Chapter 151: Bonding; A potentially OP ability

Upto now, Chris hadn't been able to feel much, since he wasn't aware of what might be inside. The creature wasn't even fully awakened, and before he saw Dora's case, he wasn't even aware that bond could form before that. 

But Dora on the other hand had still been able to bond somehow with her mysterious mothering techniques. Over these few days, along with the creature's growth, she had gotten quite a lot of new unexplored abilities and was also able to sense the vague emotions of the baby. 

But despite the hints, even she never realized that there were actually two babies inside! It's just that the notion is so absurd that it automatically got rejected by the subconscious mind. 

But when the creature awakened, she could feel its emotions crystal clear and even hear its voice(s).

But, Dora had to focus on something else right now,

"What are we going to do?! How will you be able to go through the same pain again?!" She asked frantically.

Chris raised his hands in a relaxed manner, "Oi, we aren't in any hurry. I won't bond as long as I have my occlumency shields up," he explained. Without bringing down his occlumency shields, Chris can't bond with the creature. He couldn't bond with Nyxie as well with his shields up.

"Oh!" Dora relaxed a bit, "So what now?"

Chris sighed, "I've made all the preparations, so there's no need to be worried about it. But... the bonding this time is not going to be simple," he stated, "You, the hatchling, and Nyxie will have to go through a similar process as well,"

"...??"

This time, the bonding is going to be a bit complicated. 

A bond works two-ways. So, if he's getting something, the creature he's bonding to would also get something in return. If he's going to experience rapid changes, the creature is going to experience them as well. 

The last time when he bonded with Nyxie, Nyxie didn't get many physical changes since a dragon's body is already much better than a wizard's. Their hide, their organs, their blood, everything is magical and it was more so for Nyxie who was absorbing a lot of pure magic as a hatchling. 

Thus, what she got from me were aspects like pure magic, magic sense, etc which apparently didn't cause much pain. 

But this time, the baby hatchling was going to be overwhelmed by Chris's draconian Physique in at least some areas, so it's definitely going to experience pain. 

And… that wasn't it. The bonded individuals grow together, so… since he and the hatchling are going to have a rapid growth, then Nyxie who's already bonded to me, and Dora who's bonded to the hatchling… both are going to experience a rapid growth as well.

Though the growth wouldn't be as much as the direct parties involved since they are only going to get a portion, but it's still going to be painful.  

Thus, not counting himself, Chris has to prevent the hatchling, Dora, and Nyxie from pain as well. 

Chris explained all this to Dora as well.

"So… what now? Are you never going to bring down your occlumency shield?" She asked worriedly. 

Chris chuckled relaxedly, "No need to go that far. We can all just stay unconscious for the duration and we'll be fine. The only thing to worry about during bonding is pain. It's not at all life-threatening," he reassured her. 

Thus, it was decided. They'll just get unconscious for the duration. For inducing unconsciousness, he strongly suggested using the 'Anesthetic Sleep' spell. With this, they'll also be able to wake up on their own after some time. 

Dora needed some persuasion, and he also to had to give the demonstration of the spell which he was going to use. But in the end, she agreed when he provided reasons.  

A stunning spell shouldn't have had any problem, but he's using this one because it's much safer and most importantly, Dora can't learn to cast it right now. So, he'll be the last one awake to cast it on himself. 

"Are you really not going to stay awake?" Asked Dora as she looked at me with some suspicion. 

Chris rolled his eyes, "Oh, come on! Why would I want to experience pain when I can clearly avoid it?!" He asked her exasperatedly. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not into that sort of thing..."

Dora turned her face away at his words, 'Where did he even learn things like this so early?! It can't be his grandma once again, can it?!'

But, his words had weight. Chris would indeed not suffer on purpose when there's such an easy way to avoid it. He just has to cast the spell on himself. Thus, Dora relented and Chris began casting the spell on everyone. For Nyxie, it was an overpowered one. 

Before casting it on Dora, he had her properly lay on the bed then he bent down so that both of them were on eye level.

Dora began to get nervous, "Um…" she has subconsciously wanted some space. 

But Chris just kissed her on the forehead,  "See you in your dreams, my dear girlfriend," 

Dora found herself blushing and she closed her eyes and hid her face, "Just cast it already!" She muttered.

Chris chuckled, thoroughly enjoying teasing his girlfriend. She won't be this shy and easy to tease one day once she gets used to the concept of being his girlfriend. Thus, it's best to enjoy this phase as much as he can. 

*Swoop* he cast the spell on her as well and Dora closed her eyes before looking at him for a list time.

"Sigh," with everyone unconscious, Chris sighed. 

"If it was only that simple," he muttered. 

The solution he told Dora. It was actually quite faulty and risky, even though it sounds like sunshine and daisies. It's just something he told her to not make her worried. 

The best method would to be stay unconscious the whole time, but you see, that's not quite possible. Chris couldn't fall unconscious naturally last time as well until the bonding was done. 

And any magic like 'Stunning Charm' or 'Anesthetic Sleep' would be slowly nullified since the bonding would involve a lot of pure magic, which would forcefully revoke the spell, not to mention that spells already need more power to work on Nyxie and wear off quite fast as well. 

And since this bonding is such a unique situation, some other unforeseen thing may go wrong as well. 

So...

To keep the charms active by casting it again and again after it wears off, and to see that everything is going well, Chris will have to watch over them. 

So that he can be in a condition in which he can respond immediately to neutralize any variables.

But how will he do that? At the time of bonding, his body would be going through several changes. His skin, muscles, bones, organs… any of these might go through an evolution, which is going to hurt… a LOT. And, his occlumency is going to be down, so he might not be in any condition to concentrate over all the things. 

The answer is simple.

*Boom*

With a boom, he was enveloped in Pure magic and his hair started to float upwards as his pupils glowed rainbow. But he wasn't done yet. 

"Super Trigger," this is the best solution. It can keep healing him and the others here and also lessen the pain to some extent to keep in a state in which he's able to focus.

He wouldn't even have to worry about the rapid aging problem since all the magic is going to be used up in healing only. Now, the only problem is...

The Amount of Magic.

With his magic, even taking into account his fast recovery rate, he's not going to be able to keep it active for long. But since he's always been aware of his only shortcoming, he's found plenty of ways to overcome this.

Chris took out a thick vest made of gold and inlaid with various precious stones. A number of small runes could be seen glowing on it. 

He calls this invention of his a battery tank. A fitting name, considering the fact that it weighs over 100 pounds. It's bulky and heavy, but it has a lot of power. It's still in the very early stage. It can't be called Mark-1. But for the current situation, it's great. 

Without wasting time, Chris brought down his occlumency. And the creature responded eagerly as it bonded with him instantly. After the bonding processes started, he quickly made the creature sleep as well.

*Zzing*

Suddenly, the connection got established and some of his magic started moving on its own.

And in the next moment, the pain started.

"Ouch!"

"zzz"

Though, it disappeared as soon as it came since pure magic got into the wound and started healing it, thus giving him a cool filling. But he wasn't even focusing on this. He was totally focused on pouring all of his magic into the three no four unconscious girls to keep them unconscious while still healing them.

"Ouch! Aaa Damn!"

The pain came in short bursts, but it got soothed quite quickly, the pain was still quite a lot. And, Dora and the hatchling should be having an even more intense transformation, since he's clearly much stronger. It's good that he made the girls unconscious. The whole time he bonding, he couldn't quite focus on

"But wait a minute!" He suddenly thought of something. Why the hell is he still feeling so much physical pain?! What PHYSICAL characteristic does a Horned Serpent has that Nyxie doesn't already have better?

If I was just one or two things of body, like maybe blood, or bones or muscles, then it was ok. But—

"Why The Hell Am I Feeling PAIN In Every Single Cell Of My Body!" He complained in discomfort. He thought this idea was best because he thought he won't have to feel much pain.

"Oh well, whatever,"

Even though he complained, he still took it all like a man. It's worth it if Nyxie and Dora are getting the benefits safely. As for himself? In his extreme previous life, which injury has he not experienced? Heck, he's even experienced death once. Such small pain is nothi—

"OUCH! It HURTS!!!"

*Ahem* it's nothing...

To distract himself from the pain, he recalled the brief moment he was able to hear the creature's thoughts as soon as the connection got established and he made it go unconscious.

It was definitely two voices. Both of them called out to him.

'Are there two of them?' If that was the case, then it would explain some things, though it would also complicate some things. How can I bond with those two creatures at the same time?'

'If I count properly, I have now bonded with three creatures. Though two of those creatures have bonded with two people including myself and the other person is Dora who has also bonded with more than one creature... what a mess.'

While thinking of such thoughts to distract himself from pain, he kept healing all of them. Dora's physical also went through a lot of struggle, so even though everything healed quite fast, her clothes were still stained with blood. But this was to be expected. She's getting characteristics from both me and Nyxie.

Seeing her blood, Chris's mind felt queasy. Chris focused on Nyxie instead while feeling pain in his mouth this time, just what effects is this Horned Serpent bringing?

Though whatever the case, he was most surprised, bewildered, and worried about Nyxie. Her small body was quivering from time to time and her some reason, her scales were changing colors. Usually, they are just black, when she's only hiding it, there's a shimmering in rainbow colors, but they never change one color at a time like right now.

'Hmm... that's weird. Why is Nyixe having such a drastic physical change too, just like me? I couldn't figure out just what was so special about the Horned Serpent that was causing me and Nyxie to have our whole bodies have changes.

It could be explained if it was either Dora or the Horned Serpent since they both would have to get mine and Nyxie's characteristics, but me and Nyxie? We're only getting characteristics of the Horned Serpent since Dora has nothing that I don't already hav— WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE!!!

Damn! I'm an Idiot!

Of course, it could be that! It's just that it was so unreal that I never thought of it.

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"METAMORPHAGUS..." I muttered out loud in disbelief, my eyes wide open.

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A.N.: What if MC gets metamorphic abilities?

And...

what if Nyxie and the two hatchlings get the metamorphic ability?

Btw, did you also guys completely forgot to consider the metamorphagus ability like Chris did? If yes then I succeeded.

Edit: Damnit! Why's everyone talking about Harem? There's no Harem for the foreseeable future! I haven't decided

Power Stones... I didn't get many this week. because I didn't update at the renewal time, damn. The difference is overwhelming because by the time I post it, everyone has already given theirs to some other book. Haven't you?

Sigh... and someone was asking why I always updated at the same time as everyone else does.

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