The dragon's harem

Chapter 1238: Oath of Servitude

Tyal looked at the servants and then cleared her throat, ”Well, your work will be clear. Anything from cleaning to cooking to serving at night.” She put one leg on the other.

”The slave contract I have on you is only there to make sure you never leak any information or betray me. So, with your free will now, do you still want to serve here?” She smiled, ”Kissing someone elseʼs feet is the greatest insult and humiliation to a titan. If youʼre willing to serve, then bend down and kiss my foot. If you arenʼt willing to do it, then youʼre probably not made for this job.”

Tyal was making it mentally hard for the servants to remain. She didnʼt want any of them staying just because their families said so.

All of the servants looked at her with complicated expressions.

”Donʼt worry. If you decide to leave, Iʼll use the slave contract to wipe your memories of what happened here and release you.”

The first one to move was the steel drakaina Malina. She glared at Tyal for a second and then approached Arad, knelt down, and kissed his foot instead.

Tyal looked at her and sighed, ”Fair enough, youʼre business is with him, not me.”

Alice didnʼt seem to care, but Claug laughed. ”Hello there, steel one. Arenʼt you forgetting something? Shouldnʼt you pay respect to your senior as well?”

Malina glared at Claug with murder in her eyes for a second. ”Iʼve got no respect for you, Chromatics. Youʼre dreaming if you think Iʼll bow to you. Ancient Green Claug.”

”So you know me and still showed up here? Did you think that we might end up killing each other? No, I was with Arad first, so might just kill you.” Claug rolled onto the bed and sat beside the standing Malina.

Arad looked at them, ”Get along, you two. No need to start fighting here.”

Malina looked at Arad for a second, then remained silent for another. Her eyes slowly shifted to Claug, and she sighed. ”As you wish.”

Before Claug could even react, Malina went on one knee and kissed her foot as well. Claug immediately pulled her leg again with a terrified face and cried, ”You crazy lizard! What are you doing?”

”He said to get along, so Iʼll play my part until we find a suitable place and time to fight.” She replied with a passive face, and Claug growled, ”This isnʼt what he meant. He meant that we donʼt have to start fighting here.”

Malina looked at her for a second with a confused face.

After an awkward moment of silence, Claug decided to change the subject quickly. ”Say, how about we play a game? Youʼre a metallic and Iʼm a chromatic. How about we start some drama between us?”

She grabbed Malina and pulled her to sit on the bed. ”Two naturally born mortal enemies ending up as wives for one man. Now each of them tries to sabotage the other one in a deadly game of cat and mouse.”

As those two talked, the other eight servants all went by Tyal and kissed her foot. All were determined to see this through and had now become her loyal servants.

Arad looked at the eight servants. Right now, they just swore to serve a princess, a concubine at that. But if Aradʼs plan worked, theyʼll be either serving their queen or a goddess. But he probably shouldnʼt tell them just yet, even with Tyalʼs contract, making sure they never spill anything out.

This means they canʼt discuss anything with them here. ”Then youʼre all dismissed... beside her.” He looked at Malina, ”She can stay.”

Tyal then pointed at the assassin, ”You stay as well. I quite love you.” Her eyes then shifted to the others, ”Youʼll have your fun on other nights.”

The assassin looked at Tyal for a second and immediately understood what she wanted. She then faked a smile and a blush, ”Iʼll try my best then.”

Soon, the other servants left, and those two remained. Tyal sighed, stretched her arms, and looked at Arad. ”Weʼll need her skill.”

The assassin knelt down, ”As I expected, youʼve got a new mission for me. Who is the target?”

”You wonʼt be killing anyone, I just want you to gather some information. I want to know what my father is planning. I donʼt want anyone to find out.”

Tyalʼs orders were clear: secrecy tops everything, so the assassin didnʼt ask questions.

She looked at the door; she couldnʼt leave so quickly, so she should wait at least for an hour or two before leaving.

Arad shifted his eyes from her to Malina, ”For anything, youʼll have to wait until we return to Alina. But here, I must also ask you to help us, or at least not get in the way.”

She nodded, ”I will help as much as I can. Iʼve already shown myself, so I wonʼt back down no matter what.” She looked at Claug with a scornful gaze.

”I just need some information about the chasm. The kind of information that the Storm Titans canʼt get. Do you know how deep it is? What are the Cronos Rapturs?”

She looked at him. ”I lived in the chasm for nine years and faced the Cronos Raptur two times. I had to run away each time. Of course, I asked the queen about them. She called them an abominable parasitic worm.”

Arad smiled, ”So they were an abomination after all, or parts of one. Do you know where I can find the real body?”

”I donʼt know, but I know the general direction where you start seeing lots of them. That might be where the abominationʼs real body is.”

She looked at Arad with a somber face, ”Iʼll guide you there.”

***

Arad lay on his bed, not really exhausted after the long day. Tyalʼs soft body was to his left, Alice to his right, and Claug was on top of him, pressing her bosom on him.

At this rate, he might never need a blanket. Sadly, they werenʼt going to do anything tonight. But that didnʼt prevent the three women from stripping down to their underwear and sticking close to him.

Malina and the assassin had already left a while ago, leaving them alone. ”The spear is set, tomorrow Gale might find a Cronos Raptur.” He mumbled and Tyal smiled, grabed his palm and pressed it on her butt. ”Youʼre worried about me?”

”Abominations are dangerous.”