Chapter 27 "Submission and Shadows"

Azazel had then burst into peals of hysterical laughter.

"Well, Kenji" Azazel said, sniggering. "When dragons submit, which means losing a fight, to a potential mate, they basically become more and more crazed about them, and want to have sex with them even more.

So if Valian, who is a half-dragon, doesn't have sex with you soon, I think it's one month for a full-blown dragon, so probably two months for a half-dragon like her, she'd…"

"She'd what?" Kenji asked.

"She'd probably lose her sanity, and go on a rampage just so she could get to you, and then she'd probably rape you so hard you'd be begging for her to stop… and then she still wouldn't stop, until she's satisfied. Or you die.

" Azazel said, before bursting out laughing again.

"Great. " Kenji muttered, sitting down and putting his head in his hands.

"Just fucking great. "

"Ahh, don't be like that, Kenji. " Azazel said, his expression turning slightly more serious.

"Do you like Valian? More than a friend, or a rival, or a sparring partner slash teacher, I mean?"

"What?" Kenji's head snapped up. "Of course I do."

"Do you want to… do her? If you know what I mean?" Azazel grinned.

"Y-yes. " Kenji admitted.

He had to admit to himself that he recently HAD been getting hard downstairs at the thought of seeing Valian naked.

Come to think of it, he got hard a few times when Grayfia or Zest was around him, but that was in the past.

"Well then, there's no problem then, is there?" Azazel asked, grinning stupidly at Kenji. That look earned him a sharp kick in the shins.

"Baraqiel and Valian were right. " Kenji muttered.

"You ARE an asshole. "

"Eh, and you love it. " Azazel replied.

That got him another kick.

Line Break

Not known to either Kenji or her, Valian was having the exact same conversation with Albion. She was lying on her bed, with her Divine Dividing wings out, and was talking to Albion.

"So run me through this again. " Valian asked the Vanishing Dragon.

"Please?"

[Alright, if that's what you want. ] Albion replied.

[You lost your battle with Kenji, and you said you submitted to him, did you not?]

"I did. " Valian replied, calmly.

[Did you feel anything happening when you said you submitted?]

"I…" Valian tried to remember. "I do remember feeling slightly calmer after I said I submitted, but then I passed out."

[Hmm…] Albion hummed for a second. [That was probably your dragon side, submitting to Kenji.]

"And what does that entail, exactly?" Valian asked.

[It means that since your dragon side submitted him, and recognised him as a mate, you pretty much HAVE to mate, or have sex, with Kenji. ] Albion said.

Valian tried to interject, but Albion continued. [The standard limit for most dragons is one month, and then you'd likely go mad, and on a psychopathic rampage, just to get to Kenji, and then you'd likely tie him down and screw him until you were satisfied, or he died, whichever came first.

] Albion paused for a second, and recognising that Valian was speechless, for once, he continued. [But since you are a half-dragon, you'd probably get two months.]

"Small comfort. " Valian said, dryly.

"So, is there any chance whatsoever that-"

[I know what you're going to say, and no, there isn't. ] Albion said.

[You're going to be 100% fixated on Kenji, every hour of the day. At least until you mate with him.

] Albion cut the link, leaving Valian with only two words, due to her shock.

"Well… goddamn motherfucking son of a bitch. "

"Which is why, Zekram, I need your support to continue sending more guards out!" Zeoticus said, heatedly. He was standing in the main room of the Devil Council, and was appealing to Zekram Bael, who wanted to prohibit Zeoticus from sending more guards into other Devils' territory in order to continue their search for Kenji.

Zekram Bael, the Head of the Devil Council and the de-facto leader of the Underworld, was a middle-aged man, who had black hair and peaceful-looking violet eyes, and wore noble attire. He had an aura of very dignity that exuded from him.

Three other Devils were around him: Erechus Bael, the Head of the Bael Clan, Solane Sitri, Head of the Sitri Clan, and Hannibel Agares, Head of the Agares Clan.

Erechus Bael was a man in his mid-thirties, with brown hair done in a buzz-cut and violet eyes. He wore attire similar to what medieval royalty wore, and glowered at Zeoticus.

Solane Sitri was a man in his early-thirties, with chin-length black hair. He wore traditional nobles attire.

Hannibel Agares was a man in his late thirties or early forties, and had short blonde hair. He wore glasses, and had blue eyes.

He wore a red robe over himself.

"Listen, Zeoticus. " Zekram said, staring the Gremory patriarch in the eyes.

"I know full well that you wish to continue looking for your youngest son, but you have to face the facts here. It's been around three months since Kenji ran away, and you've pretty much turned over every stone in the Devils territory of the Underworld looking for him, and he hasn't turned up at all."

"And what is more" Solane continued. "We have no evidence whatsoever that suggests that Kenji is anywhere in any other territory.

If he were in the territory of the Church or the Fallen Angels, they would've killed him on the spot, no questions asked. "

"And we know that if Kenji somehow wandered into the territory of any other pantheon" Hannibel added. "They would've most likely sent a report to us about it, and we would've immediately notified you, as the Lord Gremory."

"But he could still be out there!" Zeoticus raised his voice some more. "He has to be!"

"You don't know that, Zeoticus. " Zekram said.

"We have no reason at all to think that Kenji is alive, and from the evidence that we have, we have no choice to presume him dead. Which means" Zekram raised his voice over Zeoticus' shouts "That the contract between Kenji Gremory and Ravel Phenex will have….