A harem with character development and interaction? Check! No netorare (betrayal) for our main character but a little bit of taste of netori ('stealing')? Absolutely! A mysterious protagonist? You bet! And long chapters packed with thrilling content? You got it! Meet Drake Valiant, our motherf*cking MC! In his childhood, he helps a girl in someway, only to forget that fateful memory as the years go by. But unbeknownst to him, that girl has transformed into an obsessive force, fixated on him! "A supernatural world? It is real?!?!" —Yes, Drake, duh. ... "I will burn the world for what's mine." —Whoa, that’s a quick change, Drake! A complete transformation in just one night?! In reality, he's always been this way; he just never had the strength to embrace it until now. So who dares to stand in his way? But here's the kicker: the MC is about to get his ass beaten— not by his enemies, but by his aunt-in-law! Conquest, he shall embark! --------- The cover is mine. Art was made by Yours Truly, Myself, the DoggoValiant Pa tre on: patreon.com/DoggoValiant Discord: https://discord.gg/SHTyWJqZJb Tags: Anti-Hero, R18, World-Building, Weak-to-Strong, Harem, Kingdom-Building, Supernatural, Werewolf, Dragon, Vampire, Slice of Life, Mystery, Netori (Stealing), Romance
Chapter 17: Uathach Is Having Trouble With Herself.
"Ahhhhh~"
A loud, sultry moan came from behind the door and startled the man inside the room.
Drake, with a bead of sweat on his forehead, stared at the door with his mouth slightly open.
—To say he was speechless is an understatement to how he felt.
But... he still decided to remain silent. 'This is a compliment anyway.' He was sure and proud about this thought.
What was the compliment?
...To have a woman you are into secretly think about you while she plays the carrot and the hole game, though without the carrot.
What is the carrot-and-the-hole game?
—That's a good question...
'But I need to see Azuraelle...' Drake's handsome face clouded with sadness as a frown formed on his lips when he thought of the woman who had suddenly entered his life, and turned his once boring and purposeless existence upside down.
'I need to find out what my aunt-in-law wants from me too.' Letting out another deep sigh, Drake adjusted the black and silver-trimmed suit jacket, which fit on his body perfectly well, then walked away from the mirror and stood in front of the door.
'...I also need to understand how she knows about my size...' He made a side-note in his head, and he wouldn't forget about it.
He knocked on the door.
"—Hieee!" And a funny, girly shriek sounded from behind the wall.
He held back a chuckle, but he let a small smile briefly show on his face until the door finally opened.
"Y- You—" Uathach, who looked like she just survived some kind of a life-threatening battle, though with a visible damp stain on the nether region of her dress, wanted to shout but the words were caught in her throat when she saw the new appearance of the man in front her.
'...I'm wet again.'
Again, she was a blushing mess, but she didn't shy away; this is her chance to finally have a MATE!
Whistle "Looking hotter~" A wide, playful grin spread across her cheeks as she wriggled her long and sharp red eyebrows at him.
The man stared at her face blankly, but then, he laughed: "Haha." He shook his head in amusement with a big smile curling up his lips. 'This girl is cute...'
"Eh..." She didn't expect this reaction from him. She thought he was going to blush or something! 'GRAAH! WHY IS IT JUST ME?!'
Make no mistake, Drake didn't interact much with women before his transformation/rebirth...
Still chuckling, he gently patted her shoulder with his hand. "Thanks —But I don't think I'm that good-looking." He smiled gently as he rubbed the back of his head. "Though you're very beautiful yourself, cousin."
His humble tone took her by surprise, as her eyes widened at that while a blush crept up her cheeks again. 'Where's his dragon pride...? Wait! He just called me beautiful! He called me very beautiful! Kyaaa!'
Although she was a young girl from the inside, her exterior was a different story.
She was looking at him with a seductive smile for a moment, before she realized something important. Her smile faltered, and she looked up at the tall man's face with a cold bead of sweat running down the side of her beautiful face. "...Wait... What did you just call me...?"
Drake tilted his face aside in confusion; he didn't understand which thing she was referring to, but soon understood that it was the "cousin" part, because she did show reaction when he complimented her beauty.
'She doesn't know...?' He thought to himself with his brows knitting in mild annoyance; 'This Scathach... Why did she not tell her daughter...?'
Drake straightened himself and assumed a serious expression as he looked down at the woman's face. "Before I answer you, can I ask a question?"
Now, this was Uathach's turn to be confused as she tilted her head at him. "...Sure?" She replied, though she was still having some indecent thoughts: '...He looks so hot and cool when he's looking at me like this... Ahh~! This is unfair! I've been embarrassing myself the whole time since I met this bastard!'
"Did your mother tell you something when she brought me here?"
Uathach's eyebrows raised in surprise at his question, then she assumed a pondering expression as she looked up with her finger on her chin.
She tossed her curiosity about why he called her his cousin aside; she believed his question is related to why he called her that after all.
"Hmm... Nope."
"No?" Drake was really confused now.
"Yeah. Mother brought you to my room while I was sleeping, tossed you to my bed which woke me up, and told me you were a newborn greater dragon god, and also instructed me to try to seduce you as a test." She spilled everything so casually and nonchalantly with the same pondering look on her face, but then the seductive smile returned to her gorgeous facade as she added:
"And honestly? I didn't mind that little 'test'~ I really like you!"
'I'm not letting this chance slip away this time! I need a mate! I must show him how sincere I am about my feelings!'
She really was determined to get him.
—Why though?
...She is desperate.
—And. She's being pulled to his leaking and uncontrolled power, so she feels the urge to submit to him, and though that does terrify her as a prideful dragon, she is still excited and curious about him thanks to her growing interest.
Additionally, the way he kept rejecting her until now was making her more persistent about her approach than ever!
'Strong, a newborn that's easy to shape to my ideal dragon, hot, handsome, and... So much more about him! But I need to understand more about his personality!' She thought to herself.
'Soo mysterious~ Kyaa!'
Drake was sweating a bit by her second-time confession, but he decided to skip this topic for now and answer her question: "...So. I said you are my cousin because, I was transformed into a Dragon via the Dragon Ritual, which your mother, my Tiamat, the Goddess Numrigaelle, and my beloved Azuraelle participated in."
Now, Uathach was completely gobsmacked. She was slack-jawed by what she just heard that she blinked several times, and the words only registered in her mind after few seconds. "...You're saying you're married to my mother, my aunt Numrigaelle, my aunt Tiamat, and my cousin Azuraelle...?"
Drake only nodded in response.
And that was enough of an answer for the girl; "WHAT THE FUCK!?" She shouted: "HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!" She was too focused on her worry about him more than her conflicting feelings!
Drake noticed that, and he just smiled wryly and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
It didn't look like he was joking at all! He's reacting too real for this to even be called a false information or anything!
Especially when her dragon part is telling her to trust him!
She could only believe him!
"Ugh." She placed a hand to her brow as if she was having a headache. "...I already knew you weren't normal, but, but, but this... Ugh."
Drake chuckled at her, she looked like she's in some kind of a predicament, and that made her brows twitch in annoyance.
Before she could say anything else, he suddenly switched to a serious look and urged her: "Won't you guide me now?"
"..." She stared at him in silence now. She really wanted to comment about how he's quickly changing topics, but he was right; she has to bring him to her mother.
With a deep sigh, she chuckled too, glanced at him, then tilted her head forward before walking down this massive and dark hallway before him.
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Drake Valiant's Point of View:
Walking through the long hallway that seemed endless due to how much time we took to finally arrive in front of a giant dark red door, I couldn't help but notice how massive this door was.
But, it is just a door, nothing much other than its size and color, so I quickly lost interest.
"Hehehe..."
I hear the woman beside me giggle so I turn to face her curiously.
And as if she understands what I'm curious about, "Bored already?" she asks with a small smile.
"What?"
"I mean, you are surrounded by a Greater Dragon God, Primordial Dragons, and now me. It's no wonder you won't be surprised by strange and "abnormal" stuff like how humans think of them, so you are bored."
Now I understand what she means...
"Oh." I say aloud in understanding with my brows raised, but then I furrow my brows as I remember what Tiamat told me; 'You are one of the now-two Greater Dragon Gods in all of history. That's what my... wife, Tiamat told me, so does that mean...'
—There's no reason to deny that Tiamat, Azuraelle's mother, is my wife.
Recalling that, I ask Uathach, confused: "Wait... What god rank do you fall under?"
Just as I questioned, Uathach's brows knit, and she seriously looks down at the floor with a frown on her beautiful face. "...Middle-Class Dragon God..."
—She looks troubled...
Honestly? I'm concerned about her; she looks like a woman who just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
"Hey." I reach out a hand and gently place it over her shoulder, the touch is very light, and this time I'm shocked that I actually managed to make it as light as I intended without applying much force.
Now that I think about it... It's been the same case with Azuraelle, Tiamat, and Scathach — my touch was light as feather when I interacted with them...
I'm truly confused with my...power?
I don't even know what to call my absurd strength.
I see the girl shivers, and a faint blush creeps up her cheeks, as she slowly turns back to look at me with wide eyes.
'Cute...' I can't help but think.
But my expression didn't change, as I continue to look at the woman in the eye. "Do you want to talk about it?"
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