The dragon's harem

”And...” Aloe emerged from the summoning circle, and she had already taken a human form. A tall, human-sized fairy with large wings, long, flowing black hair, burning green eyes, and skin as pale as snow, filled from head to toe with black tattoos. ”... Then knowing that means that we can’t let them live freely anymore.”

”Wait! Demoness, who is she?” As the man cried, the demoness immediately swung her hand and smacked him into the wall with a shockwave. ”I said shut up! You two already drowned me in shit, and you’re still barking.”

”Calm down.” Aloe spoke, ”He’s already knocked out. Besides...” She approached Arad with a sweaty and worried face. ”I’ll hopefully handle this.” She looked at Arad. ”Say... It’s my demon’s mistake this time. What can I do for you so we can sweep this under the rug?”

Arad shrunk in size to a regular seven-foot-tall, and sat on the bed. ”I know, I did read her mind as she was talking to you.” Arad crossed his arms, and Aloe giggled with a horrified face. ”As expected, nothing gets past you, My Lord.”

Even as a Demon Lord, Aloe wasn’t going to lie to herself and pretend to be brave. This dragon had already burned several abyss layers to ash, and her layer wouldn’t be anything special. Those moments here might very well be her last.

The demoness could see a stream of liquid dripping down Aloe’s legs. She was a Demon Lord, yet here she was, soiling herself out of fear and stress that everything she worked for could end in seconds.

”I... I really don’t have an excuse for you. I’ll make sure this will never happen again. Can you just show us some mercy?” As Aloe was about to start crying, Arad sighed. ”Calm down. I’m not going to do anything to you, your abyss layer, or this demoness. I understand that demons have to do demon things.”

Aloe was silent for a second, and then gasped. ”Wait... you’re not going to do anything?”

”I decided not to. I was about to cripple those two and take them to the Wood Elf king now, allow Isdis to use that as Leverage to crown Li as the Queen, and I also planned to take the demon responsible back to Kali, find out who their master is, and track them down.” As he looked at her with a smile, Aloe’s fear only exploded as she imagined what would’ve happened if Kali got involved.

”So...” The demoness gasped. ”If I didn’t call Aloe... or if those two didn’t summon me...”

Arad nodded, ”I would’ve shown up with Kali in your layer. I don’t if we could’ve talked things peacefully there.”

”Oh... My Lord...” Aloe giggled with a still-terrified face. ”Even if you attack my Abyss Layer, I’ll still submit myself and listen to your orders. If you ever have a problem with my demons in the future, please remember I’m your obedient little slave.”

She then floated down to the ground, prostrated herself, and added. ”For this incident, please make me and this demoness pay. If we aren’t enough to satisfy you, then please feel free to use the demons from my layer.”

The demoness immediately spoke as well. ”Please show me no mercy. I almost got your wives killed, caused my Demon Lord to lose her entire domain, and even failed to control my own human contacts. I only deserve pain and suffering.”

Arad sighed. ”Aloe, you’re fine. You did nothing wrong. Come sit by my side.” He called, and Aloe immediately flew and took a seat by his side, and he shifted his gaze toward the demoness. ”But you made a lot of mistakes to get us here. Count them all.”

”I... should’ve checked who my client’s target is.” She shivered and looked up at Arad with a blushing face, and he sighed. ”That’s the first reason... but...” He rubbed his face in exhaustion, and Aloe scratched her chin.

”She is a Pain Demon. I’m pretty sure she is getting turned on just by imagining you torturing her.” She shrugged. ”Right? Imagine him skinning you alive as you beg for mercy. Don’t you like that?”

The demoness’s shivers grew stronger, and she started leaking. ”That... isn’t the case.”

”Just speak...” As Arad sighed, she gasped and finished. ”Yes, My Lord. I failed to check who my client’s target is. I failed to keep an eye on my target, and I should’ve contacted My Lady Demon Lord of Betrayal before doing business in the Mortal World, where many powers reside.”

”That isn’t it...” Arad glared at her, more disappointed than angry, ”Listen here, are you stupid? Why send a whole fucking bottle of Demon’s Blood Wine? Just a tiny vial would’ve been enough to kill a lesser god!”

”Wait...” Aloe gasped, ”What the fuck did you just say?” She threw a sharp glare at the demoness. ”A whole bottle? Bitch, who gives a mortal all that?”

”I know, right?!” Arad gasped, ”Even I was surprised! A whole bottle, sealed and all. It would’ve caused a fortune in the abyss. Yet she gave it to them like nothing.” He crossed his arms. ”I wouldn’t have been that worried if it was just a tiny potion bottle or a few sips...”

”She...” The demoness mumbled, and then looked back. ”Whore! Move, bring The Lord your stupid plans, now!”

”YES!” As the Court Wizard cried and stood to run and bring her papers and plans, a gust of demonic wind smacked her right back to the ground like a fly. Aloe glared at her with burning dark green eyes. ”Crawl! Don’t you dare stand in front of the Lord.”

”YES!” The Court Wizard crawled through the entire room and brought everything, giving it to the demoness, who gave them to Aloe. ”I see... it was the bastard over there who suggested using the entire bottle on Lord Arad and his company due to the recent rumors about the Arctic North incident.”

Arad looked at the plans. ”And she... wanted to use the Blood Wine in several assassinations across the world to gain power and influence in several kingdoms...”

”Ignoring most of the details, I got the gist of it.” Aloe put the papers down beside Arad and glared at the demoness. ”You’ll stay here and support that whore to make sure nobody knows of Arad’s power or relation to demons. To make that easier.” She flicked her fingers and a burst of demonic magic rushed toward the Court Wizard.

”Here you go. I made her your slave, and she won’t ever be able to betray you. I guarantee that as the Demon Lord of Betrayal.” She then threw a sharp glare at the unconscious man. ”For him...” She flicked her fingers, and a demonic gate opened up, and three demons walked in, chained the man, and dragged him to the abyss. ”Have some fun tormenting him.”

She then shifted her gaze toward the horrified Court Wizard. ”You’ll never see him again, but don’t worry, I’ll make sure he never dies and suffers for eternity there.” She then pointed at the demoness and transformed her to look like the husband.

The demoness looked at herself for a second, then shifted back to her regular form. ”This...”

”You’ll pose as her husband and keep an eye on her. Torture her every night, and...” Aloe looked at Arad with a smile. ”May I have her here? You know who I’m talking about.”

Arad waved his hand, and a wave of darkness rushed out of his arm; soon, from that darkness, a tall woman emerged. In the bottom of hell, Arad had found and consumed three fallen gods. Pain, Darkness, and Madness. The one he summoned now was Pain.

Arad looked at Pain. ”Follow Aloe’s orders for now. You’ve been free after all.” Hearing Arad, Pain nodded and looked at Aloe.

”It’s not much, Pain. You’ll live with those two here and keep an eye on them. Report directly to Lord Arad.” She smiled. ”Also, have fun making them both suffer.” She then threw a glance at the demoness. ”She is an expert at giving pain. Enjoy your punishment.”