The dragon's harem

As Arad sat down and sipped on his tea, one of his incarnations was already heading to Gojo’s kingdom. But it’ll be a while before all of that.

The problem he was facing now was figuring out a name.

Each day, Arad gets to sleep with many of his wives, but today was a special day; Not because of anything that would happen today, but because of what would happen in the two days after it.

Tonight, Linda is on the list, and if what the Metallic Queen said is true, she could give birth as quickly as the day after. Because she is a time drakaina and time flows differently for her.

Arad himself couldn’t fathom what his wives were thinking. The moment Isdis knew about Linda, she arranged a night for her immediately. All of the wives had unanimously decided that.

Arad looked at the maid standing beside him, ready to serve him another massive mug of tea. “Did you hear anything? About Linda?”

The maid looked around. She was alone with him in the living room, but that didn’t mean the wives weren’t watching. She had to answer in the safest way possible for her.

“I don’t know much, but they probably want an heir as soon as possible.” She replied, but it wasn’t easy. The moment she started speaking, she could tell that Arad knew she was lying. As powerful as Arad was, reading his emotions and intent while he was relaxed was an easy task.

“I see…” Arad sighed. Not because the maid lied, he doesn’t care about that. What troubled him was the reason that floated in her head. He could hear and see her thoughts.

His wives are worried because none of them has a child yet. Granted, Mira and Aella are pregnant, and things are progressing fine with everyone else, but that didn’t help at all. The stronger Arad became, the harsher his genetics became, and the lower the chance the weaker wives got of ever getting a child.

What’s more, the maid didn’t seem to understand the full picture either. If Arad wanted to understand the problem, he had to speak with each one of his wives.

So which of them would tell him what’s going on? There was only one who didn’t care.

“Gamond!” Arad called, and it only took her a couple of seconds to show up.

Gamond walked into the living room with a carefree face, a smile covered her face as she greeted the maid, and plopped herself on Arad’s lap. “You call me?” She leaned back on his chest and rested her legs on the table.

“Yes. It is supposed to be Eris tonight, how come Linda got it?”

Arad asked, and Gamond looked at him for a second and then smiled, “Well… First, Eris is busy. Building a heaven is taking a lot of her time and focus, so she has to help her angels for a few days. Besides, all of the murder information flooding into her mind is mentally taxing.” ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel·fiɾe·net

Gamond stretched her arms and then gave the maid a smile. “Bring me some tea as well, with ice.”

The maid moved as fast as she could while Gamond kept talking with Arad.

“Eris could spend the night with you; she was looking forward to it. But wanting to do something and it being healthy for her is another thing. She needs some rest and sleep. She knows it, everyone knows it. So we decided that she should rest a bit, allow herself to get used to being a goddess first.”

Arad listened to Gamond’s explanation and then frowned, “From what I know…”

Before Arad could finish speaking, she smacked him with the back of her head. “You’re right, but wrong as well. Those nights indeed allow us to relax, we enjoy them, but the exhaustion from them is real.”

She sighed and sat up, taking a seat beside Arad, “You’re a bit too big. I know that it’s a matter of pride to some, like Eris and Merida… but I’d say you’d better tell them off and restrain yourself to their size.”

“I get that, but why Linda on the first day?”

Arad could understand Eris needing a day of rest, but not Linda taking her place instead of anyone else.

Gamond shrugged, “Besides me, Sena, Nina, and Kali, Linda might be the only one who can take you on fully.”

Arad leaned back, “Well… true.”

“And… Isdis is planning to have one of your incarnations live here for a few months. Everyone in the private quarter has to go by your room at least once, even the maids.” Gamond looked at the maid who had just handed her a large mug of iced tea.

The maid took a step back and looked away, “I didn’t hear anything.”

Gamond giggled, “Oh, you did. Make sure to use that time wisely.”

The maid stared back at her with a stern face, “Of course I would.”

“So? You just decided to send Linda in.” Arad leaned forward and took his mug, finishing it in a single gulp.

“We also wanted to test the Metallic Queen’s words. To see if Linda could give birth in a day.” She smiled, “I want to see it, Merlin wants to as well, Mira, Aella, Eris, basically everyone wants to see it happen.”

“So what?” Arad sighed, “If she can give birth in a day, doesn’t that mean she can give birth to three hundred children a year?”

“Linda said that she could do that forever, but she won’t. Doing it once is safe, but multiple times would mess with time and her soul.” Gamond looked at the room’s door, “Isn’t that right?”

The shadows there moved, and Linda walked out of them. “Usually, the child’s soul gets created over a long period of time, because the process itself needs time to set in perfectly. Accelerating it is dangerous.” She sat on the table, “For me first, and for the child next.”

“So? What’s a safe limit?”

Linda thought about it for a while, “I don’t know, it depends on the Triplets of fate and how fast they can integrate a new soul into the universe. I’m confident they’ll do it once, but I’m not sure they’ll be willing to put in the work for a second time.”

The triplets of fate weave the fate of each living person into the tapestry of fate using their loom. While they do integrate untold numbers of creatures into fate, they really hate it when someone gives them orders or puts extra work into their already crammed schedule.

“The damage to my soul could also weaken me, or cause the child to come out crippled.”

“Fair enough.” Arad looked at Linda, then back at Gamond. “Let’s try it and see.”