Negotiations between two dragons

It's been three days since the order to find the princess, and things are difficult. First, is because I had to find where every single bar is at.

The amount was surprising when I found all of them, three hundred and twenty six. That's how many bars I found in this city.

You may be wondering how it is possible, well, that's simple, there's an underground district underneath the city.

Down there is where most of the fights happen, hence, underground fights. Most fights are legal, and we can't do anything, the only time we intervene is when the battle goes too far, like sudden death, or being exposed to the public.

While the back street fights, we intervene as soon as we find it. But over the years they've gotten better at hiding it, since the community was run by some gangs.

They claim that they are kings down there, but when it comes to the FDC, they turn away and pretend nothing happens.

The reason? Because we use the prisoners as an interrogation tool, is it stupid? Yes. Do we need to use them? Not really, but if it gets them to talk, it's a win.

And that's what we are currently doing to one of the heads. Now you may be asking, but Ace, won't they try to get back at you?

I'm a fucking dragon, what can they use against me? A tank? Not even the strongest shell, combined with magic can harm me, and believe me, I tried.

That may sound like I'm being arrogant, and you're partially right. However, with my mom training me, and shooting tank shells when I was younger, my scales hardened over time.

Now, back to the topic at hand, I was currently interrogating one of the family heads by threatening to release a futa on her.

We had her restrained with a straight jacket that was reinforced with multiple steel threads. A muzzle was on her mouth to keep her from shouting, and finally, a strait jacket for her pants.

"W-wait, wait, wait, I'll talk, I'll talk!" Shouted the family head, she was backed up into a corner with the windows blocked with my magic.

"So, where can I find Genova?" I asked and showed her the picture, she began to look closely and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen.

She quickly scribbled on it while trembling in fear, after she finished writing, she handed me the paper with the locations on where Genova goes.

"Thank you for your cooperation, and if you keep up with the trafficking…" I pointed at the woman next to me, who tried to rip the jacket off herself.

"I-I understand." She whimpered, the two of us then left her home while passing by multiple bloodied bodies.

While passing by, multiple whimpers, groans and grunts were heard. Most of them have broken bones, a weapon stabbed into non-vital areas, and a few bullet holes in non-vital areas.

'They're such a letdown, and she said they were her best guards.' I thought while stepping over the body of a man who had his arms bent in the wrong direction.

The woman behind me kept struggling to remove the jacket, but I turned to glare at her. She instantly stopped and bowed her head and kept silent through the rest of the walk.

"Alright, load her up and take her back, I've got what I need." I said, some FDC guards placed her on a dolly and began to wheel her in one of the large trucks.

"Any location on where she might be sir?" Asked one of the guards, I handed her the paper I was given and she took it to give a quick read.

"Sir, this says she's at the Divine Palace, that's the most expensive hotel in the underground district." She said, I nodded my head and pulled out my metal smoking pipe.

"Damn, I need to take a quick smoke." I said and flicked my thumb, on it was a small flame that I moved towards the end of the pipe.

I inhaled a large amount of smoke and soon exhaled, creating a plum of smoke. To be honest, smoking is what helps me calm down and have a clear head.

The reason for this is because of the hotel. The Divine Palace is the only hotel in the underground district, and the reason for the prisoner being there is because she has no other place to go.

When you're on the top side, the law is more secure and there's barely any crime. But when you're down here, it's a dog eat dog world.

This may sound hypocritical of the FDC for not doing anything, but the underground district is good at hiding its 'products', and it makes it hard for us to save anyone.

The Divine Palace is no exception, the reason for that, is because it's the territory of another dragon. The owner is named Aarshiya Divine, and she is someone who many people won't cross.

Unlike my mother, who uses brute force to solve her problems, she uses her money and contacts to have whatever she wants, and with the hotel, she can make anyone owe her a favor by letting them stay.

"For now, just set up overwatch to find the princess, we don't want a territory war." I ordered, the guard nodded her head and began to relay my orders.

"M'lord, are you worried about facing Miss Divine?" Asked Ophelia, who was wearing her armor. I nodded my head and took another drag.

"Of course, I'm hundreds, if not thousands of years younger than her. She has more experience when it comes to fighting." Ophelia hummed at my words and began to think.

"Is it possible to have a request to give us the princess?" I nearly choked on air and began to cough at what she asked.

"A-are you saying, I ask a favor from her?" I asked her, this made her nod her head and I placed my hand on my head.

"Look, what I know. Is that you can't just ask favors from a dragon, even if they are 'housing' you." I said and took another drag and blew another puff of smoke.

"Why can't we do that?" I just sighed and held my hand in front of me, a roll of parchment appeared and multiple words appeared.

"This is a dragon's way to enslave anyone." Ophelia observed the parchment and began to read it, the more she read it the more her eyes widened.

"T-this is…" I nodded my head and made the parchment disappear.

"A soul contract, even if we 'house' someone, we expect payment. We don't care how, we only care about being paid." I said and looked at the large building with dazzling lights.

The entire building was white, contrasting with the dirt, ash, and grime. Ophelia then looked at the building and widened her eyes.

"The hotel, it's a…"

"A slave camp." I finished for her and tapped the metal smoking pipe on my palm. Ashes fell from the pipe, and I took another drag.

"So that's why you ordered the guards to look for her." I nodded my head and looked at the princess picture.

"It seems the princess was either stupid, or she knew what she was getting into." I said, I saw Ophelia clenching her fists, but I patted her body to calm her down.

"It seems we can't do anything." She said, but I shook my head.

"They, can't, but I can." I said, this made Ophelia confused, so I placed the metal smoking pipe to the side and began to explain.

"This is what my mother taught me when two dragons have the same interest, but do not want to negotiate, they can do one of two things." I held up two fingers and lowered my index.

"One, I can break the contract via magic, but the backlash will damage the person who signed it." I said, Ophelia shuddered in thought.

"Two, the two parties must have a duel, and the defeated party must surrender everything and be a slave to the victor." I said and puffed another cloud of smoke.

"Is there no other option?" She asked, I shook my head and sighed.

"Unless both parties are satisfied with the negotiations, then no, these are the only two choices I have, unless I sign my soul away to get her, and I don't want to be a slave." I replied and I began to think of a way to battle Aarshiya, but there were too many problems.

One problem is that I don't know how she looks. So, I can't just waltz in and ask to see her, the second is how old is she, this may sound like an ass move, but I need to know how experienced she is when it comes to fighting.

And finally, what are her interests, if I can start a negotiation, I can maybe try to have her ask for something I can do.

'That is if she wants to negotiate.' I thought, I then heard my phone ringing and answered the call.

"Status?" I asked the phone was silent, but a sweet seductive voice was heard on the other hand.

"Meet me at the drunken dwarf, I'd like to discuss some things." The call then ended, and I crushed my phone in my hands.

"Damnit, she knows we're here for the princess." I growled, I began to pace back and forth and took a long drag.

"Then, you must meet her. We can't continue the search if she knows." Ophelia suggested, I nodded my head in agreement and began to walk around.

After what felt like a day, I soon found the bar. The building looked shabby and worn down, and the windows were tinted.

But outside were many people who wore fancy clothing, I didn't bother dwelling on the thought and walked up to the bouncer, who was a large orc man.

"What do you want?" He asked with a gruff voice.

"I'm here for a meeting with Miss Aarshiya." I said, the bouncer raised his brow and placed his finger on an earpiece he had.

"A'right, but no funny business." He warned me, I just tossed him a gold piece and he grinned at my tip.

'Best to be on the good side on the guards.' I thought, once I entered, I saw a clean restaurant.

The floor was made of marble, the walls had many carvings of different gods, and the chairs and tables looked clean.

And onto the far end, there were many private booths for meetings, three of them were occupied while the last one was almost empty, inside was a female dragon. 

Her scales were white while the center of her body was gold, she had her wings exposed and they had many feathers.

Her hair was rainbowed colored and was floating behind her, and she wore a long dress, on her arms were two bracers, and her horns were rainbowed color as well.

Her two large breasts were threatening to fall out of her dress, and the sides exposed her thighs, finally her tail was wagging and showed how satisfied she was while drinking wine.

"Ah, you've finally arrived." She said while enjoying the wine glass in her hand, she then offered the seat across her, and I obliged.

"So, I see you've had your eye on one of my employees." She emphasized and gestured to a waiter.

Looking at where she was pointing, I good see Geovani serving customers with a smile, but when she was alone, she scowled and tried to remove a collar on her neck.

"Yes, she is a convict that I need to retrieve, and I ask if you are willing to negotiate for her." I said, Aarshiya hummed at what I asked and smirked.

"Perhaps, but what are you willing to offer?" She asked, she placed her arms on the table and leaned forward, trying to seduce me with her exposed chest.

But I kept staring into her eyes, not wanting to break contact. The more I stared at her, the more she was amused.

"That depends on what you want." I replied she hummed in approval and my reply and leaned back and drank the rest of her wine.

"Good answer, I thought you were some arrogant child flaunting his money and position, I'm just glad you didn't want to just throw offers." She said and looked at Genova.

"If I did that, you would instantly throw me out and not speak to me, we dragons have desires, and we want the people to know." I said, Aarshiya nodded her head and smiled.

"That is what you and every other dragons have, desire. We desire many things, money, jewels, power, even pleasure." She said and placed her hand on her breast.

"And we will do anything to achieve it." I finished, her smile widened and her eyes showed mischief, her tail began to coil around mine, and began to rub her tip against mine.

"Well, what I want, is to be a warden, if you can grant me a branch of my own, the girl is yours." She said and crossed her legs.

I moved my tail away from hers, much to her disappointment, but she shrugged it off and returned to her calm attitude.

"And why should I recommend you to be a warden?" I asked, she placed her wine glass on the table and squeezed her breasts.

"You see, I'm already too old and haven't been ravaged in many years, I need someone young, someone full of vigor to satisfy me." She said, I only frowned at her words and shook my head.

"I'm sorry, but if I allowed that, this would cause many problems within the FDC." My answer made her frown and she looked at me with anger.

"Did you not hear me? I'm willingly giving you the girl, as long as I become a warden, how is that not satisfying?" She said with a growl.

"The reason is simple, you only see it as a means to pleasure yourself, our job is to keep the people safe, and since you want to have the position for only pleasure, I cannot allow that." She frowned at my words and quietly snarled at me.

"Then it seems we shall abide by a battle. What are your terms?" She asked, I already knew what I wanted to ask.

"The girl, that's all I'm going to ask for. And I assume you want the position of the warden?" She nodded her head and smiled.

"Of course, but I choose the method of battle." Seeing as I had first picked the terms, it's only fair she chose the form of battle.

"What battle shall we be doing?" I asked, she smirked and lifted her hand. She then summoned multiple elements and spun them above her palm.

"A battle of magic, we shall use any type of magic and shall use any type of equipment to cast." I nodded my head and agreed.

"Of course, when shall we face one another?" She then dismissed the elements and pulled out her phone.

"Ten days from now, we shall prepare for any magic we shall use and have an arena prepared." I nodded my head stood up and was about to leave, but I looked back one last time.

"Say, how old are you?" I asked her, she was surprised at my question but smirked and pushed up her breasts.

"Older than your mother, Ace." When she said my name, I was surprised. I then looked forward and left the bar to prepare for the battle.

(Pic of Aarshiya Divine.)

(A/) Hey hey, here's today's chapter and sorry for the late update, it's hard to keep a steady mind and not procrastinate.

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