The dragon's harem

Chapter 1978: Grandmother

”As you can see, the entire mountain is surrounded by thick overgrowth and countless cherry trees. The entire place is fed by Amaterasu’s divine magic, so plants don’t need water or sunlight, even though they get plenty of both.” She pointed at the countless gates surrounding the shrine, then threw a sharp glare at Arad.

”Stroll in?” Arad lifted an eyebrow and then crossed his arms. ”I didn’t just stroll in; I had to regenerate through the damage.”

Hearing his explanation, Neptune had to fight the urge to faint. How could someone just heal through the damage of Amaterasu’s barrier like that? Even if Arad was fuelled by Kali, how did he manage to endure getting burned to the bones while still walking?

She spent another second thinking about it, and quickly counted that at Arad’s current healing level, he might just be spitting on Death’s face. So, for now at least, she could see why Amaterasu counts Arad as a unique and important being, but she still couldn’t figure out what makes him so special that just knowing the truth would get her sealed away by Amaterasu’s side.

It the worst case, the barrier would just destroy the incarnation Arad is using to cross it, so he can take the loss and heal later. This place might just turn into a good way to test and experiment with his regeneration.

She spent a few seconds staring at Arad’s arms and legs, before sighing and looking back. ”As I explained before, this pagoda acts as a syphon that draws power from Amaterasu and filters it for your wives to use. Even though I don’t think this function was needed, it can also grow taller the more wives you turn into gods.”

Neptune approached the sliding door leading to the ground floor of the pagoda. ”The door is also sealed and can only be opened with one key.” She looked back at Arad with a smile as she grabbed the door with both hands and pulled it open.

”How resistant is it to brute force?” Arad touched the door, and Neptune closed it. ”Well, give it a try. It should be pretty durable.”

Arad looked at her. ”Calm down, the door works perfectly fine. I just got the key.” It was then when Neptune almost snapped at him.

”You are right. There is only one key, and it is your body, that large planet.” Arad then pointed at his belly. ”And, I got it. Your body is inside my stomach. I can use it to open the door.”

Kory approached the door, closed it again, and then tried to open it. ”It won’t budge! This thing is stuck.” Even with her draconic strength, opening the door was impossible without the key.

”If it’s Lady Violet, then it might be possible.” She scratched the back of her head. ”She and Amaterasu have a long history, but those two never got along. Violet was prone to rage and killing gods on her whims, and Amaterasu, who tolerated her, got a lot of hate from the other gods for that.”

”Yeah, at least as much as someone who was a guard in Amaterasu’s heaven.” She paused for a moment, ”Violet’s job was to erase gods from existence for Amaterasu. Whenever someone caused a lot of trouble and killing or throwing them in hell wasn’t an option, Amaterasu would feed them to Violet. That’s how she grew so strong in just a few thousand years.”

”Not much, she never talked about them.” Arad replied, and Neptune stared at him in silence for a long while, then replied.

”I heard of that. Eris is having the same problem and Amaterasu is helping her.” Arad nodded, and it was then when Neptune told him something insane.

”Isn’t Sena Tiamat’s daughter as well?” Arad lifted an eyebrow, but Neptune shook her head. ”No, Tiamat is one thing, and Sofia is another. Sena is Sofia’s daughter, not Tiamat. They might look the same, but those two came from different timelines and have vastly different bodies and bloodlines. One is more human, and the other holds the same body and blood of the first Tiamat, daughter of Asgorath, the first dragon.”

She stared at him for a long while. ”Well, I can see both Asgorath and Adam in you. By the way, your father, Alcott, is the closest to Adam in the current time.”

”Depends on how you see what she did.”