Chapter 116: Friendship – Part 1

Chapter 116: Friendship – Part 1

The other wives and the Officers come into the room as I laugh out loud, but I'm interrupted by Roxanne suddenly giving me a tight hug from behind. She immediately rests her head against mine, her horns looking quite floppy, as if they were made of rubber, then she closes her eyes and lets out a long sigh of relief.

We all go silent as we give her a warm look, then I grab her arms with my claws and bring one of her hands up towards my lips so that I can give it a kiss.

"Thank you for being so reliable," I whisper lovingly.

She smirks and cheekily adds, "And also being a magical genius."

"And also being a magical genius," I repeat, and her horns harden again.

"[G-genius indeed]!" The marmot-headed mage exclaims, accidentally reverting back to Reo, then he clears his throat and repeats, "Genius indeed! I can't believe you successfully performed a Soul Surgery on your first try, mere minutes after being given a simple explanation on how [Alteration Magic] works!"

Roxanne's rapidly inflating ego is pinpricked by Ciel's "Cheater!" echoing in her mind repeatedly, then the wives surround me and give whatever body part they can hold a reassuring hug or squeeze. Lina goes for the tail, and I raise it for a second, lifting her up off the floor along with it, just to mess with her.

"As expected of the Young Lords," the deer-headed mage affirms.

"As expected of those chosen by the Gods," Poosh adds as she timidly walks towards us.

I extend my hand towards her to invite her closer, and she happily takes it, then I caress her cheek and pull her face towards me so that I can give her a peck on her lips. She doesn't know how many close calls we've had already, so it seems that she still worries unnecessarily. The wives were all concerned about the "Soul Corruption," of course, but aside from a mild bout of panic at the beginning, we were all pretty confident that we'd find a way to fix it.

"Have you thought about learning [Alteration Magic], Lord Roxanne? You certainly seem to have a talent for it," the rabbit-headed woman kindly suggests.

Roxanne raises her head, opens her eyes, and politely replies, "Perhaps later in my life, I'll have time for it, but for right now, I still need to use all my soul potential on combat-related skills." Then she rubs her cheek against mine, making our horns grind against each other's, and rests her head against mine again.

The three Alteration mages share a look.

"We don't know how long we'll 'live,' so perhaps our descendants will have the honor of teaching you," the rabbit mage supposes.

Lina suddenly feels like saying something, but her shyness keeps her silent, so I give her a push through our connection and force her to share, "But we'll be thrilled to read your books about Alteration, if you write them one day."

I nod and immediately follow, "I also have some interest in [Alteration Magic], so I'd be happy if I could read something that was personally written by masters of this school because all we have available right now are second-hand reports."

"Y-you honor us by giving us so much recognition," the marmot mage hurriedly replies, and the three mages lower their heads.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, we let them leave, but then I make everyone who was exposed to the otherwordly invader go through a soul scan to make sure that there's nothing "stuck" onto their souls.

With the crisis now over, I pass by the Lord's Hall and call Osaria out of her meeting to explain what happened.

When I'm done explaining it all, she makes an anguished face and pulls my head into her cleavage. "I don't like it that you're messing with such a dangerous spell," she hesitantly confesses.

I pull my head out of her breasts and try to appease her, "I won't cast it again until I can alter spells with confidence."

"But you won't stop."

"No."

She sighs and hugs my head tighter. "Do you have a single project that isn't dangerous?"

Alissa laughs out loud through [Bind]. "Hahahah! No, he doesn't," she amusedly affirms through the connection, but the laughter quickly dies out, and she sighs tiredly.

"Food?" I tentatively suggest.

"I think that barely qualifies as a 'project,'" she quietly replies, and all the girls agree, humming inside my mind in unison.

I look away embarrassedly and try again, "Sex...?"

"You fucked a dragon," Yunia calmly states, and the Council judges me as "guilty" without even allowing me to defend myself against the accusation.

I also personally tell Klein, Hukarere, and Kaatohe about what happened, but considering how they themselves are constantly doing dangerous work, their reactions are a lot more muted than Osaria's.

Now that the [Otherworldly Summoning] experiment is officially put on hold, I have to decide on something else to occupy myself with, at least for today, but before I start working on anything, I receive a notice that Nour Asaf has entered Escanso.

I wait for him to come to the castle, but he goes to the commoner's Lord's Hall and formally requests a meeting to discuss a "business proposal" on behalf of his family's airship-building company.

Oh... I guess we're kind of business rivals now, aren't we?

I invite him to the castle, and Hana, Ciel, Yunia, and I go down to our main hall to receive him and his two wives. Hana wants to see Midori again, her fellow dragonkin, Ciel just wants to spend some time close to me since she's still feeling a bit scared due to the close call, and Yunia is here because of course she would participate in business talks.

"Well, I also want to participate in the talks a bit," Ciel timidly admits.

Surprisingly, Alissa isn't acting clingy, but that's only due to how proud she is of how she managed to access my system while I was sleeping.

While we wait for Nour to receive our response, Alissa decides to retell her little tale through [Bind], "It wasn't easy. Your brain is like a maze, but I still managed to find my way through it with only my intuition because of how many times I've gazed upon it from afar."

And Aoi excitedly joins in, "I like diving into his brain, it's like swimming through buildings, and there are so many different architectural styles there that every dive is different."

Alissa nods internally in agreement. "Exactly! If I didn't have other things to do, I think I'd stay in there forever."

"Alissa does seem like she'd gladly let her mind be consumed by Wolfy's," Lina suddenly chimes in.

"What...?" Alissa mumbles confusedly.

"I know you have to control yourself, or else, you'd just 'melt' into his mind," Lina accuses her, sounding both teasing and concerned.

"Oh yeah, that happened once, but only with her," I remark curiously.

"Because she's a chicken dragon," Hana teases.

"A flying dwarf," Lina chimes in.

"A celibate succubus," Roxanne continues.

"A raving druid," Ciel guiltily participates.

"A goblin architect," Aoi coos with an internal grin.

"Gih," Gify chirps, and we all chuckle.

In essence, Alissa is a bit crazy.

Her pride starts to be replaced by embarrassment, so we tone down the teasing to not ruin her moment. Her dedication to me is ridiculously strong, but it's also so innocent that it doesn't feel right to make fun of her for it.

I grab the bundle of "blankets" that makes up her presence in my mind and give it a warm hug as I whisper, "I love you just the way you are."

"Awn..." She moans softly and whispers, "I love you too..."

"We know..." Yunia dryly comments, and Alissa and I smile at her teasing, but we don't respond.

I release her after a short moment, then something suddenly occurs to me. "But... I didn't know that you guys could explore my mind without me noticing it," I admit with a slightly uncomfortable laugh.

And Alissa cheerfully explains things, "Not quite as easily as you can with ours. We can read each others' minds like they are open books, but for some reason, you can perfectly understand what you read, while for us, it's like you're written in a different language. We can only hear your thoughts and sense your feelings, but we can't read your memories."

Curious.

"You do have a 'piece' of our souls inside you," Yunia points out.

And I hum in understanding, "Ooh~... It's like I have a 'decoder' to your souls inside of me, and it allows me to not only see whatever I want, but also control it."

"Not a scary concept at all," Ciel sarcastically remarks with a snort.

"It's a bit late to complain about that now," Roxanne retorts, and the rest of the girls mutely agree.

"Well, they're both amazing!" Midori replies and grins at Hana.

"Let's... let's not abuse their goodwill by being so aggressive," Nour suddenly puts an end to it, and Midori releases the funbags, though she still continues to stare at her shiny cleavage.

"I don't mind, touch me as much as you want," Hana casually assures them.

"Well, I do," Nour immediately replies and a wave of courage washes over him as he stiffens his posture and glares at Midori. "You can't let a dragonkin loose, or they'll start pushing past boundaries."

"Well said," I agree with him, but I send Hana a nod of approval instead of rebuking her like Nour.

Safiya dryly remarks with tired eyes, "I can see where this is going..."

Bellatrix discreetly approaches Midori, and Alissa hears her whisper, "Just think of what your mother will say."

The emerald-haired beauty rolls her eyes and sighs, then takes a step back from Hana and raises her hands in surrender. "Alright, alright," she relents, but then she shows a very dragonkin-like mischievous grin. "But you have to tell me how to get that skill."

"I'll gladly help my kin spread the skill I created," Hana politely asserts and nods, then mirrors her grin.

With the lewd air now gone, everyone resumes their conversations, then I approach Nour and tease him a bit, "Having a bit of trouble with keeping your dragon between your legs?"

"A bit," he softly replies and chuckles nervously. "She knows me very well, and she loves to find new ways to get me... 'excited.'"

I candidly suggest, "Have you tried chaining her up and choking her until she submits? I mean that literally."

He gives me a side glance and turns his eyes back to Midori, who's still subtly flirting with Hana. "Yes..."

"How about chaining her up and making the rest of the harem submit to your virility in front of her while she gets nothing until she's begging for it?"

He raises his eyebrows and stares at me in astonishment. "We don't really do that kind of... 'intense' roleplaying."

I shrug. "Something new to try, then. Dragons love hierarchies, I know because I'm one, myself, so pressing your boot on her throat might have some interesting results."

He blinks blankly. "'Interesting,' not 'positive'?"

I smirk teasingly. "That's a risk that you'll need to be willing to take. Dragonkin are all about high-risk, high-reward, so there's not much point in being gentle with them."

He chuckles again, though now with a bit more energy to it. "I thought that the sex skills would be the end of it, but I guess I need a few more levels and 'Stats' to properly take care of my harem, huh?"

My smirk widens. "'Skills'? As in, plural?"

He glances at me and has the audacity to blush. "Yeah..."

I give him a painful slap on the back, and my scales clink loudly against each other. "The brotherhood congratulates you, stallion, on your growth as a true man. I wish you many quivering pussies and spread cheeks. May our cocks be ever erect."

He shakes his head as chuckles heartily. "I'll drink to that. May our cocks be ever erect," he repeats, and we both take a sip from our glasses.

I offer them some of my Cinco Flores Eia extract, and the party becomes more lively as the ambrosia allows us to loosen up a bit more.

Then I invite Oritiki, Hukarere, and Kaatohe to join us, and Nour immediately delves deep into business talks with Oritiki. He gives them a glance, but then diligently keeps his eyes up, expertly avoiding the temptation of looking at the alluring sets of naked breasts and pussies openly displayed before him. Though I'm sure Bellatrix and Midori wouldn't mind, the rest of his harem makes it quite obvious that they think differently.

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