The dragon's harem

Chapter 985: A Divine Warning

“I must reach Yog’s tower on the other side of this world, and quick.” Arad said as he looked at the four women sharing the carriage with him. “I know it’s a ten-year journey, but I want to finish it in a month or shorter.”

Mary looked at him, her eyes half closed as her mind wandered, thinking about the church’s resources. “As I told you before, that might be impossible to achieve, even with the power of magic.”

“Said the useless priestess.” Echidna smiled, “A thousand souls would be enough. I’ll conjure a curse to teleport you there in a minute.” Before she could finish speaking, Mesharra smacked her on the head with the scabbard of her sword. “Shut up, witch.”

Mesharra glared at Arad, “Even if it’s you, I won’t tolerate the unjust killing of innocent. We can either get the kingdom’s resources on our side and arrange a quick trip, but that still might take a year. I can also try and find a lead to the court wizard, might get something from them.”

“Who are they?” Arad asked, interested to see this all-knowing wizard.

“I don’t know.” Mesharra shook her head, “Their identity is kept a secret by the kingdom. No one had ever seen him or her, some even suspect that there are multiple court wizards and that the kingdom keeps them just in case one dies.”

“Forget that.” Plum jumped in, closing Mesharra’s mouth with both of her hands. She then looked at Arad, “I got a way to send you there in hours. I can use plant magic, so I’ll build you a massive slingshot and fling you over there. Simple and easy.”

“How about landing?” Arad stared at her with a lifted eyebrow.

“Ah…don’t worry about that, we’ll figure it out when we get there. I’ll be going with you.” She flew and sat on his head, “One spring made of wood should work, I hope.”

“I was thinking of using something like this, a carriage propelled with fire and wind magic.” Arad explained the concept of his carriage and all four women stared at him with confused faces. “Are you sure?” Mary looked worried.

“Bitch! You’ll die!” Echidna burst laughing.

“You’ll be flying over kingdoms with this? They’ll shoot you down without asking any questions. It’s illegal to fly over kingdoms without a written pass.” Mesharra leaned back, “It’ll take a while to get you the passes for each kingdom.”

“My plan would avoid that!” Plum looked at Arad, “As you won’t be flying with any magic. If it’s legal for birds, it’s legal for us.” She puffed her chest with a proud smile.

Arad sighed, trying to think of another way.

“You five seem to be having fun, let me join.” A voice came from above. When they looked, they saw Lilia{Yog} sitting upside down on the ceiling of the carriage, glaring straight down at them.

The four women paled and froze in place, none of them could even breathe. The one above them was the goddess of their world, the one and only Yog. Why is she here? Did something go wrong?

^Is she here because of what happened in the church?^ Mary was terrified, thinking this was because of the angel’s incident in the church.

^Shit! Leave me alone until I die!^ Echidna’s mind started racing, thinking of a way to escape. They didn’t remove her shackles yet so she can’t cast curses. She now thinks Yog came to claim her since she survived the execution.

^I messed up…^ Mesharra reached for her sword, ^This is because I let Echidna live, I must finish her off to please the goddess or we’re all dead.

“Sorry!” Plum screamed, bowing vertically to Yog{Since she’s floating mid-air}

“About what?” Yog asked with a confused face.

“About this morning…I’ll go clean it at once.” She looked both scared and worried, but unapologetic at the same time.

“Clean what?” Yog was still confused.

“My snot…the one I wiped on your statue…you’re here because of that, right?” Plum looked at her for a second.

“Ah! About that, I won’t care even if you…GAH!” Arad yanked her out of the ceiling by the head, “Why did you come?”

“My tiny head!” She cried, teleported out of Arad’s hand, and appeared sitting on Mary’s shoulders. “I came since you’ve gathered a weird assortment of oddballs here. You’ll have your hands full fiddling with them, I hope you’ll keep some time to learn magic.”

“I’ve got access to holy and cursed magic, I got someone who knows law well and a fairy with size magic, that should help me get almost anywhere.” Arad looked at her, “If I played everything well.”

“But their abilities are going to be wasted if you aren’t competent enough to make good use of them.” She looked at the woman, “Arad’s mission isn’t reaching my tower, that’s the test to prove he finished his mission. The mission is learning magic, or at least the important half.” She giggled, “No one needs to know how to shift fire into roses or how to summon infinite cookies that are stolen from all over the world.”

“Can’t we just find him a magic teacher? That would be faster and safer for everyone.” Mesharra looked at Yog with a questioning face.

“I would’ve taught him magic myself if that was possible. This man in front of you is a real hard-head. He learns best by trial and error, he’s not made for the books.” She smiled, “And let me warn you, I have his power sealed now, but I have to give them back once he finishes this trail.”

“So?” Echidna looked at Yog, “Is that supposed to be a problem?”

“He’ll be able to come to this world on his own, I have no way of stopping him.” She looked at Plum, “You’ve sensed something strange from him, didn’t you? Fairies are sensitive to

mana.”

Plum flew and sat on Arad’s head, “I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like an earthy smell, deep and aromatic roasted coffee beans that are finely ground into powder. It’s abnormal.”

Echidna looked at Plum and then at Yog, “The fucker is a dragon, can sniff him from a kingdom away.” She glared at Arad, “And a stupidly powerful one at that.”

Yog started clapping with an excited face, “Hoo! The witch is quite sensitive as well, Arad is indeed a dragon.” She teleported to Arad and appeared sitting on his shoulders. “Married two women and turned them into demi-goddess, chewed a god’s face off, killed demon lords, and wrecked layers of hell. There is no one in this world of mine capable of defeating him.”

“So you’re saying…” Mesharra looked at Arad, “We better be obedient if we garnered his wrath, he’ll back to kill us.”

Yog’s eyes shifted to Echidna, “I came for you. Don’t you dare do what you were planning for, you’ll only end up making an enemy that no one can save you from.”

“Tch…” Echidna clicked her tongue, looking away.

“She was…” Arad sighed.

“Trying to control you with a curse? Yep, her plan would’ve worked, until the part where you got your power back.” Yog looked at Echidna with a mocking face, “What a sad end you got in

that future.”

“He’s too strong for me to control?” Echidna stood and sat beside Mesharra, strangely, Mesharra didn’t bother pushing her down.

“No, you would’ve kept him under control even then. The problem would come from someone else.” And Arad smiled in the back, “Doma, right?”

“Two seconds after you regain your power Doma would’ve already decrypted Echidna’s curse, taken control of her body, taken her to the plaza, skinned her alive before everyone, crucified her, and cursed her with immortality so she’ll suffer for the rest of time.” Yog looked at them, and especially at Mesharra, “If you think Echidna is a bad enough witch, just wait until you

discover the horror of Doma.”

“Doma…I’ve heard of her before.” Echidna looked up, “Thirty years ago, her name was

written in an ancient scroll.”

“Doma doesn’t live in this world.” Arad looked at her, “Probably another person with the

same name.”

“No, that was Doma.” Yog looked at Arad with a smile, “She has experimented a lot with magic and managed to discover this world, but she was only able to reliably send objects. She tried sending monsters than humanoids but all of them died.”

“Should’ve guessed that.” Arad leaned back, “Do you think it’s possible to reach your tower in

a month?”

“Worried about time? Don’t worry, it’s possible, but I say you’ll fail. In the best case, it’ll take you a few months. For now, reach the next city and help its lord.” She jumped off his shoulder and started floating, “Those four would give you advice, but remember to stay as Arad. Don’t let any of them influence you too much.”

PING! Yog disappeared.

“The next city?” Mesharra looked at Mary, “The closest city is Domiros, and it’s lord…”

“Sir Arthur Cumalot.” Mary looked worried, “I’ve heard his many children are fighting over his position now that he has grown old.”