Thousand Empress PalaceDeep underground resting inside a "lake" the size of the entire Dragon Empire Continent is a Colossal looking Serpent, on its body is pitch black scales that shine dark green to the surrounding area.
Laying under the water ma.s.sive slits on its back show its retracted wings numbering in the millions, the ma.s.sive dragon head of the serpent filled with just as many eyes. In the front of this ma.s.sive creature sitting at a table is Elder Ibrahim drinking tea, with two of its red eyes open looking at the old man in front of it. A "smile" could be seen on the face of this ma.s.sive monstrosity and the terrifying rows of teeth and ma.s.sive fangs, Ibrahim does not seem to mind these things and just leisurely chats with the beast.
"How long have you been awoke "Ibrahim"!? Watching over me like I am a child keeping things hidden from me." I said looking at Ibrahim.
"Don"t be mad at this old man your memories and powers are linked so you don"t cause another mess, this was done by Lilly that little angel is always watching over you even though she has to watch over two realities." He said pretending to be wronged.
We talk about Lilly being the one who placed these restrictions on my power, she has grown more powerful while I remained a mess. Thinking this a heavy suppression comes into being as Lilly emerges from the Void, floating in the air she glides over entering the water and hugging my face.
Looking on Ibrahim almost wanted to laugh as he watched the young lady surrounded by a blinding light hug scales larger than her entire body. As my ma.s.sive red eye looks up at her the entire place is bathed in its red glow, rising out of the lake my body coils around until my human form takes shape once again. Lilly still hugging me is now being carried in my arms, with her face resting in my chest looking down at her, green and red merg once more within my eyes.
"Why have you picked this time to show yourself to me, what is different this time?" I said looking at her with a serious face. She lifts her small hands around my face before her ethereal voice echos out around the entire underground area. "I have fixed you! This time your mind will not cause you to collapse, there will be no more rampages also while it"s true I have become stronger you are still my "Guardian"." She said wearing a bright smile.
From the way she spoke it seems she won"t let me go or replace me, as for fixing me I have failed to see how fixed I am after the recent rampage. Knowing my thoughts she giggles before appearing at the table with Ibrahim.
"Tell me Dashnell did your rampage cause a mess or did you simply break and destroy the things that surrounded you? I would say this is better and more manageable than what you would do before, with this in mind you are also slowly dealing with those many memories while not closing off your emotions right?"
Thinking of things like that I guess she is right in saying she fixed me, I just don"t like the way she said it. She appears before me again with a face full of tears as she felt wronged by my thoughts just now, as we converse in with our minds Ibrahim holds his hand up trying to block the light at the same time as trying to see her true form. From what he can see she is a young girl no older than 16-18 other than that her silver eyes are the only feature he can make out due to the blinding light.
Staring at him I share my sight with him, allowing him to see the short haired girl with silver eyes.
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In a small courtyard filled with all female servants devoid of any and all males in the entire area sits Crest surrounded by every one of my wives.
"We have all come to talk to you about Dashnell Lady Crest. No Verena! This is what we have all agreed on that you should not be called Crest any longer." Said Samara as the other were to afraid to talk about this even after agreeing on it and being here.
"Do I not have a say in the name I choose to go by?" She replied. "Yes you do It"s Just... We know that Dashnell wishes to call you Verena and we know you want that as well!" Said the timid Teressa. Looking at the girls before her Crest drops her head down as she is filled with complex emotion, she then looks up at the group with red teary eyes.
"It"s true that I wish for him to call me by my name! But things are not so simple I don"t wish to cause him to remember any of those memories, did you not witness the destruction he caused?" Said Crest. "What destruction! He wiped out all of existence when you died before his eyes for the second time, the tension between the two of you is to much for even us on the sideline." Said Tia clenching her fist she stares at Crest.
Verena did not know how to handle things as she also remembers her life as a Guardian and living a normal life unafraid of those around her. She did not grow up in a h.e.l.lish and cruel place as a Guardian, she only found herself being forced into it when the war against the Creed started. During this time she meet a unparalleled G.o.d who seemed to favor her talent, while also being a member of the Guardian Race this allowed her to train and become stronger to fight in the ongoing war.
Who would have expected the G.o.d who trained her would forbid her from ever fighting in the war, this enraged her and she as a rebellious youth ignored his affection and ran off, while being forced away from the war she fell in love with another youth and by the time Dashnell had time to return from the frontlines thousands of years of this love solidified for her. Even today after she regained both of her lives memories she felt that both of them would avoid talking about anything related to the past, for the both of them the tension increased to the point of him avoiding all of them.
She was trying to make up her mind to force him to talk as she did not want to solve all their problems through the bond, she wanted to recreate everything they had in the past.
"I will talk to that stupid dragon snake and force him to call me by my name! You are right I am Verena when have I ever been this emotional, this weak just because of the past. But I will tell you all right now that Dashnell won"t give me any special treatment unless I ask for it, besides he has a new special someone who he has to place above even me." Said Verena! As she looked up with a bitter smile on her face.
"This we know we can"t just expect to try and become your replacement, we are us and you are you. We want you to treat us equal! What we mean is you don"t have to hid away from us unless that is what you prefer, a lot of us love each other as well as that stupid dragon of ours." Said Valara.
...
Hours later.
While they were laughing and getting close with each other they felt a powerful force enter the lower levels of the Palace moving towards Dashnell. This forced them to stop their "bonding session" they each rushed to dress themselves as they flooded into the rift created by Valara barely clothed, with some not even bothering to put anything on.
Moving down the stairs like an army comes my many wives, they felt the disturbance and move quickly to check on me. Even if they left Elder Ibrahim to watch over me they did not think he alone could aid me, upon reaching the lake they spot me embracing Lilly. The smile on my face is one of a parent reuniting with a child after a long day of separation, they feel that I posses no l.u.s.t towards her but each feel the threat that this new woman poses to them.
Looking over at the arrived army of half naked and naked women Lilly smiles at them while Ibrahim vanishes from his spot returning to me, though his action escapes everyone"s notice but Lilly"s. She then smiles at the others appearing before them and speaking into their minds.
"Hi nice to meet you I am Lilly, you don"t have to worry I won"t steal him away from you. As most of you have guessed I am the Controller that he is tasked with protecting but I hate that t.i.tle so just call me by my name, I will leave you alone as you all seem to have been busy before I caused you all to rush in here. Besides Dashnell is Mine! But I will let you borrow him." With a giggle of laughter Lilly vanishes from this world returning to the Void.
Leaving me to handle the misunderstanding she created, but she was not wrong in a sense.
Stepping forward I see Crest moving towards me with a radiant smile on her face, the sweat from earlier still present on her body. "Crest you seem to have been bus-" Grabbing the back of my head she kisses me before stopping, the separation leaving me wanting before I could act on her or speak she looks into my eyes with tears running down her own. "Venera! I am Venera Dashnell do not push me away do not keep running from Me!"
Her words cause a sharp pain in my heart as for the first time in years tears drop from my eyes, again before I could speak she steps to the side letting the others enter my view.
Wiping the tears from my eyes I look up at the ceiling of this cave before grabbing Verena with my tail and walking towards my harem. "I wanted this place to be where I relaxed but! Who said I can"t relax while unleashing my fury, love, and emotion upon all of you!"