Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Making Friends
Right after the couple rested, Tiamat immediately cashed in their spoils of course.
"Mordred really is my lucky star." She shook her head wistfully. They were just having fun, training Mordred in the art of swordplay.
Yet they came across a juicy scoop. It was such a great scandal that the new four Satans would be indebted to her after she cashed it in.
"Kukuku, then I have to do my best for Mordred huh?" She went to the office of Ajuka.
"Oi, tell Ajuka that I'm here." Tiamat ordered the secretary.
She wasn't idle in her training. Back in the past before she found Mordred, Tiamat was at the level of a Satan.
But now, she's slowly breaking through. Her pressure was suffocating and the devil immediately called Ajuka Beelzebub.
After a minute, he quickly appeared. "Why do you have to scare my secretary Tiamat? And you know I'm busy with experiments." He sighed.
"It's because I got some pretty nice things here." She waved around the camera she got from Cleria and Ajuka raised a brow.
"Go on, guess what it is?" She smirked and Ajuka had a bad feeling about it.
"Don't make me guess Tiamat, I have work to do." He deadpanned at her.
"You're no fun, especially because this concerns the use of king pieces at the rating games." She had a shit eating grin and Ajuka went wide eyed at that.
Almost nothing phases the Satan. He is one of the deterrents of the underworld. With the other being Sirzechs.
They were stronger than even the original Satans. And what Tiamat just sprung up on him was just that much of a big deal.
"Are you serious? Damn it, I need to call the others then." He quickly called the other Satans for a meeting.
Sadly, even if they were called the Satans and are given work that concerns the underworld. The four are more like figureheads that have almost no political power due to the great king faction. They're figureheads with work.
"Ajuka-tan! What did you call us here for!? Ahhh, I'm the first one. Hello Tia-chan!" A bubbly woman with twin tails greeted. (pic)
She was bouncing around like she just did cocaine and Tiamat didn't like her. Not that she hated the devil, more of Tiamat can't handle her energy.
"Serafall, let's wait for the others first. It's that important." Ajuka's no nonsense tone made her suddenly stop and she squinted her eyes.
She was a general of the civil war of devils in the past when they fought the remaining Satans to change the tyrannical government.
Make no mistake, Serafall Leviathan is a Satan class devil that can be cold blooded if it is for the good of her race and younger sister.
The woman only hides it with her bright personality and love for all things magical girls. She has fought against a war and it changes people.
"Ajuka? What's the matter my friend?" Sirzechs arrived, he is a red haired man with teal blue eyes. His crimson hair was long and he was dragging a bald man that was rubbing the sleep off his eyes.
"Troublesome, what is it Ajuka?" The bald man frowned.
"Sirzechs, Falbium. Tiamat here got some evidence that the rating games are being rigged. The great king faction are giving king pieces to other devils of their choosing." Ajuka informed them and they gasped.
"Shit, you are right. This is serious matters." Sirzechs groaned. Because this would mostly be under him.
"Wow, I don't envy you at all Sirzechs." Falbium snorted.
"That's why we put you in the defense force of the underworld Falbium. Because we are at peace, for now that is." Serafall chuckled.
"So, you guys owe me huh? After all, you'll have an edge against the great king faction. And you can have some political power against them for this." Tiamat grinned and they forgot she was there.
The dragon waved around the camera and they winced. Satans owing someone neutral is tricky. And they are sure that she would abuse it in the future.
"Okay, if you don't want it. I'll just destroy the evidence." Tiamat shrugged and charged some lightning on her other hand.
"W-wait! We owe you one." Sirzechs gave a strained smile and Tiamat hummed.
"Damn right you are." She laughed and tossed the camera to Ajuka.
Tiamat then left and they collectively sighed. "So? Sirzechs, how are you going to do this?" Ajuka rubbed his temples.
"I already dread the amount of work this will give me..." Sirzechs groaned and they start scheming. Just because they weren't like the traditional devils. Doesn't mean that they wouldn't be up to something no good.
__Familiar Forest__
Tiamat saw Mordred fight with Masaomi, the exorcist was already using his katana. Mordred loaned it to him so he would be a better threat.
Even though Masaomi is an experienced exorcist. He is still human after all.
"So? How did it go?" Cleria was observing them fight as well and she was curious about Tiamat's little outing.
"Ohh, nothing major. I got a favor from the four Satans, hmmm. I wonder what can I make them do with it?" She chuckled.
"Wow, you're devious Tiamat." Cleria blinked. She kinda thought that the dragon will just hand it over to the Satans or something.
"Mordred... He's special, I need anything I can get. And this isn't enough, as many factions need to owe us. That's how special he is." Tiamat furrowed her brows.
"I can see that... But him being able to use divine swords to its full potential only means that he is a demigod right? You did say he is human, gods have plenty of kids with humans." Cleria was confused about Tiamat's paranoia.
"You don't understand Cleria. Mordred is only a year old. And he hasn't even scratched his potential yet. He's no god too, you know what that means right?" Tiamat frowned.
"H-he can use divine swords while being human!? T-that's insane." Cleria couldn't believe that he was fully human.
"Well, I can understand your thoughts. He isn't exactly human too. He's a dragon as well, he's such a high value target. It's ridiculous actually, if you only know how deep his secrets go." Tiamat sighed.
They then went quiet. Watching the duo fight, but Masaomi was tiring.
His stamina wasn't up to par to the young hatchling. Mordred was tortured, ahem. Trained to fight for several days if he didn't use his magic.
__A couple of years pass__
When Tiamat gave the evidence of king pieces being used by the great king faction. The Satans immediately launched an attack and blackmailed them.
And the only one who doesn't have a king piece in the top ten rankings is a previous dragon king named Tannin and Diehauser Belial.
Tannin used to be on the top ten spot while only bringing two rooks with him. Which are of course dragons themselves. But it was a feat and a half.
Then, he suddenly shot up to the 2nd ranking. Cleria was happy that her cousin is still 1st. Even if she couldn't contact him due to the risk of being traced.
But she is satisfied that she has a nice life with Masaomi at the familiar forest as Mordred's goons.
Cleria helps Mordred with his magic practice. Using her clan trait on the spells he uses. While Masaomi improved as well.
He was forced to, because if he didn't. Then Mordred would kick his ass. And as a man, he will never live that down. Getting his ass kicked by a baby.
Though he couldn't force him anymore to use Grendel's powers anymore.
Tiamat is the only one that can do so. And it was taking a long time for him to make his power his own.
"Bored~" Mordred complained. Fighting Tiamat was another thing. But Cleria and Masaomi were running out of flavor.
He mastered how they fight, it was predictable to him now. Their stats increased, but it is just the same thing.
So he wanted to do something else besides getting beat up by Tiamat.
"What? Because you can beat some high class brats you're going to slack off now?" Tiamat huffed at him.
"No, mom. You know what I mean. And that's at my base power. When I use Grendel's strength, I can match ultimate class for a few minutes." He shrugged.
"What a little monster." Masaomi joked. Cleria chuckled, but it was something that she couldn't argue with.
He was a damned four year old. And he could fight ultimate class beings for a few minutes. Not counting his usage of Caliburn or Kusanagi no Tsurugi.
"What? Mom is beyond Satan class. But she still needs to breakthrough that barrier that puts her in the same league as Sirzechs and Ajuka. Then she'll have to reach the heavenly dragons class." Mordred raised a brow.
"You little..." Tiamat gave him a noogie at his bluntness.
"Ahem, for reference. The top one percent of beings in the world reaches high class strength. And only the top one percent of those high class beings reach ultimate class. You my junior, are a monster that would turn the world upside down." Masaomi snorted.
"That's my son~" Tiamat cuddled him. His growth began to slow down. He was currently stuck in his physique of an 8 year old. But it was making qualitative changes.
Now, though. Tiamat weaned him off and they sleep together and she cycles her mana in his body and vice versa.
Tiamat receives resistance to dragon slaying weapons and Mordred's body gets saturated with the strongest dragon king's mana.
"Should we go to the city? I can pass you off as a protege or something." Tiamat was now more confident in going out.
Because if a situation arises that Mordred needs to use Caliburn or the Kusanagi. Then that is easily an international event that needs interference of the leaders of factions.
Ultimate class beings can wipe out entire cities with a single spell. Even encounters with those class of beings are so rare.
They are mostly cadres or people with important positions in their factions that cannot make moves that easily.
"Really!?" Mordred blinked and his normally ice cold expression lit up.
"We still can't elicit such a reaction from him Tiamat..." Cleria pouted, because she thought he looked so cute when he gets excited.
"Hmph, I'm his mom. Of course he only gets eager due to me. Don't you? My little dragon~ I love you so much." She glomped him and he reciprocated the bone breaking hug.
"Come on mom, let's go. My goons can watch our home." Mordred was impatient to go.
"G-goons? I mean, we are... But you don't have to point it out." Masaomi got depressed. He was the Mook of a kid, it stung.
"Dear, remember. Mordred is out of the norm." Cleria reminded him and Masaomi rationalized their position.
"Yeah, that's right. He's like the arch enemy of unholy beings. If he uses the Kusanagi, then he'd destroy ultimate class ones easily." He nodded sagely.
Tiamat then winked at Cleria. Normally, they were just at home. But it's a rare time for the couple to spend time together alone.
"We'll be back later." Tiamat waved her hand lazily and they arrived at Lucifaad, the former capital of the devils.
"Hmmm, it's a big city. The demonic power here is quite thick." Mordred's thirst for battle was beginning to flare and Tiamat had to lock in his terrible aura.
Evil dragons had auras that were simply horrible. And he was only leaking a bit of Grendel's. Low class beings would run away from him like their lives depended on it if he released it.
And mid class would quickly lose morale. High class ones would sweat bullets at his presence.
"Fuuu~ some fresh air is good." Mordred nodded and Tiamat agreed.
"Come on then, how about we try the restaurants here in Lucifaad?" She led him to high class restaurants and of course they were given a pass.
And while they were walking around to digest their meal, he saw a curious sight. An older female nekomata was leading around a younger one.
"Nee-sama, is this fine? Won't Naberius-sama get angry?" The white haired little sister fidgeted around in nervousness.
"Nya, don't worry Shirone nya. It's my day off today." The older sister had black hair and yellow eyes. She looked a bit exhausted, but she had a satisfied smile when her little sister beamed.
"Hmm, nekoshous?" Tiamat was surprised. She thought they were extinct.
"What are they mom?" He pointed at them like they were in a zoo. His bluntness was definitely going to be a problem later.
"They're two tailed nekomatas that are rare. They are quite good with youjutsu and senjutsu. The use of illusions and natural energy respectively." Tiamat explained.
And seeing new things, he got interested. So he walked up to them.
"Hello, I'm Mordred. What's your names?" He tilted her head and the smaller one hid behind her sister, shy of human contact.
"Ahh, we're busy. Please do not disturb us." The older one squinted her eyes, definitely not one for communication.
"It's fine, here. Call me, I'm a dragon. I want to know you two. You're interesting you see, I haven't seen youkai before." He walked back to Tiamat and they bugged due to his bluntness.
"You gotta work on your friend making skills Mordred..." Tiamat smiled wryly.
'Wait... Isn't this my fault? Mordred grew up with me. That means that his communication skills and social awkwardness falls to me! No!' Tiamat almost fell due to her sudden dizzy spell.
"Mom? Are you okay?" He formed a third eye on his forehead and they had a silvery glow to them.
Tiamat immediately calmed down and she frowned. 'Another dragon... Those three silver eyes, Apophis.' She thought that he might get overwhelmed by assimilating two dragons at once.
And Apophis is especially strong. He is much stronger than Grendel who is beyond the dragon kings.
Tiamat thought they were about the same strength. But Grendel would outlast her and tank her attacks, exhausting her.
"How about we go home for now Mordred? You can make friends with those nekomatas later." He nodded at her and thought that she needed some rest.
They went back to their home, but they were assaulted by the scent of people coupling. Even though the two's rooms were partitioned. Their sense of smell is potent enough to smell it through the room.
"Mom? What's that smell?" He tilted his head and Tiamat groaned.
"Uhhh, that's special body odor for mating season." She tried to worm her way out of it.
"Ahhh, so it's mating season for Cleria and Masaomi? I guess we should be quiet." He was respectful of their privacy.
"Ugh, soon he'll start asking more questions." She dreaded the day where that'll come.
And the next day, due to Mordred's politeness. He requested to go to Kuoh.
"Cleria, Masaomi, have a great mating session." He nodded at them and the couple froze.
"Gotta go, bye!" Tiamat teleported them to Kuoh to escape the awkward atmosphere.
Tiamat was determined to give Mordred friends. And what better playmates than humans that won't try to trick him for having world shaking powers.
"Come on Mordred, go play with the kids." She took him to a playground and he watched some of them.
What got his notice though, was a pair of brunettes that were playing with their game boys.
Tiamat also froze and she growled, she sniffed the air. "Ddraig." Her eyes turned to slits and her power almost leaked out of her.
The brunettes didn't care for the small display of power. But the other kids did, they ran for the hills.
"Mom, you scared off the kids." He deadpanned at her and she scratched her cheek sheepishly.
He shrugged and went near the two girls. One had the scent of a dragon, and the other one had a holy aura that he noticed in her necklace.
"Hello, can I play with you? I'm Mordred." He introduced himself elegantly.
Due to his training, he had a grace to his movements. And with his devilishly cute appearance. He looked like nobility, which he is one.
His almond shaped eyes and blonde eyelashes captivated the two. His soft, straight golden hair was also rare.
The bright green irises sunk you in and they just stared at him.
"Um, is that a yes or no?" He raised a brow and they were broken from their daze.
"U-uh, sure! I'm Issei Hyoudou, you can call me Ise." The energetic brunette with a darker hair color greeted.
"H-hello, I'm Irina Shidou. Nice to meet you Mordred." She shyly introduced herself.
"Umu, what is that?" He pointed at their Gameboys and they smiled. "We're playing pokewars. It's the hottest thing around right now." Ise grinned.
"Uhh, I still don't know what that gadget is." He tilted his head and the two put a hand on their chests.
"A kuudere..." They shook their heads after staring at him. "It's a game boy. You play games with it after you insert this cartridge here." Irina gave an example.
"Oh, I don't have one." Mordred frowned and Tiamat quickly swooped in to the rescue.
"Here you are Mordred, go and play with your friends alright?" She smiled at the kids, but her expression twitched when she looked at Ddraig's host.
A dragon's grudge runs deep indeed. "Thanks mom, let's play?" Mordred asked them for assistance.
"Wow, your mom is cool. I gotta beg mine to give me this." Ise was awed by Tiamat.
"Yeah, I had to get good grades before mine bought one." Irina winced, remembering the times she had to study like crazy.
"Oh, then let me give you this. As a sign of our friendship." He rummaged inside of his pocket to hide his magic.
He took out two sizeable gold bars. A kilogram each. Which is about 64 thousand dollars. Which converts to 9 million yen.
"I-is that gold?" They both started coughing after choking on their saliva.
"Umu, mom pays a few of these for our meals. That's just a bit of my savings, she gives me one every week. I heard these can be changed for money." He shrugged and they took it with trembling hands.
Mordred thought they could exchange it at the black market.
"Come on, let's play." The brunettes said with shaky voices. They thought he was weird, but all is fine because he was beautiful.
"My job here is done." Tiamat nodded in satisfaction and was proud of him reeling in some friends with his treasure like a true dragon.
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