Guaranteed chapter for the week, i know it is a bit late but Stalarious was released on monday and that is where my free went… well as always i want to thank rouge and mejinzs for their proofreading support. i hope to have chapter 43 released in a few days but the call of the game is strong.
side note, i released the prolouge of this volume on my blog, but i could not release it here as i could not insert the chapter where i wanted it to go... so here is the link for that one, this chapter might not make total sence without reading that one first. i should be able to post that chapter here when 2.5 comes back as it let me do those sorts of things.
well without further ado Chapter 42
———————————Fafnir POV———————-
“Can you turn into anything other than human?” my brother asked as I was checking over his math.
“I don’t know, why do you ask?” I replied.
“Well if you kill the wings and change the teeth you could pass of as a large lizard.” He suggested.
“What would I do as a large lizard, vaporize animal control?” I asked while carefully using a calculator.
“No, I can take you around without you turning into a human dragon thing.” he replied.
“What about Azazel? Her clothes are made of wyvern hides, not something you can find around town.” I retorted.
“You could have mom watch her, while we pick her up some clothes.” Ryan suggested.
“That still means I have to explain everything to mom… and I don’t want to endure her disapproving stare” I shivered remembering her disapproval.
I continued checking his work when the sweet scent of mana interrupted me.
“Where is that smell coming from?” I asked as I realized that there was no mana here.
“Where is what smell coming from?” Ryan asked right as someone knocked at the door.
“Could you please get that? I am not in a form to answer the door.” I asked Ryan, “Don’t worry, if it is someone less than friendly I will save you… Private.”
“You know how I feel about that name.” he glared at me as he stood up.
“I couldn’t help myself,” I chuckled.
I glanced over at Azazel, who was building a castle with plastic blocks in the corner, as I got up and ready to intervene if it was some one less than friendly.
I heard the door shut and Ryan walked back into the room.
“Wrong door, they were looking for someone named Rachel.” Ryan said.
“Oh, I could have sworn I smelled mana…” I mumbled as we walked back into the kitchen.
“Oh, you did,” someone replied, “and am I glad that I found you.”
I quickly looked up and noticed that there was someone sitting at the kitchen table.
“Who are you, and why do you smell of mana?” I asked the man.
“My name is Alexandarax, though most people know me as Paris.” he replied as he stood up, “and you are a going to get several people off my tail.”
“Excuse me?” I asked confused.
“It is easier if I show you.” he sighed and we were suddenly in a white room.
“Where did you take me?” I roared.
“Quite wyrmling, you are a few millennia too young to talk to me that way now sit and watch.” he rebuked. Then his form started to change, his arms and legs lengthened, his hands turned to claws, and two massive blue white wings sprouted from his back. After only few seconds a massive dragon clad in the same blue white scales as my hide stood before me.
“Did you think that you could cross dimensions and no one notice?” he asked, his rumbling voice rattled my bones. “You’re lucky that I found you first, and not the other two.” As he said this I noticed his body shiver a bit.
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“What do you mean ‘other two?’” I timidly asked.
“The women…” he dramatically replied.
“The… women?” I asked a bit worried.
“Yes, the other two of our race,” he replied, “they never leave me alone. They pop into my lair, bothering me and eat my snakes. Not only that they keep hiding golden apples everywhere. It was one wedding and apologized but they won’t let it go.”
“What?” I asked dumbfounded.
“We men have to stick together or we will never have peace.” he replied.
“Hold it. How about we go back to where I was and then you can explain who and what you are.” I said to the cowering dragon.
“Ok, but after I explain everything I need to teach you how to build a proper lair, the place you are living now is not fit for a dragon of our race” he said and suddenly we were back in my apartment.
“Where did you go?” my brother exclaimed. “You have been gone for almost half-an-hour I started to freak out as I didn’t know what to do with Azazel, so I called mom…”
“This your snack?” Alexandarax interrupted.
“No, he is my brother.” I quickly replied fearing what might happen.
“Doesn’t look like a dragon, but who am I to judge who you associate with…” He replied back in his humanoid form.
“Daddy, your back!” Azazel squealed from the bedroom.
“Yes dear, I’m home.” I said to Azazel, before something hit me.
“You called mom?” I suddenly asked Ryan.
“Yes.” he squeaked cringing back a bit.
“Oh god, this day is getting better and better.” I sighed as Azazel ran into the room and latched onto my leg.
“Aww look at the little half dragon.” Alexandarax cooed
“Are you Daddy’s brother? Because you look like Daddy.” Azazel asked still latched onto my leg.
“No, little one, I am your daddy’s teacher.” Alexandarax replied.
“What are you teaching him?” Azazel asked.
“I am teaching him how to be a proper dragon.” he replied.
“Daddy’s not a dragon, he’s Daddy.” she stubbornly stated.
“It’s ok dear, he might take us home.” I consoled the pouting demoness.
“You mean this is not your lair?” Alexandarax asked with a look of confusion plastering his face.
“This is my old home before I made a true lair.” I lied through my fangs.
“Then what are you doing here?” He inquired
“I teleported myself here accidentally to avoid being skewered by spears” I snapped at the dragon.
“Mind the way you talk to your elders.” he growled.
“Sorry.” I spat as there was a knock at the door.
“Ryan, it’s me open up !” my mother called.
“Great another thing I have to deal with.” I mumbled, “Ryan, go let mom in and try to have her not freak out.”
“Ok.” he quickly replied as he left the room.
“Well you can sit on my sofa or something, I need to talk to my mom and clear up a few thing.” I said to the older dragon.
“Fine, but don’t take too long the longer we stay here, the greater the chance that the other two find you. When they find you, it will be… unpleasant.” he said as his body shivered a bit.
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