Chapter 89: Crafts ; Maids ; Pleasant Surprise (1/2)

”You don't mind it, right?” I say to the dragon whose anger is gradually rising.

This has gotten me curious. What am I able to do with my familiar other than having her train the rest of my underlings?

{Father could 'store' her.}

Store? You mean I can have her 'inside' my body like Ddraig?

{Affirmative.}

Ignoring how wrong that sounds, that could come in handy. Though, there is one problem. She'll be able to see everything I do, wouldn't she?

{That is indeed the case.}

Shit.

At least, she's a female. Nevertheless, I'd feel uncomfortable to have someone peering into everything I do, particularly my interactions with the other girls.

{There is a solution, though it's not a practical one.}

I'm all ears.

{Father could exhaust her to the point that she would need to slumber to recover. Doing so has two merits.}

The first one should be that she won't see what I do. What's the second one?

{She will continuously consume a small amount of Father's energy. The amount consumed won't affect Father all that much and it would be highly beneficial for her.}

Exhaust her huh…

The only two things that come to mind if we're speaking of exhaustion are either beating her up or spend some quality time with her until she's tired.

For the first one, I would rather not hurt her, which I'm sure will take much longer. As for the second one, I don't think our relationship is anywhere near that point yet.

{Father could forcefully take her.}

No. Don't mention such a thing ever again.

{Understood.}

Don't misunderstand me. I would rather get closer to others in more natural ways. Even playing with their mentality is fine if kept to a minimum.

{There is a book available that Father could make use of.}

Oh? What's that?

{”How to Catch Them All 101”}

Yeah, no. Sounds kinda fishy. Speaking of which, since when were you able to give me objects?

{Father has made it so that I can give Father certain objects during specific times.}

That sounds a little too convenient. Leaving that aside, how is that totally-genuine book going to help me out in this situation?

{According to Father, in the book, are several ways to get to the heart of females from all races.}

For real? Interesting. Give me the book; might as well give it a read.

The next moment, a pink book appears out of thin air. Opening it, I see some fancy handwriting.

Who's the author?

Checking the back of the last page, I see two words written extra fancily: Pink Guy.

Seems legit.

Well then, let's see what's on the first page.

”Best pickup line for beast/human hybrids: Hey there, you have a nice pair of really pointy ears.”

And that's where I decide to shut the book and use Pyrokinesis to burn it to cinders.

{Did Father find it useful?}

Very. I now know what kind of compliment I shouldn't use, to pick up a girl.

{I'm glad.}

Little do you know, sweetie...

Shifting my focus back to Tiamat who's looking at me incredulously, I realize that I screwed up.

She just watched me go through with all of that.

”Forget what you saw, or else…” I say as I create a soulless lizard before using telekinesis to smash it into the ground.

Understanding what I'm trying to convey, Tiamat nods her head before asking me,

”What am I to do from now on?”

Good question. Thinking about this logically, I should just go through with the exhaustion process and ”store” her.

Clearing my throat, I say with a bright smile on my face,

”Dragons desire for strong mates, right?”

The fuck did I just say?

{Looks like the effects of the book are already taking place.}

Huh?! What are you talking about?

{Father burned the book, which was a Craft. Upon burning Crafts, they get bound to the one who burnt them, and sometimes bringing extra effects with them.}

{In this case, Father will have the content of the book memorized semi-consciously.}

NO!!!

”Wh-What?!” Tiamat utters with a meager blush on her face.

You've got to be kidding me. This works?!

”The moment I set my eyes on you, I knew that I saw the most beautiful scales in my life. Their toughness was on a completely different level from anything I've seen before.”