Chapter 13

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I want it!

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We are in a cave on the face of a cliff that is part of a giant volcano. The entry is around 10 feet wide by 15 feet high overlooking a clearing leading to valleys covered in dense dark forest. Ester is sitting in the cave with her eyes closed. I taught her medication and basic mana manipulation and told her to practice until her brain felt like mush.

I need her to become stronger, and quick since i have already started making plans about the future. But for her to be ready it may take 10-15years... Anyway i spend my days leaching from the various wildlife and minor monster around making sure not to kill, to be able to leach them again later.

But my plans i was talking about earlier are related to what i witnessed during those last nights we spent here. During the night we could see small lights floating around in the forest. Ester told me they were forest spirits and that is was impossible to approach them.

Well basically i need to find a way to approach them. I have a very good idea about what i am dealing with here... From what i see it sure does look like those are fairies! But i still need confirmation, but if they truly are fairies then i will be able to put my plans in motion.

Anyway for now all i can do is surveying our territory with now very long mana thread seeing how much mana i have now... I can cover around 10 square miles or go as far as 50 miles if i use only 1 expanded thread.

RRROROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR* Loud far away roar*

Ester immediately broke out of her meditation asking me what was going on. This was extremely unsettling to me too since i have not sensed any noticeable presence yet this roar had a undeniable strengths to it...

I then went out the cave and looked around when i immediately understood why i hadn't notice it around... It was flying way high above in the sky making circle over the forest a few miles away. This creature, there was no way i wouldn't recognize it. A dragon! And a big one at that!

It was a red dragon and trust me, it was no baby... Since it was in the air it was hard to judge the size but that roar... Told me everything. This thing was the boss of these lands.

“Ich rhooookayy ish nowwt noticheee ushhhh! Prout*” (Michael)

Ester tilted her hear visibly trying to decipher my attempt at speaking.

{I said it's okay, it as not noticed us.} (Michael)

“Ho! That's what it meant! You are getting better master!.. Humm... What hasn't noticed us?” (Ester)

{[...] a... a dragon....} (Michael)

Her face turned white and her jaw floored..

“MmmMmma mA Master ! A dragon?!?! We Wwee need to leave here !!!” (Ester)

{No wayyy!! This is my cave now, and maybe we could tame him? And use it to fly all around!! WEEEeee! I want it ! I want it !} (Michael)

“Masterrr!!!! Dragons are not pets !!!” (Ester)

{[...] What about a God's pet?} (Michael)

“Master!!!!! pout* No! you can't have it!” (Ester)

'How dare she!' (Michael)

{[...] Yy yyYou dare talk to your master that way ! I want a dragon ! My final words!} (Michael)

“But bb.. But dragon are super smart and would never bow to anyone !! It's as if you were trying to take a human as a pet !!!” (Ester)

{Wuuuttt?? You mean i can't adopt a human???? You're no fun!!!!!} (Michael)

FLOPP* FLOFF* FLOOOOF* FLOPP* Flopididouda*

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RRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* Slow very low frequency growl*

“Ma...mammmamamamMaasster...... Bebbeebbehind you!......” (Ester)

I slowly turn around to be faced with the sight of a red dragon, standing in front of us, looking at us attentively while standing at around 30 feet away. This damned thing is as big as a house... Not the affordable type of housing but the 2 floor mansion type of big...

Ester POV-

I was truly terrified, i started running to hide in the cave. Once in semi-safety i looked back toward master. Master was... Jumping up and down his hands in the air before running in the dragon direction as if he wanted to hug it....

The dragon startled took a deep breath then launched a powerful fire-breath toward master. The fire engulfed him and he disappeared in the inferno for a few seconds... When the fire dissipated i saw master, alive and well...

He was.. 'Humping' the dragon's leg?! The dragon then tried stomping him... But master formed a dense mana pillar stopping his foot. Then he launched a mana spear at it 'not even scratching his scales'.

“BWAD! DWAGRONNN!!!!! BWAD !” (Michael) In an incredibly low pitch voice.

The dragon then took a step back and launched a massive aura that sent master flying a few feet back. Master's eyes then started glowing brightly as he formed a different spear this time.. It was a cone like usual but with a spiral outside it, then he started making it turn rapidly on itself giving a weird rotating optical illusion.

The dragon seeing this, seemed to understand this next attack was a dangerous one and backed away a few step while giving head gestures that gave the impression that he was preferring to avoid a fight where he could be hurt.

Then the dragon took off flying in the sky and left...

Michael POV-

'DAMMIT!!!!!! DONT LEAVE! sob*sobsob* The most perfect pet! sobsob*' (Michael)

“Are you okay master????” (Ester)

{NO i'm not okay !!! I lost it ! Sobsob*} (Michael)

“Master... you truly are a weird one...” (Ester)

After that we went back to our routine... This time thought i was determined to find the dragon's lair and go met it!

'Dragon should be able to communicate by telepathy ! They should... ' (Michael)

But enough for now... The sun is about to set so i need to get ready for tonight's operation. (Threatening the fairies in assisting us !) Guhuhuhuuhu*

“Master... This laugh is creepy i told you many time... Who is it this time you thought of killing?” (Ester)

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{Dammit, and we have been together only 2 weeks.... Sighh...} (Michael)

“It is my duties as your mai[...] servant?” (Ester)

{Pet!...} (Michael)

“Wha...” (Ester)

{Don't slack off in your meditation now !} (Michael)

[...] grrggr*

{I can hear you! Cold bath tonight!} (Michael)

“Master ! Please no i'm sorry !!” (Ester)

{Hurmf!} (Michael)

FLOPP* FLOFF* FLOOOOF* FLOPP* Flopididouda*

'Hu?? that sounded familiar...' (Michael)

I turn around and see the dragon, with some sort of deer in is mouth... He drop the deer and fly off again...

“WEYYyttt!! [Wait*]” (Michael)

He's gone... I look at Ester, she's looking at me with big eyes...

{SEE???? MY pet ! Pwahahahahaha} (Michael)

We then prepared the meat, and Ester ate as much as she could then we smoked the rest. With the sun rapidly setting i then expand my mana aura as thin as i could, totally invisible and barely present in the atmosphere.

Now let's hope fairies can't sense mana that has been diluted that much. A few moment later Ester was sleeping in her leaves bed and i was looking outside the cave still waiting when finally! Many green lights started flying around at high speed like fireflies. I then spotted one of them who had stopped moving for a second then materialized an eye behind it.

Now having a visual i quickly confirmed that they are indeed fairies. This one is around 3 apples high, wear leaves clothing, it emanate green light from their skin and have 4 dragonfly like green wings. I say 'it' because... Who know what sex they are, fairies are all super cute and all look like girls to me...

I know as soon as it notice me it will fly away at high speed so i don't waste any time before speaking to him/her via telepathy.

{Hello young fairy, my name is Mich[...]} (Michael)

“HHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII* fly away*” (Fairy)

'Well... let's try another one...' (Michael)

The next one, well i didn't have time to say more than hello... I'm not the patient type so i approach another one, then seal her in a condensed mana sphere.

HIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiii* Kikiguiguiguii*

{Hello young fairy, my name is Michael.} (Michael)

KiKIkIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii*

{I wish to talk [...]} (Michael)

HIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiii* Kikiiiii*

{SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!} (Michael) I say as i shrink the sphere.

Hiiii sob* sob* sob*

{I wish you no harm... I am the Arch-Devil Michael, you may have heard of me..?} (Michael)

The fairy then seemed to calm down, looked at me while tilting her head one way, then the other.

Kiiki?*

She then looked at the sphere imprisoning her then seemed to realize my mana even though it was pitch dark outside.

{Really!? } (Fairy)

I then released her. She stood there looking at my eye. Then all of a sudden all the fairies that were all scatered gathered around me with inquisitive looks.

{I am in need of your assistance my fairies pet*... friends.} (Michael) Guhuhuhuhuu*

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