under the dragon king.

"From the BlackSea clan…"

A man wearing blue pants with short black hair and light blue scales smiled and waved.

"Lord Lotan BlackSea!"

Lotan flashed a flirtatious wink at Yara that nearly made her gag but she maintained her composure through sheer will.

"From the StormCaller clan…"

A beautiful woman with long black hair wearing an extremely short dress and adorned in gold stepped forward.

"Lady Tiamat StormCaller!"

Most of the applause came from men who were captivated by the scantily clad women.

Those who had wives were thoroughly punished later on that evening.

"And last but certainly not least…"

The last of the four stepped forward and Yara frowned deeply when she realized he was not alone.

"From the SnowScale clan.."

Two men who were almost identical with long flowing snow white hair and pale skin with bright red eyes wore pleased expressions.

"Accompanied by his oldest son, Jeddah SnowScale.."

Jeddah paid no attention to the announcer and instead was looking around as if he was searching for something.

"Lord Jirai SnowScale!"

This time applause came from the women in the room who were extremely enchanted by this man's appearance.

Those who had husbands went on about their nights as usual.

Yara was trying to suppress her aura from spilling out but she was almost shaking with rage.

Exedra had an intense hatred for Jeddah due to an incident in their past as well as his treatment of Lisa and Mira and she was not the least bit certain what would happen when he saw him.

Her mood only got worse when she saw the group of five walking towards her.

Lotan was the first to speak much to the dismay of Yara. "You look as lovely as ever Princess."

He flashed his signature grin that had captivated the hearts of many women.

His harem numbered well over a thousand and yet he was still obsessively looking for more.

He had tried to woo Yara a number of times, yet she always proclaimed herself to be spoken for.

That didn't stop him from trying though.

It wouldn't be the first time he'd taken a woman from her husband after all.

Yara put her pleasant personality back on as best she could before responding. "Thank you for the compliment Lord Lotan."

She then turned to address the entire group. "I am pleased to see you are all in good health. Thank you for joining us to celebrate today."

Tiamat : "Thank you for inviting us."

Seras : "Where's the sickly little birthday boy?"

Jirai : "What's this big announcement you wanted to make?"

Yara chuckled slightly, inadvertently causing the heart of every man and woman nearby to skip a beat. "Patience my friends everything will be revealed soon but for now just try to enjoy the party."

She began to walk away but not before she brushed past Jirai and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Keep your fucking son away from my maids."

Jirai said nothing and instead looked at his son and sighed inwardly.

Normally his son was never interested in this kind of thing so why did he insist on coming tonight?

The entire time they'd been here his son hadn't stopped looking around like he was searching for someone.

'It's not like him to apologize so who in the world could he be looking for?' Jirai wondered before eventually shaking his head and putting it out of his mind.

As long as his son didn't cause any problems tonight, he'd let him be.

Jirai rubbed his neck slightly as he remembered the fallout from the last incident his son caused.

Maybe it was a mistake to bring him after all?

"May I introduce to you…"

Suddenly, everyone turned their gaze to the entrance to see which big shot was going to show up next.

"Accompanied by two of her daughters…"

"The Witch Queen, Sei Izanami!"

A tall gorgeous woman with inky black hair and translucent white eyes stepped forward.

She wore no smile on her ruby red lips, yet everyone in attendance could see the mischievous glint lurking in her eyes.

On both sides of her stood her twin daughters.

The girls looked just like their mother, but instead of her white colored eyes they each had the amber colored eyes of a goat.

People immediately walked over to introduce themselves and exchange pleasantries.

This was the witch queen!

If they made a favorable impression on her, they might be able to get a great discount on a magic tutor!

Who in their right mind wouldn't want to take advantage of this opportunity?

Yara stared at the woman briefly before turning away.

This wasn't the time to avenge Lailah.

'And besides, my son has his own plans anyway.'

"May I introduce to you…"

Yara had given up looking at the entrance since she assumed the one she was waiting for would be fashionably late as always.

"The vampire Queen, Audrina Sanguine!"

Yara immediately froze on her tracks and turned towards the entrance.

A crowd of people had formed around the newest guest. Everyone was trying to get a peak at the only woman said to rival Princess Yara in terms of beauty.

Yara wasn't too upset she couldn't see her friend immediately after a long time.

Her friend's aura was unmistakable and just knowing she was here was enough to bring a smile of genuine warmth to her face.

Eventually the crowd began to shift and parted to reveal a dangerously enchanting woman.

She was tall with a deliciously curvy body wrapped in warm grey skin.

Her long silver hair flowed freely below her perky ass and her bewitching violet eyes made her look seductive and dangerous.

When she saw Yara, her beautiful full lips curled up into a happy smile that revealed her two perfect white fangs and sent a heart shaped arrow through the hearts of all the men in the room.

Their wives weren't even upset this time.

They understood that this woman was divinely beautiful.

Faster than the eye could see, Audrina disappeared in a cloud of black smoke before reappearing right in front of Yara and wrapping her arms around her for a hug.

The sight of those wonderful melons pressing up against eachother was enough to give Lotan a small nosebleed but with a quick punch to the gut, Seras refocused him.

"It's good to see you again too." Yara chuckled and quickly returned her hug.

"Hmmm…" Audrina hummed in contemplation before dipping her hands lower and squeezing Yara's bottom. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝒈

Yara's warm and motherly expression broke and a vein bulged in her forehead. "You little pervert why do you do this every time?!"

Audrina finally separated from her and spoke in a refined and elegant voice, "I like to make sure mine is still the best."

Yara simply rolled her eyes at this childish provocation.

She'd already gotten used to it after all.

Audrina and Yara spent much of their time talking about recent events before the conversation turned to Exedra.

"Where's my favorite nephew?"

"He's your only nephew."

"Just answer the question you big boobed monster."

Yara felt herself growing a small ulcer hearing the way her friend referred to her but chose to ignore it. "He'll be here soon.. though when you see him…"

Audrina cocked her head in confusion. "What?"

"Don't fuck him."

"Excuse me?" Audrina was absolutely flabbergasted.

"Don't fuck him." Yara repeated.

Audrina was slightly insulted.

Did her friend truly not know her type?

They were competing for the same man years ago!

She should know her tastes!

While she liked her sickly little nephew, she would never see him as a man.

Was this some kind of joke?

"I-I would never! Just what do you take me for?"

Yara flashed a sneaky smile that sent chills down Audrina's spine. "I'll hold you to that."

'What the hell is going on with her?'

Chapter 48

The next guests to arrive were Bekka's family, the Osa clan.

Canis Osa was a stern looking man with waist length silver hair and wearing old armor covered with scratches from battle.

Behind his back were nine silver tails swaying rhythmically with his every step.

'So he evolved again huh.' Yara's thoughts were full of disdain as she stared at one of the people she hated most in all of Dola.

Standing behind him were two of Bekka's older brothers and another unknown beastkin man.

Perhaps by coincidence, Queen Sei had just managed to escape from her crowd of bootlickers and was making her way over to Yara at the same time as Canis.

Audrina flashed an amused smile as she realized what was about to happen.

Of course if things got too heated she'd step in and stop her friend but for now? She wanted to watch her struggle for a bit.

Sei : "I am pleased to see you are in good health Yara."

Canis : "As am I"

Canis and his sons offered a small bow since naturally their status was much lower than the two women present.

Yara smiled faintly before proceeding to lie right through her teeth.

"I'm glad you both could make it."

'You should've died on the way here.'

"It's wonderful to see the two of you again I haven't seen you since the wedding."

'All I want to see are the contents of your skulls.'

"I apologize, but running a kingdom does tend to keep one terribly busy." Sei put on an apologetic expression that could fool anyone besides Yara and Audrina.

"Our tribe has gotten many more mercenary jobs over the years thanks to the Draven family influence so we have been quite busy as well." Compared to Sei, Canis actually seemed sincere but Yara knew he didn't have any desire to see his daughter either.

"You're looking lovely as well Audrina." Sei had finally decided to acknowledge the presence of the vampire queen who had been watching this whole exchange with a bored expression.

"Aren't I always?" Was her disinterested reply.

Canis snickered while Sei tried her best not to respond to such an obvious provocation.

"Still as unscrupulous as ever I see."

"Eat a di-"

"It is my highest honor to introduce to you…"

The voice of the announcer interrupted what was sure to be a war of words between the two rulers.

Yara narrowed her eyes when she heard the excited tone of the announcer and knew what was about to come next.

"From the Draven royal family…"

"The first Prince of Antares, Iori Draven!"

Thunderous applause broke out inside the ball room.

Seeing one member of the royal family was rare enough but TWO?!

These people were in complete awe.

A man wearing glittering red armor that left his chest exposed was walking through the crowd.

No one dared to get too close and risk this man's ire so they simply wished him good health from a distance.

He was divinely handsome with long white hair and intense red eyes. On the left side of his head was a single curved red horn.

When his eyes landed on his sister, they softened a bit before he walked towards her.

Everyone immediately sucked in their breath.

The reason why it was almost impossible to see two members of the royal family together up close, was because they did not get along.

As far as the public knew, King Helios' three children hadn't spoken in years.

The truth wasn't that far off.

While it was true that there was a time when the royal family was in great turmoil, that was before Princess Yara went missing several years ago.

After she returned, her relationship with her first brother improved if only slightly.

Whether it was the guilt of driving his sister away or the realization that it wasn't her fault that her mother was the only woman their father ever loved, who can say?

They had a long chat when she returned home after being missing for several years and fences began to be mended.

Apologies were said but that was all.

They didn't become the best of friends.

They still had never even hugged.

The last time he saw his nephew was when he was still a baby.

All that was left between them was the hope that one day they could forgive and forget.

Yara needed time to heal and Iori respected that.

Dragons live extremely long lives after all.

So now the oldest child and the youngest child were about to exchange words for the first time in seventeen years.

Yara was in inner turmoil.

She wasn't even sure her brother would come when she sent the invitation, but now he was here and walking towards her.

Suddenly she felt someone grab her hand and instinctively knew that it was Audrina trying to get her to relax.

When he stood in front of her, there were a few moments of uncomfortable silence.

The servants working the party sighed inwardly as they were certain that a fight was going to break out between two evolved and they'd have to clean it.

"You look well sister." Iori finally spoke.

Yara took a deep breath and composed herself.

She wasn't a child anymore.

He wasn't either.

They could try to be normal siblings for once…right?

"You look…scary." Yara finally said.

"Huh?"

"Who wears battle armor to a birthday party?"

Iori looked down at his attire and scratched his cheek slightly in embarrassment. "Ah.. you know I've always felt more comfortable in things like this."

"Really how childish." Yara scoffed but inwardly she was enjoying this feeling of playfully mocking her brother.

Seeing that the two siblings were in fact getting along the other party goers returned to their usual business.

Sei, Canis and Audrina silently excused themselves while the servents put the brooms they had picked up back down and continued serving.

"So… brother's not coming?" Yara asked after another round of uncomfortable silence.

Iori sighed heavily like he'd already expected this. "No… sorry sister he's still-"

"It's fine." Yara interjected. "Even if he doesn't come he'll certainly hear about it."

Iori was quite perplexed that his sister had gotten over it so quickly and didn't seem to be very upset.

And what did she mean he would hear about it?

"Does it have something to do with the announcement you're supposed to make?"

Instead of answering Yara wore a shit eating grin. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"I would yes that's why I asked."

"Tough shit."

"Such unsavory language for a Princess!" Iori put on a fake shocked expression as if he couldn't imagine those words coming out of his sisters mouth. "Where did you learn to speak like that?"

"Are you joking? You and brother Rekka called me bitch so much I thought it was apart of my name until I was four!" Yara frowned.

Iori hurriedly turned away when he heard stories of how he used to behave in the past. "Ahem, yes well… I'm sorry for that." The proud fire dragon had a small blush and wore an apologetic expression.

Yara chuckled before she linked arms with her brother. " I know, it's fine so let's go get a drink."

Her brother immediately perked up when he heard the word drink.

Dragons love alcohol almost as much as they love treasure, and because of that love they were able to routinely trade wine and ale with the dwarven continent and maintain an amicable relationship.

King Helios and king Inhel are also drinking buddies.

Before they could reach the bar, the voice of the announcer rang out for the final time.

"Ladies and gentlemen may I please have your attention…"

"It's time.." Yara said with a smile.

"Hm? Time for what?" Iori asked.

"The answer to your question."

Iori figured he wasn't going to get a clearer answer than that so he chose to watch and wait.

"Accompanied by his wives and daughter…"

Sei / Canis / Audrina : 'Daughter?!'

Sei : "I'm a grandmother?"

Canis: "I'm a grandfather?"

Audrina : "That weak little brat actually has the energy for sex?"

"The son of the first princess of Antares, Yara Draven…"

Yara knew what was about to come next, but she showed no reaction.

If her son hadn't asked for this, she wouldn't have obliged but since he did she complied.

"And the demon lord of lust, Asmodeus Morningstar…"

"W-what?"

"The demons?"

"Is that where she went all those years ago?"

"Isn't he dead?"

"An incubus huh… no wonder I couldn't woo her."

"I don't think that's why Lotan.."

Naturally, the room erupted into murmurs and whispers.

Iori was slightly surprised but chose not to comment on this revelation.

Although he wanted to know more he decided to let his sister tell him on her own.

"The Fourth prince of Antares, Exedra Draven!"

The crowd quickly recovered from their shock due to the bomb that had just been dropped and erupted in applause.

Though not as much as when Iori entered, it was still an adequate response.

This man was the reason they were there after all.

Step.

Step.

Step.

Exedra and his family finally stepped out into the room and the room which was filled with applause a second ago became deadly silent.

Chapter 49

The first thing everyone noticed, was an adorable little dragon girl walking proudly in front of the group that just entered.

The little girl was incredibly cute and charming wearing a fluffy little white dress with a small tiara on top of her hair that appeared to be made of solid ice and diamonds.

Her face was scrunched in a serious expression that made her look unapproachable and slightly intimidating despite being only six years old.

… Or at least that's what she believed.

"Aww!"

"She's so precious!"

"James I think we should start trying…"

'Why aren't they afraid of me?' Mira wondered but quickly tossed the thought aside as she started looking towards the desert table to see if there were cookies available.

When the focus left the little girl, everyone noticed the women walking behind her.

"By Asherah…"

"Their presence is…"

"They are so beautiful!"

"I thought his wives were just supposed to be rejects.."

"Those dresses!"

Bekka, Lisa and Lailah were each wearing dresses with their backs cut out and a slit on the side that went all the way up to their hip.

Each one of them also wore gold arm bands, necklaces, and rings made with exquisite dwarven craftsmanship.

Each ring was enchanted with a variety of buffs like increased mana regeneration and enhanced senses.

Not only could they see everything going on in this party, they could hear everything as well.

Even Bekka had shifted her hands from her usual paws to delicate little fingers that bore a ring on each.

Lailah was first in line and wore a bright red dress with a golden tiara that held a bright red ruby in the middle that matched the color of her eyes perfectly.

When Sei saw her daughter she was uninterested at first.

Though when she saw the crown and dress that Lailah wore, her uninterest quickly changed into bitter jealousy and then rage.

'T-that bitch… she's actually wearing such an outfit?'

It was worth noting that the crown on Lailah's head alone costed more than several large cities could earn in a year.

'And what's with that look? It's like she doesn't even put me in her eyes anymore!'

Sei was seething.

This was the same girl who used to flinch at the mere sight of here and now she wouldn't even glance her way!

'You think you're special now? You are still nothing! So what if that sniveling little man bought you a few trinkets!'

And then she saw Exedra.

And her jealousy reached a fever pitch when she saw the most gorgeous man she could imagine.

Canis wasn't doing much better when he saw his daughter.

Bekka wore a tight black dress that could barely contain her enormous bust. On top of Bekka's head was a black metal crown in the shape of thorns.

While there were no jewels on Bekka's crown, it didn't take away from the feeling of wealth that now emanated from her.

Canis knew he'd need ten years of frugal living to even be able to think about buying the cheapest item his daughter wore.

But that wasn't what bothered him the most.

He'd given up his daughter to the dragons because she was useless and dispensable but now she actually gained some kind of twisted sense of superiority from it? What a joke!

'You think because that weak little lizard gave you a few shiny items you're better than me?!' Canis roared internally. 'He'll get bored of you and you'll be right back in the dirt with the rest of us you sow!'

And then his gaze landed on Exedra.

And he felt chills run down his spine when he felt his malevolent aura.

Lisa was last in line and had the most eyes on her.

She wore an incredibly intricate silver tiara that was littered with diamonds, her dress was golden colored and went perfectly with her warm amber eyes and hair.

While she was undoubtedly beautiful, the few dragons in the crowd could sense that she was a lesser dragon and sneered inwardly.

Beautiful trash is still trash after all.

"I can't believe he'd do such a thing."

"She's old and lesser, does he not have any taste?"

"She'll surely sully this event with her presence."

Lisa could of course hear the harsh words being thrown her way but paid them no mind.

Exedra had informed all of them prior to entering that this was likely to happen but he had a plan for it.

While she wasn't sure what the plan was exactly, she trusted her husband and knew if he said he was gonna do something he'd do it.

She just had to make a mental note of everyone saying something unpleasant for later.

'Have I seen that woman somewhere before?' Jirai wondered.

He was staring at Lisa trying to remember where exactly he'd seen her but he was drawing a blank every time.

He turned to ask his son, only to remember that he'd left the room some time ago.

He seemed to be frustrated that he couldn't find what he was looking for and simply went outside to calm down.

'How'd that bedridden whelp land such beautiful women though?'

He couldn't believe it.

Every woman in Exedra's harem was divinely beautiful.

How'd one brat without an ounce of power get so lucky?

And then Exedra came into view and for the second time in Jirai's two thousand years of living, his looks felt inferior compared to another man's.

When Exedra stepped out in full view of the crowd, all the hushed murmurs and whispers that plagued the crowd before immediately ceased.

No one had ever seen a man that fit the definition of perfect to such a degree before.

Wearing a red robe with black pants and his signature sandals, as well as his ceremonial golden necklace and weapon disguised as an earring, Exedra hadn't deviated much from his usual attire to the dismay of Duke.

But no one could focus on the clothes he wore.

Not when this man's appearance was so utterly enchanting.

His long blood red hair was tied up in a ponytail with two loose strands of hair falling in either side of his face.

The body underneath his clothes was not only incredibly well defined, but it was covered in intricate black tattoos that no one recognized.

He was walking forward with his eyes closed, yet he never made a misstep.

Unbeknownst to them, Exedra was using soul sense along with his natural perception as an incubus to 'see' the entire room.

He could see everything and everyone without his eyes even being open.

He could see their feelings as well.

Red auras were surrounding Bekka and Lailah's parents and a few of the noble dragons.

Most of the women in the room either had green auras for jealousy or the standard purple for an intense desire.

Skill : Soul Sense has leveled up!

Exedra finally opened his eyes when he heard the message from the system and several gasps were heard once again.

While his daughters eyes were almost the same, they lacked the vibrant luster and the bitter coldness that her father's had.

This dangerous contrast between something you can't look away from, and something you should look away from, thoroughly entranced the hearts and minds of everyone present.

Most women became wet immediately and made up in their minds they would try to seduce this young man by any means necessary tonight.

One was… more determined than others.

'That bitch! She knew this would happen that's why she told me that!'

Audrina was in a difficult position.

She wanted to be a good friend and keep her word but.. not only was this man divinely handsome, but there was another deeper force that seemed to want her to obey this man's every whim and want.

She'd been tricked damn it!

That's why that woman was so giggly earlier!

While she could feel her emotions were being influenced just from the sight of him, she couldn't do anything about it.

She was under a spell she had no desire to break out from.

She hurriedly folded her arms across her chest and covered her breasts when she realized her nipples had gotten hard without her realizing it.

The group came to a stop directly in front of Yara and Iori.

They bowed slightly to Iori before offering Yara warm smiles.

"You all look perfect." Yara couldn't stop a single tear from falling from her eye.

Lisa : "Thank you mother!"

Bekka : "You as well mother."

Lailah : "Our beauty is still far below your own."

Mira : "Don't cry grandmother do you want a cookie too?"

Yara chuckled before shewalked towards her son and lightly touched his face. "My boy is a man now. I couldn't be prouder."

For the first time in a while, Exedra smiled a warm smile that was only for his family to see.

The three women fell in love all over again when they saw the man who had become harder to read recently displaying such an emotion.

The few in the crowd who didn't believe that was really Exedra were now fully convinced and the murmurs resumed with an unseen intensity.

"Is that really him?"

"I-I thought he was supposed to be bedridden?"

"How can someone change so much?"

Yara naturally heard the murmurs and walked torward the group of confused partygoers.

"May I have your attention please.."

Yara didn't yell or scream, yet everyone immediately ceased their conversations and listened.

"I told you all on the invitations that I had an announcement to make." She began.

"But first, let me tell you a little story…"

Chapter 50

"I don't believe it.."

"A true hybrid…the first of his kind as well."

"A demonic dragon…"

"We haven't seen anything like this since lady Seras was born."

"Are we in an alliance with the demons now?"

Yara had just divulged the entirety of Exedra's life.

From her sudden disappearance, to her meeting the love of her life and Exedra's birth.

To put the icing on the cake she even explained why he was sick for the first seventeen years of his life.

The gazes of everyone present looked at Yara and Exedra with pity.

Especially Yara.

The way she spoke about her deceased husband, it was easy for everyone to discern how much she loved him.

Whilst Exedra noticed the pitiying gazes from the crowd, he wasn't moved by them in the slightest.

His reasoning for asking his mother to reveal the truth was not something so simple or useless as being understood.

But that would only be something that was known much later.

"Then… how was such an illness cured?" Tiamat asked the question that was burning in the minds of everyone present.

Yara took a deep breath.

This was the part of the plan she was sure would be the hardest.

"My son… was cured by Asherah herself."

"I-impossible!"

"What do you mean princess?"

The people were naturally in utter disbelief and it was hard to blame them.

In Dola's million year history, not once has anyone had any contact with Asherah outside of an evolution, and even then she never said anything about herself or answered any questions.

Yara then went on to explain how Exedra fell ill for two whole days before waking up one morning in his current body.

Yara overestimated the difficulty of convincing the masses of the circumstances behind Exedra's cure.

While some were dubious, most took one look at Exedra's face and body and immediately believed it was crafted by their mother goddess herself.

Little did they know that his looks were simply the result of having criminally gorgeous parents.

The dragon lords frowned and looked at Exedra but he didn't even spare them a gaze.

He was much too focused on culling certain weeds from his garden.

"The Draven family is truly blessed!"

"Indeed!"

"Cheers for another million years of prosperity for our great kingdom!"

"CHEERS!"

News of these revelations would travel far and wide across the globe.

By this time next week, every living and unliving soul in Dola would've heard the tale of the crippled prince of the dragon kingdom and his miraculous cure.

Exactly as he intended.

Once everyone resumed drinking and the lively atmosphere was back, it was time to present gifts.

Exedra sat at a large table surrounded by his wives with his daughter in his lap.

The first to present a gift was Sei.

"A gift for my wonderful son in law." She said with a smile that was warm and motherly.

Despite that, her mind was filled with impure thoughts as she handed him a thick old spell book.

"T-that's a ancient grade magic!"

"It's easily worth millions of gold!"

"So generous!"

"She's such a kind mother in law."

The crowd was immediately shocked to see the first gift of the night be something of such an extravagant nature.

"That is the ancient grade spell for teleportation magic." She explained.

"It normally would take you a year or two to learn but I am willing to be your personal tutor and cut that time in half!"

Sei took one look at Exedra and knew that she had to have him.

Originally she'd brought this gift to humiliate her weak son in law since he would never be able to learn it and her slow daughter that would never be able to teach him.

Her new plan was to gift Exedra the book and then offer her services as a tutor so she could take the time to seduce him.

When she looked at Lisa it was obvious he liked older women so Sei was sure she could use her charms to get him into bed.

"She's offering to tutor him personally?"

"My stars what a lucky man!"

Exedra opened the book and a brief uncomfortable look crossed his face.

'I knew it. He probably can't even begin to understand those spells. Don't worry my future husband. I'll be sure to teach you thoroughly.'

Exedra closed the book and spoke for the first time all night. "I've learned the spell. I don't need any tutoring."

Sei was so captivated by his voice entering her ears that she didn't even hear what he said at first.

When her brain finally made the connection, she burst into a fit of laughter.

"Please don't joke my son in law. There's no way you could learn a spell this complicated instantly."

"The young prince has a sense of humor!"

Fits of laughter rang out among the guests.

Exedra sighed deeply.

So these people can't believe the truth even when they hear it huh?

Under the stupefied gazes of all present, Exedra's body became wrapped in black and red energy before he disappeared with his daughter still in his lap.

"W-wha?"

"H-he wasn't joking?"

"I-I didn't even hear a chant…"

The only ones who were unsurprised by this development were Exedra's wives and mother.

No more than ten seconds passed before shadows rose up and took the form of Exedra and Mira, only now Mira was holding a plate of cookies from the kitchen.

Sei was completely caught off guard but as a queen she'd never show it. "M-my Lailah what a talented husband you have." She finally addressed her daughter for the first time in years.

Lailah was seated next to Exedra and stared at her mother with a disinterested gaze that carried no disdain or animosity.

"Indeed I do.." Lailah finally showed a small smile before she leaned over and gave Exedra a deep kiss.

"Gross!" Mira cried with cookie crumbs all over her mouth.

Internally, Sei was fuming. Realizing her plan had failed, she instead wished Exedra a happy birthday before quickly walking away with clenched fists. 'That spell he used… it's different from the one in the book. Did he alter it somehow?!'

Sei contemplated this and many things as she headed directly for the bar.

Lailah chuckled internally and was filled with a sense of pride when she saw her mothers state.

It wasn't a huge victory, but it was a victory nonetheless.

Canis was next to give a gift and gave him a spear with a bronze tip.

Originally, Canis was planning to humiliate him just like Sei, but changed his mind entirely when he felt his aura.

Even though he was a third level evolved, he didn't want to offend this young man in front of him.

A warriors instincts were nothing to sneeze at and his were especially sharp for years of harsh living.

The young dragon was so eerily calm that it made the hair on his tails stand up.

Exedra accepted the gift with a disinterested nod and Canis hurriedly left his sight.

He didn't even glance at his daughter but one among his group did.

The gift giving continued for some time. Exedra was given just about everything from jewels to weapons and even potions. 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘰𝘳𝘨

His uncle Iori had even gifted him a katana that was quite similar to his own.

Like Sei he offered to teach him how to use it but was incredibly shocked when Exedra stood up and began executing near flawless moves.

"Just what kind of monster did you give birth to?" Iori wore a permanently surprised face that was shared by many of the guests.

Instead of responding Yara simply laughed it off as if it were a good joke but Iori was terribly serious.

'Wasn't he just cured last week? How can he use a sword that easily!'

The last to present a gift was Audrina and she looked… different?

While she was always naturally charming, she was now radiating an aura of seduction that could arouse even the dead.

'You bitch you couldn't even keep your promise for one night?' Yara sneered inwardly as she looked at her friend's state.

She was eyeing her son like a ravenous beast and his wives certainly noticed.

While every woman had been looking at Exedra that way tonight this one felt the most like a threat.

Lisa and Mira were the most tame. One didn't understand all the looks her father was getting and the other didn't feel like it would be her place to be upset. On the other hand Lailah and Bekka were both ready to cause an international incident.

"LISA!"

Suddenly, a hate filled roar came from the entrance and everyone looked to see a young ice dragon trembling with rage.

Exedra's eyes immediately became cold and lifeless when he heard someone refer to his wife in such a casual nature.

When Jirai realized something terrible was about to happen his blood immediately ran cold.

'You idiot what are you doing?!'

Chapter 51

Twelve years ago, Exedra had a young nanny whom he loved dearly.

Lillian was like a second mother to Exedra.

She doted on him endlessly and taught him to read and write, took him on walks on the days his body would allow, and stayed in his room to read to him when it would not.

He would even sneak and try to help her with chores which led to him forming friendships with most if not all of the castle staff.

While Yara was by no means an absentee mother, Lillian was the person he spent the most time with as a child and had the most fond memories of.

Memories that Carter inherited.

One day, guests visited the castle on official business.

They were Jirai and his son Jeddah.

While Jirai was discussing something important for the kingdom, his son wandered off before he noticed and left the two of them to explore.

He stumbled into the garden where he saw an extremely enchanting young woman.

Lillian was a tiger beastkin with bright orange hair and emerald eyes to go along with her extremely well endowed body, she gave off a feral charm that attracted men in droves.

Jeddah was no different.

Under the guise of a respectful and courteous young man, Jeddah approached Lillian and Exedra that day.

He joined them for tea and Lillian was charmed by his handsome appearance and good manners and they quickly fell into a courtship.

That year Jeddah visited several times to join Lillian and Exedra for tea or even just to chat and Lillian fell deeper and deeper in love with him.

Eventually, he proposed to her and Lillian said yes.

The day of their wedding, Lillian hugged Exedra tightly and proclaimed that even if she was no longer going to be his nanny, she would always be his friend.

Because he did not want to burden Lillian, the young Exedra put up no resistance to their marriage and even walked Lillian down the isle since she was an orphan.

He remembers it fondly as the first time he'd ever seen a woman smile so brightly.

Just like that, three months went by.

Lillian hadn't visited, nor had she responded to any of his letters.

Noticing something was wrong, Yara inquired about this to Jirai and was told that she'd come down with a terrible illness.

When Yara told Exedra, his entire world broke apart.

He begged to go and see her and Yara of course agreed but it would take time since she was busy with political matters.

This wasn't good enough for young Exedra.

Under the cover of night, he bought a coach to take him to clan SnowScale.

The coach could only take him so far because access was restricted on dragon lord lands so Exedra had to get there the rest of the way himself.

By some miracle, he dragged his small frail body through those wintery lands until he arrived at the castle.

He collapsed right at the front gate and was brought inside.

It was there that Jirai realized who he was and instinctively knew what he was doing there.

He told Exedra that Lillian had come down with a contagious flesh eating disease and even being in the same room with her would put him at risk.

Jirai left Exedra in the room alone as he went to notify Yara to take him back home, but Exedra snuck out and began to scour the castle.

He wandered so far into the castle, that he eventually passed by a dark room with a terrible smell coming from it.

Something told him not to open it, but his curiosity overwhelmed him.

By some miracle or perhaps a twist of fate, the door was unlocked.

What he saw next scarred him forever.

Bodies of battered broken women were piled up right next to an incinerator.

Exedra feel to his knees immediately and vomited all of the contents of his small stomach onto the floor.

When he attempted to scramble on his knees to get out of the room, that was when he saw her.

Her once beautiful orange hair was now matted with her own blood and her beautiful pale skin was riddled with bruises and gashes.

Her beautiful green eyes which were once so full of love and life, were now lifeless and empty.

Even if her face was scarred and bruised he would never forget her.

How could he?

Exedra dragged his frail body across the floor to where she lay and held her gently in his small arms.

No matter how much he called for her, for the first time in his life she didn't answer him.

Her body was already cold.

Grief stricken and broken, he let loose a horrible scream that traveled throughout the entirety of the castle.

Every guard in the castle was there in minutes.

Jeddah and his father included.

What they found was a small boy with black hair and tears coming out of his eyes clutching the deceased body of a woman.

Jirai was outraged.

Because he was so busy as a dragon lord, he knew absolutely nothing of his son's life or his sick hobbies.

The only reason he'd told Yara and Exedra that Lillian was sick, was because that was what Jeddah had told him.

He simply thought of his son as trying to be a good husband and did not pursue the matter further.

When Yara found out where her missing son was she was relieved.

Helios was with his daughter when the news about Exedra's whereabouts broke. Together they flew to collect his grandson.

When Exedra was finally in his mothers arms he weakly told her what he saw and what happened.

All Helios needed to see was a single tear fall down his daughters perfect cheek and the castle of clan SnowScale was reduced to a pile of smoldering rubble in an instant.

Like a god of death, Helios held Jeddah and Jirai by the neck in the air and prepared to end their lives.

Through restricted breaths, Jeddah begged for his life and the life of his son.

He professed his undying loyalty to the kingdom and proclaimed that this was all his fault for failing to educate his son properly.

Because Helios did not want to kill one of the leaders of his own faction and risk his kingdom crumbling from the inside, he wavered and asked Yara what she wanted instead of ending their lives outright.

With tears in her eyes, an unconscious son in her arms and an exhausted expression, Yara's only answer was that she wanted to go home.

Was she angry? Of course.

Did she want them dead? Who wouldn't.

But more than anything she was tired of loss.

This entire event had reopened old wounds for her that were entirely too much to bear.

She wasn't over Asmodeus' death yet and now this?

She was ready to break.

All she really wanted was to go home and curl up in her bed with her son in her arms.

She wanted to hide away and pretend, atleast for a little bit that this was all a bad dream.

Helios obliged her, but not before he stripped Jeddah of his title as successor to his clan and ordered that he be castrated and whipped everyday for five hours for five years, to honor the fifty women they found dead in that room.

Jirai was ordered to pay reparations to Exedra and Yara separately in the form of one hundred million gold coins.

After that event, little Exedra wasn't ever the same.

For the first two months after the ordeal, he was borderline catatonic.

Only after the third month did he recover slightly but he still refused to leave his room.

One day, he heard a knock at the door that was different from the rest and opened the door to see what looked like the entirety of the castle staff that he'd befriended alongside Lillian.

Each of them without exception hugged him and cried with him. 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝘯𝑜𝘷𝑒𝑙．𝑐𝘰𝘮

It was only after that day that he showed signs of improvement.

Even when he was able to smile again, those that paid attention to him knew it wasn't the same smile as before.

He was lonelier, he was sadder, and above all he blamed himself for not being able to protect her.

Unbeknownst to him, this internalized guilt contributed to the avoidance of his wives years later.

Because if he couldn't protect Lillian how could he possibly protect them?

Jeddah's punishment was of course carried out, but in a world full of magic limbs could always be regrown.

After his five year punishment was over, his ugly habits began to show themselves again.

Since nearly everyone knew he was stripped of his title for his dishonorable acts, he no longer put on the guise of a good natured citizen and instead reveled in debauchery and coerced women into giving themselves to him willingly through whatever methods necessary.

He used money to keep the families mouths shut and when that wouldn't work they would just go missing entirely.

Naturally Jirai tried to put a stop to his son's behavior, he even had a special information team directly responsible for watching his son's every action.

Eventually, with work again beginning to overwhelm him, Jirai allowed Jeddah to continue his disgusting hobby, and asked only to be alerted if the woman targeted had an outstanding background that could bring trouble.

And like that, seven years went by.

Reparations were sent to Exedra and Yara and formal apologies were given by both the father and son duo every year on the anniversary of Lillian's death.

Little Exedra who had no power to take revenge simply accepted the apology every year and got the ordeal over with.

And because Exedra seemed to be over it, Yara did not pursue the matter any further either.

Only Exedra knew that he would never forget.

Not for a single second.

When Exedra's eyes landed on Jirai something strange happened.

His presence, his aura, his breath it all disappeared.

Mira had to look behind her to make sure she was still sitting on him, and his wives had to check to make sure he was still next to them.

They weren't evolved enough to feel the sinister energy he'd compressed inside of himself.

Hell even Yara couldn't feel it.

The dragon lords, the first prince, the witch queen and the vampire queen were the only ones who could sense the energy boiling within Exedra's body.

Unconsciously they all took a step back and placed their hands on their weapons if they had them.

It was as if the grim reaper's scythe was now hanging over their necks.

"Mira my child…" Exedra's voice was so different from normal it sent shivers down the spines of everyone in the room.

Mira looked at her father with an anticipatory look and waited for his instructions.

"Go cover your mothers eyes okay?"

Mira instinctively knew he was talking about Bekka and went and sat in her lap and covered her eyes with her little fingers.

Lisa was shaking.

The one person she never wanted to see was here in front of her once again.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to see Exedra giving her a warm look before he planted a small kiss on her forehead that eased her nerves.

"You bastard! You dare to touch what's mine in front of me?!" Jeddah was walking forward and ice magic had begun to gather at his fingertips.

Jirai appeared in front of his son in a flash to stop him. "Idiot! What the hell do you think you're- "

"Let him go." Exedra's voice was unfathomably cold and regal.

Jeddah almost obeyed, but a third level evolved dragon has enough willpower to resist Exedra's charm spell.

"I-I don't know what's wrong with him, please excuse us we are leaving immediately!"

Exedra said nothing and with a wave of his hand, pitch black chains covered in red miasma shot out from Jirai's shadow and pinned him to the floor.

"W-what is this?!"

Jirai could feel his strength being sapped as the chains dug into his skin and immediately began to try to escape.

Exedra knew that his chains would only hold a third stage for a few seconds at best.

But a single second was all he would need.

"Glimpse of Oblivion."

Chapter 52

When Jeddah opened his eyes, he was in a black space with a red moon above him.

"What the hell is this?"

His magic didn't work, he couldn't shift and his body felt terribly slow and fragile.

He was powerless here.

For a species that is used to being the apex predator like dragons, there is no worse fate.

He could struggle and he could scream but it would change nothing.

"I wonder if this is how they felt…" came a cold voice from the shadows.

"Bastard who are you! What did you do to me?!"

"So you didn't recognize me before you started screaming my wife's name like a mad fool…"

"Wife? Listen here bastard that lesser bitch is mine so- ARGHH"

Jeddah had barely gotten the words out of his mouth before tendrils of shadow pierced his legs and brought him to his knees.

"Mmh! MMPH!"

He tried to let out even more screams of pain but his mouth had suddenly disappeared from his face.

"You do not deserve to speak. Not now, nor ever again."

Suddenly, out of the shadows came a very small child.

He looked to be no older than five with long black hair, bright yellow eyes and bright bronze skin.

'E-Exedra?' Jeddah was horrified.

Why does he look like a child again?

What happened for this brat to suddenly gain this kind of power?

Was this some kind of trick?

"This is what he looked like the day he found her."

He? So was Exedra not doing this?

Jeddah was getting more confused by the second.

"You know since I took this body, I thought he was completely gone and only I remained." Exedra materialized a small rubber ball and a chair and took a seat while bouncing it on the ground.

"But when I saw you… I felt him. I felt an anger that was not entirely my own screaming to get out and tear you limb from limb."

At his command, hands rose out of the ground and began to rip Jeddah's flesh and limbs from his body, only for him to regrow them a second later.

"MMMH! MMPH!"

Jeddah's muffled screams fell in deaf ears as Exedra watched him with a blank look.

Truthfully, he didn't want to watch something like this.

But that was why he had to.

He owed it to the original Exedra, as well as himself.

He had to kill the small parts of him that were still human.

Killing was one thing but to watch a torture as gruesome as the one about to take place was something only monsters had the stomach for.

And Exedra strives to be a monster.

"I always planned on coming to take your life eventually. Since this body was entrusted to me I naturally have to live on his behalf as well as my own." He continued as he stared at the once handsome young man that had tears running from his eyes.

"When Lisa told me about you, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to claim your life since I knew you'd come for her." Exedra felt bad about it now since he loved her, but originally he only saw Lisa as bait and a friend of Lailah.

While he couldn't change the past, he could always makeup for it in the future.

"However I didn't know it'd be so soon… fate is really something isn't she?" Exedra's childlike face broke out into a smile that was not in the slightest bit cute.

Slowly the hands retracted back into the ground and Jeddah looked at the young Exedra with pleading eyes.

In this space, Exedra had complete control of all laws and matter.

The entire time Jeddah was being tortured Exedra made sure that his nerve endings were extra sensitive and could even hold his mind together so that it did not break from the unimaginable pain.

"I want you to know why this is happening."

The small child rose from his seat and grabbed the adult dragon by his hair so that they were looking eye to eye.

"This is because you coveted someone that belonged to him, and because you coveted someone that belongs to me."

POW!

With a kick from his dainty legs, Exedra sent Jeddah flying back several feet into the air before crashing helplessly onto the ground.

Appearing beside him, Exedra place his foot on his head before continuing. "Three months… You abused Lillian for three entire months before she died."

Jeddah wanted to apologize.

He wanted to scream that it was an accident, that he didn't mean it and that he was just sick.

Whatever would help him escape this nightmare.

Snap!

With a snap of his fingers, Exedra materialized something that scared Jeddah to the depths of his very soul.

Ogres.

Everywhere Jeddah looked, there were six feet tall male ogres.

When he saw the strange shape protruding from their loincloths, his eyes trembled before he prostrated to Exedra and silently begged him not to do this.

He banged his head against the ground several times to show his sincerity and desperation.

"Three months…" Exedra scoffed before he turned his back on Jeddah as the ogres closed in on him.

"I'll break you in three weeks."

- 3 weeks later in the inner realm.

Jeddah lay naked on the ground a filthy bloody mess.

For three entire weeks he was tortured in every way Exedra could think of.

Rape, dismemberment, electro shock, whips, drowning, he tried it all.

Exedra had returned his mouth for the ogres to use, but stripped him of his vocal cords so that he couldn't utter a single sound.

"Haaa… so this is my limit huh."

With the use of two of his most powerful spells back to back like this, even if Exedra had gotten some buffs recently he was still feeling some exhaustion.

Exedra took one last look at the broken body of Jeddah before he prepared to end his spell and return home.

He felt like it'd been forever since he'd seen everyone but in reality it'd only been a few seconds.

"We did it Lillian… I'm sorry it took us so long…please rest well now."

Exedra brought his hand to his breast were he felt a warm feeling inside his heart and smiled faintly.

With that, the entire space shimmered before it cracked and disappeared.

When Exedra's mind came back to the real world, the first thing he noticed was the sensation of needles piercing his left eye.

Unwilling to cry out, he simply ground his teeth as a single tear of blood slid down his cheek.

Like a puppet with its strings cut, Jeddah fell to his knees.

With a look of pure horror, he uttered one final word before he lost consciousness. "Monster.."

Bang!

The chains binding Jirai finally snapped and he rushed to check on his injured son.

"Jeddah?! Jeddah! Wake up son!"

Jirai looked toward Exedra and saw he had a blank expression and his anger burst forward. "You! What did you do?!"

Exedra's cold eyes lingered on Jeddah's crumpled body before he looked into Jirai's hate filled ones.

"Not nearly enough."

Boom! 𝚋𝚎𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎𝚕.𝚗𝚎𝚝

An icy pressure exploded from Jirai's body and turned the ground beneath him into pure ice.

A violent snowstorm whipped up around the room with Jirai at its center.

Yara, Lailah and Iori conjured magic barriers to protect the guests from the brutal cold while the dragon lords tried to reason with their fellow ruler.

Tiamat : "Jirai! Calm down look at what you're doing!"

Lotan : "Bastard you froze my drink!"

Seras: "If you cause a scene here the dragon king will not forgive you!"

Jirai couldn't hear them.

His sons soul was damaged terribly with his body not far behind.

Even though his body had no visible injuries, his breathing was shallow and his pulse was weak.

Even though he was an absentee father, he still loved his son very much and considered him to be one of his treasures.

And a dragon will not sit idle if it's treasures are harmed.

Even though Exedra was much weaker than Jirai, he didn't back down from this monumental challenge.

Three pitch back portals appeared in front of Exedra and out of them came three black nightmarish looking hounds as big as horses.

Exedra had used what was left of his dwindling mana to summon these hounds to help even the odds if only slightly.

He retrieved his corrupted Shu's razor from his ear and changed its form into a golden spear that swirled with a black mist.

He twirled his spear in the air before pointing it at Jirai seemingly daring him to come forward.

He didn't know how he would win but he knew he had to.

He couldn't leave his wives and daughter behind.

He couldn't die before he accomplished his goals in this world.

He would win by any means necessary.

Seeing that Exedra was openly provoking him, Jeddah's anger reached a new high and the snowstorm reached a new ferocity.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Will you?" A new voice asked.

Suddenly, the bitter cold was melted away by an unimaginable heat.

Iori and Yara's pupils contracted to the size of needles when they heard the voice they both knew all too well.

They both turned to eachother and flashed confused looks.

"Did you..?"

"No I thought you did you're his favorite after all."

With one synchronized movement, everyone in the room, turned their heads towards the entrance where their jaws collectively dropped.

Standing at exactly seven feet tall was a man with bronze colored skin and snow white hair.

He wore an flowing pink and gold robe with white bottoms and wore no shoes on his clawed feet.

On his chest was the tattoo of a mythological creature and behind his back swung a thick golden tail with a blade at the tip.

His bright golden eyes caused everyone who looked into them to instinctively flinch in fear.

He leisurely held his finger up in the air where a single bright white flame no bigger than that of a match was radiating an intense heat that was simultaneously melting the ice and causing everyone present to break out in a sweat.

The weaker members of the crowd immediately fainted from the heat.

Next to him was the announcer who'd been too stunned to do his job properly.

"I-it is my h-honor to introduce to you the sovereign ruler of Antares!"

"T-the dragon demigod of endless war!"

"K-king Helios D-Draven!

Chapter 53

For almost a minute, nobody moved.

Most even forgot to breathe.

Arguably the most powerful being in the world had randomly showed up at this already explosive party.

Nobody knows who did it first, but one by one everyone kneeled to show their respect.

All except for Yara, Iori, Exedra, Sei, and Audrina.

The vampire queen hurriedly teleported behind her friend and her brother.

All the while she never took her eyes off the white flame hovering over the king's fingertip.

Helios' legendary purifying white flames could burn any and everything.

It could even burn the magic out of vampires bodies that made them immortal, effectively turning them human.

Because of this the two sides maintained a friendly relationship that bordered on one sided servitude.

Although Helios didn't treat them terribly, he didn't get to where he was by being kind.

"M-my king- " Jirai hurriedly kneeled and looked down at the floor as he realized the gravity of what he'd done.

"Silence."

A single word was all it took to make Jirai flinch.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The sound of Helios' clawed feet against the granite floor resounded throughout the entirety of the hall.

"I spared you once before and you actually dared to bare your fangs against my family? Is this how you repay my generosity?"

Jirai's body was trembling.

It's a humbling experience for a predatory species like dragons to suddenly become prey.

That was the lesson Exedra taught Jeddah and now it is what Helios is teaching Jirai.

"N-no my king I simply forgot myself."

Helios scoffed when he heard this flimsy response.

"Grrrr "

A single abyss hound walked forward between the two dragons.

Helios immediately frowned when he recognized this kind of beast.

"W-what is it doing?" Jirai became nervous when he saw the hound walking towards his son's unconscious body.

"Collecting what I'm owed."

Exedra put no focus on the two men in front of him and instead was thinking about what he'd do next.

He could feel a greater force.. a calling of some sort spurring forth his next action.

The abyss hound picked up Jeddah's limp body with its serrated teeth and began to carry it back to its master.

Sensing something terrible was about to happen, Jeddah immediately began to plead in a desperate tone,"P-please. I know he was wrong but you don't have to do this."

His pride was broken.

He couldn't be as bold as before with the king now here.

All he could do was beg for the life of his son.

Exedra's gaze lingered on Jirai for only a moment before he turned towards his hound. "You don't have to be so gentle. Don't waste your energy dragging him."

The hound nodded and swung its head to toss Jeddah's body towards Exedra.

His body rolled when it hit the ground before coming to a stop in front of the young man who would decide his fate.

Looking towards his family to make sure Mira was still covering Bekka's eyes, Exedra changed his spear back into a sword and lifted Jeddah's body into the air with mana manipulation.

Jirai could only grind his teeth in anguish as he watched this scene.

He was not naive enough not to recognize the look in the eyes of the young dragon in front of him.

His son's fate was decided the moment he came back to the party.

SLASH!

With everyone in the room watching, Exedra swiftly sliced open Jeddah's chest before pulling out his still beating heart and taking a large bite.

Exedra Avernus Draven

Evolution Path : #%*^ ? %^!

[Fallen Abyssal Species (Variant) ]

First Stage Conditions :

- Conquer Five Dungeons (1/5)

- Consume the hearts of ten worthy enemies.(1/10)

- Gain a total of four affinities. (4/4)

+ 2,500 all stats.

Skill learned : Cryokenesis.

Affinity gained : Ice.

A bloody smile crossed Exedra's face as he saw the updated status of his evolution as well as his unexpected gains.

Gasps of shock and slight disgust filled the room.

Only Helios made no sound as he watched this spectacle.

He'd seen and done a lot worse so he wasn't moved in the slightest.

More than anything he was intrigued.

His grandson looked and felt different but when he searched hard enough with his aura, he realized it was indeed him.

Somehow after he ate the heart his aura increased in strength. It was minuscule to Helios, but he noticed it all the same. 'Intriguing indeed.'

'And those hounds ' the dragon kings gaze lingered on the summons of his grandson for a long time before he decided to handle his own business first.

The time for questions would come later.

"Jirai."

"Yes my king."

"You know very well I have never let anyone scorn me twice."

The ice dragon lowered his head as he already knew what would come next.

'Atleast I will join you soon my son.'

FWOOSH!

Bright white flames enveloped Jirai's body in an instant.

He couldn't even scream before his body turned to ash.

"My lords."

At his call, his three remaining lords appeared in front of him kneeling.

"Lotan greets his king."

"Seras greets her king."

"Tiamat greets her king."

"His territory and resources will be divided up among the three of you. His work as well."

They simply nodded and did not speak further.

With this business out of the way, Helios turned to address the crowd that had divided their attention between him and his grandson.

"Apologies for the disruption. Please try to continue the party as normal. I believe gifts were being presented, correct?"

The guests looked back and forth between their king and the three hounds in the room that were eating the rest of Jeddah's body.

How does he expect them to continue on as normal after this?!

They didn't even understand why Jeddah collapsed! One second he was up and raging the next he was on the ground unconscious.

Helios finally caught sight of the one he'd come here for and smiled.

Faster than the eye could see, Helios teleported beside his daughter and scooped her up for a big hug. "My little girl I missed you so much!"

"It's.. only been two weeks.." she struggled to breathe through her father's bear hug that could crush anything under the sun.

"Two weeks too long!"

Separating from her, he turned and clasped Iori's shoulder and gave him a smile. "You look well son. How long has it been? "

A vein bulged in Iori's head when he once again saw the difference in treatment between he and his sister.

Wasn't this too blatant?

"Six months old man." He finally answered.

"Oh? Such a short time and you've gotten stronger already! That's my son alright!" Helios let loose a deep powerful laugh that reverberated throughout the room.

Seeing the antics of the royal family, the guests were able to relax again and gradually began to converse, though almost all of the conversations were about what they'd just witnessed.

Most had their own theories about what exactly Exedra had done to make Jeddah drop and shared them amongst themselves.

Seven individuals in particular did not engage in conversation and simply stared at Exedra.

While his strength wasn't great enough to be a threat to them, the strange and sinister spells he cast as well as the methodical nature of his actions lingered in all of their minds.

Though the thoughts of almost all of them were completely different.

Tiamat: 'A strange boy indeed. He's quite charming as well.'

Seras : 'Those spells were weird.. I wonder if I could get him to spar with me?'

Lotan : 'A monster's child is still a monster huh '

Sei : 'That magic could it be?'

Canis: 'I knew it that brat is different.'

Iori : 'Sister just what kind of being did you give birth to?'

Audrina : 'That was so hot I want to ride him so hard I break his pelvis!'

While the other six had more normal thoughts, the vampire queens were more colorful.

Even though Exedra's fight wasn't very flashy, she appreciated his cruel nature and was intrigued by his strange powers but mostly, seeing him with fresh blood dribbling down his chin and slowly falling down his abs was almost too much for her to bear and her underwear was currently dealing with a small flood.

She slowly bit her lip as she thought hard.

Originally she was going to gift him a few blood diamonds and move on but that was when she still saw him as her nephew.

Now that he was a man she wanted to pursue, she naturally couldn't give him something so run of the mill could she?

Chapter 54

"Puppies!"

Mira rushed forward towards her father and his hounds to give these massive and ferocious beasts a good petting.

The fact that they had strands of flesh and blood spilling from their jaws didn't seem to bother her in the slightest.

The hounds seemed uncomfortable but with one look at their master they understand they weren't allowed to refuse the pets of the small girl.

Feeling a disturbance behind him, Exedra turned around to see all three of his wives eyeing him with expressions that could kill.

"Is…something the matter?"

Lailah : "You could've died!"

Lisa :"He was going to kill you!"

Bekka : "You scared us!"

Realizing they were supposed to be upset, Mira hurriedly stopped petting the dogs and scrambled to stand by her mothers in solidarity. "Y-yea Mira was scared too!"

Oddly enough the hounds looked slightly disappointed Mira wasn't playing with them anymore before their bodies shimmered and sank into the shadows.

Sighing internally, Exedra looked at the state of his family.

Lisa was still shaking.

Lailah was on the verge of tears.

Bekka looked like she'd already been crying.

Mira…still had cookie crumbs on her cheeks.

Only now did he realize there was no way he was going to win that fight with Jirai.

He was so focused on ending Jeddah's life that he forgot to prioritize his own.

Had his grandfather not showed up, he would've died on his own birthday.

An apologetic expression crossed his face before he pulled his wives in for a hug.

"I'm sorry. I've made you all worry."

Lailah : "That's right!"

Lisa : "Bastard!"

Bekka : "Do it again and I'll crush your nuts!"

Exedra took all of their insults on the chin before he felt something wet on his chest.

Lisa had tears streaming from her eyes as she looked into her husbands face. "W-why did you have to go so far?"

His heart was twisted with guilt when he saw her in tears like this.

He stared at her for a moment before speaking, "Mira can you go ask your grandmother to introduce you to your great grandfather?"

Mira looked back and forth between her mothers and her father.

Seeing them nod at her she walked over to go meet her other new family members, leaving her father an opportunity to come clean.

"Lisa… when I met you I didn't have pure intentions."

"W-what do you mean?" Lisa's voice sounded slightly horrified.

With a sigh Exedra told his three wives the story of Lillian.

Even Bekka and Lailah were hearing this story for the first time, as absolutely no one in the castle liked to talk about the death of the girl everyone loved so much.

Lailah : "W-we had no idea."

Bekka : "…."

Lisa remained silent as she stared at him with an unreadable expression.

Seeing this new look on his wife's face, Exedra's cold heart began to beat rapidly.

Although their time together had been brief, he had truly come to care about her.

The past week leading up to the party, he'd been observing her from a distance and fallen more and more for her as the days went on.

She was kind, beautiful, intelligent and of course great with Mira.

He had nothing but pure intentions for her now.

But he wasn't sure if his confession would jeopardize the relationship he wanted with her.

Lisa could hear Exedra's rapidly increasing heartbeat and she smiled when she realized he was afraid of what her reaction would be.

After a long silence she finally said, "It's okay. It might've taken me a long time but I realized you meant everything you ever told me."

"And as for how you saw me before.. I'm not upset. We were strangers after all."

With that, Exedra felt like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.

Lailah and Bekka smiled at this scene.

He brought his head down and kissed each of his wives and put bright smiles on all of their faces.

"You got one of those for me too?"

With a frown, Exedra turned to see Audrina standing behind him with an expectant gaze and a seductive appearance.

"No." His reply was swift and without any hesitation.

The vampire queen faltered slightly when she heard this but persistently continued. "Oh? Don't be so cold little dragon it's just one little ki-"

Lailah : " He said no."

Bekka : "Bitch."

Lisa looked back and forth between her friends and her husband.

What exactly did he do to those girls to make them so crazy they don't even care about offending a sixth stage who is also a queen!?

'I.. want to find out.' She thought with a blush before she looked at Exedra with a look of anticipation.

Exedra knew he had to step in before another incident broke out at this party so he begrudgingly played peacemaker.

"Alright girls be nice. I'm sure she was just joking." He patted the girl's heads to calm them down while also using his powers as an incubus to imbue a small pleasant sensation at the point of contact.

"Right auntie?" He asked hoping to end this mess once and for all.

He was actually slightly uncomfortable.

The purple aura radiating off her body was so dark it was almost black.

He was honestly surprised she hadn't tried to rape him already.

He just hoped he'd be lucky enough to get her to take the hint and not aggravate his wives further.

"Hm? No I'm not joking I actually have my eye on you you know."

He always did have shit luck.

She began to walk towards him and delicately placed her hand on his chest.

"That's why for your birthday I decided to give you… me."

She flashed him a charming smile that could make even a devout man of faith abandon his principles and spend the rest of his life as her toy.

SLASH!

With a quick motion Bekka cleanly sliced off the vampire's hand with her claws.

Audrina paid this no mind as it grew back in under a second.

If she felt any pain from her sudden dismemberment she surely didn't show it.

Just to aggravate them even further she returned her hand to it's original position and dragged it lower and lower.

"Oh come on now girls don't be like that. Such an exquisite man shouldn't be yours to keep alone." She teased.

Lailah / Bekka : "The hell he shouldn't!"

"Enough." Exedra's cold voice had returned, surprising and arousing all women present.

He removed the hand of the vampire queen from his body before he looked her in her eyes.

"There is something that I need from you, but it's not your body."

"Oh? And what might this handsome man need from me?" She was inwardly ecstatic.

Surely him needing something from her must be an excuse to get her alone right?

She knew these childish women couldn't possibly be satisfying a man of his caliber so he'd have to come to her for a satisfying release.

Exedra looked around briefly.

This really wasn't the place to discuss such sensitive matters.

"Tomorrow morning. We'll meet in the gardens."

With that Exedra walked away with his wives leaving Audrina behind.

A crazed smile broke out across her face and her mind because filled with impure thoughts.

With a dreamy look in her eye and a hazy voice she muttered, "In the middle of a garden… he's so bold and romantic!"

As Exedra walked towards the drink table to ease his headache his wives began to follow him before Bekka and Lailah gave eachother knowing looks and executed their plan.

"Eep!"

With a yelp, the unsuspecting Lisa was tugged by both of her arms to a corner in the ballroom.

"W-what's the matter girls.." Lisa's voice was slightly fearful as she looked at the two women she'd become close to in such a short time giving her intense glares.

Bekka : "Why didn't you say anything!?"

Lailah : "He's your husband too, why are you letting that bloodsucking bitch flirt with him?!"

"W-well… even if our relationship has improved slightly it's still not a normal one so do I have the right to say anything?.." The dragoness looked down at the floor as if she could not bear to look the two women in the eye.

Of course she didn't want women around her husband but she believed of all people shouldn't be allowed to have a say.

As Lisa explained the reason for her inaction Bekka and Lailah gave eachother knowing looks before mischievous smiles crossed their faces.

Lailah : "Is that all?"

Bekka : "Let's fix that."

Oblivious to what his wives were planning, Exedra walked towards the balcony to clear his mind.

While nothing was wrong per say, he wasn't that big of a people person so being around all of these guests for so long was becoming suffocating.

As he inhaled cool night air into his lungs, he suddenly heard movement behind him.

Helios was standing behind him holding a sleeping Mira in his arms and accompanied by his three lords.

For a while nobody said anything.

The two men simply stared at eachother without uttering a single word.

Inwardly, Helios was impressed.

As king and a sixth stage being he was used to people either being nervous or greedy in his presence.

Those were the two responses most common to him and over the centuries, they became the ones he was the most used to.

Either they were foolish enough to believe they could somehow coerce treasures from him or they were inwardly so terrified they were almost out of their minds.

But here in front of him now his grandson stands not afraid, not greedy and not flinching.

He liked that a lot.

Previously he never paid much attention to his grandson, even though he was the son of his beloved daughter, he could instinctively feel a weakness inside of him that he found unsavory for a dragon and for a man.

But now he could feel a strength emanating from him that was unyielding and uncompromising.

'And then those spells…'

With a bright toothy smile, the dragon king was the first to break the silence.

"Happy birthday grandson. Let's talk shall we?"

Chapter 55

Exedra gingerly took his sleeping daughter from his grandfathers arms and held her delicately.

She was muttering something incomprehensible with a smile on her face that charmed everyone present.

Turning towards his grandfather, Exedra bowed his head slightly before speaking. "Thank you. Whether you did it for me or not you saved my life tonight."

"Oh? Not going to bow a little lower for me?"

"I have thanked you once. Take it or leave it."

"Brat! I could kill you just by exhaling too hard!"

"And my mother would never forgive you."

Helios faltered slightly when he remembered what happened the last time his daughter got upset with him.

She actually ran off into the arms of one of the seven demon lords!

And it was that slutty sin of lust Asmodeus!

Asherah knows what would happen if she left again!

"Ahem I don't need your thanks. Instead I'll settle for some information."

Exedra nodded and gestured towards a table on the balcony and the two men promptly sat down.

"Ask away." Exedra asked in a bored tone since he was already more or less sure of what he would ask about.

"Those hounds… where did you learn to call for those wretched beasts." Helios asked through gritted teeth.

He wouldn't forget those animals as long as he lived.

They had almost killed him thousands of years ago when he was much weaker.

And when he remembered the being that'd called for them.. his already fiery blood boiled even further when he remembered the humiliation he'd suffered on that day.

While Exedra's were incomparably weaker, the beasts trademark of being absolutely fearless was no different.

They even dared to growl at him even though he could crush them like ants.

Exedra thought for a long time about what he should say.

The answers to why he could do the things he could do were always long and unnecessarily complicated so he didn't want to explain fully unless it was absolutely necessary.

Exedra answered plainly. "I only know that occasionally when I try to learn a spell, a completely different one will be imprinted in my mind. I learned the spell to call the hounds when I was trying to learn to summon a fenris spirit. I don't even really know what they are."

While that was surprising, Helios relaxed some when he heard this answer and instead posed another question. "Then what do you know of a being known as Fatum?"

"Nothing."

Helios eyed Exedra calmly to discern whether he was lying.

As he watched his grandson silently stroke his sleeping daughter's hair he could see no traces of deceit and accepted his answer.

"Want to tell me who he is?" Exedra asked without taking his eyes off his daughter.

Helios thought about it for a whole as he gazed at the moon with a complicated expression in his eye. 𝐛𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐥．𝐜𝐨𝗺

The topic of this man seemed to have brought up many unpleasant memories and after a while he got up and prepared to leave. "Fifth stage. We'll talk over a drink."

Exedra was still too young and weak to know certain things.

Even if Helios told him, the world had ways of making sure that certain things remained unknown.

As he was walking away, Exedra called out to him. "Wait."

"Hm?"

"Didn't get a gift from you."

Helios nearly spat blood when he heard his grandson's request.

Wasn't he being too shameless?

"I saved your life!"

"Didn't ask you to."

"Greedy bastard!"

"I'm a dragon."

"That's…" Helios' voice trailed off as he realized greed was indeed in their blood and simply rolled his eyes in frustration.

"Fine. Because you impressed me today I will grant you one request as long as it's not something exorbitant."

For the first time, Helios saw a charming smile spread across the lips of his grandson.

- 2 hours later.

POV : Exedra

After the party finally ended, I returned to my room after putting Mira down for bed.

I was sitting at my desk writing down a list of names.

These were the men and women who'd uttered something unsavory about Lisa tonight and I planned on using my influence as a member of the royal family to make their lives incredibly difficult.

While something in me was screaming to just kill them outright, I couldn't risk destabilizing the kingdom to make a point.

'Although a few shouldn't hurt…'

I looked around my empty room and noticed my wives still weren't here.

They usually beat me in here since their so excited for 'night activities'.

The more I explore my heritage and powers as an incubus, the more I understand why so many end up kidnapped and sold.

I didn't notice it at first but I've slowly become addicted to their bodies and vice versa.

Whenever I have a free moment and my mind is unoccupied my thoughts drift toward lewd acts.

While it's not debilitating, it is slightly embarrassing.

I feel like a middle schooler.

'What could possibly be taking them so long?'

Click.

Suddenly I heard the sound of the door unlocking and turned around to see all three of my wives entering the room.

"H-hello." Lisa waved nervously.

"What's the matter? Why do you seem so nervous?"

Instead of answering, Lisa faced the ground as a bright red blush spread across her cheeks.

Lailah took it upon herself to explain for the shy Lisa and pushed her forward with a smile on her face. "She's going to be sleeping with us from now on."

"Oh?"

"Yep!" Bekka enthusiastically began to strip Lisa's clothes off before pushing her into my arms.

"Eep!"

As I looked down at Lisa who was shaking slightly in my arms I found her incredibly beautiful.

I tilted her chin upwards and planted a firm kiss on her lips.

She shuddered slightly in my grasp before she relaxed and I slipped my tongue into her mouth.

"Are you sure you want this? I asked her calmly after our kiss broke.

I could feel her heart beating rapidly against my body and I could feel her starting to heat up.

Lisa turned to see Lailah and Bekka undressing and was slightly flustered as she admired their sensual bodies.

She wriggled out of my grasp and promptly walked to the nightstand by the bed and picked up a bottle of wine.

With the three of us watching with wide eyes she proceeded to gulp down the entire bottle in under thirty seconds.

Lailah : "Wow…"

Bekka : "Do you think she's less nervous now?"

"Haaah!" Lisa withdrew the now empty bottle from her plump lips and looked over all of us once again.

After she dragged her gaze over the three of us for a few seconds without saying anything she proceeded to uncork another bottle of wine and down that one too.

While she was slowly falling into alcoholism, I was able to get a good look at her body.

Before Bekka and Lailah stripped her and just threw her into my arms so I couldn't admire her but now that I am I realize her charm is in no way below theirs.

Might even be slightly above.

Her body was filled out nicely and there was no signs of her aging.

Her large breasts were tipped with beautiful warm pink nipples and between her gorgeous plump thighs was a small patch of neatly trimmed brown hair.

After her second bottle, she looked at me ravenously with her half lidded eyes and rosy cheeks.

She walked towards me and stopped only when she was at arms length away.

"Don't hold back." Her voice was slightly muddled and sultry when it entered my ears and I knew her moans would sound exquisite.

Before I could respond, a smell I recognized all too well entered my nose and I knew I wouldn't be able to hold back even if I tried.

I felt my body heating up and my mind becoming cloudy from the effects of Lisa's pheromones but there was something wrong… the effects feel… so much stronger this time.

Even if she didn't ask… there's no way I would've been able to take it easy on them tonight.

Chapter 56

General POV

Gradually, Exedra's body began to change as he shrugged off his clothes.

His hair turned back and grew until it touched the floor, and his tattoos began to glow a vibrant purple.

Exedra's tattoos were special in ways he hadn't discovered yet.

Whilst his red tattoos elicited an aura of fear and oppression, his purple tattoos made him ooze with seduction and charm.

Combined with his already elevated appearance in his demonic transformation, there was no longer a woman in any realm who could resist him.

His body began to emanate a heat that warmed the air around him and his rhythmic breathing, thoroughly hypnotized the women in front of him.

Whilst his wives were originally stunned by their husbands shocking transformation, the surprise only lasted for half a second before he lifted the three of them with mana manipulation and tossed them onto the bed.

Cries of surprise came from the three women before one let out a yelp of shock.

Exedra had naturally decided to start with Lisa first since this was her first night and promptly spread her legs and began to go down on her.

"Ahh! Yesss!"

Lisa felt her mind go numb as Exedra began to bite her inner thighs and slowly trailed his way downwards until his lips made contact with her leaking vagina.

As soon as a single drop of nectar made contact with his tongue, the already thin strand of Exedra's sanity completely snapped as he ravenously began trying to lap up her juices as fast as she could secrete them.

With the sound of Lisa's moans filling the room, Bekka and Lailah who were left unattended naturally got a little jealous and wanted to be included.

The two girls crawled towards the currently spasming lesser dragon and before she could react they each took one of her pink perky nipples in her mouth.

"W-what're you- Ahh!"

With a seductive smile, Laila moved her lips from Lisa's nipple and slowly made her way to her ear. "We're welcoming you." Lailah then turned her friend's head and kissed her sensually.

With Bekka roughly biting and licking her nipples, Exedra sucking ravenously on her clit and Lailah giving her a mind numbing kiss, Lisa's body naturally couldn't withstand so much stimulation, and with an incubus' natural ability to increase one's pleasure a hundred fold, it was a divine miracle she held herself back for this long.

Unable to even form a coherent sentence, Lisa's body began to shake furiously as her orgasm was finally about to be released.

Feeling his wife's building orgasm, Exedra's eye began to glow before a small purple tattoo appeared right on top of Lisa's vagina.

Her eyes widened when she realized even though she felt incredible, she could no longer push herself over that edge that she was seconds away from flying over before. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒐𝙧𝙜

"W-what did you do?"

"It's still too early for you to cum with only that."

Lailah and Bekka rolled their eyes when they heard this excuse.

'Only that?' As if his masterful technique combined with his heritage was something to scoff at.

He could become a male prostitute right now and make billions of gold by the end of the week.

Obviously their husband was just in a bullying mood tonight and now poor Lisa was the victim.

They both shuddered slightly when they thought if the treatment they'd receive once he got their hands on them.

They'd both been on the end of Exedra's infuriatingly intoxicating ability and they knew from experience the frustration Lisa was currently feeling.

Exedra rose up from between Lisa's legs and positioned himself to enter her.

The dragoness gasped seeing the mere size of the man about to enter her, but instead of feeling afraid she was more so excited!

So far this was even better than she'd fantasized about and it looked like it was about to get even better!

Instinctively she knew that he would be able to reach places she'd never been touched before, and that knowledge filled her with excitement.

As Exedra was about to put it in, he paused when he saw purple whisps of energy branching off each of his wives bodies.

His body began to move on autopilot as he willed the three threads of energy to move where they promptly entered the glowing tattoo on Lisa's vagina.

The girls immediately noticed something was wrong when their bodies became more sensitive and they felt much more 'connected' all of a sudden.

Before any of them could ask their husband what he'd done, he thrust his hips forward and officially made Lisa his wide body and soul.

All three girls suddenly arched their backs in surprise when they felt the sensation of their husbands member strike against their womb.

Lailah :"Fuck, yes! I missed this so much!"

Bekka : "Harder!"

The two girls memorized the feeling of their husband immediately and did not bother asking any questions about how and instead relished in the pleasure that was now flowing through their bodies.

With Bekka's request spurring him on, Exedra began to rapidly thrust his hips in and out of his shivering wife who was experiencing such intense pleasure she didn't even remember where she was.

All she could cling to was the desperate feeling of never wanting this pleasure to end.

Weakly she was able to mutter, " I want to cum so bad."

Exedra somehow heard her over the loud moans of his other wives and smiled.

This feeling of electing submission satisfied the young incubus to his very soul and he instinctively craved more.

"Beg."

Lisa was originally taken aback by his sudden forceful tone, but the pleasure from his rapidly increasing thrusts threatened to overwhelm her mind and she quickly complied. "F-fuck! Please let me c-cum!"

Lisa : "I want it so bad!"

Bekka : "Us too!"

Lailah : "I'm so fucking close!"

Exedra gave a mental command and the girls' matching tattoos suddenly gave off an intense purple light that illuminated the dark room.

Lisa's eyes widened as she realized her orgasm was not only coming, but the intensity was multiplying. "W-wait I-it's too strong!"

Bekka : "OH MY GOD YESS!"

Lailah : " I - AAAAAAHH IM CUMMING!"

The bodies of all three women spasmed uncontrollably before they each came hard thoroughly wetting the bed and splashing Exedra with their juices.

Lisa's body shook the hardest of all and her body was no longer listening to her as her body continued to twitch more furiously than the others.

Unbeknownst to everyone other than Exedra, a small whisp of energy left Lisa's body and traveled into Exedra's left eye.

Exedra cupped Lisa's face in his hand and smiled at her.

With her messy hair, glossy eyes and drool running from her mouth, he found her incredibly beautiful.

Slowly he leaned down to kiss her and whispered, "You are mine now okay?"

A single year fell from Lisa's eye as she gazed at the man she'd come to love.

"Yes."

Exedra smiled before he lifted her limp body and put her in a new position.

He still hadn't gotten to finish yet after all.

Unbeknownst to the four of them, in the corner of the room a shadow that was not connected to anything flickered rapidly as it watched the lovers embrace each other.

When Exedra opened his eyes again, he was in a black and gold space floating about aimlessly.

While normally when he went to places like this he felt annoyed and even slightly angry but for some reason he felt almost at peace here.

When he focused his eyes, he realized the black parts of the world were various ruins of unknown origins and the gold seemed to be… entire worlds?

"So… you've discovered my final gift."

Exedra heard a voice he recognized all too well coming from behind him.

When he turned, he could now see so clearly the being who had gifted him all of this power and an exciting new life.

He was a man and yet he wasn't complete.

He was a tree, and yet he looked rotten.

Whilst Exedra had promised himself to never end up on his knees again, the feeling of worship this being could illicit from him made him want to take those words back.

He felt that this being alone was worthy of kneeling to.

He almost did it but a small spark in his mind prevented him from bowing his head to this being.

With a resolute mind once more, Exedra gazed at the deity before asking the burning question in his mind. "Who are you?"

"I am but a messenger acting on behalf of another."

This revelation stunned Exedra.

This monumentally powerful being was only a simple messenger?

'Then whose the one pulling the strings?'

"I am not a puppet, mortal."

'You can read my mind?'

"This space is my creation and a manifestation of my being. Here, there can be no obstruction from me."

"Fine. Then who is the one who's responsible for everything?"

With a chuckle, the entity opened his ancient mouth to speak.

Chapter 57

Exedra woke up facing the ceiling of his room once more.

He felt like he'd had the strangest dream imaginable but he couldn't remember a single detail.

'Ruins… so many ruins. Life… so overflowing.'

His mind was swimming with these words that he didn't understand and couldn't get rid of.

It was enough to give a lesser being an enormous headache.

"Mmm.. give me more…"

"I…win next time…"

"Get me…pregnant.."

Exedra then noticed the warmth surrounding his body and remembered he was not alone.

Lailah and Bekka lay on either side of him and Lisa was on top of him resting calmly with his member still inside of her.

All three girls had the time of their lives last night and Lisa especially enjoyed herself.

Since it'd been years since she'd last been touched she was not only incredibly tight but also wildly excited.

After she learned how to not faint from pleasure, she quickly became the greediest of his wives when it came to sex, yet surprisingly his other two wives didn't seem to mind since Exedra's newfound ability to link their bodies never made them feel left out.

The girls were just now beginning to stir and show signs of waking up soon.

"Wow it's still leaking out of them."

The three girls and Exedra were immediately alarmed when a new voice suddenly spoke.

They all sat up and quickly looked around for the source.

At the foot of the bed, the vampire queen Audrina was staring at each of them with lustful gazes.

Her eyes were consistently peeking at the girl's vaginas where Exedra's sperm was still leaking out and her gaze lingered the longest on Lisa's since Exedra was currently still inside her.

While she couldn't see the length, just the girth alone terrified and aroused her.

She wondered how it would feel if he enters her and her hand unconsciously went towards her stomach.

"What the hell are you doing here?!"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"I wanted to go again you're ruining the mood!"

The vampires eyes sparkled when she heard Lisa's complaint. "Oh? Can I join?"

"Bitch. I'll kill you."

"Over my dead body!"

"Touch him and you die."

Exedra looked at his wives with an amused expression.

Even though the vampire queen was much more powerful than all of them, they showed no signs of fear and threatened to take her life.

It seemed even Lisa had developed her own fearsome tendencies as she was now defending Exedra with a rage no one had ever seen from her before.

Exedra felt very loved.

Inwardly, Bekka and Lailah were pretty pleased with themselves.

They'd successfully 'convinced' her of the glory of their husband that should not be shared under any circumstances!

Operation indoctrinate Lisa was a success!

Audrina pouted when she saw the way the girls were behaving.

Weren't these girls too selfish?

She was watching last night and the pleasure these girls got to experience definitely shouldn't be kept for themselves!

Audrina had several husbands over the centuries but not one had ever made her scream like these girls had.

She wanted to experience the pleasure that could make these women lose all composure and completely give in to their lust.

"Boo you girls are no fun… why don't we ask your husband what he has to say?"

She proceeded to undo her purple robes and began a striptease but Exedra stopped her midway.

"Stop."

"Pardon?" She was absolutely taken aback! What man could possibly resist her divinely beautiful appearance?

"Do you perhaps want to remove my clothes yourself?"

"I want you to tell me why the hell you're in our room so early."

"I wanted to make sure you didn't forget about our date this morning."

Exedra's wives threatened to explode when they heard how Audrina referred to their meeting.

Seeing the rapidly growing red aura on their bodies he quickly clarified.

"It's not a date. It's an information exchange. And no, I haven't forgotten."

"Now would you please leave so we can enjoy our morning?"

Without waiting for her answer, Exedra turned Lisa's face back towards him and kissed her.

"Mmmf! H-honey wai- Ahh!"

While Lisa was feeling slightly flustered from having a stranger watch her have sex, the feeling of Exedra stiffening inside her quickly made her forget.

Exedra cupped his hands under her ample buttocks and began to lift her up and down on his dick.

Lailah quickly rose up and turned her husband's head and delivers him a warm passionate kiss while Bekka kissed the spasming Lisa.

Audrina watched this scene with a heart full of jealousy.

As her body sank into the shadows and disappeared, she wondered what could possibly make him choose these women over her.

Is she not perfect?!

After another hour of passionate sex, Exedra and the girls were getting ready to leave bedroom and head to the bath.

Before they could go, Exedra pulled Lisa into his lap. "I have something for you."

Lisa blushed when she thought of what exactly her husband might have for her.

Did he want to go again?

While she was more than up for it she was starting to get hungry you know!

Seemingly out of thin air, a black stone with a white bolt of electricity in the middle appeared in Exedra's outstretched hand.

Lisa's eyes widened and she thought she was going to faint when she realized what the stone was and Lailah and Bekka weren't far behind.

Lailah : "T-that's!.."

Bekka : "Where the hell did you get another one from?"

Lailah/ Lisa: "Another one?!"

Exedra ignored their desperate questions and instead presented his gift to Lisa.

This was a lightning element affinity stone that he'd bought from the system last night before going to sleep.

"I hope you'll accept it as a wedding gift."

Seeing that Exedra was really offering this priceless treasure to her, Lisa's eyes began to fill with tears.

This man had given her more than she could even ask for and gave her all the love she could ever need.

And here he was still offering her more? How could she possibly accept something so monumental?

"I can't." With tears in her eyes she grabbed Exedra's palm and closed it making him crush the stone with his own hand.

Exedra felt a surge of electricity run through his body and a few new messages from the system appeared in his retina.

Affinity gained : Lightning

Skill learned : Electrokinesis 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝒍．𝒄𝙤𝙢

Skill learned : Lightning Body

Before Exedra could ask her why she'd done that, she kissed him warmly with tears falling from her eyes.

When they separated, he could see her crying with a smile on her face.

"Why would you..?" he started.

"I love you so much." Lisa interrupted.

"Everyday since I've met you has been filled with warmth and joy and I couldn't possibly be happier."

"That stone is a once in a life time treasure that shouldn't be wasted on someone like me. I'm already more than happy with everything you give to me and our daughter. So you should use that stone's power to protect us."

Exedra couldn't help but smile when he heard his wife's heartfelt request.

He could tell just by hearing her words that these were her honest feelings and he felt touched by her confession.

"You say that stone was a once in a lifetime treasure…"

-10,000 SC

"Then what about this one?" Exedra pulled another affinity stone out of thin air and his wives eyes were close to popping out of their skulls.

Lailah / Lisa / Bekka : " WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THESE!?"

He stared at his wives for a long time before answering. "I promise I will answer all of your questions one day but until then, please forgive me for keeping this secret."

They all nodded slowly before turning their gaze to the black stone in his palm that was identical to the first.

Even though they were terribly curious, they trusted their husband when he said he'd tell them eventually so for now all they could do was wait.

"Lisa the reason I'm giving this to you is because of our family."

She tilted her head in confusion to indicate she didn't understand.

"Lailah, Bekka, and even Mira all have ways to protect themselves. You are the only one who doesn't. That is unacceptable to me. Even if I would never allow anything to harm you, I want to be sure that even if I can't get to you in time, you can handle any trouble on your own."

"Mira does?" She asked after a long silence.

"She's training to use daggers and I gave her an affinity stone as well last week."

"Y-you did?! When?"

"Stay focused my love."

"O-oh okay."

Slowly she reached out, and took the stone in her hand.

Just as she was about to crush it, she spoke to her husband once again. "Thank you.. for everything."

She closed her eyes, crushed the stone and as electricity tore through her body, Lisa Clearwing was officially reborn as Lisa Draven.

"Do you think you kept me waiting long enough?"

Exedra had just arrived for his meeting in the garden with Audrina and she was slightly irritated it'd taken him so long to get here.

'Those bitches really wanted to wring him dry huh.' When she remembered the scene from this morning, her mood worsened and her irritation skyrocketed.

Their eyes met and Exedra quickly apologized. "I'm sorry to be late."

Just like that, her mood immediately improved and a warm smile broke out on her face.

How could she stay mad at this man?

He was literally perfect!

She didn't even mind the three familiar auras she could feel watching her from afar anymore!

"Well if you really wanna make it up to me-"

"No."

"But I didn't even-"

"No."

"Boo…" she pouted. Just when she thought she'd get some action.

As Exedra sat down and poured himself some tea she continued to watch him.

She couldn't believe this handsome and composed man in front of her was the same sickly, bumbling little dragon from before.

'Was what Yara said at the party really true?'

Asherah was a being about which the world knew frighteningly little.

Though she knew a bit more than most, Audrina still didn't know why she possibly would've cured this specific man above all others.

"Why did you want to meet me then?" She finally asked in somewhat of a disappointed tone.

She didn't come here for an actual meeting she came for rough outdoor sex!

Exedra took a sip of his tea and stared into the cup.

Without even looking at her he asked. "What do you know about the void element."

The Queen's gaze immediately hardened when she realized the subject of this meeting was going to be the one she hated the most.

Chapter 58

"Why are you asking that." Audrina's voice contained none of her signature lightness and flirty charm and instead it sounded cold and regal.

Exedra didn't seem to be bothered much by this reaction as he'd already expected it to some extent. "I need the information for my wife. I can't say more than that."

She scoffed when she heard this.

Obviously he was looking for the power of the strangest element like everyone else who's come to bother her about it for the last three thousand years.

That much should be obvious right?

So why was her mind instinctively calling for her to believe this man?

It was like his very words were laced with a sedative that imbued her with the same calm she felt on a cold dark night.

He didn't seem to be using a spell and she hadn't had any tea so she couldn't be drugged.

So what was happening?

"If I answer this question what will you provide me?" She still maintained her queenly aura, yet she'd begun to show signs of wavering.

"I will give you a taste of what it's like to be with me." Exedra looked like he was uncomfortable with the words coming out of his mouth but he had no choice.

He literally had nothing else he could offer her.

"Oh? Placing a high value on your body aren't you?"

"I believe I'm worth it. And I promise never to share the information you give me with anyone else. I also do not plan to inquire about the whereabouts of the former king."

The vampire queen closed her eyes and was silent for a long time.

Exedra did not rush her and simply let her take as much time as needed to find an answer.

He understood that more powerful and influential beings than him had tried and failed to gain this information from her and they offered much better rewards than he did.

Treasures piled to the height of a ceiling, the subservience of an entire race,even an affinity stone, she'd just about heard it all. 𝑏𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘦𝑙．𝑜𝑟𝘨

He contemplated using Seducer's Hymn to make her listen to him but ultimately decided things such as this were better off not forced.

"The void element…" She began.

Exedra stared at her and opened his ears wide to make sure he didn't miss a single detail.

"It's main power is nothingness manipulation. The ability to remove energy and matter from existence just by making them go away. It is absolute deletion." She explained.

Exedra nodded slightly, taking in this monumental revelation and asked, "Does it have any weaknesses?"

She smirked when she heard this. "Your grandfather for one."

"The old man?"

"Your grandfathers flames have the power to burn away magic, effectively destroying a spell completely. Even though the void element is powerful it is still, in essence, magic and therefore can be destroyed."

"How come there are no void spells being discovered?"

"Because void magic is the only one of two elements that you must have the affinity to use. Even if someone somehow did find a spell book for a void spell, they wouldn't know what they were looking at. And if they tried to use it somehow? They could wipe out themselves and everything within 500 kilometers."

Exedra calmly poured himself another cup of tea. "What's the other element then?"

"Hm? It's death magic. Don't they teach you kids anything nowadays?"

The young dragon fought the urge to roll his eyes when he heard the charming vampire call him a kid.

'Although from her perspective I guess I am.' A bitter smile showed up across his face.

Seeing him actually smile for the first time, all apprehension Audrina had about revealing this information totally vanished.

Forget the sex she was supposed to get afterwards this alone made it totally worth it!

She still wanted to have sex though.

"Then how do you gain the void element?"

Audrina sighed. This would be the hardest part for sure.

"Have a darkness that can blot out the light, and is so deep and endless that eventually there is nothingness."

"…What?"

"That's all I know. It is the only answer about his power my father ever gave me before he disappeared."

Exedra sat back in his seat and nodded slowly.

Of course things weren't going to be so easy and simple for him.

'Looks like we'll have to figure this one out on our own huh Bekka…"

Despite that, he felt like he'd gained a lot today and was grateful for her help.

"Thank you for everything. I appreciate your help."

"Hmph you just keep up your end of the deal."

"Look at me a moment."

"I haven't taken my eyes off you handso-"

"Glimpse of Oblivion."

When Audrina opened her eyes, the two of them were standing in a lavish room decorated with roses.

"What is this?" Audrina flicked the air in front of her with her finger and it cracked and shattered like glass.

"Aargh!"

Exedra immediately dropped to the ground and clutched his head in pain.

"H-hey what happened are you okay?" Audrina immediately went to his side and tried to check on him but he held his hand up to stop her.

After a minute he was able to rise up off the ground again and get his bearings.

He also restored the pieces of the space Audrina broke and breathed a sigh of relief when he felt his headache lessening.

"This is a space of my own creation. Almost like an illusion but you'll feel everything I want you to feel." He explained.

Audrina slowly looked around the space the two were in once again.

While it looked real, it could never fool someone of her power completely and if she wanted, she could leave at any time she chose.

Though as she'd just seen leaving by force would have serious consequences for the young dragon.

"This isn't the deal." She responded with folded arms.

Even though she was extremely tempted, she wanted the real thing not this cheap illusion!

"I said I'd give you a taste." Exedra responded as he began to shrug off his clothes and Audrina's eyes widened.

Not only was his body perfect, but his manhood was much bigger than she'd imagined and she became slightly fearful.

"I'm a faithful man so the real thing is reserved for my wives and my wives alone. I will not budge on that for you nor anyone else." he continued as he walked forward her eyes never left his dick that was swaying back and forth with every step.

"But…" He picked her up gently and tossed her onto the bed.

As he crawled on top of her, Audrina began to get aroused and a bit sheepish with the way he was looking at her.

"I'll make sure you leave here satisfied."

Audrina wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a provocative smile.

"Prove it."

Audrina gasped when her consciousness drifted back to the real world.

With hazy eyes she looked towards Exedra who was sweating slightly and whose right eye seemed to be twitching.

"T-that was… a taste?"

Exedra chuckled when he heard her sudden question and for a moment, he forgot the pain he was in. "It was."

Exedra wasn't joking.

Because he didn't want to make this powerful vampire addicted to him, he made sure not to use any of his powers as an incubus or glimpse of oblivion to alter her sensitivity and relied solely on his technique alone.

They were inside of the spell for an entire week before Exedra's mind couldn't bear the burden of keeping such a powerful soul captive and they left.

But in that time, Audrina had the time of her extremely long life.

Exedra had thoroughly underestimated his own capabilities, as well as the amount of time it'd been since she was satisfied to such a degree.

"I-it felt so real." She managed to say.

"Satisfied?"

"More than that."

"Then our business is concluded." Exedra shakily rose up from his seat and prepared to leave.

"Oh one more thing." He turned back around to face the exhausted woman.

"Mmh?"Was all she could muster.

"Could I still have those blood diamonds?"

She didn't even bother to ask what for and simply pulled a black bag full of blood diamonds from her storage ring.

Only now did he realize the value of what she was going to offer him and he realized with these he could cross one item off his to do list.

Exedra left the still recuperating vampire queen with simple words of thanks before he turned his attention to the bushes a few meters away.

There he could sense three familiar auras and see a pair of wolf ears sticking out.

"Come out girls."

One by one the girl's poked their heads out from the bushes and gave Exedra a look like they couldn't believe they'd been caught.

Of course they had to spy on this supposed meeting their husband was attending.

Who knew what tricks that slutty vampire might use to seduce him and steal him away!

Taking a second to chuckle at his wives surprised faces he then took Lailah by the hand.

"Come on it's time to get your familiar."

Chapter 59

While Exedra and the girls left for the castle alchemy lab, Yara and little Mira were taking their daily walk in the garden.

When they reached their usual spot, instead of finding it empty they found the queen of the vampires slumbering in a chair with a pleased expression on her face.

"Grandmother who is the pretty sleeping lady?" Mira asked with a confused expression.

Yara turned to her granddaughter and scooped her up into her arms before making introductions. "Well Mira this is Audrina Sanguine, my oldest friend and the current vampire queen."

Expecting her granddaughter to be surprised or even amazed she was surprised when Mira instead squinted her eyes and stared hard at the sleeping lady.

"Why is the vampire queen sleeping in our garden like a homeless lady?"

"Because she's an idiot."

"Ohh…" Mira nodded as she forever learned to associate the vampire queen with idiocy and homelessness.

A mischievous glint flashed in Yara's eye as she got an amusing idea.

"My sweet granddaughter do you want to wake her up?"

Yara whispered the plan in Mira's ear and she nodded her head in agreement.

Mira held her hands out and materialized two snowballs with her new powers.

Yara shook her head silently when she saw her daughters powers again.

When she sensed the aura of a noble dragon from her so suddenly, she thought she might've been mistaken but later that night her son confirmed that he'd given her a priceless treasure.

His only request was that she keep the secret from Lisa until he could give her one as well and Yara could only absentmindedly nod her head.

Where was her son getting all these treasures from?!

Sadly he didn't seem to intend to give her an answer anytime soon.

Mira handed a snowball to her grandmother, and prepared to throw the other one herself.

"1.." Yara began.

"2.."

"3!"

Both girls threw snowballs towards the deeply sleeping woman.

Bam!

Mira's snowball hit her right between her boobs, effectively waking her.

"W-what is thi-"

Bam!

Yara's snowball hit her directly in the face, effectively silencing her.

"We did it!" The two exchanged a high five in celebration while their target was fuming.

She was having a good dream about her time with Exedra and these two had actually ruined it!

Wait… wasn't Yara the one she needed the most right now?

"Ahem, I'm actually glad to see you Yara. I need to talk to you about something." She said as she wiped the snow from her face and breasts. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝙣𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒏𝙚𝙩

Yara gave her friend a confused look.

This wasn't the reaction she was expecting at all.

Curious about what could be causing her friends strange behavior, she hurriedly sat down and pulled Mira into her lap.

"How do I… make your son fall in love with me?.." she asked in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

The more she thought about it the more she realized that Exedra having sex with her was completely different than what she saw with his wives.

While she was satisfied, there also was a part of her that felt slightly empty and unfulfilled.

It felt like something was missing, some small part that she'd somehow neglected and skipped over.

It was then that she'd remembered he said only his wives would get the real thing.

This led to her asking Yara how to win her son's heart!

She wanted that same ultimate transcendental pleasure that his wives received along with a sense of fulfillment after.

Yara and Mira blinked several times when they heard Audrina's question.

Mira turned her head towards her grandma. "Can Mira kill her?"

"I'm not sure yet." Yara responded dryly.

"Mira's mommies would want me to kill her."

"I know dear but let's see what she has to say first."

Audrina felt like a vein was going to burst in her forehead. She was being serious you know!

"I'm serious! I want to know how to make him fall in love with me."

Yara stared at her friend for a moment before she closed her eyes and began to stroke Mira's hair. "I don't believe you can. " She finally said.

"Eh?"

Yara sighed before she began to explain. "You didn't care about Exedra in the slightest before his appearance changed. Now you suddenly want to know the key to winning his affection because he's handsome?"

"T-that's-" Audrina began but Yara wasn't done.

"While I can admit physical appearance plays a large role in relationships, if it's all they are based on then it's nothing more than a fallacy. And that is what I've always taught my son to believe."

"The reason he loves his current wives so much is because they tried to establish a relationship with him before he changed, but he was too afraid to do it. Even when he had nothing and was nothing, they reached for him all the same."

"B-but what about his newest wife!" Audrina asked as she held onto a glimmer of hope that she could win him over.

Mira's ears perked up when she realized they were now talking about her birth mother and she too turned to look at Yara with curious eyes.

"Now Lisa… I'm not sure." She said.

"See! I still-"

"But I can tell you from my eyes, it seems like he fell in love with her because she reminds him of who he used to be or more specifically who he's running away from. She's fearful and shy just like he used to be. For the first few days she was here she constantly worried her presence was unwanted or that we would look down on her. "

"It took a lot of reassurance from me and the castle staff but eventually she was able to relax and start treating this place as her home and her wonderful personality began to flourish and captivate all. Her personality was so warm and inviting I'm sure he must've realized that Lisa would've treated him exactly the same if they'd met prior to his transformation. "

Audrina wore a slightly crestfallen expression but still Yara continued, "His loyalty to his wives who would still love him even if he lost all of his looks and power is absolute."

"You of all people should understand how rare it is to find someone who would stand by you through anything, even if you lost everything."

Audrina wore a crestfallen expression.

The first man she'd met in thousands of years who she couldn't captivate actually ended up being the one she'd least suspected and the one she wanted the most.

Anytime she was around him just a whiff of his scent was enough to override her pride and make her want to submit to this man.

And now her friend was telling her there was no hope?

It should've been enough to drive her into despair.

But the will of a being thousands of years old is not so easily broken.

Audrina suddenly gave Yara a warm smile that caught her completely off guard.

"Thank you Yara… I think I understand what I need to do now."

Before Yara could ask what the smile was for, Audrina's body exploded into a cloud of bats and she flew away.

Yara and Mira watched her fly away until their eyes could no longer see her before Mira turned to her grandmother once more. "She's not going to be Mira's new mommy right?"

Yara was about to tell Mira of course not but stopped when she remembered the smile on her friend's face.

As long as they'd been friends she'd never seen a smile like that one before.

"I don't know pumpkin. We'll have to wait and see."

Chapter 60

Unaware of the conversation that was taking place about his love life, Exedra and his wives were all standing around in the castle alchemy room in front of a big empty cauldron.

Next to them was a table lined with materials they'd need.

Gaining a familiar was less about summoning something, and more about imbuing mana into certain materials and giving them life.

The created familiar would then be completely loyal to its maker and carry out any and all orders faithfully.

The danger of this was that there was a high chance of failure and then whatever extremely valuable and rare materials were used would be ruined.

The upsides were that depending on the strength of the materials used, the strength of the familiar could be doubled as well.

A strong familiar could provide a boost to its contractors mana pool, fight on their behalf and the rarer ones even possessed elements which the contractor could use as their own.

They even grew alongside them so every evolution the contractor went through was also an evolution for the familiar.

While this appeared to be a simple condition for Lailah's evolution, the reality was that finding the right materials was slightly difficult as the components had to balance and enhance eachother without causing friction.

"Alright.. you ready to begin?" Exedra asked Lailah as he prepared to throw the materials into the cauldron.

Lailah took a deep breath before she looked at friends for moral support.

Bekka : "You can do this!"

Lisa: "We'll be right here. Don't worry."

That seemed to be all she needed and with one last nod of affirmation from her husband, they began to pour materials into the cauldron.

They first started by pouring in the recently obtained blood diamonds.

These special jewels from the vampire continent were basically palm sized diamonds dyed red with human blood for hundreds of years, making them a highly valuable source of magic power.

Next, they poured in the leftover snake venom from Lailah's first condition.

Finally, Exedra slit his own wrist and let some of his blood spill into a vase of water to dilute it before pouring it into the cauldron.

Dragon blood was rich with mana and made a great ingredient but Exedra's blood was much too potent so steps had to be taken to avoid failure.

With all of the components finally combined, Lailah began chanting in an ancient language.

This would undoubtedly be the hardest part of the process as any interruptions or delays in the chant would cause the chances of failure to skyrocket.

During this entire process, no one uttered a word.

For several minutes, the sound of Lailah's chanting was the only sound that could be heard.

She had begun to sweat, and her forehead crinkled to show the difficulty of casting this spell.

Slowly but surely, a small tornado of mana began to spin above the cauldron and a fierce wind blew throughout the room.

At the spells end, Lailah collapsed but was quickly caught by Exedra.

"Did we.. do it?"

"Let's find out." Exedra carried her towards the cauldron and both peered inside.

Sitting at the bottom of the cauldron with blood red scales as hard as diamonds and vibrant green eyes, was a small cobra about 23 inches long.

The snake tilted its head curiously as it looked at the two above it who were staring at him in awe.

"I did it!" Lailah's cries of joy echoed off the walls and everyone present smiled brightly when they realized how much this meant to her.

Lailah had been told she was talentless and a waste, and yet she succeeded on creating a familiar on her first try.

As her husband and her friends offered her their congratulations, she wriggled out of her husband's arms and reached into the cauldron to get a better look at her new familiar.

The snake instinctively slithered into her hand and Lailah brought it up to her face for a closer look.

'Mother.'

"Guys! He spoke! He spoke!"

"I didn't hear anything?" Bekka wriggled her ears to make sure they were working properly.

"Familiars speak telepathically Bekka." Lisa explained.

'Name me.' The snake asked.

"What should I name him?"

The group went silent as they thought about this.

Naming a familiar was a crucial step because a weak name would limit the potential for growth of the beast.

Exedra stared at the serpent for a long time.

Whilst he knew what he was supposed to eventually become, a single name kept ringing in his mind.

"Apophis." he said after a moment of silence.

He couldn't remember where exactly he'd gotten the name from, but the more he stared at the small snake the more he felt the name fit.

"Oooh that's good!"

"I like that!"

"It's perfect!"

Lailah turned towards her familiar once again. "Okay, your name is Apophis."

Suddenly, Apophis began to glow with an eerie red light.

When the light disappeared, his scales were a much deeper red and his eyes were now pitch black.

On Lailah's forehead, a small red tattoo appeared.

"I'm… really sleepy all of a sudden." Lailah began to stumble and have a hard time speaking. 𝓫𝓮𝒹𝓷ℴ𝓿ℯ𝓵.𝓬ℴ𝓶

Exedra picked her up in a princess carry and prepared to carry her to their room.

"I'm sure she's just tired from doing so much."

"We should let her rest."

Only Exedra knew that her sudden sleepiness was not entirely due to her recent efforts and instead her evolution conditions were being rewritten since her fate had been altered.

'I'll have to check later but I'm excited to see if her potential has grown or not.'

Opening the door, the group was surprised to see Duke standing their waiting for them. "Ah, pardon the interruption but an important guest has come to visit the young master."

"Oh? Looks like my gift from the old man is here."

"Honey what gift? Lisa asked with a curious tone.

"Something that'll make me stronger." Exedra wore a small smile as he thought of how his potential would grow with this gift he'd asked the old man for.

"Take her to the training grounds and I'll be there shortly." He informed Duke as he continued on to take Lailah to their room to lay down.

"Training grounds?!" Bekka's tail began to wag furiously as she heard her two favorite words.

"Her?!" Lisa's claws sharpened and electricity crackled at her fingertips when she heard her husband say her least favorite word.

"Is that really her?"

"What's that fucking monster doing here?!"

"Wasn't lady Bekka enough?"

"We're all going to die."

The subject of all the guards chatter was a young woman wearing black and red clothing and carrying a large spear.

She had skin so white it looked like she'd never set foot in the sun, and a pair of black eyes with yellow irises.

She was Seras Bloodflame, the blood dragon and she was Antares' most destructive warrior second only to the king himself.

The guards weren't sure why such a monster was here but they were absolutely certain it wouldn't be good.

Chapter 61

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Exedra appeared from a mass of black shadows accompanied by two of his wives.

Seras raised an eyebrow at the extra baggage before they both walked over towards the rest of the guards.

"Are you sure you want me to train you?" Seras asked in a voice full of skepticism.

Usually people begged for her NOT to train them and yet this handsome prince seemingly held no fear of her.

Was he mental?

Was he trying to get some alone time with her?

Did he not believe his grandfather would grant his request?

"I am. Are you not up for it?" Exedra asked in a flat tone that inadvertently caused all hesitation to leave her body.

'Is he challenging me?!'

He wasn't.

'Did he actually dare to look down on me?!'

He didn't.

'Does he think just because he's handsome he can treat me like shit!'

He doesn't.

'I'll train him until he begs for death!'

He was fucked.

Realizing he'd made a mistake when he saw an intense red aura spreading across Seras' body, he was going to apologize but stopped when a realization dawned on him.

Wouldn't it just make him better if she trained him with the intent to kill him?

Because of the information revealed at the party, Exedra knew his days were about to get very hectic sooner or later.

He needed to use every opportunity to better himself no matter how much pain he had to go through.

"Let's go somewhere a little more… private." Seras voice was incredibly deep and menacing and did not fit at all with her youthful looking appearance.

Before he could react, Seras appeared in front of him and they vanished from the space in an instant.

His wives seeing this were slightly worried but they had been informed by their husband prior to this that he would need this training in the days coming forward.

Even when he warned him that he might not return for a few days, they were sad but they did not resist him since they understood he was doing everything to better protect them.

Ultimately they trusted him not to die…. But it still wouldn't hurt to do something to distract themselves which is why they came to the training grounds.

"Alright let's do this." Bekka stretched her seductive body and loud cracks and pops were heard.

Lisa put on a determined expression before she walked towards one of the weapon racks along the wall.

Her husband, Lailah, Bekka and even Mira were all making great strides towards becoming more powerful and yet she was the only one who was stagnant!

Pretty soon her daughter was going to be able to beat her in a fight and she was only four!

Taking a deep breath, she picked up a four pronged spear from the wall before standing in front of the hellhound woman.

"Please teach me well."

'Maybe if I do good, honey will praise me and ravage me again..'

"Sure, let's have fun!"

'Maybe if I teach her well, husband will fight me and fill me after!'

Both girls were… extremely motivated.

With a flash, Exedra and Seras appeared in the middle of a flat mountain range near the territory of the bloodflame clan.

The area was completely barren for several miles and there were several wide canyons made by Seras when she was 'training.'

Shoving the young dragon away from her, Seras began making preparations to make this training space suitable for her.

"Spatial lock." The ancient dragon muttered a single spell under her breath before her body flashed with a blue light that quickly vanished.

"Do you believe I'll run away?" Exedra asked, confused over why she would use a spell to negate his teleportation.

"Mana domination." Ignoring him, Seras casted another restriction spell.

Exedra suddenly felt as if he could no longer use his spells and his hypothesis was confirmed by the system.

Hosts mana is being forcibly suppressed by the individual Seras Bloodflame.

Alert! Mana is too pure to be devoured.

Restriction cannot be lifted.

He could only gnash his teeth in anger.

Mana domination is a spell that uses the users own mana to forcibly dominate the targets mana and negate their use of spells.

Exedra found it incredibly disrespectful that she dared to 'dominate' him in any kind of way and temporarily forgot why he was here.

He felt as if Seras was sneering at his existence!

It didn't matter if the distance between the two was as wide as the gap between heaven and earth.

His pride as a dragon had been stepped on!

His very blood cried for retribution!

Exedra opened his mouth wide to reveal rows of teeth sharper than blades and shot out a blast of black and purple flames toward Seras.

Even though he couldn't use his magic, his skills were a natural part of his body and thus he could still use them freely.

Seras' anger disappeared immediately when she saw this dragon who wasn't even 100 years old dared to attack her.

Amused, she did not move an inch from where she stood and let the flames hit her full on.

BOOM!

The flames exploded on contact and all Exedra could see was a thick smoke, but he was not foolish enough to believe he'd killed her but he atleast hoped he'd shown her he was not a force to be looked down on.

When the smoke cleared, Exedra's anger skyrocketed when he saw the vampire dragon hybrid didn't have a single injury on her and was actually covering her mouth like she was trying not to laugh!

"*snicker* Pfft… I'm sorry give me a minute here…. HAHAHAHA!"

"You bitch!" Exedra roared.

He'd never been so angry in his life!

Not even when he was beaten on the street in his last life did he feel as humiliated as he did now.

"HAHAHAHA THAT WAS REALLY GOOD YOU WERE THIIIIS CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO SINGE MY HAIR!" she held up her fingers to show the exaggerated tiny difference.

"You dare laugh at me?!" Black electricity began to crackle along Exedra's claws and fingers.

"Yep."

Snap!

Seras simply snapped her fingers and Exedra's face twitched in confusion before his body began to heat up.

"Feel that? " Her mocking tone from before was no longer present and she now seemed like a real instructor.

Seras had used her blood affinity to literally boil Exedra's blood. His insides were currently being cooked and he was having difficulty even standing.

"You're too angry. Dragons are naturally prideful so that makes us easy to manipulate and incite." She walked towards the trembling man as she spoke. 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝑛𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙．𝘯𝘦𝘵

"Where is the deadly calm young man I saw at the party? Is the trampling of your pride all it takes for you to fly into a rage?"

All the while she was speaking, she was circling Exedra eyeing him as he stood motionlessly with sweat dripping from every pore of his body and his eyes glowing furiously.

"So the first lesson will be inner discipline mixed with a little bit of punishment and a buildup of your pain threshold!"

Coming to a stop in front of Exedra her childlike face showed a wide cheeky grin. "I won't aim for your heart so try not to die okay, little prince?"

In the next second, Exedra's blood began to harden and formed sharp tendrils that pierced through his body.

His eyes bulged when he felt the worst pain imaginable.

Pain resistance barely helped, as the agony he felt in every corner of his body was almost unbearable but he would never allow this crazy loli to see him be so weak.

Inwardly pleased that Exedra had managed not to scream, she took her focus off of him and instead picked up her large red spear and began drawing pictures on the ground. "Meditate like that for a while okay I'll check on you whenever I remember to."

With that, blood began to pool on the ground around Exedra until it rose up above him and encased him in a small bright red dome.

"Now… should I take a nap when I'm done with my picture?"

Chapter 62

For four days, Exedra lived in hell.

His body was repeatedly pierced by his own boiling blood, and his skill, pain resistance had already evolved to level three.

Whenever he felt like he was about to die or pass out, his blood would calm and allow his body to heal and regenerate damaged tissue before it went on a rampage again.

Despite dragons having a strong healing factor, it's nothing compared to vampires or slimes so he'd need an hour to regenerate each time.

Currently, Exedra was sitting cross legged in the blood dome with his eyes closed.

He could feel it.

Slowly but surely everytime his insides were torn to shreds they grew back stronger and more durable than before.

Endurance + 150

…

Endurance + 100

…

Endurance + 80

Crack!

Suddenly a crack appeared in the blood dome before it crumbled to pieces and revealed a sleepy looking Seras.

*Yawn* "Morning little Prince." Seras rubbed her eyes sleepily as she glanced over Exedra's body to check his progress.

"Oh your body's improved a little bit huh?"

She walked forward and bent down so that they were eye level and took his hand. "I'm just gonna borrow this for a sec."

Crack!

With a swift motion, Seras snapped his wrist and a sickening crack could be heard.

Exedra did not flinch, he didn't blink, and he surely didn't cry out from this unprovoked attack.

He simply stared at Seras with his red and purple eyes and inwardly, she started to find him even more attractive.

To her a pretty man who couldn't endure was no more than a waste so she admired this change in his demeanor.

'Maybe I can mold him into my perfect man before that slut Tiamat or whorish witch queen get their hands on him.'

She was certain the two women would try to seduce the man in front of her again.

Exedra's beauty was such that with just one look he would be in your subconscious forever, inadvertently causing you to compare any man you met to him.

So of course the greedy witch and even greedier dragon were going to try their hand again at seducing the young man in front of her.

In a world where the strong dominated the weak, the only reason why Exedra wasn't shackled to their beds already to be used day and night was because of his family background.

Naturally no one wanted trouble with the dragons so their only way to get to taste him was to actually seduce him.

'I have to fix him and hoard him fast!' Inwardly Seras was making plans to clear out her dungeon at home and turn it into a 'fun room' for her and Exedra.

Exedra wasn't sure what delusions were running through the mind of the woman in front of him, but judging by her aura that was rapidly changing colors, he figured that it was no doubt something that'd give him a headache.

His hand healed quickly, and when it did he immediately yanked himself free from Seras so that she couldn't touch him any longer than needed.

"Alright next comes the fun part!" Seras rose to her feet and picked up her spear that was implanted in the ground a short distance away.

Pointing it at him, she gave Exedra the rules for what was about to happen next. "I'm going to try to put this through that nice little body of yours. All you have to do is dodge the right way, okay?"

Exedra raised an eyebrow when he heard the details of the training he was about to undergo.

Seras seemingly understood the look he was giving her and reassured him. "Don't worry! I'll hold wayyy back!"

Saying nothing more, Exedra quickly rose up and flexed his newly reconstructed muscles and tendons.

Taking a simple stance, Exedra waited for his master to make the first move.

"Oh I almost forgot! You'll get a punishment if you don't dodge properly!"

"What punis-"

"Here I come!"

Kicking off against the ground, Seras shot forward towards him like a bullet thrusting her spear at his midsection.

'She's still so fast!'

Exedra used the lightning element in his body to leap a clear distance away and avoid it.

"Wrong!"

Slap!

At a speed that was impossible for him to react to, Seras moved in front of him and gave Exedra a hard slap across the face.

As Exedra's mouth filled with the metallic taste of blood, he realized this must've been the punishment she was talking about.

'Even with pain resistance leveling up so much this still hurts.'

Putting some distance between them, Seras once again prepared to attack. "Remember you have to dodge properly!" 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝒎

Before he could ask what was wrong with his previous dodge, she once again leaped forward, this time aiming for his leg.

Exedra made sure to execute a controlled and graceful dodge that didn't look as scrambled as before.

Seras took one look at the distance between them and smiled. "Ooh nice!"

She once again blurred out of his vision before she reappeared in front of him giving him a nice hard smack.

Slap!

"But still wrong!"

Exedra spit blood on the ground as he tried to think of what he could be doing wrong.

The second time was better than the first so…

'What am I doing wrong?'

'Wait… she's fucking crazy!' His eyes widened as he thought of a possible answer to this current situation.

Exedra took a deep breathe to relax his mind and his body. Luckily the meditation he'd done prior to this was coming in handy right about now.

'Did he figure it out already? I wanted to touch him a few more times.' Seras thought with a disappointed tone. 'Well let's be certain.'

Bang!

The ancient dragon once again shot forward this time aiming to pierce his head.

She smiled when Exedra tilted his head to the side, dodging her blade by only a hair's length.

"Great! You got it!"

"Wanna explain to me why that was the answer?" He was slightly annoyed by the two slaps he'd received and wanted to know what the reason for that insanity was.

"You think because dragons have tons of energy we can be wasteful with it?" She frowned.

"Dodging with as little movement as possible not only conserves your stamina, but it tricks the opponent into using theirs up faster."

"How so?" Exedra frowned.

He thought she was just having him do this because it looked cool.

"It makes your opponent think 'if I just go a little faster, I can cut him down' and subconsciously, they start using more of their energy to close the gap. For enemies that you are forced to trade blows with, something of this nature is vital. "

Exedra nodded as he finally understood the value of what Seras was teaching him.

But there was still a burning question lingering in his mind.

"What if I'm not fast enough?"

A sadistic grin spread across Seras' childlike face.

She took her stance again and prepared to pierce him with her weapon.

"I'll make you fast enough."

For the first time a large smile broke out across Exedra's face that made Seras' heart skip a beat.

The feeling of growing stronger was always terribly addictive.

For eight entire hours, Seras assaulted Exedra with countless attacks of varying speeds an intensity.

He could not dodge perfectly everytime, and ended up getting parts of his body sliced into by the spears razor sharp blade.

Only when she felt satisfied with his progress did she tell him he was free to go home for the night but that would be the last time he'd be home for a while.

Seras had things to prepare if she was going to make him the third most feared warrior in the kingdom after all.

Teleporting into his room at the castle, Exedra sighed when he felt the comfort of familiar surroundings embrace him.

He looked down at his current outfit and realized his outfit not only had holes in it, it was also smelly and dirty as well.

"I should take a bath before I go and find everyone." He had to go and inform his family that he'd be away for some time training and he was really nervous about how they'd take it.

'Whatever. I'll use the time in the bath to think.'

Opening the door to his room, Exedra could only curse his luck when he saw his three beautiful wives in black nightgowns looking like they were getting ready for bed.

"Honey!"

"Husband!"

"We missed you!

One by one, each of the women barreled into Exedra's chest to give him a hug that could crush steel.

They didn't seem to mind the blood or the stench coming from him as they relished being in the embrace of their husband whom they'd missed so much.

"I missed you girls too." He wrapped his arms around them and gave each of the girls a long kiss.

"Want to join me in the bath?" He suddenly asked.

The three girls eyes sparkled in unison when they heard their husbands tone and they knew that he'd makeup for the days he'd missed in full.

Though after, he'd deliver some of the worst news they could've heard.

Chapter 63

"No you can't go!" Mira wailed.

After the husband and his wives spent a few hours in the bath, they went to find their daughter who was overjoyed to see her father again.

Her joy did not last for long though, when he told her he was going to be leaving again in the morning and it would be for longer.

Seeing his daughter cry put Exedra in more pain than he could've ever imagined and knowing that he was the cause made it so much worse.

He could do nothing but hold onto his own daughter as she wailed furiously in his arms.

His wives who were nearby wore similar expressions.

They didn't want their husband to leave either, much less with some random woman.

But they understood that he was going to learn to better protect them and the life they led.

Even if they hated it, they knew they could not be mad at him for trying to make sure they were always safe and happy.

So they unanimously decided to support him in this as they do everything else.

As long as he did not bring home another woman of course.

"You can't leave you have to stay you have to!" Mira was becoming so unstable, ice was beginning to form around the father daughter duo causing her mothers to step back.

Even when Mira's cold began to burn his skin, Exedra made no move to stop her. He felt as if he deserved this much pain for all the hurt he was causing his sweet girl.

He just lightly stroked her hair and spoke to her in as soft a voice as he could muster. "I'm sorry Mira. I wish I didn't have to go but I have to get stronger so that I can take care of us."

"M-Mira can go with you to get strong!"

Exedra could only shake his head bitterly.

"I'm sorry but I have to do this alone. When you're a little bigger I promise we can go on our own little journey together."

Mira could only cry harder hearing her fathers refusal.

"You're gonna leave and you won't come back!"

Lisa was the first to realize what Mira was so afraid of.

The life they'd been living before was incomparable to this one and it wasn't because of the materialistic things, it was because neither of them could remember a time they smiled so often.

Taking the initiative to help out her struggling husband, Lisa hurriedly kneeled beside her husband and daughter.

"It's okay dear. Your father will always come back to us."

"And it's not like we'll be alone while we wait right?" Her cheerful tone an indication for the other wives to make their presence known.

Bekka hurriedly consoled her sniffling daughter with the opportunity presented by Lisa. "That's right my little dew drop! You have three whole mothers here to love on you and spoil you until your daddy comes back."

At this moment Lailah finally chirped up. "And he WILL come back. We're sad too but we have to be big girls and wait for him okay?"

Mira looked back and forth between her mothers before she finally looked up at her father once more.

"I will be back before you know it. I promise."

"Okay.."

Mira didn't like it at all but she had to believe in her father.

He'd never let her down before right?

So she had to be a big girl and be patient like her mothers. 𝚋ｅｄ𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅ𝚕．𝚗ｅｔ

Although she really hoped that he wouldn't take too long.

Not wanting to waste any time the next morning, Seras immediately appeared in Exedra's room to pick him up.

She expected to find him undressed or maybe even in the middle of some intimate acts with one of his wives.

Instead, she found him asleep in his bed with his wives and daughter.

Every one of the girls was clinging to him in some way, as if they didn't want to give him the slightest chance of escaping.

Seeing this, Seras could not help but show a sad smile. What wouldn't she give to have a family like this.

Seeing her apprentice so deep in sleep as well, she realized how comfortable his family made him.

He did not even notice her presence.

'Idiotic little prince.' She chuckled inwardly.

Despite that, she watched them sleep for a few minutes longer before waking him.

It would be a while before he got to be as carefree as this again.

After Seras woke him using telepathy, Exedra somehow managed to slip out of the grasp of his little fanclub.

Seras watched as Exedra wrote letters for each of them and left his daughter something extra special.

She wasn't sure what was on the letters but she thought it must've been warm words and apologies for leaving.

She almost felt guilty for dragging him away but at the end of the day, he had asked for this so there was nothing to feel guilty over.

'You have a beautiful family.' She told him telepathically.

Exedra stared at his sleeping family for a long time.

'Indeed I do.' Was his only reply.

After that he kissed each of their foreheads gently before Seras touched his shoulder and they disappeared from his room.

Not long after they left, one by one the girls all woke up.

Each of their eyes drifted to the spot where Exedra lay prior to his departure and they felt tears begin to well in their eyes.

One by one, they each began to weep silently as the reality of waking up just like this for the next few months finally set in.

In her room, Yara was doing only slightly better than the girls.

She never believed her son would actually leave her side one day as he'd never had a body that would allow him to.

It may have been strange but she felt like this was the first day she realized her son was really a man with a family of his own to protect and thus, something worth sacrificing for.

She was incredibly sad, and yet she was also indescribably proud.

Thinking back on the day she first found him after he'd been saved by Asherah, she couldn't help but smile when she remembered how she'd mistook him for her deceased husband.

"Asmodeus… guide our child."

With that small prayer, a single tear fell from the eye of a sad yet proud mother.

Chapter 64

In the forests behind the castle, a small child was flying through the air with a serious look on her face.

She appeared to be extremely focused and was darting around looking for something.

Rustle.

Hearing the rustling of leaves, she immediately stopped flying around so rapidly and focused her eyes on the area where she'd heard the noise come from.

Rustling around in the bushes was a giant brown beast.

Stone furred bears were, as their name described, very large bears with rough stone like fur and razor sharp teeth and claws.

Her master told her that they were an advanced magical beast that usually required a small party of atleast five weaker individuals to hunt successfully.

But she was almost seven already so she alone should be enough… right?

With a thought, she summoned her weapons.

With a flash, two identical daggers with blades of frozen ice appeared in her hands.

These were the gifts her father left behind for her when he left two weeks ago and she treasured them greatly.

Mommy Lailah even taught her how to bind them to herself so that she would never lose them and nobody could steal them!

'Daddy…'

Mira felt herself get sad when she thought of her father again but since she was in the middle of a hunt she quickly shook those thoughts off and prepared to kill this fluffy beast!

For two weeks Mira had been training nonstop.

Not only with old man Hajun, but her grandmother had also been teaching her how to better use her ice element and one of her mommies was teaching her magic and another was teaching her how to hunt properly.

She was now the worlds most unrivaled six year old!

Mira finally began her onslaught against the bear.

With a wave of her hand, Mira froze the ground the bear was standing on and encased its legs in ice.

"Groah?"

The bear tilted its head in confusion before Mira folded her wings into her body and fell out of the sky like an arrow toward the beasts massive body.

"ROAARRRRRR!"

With a roar filled with pain, the beast quickly broke itself out of the ice it was encased in before shaking its body furiously to try to get its attacker off of it.

Mira had underestimated the difficulty of piercing through the flesh of an advanced tier beast and even though she had managed to get her blades deep enough to draw blood, the blow she'd landed was on its back and not very deep so she was far from done.

Though she'd done a good job of hanging on, stone furred bears are notoriously smart as well as sturdy.

Frustrated with it's inability to shake off its assailant, the bear instead ran full steam towards the nearest tree.

Realizing it would be bad if she held on any longer, Mira quickly jumped off the back of the bear, leaving her daggers lodged in the bears flesh.

She could re-summon them at any time so it was fine if she left them behind for now.

BANG!

The sound of the bear barreling into a large oak tree and snapping it in two resounded throughout the forest.

The bear shook off the splinters of wood from its fur and turned around to see its tiny assailant on one knee with a slightly worried expression.

Seeing the bear looking at her with an angry and disdainful expression, Mira unconsciously started to get angry. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

Since she'd been living in the castle, Mira's pride as a dragon had grown at a steady pace.

And after her father gifted her an affinity stone, that growth skyrocketed to the point where she could no longer tolerate something like this lowly animal looking at her as if she were prey.

In their hearts, all dragons craved dominance and had iron wills.

Even though she was very young, Mira was no different.

She was strong! Like all of her mommies and her daddy!

"Mira will make you her rug!"

With Mira's anger reaching its threshold, her eyes that she'd inherited from her father suddenly turned an icy blue and her body was enveloped in a strong blizzard.

The bear that was so bold and angry before halted its steps slightly when it felt a new pressure coming from the snowstorm in front of it.

When the blizzard disappeared, a glimmering white dragon with a blue eye and a purple eye could be seen.

She was only a little bit bigger than the bear, and yet her body radiated a majestic aura.

"Chillrend!" It was odd to hear the adorable voice of a little girl come out of such a noble looking dragon but unfortunately no one else was around to make such an observation.

On the bear's back, Mira's daggers that were lodged in its body started shining with a bright blue light before the runes started injecting freezing cold energy into the body of the beast.

Chillrend was the signature ability of the weapon her father gave her.

It allowed her to slowly freeze the target with every hit or continually freeze them like this when her weapon was lodged into their body.

The beast began to panic when it realized it's massive body was being wracked with chills and it tried to take a step back only to realize it's movement speed had been halved.

Sensing weakness, Mira hurriedly pounced on the semi frozen bear.

Mira used her new more powerful body to rip, tear and strip the beast of its flesh and make the beast pay the ultimate price for looking down on her.

Only when her beautiful white scales were dyed red did she finally calm down and look at the dead beast beneath her.

With a roar of dominance, Mira declared her victory over the bear.

After she managed to calm down, Mira hurriedly changed back to her human looking appearance and took out a letter from her pocket.

This was the letter her father wrote for her before he left and it contained his apologies, his love and a list of instructions.

Mira didn't fully understand what some of the words meant but she knew if she did what her father asked a good thing would happen.

She hurriedly jotted down her progress on the piece of paper.

Mira Clearwing Draven

Evolution Path : Dragon of Divine & Unending Winter. (Variant Species)

First stage conditions.

- Hunt 50 magical beasts. (15/50)

- Learn five ice spells. (1/5)

- Sleep in a subzero environment for 60 days. (13/60)

"Meow!"

Just as Mira finished hitting down her progress, a small sound reached her ears.

Mira looked down to see a small black cat with bright eyes looking up at her.

The cat didn't seem to mind that she was covered in blood, or that she obviously wasn't human.

"Oh, kitty!" Mira hurriedly put her paper away and began to let the small cat.

"Are you alone?" She figured it must've been a stray that somehow made its way up here from the city.

"Meow."

"Do you want to come with Mira?"

"Meow."

"Yay! I'm gonna call you Megumin!"

Mira for some reason could tell that her new friend was a girl, and quickly gave her a name and carried her back to the castle.

Maybe with this new friend, she'd be a little less lonely until her father returned.

Chapter 65

"Ha!"

Boom!

Standing in the middle of a newly constructed private training room, was a beautiful dragon woman with gorgeously tanned skin, almond eyes and brunette hair.

Lisa was currently training to work off her urges again and had just blown a hole in the wall with her electricity.

She paid this no mind as the runes engraved in the walls would soon repair the damage and make it as good as new.

Among the three of Exedra's wives, the separation undoubtedly hit her the hardest physically, as the addictive touch of an incubus plus the nearly insatiable lust of a dragon left her extremely needy.

It'd been over a month since he'd left and it wasn't getting any easier.

So on nights like tonight where it was particularly bad and she had abundant energy to burn, she'd often end up in here trying to make the most of the last gift her loving husband gave her.

Frustrated that her spells didn't have the power she wanted them to have, Lisa decided to take a break and sat down against the wall.

Everyday without fail, she would train with Bekka from morning until noon, then she would go and ask Lailah to help her understand spells for an hour or so before she and Mira would go to find Yara for a class on mastering their affinity.

Lisa's lightning affinity was incredibly versatile and destructive so learning how to use it was slowly becoming the highlight of her day.

It made her feel connected to her husband in some strange way just because she knew they shared the same affinity now.

Although there are a few thousand beings with the lightning affinity so her logic is a little flawed.

"Alright!"

Lisa felt she'd rested long enough and rose up from the ground again.

She picked up her weapon that was leaning against the wall a few feet away.

She'd been using a simple training spear that was on the verge of breaking due to all the abuse she'd put in through.

Whilst her mastery of the spear was nowhere near her husbands level, she did possess some talent and thus was picking things up quickly with Bekka teaching her everyday.

Taking out a neatly written letter from her pocket, Lisa marveled once again at her husband's strange and amazing powers.

Lisa Clearwing Draven

Ancient Hellish Lightning Dragon of Virtue. (Unique Species.) 𝓫ℯ𝓭𝓃𝓸𝓋ℯ𝓁．𝓬𝓸𝓂

First Stage Conditions

- Master lightning body.

- Gain a noble dragon's pride.

- Survive in a natural lightning storm.

As Lisa looked over the tasks her husband left to complete during their time apart, she once again felt an embarrassed blush burning her cheeks as she read the list.

"I-I am not ancient!" She cried to no one.

While she knew her husband didn't care about such things, being reminded of their more than 100 year age gap didn't help her pride too much.

When Lailah first told her and Bekka about their husbands unique ability to see evolution conditions, they couldn't believe it.

If it got out that he possessed this ability, every evolved under the sun and moon would hunt him down seeking to exploit him.

The trust he'd placed in them to share this information was monumental.

Reading over the list again, Lisa's eyes shone with determination.

This was the first time her husband had asked anything of her so she couldn't let him down!

She would make sure that upon his return he would be able to look upon her and see that she had accomplished everything he'd asked of her.

It was the very least she could do for him for making all of her dreams come true.

Lisa gently folded the note back up and placed it into her pocket before closing her eyes to focus.

Among those with certain affinities, there are those who are particularly talented and can change they bodies composition to become that of their element.

And among that minute pool of individuals, those who can do it with the lightning affinity are far and few.

To perfectly meld oneself with such a chaotic and intense element like lightning would usually bring disastrous consequences for those who took the process lightly or were simply untalented.

It would be extremely difficult task for her to master this before her husband returned but she simply had to do it.

"I will never let your faith in me go to waste!"

Her eyes became a bright gold and her body began to crackle with electricity.

The next day, Lisa was heading down into the city on her own to run a special errand.

While Yara and the other wives protested fiercely, Lisa simply wasn't used to guards or fancy carriages so she'd rather keep things simple and not draw so much attention.

Although wearing a simple green sleeveless summer dress, she was eye catching enough that her effort was moot anyway.

Upon arriving in the city, Lisa headed directly to a weapon shop that was owned by a friend of hers.

The reason for this sudden outing was that Bekka had recommended that she get a weapon made for her that also suited her powers.

She couldn't use the training spear forever after all.

While Yara offered to commission some dwarves for the project, Lisa insisted she had someone in mind already.

Ring!

"Welcome! How can I-… Lisa is that you?!"

A sheepish smile spread across Lisa's face. "It's me Val."

Standing behind a counter lined with weapons was a hybrid woman with a shocked expression.

Valerie Dord was a rare half human half dwarven woman.

Even though dwarves and humans typically did not get along, there were a few rare cases.

Despite her heritage, she was actually tall for a human woman but possessed an extraordinarily defined physique that was the trademark of dwarves.

She had long black hair and skin that was tanned from working on the forge for hours on end and wore a pair of simple black glasses.

Valerie quickly hopped over the counter and rushed to give the dragon woman a big hug.

"I haven't seen or heard anything about you or Mira for so long I thought maybe he'd-"

"No, he didn't find us don't worry." Lisa quickly returned her friends hug and eased her worries.

"T-then were you hiding from the SnowScales?"

Lisa simply shook her head.

"Start talking shithead I was really worried!" Valerie's concern quickly changed into anger seeing as her long lost friend was taking her sweet time telling her where she'd been.

Lisa paid no mind to her friend's fiery nature, as she was already used to it by now and smiled instead. "I got married."

"…eh?"

Valerie who was considered to be a sharp woman by most, felt her brain completely shut down when she heard her friend utter the three words she never expected to hear from her.

"You married the fourth prince…" Valerie asked as she rubbed her temples.

"Yes!" Lisa nodded happily.

"And he even adopted Mira.."

"Without bating an eye!"

"And now you're living in the castle..?"

"It took a lot of getting used to but it's lovely!"

Lisa excitedly told Valerie a brief summary of events since she'd married Exedra as well as the reason for her showing up today and the dwarven woman was absolutely taken aback.

Rubbing her temples was no longer helping her shock so without uttering a word, she walked towards the front of the store and changed the open sign to closed before she brought out some expensive liquor and some glasses.

"We'll get to your weapon later but for now I have a lot of questions." Valerie's then poured a glass for the two of them.

Lisa could only smile bitterly as she saw the state of her friend.

"Is it true what they say about him?"

For the first time since they'd been friends, Lisa's face curled upwards into a smile of obsession that Valerie didn't recognize.

"He is everything they say and so much more."

Chapter 66

"Alright come out little guy."

The tattoo on Lailah's forehead began to glow with a red light before Apophis appeared in front of her.

He had grown significantly since his birth and was now about twenty two feet long.

'Mother..'

"I know you hate these tests okay, but we still have a bit more to do! I promise I'll let you eat something good when we're done. "

The serpent could only sigh and resign itself to its fate.

It'd been two months since Exedra had left and during that time Lailah unlike the other girls had not been training for evolution but for understanding.

According to her husband, her evolution requirements hadn't changed much despite her path evolving from Mother of J?rmungandr to Mother of Apophis.

Lailah Izanami Draven

Evolution Path : Mother of Apophis

(Unique Species)

First stage conditions

- Ingest 100 different kinds of poison (100/100)

- Gain a Serpent type familiar.(Completed)

- Feed your familiar the hearts of 100 malicious beings. (37/100)

Exedra wrote her a note that explained her condition's final change and the reason behind it but Lailah was pretty sad about it.

How amazing would it be if when she finally took revenge on her mother, she gained this sense of fulfillment that actually elevated her to a higher level of being?!

Despite the change, Lailah had no plans to cancel her revenge.

Lailah had been growing quite the malicious side since binding with Apophis and her new favorite pastime was combining her intellect with these new gory ideas to decide how to give her mothers and sisters the ultimate humiliation.

While everyone around her noticed this change, no one seemed to care too much.

It wasn't like she would ever dream of harming them and in their eyes she should've been like this a long time ago.

No one should've gone through what she went through and not come out of it atleast a little angry.

Lailah and Apophis were currently standing in the castle dungeon.

Truthfully, these dungeons have never held a single prisoner before.

Like her father, Yara did not take prisoners. If she was wronged she was much more fond of erasing the problem all together instead of dragging out their death.

Thus, the dungeon ended up becoming a secret spot for the guards to come and gamble. Some of the castle workers who were seeing eachother would also sneak here for a bit of bdsm play.

In front of Lailah twenty men were on their knees bound and gagged, unaware of what was about to happen.

Because she needed living beings as test subjects, Lailah concocted a plan to walk around the streets at night and kidnap every man who tried to stupidly pursue her.

With the help of a few of the guards and Yara's permission to use the dungeon, her plan worked perfectly and she'd been able to gather over fifty men in three weeks.

While the citizens were alarmed at such a rapid amount of disappearances, most of these men were travelers from other countries or simple thugs.

Therefore no one was really looking for them too hard and instead came to the conclusion the men must've offended a horrible existence.

All over the world but in Antares especially, if you offended someone more powerful than you whatever happened next was entirely your fault.

"Let's start with those two first." Lailah's first choice were two young men, a vampire and an elf.

While most would consider the two men extremely handsome, for Exedra's wives who were fiercely loyal to him they may as well have been sheep shit in shallow water.

"Okay mother."

Apophis' eyes glowed for a moment before the two men's bodies began to float upward before they headed towards a metal table a few feet away.

"Mmh!"

"Mmf!?"

Naturally the two men struggled fiercely when they felt their bodies suddenly being lifted, but it was to no avail.

Once the men had been strapped onto the table, Lailah picked up a worn out notebook and a pen.

"Alright… for him let's do grey rot venom and searing analgesia venom."

"Okay." Nodding at his contractor's request, Apophis slowly slithered up to the vampire lying on the table.

Lailah discovered something truly horrifying about her 'son'.

All of the venom used in his creation could be recreated within his body with an increased toxicity.

The best part of this was that his two fangs could each secrete a different venom that when injected together produced an even more devastating effect.

To study these effects and think of their potential uses was the sole reason why Lailah kidnapped so many men.

Apophis slowly slithered toward the tied up vampire.

He opened his mouth wide to reveal fangs that looked like three inch curved needles and were already dripping with venom.

"Hisss!"

With a loud hiss, Apophis promptly sunk his fangs into the vampire's forearm.

Lailah prepared to start counting the seconds until the venom took effect, but much to her joy the effect was instantaneous.

"MMMMHH! MMH!" The man's muffled cries fell on deaf ears as Lailah leaned in to get a closer look at the venom's effect on the body.

Grey rot venom is a kind of poison that, as the name implies, rots the flesh of the victim.

Searing analgesia venom has the effect of numbing the body to all outside stimuli, while simultaneously assailing every nerve ending in the body with a searing pain that makes its victims beg for death.

Two of the most horrifying poisons in all of Dola were now not only enhanced, but they were working together to run rampant throughout this man's body.

Lailah hurriedly scribbled everything down.

She did not take her eyes away from the man who was writhing in pain and on the verge of screaming his lungs out.

Forty five seconds after the initial bite, the area where the man was bitten was turning grey and the injection site was oozing a yellow pus that had a foul smell. ｂ𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎｅｔ

Fifty seconds after the bite, the man's arm was completely grey and his once firm muscles had become mushy. Blood was also leaking from the pores on his skin.

A minute after the bite, the venom spread to his chest where it immediately began to attack his heart.

A minute and two seconds was all it took for the man to leave this world for good.

"Fascinating! The venom is still circulating even when he's dead! We'll have to mop him up at this rate!"

Apophis looked back and forth between his mother who wore a pleased expression and the dead man on the table who was slowly becoming a pile of pudding.

He found biting into that man to be incredibly unpleasant.

That man was too pure, too good so to Apophis his blood tasted incredibly foul and repulsive.

While most of the men his mother had him bite tasted better, sometimes he'd get one that was utterly disgusting.

He just chose not to complain because his mother had already promised him a reward later and her rewards were always divinely delicious.

Lailah had just finished taking all of the notes she could on the now dead vampire's body and now seemed to be ready to move on.

"Okay then for this one… let's try bone blight and shade blood. You can bite a little harder so that you can pierce the bone but try not to snap his arm okay baby boy? I need him in the most optimal condition possible after all. " Lailah lovingly stroked Apophis' hood as she told him the next steps.

"Yes mother." Apophis then slithered towards the elven man on the table.

He just hoped this one would taste a little better than the last.

"Alright! I think this was a very productive day!" Lailah finally closed her notebook after all of the men had been killed and their deaths were thoroughly recorded.

Apophis was much too busy burrowing into the chests of the men that his mother marked and swallowing their hearts whole.

As Lailah looked at all of the death she had brought, a distinctive fear welled up in her heart.

Lailah knew she had changed even though she didn't fully understand why.

One day she just woke up and she just felt like embracing this hidden darkness that she'd always kept locked away, and while no one around her seemed to mind, deep inside she was still a fearful girl who worried about what the man she loved would think.

Of course she knew he loved her but what if he only loved a certain version of her?

Sensing his mother's emotional state, Apophis left the dead bodies alone and slithered over to his mother to nudge her hand and offer her comfort.

Lailah smiled sadly seeing her greedy son's attempt to comfort her despite his hunger and she could only stroke his ruby red scales silently as her mind filled with horrible thoughts.

'My love…will you find my actions repulsive and no longer treat me the same when you return?'

Just the thought brought a single tear down the beautiful young woman's cheek.

Chapter 67

'Stop pretending.'

"I-I'm not!"

'Why are you suppressing it?'

"I can't control you!"

'You are meant to run free in rivers and oceans of blood.'

"I-I hate blood! It makes me sick!"

'You hate that you cannot lose yourself in it. '

'You hate that your body calls for bloodshed so fervently that it makes your head spin.'

'You feign sickness so that you can run away. '

'You are a wolf playing sheep.'

"I-I'm not like that!"

'No?'

Suddenly, the images of Bekka's past flooded her mind.

Images she'd forced herself to forget, ripped through her subconscious and flooded her mind.

Scenes of her losing control and attacking her friends in the tribe. 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗼𝐯𝐞𝗹．𝐨𝐫𝗴

Scenes of her absentmindedly walking towards bloody battlefields when she was only a small child.

And finally, the scene of her kicking a woman so hard in the chest that she crushed her insides and condemned her to a slow death.

"I-I'm a monster."

'Spare us that weak human sentimentality. You are of the abyss. We are heralds of the end. We are wrath made flesh. We are creatures so sinister the death gods dare not take us into their realms. Eventually, you must accept that you are one of us. '

'The same as your mother.'

'The same as Carter.'

"Carter?"

Unfortunately, Bekka got no reply from the strange voice and was instead thrust back into the waking world.

"Gahhh!"

Waking up with a yell, Bekka then noticed she was in the bedroom and it was still dark out.

Feeling movement, Bekka looked over to see that Lailah and Lisa had been woken up by Bekka's yelling and were giving her looks of concern.

Lisa : "What's the matter Bekka?"

Lailah: "You're sweating a lot are you okay?"

Hearing such concern for her well-being as well as the sudden resurgence of her darkest memories, the usually cheerful and carefree woman finally showed a broken expression as her body shivered and she began to weep furiously.

Without asking a single further question, Lisa and Lailah instinctively wrapped their arms around Bekka and held her while she cried.

Lailah :"It's okay, it's okay we'll be here as long as you need."

Lisa : "We have you so just let it all out."

Bekka could only cry harder when she felt the warmth that her friends were showing her.

She'd never felt so unworthy to be loved.

"I-I'm a monster!" Was all she could wail before she eventually passed out from exhaustion.

When Bekka awoke, the sun was shimmering through the curtains and coming to a rest directly on her face.

As she lay in bed, her thoughts drifted to her strange dream as well as her behavior afterwards. "Ugh, so embarrassing."

She couldn't believe she'd let her friends see her like that.

She wanted to crawl into a hole and die.

"I don't think you have anything to be embarrassed about."

"Me neither I'm actually quite touched you were so vulnerable with us."

Bekka's eyes opened wide when she realized she wasn't alone in the bedroom like she'd previously assumed.

Sitting at the foot of the bed were Lisa and Lailah with Yara and Mira standing not so far away.

The hellhound was still too shy to face them, so she hurriedly burried herself under the covers and prayed that she'd just vanish.

She prepared to spend the rest of the day like that only to stiffen immediately when she felt something fluffy graze her skin.

"Meow!" (There is no escape.)

As Bekka stared into those two violet eyes that were seemingly saying there was no place to run, an exasperated sigh escaped her lips before she crawled out of the covers. "H-hey guys. Beautiful day huh?"

"Bekka…" Yara began.

"I-I'm fine mother really. I just had a bad dream is all."

Lailah: "Liar."

Lisa : "You shouldn't lie it'll rub off on Mira."

Mira : "Mommy is a liar."

Megumin: "Meow!" (You're a shit liar.)

Bekka could only scratch her cheek in embarrassment when she realized she'd been completely found out.

Yara walked forward and sat on the bed before she gingerly took Bekka's hand.

"What happened my daughter?"

One by one, Lailah, Lisa and Mira all followed Yara's example and sat in a circle facing Bekka.

Realizing she'd truly been cornered, Bekka begrudgingly shared all the details of her dream and the things she'd seen.

Surprise, shock and confusion could be seen on all of their faces but more than that there was concern.

Normally, Bekka hated those looks.

She hated to be seen as something weak that should be pitied by others.

But the feeling she was getting now was something she just couldn't describe.

It was a warmth that was completely unknown to her, and yet it was not at all unpleasant.

Suddenly, Yara took Bekka's face in her delicate hands and looked deeply into her eyes. "My sweet girl, you don't need to suppress anything for us."

"B-but what if I-"

"Compared to any physical injury you could deal us, watching you wrestle with yourself like this hurts us so much more. And it's not like I lack the power to restrain you should you lose control."

All the girls around the room nodded their heads in agreement but Yara wasn't done.

"This… abyss was it? It is part of you whether you like it or not. You should not concern yourself with whether it is good or evil. Instead you should embrace it. Because whether you are a monster or a saint, you are family."

Bekka's head was swimming.

Could she really just let go?

Be free?

Embrace all of her darker impulses?

Her body cried out for her to just give in but she was obviously scared.

What would Exedra tell her to do?

It'd been three months since he'd left and she'd never felt his absence more than she did in this moment.

She didn't notice but Lailah now had an uncomfortable look on her face.

The subject of this conversation had hit a little too close to home and she ended up taking a stray bullet.

"But what about…" Bekka didn't even have the strength to finish her sentence but with one look at her Yara knew what she was about to ask.

"Honestly! Do you girls have no faith in my son?" Yara asked in a frustrated tone. "I'm talking to you too Lailah!"

"Eh? B-but I didn't say anything?"

"You hardly had too! Bekka is the beastkin here yet you're the one who looks the most like a lost puppy."

Lailah released a small yelp when she took a major blow to her pride.

Yara released a frustrated sigh before she spoke to both girls. "Exedra is not one of those sniveling humans or elves. We are dragons. The concept of good and evil do not apply to us."

Her words carried a weight and a seriousness they had not seen from her before and these woman then remembered that the kind gentle person in front of them was an evolved.

Yara released a bit of her pressure to convey her point and her silver hair began to float as her eyes glowed a neon violet.

They all became slightly afraid under her suffocating pressure.

Well almost all of them….

'Grandmother is so cool!' Mira was looking at her grandmother like she was the brightest star in the sky and subconsciously made a vow that she'd become just as strong if not stronger!

"We are not cheering heroes."

"We are not sympathetic villains."

"We are forces of nature."

"I can assure you my son does not care in the slightest whether you sink or burn an entire continent, as long as you are happy and have the strength to protect yourselves.

I can guarantee my son will do a great many things that will make those weaker than him see him as a monster, but so what? He will do whatever he needs to do to become stronger and keep flying higher."

Yara retracted her pressure and looked directly into the eyes of the two girls who were looking at her in awe.

"That is what it means to be married to a noble dragon. So tell me my daughters, do you think you can ascend to the heights that my son will reach if you are afraid to pile up a few bodies?"

Lisa looked back and forth between Lailah and Bekka who were still processing the weight of Yara's words.

The reason she didn't have this problem is from the moment she was first embraced by Exedra she pledged all of her being to him.

If her husband asked her to kill she would do it without question and pile up enough bodies to fill a gorge.

And since she was also a dragon she also did not struggle with morality.

Mira just went back to playing with Megumin…

But if her previous antics were any indicator, she'd have no problems killing either.

After a long silence, Bekka looked into Yara's eyes with a new intensity.

Before she might've still hesitated but now, hearing that there was a possibility she could become deadweight for her husband her will burned anew.

Her mother in law was right.

She could be free, she could run wild and she could finally stop hiding.

Lailah's eyes also glowed with a red light as she felt something inside of her snap and she was finally unbound.

Seeing the looks in the eyes of the two girls, Yara smiled wide.

"That's my girls. I know just the thing needed to give you girls a proper rebirth."

Chapter 68

It'd been four months since Exedra left home and during that time, the world had gone mad looking for him.

News of the sickly dragon prince who was saved by the mother goddess and given an enchanting appearance and frightening abilities spread far and wide.

While at first the public did not believe these rumors, when it got out that the sources were various high ranking nobles from Antares, public opinion shifted overnight.

The humans had even begun trying to get in contact with the royal family as there were several religions based around Asherah that wanted to speak with him.

But that wasn't what got folks talking the most.

News that the beloved princess of the dragon kingdom had a child with the deceased demon lord of lust was slow to spread at first, but then suddenly the news was everywhere.

Immediately the humans who wanted to raise Exedra up as a religious figure, wanted to hunt him when they heard he was the spawn of one of their greatest adversaries.

Surely their goddess was testing them to prove their faith by slaying this foul creature!

While they could not be so bold as to hunt a member of Helios' family in broad daylight, certain more radical members declared that this affront to their faith could not be allowed to walk the earth so plans were already being concocted in total secrecy.

On the other hand, when the demon lords heard that the son of their deceased brother was in Antares, they immediately dispatched personnel to find him.

If he had even half of his father's potential, he would be invaluable in winning the war against the humans.

So now two opposing forces were hunting for the most talked about man the world has seen for the last two hundred years.

Who will find him first?

BANG!

BANG!

BOOOOOMMM!

In an unknown location deep within the mountains, two warriors were fiercely exchanging blows.

One was a petite woman with white hair wielding a giant black and red spear.

The other was a tall bronze skinned man with blood red hair who was wielding a golden weapon that was constantly changing.

One second it was a curved sword, the next a war hammer, and then a huge scythe.

The man would constantly change his weapon at various intervals, never allowing his opponent to fall into a rhythm or predict his movements.

Even though the woman was holding back quite a bit, she was still impressed by the man's ability to rapidly improve during battle and constantly keep her on her toes.

BANG!

Their weapons clashed for a final time before the woman was sent skidding back a few feet.

A look of surprise and awe spread across her face. The man's strength had truly become monstrous in their time together and she had no idea how he was growing so fast.

The man already had the strength of a first stage and she suspected he could trade blows with a second stage despite never having evolved.

With a distance now between them, the man stabbed his now greatsword into the ground before it began to glow with a blue light.

The woman prepared for an energy attack of some sort, only to be surprised when a fearsome blizzard whipped up around the two of them.

'You little bastard so you were still hiding things from your teacher huh?'

The woman's surprises weren't over as she watched as the man's body broke apart before it turned into mist.

With the man now perfectly immersed in the environment he'd created, the woman felt a strange sense of pride to see her student's attempt to corner her.

But as her kingdom's greatest warrior, naturally she couldn't be defeated with just this alone could she?

Since her flames were much too powerful for this simple test her only option was

"Blood Valkyries!"

The woman summoned a pool of blood at her feet and out of that pool rose seven winged warriors in glittering red armor.

"Surround me!"

Obeying their creator's command, the winged women quickly setup a defensive formation around her and awaited the slightest sign of trouble.

They waited..

And waited.

But all they could see was the deluge of white snow and all they could hear was the furious howling of the wind around them.

The woman frowned.

Her student's inaction confused her greatly and she wasn't sure what he could possibly be planning next.

Crackle!

The woman's eyes contracted to the size of a needle when she heard a sound she'd recognize anywhere.

"Abov-"

BANG!

Before she could warn her soldiers, seven brilliant arcs of red lightning fell from the sky and dropped down on each of them.

Their bodies trembled uncontrollably under the powerful attack before they turned into puddles of blood once more.

Suddenly, a wall of shadows comparable to a tidal wave rose up off the ground and prepared to swallow the woman whole.

Before she could move, black chains swirling with red miasma shot out of her own shadow and held her legs.

Almost immediately, she felt her body's stats begin to drop.

The difference was minute but it was there and it was growing by the second.

"Cheap tricks!"

She wasted no time breaking the chains with her spear before sprouting her wings and flying upwards into the air.

Suddenly, a golden spear shot towards her and she just barely managed to dodge before the weapon plummeted towards the ground.

Once in the sky, the woman spun her head around looking for her opponent, only for her to suddenly see a thick cloud of mist coming together to gradually form the shape of a man.

Seeing her student just randomly show up in front of her, the woman tilted her head in confusion. "What? Giving up?" The woman asked with a bit of a hopeful tone.

She was hoping he would because she'd made it a rule he could only challenge her every four months.

She'd get to have four more months alone with him!

The man did not reply and simply shook his head.

The woman only became more confused until she felt something drip down her cheek.

Raising her hand to her face, the woman wiped away a small drop of blood from a cut she'd received.

'How did he even..' It was then that she remembered the nasty effect of her student's chain spell.

Normally she would've been able to dodge that spear just fine , even with her massive debuff, but with the chains draining her stats beforehand, her speed wasn't the same.

"Son of a bitch you actually did it." She cried with a crestfallen expression.

Even though her power was suppressed to only stage 1, it'd been five hundred years since the last time she'd bled!

She didn't want him to make her bleed like this!

She wanted him to split her apart in bed!

The man showed no change in expression as the woman stared at him gobsmacked over her loss.

After the shock resided, the woman sighed a final time before she confirmed his victory. "All right you win training is over little Prince. Let's go see that family of yours."

For the first time in months, Exedra smiled a calm, yet happy smile.

Seeing the most handsome man alive smile like that, Seras was inwardly cursing herself not for cheating a little bit to keep him to herself longer but it was too late now.

Exedra took a last look at the stats he'd accumulated over the last few months.

Exedra Draven

Race : Demonic Dragon (Hybrid)

Status : Excited

Level : 65

Age : 18

Times Evolved : 0

Health : 70,380

Strength : 25,370

Endurance : 25,240

Agility : 29,540

Mana : 28,420

Exp 4,659 / 156,000

Affinities: Darkness, Fire, Death, Ice, Lightning.

Skills :Infernal Flames Lvl 3, Umbrakinesis, True Dragon Transformation, True Demonic Transformation, Pain Immunity, All Weapon Mastery Lvl 4, True Demonic Dragon (LOCKED), Grandson of Igrat, Soul Sense Lvl 2, Cryokinesis, Electrokinesis, Lightning Body.

Spells: Abyssal Chains, Lightning Bane, Mana Manipulation, Hate Shield, Tempest Cutter, Frozen Hell, Mist Body, Glimpse of Oblivion, Gaia's Retribution, Soul Breaking Scythe, Abyss Hounds, Seducer's Hymn, Sinister Burial, Teleportation.

Techniques: Fell Moon Sword Art, Piercing Sun Spear Art, Blood Dancer Steps.

Total SC : 177,150

Bound Weapons :Corrupted Shu's Razor.

Evolution Path : #%*^ ? %^!

[Fallen Abyssal Species (Variant) ]

First Stage Conditions :

- Conquer Five Dungeons (5/5) Complete!

- Consume the hearts of ten worthy enemies. (1/10)

- Gain a total of four affinities. (5/4) Complete!

Satisfied with his accomplishments, he turned to face Seras once more.

"Let's go."

Chapter 69

"Alright then come here." Seras waved her hand and signaled for Exedra to come next to her so they could teleport.

Exedra frowned when he saw the way his teacher was beckoning him.

The last few times she'd tried to take him somewhere, she'd put her hands on some dangerous places.

"No thanks." Exedra gave her a brief refusal before his body became wrapped in shadows and he disappeared.

"Tsk. You're finally talking after all this time and that's all you have to say?"

It was worth noting that Seras' frustration came from Exedra's behavior over the last few months.

While the first month was fine, during the second month he started to feel the absence of his family more.

He became closed off and spoke to her less and less and when he did his replies were short and simple.

In the third month, he stopped speaking altogether.

He simply was not interested in conversation in the slightest.

Everything Seras asked him to do he did efficiently and without complaint.

He behaved as if the only thing that was separating him from his family was whatever task he had in front of him at the moment.

Seras began to feel slightly discouraged, but her stubbornness was what brought her to where she was today!

She didn't believe she couldn't make him fall for her in the next year or so!

What did his wives have that she didn't?

If she only had a mirror she would've noticed two distinctive areas where she was sorely lacking.

With her will burning anew, Seras also teleported to the castle.

When Seras appeared beside Exedra in front of the castle, she broke him out of the small trance seeing his home after so long had put him in.

Slowly, he walked past the guards who were already bowing and was about to walk through the front door when he sensed a presence that he knew incredibly well.

Exedra turned around to see a little girl with long black hair, and purple and red eyes flying towards him.

The girl was covered in blood and was carrying a small cat in one arm and the carcass of a shade panther in the other.

Exedra was immediately alarmed when he saw the small girl covered in blood, but with one whiff of the air he knew none of it was hers.

"DADDYYYYY!"

Mira let loose a loud cry of surprise and happiness before she dove towards her father like a bullet.

Exedra smiled held out his arms, prompting Mira to dive right into her father's embrace.

"You're back! You're really back!" Mira had forgotten all about her fresh hunt and her small cat and dropped both to wail in her father's arms.

"Yea… I'm here my daughter."

"Meow!" ( How could you just drop me like that!) Megumin cried from atop the body of the panther.

"I-I did like you said and I got strong!" She cried through choked breaths.

Exedra wasn't paying attention at first, but now he could feel it clearly.

His daughter that wasn't even seven years old yet, was already stage 1.

'Analyze.'

Mira Clearwing Draven

Status : Overjoyed

Race: Ice Dragon

Age : 4

Times Evolved: 1

Health: 30,000

Strength : 16,650

Endurance : 10,700

Agility: 17,500

Mana : 20,200

"I'm so proud of you Mira." Exedra could only hug his daughter when he saw the stats of his daughter.

While her stats were nothing compared to his, that was only because of Mira's young body and his possession of the system.

If the two of them were more normal the gap between them would be significantly shorter.

Truthfully, he'd only expected her to get a start on some of it while he was gone. He never imagined he'd come back and she would have already evolved.

"What.. the.. fuck.." Seras was completely flabbergasted when she realized this small girl crying in her father's arms might very well be the youngest evolved in history!

This was simply unthinkable!

If she wasn't seeing it with her own eyes she wouldn't believe it!

How the hell was this possible?

After Mira calmed down, Exedra stroked her hair and asked the burning question on his mind. "Where are your mothers?"

Mira's eyes sparkled as a cheeky grin crossed her face.

How excited would her father be when he saw everyone's progress? 𝘣𝘦𝑑𝘯𝘰𝘷𝑒𝘭．𝑛𝘦𝘵

"You look great daddy!" Mira stared at her father with a proud expression.

"Meow." (Agreed.) Megumin nodded.

Before he went to go and find his wives, Exedra took a moment to take a relaxing bath.

He didn't think their reunion would go as well if they smelled Seras all over him.

It wasn't that he didn't bathe during the four months he was away but Seras was always either trying to join in or rush him out of it so he could never relax.

After a nice soak, he was surprised when Mira was waiting for him with a welcome home gift.

Mira had a fluffy black long coat made from the hides of the stone furred bears she hunted.

Exedra gratefully accepted the gift and shrugged of his simple black robe that had several holes in it from training and draped his new coat over his bare shoulders.

As Mira stared at her father she felt immense pride when she saw just how cool her father looked in her gift.

Seras who was standing a few feet away had to bite her tongue so she didn't force herself on him.

'Gods if he just gave me one chance I'd make him see heaven!' The ancient dragon was getting more and more delusional by the second.

Exedra patted Mira's head and thanked her as they went to find her mothers.

Mira wore a giddy and proud expression all the way to the training grounds.

"God damnit why.."

"I don't get paid enough for this.."

"Why is she so much meaner than before?!"

"How many does that make?"

"Umm.. 56."

Hearing the familiar grunts and groans of pain coming from the dusty training grounds, Exedra smiled when he realized who he'd see first.

Arriving at the sparring area, he was completely surprised when he ran into the wife he'd least expected.

Standing amidst piles of unconscious bodies with varying degrees of injuries, Lisa was wielding a bright gold trident with barbed blades.

Her hair was tired in a French braid and her face was impeccably clear of any dust or sweat.

It was as if she'd just gotten here.

She wore tight fitted black and burgundy body armor that had slight gold accents and emphasized her generous curves.

Seras looked at Exedra and saw the longing and lustful gaze he was giving his wife before she clicked her teeth in frustration. 'Idiot prince, what do I have to do to get you to look at me like that?'

Though when she took another look at Lisa's body in her armor, she started to feel like maybe she just wouldn't be able to compete.

'Damn ogre tits..'

Lisa was excitedly talking to a muscular woman with glasses that Exedra didn't recognize and she didn't seem to have noticed his presence yet.

She seemed to be talking to her about the weapon in her hand and the woman had a proud expression of her face.

'Analyze.'

Lisa Clearwing Draven

Status : Proud

Race: Lightning Dragon

Age : 163

Times Evolved: 1

Health: 60,000

Strength : 20,080

Endurance : 21,421

Agility: 24,739

Mana : 24,500

'So you did it too my love…' his pride from seeing that not only his daughter, but his wife had evolved while he was away brought him an indescribable joy.

"Mommy! Daddy is back!" Mira cried from her beside her father.

When those simple words left her mouth, the space suddenly became deadly quiet and everyone looked for the source of the voice.

As if she was unwilling to believe what she'd just heard, Lisa turned around slowly to see her daughter standing happily next to the man she loved more than anything else in the world.

"H-honey?" Her disbelieving voice came out as no more than a whisper.

Instead of answering, Exedra vanished from the spot where he stood beside Seras and Mira and appeared right in front of Lisa and pulled her in for a kiss that contained all of his months of longing.

Lisa was only briefly surprised before she returned his kiss in kind and a tear of joy slid down her cheek.

Almost as if that was the confirmation they needed, the guards began to cheer for the return of their Young master.

"T-the young master has returned!"

As cheers and rounds of applause filled the training grounds, only Seras was in a less than joyful mood.

'Bastards just get a room already!'

Chapter 70

When the cheers and applause died down, Exedra and Lisa broke their kiss and simply pressed their forehead's together to enjoy each other's warmth.

They didn't speak, they didn't need to.

All of their thoughts and emotions were being perfectly conveyed though this simple moment of tenderness.

If anyone had any doubts as to whether absence makes the heart grow fonder or not, they needn't look any further than this.

"You did it… I'm so proud of you." Exedra whispered.

Lisa couldn't respond all she managed to do was nod furiously while she held back her tears.

All of her months of effort was more than worth it just for this moment.

All of the late nights training.

All of the days she'd spent missing him.

It was all washed away with this simple embrace.

Lisa wanted this moment to last forever.

"Umm… hello there."

Suddenly, a voice Exedra didn't recognize interrupted his reunion with his loving wife.

Turning to find the source, only then did Exedra remember the woman whom Lisa had been speaking to prior to his arrival.

'A human? No that's not quite it…' Exedra was slightly confused as he stared at this woman who was of an unrecognizable race.

While she looked almost identical to a human, the density of her muscles and mana exclaimed loudly that she did not belong to such a weak race.

"A-ah I'm sorry Val I just haven't seen him in a while." Lisa hurriedly began apologizing before she started making introductions.

"Honey this is Valerie Dord and she is a very old friend of mine."

Valerie shivered slightly when she felt Exedra drag his gaze along her entire body. 'T-the stories don't do him justice at all.'

Valerie was a very sharp and rough woman.

Life had made her hard and cold, and only when she cared about someone enough would her fiery personality come out.

But in front of the most enchanting man she could imagine, she became meek and had no idea what to say.

"It's nice to meet you Prince Exedra.." she bowed deeply hoping that he wouldn't see the red blush spreading on her cheeks.

Before Exedra could tell her to raise her head, a small dragon girl had chosen to walk up right at this moment and blow her cover.

"Auntie Valerie why are you blushing?"

"Y-you're seeing things Mira."

"Nope! Since Mira evolved her eyesight is wayyyyy better!" Mira proclaimed with a proud look on her face. "Do you wanna be my mommy too?"

"W-wha-?"

"Oh come on!" Seras screamed. The poor woman looked like she was on the verge of tearing her hair out.

"You're really pretty so I think daddy will like you. " Mira then turned her attention towards her stunned father. "Daddy do you like her?"

"Mira don't embarrass her!" Lisa had finally stepped in to save her friend but it looked like the damage had already been done.

"Eh?" Mira tilted her head in confusion as if she truly didn't understand what she'd done wrong.

"I-I'll see you tomorrow Lisa!" With that Valerie immediately turned around and fled the castle at breakneck speed.

'After I was so nice to that girl! How could she betray me like this?!' 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Exedra finally let out a small chuckle. "How cute."

POW!

No sooner had the words left his mouth that Lisa delivered him a hard punch to the stomach. "You're back for five minutes and you're already looking at other women?"

Lisa's eyes began to glow gold and her hands crackled with blue lightning.

Seeing that familiar crazed look of possessiveness that he found present in all of his wives, Exedra got incredibly excited and it took everything in him not to dive on top of her right here.

"Of course not my love." Exedra gently stroked her cheek with the back of his hand and imbued a pleasant sensation into his touch.

Lisa's body trembled immediately and she almost forgot why she was mad.

"D-don't think I'll let you off with just that."

She took a step back and pointed her trident at him as if she was trying to ward off a wild animal.

"Oh?" Exedra's voice became dangerously seductive and Seras and Lisa both tightened their legs in unison when they heard his tone.

He gently pushed Lisa's spear aside and closed the distance between the two. "Tell me what I should do for you to let me off?"

Lisa was absolutely in shambles.

Her breathing became erratic and her underwear was currently going through a small crisis.

All of the desires she'd stuffed down for four entire months were banging at the door begging to be let out "I…I-"

"Mommy and daddy are being gross." Mira interrupted.

"Meow." (You're just too a little too young to understand.)

"Ahem, umm we'll discuss that later." Lisa tried her best to slip back into her motherly persona but it was difficult.

"I look forward to it." Exedra chuckled.

"Have you seen the other girls yet?"

"No you're my first stop."

"Well let's go they missed you just as much as I did." Lisa took Exedra's hand and led him out of the training grounds.

Along the way there, Lisa excitedly told him about all of her training over the last few months as well as her increased proficiency of her new element.

Mira followed closely behind them with Megumin in her arms.

The two of them were having an important conversation.

Naturally Mira couldn't understand Megumin, but these past few months she'd come to enjoy conversing with her.

"Mira doesn't understand. Does aunt Valerie not want to be Mira's mommy? "

"Meow." (You can't just drop that on people Mira.)

"But everyone want's to be Mira's mommy, I hear the maids say so all the time!"

"Meow." (Don't let your mothers hear you saying that.)

Trailing behind them was Seras with a downtrodden expression on her face. "He.. he called that woman cute.. she's not even one of his wives! W-why won't he treat me like that?!"

Seras contemplated going to find that woman to kill her but she figured doing something like that would enrage her handsome pupil.

'Damn it.. we'll see if I can't make you mine and mine alone!'

Chapter 71

Traveling throughout the castle, Lisa excitedly filled Exedra in on everything he'd missed in their time apart.

She expressed her difficulties in mastering lightning body, learning to use spear type weapons and even her discovery of a noble dragon's pride.

She was proudest of her mastery over lightning body, as it was incredibly difficult and painful to fully master but she accomplished it all the same.

Imagine how shocked she'd be if she knew Exedra could immediately use lightning body as soon as he crushed the affinity stone?

Exedra immediately noticed how much Lisa had changed.

Her steps that were previously shy and small were now regal and confident.

Her entire presence radiated a nobility that could be felt even if one wasn't a dragon. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒆𝒍．𝙘𝒐𝙢

While she was still his loving wife, she no longer had any doubts about herself or whether she deserved to stay at his side.

Her new mindset was that she deserved everything she desired.

There was no exception.

If she wanted it, she would take it.

That was the right of the strong, and now it was her right as well.

That is what it means to have the pride of a noble dragon.

As the group walked through the castle, Exedra frowned when he realized they were heading toward an area of the castle he hardly frequented.

He was so unfamiliar with the current path, he was being led completely by Lisa toward their destination.

Arriving at a giant metal door at the end of a dark hallway, Exedra finally couldn't hold in his curiosity any further and finally asked the burning question. "What room is this?"

Lisa was seemingly in deep thought over how to answer that question as she rubbed her chin with a cute expression. "Well I guess it's her lab now?"

"Huh?"

Chuckling, Lisa decided it was better to just show her husband and she quickly opened the heavy metal door.

Screechh!

As the giant metal door creaked open, the entire group was assailed with the thick scent of poison and the rotting smell of death.

Seras and Exedra immediately felt their bodies tense up.

Walking through the door, Exedra flinched when he got a surprise message from the system.

The Blessing of Maliketh, The First Abyss King, is now in effect.

- The longer you remain in death's miasma, the greater your temporary stat boost.

- 1-15 minutes : All stats +1,500

- 16-30 minutes : All stats + 5,000

- 31-45 minutes : All stats + 10,000

- 1 hour : All stats are doubled.

Almost immediately, Exedra could feel strength trickling into his body.

Seras of course noticed this change, but was much too distracted by the sight in front of her to care.

Chained to the walls all around them, were the bodies of several men.

While some were already dead, a few were still alive and looked to be in the worst pain imaginable.

Their bodies were all in various grotesque conditions, but their one common denominator was that all of their vocal cords were cut.

Exedra turned to see how Mira was handling this scene, only to see her stroking the black cat in her arms and not paying her surroundings any mind.

At the end of the room, standing beside a metal table with a man strapped to it, was Lailah who appeared to be closely examining the coloration of foam leaking from her subject's mouth.

Suddenly, a large red cobra slithered out from a dark corner and stared at the group.

Apophis stared at the group for a moment before his gaze shifted towards his mother who was once again muttering something under her breath and scribbling furiously in one of her notebooks.

'Mother we have guests.'

"Hm?" Lailah's head snapped upwards and her heart skipped a beat as her eyes landed on her husband whom she was finally seeing after several months.

"You're back!" After her brain temporarily froze, Lailah sprinted toward Exedra and dove directly into his arms.

In a rare moment of boldness, Lailah promptly grabbed her husband by the face and pulled him in for a kiss.

"Can you guys find another way to greet eachother!?" Seras was a second away from bursting a vein in her forehead.

Seeing that the couple was ignoring her, her frustration grew even more. 'These damn horndogs!'

"You know I wanted to thank you…" Lisa suddenly turned to Seras and looked at her with eyes full of gratitude.

"Eh? What the hell for?" Seras was completely taken aback.

"You may not have done it of your own volition, but you sincerely trained my husband with everything you have. I can tell just by looking at him just how strong he's become. You've given him the strength to better defend our family and I couldn't be more grateful."

As Lisa's words of gratitude sank in, Seras stared at the woman like she'd grown a second head.

Didn't she know she was conspiring to steal her husband? How could she still thank her despite that?

Isn't she a noble dragon? How could she be so humble and sincere?

Seras' mind was flooded with questions.

As she stared at this warm and sincere woman in front of her that wasn't even half her age, she started to feel like maybe just maybe… she wasn't this woman's match.

Seras wasn't sure what exactly it was but this woman in front of her possessed something the centuries had long since taken from her.

"Ahem, well I am quite the wonderful teacher… but I would be remiss if I did not give some of the credit to his immense talent. " Gradually her voice began to trail off.

"Fufufu, that may be, but if there is any way for me to repay you please let me know." Lisa gave Seras a warm and enchanting smile.

"Really? I'd like to borrow him for a night then!"

"Over my dead body bitch." Lisa's smile never broke as she swiftly rejected Seras' request.

"Why you little-"

As Lisa and Seras continued their pointless argument, Exedra and Lailah finally broke their kiss and he was able to get a good look at his wife.

Even with splotches of blood on her dress, she still looked absolutely radiant and her smile of pure joy only elevated her beauty.

Checking to make sure Seras was distracted, Lailah mouthed three simple words to Exedra.

'I did it.'

Exedra's joy multiplied when he realized yet another one of his wives had evolved while he was away.

'Analyze.'

Lailah Izanami Draven

Status : Happy

Race: Animus Witch

Age : 19

Times Evolved: 1

Health: 57,000

Strength : 14,080

Endurance : 12,711

Agility: 15,130

Mana : 50,000

Exedra blinked several times reading his wife's stats.

While most of her stats were low, her mana pool was tremendous.

It was almost double his!

"My wife is amazing." Exedra planted another kiss on his wife's forehead before he pulled her in for a hug.

"But what is all of this?" He finally asked about their morbid surroundings and Lailah immediately stiffened.

"This.." Lailah took a deep breath before she looked into her husband's eyes. "This is my strength."

Lailah then proceeded to explain the circumstances that led to her making the dungeon her laboratory and how all of these men ended up here.

The entire time she was explaining her aura was flickering rapidly, an indication of how nervous she was feeling.

"So… what do you think?" After she finished her explanation, she waited to see her husband's reaction with baited breath.

Exedra could only smile bitterly when he saw his wife's state.

'Just what kind of man does she think I am?'

"I'm glad you found something to make you strong my love." He smiled.

Exedra felt nothing for these men or the families they may have left behind.

He was only a little disappointed he couldn't kill them himself.

Anyone who dared to covet what was his would face the worst ending imaginable.

With that, Lailah unknowingly breathed a sigh of relief as a huge burden was just lifted from her shoulders.

Even if her mother in law told her that her son wouldn't care, there was still a small part of her that would always be worried.

"S-so does that mean I can show you my research?" Lailah's eyes became as big as saucers and Exedra couldn't help but think she was terribly adorable like this.

"Of course you can my love."

Lailah hurriedly retrieved her notebook from the table and proceeded to give Exedra a crash course in everything she'd discovered since she'd began.

"So, where is Bekka?" Exedra finally asked about his missing wife when they'd left Lailah's lab.

He was very curious to see how she'd been doing after their time apart and he desperately missed the feeling of having all of his wives by his side.

When Lailah and Lisa heard his question, they both gave eachother hopeless smiles before they informed him of her whereabouts.

"Well she's…"

Chapter 72

"H-how…" A hulking man with a gaping hole in his chest barely managed to mutter his last word before he fell face first into the sand.

The sounds of chewing could be heard as a black skinned woman clad in revealing black metal armor and a spiked choker feasted on the heart of the man she'd just killed.

Her glimmering orange eyes appeared to be incredibly focused as blood dribbled down her chin and spilled into her cleavage.

"Hmm… when he did this he looked like he was in some kind of trance so I thought it'd be delicious but it's just okay." With a dissatisfied sigh, the woman tossed the heart over her shoulder before she turned to face the crowd.

"S-she has done it again folks! The blood wolf has won her 250th consecutive match! She is still our champion!"

Immediately, cheers and applause erupted throughout the entire colosseum.

"By Asherah she's incredible!"

"Kyaaa! I'm her biggest fan!"

"I didn't even see her move!"

"I want her to step on me and tell me I'm worthless!"

"Mark?"

"Umm…you didn't hear that."

The Uruloki Colosseum is the largest gladiatorial arena in all of Antares.

It's famed for its savagery and brutal contests and only the wealthy or the lucky could acquire tickets.

About a month ago, a new challenger showed up and began to completely decimate the competition.

Day after day she showed up demanding more warriors to sate her seemingly endless bloodlust.

She would always take multiple matches in a day and would even fight alone against more than one opponent.

Spectators had never seen anything like it!

Everyone clamored to get tickets to see the gorgeous beastkin woman who fought with an unseen savagery.

Evolved were strictly banned from participating in the matches as a sign of fairness but many began to think they'd made special accommodations for this woman.

She was simply too powerful!

There were even rumors flying around that she was of nobility but at the end of the day, no one cared about that.

Her fame as a warrior had by far exceeded any possible notoriety she could've held as a noble lady.

While she should've run out of challengers a long time ago, her fame had spread across the continent and attracted not just onlookers but challengers as well.

Many men who had heard the tale of the enchantingly gorgeous beastkin who was currently the arena's champion, thought if they bested her in combat they would earn the right to take her to bed.

Other challengers simply saw the fame and praise she was garnering and wanted it for themselves.

They were all lambs to be slaughtered in the end. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡．𝙣𝒆𝙩

A potbellied noble dragon leaned over the rails of the V.I.P seats.

He focused mana into his voice so that the entire stadium would hear his next words.

"Champion! You have set a new milestone in this colosseum with an overwhelming amount of wins! Tell me, how do you feel?"

"Bored." The woman's reply came swiftly and without any hesitation.

Suddenly her aura changed as she revealed a bloody smile. "Is this the best this colosseum has to offer?! I will not be satisfied till these sands are muddied with blood!"

The man grinned as he saw the behavior of this madwoman. "Well folks what do you think?!"

The crowd wasted no time letting their excitement be known.

"BLOOD WOLF!"

"BLOOD WOLF!"

"BLOOD WOLF!"

"Hahaha alright then! Let's give our champion a worthy challenge!"

At the announcer's request, multiple steel gates creaked open and more sacrifices began to enter.

Hulking berserkers, lithe looking assassins, and adept mages of different races all entered the arena.

Slowly the twenty five new warriors slowly surrounded the reigning champion.

Her smile distorted further and her tail wagged furiously as she focused her eyes on certain warriors. "Ah you're going to bleed a lot I just know it! Oh and so will you! Gods this'll be so fun."

The woman flexed her fingers and sharp black claws burst from her nails.

Suddenly she dropped down onto all fours and her eyes glowed with an intense orange light. 'I might have to try a little for this one. My love.. please guide my hunt!'

"She's coming!" A mage was the first one to react and immediately began to prepare a spell.

The other seven mages followed suit and began to chant spells of their own.

"Steps of the black wolf." Her voice was barely a whisper as a black aura gathered on her hands and feet.

"Lightning rain!"

"Flare shot!"

"Earth rend!"

BOOOMMM!

One by one all of the mages launched their spells towards her. A deafening explosion rang out and a cloud of dust and smoke flew into the air.

"Did we get her already?"

"Have you not been watching a single match of hers? No way in hell we got her with just that!"

"Stay on your toes!"

Suddenly, a shadow passed over two of the mages who were grouped together.

They looked toward the sky only to see the champion doing a somersault in midair and preparing to land right between them.

"S-shit!"

"When did she-"

SLASH!

With a single swift movement, her claws tore through armor, flesh, and bone.

She cleaved the pair diagonally in two and as the light left their eyes, blood spurted out like a fountain and painted her body.

"Ah yes! Oh gods yes!" The woman sensually rubbed the blood on her skin and showed a positively orgasmic expression.

The combination of the sudden death of two challengers, along with the incredibly sensual show afterwards left the challengers completely stunned.

Meanwhile the crowd was going absolutely feral.

"I wanna be that blood!"

"Her jump was so high and graceful!"

"When she started rubbing herself I almost came!"

The woman's show was…very stimulating for some.

Back on the arena, the challengers had finally shaken themselves out of their stupor.

The woman noticed this and her distorted smile grew wider and her fangs lengthened. "That's it! I like those looks! Come on, come on! We have to provide a show that'll honor my husband!"

One of the challengers holding a giant axe frowned when he heard this.

He was one of the men seeking to best her in combat to take her as a wife.

This sudden revelation of her being married displeased him greatly.

"Husband? Who dares to marry the woman I've set my sights on!" His body began to exhude a red aura that cracked the ground underneath him.

"The Red Prince of course!" The woman's reply came quickly and her tone oozed with pride.

Immediately, all of the challengers blood ran cold and they froze with fear.

"T-the red prince?" The man who was so bold and proud before, was shivering in fear.

Seeing the state of all her challengers, the woman's smile disappeared and was replaced with a frightening scowl. "What's wrong with all of you?! Lost the will to fight at the mere mention of his name?!"

The challengers flinched but they didn't dare to advance.

Everyone had heard the tale of the red prince who defended his wives with an unparalleled ruthlessness and was powerful enough to kill evolved even though he himself wasn't one.

"Tsk. Pussy bitches." The woman's body shook with rage and a dark aura left her body.

"Losing your will to fight with just that alone, you disgust me." The woman's voice became distorted and her aura slowly took the shape of a three eyed wolf.

"If you were going to be so afraid that you'd start sniveling like little dogs, I would've preferred you fear me instead. But I don't appear to be worth your fear?"

The choker around the woman's neck began to glow before the woman's body shimmered and suddenly two identical clones appeared next to her.

"I will ingrain fear of me into your very soul."

With that, the woman and her clones rushed forward and began a ferocious one sided slaughter.

In the nicest VIP viewing room in the entire colosseum, Exedra, Yara, Lailah, Lisa, Mira , Duke and Seras were all watching the fight.

After a long time Exedra finally broke the silence.

In a shocked voice he asked the question that'd been on his mind since he'd heard of Bekka's whereabouts.

"What the fuck happened while I was away?"

Chapter 73

"Why are you in such a rush my little butterfly?" Bekka asked as she was being led by the hand to a familiar vip room.

"Hehe, I have a BIG surprise for you mommy!" Mira got excited and started pulling her mother harder when she thought of what was waiting for them.

"Oh? Well if it's from my little fish I'm sure it'll be wonderful!" Bekka nodded as she increased pace to match her daughters demand.

Bekka didn't really understand what was going on.

Mira just showed up after her match and claimed that she just absolutely had to come with her to her grandmothers viewing room.

Mira began to pull her frantically and wouldn't even let her wash the blood off her body.

While she was sure that nothing was wrong from her daughter's excited tone, she still wasn't sure why she was so excited.

'Did she get me a gift for breaking that stupid milestone?' Bekka thought with a bitter smile.

Truthfully, Bekka didn't care much about the contests or the notoriety she gained from them.

Wolves aren't meant to live in cages, be they mental or physical.

She'd spent nineteen years of her life keeping her darker desires in check and stuffing them down deep inside.

So to her all these contests were was an outlet for her to vent her pent up impulses.

She'd been offered meaningless medals, lucrative bodyguard jobs and even an exorbitant amount of gold from winning her matches, however she accepted none of it.

Nothing compared to the feeling she got when she just let her mind go before a match only to regain consciousness when she was covered in blood and surrounded by corpses.

While losing control of your body would be scary to most, for Bekka it was the opposite.

She felt fulfilled.

She felt free.

When she entered combat it was as if a switch was flipped in her brain that allowed her to shed her kind and carefree persona and become something much more primal and dark.

Bekka calmly looked at her daughter's back.

Mira had seen many of her matches, and the first time she'd seen one Bekka was incredibly worried.

Even though life in this world was hard and most get acquainted with violence and death very early, the way Bekka killed was especially brutal and bloody.

And yet, Mira showed no fear of her mother in the slightest. She even commented that she was so proud of her mothers and her daddy being the coolest and the strongest of all.

Bekka was so happy to hear that her daughter didn't fear her she actually shed tears while she smothered her face in kisses. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Mira had unknowingly saved her mother.

If she'd shown even the slightest trace of fear or discomfort, Bekka would've quit the colosseum immediately and never looked back.

She would never risk one of the people she loved most coming to fear or hate her.

She would've stuffed those impulses right back down forever and never allowed them to see the light of day.

Mira's acceptance was a true blessing for her.

Nothing could've made her happier.

'Well the one thing that could is..' shaking her head to free herself from useless thoughts, Bekka finally focused on the red double doors with the symbol of the royal family engraved in gold. Two hulking guards were stationed outside as additional security.

"We're here!" Mira turned around and gave her mother a mischievous smile.

"Whatever you've gotten for me my little bean bun I'm sure I'll love it!" Bekka smiled and planted a warm kiss on her daughter's forehead.

Both the guards seeing this were shocked out of their minds.

This woman was the blood wolf?

She was so… motherly.

They each gave eachother silent knowing glances that confirmed their plan to talk about this later.

With synchronized movements, the guards opened the door for the two ladies and they promptly entered.

Inside was a lavish yet quaint viewing room with leather couches and a table lined with food with a large glass window to see the brutal contests below.

Immediately Bekka's nose was filled with the smell of hot food laid out on the table and her muscled stomach growled furiously.

She was so hungry she'd forgotten why she was here until a scent she'd almost forgotten tickled her nose.

Looking at the couches, she could see they were full with Yara and Seras sitting on one with Duke standing behind them.

Bekka's entire body trembled when she saw the occupants of the second couch.

Lisa and Lailah were sitting on either side of a man that Bekka would recognize anywhere.

He wore simple black pants with well made black shoes and a thick fur coat that was draped over his broad shoulders leaving his muscular tattooed body exposed.

His long blood red hair was tied in a ponytail and a single gold earring dangled from his left ear that matched the necklace of fenris teeth around his neck.

His purple and red eyes gleamed with an intense light that contained longing and overwhelming desire.

"Surprise! Daddy's back!" Mira couldn't hold it in any longer and exclaimed the surprise at the top of her lungs.

Bekka did not move.

She didn't hear Mira.

She couldn't.

She was frozen in place and her mind was somewhere far away.

Yara had a humorous glint in her eyes.

She knew that out of all of her son's wives, Bekka missed him the most yet expressed it the least.

Women of the Osa tribe have an almost suicidal devotion to their mates.

This coupled with Bekka's habit of not opening up when she's hurting made the four months apart incredibly painful for her.

Only Yara could see through her facade but even when she'd try to talk to her, Bekka would just brush it off and say she was fine.

Bekka's emotions were in complete and utter turmoil.

She believed she was hallucinating again.

Seeing the one person she wanted to see the most.

She knew all she had to do was blink to make it disappear so why didn't she want to blink this time?

He looked so much more alive and radiant this time around, she almost wanted to believe it was real.

Seeing the chaotic state of her emotions, Exedra hurriedly disappeared from his seat and wrapped Bekka in his arms.

"I'm here my love. It's really me."

For a moment, Bekka did not react to her husband's touch.

Suddenly the light of understanding shone in her eyes before her voice came out as a hoarse whisper. "H-husband?"

"The only one you'll have in this life and the next."

Hearing that deep velvety voice that she loved fill her ears, the realization finally set in and her eyes began to fill with tears as she hugged him back.

"WAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

The sound of Bekka wailing furiously as she clung to her husband filled the room and all the occupants wore warm smiles.

Exedra simply held his wife in his arms as his body became wet with her snot and tears.

His smile was the widest of all as he saw this scene.

Deep inside he was worried that his wives had changed completely while he was away.

Even though he would still love them, he would always mourn the original personalities of the women that he fell in love with.

He wasn't completely sure up until this moment, but now he understood that even if his wives were crueler, more bloodthirsty and prideful, they were still the same kindhearted and gentle women that they'd always been.

He felt silly for thinking something as simple as time apart would change them completely.

His wives are much stronger than that.

"Y-you can't leave again! I-I don't care what it's for!" Bekka barely managed to get the words out through her intense crying.

Fighting the urge to chuckle at his wife's adorable state, Exedra instead tilted her chin upward and stared deep into her watery eyes. "I will never leave you girls again."

Planting a soft kiss on Bekka's full lips, the woman's crying was finally halted as she kissed her husband back.

Bekka's tail began to wag so furiously that it resembled a small propeller.

Lisa and Lailah each had tears tuning down their faces as they heard their husband's words.

Bekka had actually demanded the thing they wanted the most yet were to shy to ask for.

Hearing how easily their husband agreed, they felt an abundance of warmth.

Yara was proud.

Seeing her son's monstrous level of power, she was afraid his new strength had dulled his emotions but she was overjoyed to see his love for his family was even stronger than before.

As a mother, there was nothing more she could ask for.

Seras was seething with jealousy but she was happy she got to witness her pupil's reunion with his family.

She wasn't sure what called for her to see this through until the end but she was sort of glad she did.

Seras closed her eyes and said a mental goodbye to her student before her body shimmered and disappeared.

Whether they would meet again, only time would tell.

Chapter 74

The next morning, Yara and Mira were having breakfast alone in the dining room.

Yara noticed that Mira was poking at her food with a sad expression that tugged at her heart. "What's the matter my sweet granddaughter?"

"Daddy did not come to eat with us." Mira pouted.

Yara's lips twisted into a helpless smile. "W-well umm.. your mothers are just giving him a very very special welcome home gift." She nodded, satisfied with her teensy white lie.

'I don't think they've ever gone for this long though, I hope they can still walk after.' Yara offered a silent prayer for the insides of her daughters in law.

Mira was seemingly in deep thought as she mulled over her grandmother's words.

Suddenly looking up, Mira asked a single question. "Are they having sex?"

Yara's blood ran cold as she heard her six year old granddaughter ask and unthinkable question. "W-where did you..?"

"I always hear the maids always say that they think it would be nice to have sex with daddy so is that the gift?"

Yara made a silent vow to give the maids more work so they had less time to talk about useless things. "U-umm well it's-"

"What is sex?"

The silver moon dragon was now visibly sweating as she began to feel cornered by this inquisitive little girl.

"I-It's-"

"Pardon the intrusion my lady, but it appears you have guests."

Duke suddenly appeared in the dining hall with a serious expression on his face.

Seeing Duke with an expression she'd only seen on him a few times, Yara knew it was serious and completely forgot about her uncomfortable conversation with Mira.

"Bring them in."

"Aah! Yes, fill me up!"

With an animalistic grunt, Exedra thrusted deep into Bekka for a final time before releasing everything he had inside of her.

Her eyes glowed bright orange when she felt the familiar sensation of her insides being flooded by her husband and it gave her a big enough push to reach her own orgasm.

"F-fuck I'm cumming!"

Bekka's sweaty body shook furiously as she had yet another intense orgasm and her eyes rolled back into her head before she passed out from pleasure.

Feeling his wife go limp in his arms, Exedra planted a small kiss on her forehead before pulling himself out of her and laying her body next to his other wives who were in similar states.

After such a long time apart, Exedra admittedly didn't hold back as well as he should've and thoroughly enjoyed himself with his wives bodies.

They had an incredibly passionate and wild night which was evident by the girls' bodies.

They were all covered in a layer of sweat and faint bite marks.

Their bodies were still so sensitive that even brushing against the sheets was giving them light orgasms.

When he examined the thick white fluid leaking from each of their legs, he nodded in satisfaction.

He didn't feel like they were truly his if they didn't have his scent inside and out.

Satisfied, Exedra sat at the foot of the bed and basked in the warm glow of the morning sun.

He sat there with his eyes closed for a while, just enjoying the simplicity of the morning and being reunited with his family.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed open and he opened his system when he realized there was something he finally had the time to take care of.

'Shop.'

Shop

Demon's Axe of Banishment (1,500) 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝑛𝘰𝘷𝘦𝑙．𝘯𝘦𝘵

Passive Skill : Diamond Scales (1,000)

Skill : Primordial Demon's Will (7,500)

Affinity Stone : Lightning (10,000)

Affinity Stone : Space (20,000)

Ring Of Repulsion (7,000)

Abyss King's True Death (100,000)

…

After training in various dungeons with Seras, Exedra had a whopping 177,150 SC to spend.

He purposefully avoided buying anything until his training was over so he could have a complete view of everything he needed and was lacking in.

After months of rigorous and dangerous training, he realized what he lacked the most was defense against powerful magic and skills.

Having Seras constantly seal his magic away made him realize opponents of her level would be able to do things like that easily which was simply unacceptable.

Even though evolved were rare and evolved of Seras' level and above were even rarer, he wouldn't take any chances.

He knew eventually he would have to clash with these monstrous beings so why not begin preparations now?

'Filter only magic defense items and skills.'

Skill : Primordial Demon's Will (7,500)

Description : Inherit the will of the fallen demon lord of lust. Demons will feel a greater affinity towards you and be more likely to obey you. This effect does not work on evolved of a higher level than the host. (Additional effects will be unlocked as the host evolves.)

Ring Of Repulsion (7,000)

Description: Negate 60% of magic damage from third stage evolved or below. 0.002% chance to reflect the enemies magical attack at double the original power.

Passive Skill : Diamond Scales (1,000)

Description : Your scales become 80% tougher making you less susceptible to injury.

Skill : Soul Searing Flames (40,000)

Description: Alter your flames' composition to deal damage directly to the soul of the target.

Passive Skill : Thought Acceleration (10,000) Description: your mind becomes sharper and faster, allowing you to think at triple its original speed. The backlash from learning spells is also reduced by 40%.

See more?

'Let's just go with these for now. Also, buy four more of those rings. '

Spend 93,500 SC?

'Yes.'

Immediately, Exedra felt his body flood with power.

His mind expanded, his body became more durable, and he felt his flames were now much more destructive.

Feeling all the changes taking place in his body, Exedra suppressed a groan and held his face in his hands.

Suddenly, five identical silver rings with large red gems appeared in his palm.

Exedra slipped one on and then moved to place one on the bodies of his sleeping wives.

Sensing movement at the door, Exedra quickly moved to open it before that person could knock and risk waking his women.

"Ah!-" Standing at the door was a short maid that wore an intense blush.

Exedra motioned for her to be silent as his wives were still sleeping and she nodded but she was still blushing for some reason.

By now he'd gotten used to people reacting a certain way due to his appearance but even this was more intense than usual.

"I-I'm sorry to disturb you but some important guests are asking for you so could you… please get dressed..?" The maid whispered.

Exedra looked down only to realize he was indeed still naked and inwardly kicked himself.

He'd tainted this poor woman's innocence!

Exedra simply nodded and closed the door o get ready while offering her a silent apology.

Thud!

The woman finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed onto the ground with a nose bleed.

Various impure thoughts were running through her mind as she lay on the cold hard ground.

"I-it was so much bigger than my husbands…"

Walking towards the reception room, Exedra could hear two voices he didn't recognize in addition to his mother's.

"Is it true what they say about him?"

"Lusamine you know that's our lord's child already so why are you still asking her that?"

"I don't care about that! I heard he's the most gorgeous man imaginable! I wonder if he's as good looking downstairs as he is upstairs!"

Yara's helpless voice soon reached her son's ears. "Please.. don't let his wives hear you say that. I have no interest in cleaning up my long lost friend's insides off my walls."

"Hahaha! I see you developed a sense of humor in our time apart Yara!"

"…"

"Yara?"

Deciding he'd heard enough, Exedra opened the door to the reception room to see two women and a man standing around his mother.

All of them were demons.

Chapter 75

Exedra dragged his gaze over each of the newcomers present.

"He's even more delicious looking than I'd imagined!"

A lithe looking woman gazed at Exedra with evident desire.

She had golden blond hair and a pair of bright red eyes.

On top of her head were two long brown horns and behind her back swung a thin tail with a spade as it's tip.

'A succubus…' Exedra eyed the woman in front of him curiously.

While he could feel some sort of attraction towards her, it wasn't sexual.

It was more… familial?

"Lusamine! How many times do I have to tell you to keep those kinds of thoughts inside!"

"I'd like to keep him inside. Of me that is. "

"Perverted imp."

The woman sitting next to Lusamine and reprimanding her was a true beauty.

Wearing an elegant black and white dress, the woman had dark brown skin that was almost gray, a pair of long pointed ears and ash gray hair.

Her bright golden eyes contained a mischievous and yet regal glint that made her feel slightly childlike.

'A dark elf?'

Dark elves were extremely uncommon.

Only 1 in ten million elven babies would be born as a dark elf and even if one was born, they were killed immediately.

To regular elves, dark elves are heralds of catastrophe and seen as a bad omen.

The only way to avert the disaster is to kill the child before it has a chance to grow and bring ruin.

This was usually a rule that was followed without exception so to see a dark elf walking around was like finding a thousand dollars on the ground.

Exedra immediately became curious about this woman's story and what could have possibly led to her working with demons.

"Fuck off Eris! Just because your husband can't satisfy you doesn't mean the rest of us can't be satisfied either!" Lusamine growled.

'Y-you bitch! I told you that in confidence!' Eris quickly put her head down and did not say another word, signaling Lusamine had won that argument.

"Besides…" she turned her gaze back towards Exedra who was watching them with a bored expression.

"He hasn't said he dislikes it has he?"

The only reason Exedra hadn't voiced his opinion was because these guests were clearly close with his mother and he didn't want to offend friends of hers since she did not have many.

But he was quickly reaching the limit of his patience.

Rolling his eyes, Exedra then glanced at the man who was standing silently in the corner.

He had pale white skin with a scar going over his left eye, and a full head of snow white hair.

The lower half of his face was covered by a golden mask that resembled a snarling animal.

His body was decorated with various golden weapons and he wore simple sleeveless red and black armor that made him look like a shinobi.

Their eyes met and neither of them bothered to speak, they just silently analyzed eachother seemingly trying to gain understanding of the man in front of them.

'Intriguing.' Exedra frowned slightly when for the first time, he could not see the aura of someone's emotions.

It was as if the man wasn't even there. 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑒𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

'Analyze.'

Zheng

Status : Intrigued.

Race: Umbral Oni

Age : 321

Times Evolved: 3

Health: 159,000

Strength : 84,080

Endurance : 42,711

Agility: 75,338

Mana : 50,000

'Interesting indeed…' Exedra thought inwardly before taking a seat in front of the group.

The three visitors eyed him curiously.

His steps were regal and purposeful, and while his movements appeared to be leisure, the three evolved beings in the room recognized that his body was very tense and even though his eyes were closed, he was constantly on guard.

'He doesn't trust us.'

Lusamine, Zheng and Eris each had the same thought as they watched Exedra sit down.

'The resemblance is faint but it's there.. but his personality is the complete opposite.' Zheng's interest was growing by the second.

'W-what should we do to get him to trust us? He'll never listen to us like this!' Eris was inwardly nervous about how negotiations would go.

It was absolutely crucial that Exedra listened to them!

'Lord Asmodeus was so carefree and unrestrained but his son seems to be more calculating and composed… it's pretty sexy.'

Lusamine unconsciously spread her legs, hoping Exedra would take a peak up her skirt only to frown when he didn't even glance at her.

Yara finally began to make introductions. "Son.. these are old friends of mine… they were three of your father's closest aides in his army."

Exedra showed no reaction to this news and continued sitting down with his eyes closed.

Expecting this to some extent, Yara continued her introductions.

"Over there is Zheng, he was your father's shadow and went almost everywhere with him." For the first time, Zheng moved as he offered Exedra a slight nod.

"This is Lusamine. She's a little.."

"Sexy? Enticing? Intoxicating?" Lusamine offered.

"Whorish." Yara finished. "But she was your father's best warrior and he treated her like his own sister."

"Pleased to meet you sweetheart." Lusamine spread her legs a little wider so that if Exedra simply opened his eyes he would see her bare pussy.

It seemed she didn't even hear the comment Yara made about her being a whore and continued trying to seduce the young dragon in front of her.

"Does anyone else smell the harbor? I think some sailors may have pulled in a fresh catch." Eris looked around and continually sniffed the air.

A vein bulged in Lusamine's head and Yara suppressed a snicker.

"Pointy eared bitch!"

"Cheap slut."

"Castout!"

"Winged prostitute."

"You dare!-"

"Okay!" Yara finally intervened. The dragoness had grown a slight headache. She'd missed her friends so much she'd forgotten how badly they used to argue.

Despite that, she knew that if either of them was threatened by an outside force they would be the first ones to show up and defend the other.

An endearing relationship for sure, but a complicated one as well.

Blood couldn't make the two any closer.

"This loveable yet argumentative dark elf is Eris and she was your father's lead strategist."

"It's an honor." Eris lowered her head and offered Exedra a slight bow.

For the first time, Exedra opened his eyes and all three of the new individuals marveled at the beauty and depth of his gaze.

Eris found his eyes rather comforting.

She understood just how much a person had to go through to have eyes like his.

Eyes like theirs.

"So… you were the aides of my father." Exedra finally spoke after several minutes of uncomfortable silence.

Lusamine shivered when she heard his voice and found it to be just as perfect as the rest of him. "That's right. We were by his side for over 200 years."

The dragon nodded seemingly in understanding before his next words broke the light atmosphere. "Then how the hell are any of you still alive."

"If my father's final battle was as brutal as I've been told, each of you should be a rotting corpse by now. So tell me.."

Exedra leaned forward and his eyes began to glow their distinct red and purple.

"Why do you live while he is dead in the ground?"

Chapter 76

Truthfully, Exedra had no sort of feelings for Asmodueus.

How could he when he'd never even met the man?

But these people suddenly showing up in front of his mother and searching for him was setting off all kinds of alarm bells in his head.

How could they possibly have escaped from such a brutal onslaught when his mother told him she didn't see any survivors?

His now enhanced thought process was running at a million miles a minute and he became angrier when the idea that they might have betrayed his father crossed his mind.

If he found them to be treacherous he wouldn't hesitate to snuff out the three of them.

While Zheng and his monstrous speed and strength would pose a problem, he was confident that with the element of surprise he could utilize abyssal chains to sap his strength and give himself a much needed boost.

And with the lightning element, he could now use lightning bane for much longer and give his strength another upgrade.

Unknowingly, Exedra had begun to use primordial demon's will and all three of the guests felt their eyes widen.

'This aura… it's unmistakable.'

'I'm sure… big brother he is definitely your son.'

'My lord… you would be proud.'

"Answer me." Exedra's voice had grown deep and demonic. "I will not ask again."

The three demons felt that there could be no hiding from this man and no lying in front of him either.

Yara did not know the source of her son's concerns so she elected to remain quiet and did not try to calm him down.

He had long since grown out of being her sickly little boy that she had to protect, now she just wanted to see exactly what kind of man he would become.

Eris was the first to speak. "When the humans attacked, we all fought fiercely to defend our home."

"Each of the humans was stage five, yet we somehow managed to defend for some time before we were inevitably pushed back."

Lusamine was next to continue the story, "Coincidentally, each of us was fighting the same enemy. A woman with a very long sword who possessed the affinity of light."

"There were more of us… nine to be exact. We were your father's sword and shield but as you can see… seven of us fell." For the first time, the flirtatious and playful Lusamine had a sorrowful expression.

"Our fate should've been the same, but our injuries did not give us the instant death our brothers and sisters got."

"Eventually, I lost consciousnesses and blacked out staring at the corpses of our fallen."

"As did I." Eris nodded.

Zheng was ashamed, but he nodded his head to confirm that he was the same.

"I… I did not even notice the breath of life on any of you… I should've checked more thoroughly but… I assumed your bodies were already cold. I'm so- " Yara added regretfully.

Lusamine took Yara's hand. "We do not hold anything against you sister Yara. It would've been an honor to die in battle for you and our lord."

"That's right. Luckily, Lord Belphegor came with his army and was able to save us and take us in." Eris nodded, hoping to ease Yara's guilt.

"The demon lord of sloth? Why would that lazy bastard possibly be out anywhere?" Exedra frowned.

"Well your mother and father were planning to leave for a little while so he was entrusted with your father's army. He was supposed to join us the day before but arrived late when the battle was already over."

'How convenient.' Exedra felt the urge to roll his eyes.

While it was more than likely that Belphegor's laziness had caused him to be late to take over the army, that didn't mean there was no chance that he didn't do it on purpose.

The Demon Lord of Sloth is well known to be incredibly lazy and frighteningly calculating.

If he sees a way to avoid doing even the slightest bit of work he would absolutely go with that decision every time.

Meaning that if he truly was late on purpose, his laziness had effectively cost his father his life as well as the life of all of his soldiers.

Exedra finally retracted his intense aura and leaned back into the leather couch pondering everything he'd just heard.

He could see from their auras that they weren't lying, so he could afford to lower his guard even if only a little bit.

Closing his eyes, Exedra asked the final question plaguing his mind. "Why are you here?"

Eris took a deep breath before she spoke.

The demon lords had already warned them that failure for this mission was unacceptable.

"We need you… to come with us to the demon continent." She finally said.

Bang!

"No!"

Mira threw open the door and came running in with a furious expression.

"Daddy just came back you can't take him again, Mira won't let you!" The little dragon released a bit of her aura and all three demons stared gobsmacked at the youngest evolved in history.

"Hey elf… I-I'm not imagining things am I?" Lusamine's eyes were glued to Mira's small frame that was shaking with rage.

"N-not unless this guy has some serious illusion magic…"

'Well he does but he's not using it at the moment.' Yara thought but decided not to comment.

Suddenly, Mira's body began to float upwards in the air until she came to rest on her father's lap.

"Eh?"

"Calm down my daughter. I haven't agreed to anything yet and even if I did go I would take you all with me." Exedra calmly began stroking Mira's long hair in an attempt to calm her down.

"Do you promise?" Mira gave her father a hopeful look.

"I promise." He gave Mira a warm look.

"Yaayyy!" Mira hugged her father tightly and nuzzled against his cheek.

Seeing this cute scene, the cold hearted demons in front of them had different reactions.

While demons aren't stunted emotionally, the concept of gentle parenting does not exist to them and therefore seeing it in person like this is strange.

'How nice…' Eris' eyes took on a faraway look.

'Would he have been like this too if he lived to see his child grow?' Zheng wondered.

"His fatherly side is hot too.. I wonder if he'd consider letting me give her a sibling." Lusamine licked her lips as she imagined their child running around.

"Are you forgetting he's a dragon? Do you know how hard it would be for him to get you pregnant?" Eris responded.

"I'm dedicated no matter the difficulty."

Mira naturally heard the debate going on between the two women and looked back and forth between the two of them before looking at her father. "Can I kill her?"

"No."

"Mira's mommies would want me to kill her." She persisted.

"I know but these are your grandmother's only friends so we'll have to let her off for now."

Yara took an arrow to the heart when she heard this.

She's the princess of a powerful country!

S-she doesn't have time to make friends!

In truth Yara was just rather introverted but that was a secret she'd take to her grave.

Once Mira nodded in understanding and stopped trying to kill the guests, Exedra turned his attention back towards them only to notice their eyes were still glued to his daughter.

'I guess I should start to expect things like this huh.'

"Why should I go with you?"

'Besides the fact that the sin of wrath himself told us he'd lop our heads off if we didn't bring you back?!' Eris screamed internally.

"The demon lords have ordered us to convince you to return with us by any means necessary. I could do whateverrr you want if you'll return with us~" Lusamine added in a seductive sultry voice.

Mira raised her hand to shoot a spike of ice through the woman's forehead but it was quickly lowered by Exedra.

"Does that mean if I asked you to stop speaking to me you'd oblige?"

"W-wha?" Lusamine was completely taken aback.

Was this man really not interested in her in the slightest?

"Pffft… well you did say anything Lusamine." Eris was trying (and failing) to hold in a snicker.

The succubus felt her face go red when for the first time in her very long life she failed to seduce a man.

"A-Are you really not attracted to me?"

"Not in the slightest."

"You're joking right? Do you like men or something?!"

"I'll kill you if you say that again."

"T-then what's the matter with you?! I-I am the most beautiful woman in all of Dola!"

"You aren't even the most beautiful woman in the room."

"WHAT?!"

"Why are you shouting? I find your friend to be much more attractive than you."

"Oh?" Eris was genuinely surprised.

No one had ever called her more beautiful than Lusamine before and it was actually one of her biggest insecurities.

"T-thank you but I am already married." The dark elf managed to stammer.

"Don't think that much into it. It's just a simple compliment."

"O-oh of course." The elven woman felt her face get hot and her heart speed up as a man not even half her age managed to make her incredibly shy.

Lusamine looked back and forth between the dragon who was patting his daughter's hair without a care in the room and her friend who was currently blushing like a schoolgirl.

Unable to process her defeat, her brain did the only thing it could to protect itself.

It shut down.

Plop.

The thin woman ploped back into the couch with her eyes rolled into the back of her head.

"How nice.. it's a bit quieter." Exedra nodded in satisfaction.

"Now let me ask again, why should I go with you to the demon continent?" Exedra directed his gaze to Eris who was having a hard time looking at him.

'I-I should be used to this after spending so much time with his father but why is he so charming?'

"W-well to be honest, we are under orders not to come back without you or we will lose our lives."

Exedra's gaze did not change and it was as if this information did not affect him at all.

"We don't have anything that we can offer you but I can tell you that this is the first time all six demon lords have come to a unanimous agreement like this so I'm sure it's serious but I don't believe they have any intentions to harm you." Eris spoke with the utmost humility and sincerity.

"And of course your darling family is welcome to come along as well." She flashed a warm white smile to Mira who in turn smiled back.

Exedra closed his eyes again and thought for a moment before nodding.

"We leave in two days."

"Thank you!" Eris exclaimed and Exedra only nodded.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door before Duke entered.

"Pardon my intrusion young master but lady Lisa has a guest and I'm not quite sure-"

"I will see to them in her place." Exedra rose from his feet with Mira in his arms and began walking toward the door when he suddenly stopped.

"Eris."

"Y-yes?"

"If I truly desired you, something as insignificant as a husband would never be enough to keep you from me."

The dark elves eyes widened and she was completely taken aback.

Without looking to see her reaction, Exedra left the room and Duke closed the door behind them.

Plop!

Eris had joined her succubus friend in the land of unconsciousness as they lay in the couch side by side.

For the first time, Zheng spoke. "He takes after him more than I'd originally thought."

Yara nodded and a sad smile crossed her beautiful face. "He is truly the best of us combined."

Like that, the two sat in silence watching their two friends dream about two very different scenarios, yet the same man.

Chapter 77

"P-Prince Exedra! W-what are you doing here?!"

Valerie was utterly shocked when instead of meeting with her friend turned noble woman Lisa, she was instead meeting with the most talked about man on the face of the earth!

The Blessed One!

The Red Prince!

Vovin!

He had many names among the people but Valerie only knew him as the husband of her best friend and the first man she'd ever been embarrassed in front of.

This was the last person she wanted to see!

He'd just come sauntering into the private training room seemingly without a care in the world.

And Mira was in his arms too! What if she gave her away again?

"Lisa is… resting, so if you don't mind I am meeting you in her place."

"O-oh is that so.."

Seeing how uncomfortable Valerie was, Exedra thought maybe she didn't like him for some reason.

Her aura was currently a sickly green and yellow which usually indicated displeasure.

"If you are displeased with me I can-"

"N-no! Of course not!"

Seeing as how her aura changed color from the sickly green to a blue for worry, Exedra was now thoroughly confused.

'Maybe I don't understand women as well as I thought I did.' The woman in front of him was an enigma for sure.

"Well, what were you supposed to be meeting Lisa about?"

"Right!" Valerie's eyes suddenly regained their intense light and she pulled out a golden trident engraved with runes from her storage ring.

"The one she has now is just a prototype but this is my true masterpiece! I call it Raiton!"

Valerie spoke with a confidence and a pride that Exedra hadn't seen before.

"May I?" Exedra placed Mira down and reached for the glimmering weapon.

"Of course."

Valerie promptly handed him the spear and he could feel the exquisite craftsmanship immediately.

'Analyze.'

Raiton : Unique Grade.

- + 1,800 to all stats when used by someone with the lightning element.

- Can be bound to its user.

Exedra let out an impressed whistle from his mouth.

This woman not only could forge unique grade weapons, she could even draw runes that gave them additional effects as well.

'With talent like this how has she possibly gone unnoticed until now?'

"Stand back." Exedra ordered and the two girls immediately ran off to the side and watched him.

Exedra took a deep breath and channeled electricity into his body.

During his months away, Seras had taught him three techniques to enhance his lethality in combat and one of those was the piercing sun spear art.

Developed by Seras herself, it imbued a dragon's natural flames into destructive spear thrusts that had the power to blow a hole in mountains when he used it at its full power.

And if Seras were the one to use it… bye bye mountain altogether.

But Exedra suddenly wondered about what would happen if he used electricity instead of fire.

Careful to use only a minimal amount of power so as not to completely destroy the training room, Exedra began to channel red lightning into the trident before he got into the graceful stance that he so painstakingly mastered.

"Sun's Punishment."

Exedra twirled the trident beautifully around his body before he cocked his arm back and pushed forward with a single thrust.

BOOOOOOMMMMM

A huge arc of red electricity shot out from the tips of the trident, cleaving a large gash in the ground before impacting the wall.

The result was a huge gaping hole in the wall that even the magic runes were having difficulty repairing.

It was worth mentioning that the walls that made up the training room were not made up of normal stone.

At Lisa's request, the walls were upgraded about a month ago to reduce the likelihood of her destroying the training room with her growing power.

They were made up almost entirely of adamantine and required atleast the attack power of a second stage evolved to even put a dent in them.

"Tch… I thought I held back enough." Exedra twirled the spear a few times before placing it into his own storage ring to give to Lisa later when she woke up.

He turned around only to see Mira and Valerie staring at him with eyes full of sparkles.

"Daddy you were amazing!"

"That was so incredible I've never seen anything like it!"

Both girls ran up to him and started showering him with praises.

"That was so cool! Can you teach Mira too!"

"You had no trouble using that weapon at all even though it was made specifically for Lisa's body shape!"

Exedra was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

While he'd slowly grown numb to compliments over his physical appearance, compliments over his martial arts were still a glaring weakness for him.

Especially when he'd gone through so many painstaking efforts to sharpen himself, he felt like his efforts were being acknowledged and while he didn't need it it still felt… good.

Seras had never praised her pupil not wanting him to get too big of a head but she was more awed by his monstrous talent than anyone.

"Ah.. thank you girls." Exedra scratched his cheek in embarrassment and prayed to the abyss that the girls wouldn't see him blush.

His prayers were of course, utterly wasted.

"Daddy is blushing!" Mira hurriedly pointed out.

Valerie looked at Exedra's current expression and something inside of her snapped.

She was no stranger to men or relationships and she had quite the reputation for coming on to them instead.

She was a bold fiery woman who was rather adept at talking men out of their pants.

Seeing this prince wearing an expression that she'd put on a lot of men's faces, her predatory instincts completely took over and she was on the hunt.

She sauntered up to Exedra and placed her calloused fingers under his chin before making him look at her.

With Exedra standing at six foot five and Valerie at only six foot, the visual looked rather strange but there was nobody around but Mira to notice that.

And she was much too excited for what she thought would happen next to comment and risk ruining it.

Exedra's eyes widened in surprise when he saw the way the dwarven woman was suddenly behaving and the overwhelming aura of desire that he'd only ever seen on a few women in his life.

"You know I could make you your own weapon too?"

She dragged her gaze up and down his body hungrily. "Of course I'd have to get… very familiar with your body." 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝑙.𝘰𝑟𝑔

Hearing the seductive tone in Valerie's voice and seeing a completely new side of her, Exedra flashed her his own predatory grin.

While he didn't usually like overly forward women that he wasn't close to, Valerie had a natural toughness and charisma that made her not only likeable, but strangely sexy.

"Now I wonder… which one is the real you?" Exedra asked as he stared deeply into the woman's eyes.

Suddenly the woman snapped out of the trance she'd put her self in and backed away with a horrified look.

"I-I…"

"I'm so sorry!" Valerie quickly got down and prostrated in front of what was now a very confused dragon.

"Eh?"

"Gah! Mira was so close to getting a new mommy!" The small dragon girl threw her arms up in the air in frustration.

Only Exedra was now staring at the woman on the ground in utter confusion.

What the hell just happened?

Chapter 78

"Umm…why are you on the ground." Exedra asked with confusion evident in his voice.

"I-I did something shameful and to my friend's husband and a prince no less! I beg your forgiveness!"

The dwarven woman repeatedly banged her head on the ground as if she was asking for forgiveness for the most horrible crime imaginable.

'Dragons really do have horrid reputations.' He couldn't believe this woman thought he'd be mad enough for this level of apology to be necessary.

Exedra waved his hand and Valerie's body floated up and he placed her back on her feet.

"I don't think it was shameful at all. I actually found you to be quite attractive just then." He hoped to ease the dwarven woman's nerves but it looked like she was very reluctant.

"In regards to the weapon you made…" Exedra hurriedly changed the subject, hoping to take her kind off of the events that just transpired.

"It is very well done. I thank you. We'll be traveling to the demon continent soon and I imagine we'll be seeing our fair share of battle."

Valerie froze and her previous embarrassment was replaced with utter disbelief. "T-the demon continent…?"

"The one and only." Exedra nodded seemingly not understanding this resection.

While demons weren't exactly popular in the world, no one really feared them either except for humans.

"D-did Lisa say anything to you about going there?" Valerie asked tentatively.

Exedra's frown immediately deepened. "I haven't told her yet, why?"

Valerie nodded in understanding before briefly glancing at Mira. "You should…talk to Lisa yourself and find out."

The dragon was going to press her further, but realized it might truly be something that wasn't her place to talk about.

Valerie seemingly had another realization before she bowed deeply.

"I know this is shameful of me but I have a request and I hope you can hear me out!"

Exedra studied the woman carefully.

She was getting stranger and stranger by the minute to him.

"Let's hear it."

Exedra and Mira were currently walking hand in hand towards the training grounds for Mira's daily practice.

"Daddy?"

"Yes my daughter?"

"Will I ever get a new mommy?"

Exedra chucked. "Are you not satisfied with the ones you already have?"

"No no I am!" Mira quickly defended. "But sometimes I think that auntie Valerie would make a good mommy or even that elven lady and daddy likes them too so why don't you marry them?"

Exedra sighed.

How could he possibly explain such a complicated matter to a small child?

Exedra stopped and kneeled down so that he and Mira were facing eye to eye. "The mothers you have now, Lisa, Lailah and Bekka are the women I have pledged myself to. I vowed to each of them that I would make them eternally happy and I would never compromise that by seeking out other women."

"Your mommies love me so much that if I brought another woman home and declared she was mine, they would protest sure, but they would not truly oppose me. Irregardless of how deep it may hurt them."

"That is why if you are ever going to get a new mommy it would have to be a woman that they are happy to share me with, so that they do not lose out on the happiness I promised them for even a single second. "

Mira's little brain was working overtime to understand her father's words. She finally nodded and offered him a simple okay before they resumed their walk to her lesson, where Exedra watched the entire time with proud eyes.

When Mira's lesson was over, Exedra promptly returned to his room where his wives were just waking up.

Each of them stretched and strained, their bodies clearly still feeling sore from last night.

Despite seeing they were in a state of discomfort, Exedra still wanted to jump on top of each of them and claim them again but there were more important matters at hand.

Bekka : "Good morning husband!"

Lisa : "Morning honey."

Lailah : "Good morning my love."

All three women greeted their husband happily and warmly.

Exedra could only shake his head as he marveled at the sight of his still naked wives staring at him intently. "It's already past noon girls."

"Gods why wouldn't you wake us!" Lisa scrambled and prepared to get out of bed.

"How did we even sleep so late? Oh wait…." Lailah gave Exedra an accusatory look to which he smiled helplessly.

"Eh I've already missed half the day so I'm going back to bed." Bekka promptly turned back over and prepared to go back to sleep.

"Wait… what are these rings?" Lailah was the first to notice their matching accessories that they were suddenly wearing.

"Gifts." Exedra shrugged off his fluffy black coat before he dove into bed with his wives.

Without letting any of them ask what the purpose of the rings was, he continued. "You girls missed quite a bit this morning."

Like that, he began filling them in on everything that happened while they were in their sperm induced comas.

In thirty minutes, Exedra had explained everything the girls missed while they were asleep.

While Lailah and Bekka were excited about the sudden trip, Lisa seemed to be hesitant, a fact that did not escape her husband's eyes.

He gingerly took her hand before he looked into her deep amber eyes. "What aren't you telling us my love?"

She hesitated briefly before she opened her mouth to give her husband and friends the story of Mira's birth and her escape from the human continent.

Lisa had not always lived in Antares.

Nor had she always loved only Exedra.

Six years ago, she was actually living on the human continent.

And she loved a man named Atticus. ｂｅ𝚍ｎｏｖｅ𝚕．ｃｏｍ

Atticus was a high ranking knight who would occasionally come into her bookstore.

She was enamored with his handsome, clean cut appearance and his sweet words.

Eventually, they entered into a courtship and she was head over heels.

She believed she'd found the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

Eventually, they began to try for a baby and while things were fine originally, that happiness did not last long.

Dragons are notorious for their difficulty in reproducing.

It is nature's way of ensuring a balance so that one race does not dominate the world.

While the couple knew this going in, they did not expect the difficulty to be so great.

Atticus became short tempered and irritable. Blaming Lisa's inability to get pregnant as a sign of her not being committed to him.

Lisa quickly became depressed and blamed her body for it's difficulties and became more depressed everyday.

One day, while Atticus was on patrol, Lisa was cleaning his study and accidentally found letters between Atticus and the general he served under.

In these letters, Atticus spoke of a plan to acquire a pure blooded wyvern and raise it to be his mount with his general promising him that if he could manage such a thing he would receive an instant promotion.

Wyverns are the result of an accident occurring in newborn dragons.

Should a newborn dragon have its mana forcibly suppressed and replaced with someone else's, that dragon would suddenly become a wyvern.

Wyvern's born through this method are fiercely loyal to those who turned them and will not hesitate to burn an entire town should it's creator receive the slightest scratch.

Wyverns, unlike dragons, do not possess intelligence and act entirely on their masters whims like overgrown scaly dogs.

They are also significantly weaker than dragons and lose the ability to take a human form.

But unlike dragons, they grow ridiculously fast, reaching maturity in just two years.

Though, their physical and magical prowess is nothing compared to a real dragon.

Because of these defects, Wyverns are seen as disgusting abominations by dragons both lesser and noble alike and are nicknamed 'The broken'.

Lisa was utterly horrified.

While she knew how wyverns came about, she never in her wildest dreams would've imagined that the kind man who used to bring her flowers every week wanted to raise their child to be a weapon.

Broken hearted and teary eyed, Lisa immediately prepared to flee their home only to find Atticus returning home and seeing her leaving his study in a panic.

This is how Lisa's hell began.

Chapter 79

Lisa tried to run, but Atticus was a stage two evolved and she was only an unevolved lesser dragon.

She was easily subdued, her mana was sealed and she was locked in the cellar underneath their house, chained to a stone wall.

Everyday without fail, he would violate her while also keeping her drugged so that she was not in the right state of mind to use her transformation.

After two years, he finally noticed her stomach was beginning to bulge and he realized that he'd been successful. 𝐛𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐥．𝐜𝐨𝗺

She was finally pregnant.

In his haste to report his success, Atticus neglected to lock the door to the cellar or her shackles.

Lisa was barely sober enough to crawl her way out of the cellar where she stumbled into the streets at night, completely naked and shivering.

It was there that she came across Valerie who, coincidentally, was also fleeing from someone.

Lisa could barely speak or tell Valerie exactly what was wrong. All she could tell her was that she desperately needed to get away.

Draping the naked woman in a cloak, Valerie all but carried the exhausted and battered stranger that she'd just met.

Together they traveled to the border between the demon continent and the human continent.

With their potential freedom in sight, suddenly they realized they were being pursued by a large hunting party led by Atticus and another man that Valerie immediately recognized.

It looked like it would be the end for both of the poor women but fortune had not abandoned the women just yet.

The torches carried by the hunting party had alerted the demons that were patrolling the border.

Soon a great battle ensued and the two women were able to slip away, but not before Atticus screamed loudly into the night that he would chase her to the ends of the earth if he had to.

He would collect what he was owed by any means.

Eventually, the girls were able to stowaway on a trade ship that was heading toward Antares.

Once there, Valerie was able to make a name for herself and earn a decent amount of money with her talents as a blacksmith.

She bought her own shop and the girls lived together like that for a while.

Once Mira was born, Valerie purchased her friend the bookstore that also became her home.

Her excuse was that she didn't need a baby crying every time she brought a man or two home at night, but Lisa knew the woman well enough to see that she was trying to truly give her a fresh start.

Even though the two had a horrible circumstance behind their meeting, the two forged a bond stronger than diamond and they were truly like family to each other.

Lisa would always see Valerie as the woman who saved not only her life, but the life of her wonderful daughter as well.

When Lisa finished telling her story, silence filled the room.

No one spoke.

They barely breathed.

Lailah, Bekka and Exedra who were hearing this story for the first time were directing all of their energy into suppressing their boiling rage.

"Disgusting humans…" Bekka's voice came out demonic and her eyes became such a vibrant orange that they resembled suns. "I will feast on the marrow of his bones!"

While Bekka was seething with rage, Lailah simply wrapped Lisa in a warm hug and said nothing.

While she was surprised by such a gesture, she was not at all displeased and instead found it to be incredibly comforting.

She'd never spoken about her past like this to anyone so she was worried about how it might go but seeing the reactions of her family, she didn't feel judged or pitied she just felt… cared for.

She loved her new family even more now.

'But… I don't think I've ever seen him like this before.'

When Lisa looked at Exedra, for the first time ever she became slightly afraid of him.

While she was not afraid that he would hurt her, she could feel it in her bones.

The man in front of her would commit unspeakable atrocities and there was not a force in this world that would be powerful enough to stop him.

Exedra's body was trembling yet his face was eerily calm.

His eyes were so intense that no one would've been surprised if lasers came out of them in the next minute.

They contained an unfathomable anger and his blood, his soul demanded vengeance!

His wife!

His daughter!

Their lives in the clutches of a sniveling disgusting human?!

It was unthinkable!

It was unforgivable!

He would hang him with his own entrails!

Strip the flesh from his bones and incinerate him down to even the atoms!

He would raze the entire city to the ground for failing to protect the women he loved!

Lisa gently slipped out of Lailah's hug and crawled towards her husband before taking his face in her delicate hands.

The concerned look on Lisa's face as well as her familiar scent of honey was just barely enough to break Exedra out of his bloody spiral.

Lisa did not say anything to her husband.

She simply stared into his eyes that were slowly losing their intense luster.

He slowly placed his hands on both of hers and closed his eyes to enjoy the feeling of her warmth and her touch.

'That's right… the time for revenge will come later… for now I just have to be here for her.'

"Will you be okay if we return?" Exedra asked through shallow breaths.

Lisa suddenly gave him a funny look and began to pinch and pull his perfect and smooth cheeks. "How could I possibly be scared when I have the most handsome and powerful dragon in the world for a husband? I know you would never let anything happen to me, and I am not that same defenseless woman I used to be."

Exedra chucked when he heard his wife's childish description of him and Lisa leaned in and pressed her forehead against his.

"My place is beside you my love. Wherever you are is where I am most comfortable. "

Exedra could tell by the pure white color of his wife's aura that she really meant it.

'How can one man be so lucky?'

He placed a soft delicate kiss on her lips before he pushed her down and climbed on top of her.

Lisa naturally recognized the desire radiating in his eyes and tenderly reached up to touch his cheek.

"Make me forget."

That was all Exedra needed to hear as he began to assault Lisa's body with an unseen intensity and drive.

He would oblige her request and leave her unable to think about any other man but him.

He would be her past, present, and future.

Exedra would thoroughly ensure that there was no room for her to think about anything else other than the pleasure that he could give her.

Bekka and Lailah watched as Exedra hungrily assailed Lisa's body and her screams gradually began to fill up the room.

"I can't decide if I'm jealous that he's so focused on her or relieved that he's not attacking me with that same intensity." Bekka muttered as she watched Exedra drill into Lisa furiously.

"Same…" Lailah wore the same absentminded look on her face as the two sat side by side and watched the two of them have sex.

The pair watched the two of them for what felt like hours before Lisa passed out and he turned his gaze toward them and beckoned them closer.

The witch and the beastkin both gave simultaneous gulps before also saying a small prayer and crawling forwards.

Two days later, it was time to begin the journey to the demon continent of Samael.

Chapter 80

"Are you sure he didn't change his mind and run?" Lusamine was tapping her foot in irritation as she waited on the ship that was supposed to take them back to the demon continent.

She was standing next to Zheng and Eris who seemed unconcerned that the person they were tasked to bring back had yet to arrive.

They were currently standing around overlooking the pier hoping to catch sight of the man they'd come here for.

Many ship workers were currently running around trying to get preparations underway.

They didn't know exactly what they had come here for but they'd been told an important guest would be coming on board.

"I'm sure he'll arrive soon. He is not that kind of man." Eris' confidence in the young man she'd just met was unshakeable.

"But no one has seen him in two days!" Lusamine countered. "He could've ran already!"

"That's…" Eris couldn't rebuke that fact, and while she still didn't believe he would run, it was strange for him to have completely disappeared for two days.

"Yara said he and his wives haven't left their room for two days." Zheng finally spoke, hoping to calm the nerves of the women who were curious about the whereabouts of their passenger.

Unfortunately his efforts gave way to a different set of reactions…

"O-Oh is that so?" Eris quickly put her head down and looked down like she'd found something truly interesting among the planks of wood. 'I have to avoid him as much as possible on this trip. He's too dangerous! He's a deviant!'

'Hmph! Hateful man! How could he possibly say that he doesn't find me attractive in the slightest? Is he blind?!' Lusamine's already bad mood worsened considerably.

"I don't get it!" She finally cried out in frustration as she turned to the embarrassed looking Eris.

"What do you have that I don't?!"

"E-eh? Well… I don't really know. " Eris modestly replied.

Lusamine looked her own body up and down before she did the same to Eris and immediately noticed an area where she was beaten.

"Damn it… WHATS WITH THESE FREAKING TITS!" Lusamine reached forward and began to aggressively fondle the dark elf's chest.

"Kyaaa! What are you doing stop it!"

"You don't even need these it's not fair!"

"Let go of me! You can't get mad at me because yours won't grow!"

That only made Lusamine even angrier.

As a succubus she was supposed to have a body that men would lust over and women were jealous over.

So why was her chest a washboard!?

It was so unfair!

She began to grope her harder and stifled moans began to leak from Eris' mouth.

Zheng watched all of this with a bored expression but he was inwardly blaming himself for even bothering to speak.

"Umm… is this the ship going to Samael?" A new voice suddenly asked.

The group turned to see a tall muscular woman with gorgeously tanned skin and muscles that were taught like rope.

She wore a pair of simple black glasses and her long raven hair was tied up in a neat ponytail.

"Who are you?" Lusamine finally released Eris and stared intensely at the newcomer.

"Answering someone's question with a question is rude you know?"

"I don't care enough about you to be polite" Lusamine gave the woman a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Oh? Look at the nerves on this bitch." Valerie's temper slowly began to rise and she began to walk forward onto the ship.

"Did I say you could come aboard you disgusting half breed human?" Lusamine flexed her hand and a huge scythe with a bright red blade appeared.

"Lusamine! That's enough!" Eris had finally recovered from her assault and was desperately trying to deescalate the situation.

"You're not very bright are you?" Valerie took a flask from her back pocket and quickly gulped down its contents.

Wiping her mouth, she then continued taunting the woman even further. "If I know about where this ship is going then I obviously am supposed to be here."

Valerie rolled her eyes before finding a seat on the deck and taking out another flask.

Seeing the boldness of this woman who was a measly stage 1, Lusamine's desire to kill her outright exploded.

"Who could have possibly given you permission to be here?!"

"The prince of course." Valerie once again rolled her eyes like it was obvious. Wasn't this woman a bit too slow?

With those simple words, Lusamine's murderous aura dissipated like it were never there and she simply stared at the woman in shock.

"Y-you.. are one of his?.."

"Hmm? One of his what?" The dwarven woman tilted her head in confusion.

"His women! Are you actually his type?!"

"I'm a lot of mens type, not sure if I'm his though." Valerie resumed her drinking as if she found this conversation to be incredibly annoying. "And no I'm not his woman. I'm just a friend of one of his wives." She clarified.

"Although…if I were one of his wives I would love to drain him dry every night." Valerie's eyes began to get hazy as she felt the effects of the liquor and her active imagination.

"He's so gorgeous I might even let him take the lead."

It'd been too long since she'd last had any action. Ever since she laid eyes on the Prince the thought of any other man touching her pissed her off.

It was as if she'd been drinking watery beer all her life and just recently caught the scent of top shelf liquor.

She could never be satisfied with anything else again.

"It's amusing to me that you think it would go any other way."

Suddenly, all four of the individuals on board turned their heads to see Exedra standing on the dock with his wives, Mira and Megumin.

Valerie's bravado and lewdness that was so proudly on display earlier disappeared like smoke in the wind.

All that remained was a deep red blush as she began to gulp down her liquor with an unseen vigor.

'Fuck why do I keep feeling like this! That son of a bitch is probably doing this on purpose!'

She still didn't even understand why he'd changed his mind about accepting her request.

He originally told her no when she asked only for him to teleport into her shop a day later and tell her he'd changed his mind.

Was he bipolar?

"What is the meaning of this Exedra? Who is this woman?" Lusamine demanded as she pointed at Valerie who was sitting a distance away.

"I thought I asked you not to talk to me."

"Y-you!-"

"Her name is Valerie. She is a friend and guest."

He walked up to Lusamine and only stopped when he was close enough to kiss her. "You will not antagonize her. And if you wish to keep that finger, I suggest you stop pointing at her."

Lusamine slowly lowered her hand with a furious expression crossed her face.

She'd never been humiliated continually like this before!

But that wasn't even the biggest problem!

She was starting to get horny!

She'd never received such rough uncaring treatment before!

Slowly but surely she was developing a new kink.

Plus he was so close!

The scent coming off his body was making her head spin and her legs twitch.

Suddenly, the succubus began to sniff the air when she caught sight of another scent she was all too familiar with.

Searching for the source, her eyes landed on Lisa who had a dazed look on her face and a thin trickle of white liquid running down her legs.

His other wives were in similar states, with each of them possessing hazy eyes and wobbly legs.

She was going to say something to him but seeing him staring at his wives with a proud face she instead chose not to comment. 'Damn pervert…why won't he do that to me!?'

Exedra turned and greeted Eris and Zheng who in turn offered polite bows before he turned to help his wives get settled on board.

The journey to Samael would take quite a while since it was too great a distance to teleport.

After he and the girls were seated comfortably next to Valerie, the dwarven woman became slightly uncomfortable when she noticed everyone giving her strange looks except Mira and Lisa.

"What…what the devil are you all looking at?"

Lailah gingerly took Valerie's hand and looked into her eyes. "My name is Lailah. Let's be friends okay?"

"U-uhh sure?.."

Bekka was next to come out of her stupor and introduce herself. "I like you a lot! Let's be friends too!"

"Y-you sure have a lot of energy huh?"

Valerie turned to look at Exedra for help and saw that he was giving her a strange look.

'He's never looked at me like that before… did I miss something?'

The group soon set sail and began their voyage toward the demon continent of Samael.

Chapter 81

Unlike the other nations of the world, demons do not have a single ruler.

Demons are led by seven ancient beings named the seven sins.

No one knows exactly where they came from or how long they've been alive.

All anyone knows is that they are all monstrously powerful and they act in accordance with the sin they are given.

Typically, they do not get along and they each lead their own factions centered around their ideals.

'More family huh..'

Since Exedra had come here to this world, he had yet to meet a member of his family that he disliked.

Despite that, he wasn't expecting for them to walk in to a warm welcome.

Demons are inherently chaotic and despite Eris telling him they wouldn't harm him, he knew she could never be 100% sure.

'But for that I have certain contingencies…' His eyes drifted to a specific part of the ship.

The main reason he agreed to go was because he desperately wanted to know more about his Grandson of Igrat skill and he knew the demon lords would be the best beings to ask.

He knew if he'd asked his mother to reveal his heritage the demon lords would come looking for him eventually.

Even if they didn't care about their brother, the temptation to have the first ever demonic dragon on their side was too great.

Throw in the 'blessing' from Asherah, he was a potential resource that was too valuable to ignore.

He was always going to go on this trip unbeknownst to Eris, Zheng, and Lusamine. The only reason he'd hesitated is because of their relation to his mother and because he didn't want to seem too eager to go.

"Is that really him?"

"Seems like it.."

"Gods I'm glad none of my wives are on board."

"He's handsome sure but he doesn't look nearly as scary as the rumors say."

"Surely they must've been exaggerating."

Exedra became aware of a few of the crewmen on the ship standing around eyeing him curiously.

While he'd gotten used to stares ever since his appearance changed, he couldn't help but notice they were seemingly sizing him up.

"Why… are they staring at me like that?" Exedra asked the group without turning around.

"Daddy is super famous!" Mira had a proud look on her face and looked at her daddy with sparkling eyes full of reverence.

"Am I?" This was certainly news to him.

"She's right honey." Lisa added with a warm smile. "Everyone has heard about the party a few months ago it's all people talk about."

Exedra was slightly surprised.

He figured the revelation of his heritage and the blessing would make some noise among the people as planned but this was a little out of his expectations.

"Didn't think people would care that much about who my father was."

"Huh?" Bekka's furry ears twitched in confusion. "Well that was certainly surprising but… nobody really talks about those things anymore." 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

"Hm?" Exedra was now utterly confused.

"The blessing?"

"No.."

"What else is there?"

Now even Lailah was looking at her husband strangely. "You.. do you really not remember?"

"Was there anything else?"

Seeing their husband tilt his head in genuine confusion, each of the girls looked at eachother before shrugging.

"Nope."

"Nothing."

"Our mistake."

'What odd women I'm married to.' Exedra stared at his wives before turning his gaze back towards the sea.

Valerie watched this entire scene with an expression of disbelief.

'Does he really not remember killing the young master of the SnowScales?'

Was the battle so insignificant to him that he didn't even bother committing it to memory?

Valerie started to wonder if the rumors about this man being extremely powerful weren't as exaggerated as she'd originally believed.

If only she knew that Exedra didn't possibly believe something as insignificant as Jeddah's execution would get the people talking so much.

It wasn't like it was some hard fought battle. Exedra won without even lifting a finger and he was sure none of them could've possibly understood how his spell worked so what was there to talk about?

Exedra and Mira soon walked around the ship while she excitedly told him about the stories going around about him, leaving the wives and Valerie to chat excitedly amongst themselves.

While she wasn't uncomfortable, the dwarven woman couldn't figure out why these women were being so nice to her and treating her like an equal.

From her experience royalty was supposed to be stuck up and haughty but everyone was so kind it was strange.

They seemed genuinely interested in her and the things she had to say and even her hobbies and experiences.

She was having so much fun chatting until Lailah brought up something that made her face hot and blood cold.

"So.. you want to marry him as well? Also you think you could handle him in bed? What a bold girl."

"I-I was just joking!… Hey what's with those pitying looks?"

Valerie's embarrassment disappeared immediately when she realized the three women were giving her looks like she had no idea what she was asking for.

She wasn't the kind of woman who'd back down from challenges!

She'd never been beaten at drinking and she'd never been beaten in bed!

"Well… we wouldn't mind you know." Bekka began.

It was clear she never thought she'd say these words but after the revelation of what she'd done for Mira, she found herself incredibly grateful to this person.

"Eh? Mind what?"

"If you wanted to marry him." Lailah finished.

"…Come again?"

Unbeknownst to Exedra his wives were once again discussing his love life but he was too focused on the sight in front of him to notice.

After almost two full days of being out at sea, he could finally see Samael on the horizon.

"Daddy?" Mira suddenly asked.

"Hm?"

"Will there be lots of enemies here?"

A sadistic smirk spread on Exedra's face.

"I hope so."

Mira flashed her own joyful psychotic smile. "I can't wait!"

"Meow." (You're both fucking nuts.)

Chapter 82

Samael unlike Antares is a much darker continent.

The skies are consistently gray and dreary looking with an arid dry landscape.

This atmosphere combined with where the group was currently headed, Exedra couldn't help but think of a certain dark and dreary family from his old world.

Exedra and his wives were currently being led into a large Victorian style castle that appeared to be crumbling from the outside.

Lusamine, Eris and Zheng seemed to be unfazed by the structure of their home and the group would soon understand why.

Pushing open the large rotting metal doors, what was revealed was a gleaming and pristine interior that didn't have a spec of dust.

While it could never compare to the lavish style of Yara's castle, it was still very nice.

"What the hell.. why does the outside look like shit and the inside is so nice?" Bekka asked the question everyone in the group was dying to know.

"Well… in lord Belphegor's words, 'Why bother tending to the outside if we spend all of our time inside.' "

The group slowly realized they should've expected an answer like that given whose castle they were currently in.

Since the demon lord of sloth was the least problematic of all of the demon lords, his castle was decided as neutral ground for the meeting.

"Should we not tell him we've arrived?" Exedra suddenly asked. ｂｅ𝚍𝚗𝚘ｖｅ𝚕．ｃ𝚘𝚖

He couldn't help but notice that they were being shown to sleeping quarters instead of the throne room.

"Well… he also said that meeting you would be too bothersome so he'd wait for the meeting tomorrow." Lusamine answered.

Again, Exedra felt like that was pretty in line with his character and elected not to press anything further.

"Ah, you all have arrived."

The group turned to see a handsome demon in silver armor walking towards them.

He was tall with deathly pale skin and luminescent green eyes.

The man had a sharp jawline and a chiseled body that would've made him the most handsome man in the room had Exedra not been standing there.

He had long inky black hair that fell to his waist and a confident stride.

"I am Pythias. I am one of lord Belphegor's four generals." The man introduced himself with a slight nod.

"And.. " He wrapped his arm around Eris possessively. "I am also Eris' husband."

He planted a brief kiss on her lips before he released her and walked towards Exedra.

'Strange… I used to feel so happy whenever he kissed me but.. why do I not feel as fulfilled as before? ' Eris stared at her husband's back with a complicated expression that did not escape the gaze of Lusamine.

"So… you are the one they speak of."

Even though Pythias was quite tall, Exedra still towered above him and he found himself disliking the arrogance of this being who hadn't even evolved yet.

To add insult to injury, Exedra didn't seem interested in answering him.

He simply stared into the man's eyes with an unknown emotion.

In attempt to save this awkward situation, Lusamine made hasty introductions.

"This is Exedra the fourth prince of Antares and the only child of lord Asmodeus."

"Yes… so I've heard…" Pythias raked his eyes over Exedra's body that was under his fur coat.

'Powerful… but non threatening. I suppose the stories were just that.'

"The worlds first dragon and demon hybrid. Even the holder of a blessing from the mother goddess. My, my, what a nasty combination."

"You know you've become something of a boogeyman like your grandfather. They call you Vovin, the dragon with inner divinity. "

"How silly." Exedra finally spoke.

"He speaks!" Pythias showed a smile as white as his skin. "I was starting to feel a little insulted."

"If that's true you're quite fragile for a demon."

Lusamine and Exedra's wives suppressed giggles, adding to the embarrassment of Pythias.

He began to make a comeback, when he noticed Valerie standing towards the back of the group.

"You.. you actually brought a filthy human into this sacred place?" His eyes began to glow and release a sickly green mist. "Even if she is your woman that is extremely-"

"My friend is none of your concer-."

"I-I'm not his woman!" Valerie interrupted with a red face.

She sauntered forward and stood in between Exedra and Pythias. "And I'm only half human you pasty fuck."

Lailah whispered to Lisa and Bekka, "Has she always been like this?"

"No." Lisa promptly whispered back.

"Well then why the hell is she-"

"Normally she would've swung by now." Lisa looked like she was proud of her friends progress.

Lailah and Bekka could only look at eachother when Lisa's words registered.

"I like her."

"Me too."

Seeing how this human woman dared to be so arrogant and disrespectful with him, Pythias began to gather a sickly green energy in his fingertips. "Insolent sow!"

Exedra quickly took his weapon from his ear and turned it into a large greatsword and pulled Valerie behind him.

Before Pythias could do anything else, a giant red scythe and a sharp golden katana were both pointed at his neck.

Zheng and Lusamine had quickly stepped in to subdue Pythias before he could do anything to jeopardize Exedra's visit.

The two instinctively knew that if anything were to happen to the women he brought with him, there was no telling what he might do.

They'd failed his father once, they would not fail his son as well.

"Are the two of you joking? For a human?!" Pythias roared.

The pair said nothing but it was clear that if he took even a single step forward his head would roll.

Suddenly, a soft pillowy sensation assailed his arm.

"Let's just go okay?" Eris pleaded.

Seeing his wife earnestly begging for him to let this matter be, his gaze softened and he let the magic energy that was building in his hands dissipate.

"Alright wife… let's go then."

He turned his back and prepared to leave, but not before looking over his shoulder to leave one last scathing remark. "Disgusting half breed."

Valerie simply rolled her eyes and held up her middle finger to which Mira excitedly copied.

As the pair left, Eris looked back at Exedra for a final time.

'I'm sorry…'

Exedra couldn't focus on the look Eris was currently giving him.

While he noticed, his mind was only focused on the sensation that was now overwhelming him.

One that he'd only felt once before.

'His heart…I'm sure it'll taste delicious!'

Pythias

Status : Enraged

Race: Death Knight

Age : 475

Times Evolved: 3

Health: 160,000

Strength : 84,080

Endurance: 68,722

Agility: 50,319

Mana : 72,518

Chapter 83

After the pair left, Zheng and Lusamine apologized profusely to which Exedra did not respond and Valerie simply waived off.

The group finally reached a long hall where their rooms were located.

Mira had her own room to share with Megumin while Exedra and his wives were all staying in the room across from her.

"Umm.. where the hell am I supposed to stay?" Valerie asked.

Lusamine : "Well we didn't know you were coming so we didn't think to prepare a room for you but I suppose we can-"

Bekka hurriedly wrapped herself around Valerie's muscled arm, "Don't trouble yourself! She can stay with us."

Valerie: "Eh?"

Lailah wrapped herself around Valerie's other arm and showed a wide smile. "That's perfect! She'll be just fine with us!"

Valerie: "W-wait a second I haven't agreed to-"

"Okay then if you guys are sure." Lusamine shrugged.

Flash!

Soon the succubus disappeared into a cloud of pink mist and Zheng followed behind shortly after.

"L-Lisa?"

Valerie turned to her old friend for help only to see her giving her a thumbs up and a warm smile.

'T-traitor!'

Without a further word of protest, she was pulled into the room by the girls with Lisa following shortly after.

Exedra remained in the hall with Mira.

"Daddy will you tuck me in?"

The dragon smiled warmly.

How'd he get lucky with such a cute daughter?

"Come on little mouse."

Like that the father daughter pair entered her room with a small black cat following close behind.

"What are you guys doing? I can't sleep with you guys!" Valerie immediately protested once the door closed.

The group was standing in a fairly nice room with a large bed and a balcony.

"Don't worry we won't be sleeping tonight." Lailah offered words of consolidation but it seemed like her words had the opposite effect.

Valerie's face soon reached an unhealthy shade of scarlet. "I-I don't wanna watch you guys have sex either!"

Lisa attempted to clear up the misunderstanding for good. "No Val she means we actually won't be in here tonight."

"Oh.." suddenly the half human woman looked a little disappointed.

Bekka plopped on the bed and looked at Valerie curiously. "But why don't you wanna watch us have sex? Whenever I watch him fuck Lisa it makes me really really we-"

"What is wrong with you guys!" Valerie's scarlet blush that had faded away bloomed in full.

"How can you just offer me your husband so easily?!"

Each of the girls looked at eachother before making a serious face and looking at Valerie once more.

Bekka : "This is only easy for us because it's you."

"Hm?"

Lisa : "Seeing him with another woman is the most difficult thing imaginable for us. "

"Well then why-"

Lailah : "We heard about what you did for Lisa and Mira."

Valerie looked at Lisa who was displaying a sheepish smile and sighed helplessly.

"Look I just did what anyone would've done in that situation."

Lailah : "I don't quite believe that."

Bekka : "Me neither."

"W-well it's true!" Valerie protested with folded arms.

Lailah slowly rose from the large bed and walked toward Valerie. "You saved my friend and my daughter because you're a woman with a good heart."

"You saved two people that I love.. so I think it's only fair if I share the person I love the most with you." Bekka said sheepishly.

"Aww! Does that mean you love me Bekka?" Lisa asked with sparkles in her eyes.

"I will never admit it again so cherish this moment forever."

"I will!" Lisa hurriedly wrapped Bekka in a fearsome bear hug that she pretended to dislike but the wagging of her fluffy black tail and the smile on the corner of her lips gave her away.

"You guys keep offering this opportunity to me but what about him? We barely know eachother and I don't even think he's attracted to me in that way."

The girls looked at eachother again before Lisa stepped forward.

"All right, we won't bring it up again. We'll let you see for yourself how he feels about you."

Valerie nodded. While she should feel happy she'd gotten this group of wives off her tits, she couldn't help but feel like they already knew how this would play out.

'Nah… there's no way right?'

Click!

Suddenly all four women turned towards the opened door to see Exedra walking through with a calm expression.

'My stars what a gorgeous man..' Valerie was positively starstruck.

Even though she'd seen him multiple times now, she couldn't imagine not being incredibly excited whenever she saw his handsome face.

But.. this time seeing that face brought up a particular memory she'd almost forgotten.

"I-I didn't need you to defend me you know." 𝚋ｅｄｎ𝚘𝚟ｅｌ.ｃｏ𝚖

Exedra froze and stared at Valerie with an unchanging expression. "I thought you to be as smart as you were beautiful but I find myself having to retract that opinion."

"Eh?" Valerie's brain temporarily stopped working.

"That man could've killed you as easily as smashing a bug. I am not a man who feels the need to save the damsel in distress by any means but you and my family are different."

"If you are ever in a fight you cannot win I will defend you everytime should you wish it or not."

"Are you telling me you would've fared better?!" Valerie roared.

Seeing Exedra's unchanging expression, she started to think maybe she couldn't see the depths of this man's power.

For the first time in a long time she felt an emotion she hated from the very depths of her soul.

Weakness.

"Tsk.. fuck this."

Valerie roughly brushed past Exedra before leaving the room.

"I'll sleep with Mira."

Bang!

"Honey-"

Lisa was going to tell Exedra that maybe he'd been too rough with her but seeing him simply shake his head she elected not to press the situation.

"She'll calm down eventually. He wasn't trying to say anything to hurt her." Lailah patted Lisa's shoulder and gave her a soft smile that she returned.

Exedra walked towards the balcony and opened the doors only to be blasted by the cool night air.

"How far is it from here?" Exedra suddenly asked.

Lisa immediately understood his meaning and walked towards him, "If we flew at full speed… two hours?"

The dragon nodded before turning to an excited looking Bekka. "Are you coming with us?"

"Of course!"

"And you Lailah?"

"No I'll stay here to watch Mira."

"Alright.. let's go."

Exedra leaped into the air from the balcony before his entire body became enveloped in a tornado of black and purple flames.

The girls faces contained pure awe as a large shadow engulfed them and a suffocating pressure assailed them.

Skill : True Dragon Transformation , Activated.

All Stats + 30,000.

Chapter 84

The city of Grucius was the second largest city in the human Kingdom of Baran.

It was a lively, well populated city that was frequented by traveling merchants and adventures alike.

Currently, the city was celebrating its 100th annual 'Festival of the Brilliant Lights.'

The festival was seen as a time to honor the warriors who perished valiantly fighting the disgusting demons as well as to pray for a new chosen with the legendary divine affinity to appear.

The divine affinity was rumored to be light magic so pure and unsullied that it could burn away thousands of demons with a single spell.

Naturally many weren't sure of the legend's authenticity, but many enjoyed coming to the festival year after year nonetheless.

The evening was just getting underway. The city lord stood on a large wood podium looking out amongst the crowd of men, women, and children and smiled in utter bliss.

He'd been working a lot of overtime lately and this night was exactly what he needed to unwind his tired old bones.

'Maybe I should go into the dungeon and visit a Demi human slave or two before I go back home for the night.' The man thought with a perverted grin.

He hadn't felt so alive in months and he couldn't think of a better way to release the stress than the pretty punching bags he'd 'collected' from his travels.

"Alright is everyone ready?!" After cementing his plans for later in his mind he began to get the crowd ready for the toast before the massive feast began.

Seeing all of his citizens smiling so attentively he once again smiled before he began his fervent prayer.

"Asherah our mother! We pray to you and ask you for-"

"Mommy look!"

Suddenly, a child's loud cry cut through the crowd and everyone faced the direction his small finger was pointing.

There everyone could see an enormous dragon approaching in the distance whose black scales were glowing with an eerie purple light.

His four large wings looked equally fearsome and destructive and the winds produced by a single flap was enough to destroy the trees below.

Upon seeing the light reverberating from his scales, the humans gained a glimpse into a true hell.

One by one as if they were mesmerized, the crowd began to get agitated and violent and began shoving eachother with increased force.

As the dragon came flying towards them, they became more and more aggressive as they struck eachother without even understanding the reason.

Unbeknownst to them, they had all fallen prey to Exedra's newest bloodline skill that he'd gained after completing his transformation for the first time.

Passive Skill : Dragon of Madness

- Description: To gaze upon your horrible form is to know true despair that drives weaker beings into utter insanity.

Without even raising a claw or spewing a single flame, the humans below were in frenzied states of panic.

Children were clawing and biting their mothers.

Mothers were screaming and fighting off their children.

Men were fighting with other men and weeping tears of blood as they strangled their brothers.

It took the phrase 'bloody hell' to an entirely new level.

There were of course a few evolved in the crowd who attempted to run away but, with a single earth shaking roar Exedra used the powers he'd stolen from Jeddah for the first time and raised thick walls of ice around the city.

Amongst all of this trouble, a small squadron of around 40 stage 1 mages led by a single stage 2 knight were able to retain their sanity and prepared to defend against the imminent attack.

"Shit.. what kind of dragon is that?!"

"Did it do this to all of these people?"

"Why the fuck is a dragon attacking us?!"

Only the leader, a man Lisa would recognize as Atticus seemed mildly composed but even he was beginning to show signs of nervousness.

He'd been studying dragons for a very long time and he had never seen one with an ability as frightening as this one.

There was only one possibility that came to mind but it was almost too crazy to believe.

'Could it be?… But why would he do this to us?!'

The knight had no time to think as in the next moment Exedra had finally arrived and when he landed on the ground the earth underneath him trembled and gave way.

He was easily 70 meters tall, and his body was backed with destructive muscles and near impenetrable scales.

Seeing the fearsome dragon so close, Atticus then noticed the pressure he was emitting was insufferable.

"Where… is Atticus Leonhart?"

The dragon's very voice contained waves of mana that made the listeners tremble uncontrollably.

Weakly, Atticus stepped forward and tried not to show his building fear.

"Are you the one they call Vovin? The fourth prince of Antares?"

The dragon only nodded and Atticus immediately swallowed.

"Why are you doing this?! We have no quarrel with your people! Cease this at once!"

"It seems you are mistaken."

"What?!"

"I am not doing anything, for as much as I would like to this revenge is not mine to take."

"Revenge?" Atticus was thoroughly confused. "For what?!"

Who in their right mind was stupid enough to piss of a noble dragon?!

Exedra was trying to keep his calm but seeing how this man was ignorant as to his wrongdoings his boiling rage finally reached a fever pitch.

"You ant! Worm! Mongrel!"

As he growled the air sound him began to get hotter and hotter and sparks of black and purple flames could be seen spewing from his pointed maw.

"I could reduce you to ash a million times over and it would still not be enough to avenge my wife and daughter! I should kill you where you stand!"

Now the concrete underneath him had begun to melt and boil and Atticus snd the mages had started to sweat underneath their robes and armor.

Atticus was going to ask what the hell this insane dragon was even talking about when a voice he wouldn't forget ever in his life cut through the wind.

"My love… you promised he would be mine."

Atticus felt his pupils contract to the size of needles.

"No… it can't be."

Exedra growled in frustration when he realized he had indeed almost broken his promise just now but he couldn't help it!

In his draconic form everything was greatly augmented and that included his emotions.

He felt like he should've been awarded for not incinerating this entire city already.

He was going to do it eventually but the urge to do it immediately was very strong!

"Apologies my wife..." Exedra grunted and forced his boiling emotions back down.

"Fufufu our husband has his cute sides too dont you think Bekka?"

It was then that Atticus saw her but he didn't dare to believe his eyes. 𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝑚

Standing atop the mighty dragon's back was Lisa but she felt… different?

Her body was wrapped in glittering gold and black body armor and she was holding a long golden trident.

Standing next to her was a beastkin woman who was lovingly patting the dragons scales.

"He sure does who would've thought."

Exedra rolled his different colored eyes at the antics of his wives.

Did they have to say such embarrassing things in front of their enemies?

"Don't dally while the prey waits girls."

"Right!"

"Okay okay."

With impressive leaps, both girls jumped down from Exedra's body onto the ground below to stand in front of the quivering humans.

Once the two were down on the ground, their entire demeanors changed immediately.

The beastkin became almost feral as she dropped down onto all fours and flexed her long black claws.

"Lisa?" Atticus hesitantly called.

"You do not have the right to say my name."

Anyone who had spoken to Lisa before would've immediately assumed this woman to be her evil twin.

She was cold, but more than that there was a venomous rage in her eyes that no one would've associated with such a sweet woman as herself.

"I have come here today for the simple purpose of enacting my revenge and killing my past so that I may be free in the future."

Lisa twirled Raiton with a mystifying grace before pointing it at Atticus.

As her body crackled with electricity, Atticus became certain that this was no longer the toy he knew.

"I will cut out your heart and present it to my loving husband."

With that she rushed forward at the speed of lightning with her weapon poised to strike.

"Perhaps in death your life will amount to something."

Chapter 85

Lisa thrust her weapon forward and an arc of blue lightning shot out from the tips and slammed into Atticus.

Caught off guard by the appearance of Lisa and her new demeanor, the knight was completely unprepared for the sudden fierce attack.

With a bang the human man was sent flying into a nearby wall.

The mages who standing nearby were in shock.

"Help the captain, open fire!"

No one knew who said it first but one by one the mages began to assist Atticus in bringing down Lisa.

Unfortunately for them, Bekka wouldn't allow them to get a single shot off.

With a leap, she dove into the center of the mages and began to rip through their bodies while laughing maniacally.

However, even if these mages were caught off guard, they were still stage 1 and most were able to quickly counterattack.

"Light Shard!"

One mage was immediately able to launch a fast moving light spell at the frenzied hellhound and he immediately released a sigh of relief when he thought everything was over.

That was then.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone present, the magic simply fizzled out as soon as it made contact with her body.

"W-What just happened?"

"S-she nullified my magic somehow!"

"How is that possible?!"

The mages had begun to fall into a panic once again and rightfully so.

As mages, they prioritized being able to dominate battlefields through mana.

This unfortunately meant that their physical bodies as well as knowledge of physical combat was sorely lacking.

So against an opponent like Bekka with excellent physical prowess and seemingly an immunity to magic, they were at the worst disadvantage imaginable.

Even if their bodies had been sharpened by an evolution, their durability was not enough to stop Bekka's claws and their speed was not great enough to strike her.

"Men! Do not panic! Surely she cannot keep this up for long so we must not give up! All magic has a price!"

One of the soldiers seemed to be able to rouse the spirits of the others and they regained hope.

Out of the 39 mages that were originally fighting, 15 were already lying in pools of blood.

But one by one the remaining soldiers shook off their fear and prepared their most powerful spells, making the large dragon watching them sneer inwardly. 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝒍．𝒄𝙤𝙢

'Fools.'

Before they'd landed, they of course saw the group of powerful mages so in preparation of that Lisa gave Bekka her ring of repulsion.

Bekka's job was to keep the mages off Lisa's back so she could kill Atticus but because she was still unevolved, she needed a slight boost.

Since Atticus relied solely on sword techniques, Lisa didn't need her ring for this fight so they came to this decision.

Exedra wasn't sure it would work, but with two rings of repulsion Bekka's magic negation shot from 60% to a whopping 120%.

These mages could shoot spells at her all day and she wouldn't feel even a poke.

Bekka of course heard the mages attempt to regain their fighting spirit and flashed a beautiful bloodthirsty smile before she stopped moving entirely.

She simply stood there, holding a single man by his neck while she was covered in blood.

The mages saw this as a provocation and responded accordingly.

"Ice Lance!"

"Dark rain!"

"Flame myriad!"

The result was the same.

Each spell made contact with Bekka's skin and fizzled before it disappeared entirely.

Seeing that she was completely fine once again, the mages were utterly silent before one gave the order that would seal their fate.

"R-run!"

Immediately, the mages turned tail and tried to flee.

They didn't care about honor.

They didn't care about Atticus.

All they cared about was getting away from the monster in front of them.

Bekka could only smile helplessly.

These people clearly did not know her.

She was a hunter.

She was an apex predator.

She would never allow these men to get away.

While Bekka was hunting down the rest of the mages, Atticus had picked himself up out of the ruble and faced Lisa with furious icy blue eyes.

"You bitch! You're going back in that cellar!"

He unsheathed a longsword from his side and rushed forward bringing his sword into a downward swing.

Lisa blocked his blow with some difficulty before responding.

"Please don't say things like that or he'll kill you before I get to."

Atticus briefly looked over at Exedra and gulped when he saw the dragon's eyes glowing in rage.

This reminder allowed Atticus to realize there was only one way for him to live.

'Escape.. I have to escape!'

Even if he defeated Lisa, there was still an enormous dragon standing nearby and watching his every move.

He had no doubts that if he killed her this dragon would turn him to ash.

This brief distraction allowed Lisa to break their stalemate before launching her own flurry of attacks.

Atticus was stage two so he defended with ease, but surprise still shone on his face.

'She's good… too good. Where the hell could she have learned this? She's evolved now too?! Just what the hell happened when you ran?!"

In his memories of Lisa she'd never held a blade in her life unless it was to cook.

So why was she suddenly so talented?

Not only that, her lightning was so potent and powerful that it almost felt like it was her natural affinity!

But that couldn't be possible right?

Seeing an opening, Atticus parried her trident before giving her a hard kick to the stomach that sent her skidding backwards.

Lisa coughed furiously before looking at Atticus with hate fueled eyes.

"Even if you know a few tricks you cannot overcome the gap between us with just this! Give up!" Atticus taunted.

While Lisa was good, she was still only stage 1 and could not kill him unless he got incredibly sloppy.

He was hoping he could break her spirit enough to cause her to falter and allow him an opportunity to flee.

Lisa stood up and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Atticus' kick contained a bit of his aura that penetrated her body and did damage to her internal organs.

With a sigh she closed her eyes to concentrate and inhale the night air.

Seeing an opening, Atticus quickly took a giant leap backwards.

There were underground passageways out of the city that wouldn't be blocked by the walls of ice so his only hope was to escape that way.

As Atticus got further and further away he smiled when he thought he might've escaped his fate.

"Lightning bane."

Lisa muttered the name of the spell she'd so painstakingly mastered and her body was flooded with a new energy.

Chapter 86

Lisa fought the urge to release a moan of satisfaction when she felt the new power coursing through her body.

With the lightning affinity in her possession, Lisa could now use this double edged spell for much longer and withstand much of the backlash.

She said a silent thank you to Lailah.

It looked like all her time spent mastering this spell was not going to be in vain.

Lisa unfurled her wings from her back before she disappeared from where she stood in a burst of lightning.

Atticus was a good distance away when he suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up and just barely managed to avoid a slash from Lisa that would've decapitated him had he been even a millisecond slower.

The knight was utterly horrified to see that not only had she caught up to him with ease, but the power flowing from her was much more overwhelming than before. 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟ｅｌ．𝚌ｏ𝚖

'Is this really Lisa?'

He could not fathom how she had become such a monster in such a period of time.

She suddenly disappeared from his vision and appeared above him, unleashing a rain of quick spear thrusts like a goddess of lightning.

Atticus' nightmare only worsened when he realized that not only was this enemies speed increased, her strength had grown monstrously as well.

Each time he defended against her blows his arms trembled so terribly he believed his bones would shatter.

"Blade onslaught!"

Attticus' sword began to glow with a vibrant blue light as he unleashed his most powerful sword technique.

He no longer cared about escape, he couldn't even think about aftermath.

His years of knight training kicked in and all he cared about was killing his enemy before she killed him.

With a swing of his sword, Atticus unleashed countless arcs of energy from multiple directions.

What he saw next made him completely lose all hope.

His attack connected, and cleaved the beautiful woman in pieces from every direction.

Left, right, up, down she was cut from every angle imaginable.

So why was there no blood?

Instead Lisa's body parts were connected by strands of electricity.

It was almost like… lightning body?

'But that would mean…'

"You… you had an affinity this whole time?"

Lisa gave the man before her a pitying look.

"No."

"Then how do you have it now?!" He roared.

She pondered for a moment before responding with a warm smile.

"My husband's grace."

Suddenly, thunderclouds pooled from every direction above Lisa's head.

Atticus watched as an enormous bolt of lightning fell onto Lisa's body.

There was a small explosion and a cloud of smoke before Lisa was revealed in her true glory.

She was about half the size of Exedra, yet she was much more majestic and captivating.

Her long serpentine-like body was covered in glimmering cyan blue scales with jagged amber spikes running down her back.

Her large and imposing wings crackled with wild electricity.

With a roar, her eyes changed into a blinding white and the clouds surrounding her thrummed again before they came to life.

Bolts of lightning dropped down from the sky and circled her majestic body before they merged and changed shape.

Miniature eastern style dragons roared alongside their creator as they danced in their majestic light show.

Seeing the overwhelming beauty and raw power on display, Exedra was falling in love with his wife all over again.

Such an awe inspiring display also solicited a tear of appreciation from Bekka as she admired her friend's battle from atop a pile of bodies.

"Filios meos pasce!"

At Lisa's dominant command, her summoned dragon's ceased their dance and turned their focus to a trembling Atticus.

One by one, each of her summoned children dove headfirst towards him.

He opened his mouth, perhaps to beg for his life or maybe because he believed he could still sway the dragoness in front of him with sweet words as he did so many years before.

The words would never reach Lisa's ears as Atticus was continually struck by torturous bolts of lightning.

His screams rang out throughout the night, making his suffering known to any being who could hear.

His evolved body did not seem to be providing any shields from the immense pain he felt as he was eaten by lightning.

His anguish lasted for only a few seconds before his screams slowly lost their intensity and the light left his eyes.

Lisa let out a roar from the depths of her soul to declare her victory.

As buildings around her crumbled from the sound waves, another bolt of lightning struck her body and she re-emerged once again in her human body.

Suddenly, she was hugged from behind by a man whose presence she knew very well.

"How do you feel?"

Exedra's words sent shudders down her spine as she leaned into his embrace.

"Like I am free."

"I am so proud of you."

Like that the two shared a warm kiss in the city filled with death as they celebrated a closed chapter and their new beginnings.

After Exedra and his wives returned, a small detachment arrived at the city surrounded by ice.

The one leading the twelve men was a tall man clad in white and gold robes.

"Father this.."

"Stand back."

The soldier obeyed him and the man held out his palm.

He chanted a few words under his breath and a blade of golden light appeared on his hand.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM

With a single swipe of the air, the man cleaved through Exedra's seemingly impenetrable wall of ice and the men hesitantly ventured inside the city.

What they saw was a hell unlike any other.

A city corroded by smoldering black and purple flames with fields of dead lay before them.

The men began scrambling to search for survivors but the ones they did find attacked them as if they were rabid.

It was then that they examined the bodies closer and realized that all of the dead appeared to have died in conflict with each other and not an outside force.

The man in the white robes simmered with anger as he thought of what unspeakable creature could've unleashed this horror.

"Your holiness, what should we do?"

The man pondered for a long time as he stared at the corpses of a family in front of him.

"Summon the Angel."

Chapter 87

"They're here. It's time."

Lusamine had come bright and early to collect Exedra and bring him before the sins.

His wives and daughter who wouldn't be attending the meeting each gave their own goodbyes as he departed.

Truthfully they were slightly worried about how things might go with the demon lord's tendency for violence.

But they trusted their husband to come back unscathed and with news of what this whole thing was about.

As Exedra and Lusamine silently approached the meeting room the succubus couldn't help but give the man next to her sideways glances.

He seemed to be completely calm and not at all fearful of what might occur.

She knew he was not naive enough to believe that the demon lords would never hurt him so where did this confidence come from?

Unfortunately as they arrived at their destination, she ran out of time to ask.

Without waiting for another word, Exedra pushed open the large double doors and entered fearlessly.

Inside was a large dimly lit room with seven thrones circling the walls.

Exedra came to a stop in the middle of the room and eyed the occupants of the thrones curiously. ｂｅ𝚍𝚗ｏｖｅ𝚕．𝚗𝚎𝚝

"You.. You feel like him."

An ancient and weary voice spurred Exedra from his thoughts and prompted him to come face to face with the demon lord of sloth.

He was staggeringly tall with a body that appeared to be made from a rotting tree and a sheep skull for a head.

"No, can't you smell it?"

A hulking demon with fiery orange hair and numerous battle scars rose from his throne and came to a stop in front of Exedra.

"He stinks of the abyss."

One by one all of the demon lords began to sniff the air and realized that wrath was right.

The smell of the abyss was coming off the being in front of them in waves and yet he was still sane.

That shouldn't be possible unless…

"What is the abyss?" Exedra finally spoke.

The deep throaty laughter of a fat, blue demon was suddenly heard.

"Oh that's rich! The boy is in the middle of a test but doesn't even know what for!"

The demon lord of gluttony, beelzebub, suddenly ceased his laughter and leaned forward in a mocking grin. "We called you here hoping you would join our army, but now it doesn't feel like you're fated to live very long!"

"Are you going to answer me or make more useless predictions?"

"I don't mind telling you." A feminine voice spoke up.

Exedra's gaze landed on a raven haired woman with the lower half of a serpent.

She was the sin of envy, Leviathan.

"However I would ask for something you covet as payment."

The dragon's gaze immediately hardened and Leviathan merely chucked.

"Enough. Get to the point of this meeting so that you can all go." Belphegor's tired voice brought everyone back to the focus of the gathering.

"There is something you need to see." The sin of greed who had been silent until now finally spoke.

With a snap of his fingers, he materialized a wall of black stone that was wrapped in chains.

At the base of the monolith was a man that Exedra did not recognize, yet the more he stared at him the more he found himself in disbelief.

"What is this?!" Exedra roared and it was clear that he wasn't amused by the current turn of events.

The man had skin as black as the night and long ash gray hair.

He had two horns as black as obsidian and as proud as a mountain poking out from atop his head.

He was so incredibly handsome he looked like the word lust was created with him in mind.

It was then that Exedra noticed something that did not quite belong.

The man had six wings on his back.

Three were black as the deepest night.

Three were as white as the purest of snow.

The sin of pride, Lucifer, who had remained silent until now also rose up from his throne and came to state directly at the demon bound before them.

"He was our brother."

Exedra's heart began to thump wildly as he realized his wildest suspicions were indeed true.

"This is your father, or atleast what remains."

Suddenly, the bound man stirred awake and Exedra was able to look into his father's eyes.

One eye was red with black sclera, the other was pure gold.

At the ruined city of grucius, the small religious detachment was currently circled around the man in white robes and a woman with wings on her back.

The woman had soft tanned skin and her body was decorated in golden chains.

Her eyes remained closed and hidden behind a curtain of white hair.

She looked over the bodies of all of the fallen with an imperceptible look of disgust.

"We found them like this a few hours ago. The entire city was razed to the ground during what was supposed to be a festival." The man in the white robes explained.

"We don't know what happened but we believe the demons may have a new weapon of some sort. They've never caused this kind of hell before."

The angel could agree with that kind of thought.

Demons more often than not liked to play with their prey and yet not a single one of these people appeared to have been tortured, robbed or eaten.

They truly died from tearing each other apart but how was that possible?

There was another stench here that the angel could not quite put her finger on.

It was old and malevolent.

Suddenly the woman flinched when she recalled exactly where that smell had come from.

"A member of the abyss.." the angel finally muttered. "And judging from the fact that there is no trail and nothing else was destroyed, it could only be one of them."

The angel finally opened her bright golden eyes and turned around to face the humans who'd been staring at her in awe.

"A new abyss king is about to be crowned."

"Judging from the fact that there is still earth beneath us to stand on he can't be very strong yet but time is of the essence."

The angel suppressed the urge to tremble as she spoke.

If a new abyss king was allowed to walk the earth, horrors the likes of which were incomprehensible would ensue.

The humans looked at eachother in confusion.

They'd never heard of this abyss she spoke of but judging by her tone, it couldn't be anything good.

"What are your orders my lady?"

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"How disgusting." Asmodeus' voice was hollow and filled with hate.

"You revolting demons pollute my vision yet again."

Leviathan slithered over to the fallen demon lord of lust and held his chin in her delicate hands.

"Is brother truly not happy to see us? I've missed you so much though."

His response was to spit directly in the face of his sister.

The woman trembled with rage and sickly green scales began to form on her upper body. "Parasite!"

Lucifer quickly grabbed his sister's hand before she could strike and pulled her away.

"What is the meaning of this." Exedra finally spoke but his voice was not it's usual calm and composed tone.

Every word was filled with anger and confusion.

Asmodeus turned his head towards the new demon he did not recognize and frowned when he felt an odd connection.

"Are you their latest attempt to save this unholy shell?"

Exedra ignored the man speaking to him and turned to Belphegor who watched all of this in an eerie silence. "What is this?!"

Belphegor debated over how to answer that question but instead just decided hiding the truth would be too much work.

"He is nephilim. Cursed union of angel and demon. He is used by those in the light to hunt we that lie in the dark."

"And eradicate you all I shall." Asmodeus looked like he found just being near living demons unbearable.

"How did this happen?"

"I was blessed by mother Asherah herself in hopes of cleansing my filthy soul and given rebirth as a-"

"Alright, that's enough." The sin of greed snapped his fingers once more and Asmodeus' eyes bulged before he fell into a deep slumber.

"Why did you do that?" Exedra was confused.

Were they trying to hide something from him?

"Cease your delusions, stupid nephew." Beelzebub could tell by Exedra's worsening frown that he was thinking something unflattering. "His mind has been altered by the one who changed him."

"And who might that be?"

Leviathan had calmed down from her earlier insult and spoke venomously, "The human king and his four elites."

'Humans…'

Exedra's blood began to boil.

An attack against his father was an attack on him.

The humans had taken his father from his mother and condemned her to a life of unhappiness.

He said a silent vow to wipe the humans responsible out entirely.

He would make last nights events look like child's play.

'But first…'

"How do we fix him?"

The demon lords all looked at eachother before Beelzebub answered, "You can't. That is not why we brought you here."

Exedra didn't like where this was going.

Lucifer unsheathed his large greatsword from his back and held it to Asmodeus' neck.

"I will kill him, and you shall feast on his remains. When it is done you will take his place as the sin of lust."

The dragon's world was spinning. He'd just found out his father was alive and now he was being told to eat him?

"Become a sin? What does that even mean?!"

"We primordial demons draw strength from eachother. If one of us has fallen, our strength as a whole decreases."

Leviathan slithered towards Exedra and wrapped her body around him. "When your father was killed our power immediately began to decline, and then one day years later he ambushed greed as the twisted abomination he is now."

"Greed was able to subdue him with assistance from gluttony, but curing him proved to be a much more difficult task. Eventually we started to realize we should just replace him altogether. "

Wrath spoke once again as he stared at his brothers chained body. "Not just any random demon can become a sin, their body must be strong enough to bear the influx of power that comes from eating our flesh."

"But you…" Belphegor began, "Are his son. You can claim your father's mantle and take his place alongside us."

"And with our strength renewed we will have our revenge on the humans and trample them beneath our feet!" Wrath roared.

Pride walked towards Exedra and stared directly into his eyes.

"You have his will somehow, but that is not enough."

"For demons to claim their rightful place above the humans the seven of us must be united."

'System… is there a way to save him?'

Exedra had never been as desperate for anything as he was now. 𝗯𝗲𝐝𝐧𝗼𝐯𝗲𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

Even though he wanted the power being offered, the memory of how his mother longed for his father made him falter.

She'd given him too much for him not to put her needs first.

If he can, he'll save his father at any cost so that they could be reunited.

While he wasn't used to relying on the system, he hoped he could place his faith in it now.

There is.

Exedra smiled when he heard the words of the system.

However, there's a high chance of failure and the side effects could be dire.

'I don't care just tell me how to do it.'

Anything was better than the current situation and Exedra was not afraid of gambles.

As the system explained the absurd plan it has concocted, his head began to hurt more and more when he realized why he was given a warning before.

"What's with the crestfallen look? Are you not elated to just be handed this level of power?" Wrath questioned.

He couldn't understand why Exedra looked like this was a difficult decision.

Doesn't everyone want power to trample over others?

Is bringing death not the most fulfilling thing?

Just thinking that he might refuse made him angry.

They would never find a more fitting vessel for Asmodeus' sin than his own son.

Finally, Exedra removed the earring from his ear and changed it into a serrated dagger.

He walked forward and kneeled in front of his father's slumbering body before plunging the dagger into his chest.

Chapter 89

Exedra carved open his father's chest and exposed his heart.

With all of the sins watching, instead of pulling it out entirely, he took his knife and sliced off a piece and ate it.

Beelzebub : "We don't have time for you to eat him at your leisure!"

Belphegor : "Eat him quickly so that you can all go."

Leviathan : "Give me a piece."

Unfortunately, Exedra could no longer hear any of them.

As soon as the flesh touched his tongue, the dragon's soul was immediately broken.

100 years.

If you asked Exedra how long he felt like he was screaming out of his body, that would be his answer.

When his soul shattered he was immediately embroiled in the most insufferable pain imaginable.

It was seemingly never ending and his mind had long sense collapsed from the burden.

In the end as his soul felt like it would turn to dust in the void, he didn't even have the presence of mind to say goodbye to his loved ones or to profess his sincerest apologies.

"My sweet grandchild.. let me help you okay?"

Exedra slowly felt his consciousness being put back together again.

While the process was painful, it did not cause him nearly as much discomfort as it did when his soul was originally broken.

It felt like hours went by as his soul was slowly made whole again, piece by piece.

Suddenly a warmth began to spread through him and all of the pain he felt disappeared as if it were a dream.

He felt as if he was being pulled somewhere by some outside force and when his surroundings changed he found himself in a throne room in front of a red haired naked man and five women.

He could not see their faces, nor could he notice any details about his surroundings.

He tried to speak, and to ask them where he was but it proved to be of no avail.

One of the women came down from the steps of the throne and walked towards his floating soul.

She gingerly took him into her hands and brought him close to her face.

"What a naughty grandchild I have. You should know better than to try and cheat the rules gods have laid out."

"But I don't dislike that." A male voice spoke. 𝐛𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗼𝐯𝐞𝗹．𝐨𝐫𝗴

The red haired man slowly rose from the throne and Exedra gasped when he saw his wings.

They were truly unlike anything he'd ever seen.

Unlike the white wings of an angel or the black ones of a demon, this man's were brilliantly vibrant and he could not tell what color they were.

In one moment they looked red, the next a bright cyan,and then an illustrious gold.

He was so captivated by the man in front of him, he did not even notice that the woman holding him was now holding him as if he were an offering.

The winged man took him into his hand and stared at him curiously.

"What an odd little mishmash you are."

"He is still our grandchild!" The woman protested.

"Of course he is Igrat my dear I did not mean to imply otherwise."

"Hmph, as long as you're aware husband."

The man chuckled before he turned his attention back to the flickering soul in his palm.

"A human that does not belong… a prince of the dragons and a future leader of the demons… Oh? Seems you've even gotten old Maliketh's blessing. Such boundless potential."

Exedra got the same feeling from this being that he did when he was blessed by Maliketh.

He could hide nothing.

His life, his death, his hopes, his dreams, his sorrows, his joys.

They all felt like they were revealed in full display and he could do nothing but wait until the being found what he was looking for.

"Oh? Receiving help from a god of destruction and creation as well huh."

"What?!" Igrat was immediately alerted.

"What would one of those pesky gods want with my sweet baby?"

The man fought the urge to chuckle when he heard the way his wife was referring to their grandchild.

"Your sweet baby is responsible for the death of an entire city."

"So?" Igrat tilted her head as if she truly did not understand where the problem lie.

"I forgot who I was talking to."

The man chuckled before returning back to Exedra's soul.

"It doesn't seem like Yaldabaoth wanted to harm him, more so he plucked him from his old world for a greater purpose."

"I don't care about that, I just want him to stay away from this sweet boy!"

"Again, he-"

"I don't care!"

The man signed before he examined Exedra's soul once more. "Your potential is some of the most frighten I've ever seen. Why mother allows something like you in her world is something I will never understand."

The man smiled and Exedra could barely make out his eyes that glowed an intense red. "Since she has no intention of interfering, let's have a little fun with this shall we?"

The man held out his other hand and a black orb with a purple symbol appeared.

"This is what you want right?"

Exedra tried to scream yes but it was to no avail, luckily it seemed like this man understood him anyway.

"But just this is.. so boring. " The man clicked his teeth in frustration.

"It was fine when I gave it to my children originally but I feel as though they've lost their luster a bit throughout the centuries.

"Ah!"

The woman suddenly let out an excited scream as she came to a horrifying idea.

"What if we combined it with the Rabisu?"

The man's ears twitched and he looked at his wife like she was a genius.

"Hey! I'm never making you anything again you ungrateful bitch!" One of the women screamed from beside the throne.

"I-I'll make it up to you Lilith I promise!" Igrat flashed her a helpless smile.

"Hmph." Was her only reply before she turned away.

"But we cannot give him such a powerful army they would undoubtedly destroy the balance." The man reasoned.

"I'll just keep 95% of their power here and give them potential to grow?" Igrat looked at the man like it was obvious.

"Ha! An obvious solution indeed. "

Igrat brought out her own black ball with a much more jagged and demonic looking symbol and came closer to her husband.

"Shall we get started?"

Chapter 90

Exedra's soul was currently floating in front of his grandparents as they discussed something between themselves.

He'd thought they were about to give him two good things, but it seemed like the woman was suddenly bothered by something and pulled the man aside.

"I want you to cleanse him of that filthy god!"

The man put on an exhausted expression like he'd already expected this. "Igrat my dear, to do so would risk war with Jaldabaoth."

Igrat looked like she was boiling with rage until a knowing expression crossed her face and she smirked. "I had no idea that the one they called the adversary was such a pussy."

The man's brow twitched furiously and an unholy pressure began to leave his body.

Exedra's soul trembled furiously.

This pressure… he'd never experienced anything like it.

For the first time since coming to this world, the hybrid was terrified to the depths of his soul.

This confirmed Exedra's sneaking suspicion.

This man was a god or at least a being on par with one.

This power he possessed could never belong to a mortal man.

Not even Helios made him feel this helpless.

Contrary to Exedra's reaction Igrat was trembling for an entirely different set of reasons.

Seeing her husband's power always made her incredibly excited and she got the sudden urge to bring a new race of demons into the world again.

But she had to stand firm this time and reward him later.

This was for her only grandson!

"Are you… attempting to goad me Igrat?" The man's voice was colder than the harshest winter and Exedra was so afraid he thought he would lose his mind.

"Hmph! Call it what you will!" 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎ𝚎𝚝

The man grabbed her by her throat and pulled her in until they were close enough to kiss.

"Can you handle the consequences of doing such a thing my wife?"

Igrat fought the urge to ask him to breed her right there and then.

Had their grandchild not been watching she would've given in already.

Far from being uncomfortable in her husband's grip she gave him a warm-hearted smile unfit for a mother of demons. "I can handle whatever you subject me to, my Prince."

With a smirk the man shoved her away before retracting his aura and taking his grandsons soul once more.

"Your grandmother spoils you to no end.. although I suppose I can't blame her. Even though your father could've impregnated any of the millions of woman he lay with he never seemed interested. I'm sure she'd lost hope she would ever have a grandson like my other wives."

"That's right and now that I have him I'll give him all the tools he needs to conquer!" Without waiting for another word, Igrat shoved that dark colored orb into Exedra's soul. "They will protect you when I cannot."

A comfortable feeling spread throughout Exedra's soul and he said a silent thank you to his grandmother.

The man seemed to be examining Exedra's soul with a very thoughtful gaze.

"This won't be easy… everything from his soul to his main body has been touched by divinity."

"Then let's destroy them and rebuild him better than before!" Igrat said cheerfully.

'Destroy?!' Exedra began to freak out.

"Calm down boy. It's not what you think." The man reassured.

"Actually.." he began to have second thoughts. "It is but it's okay you won't stay dead."

'What?!'

"We won't be able to hold him here much longer." Igrat warned.

"You're right.."

The man looked deeply into Exedra's nonexistent eyes and gave him a clear warning. "Listen to me boy. Everything and everyone that you hold dear, hold onto them with everything you have."

Before Exedra could even begin to question why, the man began to rip out chunks of his soul with his bare hands.

'AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGHGHGHHHHHH'

The pain of having your soul forcibly torn apart is so incomprehensible to the mind that, in an effort to protect itself, the psyche can be destroyed.

'Who am I?'

It hurts.

'Where am I?'

It really hurts.

'Why is this happening?'

I feel like I am dying.

As Exedra began to lose all sense of individuality, a single spark flickered in his mind.

Suddenly he saw the outlines of various women and a small child.

'Who are you?'

'Can you help me?'

They seemingly understood before they stepped forward and placed their hands on him.

Immediately, the pain was no longer unbearable and he remembered bits and pieces of who he was.

He could now see the smiling faces of his wives, mother and daughter.

He held onto their memory and waited for the seemingly endless torture to cease.

"Seems like it's done. Don't try anything crazy like that again and maybe you'll live long enough to come see us in person in a few hundred years. "

The man and woman waived goodbye to Exedra's soul as it went to handle the business for which it'd originally set out.

In a black space, Exedra's soul was staring at his father's soul only it was bound with golden chains on a large orb that represented his sin.

One by one, Exedra reached out and snapped the chains before his soul swallowed the sin shackled to his father.

Asmodeus dropped onto the ground and groaned audibly before his soul went back to his body.

"I hope you appreciate the trouble I went through for you old man. "

Truthfully, Exedra still didn't care much for his father.

But as the son of a loving mother, naturally he saw fit to give her the thing she most desired.

She deserved atleast that much.

'Alright… let's go back.'

When Exedra came back into his body, the first thing he saw his father's white wings beginning to darken before returning to their normal pitch black.

He looked down at the wound he'd inflected and noted that his heart was already healing and the sins were still standing around him watching him eat.

'Has no time really passed? The power of that man is scary..'

Almost as if on cue, Exedra got several intense alerts from the system.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN CHANGED.

NEW ADMINISTRATOR HAS REQUESTED A MANDATORY UPGRADE!

HOSTS BODY WILL ALSO UNDERGO ADMINISTRATOR'S CUSTOM SPECIFICATIONS.

INITIATING UPGRADE.

The sin's watched as Exedra's body began to glow before he became wrapped in a scaly black egg that pulsed with demonic energy.

Chapter 91

As the sins stared at the giant pulsing egg Exedra had created for himself, they all became slightly confused.

"Did this… happen last time?" Leviathan poked at the shell and was surprised to find it pulsing with demonic energy.

"No… Asmodeus is not dead either and seems to have been freed." Belphegor observed.

"What the hell did he do?! Has the transfer failed somehow?"

Lucifer walked forward and observed the egg with Leviathan.

"Can't you feel it? Our strength is already growing."

Each of the sins looked inside themselves and noticed as well. Their power that had atrophied was slowly starting to return.

In a weeks time at most they would be at the height of their destructive powers once again.

"He'll awaken soon and he'll be out of control. Preparations will need to be made."

"It will be done..you may all leave." Belphegor figured he had some time before he had to ask anyone to do anything so he leaned backwards into his throne and took a small nap.

One by one each of the demon lords vanished from the throne room.

Leaving Belphegor with his brother and a large egg that contained his nephew.

All three were each having their own unique dreams.

- 4 days later.

Currently, Bekka, Lailah, Lisa and Valerie were all sitting in a dark room with Exedra's egg.

Three days ago, the girls were pulled from their rooms with no warning and told to remain here.

They were not told why or what happened for Exedra to end up in an egg but they were brought food everyday and told that Mira was being taken care of by Eris and Lusamine.

Other than that, the girls did not have their questions answered whatsoever.

No matter how much they banged on the door it didn't budge an inch either.

All they had was eachother, an overgrown egg and a deck of playing cards.

"Son of a bitch I'm sick of this!" Bekka had finally thrown her cards up into the air and dramatically stood up.

Lailah turned to Lisa like she'd already expected this. "I told you if you kept beating her this would happen."

"I can't help it! I'm competitive in games and she's just so bad." Lisa argued.

"IM NOT BAD!"

Lailah / Lisa / Valerie : "Yes you are."

"Argh! Forget this! I'm getting out of here!" Bekka began walking towards the door and sharpened her claws.

"How long do you think it'll take before she gives up this time?" Valerie leisurely said as she reshuffled the deck so that the girls could play by themselves.

"Five minutes."

"Ten."

Lisa and Lailah looked at each other before silently shaking hands and signaling the start of another bet.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

"ORAAAAAA!"

Bekka began to furiously strike at the door, determined to break it down by any means necessary.

The girls seemingly did not mind the noise and continued playing as if they were completely unfazed.

"Draw two Lisa."

"God damnit…"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Skip you Val."

"Eat shit Lailah."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The game went on like that for several minutes before someone finally won.

"I'm out girls!" Lisa put on a gloating smile to celebrate her victory.

"Cheat!"

"Check her tits and make sure she's not hiding cards!"

"Kyaaa get away from me!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crack.

All three girls immediately ceased their endeavor of frisking Lisa and looked at Bekka.

The hellhound was seemingly frozen in place as she stared at the door in front of her.

"Did you actually do it?!" Lailah was the first to recover and scrambled to get up and check the door.

"How did you manage that when the four of us together weren't even enough!"

Lisa and Valerie quickly followed behind Lailah and examined the door.

"I don't see any cracks on the surface but maybe it's been damaged internally!" Valerie noted.

"If we all attack again maybe we can get the hell out of here and get some answers!"

Each of the girls prepared to launch a strong attack at the door but Bekka still remained unmoving.

"Bekka? What are you doing let's get out of here!"

Bekka turned around and the girls could see a complicated expression on her face.

"Bekka? Are you okay?"

The hellhound did not answer and instead walked towards the corner of the room where Exedra's egg was placed.

She didn't understand why she was moving like this but her demonic blood stirred as she sensed this familiar yet regal presence.

The girls wondered what was wrong with her and looked towards the egg where they could now see a small crack on the black shell.

Crack.

Crack.

Crack.

One by one, more cracks began to form on the shell and pieces slowly began to break away.

When the first piece of shell fell, the girl's immediately sucked in their breath.

With just a single whiff of the miasma that was spilling out from the egg they became incredibly aroused and felt their bodies get hot.

It was as if they'd inhaled pure, unfiltered lust.

"W-what the hell is this?!" Valerie was undoubtedly dealing with it the worst as she'd never been exposed to Exedra's powers before so she had almost no mental defense.

She had to bite her lip to prevent herself from striping off all her clothes immediately.

Lisa and Lailah weren't doing much better.

Even though they'd experienced their husband's power over their bodies before, this intensity and desire they felt was almost incomparable to before.

Larger and larger pieces of eggshell fell to the floor and what was revealed was… Exedra?

"H-he's…"

"I-I thought they said Exedra was in there?"

"I-It's him I can feel it but…"

Slowly the man the girls were all staring at rose up from the ground and the girls could now see the man they supposedly knew in all of his glory.

His identity was completely confirmed when he opened his eyes and the girls saw his familiar red and purple irises.

Avernus, The God's Realm.

"Husband do you think we gave him enough, I'm worried we didn't give him enough." Igrat was pacing back and forth with a thoughtful expression as she obsessed over her grandchild's well being.

Her husband was currently lying on a lavish bed in the embrace of his other wives as he listened to her concerns.

"You'd give that child every artifact and item in our possession if I allowed it."

"And it still wouldn't be enough!"

The man simply rolled his eyes as he planted a kiss on one of his wives.

"Will you stop worrying and come join us? We've given him plenty already anything more would threaten the balance. Besides, the boy seems plenty capable."

"You're right I guess.." Igrat nodded and prepared to climb into bed with the rest of them when suddenly their surroundings began to tremble.

"Huh.. it took him longer to get here than I thought." The man seemed to be slightly disappointed as he rose up from the sheets and stretched his pale body.

Suddenly, a booming masculine voice echoed throughout his entire realm, setting off earthquakes throughout the land.

"SAMAELLLL!"

Chapter 92

If before Exedra was the most handsome man imaginable, now he looked like the embodiment of a woman's desire.

He was radiating an aura that promised conquest whether in the bedroom or on the harshest of battlefields.

Exedra was always tall but now it looked like he'd grown even taller and stood at a menacing 6'7.

While his previous body was muscular, it paled in comparison to his current physique.

His body was bulkier, his shoulders broader and every muscle underneath his tanned skin looked like it possessed overwhelming power.

His long blood red hair had now become a wavy black that ran down his exposed back.

The tattoos that covered his upper body were now concentrated on the left side of his chest and ribs.

Behind his back swung a thick draconic tail with a serrated blade that looked like it was made from precious metals.

His face was so much more handsome that had his wives not recognized his aura, they wouldn't have known it was him.

He was the embodiment of sin created by the devil himself whose existence served to send women spiraling into the depths of depravity.

"H-honey?" Lisa hesitantly called.

Exedra slowly lifted his eyes from Bekka who was kneeling in front of him and stared at the other women present.

Just the weight of his gaze made the girls shiver and they felt their legs twitch reflexively.

"Hey.. his eyes!" Lailah was the first to notice that Exedra's eyes were unfocused and even though he was looking at them, he didn't seem to actually see them.

They each took turns calling out to him but their words fell on deaf ears as his body swayed seemingly in a trance.

Suddenly he moved from where he stood and stood directly in front of Lisa and Valerie.

He inhaled the thick scent of arousal he could smell permeating off of each of them before he reached out and lightly stroked their cheeks with the back of his hand.

Immediately the girls shuddered and lost all of their inhibitions.

Valerie hadn't taken her eyes off Exedra or more specifically his member that was exposed to the room.

'T-too big!'

The arousal that she felt when she saw his new face and body became muddled with fear as she stared at his frightening manhood that wasn't even erect.

When his warm large hand touched her cheek, Valerie's body was flooded with desire. "I'm sorry for this guys."

She barely maintained the presence of mind to apologize to his wives as she pulled Exedra in for a kiss.

Bekka was still in her bloodline induced trance and showed no signs of caring.

Lisa did not even pay her apology any mind as she slipped out of her clothes to join them. Her husbands touch was more than enough to send her hormones into overdrive and she needed him to put out the fire he'd started.

Only Lailah seemed to maintain the presence of mind to comprehend Valerie's words but she was quickly losing the mental battle as well. Not just his appearance but the aura he released was almost enough to send her over the edge on its own.

Valerie felt her mind go blank from the instantaneous pleasure brought from kissing Exedra and grew bolder as she started rubbing her hands along his sculpted body as if she wanted to memorize every detail.

The shame she felt from doing this in front of a man and his wives somehow multiplied the pleasure she felt as she let herself fall deeper and deeper into her lust.

Unbeknownst to her, her irises were flashing between their usual warm brown and an illustrious pink.

Lisa soon joined the two and made it clear she desired the same treatment.

Valerie whimpered when Exedra broke their kiss to focus on Lisa as the addictive sensation of his warm lips and tongue left her desperately wanting more.

Suddenly she felt something poking her stomach and gulped when she saw that Exedra was hardening rapidly.

Valerie almost became too afraid to continue but then a thought bubbled into her mind.

'If I felt that good from just a kiss then.. how good would this feel?'

Determined to find out, Valerie dropped to her knees and wrapped her hand around his member.

After she was momentarily stunned by the radiating heat, Valerie opened her mouth and licked up his long shaft before trying to take it into her mouth.

Immediately a feeling of euphoria shot directly to her brain and she was over the moon.

She hungrily took him deeper and deeper into her mouth, her body suppressing its gag reflex as she tried her best to bring him the utmost pleasure.

Eventually Lailah sighed and dropped her resistance as well and let her black dress fall to the floor.

She kneeled on the floor next to Valerie and the two women took turns servicing the lustful dragon.

Exedra's hazy eyes drifted to the kneeling Bekka and with one look she understood that she was being summoned as well.

She stood up and stripped out of her clothes, letting her massive breasts bounce around freely as she walked towards this man she could not deny.

Seeing all of these women around him with various yet equally delectable bodies, Exedra grew even more aroused, prompting his member to grow even larger much to the delight of Lailah and Valerie.

The girls had long sense realized that the more of him they took inside, the better they felt.

There wasn't even any discomfort when they took his massive member down their throats. It was as if all of their pain was being converted into the most unholy of pleasure.

Bekka approached Exedra hesitantly and unsatisfied with her distance he wrapped his tail around her waist and pulled her in closer.

His left eye glowed amethyst before he began to pinch and tease her massive breasts.

"Ahh!"

"Hnn!"

"Mmf!"

Bekka, Lisa and Lailah each felt the sensation of their breasts being toyed with and released simultaneous moans of pleasure.

'It's so much stronger than before!'

Just by simply having their nipples toyed with for a few seconds the women were already on the verge of orgasm.

Valerie removed Exedra's dick from her throat and looked around in utter confusion. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗻𝗲𝐭

Lisa and Lailah were trembling and drooling in pleasure even though they weren't being touched.

As the girl's moans became louder and louder Valerie finally couldn't take it more and stripped off all her clothes as well.

She had defined six pack abs and a soft golden tan.

Despite her muscular physique, her breasts and ass were quite impressive, only being a bit smaller than Bekka's.

"Please I-I don't care what you do just make me feel good too!" Valerie pleaded.

Her irises were now completely pink and there was a clear stream of liquid running down her muscular legs.

She didn't care about the aftermath or even what this might mean for their relationship, all she cared about was that he quelled these burning urges inside of her.

Exedra could feel the desire flowing off of her body in waves and it served to entice him all the more.

He separated from his wives' embrace leaving them panting and slightly delirious.

"Kyaa!"

Valerie was shoved roughly onto the floor and looked up at the man who was slowly lowering his body on top of her.

Valerie was quite used to being dominant and in control but for the first time ever she felt so meek.

It thrilled and terrified her to no end.

Chapter 93

Valerie felt electric shocks run through her body as Exedra made his way down her body leaving a trail of marks along her muscular torso.

The feeling of having her flesh kissed and nibbled on by the lustful dragon was much more stimulating than it should've been and Valerie found herself wondering why everything the man did felt so damn good.

The lower and lower his head got, the more shy Valerie became.

One wouldn't have expected for someone with as much experience as her to be insecure about her body and yet here she was.

Because she was completely unprepared for this, she hadn't shaved and she normally didn't allow men to go down on her anyway.

"W-wait!"

Valerie tried to scramble backwards away from the starving dragon, but her words fell on deaf ears as Exedra held her in place by her thighs and licked her sopping vagina.

"Oh gods!"

Valerie immediately threw her head back and moaned loudly as Exedra greedily licked and sucked on her clit.

Every lick was more pleasurable than the last and Valerie forgot all of her worries as she was almost driven mad by pleasure.

She barely registered three shadows looming over her and released a small yelp when each of her breasts was taken into the mouths of Bekka and Lailah.

Under the relentless assault of all of her most sensitive areas, Valerie's screaming increased in intensity before it was muffled when Lisa sat her vagina directly onto her lips.

Valerie's eyes widened at the unexpected muffling of her voice but by now she was much too enthralled in her lust to even care and she happily started using her tongue to make Lisa feel good as well.

With all three women connected and enthralled within the throes of ecstasy, Exedra connected all of their senses once again before multiplying the pleasure that they all felt.

As Valerie quickly approached orgasm, she began to buck and drive her hips forward into Exedra's face.

With her approaching a release, the other girls weren't far behind either and judging by the growing volume of their moans, it was definitely going to be a big one.

Unsatisfied with such a boring release Exedra activated his wives tattoos on their vaginas while also giving one to Valerie.

Exedra's wives who'd experienced this before felt their eyes widen when the familiar sensation of a rising heat permeated their bodies.

"H-honey w-wait it's too strong!" Lisa's warning was for naught and in the next second Valerie came harder than she ever had in her life.

"Oh my fucking goddd!"

Because the girls currently had their senses linked, they felt it too and soon all four women felt their eyes roll back into their head as their body was wracked by an unbelievably powerful orgasm.

Even with all of the girls trembling as they were sprawled out on the floor, Exedra did not appear to be satisfied in the slightest.

He removed his head from between Valerie's quivering thighs and positioned himself to enter her.

With a single thrust, Exedra buried himself to the base inside of Valerie and began thrusting away.

The girls were still coming down from their first orgasm when a second, stronger one spread throughout their bodies.

Valerie was in true heaven.

While Exedra forcefully thrusting himself inside of her should've hurt, instead her body happily accepted all of his massive length as she felt pleasure in places no one had ever reached before.

She didn't even care how ungraceful she must've sounded as she wailed like an animal in heat as Exedra repeatedly knocked into her womb.

He locked his fingers with hers and planted a firm kiss on her lips and Valerie felt thoroughly trapped in a prison she had no desire to escape from.

Lisa, Lailah and Bekka felt it as well and could not even lift a muscle as the familiar yet entirely new sensation of their husband inside of them brought them to numerous orgasms.

Their breathing was uneven, their eyes were hazy and small puddles had already formed between their legs.

Exedra grunted in frustration before he thrusted deeper than before and pierced Valerie's womb.

"Fuck yes it feels so good!"

His thrusts became faster and faster until he flooded her womb with his cum and the girls had the greatest orgasm of all.

Everything that happened to them beforehand seemed like a paltry experience compared to the pleasure that now assailed their bodies.

Their entire world became a white blur as their tongues fell out of their mouths and they lost control of their bladders, each enjoying the sensation of fullness that was being transmitted from Valerie.

If Exedra was from a less powerful race like humans, she would've undoubtedly gotten pregnant with that.

He slowly pulled out of her leaving her a quivering and sloppy mess that was muttering something incomprehensible.

He looked at the woman laying around him and reached out and chose his next victim.

This was not nearly enough to satiate his lust. 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑒𝘭.𝑐𝑜𝑚

- 10 days later.

For over a week, the group tirelessly engaged in sex without end.

Exedra's stamina was seemingly infinite and the girls didn't seem to be suffering any ill effects either.

On the tenth day, Exedra finally got a message from the system only he was not of the mind to read it.

[ System reconstruction completed.]

[ Sin Integration completed.]

[Body reconstruction successful.]

[Now restoring psyche.]

Suddenly, the dragon clutches his head in pain as his fractured psyche was made whole.

His personality, memories and senses all came flooding back into his mind rapidly.

He suppressed the urge to groan in pain and waited until it was all over and his eyes regained their focus.

He looked down to see all four women greedily trying to suck his member and immediately noticed something was wrong.

"Girls? Are you alright?"

The girls looked up at him with completely pink irises and smiled seductively.

"Master please give us more~"

"It's not enough yet I still need you inside of me!"

"Make me feel good again!"

"I want you to breed me!"

Exedra was horrified to realize that he'd enslaved the girls somehow and immediately tried to undo it.

"Girls? Snap out of it!"

He shook them all in an attempt to wake them up but they only attempted to guide his hands to other more dangerous places.

He felt the urge to cry when he realized he'd broken the personalities of the women he'd loved the most and turned them into mindless little dolls.

"You won't wake them like that." An ancient weary voice spoke.

Exedra looked around for the source only to see Belphegor floating lazily at the door.

"What's happening to them?!"

Belphegor dragged his hollow eyes over Exedra's new appearance before answering him.

"We are beacons of sin who serve to corrupt the living. Upon awakening our sin we are driven to mindlessly act out according to its nature. Luckily you did not awaken the sin of wrath or else everything within a kilometer of here would've become a barren wasteland."

"Your women are simply enthralled by the sin you carry and therefore can think of nothing more than the pleasures of the flesh."

"How do I fix them?" Exedra could worry about everything else the demon lord was telling him later, right now all that mattered was getting these girls back to normal.

"Will them to return to normal." Belphegor gave the answer like it was obvious as he looked at the floor that was covered in various liquids.

Exedra stared at all four of the pink eyed delirious women.

He focused his mind on the connection he shared with each of them and shook it hard as if he was trying to awaken them from a deep sleep.

The girl's' eyes flashed before returning to normal.

As if all of the exhaustion from the past week and a half caught up to them at once, they all began to sway before their eyes fluttered and they fell to the ground snoring loudly.

Exedra released a sigh of relief when he saw that his women were sleeping peacefully and offered Belphegor his sincere thanks.

"I don't need your thanks, I need you to tell me what happened when you met father."

The dragon could only nod his head when he realized he was in for another long and arduous conversation but this time he knew what questions to ask.

Chapter 94

"You can tell that I met him?" Exedra asked in mild surprise.

Belphegor snorted in contempt. "You're different now. I'm surprised you haven't realized it yourself. Not only because you now bear a sin but you've also convinced him to give you something extra."

Exedra took only a moment to check and was able to confirm Belphegor's words.

His body was coursing with power the likes of which he'd never felt before.

Not only that, his body now felt perfectly in balance, as if he had no shortcomings.

With a quick glance at his system, he was able to confirm it.

[ Exedra Draven ]

[ True name : Abaddon ]

[ Race : Demonic Dragon of Abyssal Lust (Enhanced hybrid variant)

[ Sin : Lust

[ Status : Fine

[ Level: 65

[ Age : 18

[ Times Evolved: 0

[ Health: 75,000

[ Strength : 33,000

[ Endurance : 33,000

[ Agility : 33,000

[ Mana : 33,000

[ Exp 4,659 / 156,000

Affinities: Darkness, Fire, Death, Ice,

Lightning.

Skills : Infernal Flames Lvl 3, Umbrakinesis,True Dragon Transformation, True Demonic Transformation, Pain Immunity, All Weapon Mastery Lvl 4, True Demonic Dragon (LOCKED), Grandson of Igrat, Soul Sense Lvl 2, Cryokinesis, Electrokinesis, Lightning Body, Primordial demons will, Diamond scales, Soul Searing Flames, Though acceleration, Dragon of Madness.

[ Spells: Abyssal Chains, Lightning Bane,Mana Manipulation, Hate Shield, Tempest Cutter, Frozen Hell, Mist Body, Glimpse of Oblivion, Gaia's Retribution, Soul Breaking Scythe, Abyss Hounds, Seducer's Hymn, Sinister Burial, Teleportation.

[ Techniques: Fell Moon Sword Art, Piercing Sun Spear Art, Blood Dancer Steps.

[ Total SC: 83,650

[ Bound Weapons :Corrupted Shu's Razor.

"True name?" Exedra stared in confusion at the new section of his status.

"Ah.. so that's what's different." Belphegor didn't seem to surprised by this realization and instead yawned sleepily.

Seeing that his nephew was still confused the slothful demon lord took it upon himself to explain. "Like evolutions true names are carved into our soul but that is where the similarities end."

"True names belong exclusively to arch demons and us primordials. They imbue us with greater power than those without because they are given to us not by Asherah, but our fallen father."

"The names themselves possess varying degrees of power depending on their meaning and enhance the power of the named that much more. Lucifer, the sin of pride, is the strongest of all of us because father named him after himself."

"Alright.. so what does it actually do." Exedra was like a sponge that wanted to greedily soak up every source of power available.

"Do you have to ask so many questions..?"

"The faster you answer the faster we can stop."

Belphegor heaved an exhausted sigh but continued to answer questions all the same.

"In addition to enhancing your lethality, it allows you to create demons from weaker races using your blood. Dragons like yourself will not be affected but humans and other lowborn species are no trouble. It will not work every time though."

'Creating demons…?'

While the prospect was interesting, Exedra already had an army of powerful demons that were waiting to be called so he did not believe he would utilize this that much.

The mention of demons brought Exedra to another topic he'd previously forgotten about. "My wife Bekka.. she was acting strangely around me when I first awoke."

"That is to be expected. You are a sin. A king to demon kind that commands respect and servitude. Witnessing the birth of such a being would cause her demonic blood to stir and drive her to serve your every whim."

"I do not need her to serve me I need her to be herself." Exedra's eyes glowed to convey the seriousness of the matter.

"It is of no concern. As long as you make an effort to control your noble aura, it should not happen again."

Inwardly, Belphegor was looking at Exedra with curious eyes.

'Is it because they are sins of lust? Their attitude towards their women is quite similar. '

"Enough, it's time for my question now." Belphegor floated closer to Exedra and asked him curiously, "How did you gain possession of the sin of lust while Asmodeus still breathes?"

"Is that something that you need to know?"

"I'm curious as to how you did the impossible."

"I have a unique ability is all that I can say." Exedra could not reveal the existence of his system to anyone.

He didn't trust Belphegor nearly enough to speak freely about his greatest strength.

Belphegor debated internally on if he really cared enough to press this matter further before ultimately deciding that he didn't need the headache. All he would do was watch his nephew closely and hope that eventually he slipped up.

"You've been in my castle far too long. Take your family and go and set up your own territory. Oh and clean up the mess you made." With that, the demon lord of sloth vanished from the room leaving Exedra to frown over his last words.

"Mess?"

Naturally, the humans did not take kindly to the destruction of an entire city.

Even though there were no traces left behind on who a potential culprit could be, the theory that spread wildly among the populace was that the demons had developed a horrible new weapon.

Because of that fact, attacks against the demons were increasing everywhere with more and more signs pointing towards all out war.

With various armies of humans on a rampage, the Sins could not have regained their strength at a more opportune time.

Chapter 95

"You disgusting piece of shit!"

Smack!

A young girl appearing to be no older than eleven years old was struck across her face by her father and sent tumbling across the floor.

Because she had not been allowed to use the bathroom, her bladder had filled beyond its limit until she finally wet herself.

Her father found such an act to be incredibly abhorrent and felt that his beatings would provide the necessary course correction.

If the girl was hurt by this treatment, she did not show it as she dragged her weak and underfed body off the ground.

"Damn good for nothing! Why can't you be like your brother!?"

The young girl simply kept her head down as if she had heard those words a thousand times before.

The man continued to yell and berate her for what felt like an eternity before he grabbed her by her hair and threw her into a closet.

She was used to this closet and she actually felt more at home here than she did outside.

This place was her sanctuary.

Here she could just sit in silence while she focused on the dull throbs of pain that ran throughout her body.

The girl actually had a talent that she'd never shown anyone.

In that dim, cramped closet the little girl slowly opened her palms and a radiant golden light sprang forth.

This light was her only salvation and her only means of entertainment.

She would play with it for hours on end until her hunger pains got the best of her and she fainted.

Not knowing what it meant, she thought of it as her only friend or maybe it was a gift from the goddess she'd heard so much about.

Either way this strange power of hers brought her extreme comfort.

As she was mesmerized by the radiance of her golden light, she did not feel the approaching footsteps that signaled the return of her father.

Suddenly the door to her sanctuary was thrown open and her father looked at her with scornful eyes with a belt in his hand.

"And another thing you little!-"

The man suddenly lost his train of thought as he stared gobsmacked at the golden power shining brilliantly in the young girl's hands.

She was so surprised by his sudden return, she lost her concentration and the power began to dissipate.

As she looked into the eyes of the man who was supposed to be her father, she saw a completely new look in his eyes.

This look terrified her much more than his rage that she'd come to know so well.

Currently, Exedra was being tended to by blushing maids.

He couldn't go and retrieve his father and daughter whilst reeking of sex so he was being shown to a bath and he was told his wives were being taken to one as well as they had yet to wake up.

Upon reaching the bath, Exedra prepared to simply jump right in when one of the maids posed a seductive offer.

"Would you.. like us to join you my lord?"

"No."

Slam!

Without waiting for another moment, he slammed the door in their faces leaving the two demon women terribly distraught and embarrassed.

It's not that they were unattractive, but Exedra was not the type of man to enjoy in carnal pleasures with women he had no attachment to.

Even after absorbing the sin of lust, such a fact did not change.

On the contrary his resolve might have been stronger than before.

He was only interested in seeing the lustful expressions of his wives.

'And Valerie..'

Exedra got a slight headache when he remembered the days he'd spent with the woman who was supposed to be just a friend.

Belphegor had effectively fed her to him and he indulged without restraint.

He couldn't help but wonder if she would hate him when she woke up.

Deciding not to think about it, Exedra turned his attention to his newly heightened senses and the level of attention he was getting.

When walking throughout the halls he could smell it.

The thick scent of arousal permeating from the bodies of all the women who laid eyes on him.

It was so much that it almost made him dizzy.

He could feel their desire to be overtaken by their lust.

An interesting new sensation to say the least. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

As he looked at his reflection in the water, he could somewhat understand their reactions.

He was divinely handsome before but this… he didn't even know how to describe his level of attractiveness anymore.

The gap was so big he almost looked like an entirely new person.

Soft and wavy black hair that cascaded down his back, thick eyebrows, a stronger more handsome face and a much more muscular physique.

His scales and horns weren't even visible anymore unless he willed them to be, the large black tail swinging behind his back being the only indicator of his draconic heritage.

The only thing that hadn't changed were his two distinctive red and purple eyes that seemed to be constantly glowing.

"!"

Exedra was alarmed when he sensed a presence in the room and turned to the source only to see a single red eye staring at him from the shadows.

"Another abyss king? Who are all of you and what do you want with me?"

After experiencing the malevolent pressure of his grandfather, Exedra found that everything else paled in comparison.

Not only could he look this strange being directly in the eye, he could even attempt to converse.

Unfortunately, he received no reply until the eye vanished and he was delivered a message from the system.

[ Host has impressed Fatum, The Fifth Abyss King by escaping certain death.]

[ Fatum has transferred to the host his original spell, Impending doom.]

[Impending doom may only be used once every two years.]

With that, the eye disappeared leaving Exedra in the bath alone once more.

"That's the one grandfather spoke of right?… How curious."

He could only assume escaping certain death referred to his risky attempt to save his father.

He'd look into the spell and his new system functions later but for now there was a more pressing matter.

Exedra felt he'd stewed long enough in the bath and decided it was time to go find his daughter.

He could only imagine how pissed she'd be at him for leaving unannounced for two weeks.

Chapter 96

"I want my daddy!" Mira cried.

"I want her daddy too!" Lusamine agreed.

"Meow." (How many different ways do you want him to tell you he doesn't like you?"

Eris sighed as she realized she'd have to spend another day putting up with Mira's tantrums.

The longer her father spent away the worse she got.

Knowing that the one you want to see is so close and yet out of reach is more frustrating than one might think.

And without her mothers to help either, Mira was virtually uncontrollable.

Luckily she seemed to like Eris so she listened to her occasionally but anyone else would find themselves with a spear of ice in their head.

Currently they were all sitting around in what had become Mira's room and the little girl once again demanded to see her father.

"I've told you Mira your daddy and mommies are undergoing a very special-"

"Mira doesn't care!" The small dragon gathered cold energy in her hands before launching a spike of ice at Eris.

The dark elf sighed before she activated a barrier spell and the attack shattered against her defense.

'This girl is such a monster… she's getting stronger everyday.'

Suddenly, the three women felt a presence at the door and all three showed visible smiles.

"Daddy!"

Mira ran past Eris and threw open the door to reveal… her father?

Staring down at Mira was an incredibly tall man with a transcendent appearance and wrapped in a red cloak.

Mira didn't know who this man was but then she saw those two jeweled eyes that she loved so much that they shared.

"Daddy?"

"It's me Mira."

Exedra was surprised when, instead of crying and running to hug him like he'd expected, Mira simply held her arms out indicating she'd like to be picked up.

The handsome demon obliged her and stared at her curiously while lifting her up.

"I thought you'd be upset with me Mir-"

Bam!

As soon as Exedra brought her close enough, little Mira jerked her head back and delivered a full force headbutt to her father's nose.

If Exedra didn't have pain immunity it would've undoubtedly hurt a bit.

"Daddy left Mira for two whole weeks and didn't even tell her bye! Daddy is mean!"

Mira's face was visibly turning red and Exedra could see tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry Mira… I never intended to be gone for so long after the meeting but… I got sick and your mothers and Valerie had to nurse me back to health."

Exedra gestured to his new body and face as if you illustrate his point. "You see that I look different right? It's because they took such good care of me."

"M-Mira could've helped too!"

Exedra wondered if it would've upset Mira more if he told her there was absolutely nothing she could've done.

He knew the feeling of being helpless was not particularly enjoyable so he elected to butter her up just a bit.

"You're right. Your dad will let you help next time he is sick."

Exedra hoped with all of his heart that his bribe would work.

He hated seeing his little girl so upset with him.

Mira sniffled a bit before wiping the small tears from her eyes. "Promise?"

"I promise."

Instead of saying anything further Mira simply wrapped her arms around as much of her father as she could before laying her head on his shoulder.

"Mira is still upset."

"I'll spend the rest of my life apologizing."

"…good."

Exedra chuckled at his daughters antics before addressing the pungent smell that was permeating the room.

He turned to see Eris, Lusamine and even Megumin staring at him open mouthed.

"Y-you…" Eris began.

"Do whatever you want to me, I don't care." Lusamine offered.

"So I can punch you then?"

"N-No! W-what I mean is-"

"I know what you mean but it's not happening." Exedra rolled his eyes.

"H-how about I just watch next time you-"

"No."

His firm refusal brought Lusamine's attention to another fact that she'd previously overlooked.

This man now felt like a king.

Lusamine's body cried out for her to serve him.

His aura was the same as Belphegor's and Asmodeus' only his was considerably weaker.

How is such a thing possible?

They were not told the details of Exedra's sudden disappearance, so they could not help but wonder what exactly happened in his time away.

"What… happened to you?" Eris could not take her eyes off Exedra's face.

He was surprised that not only was the dark elf's desire stronger than Lusamine's, but they also did not seem to know why he was away.

"Asmodeus is alive. The two of you should go see Belphegor for answers."

"Truly?!"

"Don't joke even if you're his son that's!-"

"I'm not joking. Go and find him, I'll join you shortly." Exedra moved past the girls and sat on the bed and began to stroke Mira's hair, the small girl clinging to him like a koala. 𝙗𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝒎

Their hesitation only lasted a mere moment before they each turned tail and ran out of the room.

Exedra sat on the bed for a long time just stroking Mira's hair and enjoying her presence before she eventually fell asleep.

That seemed to be what Exedra was waiting for and he opened his mouth to speak.

"Thank you for keeping my daughter company while I was away."

Hearing no answer, Exedra turned to the other side of the room where a small black cat was staring at him.

"Are you still going to play pretend? She is asleep right now you know."

Megumin's eyes widened and her fur began to stand up.

"Yes I'm talking to you and no I'm not upset. Change back."

Megumin hopped off her perch atop a wooden desk and walked forwards until she was just a few feet in front of Exedra.

Her body was enveloped in a dark gray mist that grew and grew until it dispersed and standing in the cat's place was Audrina Sanguine.

"You.. how long have you known?" Despite her age, her voice was timid and shy as if she was afraid she was going to be scolded at any moment.

"Since I first saw you." Exedra responded as if it was obvious.

Naturally when he returned and saw his daughter carrying a cat everywhere, he of course analyzed it to see if there was anything special about her.

Imagine his surprise when he discovered his daughter was carrying around the queen of vampires.

"I was never able to discern what your intentions were, so maybe you could shed some light on that for me."

"I-I.." Audrina but her lip as if she was too embarrassed to make her motive known.

"I wanted to study you." She finally said. "I wanted to be able to learn about the man you are as well as your family so that I could hopefully win your affection and their approval."

For the first time Exedra's calm and composed expression broke as he stared at the woman in front of him with evident confusion.

"You abandoned your duties as a queen… to be a house pet… so that you could figure out how to get into my pants?"

"Y-you don't have to say it like that! A-and it's not like I left things unattended I'll have you know! My sister is in charge!"

Exedra was suddenly reminded of his boss in his old world that would push all of his work on to him so that he could go hangout in bars.

'Her poor sister.'

"I-I can tell you're thinking something unflattering!"

"It's your imagination." Exedra dismissed.

Silence rang out between the two for a while before Audrina asked the burning question.

"So… what do we do now?"

Chapter 97

"So… what do we do now?"

Audrina and Exedra were staring at each other unmoving.

While Audrina was panicking internally, Exedra was calmly observing the woman in a new light.

'I can smell the desire flowing off her in waves… and yet she has not made a single perverted remark.'

It seemed like Audrina had grown in her time as Megumin if only a bit.

"Audrina."

"Y-yes?"

'Even his voice sounds more enticing! Fuck I'm so wet, how did he get so much more attractive out of the blue?!' The vampire queen was trying to pay attention but it was hard.

She was so distracted by his appearance she barely registered that he said his father was alive!

"What were you planning to do when you confessed? I'm sure Mira would've been very sad if her pet up and disappeared."

"Well I planned to get her a new one before I disappeared that looked just like me!" Audrina answered quickly.

"And if it's behavior was different?"

"Vampire mind control doesn't just work on humans you know?"

She flashed him a proud smile that left the dragon feeling slightly touched.

This woman had seemingly thought of everything in her effort to win his affections.

He was more than a little touched but…

"You know that I may never be able to return your feelings right?"

Exedra was not one to beat around the bush.

Audrina was too gorgeous a woman to be lead on and the demon believed that being honest about his feelings was the best way to respect her.

The vampire nodded and did not seem to be the least bit hurt by this statement.

"Even knowing that, you still plan to pursue me?"

"I do." Her answer was swift and without the slightest hesitation.

She boldly walked forward and placed her soft hand on his face. "I don't need you to do anything special. If I can't make you fall for me within a reasonable time I promise to give up."

"And what would a reasonable time be?" Exedra normally would've smacked Audrina's hand away but for some reason he did not mind it at the moment.

"Oh just a hundred years or so."

His calm expression broke immediately and he nearly choked when he heard the vampire's lengthy timeframe.

"What? It's not like we're human. As an evolved and a dragon your lifespan is already extremely lengthy and I am already immortal so is a century really that long?" Audrina did not understand why Exedra was looking at her as if she'd just said something outlandish.

Exedra stared blankly at her before doing something that left the ancient vampire completely stunned.

"Pfft… you're surprisingly amusing!"

For the first time, Audrina saw the man she loved laugh and felt her heart skip a beat.

She felt as if she could die happy right then and there while her ovaries began to ache as she imagined the man in front of her forcing her into all different kinds of positions.

"Alright then Audrina Sanguine…" Exedra rose up from his seat on the bed and offered the vampire queen a handshake.

"To the next 100 years."

'H-he looks so good I want him inside me within the next 100 seconds!'

Audrina bit the inside of her jaw in an attempt to retain a semblance of control and took Exedra's outstretched hand.

"To the next 100 years."

She soon returned to her cat form and crawled up into Exedra's arms alongside a sleeping Mira.

Now that things with Audrina had been sorted out, it was time for him to go and see his father.

He wasn't sure exactly what room he'd be in with the castle being so large but he had other ways of finding him.

They were connected now after all.

Exedra opened a large ornate door that led to another bedroom where three familiar faces were waiting for him.

Zheng, Eris, and Lusamine were all standing around staring at a man sleeping on the bed.

The man's chest was comfortably rising and falling as if he was having a pleasant dream.

The girls had tears in their eyes whilst Zheng was trembling.

None of them even acknowledged Exedra's presence as they continued to stare at he man they believed was long dead.

'He's really alive..'

On the way here Exedra had explained to Audrina the circumstances behind Asmodeus' supposed death but she didn't believe it until right this moment.

'You… how were you able to free him?' Audrina asked telepathically.

Now that she knew Exedra had discovered her little secret, she could converse with him openly and work to improve their relationship.

Exedra debated on if he should answer her question because the answer was so inconceivable.

The chances of her believing him were low but on the off chance she did she'd think the man she loved was a monster that should not exist.

'I… ate a piece of his soul.'

Audrina fought the urge to roll her eyes. 'You should stick to being handsome because you're not very funny.'

Only after she got nothing but silence as a response did her eyes widen and she looked at the man holding her in a new light.

'You… how can you even?..'

This was about the reaction Exedra expected and he could honestly understand her disbelief.

Souls can only be manipulated or damaged by the absolute strongest of death mages and even that has its limits.

But Exedra had just told her he'd eaten one!

The system had revealed something crucial to Exedra about his powers that he was not yet aware of.

When he eats the heart of an enemy, he is effectively eating their soul and absorbing the benefits.

But what would happen if he ate only a piece of a heart while having something specific in mind that he wanted to take?

The system warned him of the abysmal odds of success but Exedra was determined to give his mother the gift she craved most.

Unfortunately, he had grossly underestimated the difficulty of absorbing the power of someone who was still full of life, as well as someone who's soul was several times larger and stronger than his own.

Almost as soon as he began, Asmodeus' soul defended itself and shattered Exedra's like glass.

He should be brain dead right now, doomed to spend the rest of his life in a catatonic state but luckily he has an extremely doting grandmother and a generous grandfather.

The augmentations made to Exedra's body and soul provided him the necessary strength to not only take the sin of lust, but to break his father's shackles as well.

And now his father was lying in a catatonic state as his soul attempted to regenerate the damage caused by having his sin forcibly removed.

But how could he possibly explain all that to this woman currently disguised as a cat?

Instead he flashed the awed cat in his arm a coy smile.

"I have a great many talents."

Normally that pristine white smile would've been enough to drive Audrina mad but since she was given such an unsatisfying answer she was currently suppressing the urge to punch him with her paw.

'Seriously… what kind of man have I fallen for?'

Chapter 98

Exedra and Audrina watched as the group shed tears over the revelation that their lord was still alive.

Belphegor had told them everything and the disbelief had yet to leave their systems.

Once they'd heard that he'd spent years in forced servitude, their surprise quickly shifted to rage and then shame.

How could they not protect their lord from such a terrible fate?

Were they even still fit to call themselves his sword and shield?

As soon as Asmodeus awoke from his slumber they would prostrate at his feet and beg for forgiveness.

Exedra didn't feel it was his time to speak he'd only come here to confirm something.

His father was currently in a coma due to the damage Exedra inadvertently caused when he took the sin of lust.

Unlike physical wounds, wounds to the soul are much more painful and more often than not require the body entering into a coma to heal.

Time taken could vary from anywhere between a few weeks to a few months.

'Despite that… I was hoping he'd be an exception.'

Exedra turned around to leave but not before leaving behind parting words. "I'll be leaving him in your care. I'll return for him when it's time to reunite him with my mother."

Lusamine wiped her tears and looked at Exedra's departing back. "W-where are you going?"

Exedra did not answer immediately and instead smiled at a message only he could see.

[Mission : Reclaim Your Rightful Home!]

- The castle of the former demon lord of lust was completely destroyed almost twenty years ago, now humans have built a city on top of the rubble and the corpses of it's soldiers.

- Reclaim what is rightfully yours and announce your status as demon lord to the world!

[ Rewards :

- Demon's Absolution Technique (Halberd Art.)

- Random skill lottery x3 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝐧𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

- 40,000 SC

- Qlipoth Seed

"I'm going to get my home back." He smiled and left the room.

Leaving behind three individuals who had started to become uneasy.

"Good to see you girls are up."

Exedra's next stop was to go find his wives who coincidentally had just awoken.

Lisa, Lailah, Bekka and Valerie were all just getting out of bed and about to go looking for Exedra when he instead came in to grab them.

"I'm sorry girls.. truly."

The dragon looked quite sympathetic as he bowed his head to his wives while holding a sleeping child and a small cat.

Upon seeing them again, his guilt exploded and he could barely look them in the eye.

Especially Valerie.

She had yet to meet his gaze since he'd entered and was quivering slightly.

"Hm? What are you apologizing for?" Lailah tilted her head in confusion.

"Well I.." Only Exedra's wives could put him at a loss for words.

Lisa ran up to him and pulled him in for a hug. "Did you think we would be upset we had to help you?"

The demon gave no words and only nodded.

Lailah approached the two with a cheeky smile. "Did you think you were forcing us husband? We chose to submit to you of our own volition."

Bekka chose this moment to seductively walk forward with her tail swaying back and forth. "We wouldn't mind submitting to you again if you need us to prove it~."

Exedra chuckled slightly before gesturing to their sleeping daughter.

It was then that all of his wives noticed how tightly Mira was holding on to her father in her sleep.

Exedra couldn't put her down even if he wanted to.

'Maybe we shouldn't have been gone for so long.' All three of his wives shared the same thought as they stared at the father daughter pair.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps was heard and everyone looked back to see Valerie walking forward with a face flushed red.

"Y-you… you have to take responsibility for doing something like that to m-me!"

Valerie was embarrassed just to hear those words come out of her own mouth but she had no choice.

As someone who'd had her fair share of one night stands, Valerie thought she was used to pleasure and would never submit to any man.

But from the moment she met Exedra her tough and fiery outer shell fell apart completely and disappeared without a trace.

She didn't understand what was happening to her and she believed that if she just avoided him as much as possible, she could calm down and return to normal.

But during those ten days she was locked inside of a room with Exedra, he ingrained himself into her body so thoroughly that she knew she could never go back.

Just the mere thought of being touched by another man was enough to make her sick.

It had to be him and absolutely no one else.

"What are you saying?" This was not at all how Exedra thought this was going to go.

Valerie took several deep breaths before she looked into Exedra's eyes with a new intensity.

"I can't cook." She warned.

"I do not expect you to?"

"I have a slight temper."

"I've noticed."

"I also have a drinking problem." She continued.

"What dwarf doesn't?"

"Mira also might learn some bad words from me."

"She already has."

"And I'll never be a polite little noble lady or all feminine like I should be."

"Valerie-" Exedra began.

"Despite that.. I want to be a good wife to you." She offered him a shy smile that he found incredibly captivating.

"I don't need you to be anything but yourself." Exedra bent down and kissed her warmly on the lips.

"It took her long enough." Lisa murmured.

"Why was sex the thing to help her make up her mind?" Lailah asked.

"You fucked him too, you know exactly why." Bekka pointed out.

'This bitch totally cut the line! I was here first!' Audrina meowed and made known her furry displeasure but Exedra paid her no mind and simply stroked her fur so she'd calm down.

'I'm blessed with such interesting women.'

Currently, Exedra and his group were leaving Belphegor's castle and preparing to head west where his mission was located.

Along the way, he'd told his wives that he was now effectively the seventh sin and a king to demonkind and as such, they likely would not be returning to Antares anytime soon.

They'd also been informed that the city they were going to wipe out was to be their new home so they had to cause as little damage as possible in the battle.

"I married… a king.." Valerie was walking hand in hand with Exedra and the shock from his news was having a very noticeable effect.

"Daddy is a king!"

"Does that make us queens?" Lisa asked curiously.

"I don't think I like that idea." Bekka responded.

"You don't have to wear fancy clothes or anything like that." Lailah reassured.

"Oh? Ok then I'm fine with it." Bekka nodded.

Exedra summoned four large abyss hounds and was slightly surprised they seemed to be bigger than before.

'Is it the second blessing? Or something else entirely?'

Two people each climbed up on a hound and they were easily able to sit up their comfortably and the hounds didn't seem to feel the weight at all.

Since Valerie was the newest and spent the least amount of time with Exedra she was allowed to ride with him but Bekka and Lailah didn't look too happy about it.

They each shot her jealous middle fingers to which she promptly returned before an idea bubbled up in her mind and she began to grope Exedra's entire body.

"You have to remember Mira's here so we can't make any pit stops. Can you afford the consequences of teasing me when we're finally alone?"

Just the sound of him whispering in her ear was enough to send shivers throughout her body and she meekly nodded but did not stop.

After ten days of nonstop sex one would think his wives would be satisfied for a while but they would be sorely mistaken.

The urge to fall into that pleasurable hell their husband had shown them was still present and ever growing.

Exedra gave a mental command and one by one all the hounds took off towards the destination that would be their home.

Once all of the mice were exterminated of course.

Chapter 99

The young girl with the golden light was taken by her father to the church in the city where they praised her as some kind of saint.

The girl didn't understand what all the words meant but she was happy with her current situation.

Her father received some pouch with a clanking sound and left her with the head priest.

The head priest was a nice man everyone called father Donovan and he treated her nice enough.

He gave her food that wasn't spoiled or out of the trash, a bed to sleep on and he even let her go to the bathroom whenever she wanted.

He kept telling her she was destined for a special purpose but she didn't believe that.

What could possibly be so special about her after all?

Her new life wasn't all that great though.

Sometimes she would hear some of the nuns make remarks calling her strange because she never spoke.

It wasn't her fault though she just became used to her father telling her that good children didn't make sounds.

Today father Donovan had told her that she would be going to a very special meeting with him.

She didn't understand what would be so special about a meeting but she happily accompanied him nonetheless.

He'd already done so much for her after all.

As she walked towards the meeting place, she held onto the robe of father Donovan as she admired the architecture.

The city of Hado was a very large and extravagant religious city.

The girl had heard stories about this city supposedly being the former site of a demon lord's castle.

But demon lords were supposed to be very scary and this place was so beautiful so surely that couldn't be true?

Eventually the pair reached their destination, a large and exorbitant mansion in the center of the city.

They were escorted inside by the guards and brought inside to a simple meeting room with several people inside.

The girl glanced over all of the people present before her eyes landed on a tall beautiful woman with four wings on her back.

She desperately fought the urge to run up to the woman and pet her feathered wings.

Something was screaming out to her that they'd be as soft as clouds.

The woman's gaze finally seemed to settle on her and she immediately frowned.

"What is the meaning of this?" Her voice was regal and serene like the distant ringing of bells.

Father Donovan turned to face the little girl and gave her his signature polite smile. "Illia, show everyone here the pretty trick you do."

The girl nodded only after frowning briefly.

She didn't like the name the priest gave her.

Even though she didn't have a name of her own, there was something about that name that made her feel uncomfortable.

The girl held up her palms and her illustrations golden light sprang forth and everyone in the room immediately sucked in their breath.

"T-this is.." The woman muttered.

"It's divine power alright." Father Donovan nodded with a satisfied expression. "Illia here is the culmination of our prayers."

"This is madness! Do you not understand the threat?! We can not send a malnourished child on this hunt!" The angel, whose name was Malenia , punched the table and shattered it into splinters.

"I understand very well." Father Donovan seemed unfazed by Malenia's anger and continued making his proposition.

"She is of course too small to venture into a battlefield but we don't need her to do that. If the legends are to be believed then the bodies of the one chosen by the holy mother are supposed to bring unrivaled harm to demons."

"Those of the abyss are no mere demons." Malenia's eyes began to glow with a golden light.

"So you say but isn't this a better weapon than none at all? With her help we can arm our soldiers with weapons blessed by her divine grace. You have your own strength and your own army but what of us humans? Unfortunately we can only scrape by on chance and the sacrifices of others."

The faces of all the men and women present contorted uncomfortably as they let the truth of those words sink in. ｂ𝚎ｄｎ𝚘ｖ𝚎ｌ.𝚌𝚘ｍ

The angel had alarmed them so much about this supposed coming monster that they were willing to do just about anything to survive.

Looking at this little girl with lifeless eyes and an expressionless face, one would immediately assume that she did not care about her fate.

Father Donovan kneeled in front of the girl once more and clasped her frail shoulders.

"Illia my dear, do you want to help defend humanity from the scourge that threatens to tear us apart?"

Truthfully, she did not understand what was going on or even what was being asked of her.

All she knew was that the man who had been so kind of her and never asked anything of her was now asking her to help her fellow man.

Surely she could do that much for him right?

The girl nodded without much thought and Malenia could only shake her head.

This poor child did not truly know what she had agreed to but she would soon find out.

- 3 Days later.

The young girl's dreamy new life did a complete 180 degree turn and she was now living in an even worse hell than the one she'd originally been born in.

After agreeing to father's request she was taken to a cellar and strapped to a table.

They took her blood and coated it onto thousands of blades.

They took her hair and weaved it into the fabric in their armor.

They struck her until she weeped silently and bottled up her tears for consumption.

In that dark and terrifying dungeon all she could remember was the smiling face of father Donovan that thanked her for her great sacrifice.

In the end, she ended up hating her power that used to make her so happy.

Hearing the creaking of the large metal door that signaled it was again time for blood to be drawn, she prayed furiously for someone, anyone to end this nightmare.

"Excuse me mister!"

"Hm?" A guard in shiny silver and gold armor looked down at an adorable little girl with black hair and almond eyes who couldn't have been older than six years old.

"I'm supposed to deliver a message to someone important do you know where I am supposed to go?"

The guard tilted his head in confusion as he stared at this strange young girl with an even stranger question.

Chapter 100

Eris was currently looking out the window in Asmodeus' room with a forlorn expression on her beautiful face.

Since Exedra had left, she hadn't really been herself and was barely eating.

"Is it still shocking?"

The dark elf was so deep in her thoughts, she didn't even hear Lusamine walk in.

"Or is there something else entirely on your mind?" She teased.

Eris rolled her eyes and returned back to gazing absentmindedly out the window.

Lusamine said it in a joking manner but in all honesty she was attempting to feel Eris out.

"I wonder how long he'll be gone." The succubus sauntered next to Lusamine and joined her in gazing out the window.

"Who are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me, elf." Lusamine scolded. "Do you think he'll be gone long?"

Eris was conflicted internally.

She'd always found Exedra to be more than a little charming but after his ascension to demon lord, his new appearance was permanently engraved into her mind.

Her husband was considered to be attractive by many but… she could not help but compare the two and find that Exedra was vastly superior.

Even Pythias had begun to notice that Eris was no longer hiding that she did not enjoy their intimate time and during the act she would simply lay there like a dead fish.

Unbeknownst to her, she had already fallen deeply into the trap that is the sin of lust.

Exedra's attractiveness is multiplied a hundredfold by women who know they shouldn't be with him.

Whether it was because they were a devout woman of faith and he was a demon, or a happily married woman, it makes no difference.

Given enough time and exposure the women would turn away from what they knew and throw themselves at his very feet.

Is lust not the most delicious when at least one of the participants knows it's wrong?

"I don't know but…" Eris hesitated before she honestly answered. "I would like to see him again soon."

Lusamine smiled when she realized her friend was finally saying what she wanted.

Truthfully, she'd never liked Pythias and that dislike only festered when she learned the story of how the two became married.

'Should I push her a little more?'

City lord Nicholas was having a pretty strange day.

He'd just finished letting the team of 'extractors' into the dungeon for their daily collection when a guard brought a small child in to his mansion.

The little girl had long silky raven hair, clear white skin and two innocent almond eyes.

She couldn't have been any older than six years old.

She was said to be delivering some message from her father but as soon as she saw a plate of butter cookies in the parlor her eyes took on a visible sparkle and she'd been chowing down ever since.

'Such a cute kid… what kind of irresponsible father sends a child this defenseless out on her own to deliver a message?'

The young girl hurriedly finished the plate of cookies before releasing a small satisfied burp and rubbing her stomach with a pleased expression.

Nicholas chuckled as he handed the little glutton a napkin to wipe the cookie crumbs from her cheeks.

"Are you satisfied little one?"

"Yea!"

The city lord chuckled before he sat down opposite Mira. "What's this I hear about you having a message for me?"

"Oh, right!" The girl hurriedly began rummaging through her coat pocket and pulled out a crumpled up letter.

She cleared her throat and was about to begin reading when the hidden door to the dungeon creaked open and three men wearing pristine white robes carrying crates of materials came out.

"Oh? Whose this little one?"

"She's adorable."

"I wish my daughter was that cute."

The men all took turns offering the young girl on the couch compliments but she was much too distracted by another fact.

"The misters.. smell like blood."

Nicholas glared at the three men for entering without knocking before he put on a smile and lied through his teeth. "Oh these men are butchers you see? They were slaughtering animals because were going to have a feast tonight! Would you like to join us little one?"

The girl did not respond and instead climbed down from the couch and walked towards the secret passage the men had just emerged from.

She knew what animal blood smelled like and this… was not animal blood.

"I'm sorry little one but you can't go down there it's not a sight for someone as young as yourself." One of the men in white robes squatted in front of the young girl to halt her advance.

The girl put on a thoughtful expression as she seemed to be having an internal debate.

"Do you just like animals? Tell you what I have a dog at home that I thin-"

POW!

The young girl delivered an uppercut from hell to the man in her way and his eyes promptly rolled back into his head as he comically fell backwards.

"What the fuck…"

The three remaining conscious men were greatly shocked but that quickly dissipated when they saw the young girl had continued her descent into the cellar and was no longer in the room with them.

"Get her!" Nicholas commanded.

The two collectors placed their materials down and chased after the girl.

When the small girl reached the dungeon, what she saw disturbed her greatly.

A girl a bit older than her was strapped to a metal table.

The girl's arms were covered in needle marks and her patchy golden hair could be seen growing back slowly, indicating a recovery potion had been used, albeit a low level one.

"Gotcha!" One of the collectors had caught up to the young girl and promptly placed his hand on her small shoulders.

The girl on the table seemed to notice the intrusion and looked down to see a beautiful young girl staring at her with pained eyes.

Nicholas and the collectors surrounded the young girl and we're debating on what to do with her.

"We can't let her go now that she'd seen this."

"Who'd believe her? What I wanna know is how she knocked out Humphrey."

Amidst the chatter of the adults, the young girl with almond eyes finally spoke. "Hey.. do you want Mira to save you?"

The girl on the table seemed to realize that this girl was talking to her.

She didn't know if this girl could really help her but she was so desperate she would take any opportunity no matter how small it seemed.

The girl nodded furiously with tears in her eyes and Mira gave her a childish smile.

"Okay, just wait there!"

"Hey! Nobody is going-"

Swoosh!

Thunk! ｂ𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎｅｔ

Thump!

Before Nicholas could even process what happened, the two men standing next to him had large spears of ice jammed into their heads.

As their bodies hit the ground, the city lord backed away from the monstrous little girl in front of him in horror.

"Mira is supposed to tell you that you have four hours to prepare your city to be attacked."

"A-attacked? B-by who?!"

"Mira's daddy!"

"..Can you be more specific?"

The girl rubbed her chin thoughtfully as she desperately tried to remember what her daddy said his official title was.

"Umm… I know he's a demon lord now but Mira can't remember exactly which one."

That single sentence made Nicholas' heart sink to the pit of his stomach before he immediately realized this was exactly the opportunity he'd been waiting for.

The whole reason they'd been collecting from Illia was in preparation for exactly this moment.

But for right now, he had to play the part of a spineless fool so as not to arouse suspicion from this powerful child.

"Ah.. h-how scary!"

"Right? Mira's daddy is super duper strong!"

Seeing as how the man in front of her was petrified by the mere mention of her father, Mira moved away from him and walked over towards the captive girl.

"Mira's gonna free you now okay? You're gonna come with me!"