The dragon's harem

Chapter 890: The Nine-Tailed Queen

”Our Queen!” Serba cried, bowing down as did all the beastmen who could see her or hear his voice. This was the undying, eternal gem of the beast lands, a crystal shard of power and eternal glory, one of the last remaining Fenrirs, and a nine-tailed one at that. Her power could rival the gods, yet she remains here in the mortal world for her people, protecting their existence, traditions, and freedom from being robbed by stray divines.

While any god or a demi-god can freely advertise and preach his religion across the world, that wasnʼt possible in the beast lands due to her presence. Only a select few gods could boast of influencing the beast people, and all those gods had to get Hatiʼs approval.

The beast people had just heard of the desertʼs fallacy where a god fought a kingdom- destroying dragon, their great battle flattened mountains and almost crippled the kingdom, spreading terror across the whole world, that dragon was even dubbed the god eater as he ate that stray god. Such catastrophes shall never befall the beast kingdom, its people can live in peace, certain that they wonʼt be squashed by such meaningless clashes of the divines. ”Aron?” Hati said with a smile, her lips curling back like a cat, ”What a funny name. Who came up with it?” She tilted her head.

”You canʼt insult who came up with it, thatʼs all that should matter to you.” Arad replied, glaring down at her with magic slowly building up around his body.

From the faint rays of light coming down from the sun, seven women clad in white robes, their faces hidden behind semi-transparent veils of magic, came flying in, pointing spears at Aradʼs neck, surrounding him in the blink of an eye.

”Insolent bastard! You donʼt bow to the queen?!” One of them roared, the magic leaving her body was strong enough to make everyone feel sick, their stomachs turned, and they couldnʼt even breathe properly.

Arad slowly leaned forward, it seemed as if he was about to bow, and even the guards felt strange seeing him actually about to obey. But...he instead took a bite of the tip of the spear of the woman who yelled at him, munching the steel like it was a biscuit.

The woman froze in place as Arad slowly pulled the spear out of her hand, and munched on it like candy. ”Three tails? Does that have something to do with your strength?” He looked at the womanʼs butt, ”Donʼt even bother, you three are making your mother look bad.”

”Our tails are indeed a signal of strength.” Hati replied with a gentle voice, ”They are my daughters as you said, I hope you wonʼt be smacking them around for acting a bit rude.” ”Why would I?” Arad replied with a smile, ”Good daughters, brought their guest a snack. Wished it was tea instead of steel and wood, but itʼll do.” The deep voice, the gentle smile on his face, the massive size of his body, and the tilted head glaring down at the daughters who guarded their mother with their lives. ”At least teach them to return kindness... with kindness.” His gaze shifted to Hati. Last time when she came to visit him in his castle on Zephyrʼs matter, he had given them a respectable welcome, only served the finest food and tea that he could find, greeting him like this now, seemed a bit too rude.

”We can talk at ease in my mansion.” Hati looked toward Serba with a smile, ”Please entertain the human guests. Provide them with the best that you can offer, Iʼll tend to the princess and her guard.” She opened her fan, ”And...heal that fool Zank.” With her fingers, she made a cutting motion with finger scissors.

”What?” Serba looked at her with a confused face.

”Donʼt make me spell it out for you.” She kept opening and closing her finger scissors. The gentle smile on her face puzzled Serba who stared at her blankly.

Arad turned toward Serba, ”She wants him castrated.” Hati wasnʼt making any effort to hide her thoughts, and as a void dragon, he could clearly hear them...no...Arad paused for a second and held his face, ”You really...” He realized that she made him hear her inner voice so he could speak for her, and he did that without a second thought, she played him well.

Giving everyone an innocent smile, Hati closed her eyes and tilted her head with a gentle smile grin, ”Send them to me later. Iʼve sent him a letter to tell him to avoid Aron and his companion, but he seems to have ignored it. This is his punishment.”

”As your order! Our queen!” Serba bowed deeply, ”I shall carry that out...” He looked at her, and his eyes slowly shifted toward Zankʼs unconscious body in the forest. ”But, may I ask something?”

”As at your own risk.” She opened her fan and covered her face, only leaving her glowing eyes staring at him.

”Wonʼt it be possible to give him several years in prison instead? I know the gravity of what he did, but permanent damage is just...” Serba looked at her.

”Didnʼt expect you to speak for him, but youʼre right. This is the eternal beast lands; donʼt you think eternal damage is quite fitting? Itʼll not harm him alone, but the countless generations that could come from him, for all eternity, this mistake would haunt his blood.” She replied with a slow voice, weighing every word as she looked at Serba, and the lions watching, ”But...Iʼm not an unfair queen. This punishment isnʼt intended to be permanent.” Hati closed her fan, ”Iʼll give them back if he cools his head down. He started this whole mess for being too horny, isnʼt that what happened?” She smacked her palm with her fan, ”Iʼm taking out the root of the problem, hoping this would help create a more eternal solution by teaching that fool Zank his own limits.” She giggled, ”Iʼll give them back if I found him to have turned a new leaf. If not, he can forget about getting them back.”

”An eternal punishment until you say otherwise. I understand, Iʼll do as you wish.” Serba stood, ”Zara! Help me out!” He called back.

”Why me? Iʼm your guest!” Zara growled, ”Fine someone else.”

”Come just help me carry him back. Iʼll take care of the rest!” Serba waved his arm at Zara. Zara was indeed one of the strongest people standing there, besides Arad.

”Little boy Zara.” Hati looked at him, and Zara froze in place, ”How is Maria doing? This loud boy here didnʼt annoy her, did he?” She shifted her gaze at Arad.

”What?” Zara looked at the queen, baffled at how she had addressed him out of nowhere. ”No, my wife is doing fine...Your Majesty, you know my name?”

”I do, I know all the of my peopleʼs names. And I donʼt forget, my memory is eternal. Even if time were to end, my will shall outlast it.” She lifted her fan and smacked Arad on the head, ”Iʼm glad, youʼve been a good boy.”

Arad immediately turned around and swung a fist at her face, but he missed and they both returned to being standing in place. ^Doma! Did you activate your Domain on your own?^ He

gasped.

^{Donʼt start a fight with her! Mira and the rest would get caught in your fight. Donʼt make me remind you of that.}^

Hati lifted her fan to hit him but then stopped. She pulled it down to her face and opened it again to cover her face. ”I guess I went too far...” She giggled; her eyes looked at Arad from behind her fan. ”I almost touched your husband.” She was pretending to look at Mira, but her gaze was fixated on Arad.

^{Fuck off! Sly Fenrir! Iʼll curse your entire land to the plague and watch your people writhe in pain.}^ Domaʼs will crackled inside Aradʼs head, ^{Arad, this bitch is eternal. She remembers what happened in the erased time. She probably sensed our fight with Matildaʼs mother. My domain is useless against her thanks to her eternal nature.}^

^Really? She can remember that time, but that doesnʼt mean she could act in it, or could she?^

^{I donʼt know. But sheʼs like Korah, but time a hundred and with some change. And I donʼt want to stun you further but look closer at her tails. }^ Doma growled.

Arad took a look and his eyes opened wide, eight of the tails were mere illusions. It was so potent of an illusion that it managed to trick his void eyes and he wouldnʼt have noticed if Doma didnʼt point it out. ^Sheʼs a hundred times stronger than Korah, with just one tail of her nine tails?!^ Arad gasped, Korah was indeed a lesser god, but sheʼs supposed to be a mortal, right... no, it wonʼt make sense for a mortal to be eternal.

^{Think again...Thatʼs one, out of eighteen tails. Donʼt forget her sister who lives inside her like Iʼm living inside you. No wonder the gods canʼt claim a piece of the beastʼs lands, sheʼs literally guarding the place and keeping them at bay.^

”Little boy Aron...” Hati giggled, ”Iʼm married, you know? You canʼt keep googling your eyes over my rear.” She stared at him with a smug smile and quickly glanced at Mira.

Arad pointed at Hatiʼs tails, ”They look fluffy and soft, can I touch them?” He asked.

”Me too!” Mira said with a large smile on her face.

”No...” She replied.