The dragon's harem

Chapter 964: The Fifth Day of Training Starts

Arad returned with Lamy at his side, Hati was already informed so she had a room quickly prepared. Even with how small her house looks from the outside, the area inside was augmented with spatial magic allowing the beast queen to extend her hallways as much as she wanted, adding new rooms at her will.

Arad was already exhausted, the day had been long, too long. Fighting with four demon lords, then taking on Lunaraʼs final move, surviving death by a hair strand, getting possessed by another demon lord, and finally killing two demon lords and taking their layers. He giggled as he opened his roomʼs door, ”Alcott should be in my place.”

^The werewolf demon lord possessed me so I killed him and his friend since Iʼm a stronger werewolf...^ He smiled, ”Like father like son, that might be right.”

As Arad walked inside his room, he saw only Tina sitting on the couch, waiting for him. ”Did something happen?” He asked. His wives should be asleep by now, both of them had a long day.

”Hati informed me, that Lass Lamina. What is she?” Tina stood and approached Arad, ”A wife? A mistress, a maid, a servant, a slave? Or just a friend staying with us temporarily.”

Arad blinked, ”If I had to say, sheʼs not a maid, but not a servant either. Get her as your helper, but donʼt exhaust her too much, despite her look, her body lacks stamina.” Arad approached the wardrobe and took his vest and shirt off.

”I see...So Hati lied...that fox..” Tina sighed, sitting back on the couch.

Arad looked at her, ”What did Hati say?”

”Said sheʼs a mistress, coming in as a diplomatic tool with some powers in the abyss.” Tina looked at him with a faint smile.

”Is that what she said? I want to think sheʼs joking but...” He sighed and Tina finished his sentence. ”For a woman trying to push her daughters onto you, she probably was serious. What do you think about Astrid and Frida?”

”I donʼt think anything. I appreciate their help, but that has nothing to do with a relationship with me.” He sat on the bed and Tina sat beside him. ”Iʼm still too young to understand long romantic relationships like that. What works for me is heavy impacts...” He looked at her, ”I probably value Lunara more. She is strong, was clear with her intent, and even managed to hold me back enough when Alaric possessed me.”

”I see...what about the ladies?” She looked at him with a tilted head.

”They are the ones to accept or refuse any wife. Even if I agree to a new wife, Iʼll still reject her if the prior wives rejected her.” He lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, ”It doesnʼt matter what Lunara, Astrid, Frida, or any other woman are or do, if my current wives said no, that means no.” He looked at Tina, ”Iʼm not angering my wives for a new wife.”

”What about Nina?” She looked at him.

”Nina and Merlin already got the wivesʼ approval.” Arad yawned, he wanted to take a nap. Tina stood, ”Iʼll leave to rest then, but I want to ask something of you later.”

”What is it?” Arad looked at her with one eye.

”This isnʼt the time for it, Iʼll leave it to until we return home.” She started walking toward the door.

”I see...I probably guessed it out. I donʼt mind, weʼll tackle that later.” Arad laid back and closed his eyes to sleep as Tina walked out.

This was an eventful day...Arad rolled to the side, ɅThe days that passed will never come back...^ He remembered everything that happened today in detail, thinking about what he couldʼve done better. He couldʼve not gone through Lunaraʼs portal and Alaric mightʼve never appeared...but if he did that, he wouldnʼt now be the owner of two layers of the abyss... An action that endangered his wives had ended up benefiting him...but...his actions are what started it.

Arad began to realize...^The biggest danger to my family is...me...^ He sighed. Danger and fortune both follow him. A constant gamble with fate... ^I wonder what brother is doing... I want to show him my new staff, and ask if he knows anything about preparing for the unknown...heʼs a gambler now, right...^

A void dragon struggling with the unknown, even those coming from nothing can act upon nothing but guess, and when the lives heʼs gambling with are his wives, he canʼt leave the future to chance.

As Arad fell asleep, his draconic brain kept chugging along, coming up with plans and tactics for battles unknown. Arad Orion, the dreamer dreamt of a vast world akin to his, simulating countless battles. The future can never affect the past, only through the dreams.

The next day quickly came and Arad walked into the Hatiʼs training world. The first thing he saw was Kayden waiting for him.

”Did you have a good nightʼs sleep? Wondrous dreams?” Kayden looked at Arad.

”What dreams...” Arad yawned, ”Aella and Mira told me about them...but I never dream. Once I fall asleep I immediately wake up in the morning.”

”I see...” Kayden turned right and started walking. ”Youʼve learned how to accelerate, how to teleport mid-acceleration, how to cut, and how to defend. Remember how I said yesterday that I didnʼt want to tell you about todayʼs training?”

”Youʼre going to tell me now?” Arad cracked his neck.

”Yes, but you arenʼt ready for it, no one ever is ready for her.” Kayden looked at Arad, ”Today youʼll be learning the basics of magic, and Iʼm not responsible for anything from here onward.” He sighed, ”I didnʼt want to tell you as you mightʼve run away.”

”Are you joking? Iʼll never run away from training.” Arad chuckled.

Kayden looked at him with a serious face. ”I know you wonʼt run from training. Youʼll run away from her, everyone runs away, me, the gods, even the overgod all fear her unstable existence.” Kayden disappeared.

”YO! Little Arad!” Arad felt someone standing on his head, when he looked up, Lilia, the Archmagus of the wizard tower was standing on his head proudly puffing her chest up. ”Iʼll be teaching you magic...Despite that, Iʼd prefer to train Gojo instead.”

”Get off my head.” Arad growled with a passive face, the veins on his neck bulging up.

”No way, youʼre too big and scary. I feel more comfortable standing here.” She looked down with an evil grin, her face quickly changing into an emotionless stare. ”But...I gotta train you, donʼt I?” She floated off his head and slowly descended before him.

”My name is Lilia...can you remember my name?” She glared at him with burning blue eyes, the blue gem embedded in her forehead flashed with magic and her flame-red hair sparked with mana. ”Youʼve met my Ex-wife, didnʼt you?”

Arad glared back at her, ”Ex-wife? The pale night, no...Shubʼs weird wife.” He bent down to look her in the face, ”Youʼre Yog, the guardian of the door and forbidden knowledge?” ”Guardian of the gate, are you getting old?” She giggled, ”Thatʼs indeed me. I only take this form for people to be able to see me without dying.” She looked around them.

”Kayden locked this space so you wonʼt run away from me...but I guess Iʼll be more comfortable in my own space.” She looked at Arad, ”Donʼt look down at me with that scary look...Iʼm just a four-foot midget, Iʼve got a short complex.”

She flicked her fingers and the whole world around them twisted and contorted, Arad suddenly found himself standing alone beside a massive mountain, its peak killing the burning red sky between five green moons.

Arad looked at the new scene surrounding him. ”You changed the whole world?”

”I just teleported us into my domain. Iʼm the one who taught Hati and Betty to create small worlds.” She lifted her hand. ”Mine is bigger than anything they could hope to create.” Wiggling her fingers, ”How about we start?”

In the blink of an eye, her hands pierced Aradʼs chest. He coughed blood and could feel her hands around his still-beating heart.

Arad immediately swung his fist at her face, but she dodged the attack, did a flip, and swung Aradʼs heavy body, throwing him away as she pulled Doma by the hair out of him with her left hand, and with her right hand, she pulled a whole void dragon out of him.

Golden chains tied Doma and the dragon, putting them in separate magical spheres. Arad who rolled on the ground looked up with a cough, ”What did you do?”

”Iʼm taking your extra powers, I donʼt want you to cheat.” Lilia said with a sadistic grin, ”I first took the witch Doma and your motherʼs consciences fragment.” She started floating toward him, ”Itʼs simple, Merlin Labyrinth already did something like this to you before,

didnʼt it?”

Arad lunged at her with a clenched fist but she easily dodged his attack, plunging her hands into his chest once more, this time pulling his vampiric and lycanthropic powers. One looked like a boiling blood slime and the other was a tiny sleeping black wolf.

When Arad fell, he had nothing but the power of his human blood. His draconic might, vampiric, and curse powers have all faded away. He barely managed to stand, still bleeding

from his chest.

”You little...” Arad growled, unable to stand straight.

”I donʼt care if itʼll take you a month, a year, or a thousand years.” A long wooden staff

appeared out of nowhere. ”My tower is on the other side of this world, reach it, climb its one hundred layers, and youʼll find me at the top layer.” She waved her foot at him as she floated away, ”If you suck my toes there, Iʼll consider this training finished. Otherwise, youʼll be stuck here for the rest of your life...and yes, you can use teleportation magic if you want.”

”Iʼll never suck your toes! Weirdo!” Arad shouted at her, swinging his arm as he tried to fire a fireball but failed. All of his power had faded away.

”I wouldʼve been impressed if you were willing to do that. But try to at least be skilled in magic enough to impress me then...” She flew away, her laughter fading away.

That simple move of swinging his arm had opened the wound on his chest, causing him to

gasp in pain, fall to his knees, and cough a mouthful of blood. His body now is that of a human, he canʼt tank fatal hits like this.

Arad looked around exhausted eyes, the blood loss was already getting to him. At the end of

the hill, he could see a dirt path clinging on its side, old yet still had marks of carriages... It was just then that he realized he was standing beside a rural roadway.