A/N: Here is the extra chapter as promised since you guys met the goal.
~Yuta Yukimura~
"Tiamat, I have come to bargain."
Tiamat tilted her head and looked at me as if I had grown a second head and didn't say anything, making me rather embarrassed before she finally spoke after a few moments of awkward silence.
"Bargain? You don't need to be so formal Yukimura, if you wanted to join me for dinner you could have simply done so."
I closed my eyes. This did not go as I had imagined it would. Curse me and my need for theatrics. Why did I think it was a good idea? Am I stupid?
"...Okay, well then ignore that. I brought you a bunch of food I just cooked and some gifts because I wanted to ask for some favours from you."
The dragon form of hers shifted back to her milf form as she sniffed the air and gave me an amused smile. I kept my eyes firmly locked onto her eyes to not destroy the vibe of the room by glueing my eyes to her "personalities".
"You want to ask a favour from the Chaos Karma dragon in exchange for feeding me? How audacious. But I suppose you are the same little devil who asked me to become your familiar to my face in less than an hour of our meeting. Very well, I can't say I'll agree but I will hear you out while we eat. It better be good."
I nodded and let out a sigh of relief.
We sat down at the table we used last time as I spread out a feast for Tiamat who looked in anticipation, I prepared double the portions I brought last time. But before we started eating I spoke.
"Actually, Tiamat-san, I had another gift for you. I saw that you kept wine in your hoard and thought you might enjoy this, my ability gave it to me. It is apparently a luxurious wine from some kind of dream world beyond this reality or something like that. At least according to my ability, this is on the same rank as the orb I showed you."
Tiamat raised an eyebrow and her eyes gleamed in curiosity as I pulled out the bottle of luxurious red wine. She brought a hand to her mouth and chuckled.
"Wine? You sure know how to treat a girl Yukimura. I hope this wine is as good as you claim it to be, I'd say you did a plenty good job of choosing a gift. I do enjoy my wine, especially when paired with your delectable treats."
I handed over the first bottle to Tiamat who expertly opened it with casual refined finesse and poured the fragrant drink into her glass, its smell was... weird but incredibly good. Like roses, cotton candy, and fresh air. I couldn't put a finger on anything specific. Tiamat brought the glass to her mouth and took a sip before her eyes widened and she looked at the glass in surprise.
Was it poisoned? Does it taste foul in the mouths of dragons specifically? Was I going to get blasted by Dragon Blast™? But my worries went unfounded as Tiamat took another sip.
"Wow, I dare say this is one of the best wines I have ever tasted, if not the best I have ever. Its taste is potent yet light, unlike most alcohol it feels refreshing despite the intoxication, I have never tasted something like this before in my long life. You have really outdone yourself Yukimura. What did you want to ask from me? After treating me this well, I would be a rather poor host to not hear you out." She took a bite of the steak I made while taking a drink from her glass and sighing in contentment causing me to smile internally.
All according to plan.
If I had a plan I could have said that. It sounds better than "Thankfully that went well."
"Well, Tiamat-san, I wanted to ask two things from you. They shouldn't be too annoying I hope." She raised an eyebrow as I continued and pulled the Orb of Firmament from the bag I brought.
"I wanted to ask if you could turn this orb into a necklace or something that can be worn comfortably without compromising its ability or potency." I remember her mentioning she would have made a scepter with it so she was capable of turning my orb into equipment right?
Tiamat shrugged her shoulders while I made a point of looking away from her jiggling orbs as she did so.
"Sure, that is more of a minor request than I had expected, even if you hadn't brought me this feast I would have done it regardless. I will get it done in a few days, anything else you desire? This was barely a request."
As always, Tiamama was the bearer of the best news.
I nodded and laid out my main reason for coming here.
"Yes, I also need your help with something. I need you to help me beat up the familiars in this forest." She coughed out a laugh as I quickly corrected myself. "I mean, I need your help to ensure my safety as I challenge the beasts here, you see I need to train and I get more powerful by defeating opponents so I wanted to get stronger here. I have an event that is coming up and I need to be much more powerful if I want to win."
Tiamat sipped her wine in contemplation but the corner of her lips were still quirked in amusement.
"What an amusing boy. Alright. I will humour you, since you are so kind to me, it's only fair that I treat you in kind, I even won't ask why you want to beat up the familiars in Gremory territory. I will escort you around the forest in the territories of the stronger beasts and let you have a fair fight with them while making sure no one comes to the forest or that you die facing them. It sounds like a fun diversion. I hope you will put on a good show Yukimura."
I bowed my head in gratitude. Tiamat was truly my one and only goddess for rolls. I shall make an altar for her back in my home.
"Thank you very much Tiamat-san."
She giggled and drank another glass while gesturing to me to raise my head.
"Do not bow your head Yukimura boy. We are basically partners right now with the deal you have made with me no? You do not need to prostate yourself to me. The wine and food are offerings enough."
Truly, Tiamat was the best goddess.
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~Yuta Yukimura~
I coughed blood as I put my hands on my knees and keeled over, exhaustion assaulted my body. My muscles felt sore and my energy reserves were bottomed out. I was sure I had some internal injuries.
"Well, that was rather impressive Yukimura. I didn't expect you to be so competent. But I am putting a stop to it here. If you push yourself anymore, even with your regeneration you will permanently harm yourself."
I couldn't raise an objection as I felt the waning strength in my body. I could barely stand on my two feet. I had just spent over 3 hours touring the Familiar Forest and beating up trolls, getting my shit kicked in by an undine, wrestling a sea snake, impaling a roc, etc. I was thoroughly battered but I managed to get rewards at least.
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Feat Achieved! You have managed to prove your mettle against the Familiar Forest.
+1 Gold Ability Gacha Ticket
+1 Silver Item Gacha Ticket
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Pretty damn good haul for throwing myself against the jaws of death for several hours in a row. Unfortunately, all of my fights didn't give me separate tickets but instead were all seemingly compiled into these two tickets.
Well, no use in shedding tears now. Just gotta hope I can get something that can stomp Riser's lights out.
First start with the lower ranked silver item ticket.
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Rolling Silver Item Gacha Ticket...
A rare item!
[Sage's Ring]
|Rarity: Rare|
Dark Souls - A ring given to Farron's Undead Legion by one of the preacher twins, known more commonly as the Crystal Sages. It makes it easier to learn and cast spells while wearing the ring, reducing the energy costs of spells.
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Great, an item that is good in retrospect but useless for me in my current condition considering I couldn't learn magic for shit due to some reason I couldn't understand. Guess I'll hold onto this one until I decide to pawn it to Tiamat.
Hopefully, the ability is better.
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Rolling Gold Ability Gacha Ticket...
A rare ability!
[Void Travel]
|Rarity: Rare||Class: Mover|
Allows you to temporarily slip into the void dimension, while in the void dimension, you can freely traverse space but are unable to interact with the real world, time in the void dimension time is slower than normal. The distance you have covered in the void realm is equal to real life, allowing you to teleport short ranges with it, you can stay in the void dimension for up to 30 seconds but this can be increased with training and still consumes energy. 5 Minute cooldown.
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Oh great.
Another ability that makes me intangible.
It seems much more potent than my regular ones, even though it has that egregious timer this is complete intangibility we are talking about.
Tiamat walked up from behind me while crunching on the snacks I prepared for her, she seemed both interested and entertained as she watched me try to breathe like a drowning man.
"So, did it work? Did you develop a new ability perhaps?"
"Yeah did, wanna see?" Tiamat nodded, her curiosity was piqued while I wanted to test out my new ability and see whatever the hell the void dimension was.
I slotted it in and turned it on, and the moment I used it, Tiamat wore a shocked expression as the entire world was seemingly darkened from my view, as if I was looking at everything through monochrome with no light, I felt... nothing. There was no heat here, no air, no resistance, I was still able to walk around freely however, I could probably even walk through a solid object if I forced it. I walked in front of Tiamat and waved my hand in front of her face to no reaction.
Even someone as strong as Tiamat?
I screamed next to her ear but she heard absolutely nothing. Deciding to be a little bold I crouched and looked up between her legs and admired her perfect physique before moving behind as I felt the 30-second timer approach. It was a tingly feeling, like being in a car riding on a rough road, I felt like I could stay a little more if I pushed it but I didn't want to risk it and let myself get ejected from the Void Dimension, appearing behind Tiamat who quickly turned around, making me duck to not get impaled by her large horns. She looked at me with curiosity.
"Teleportation...? No, you took more than a second between your disappearing and reappearing. But I definitely felt the space distort. What was that Yukimura?"
I shrugged my shoulders. Even though I had just gone through it myself it was not exactly easy to explain phasing into a different dimension.
"Eh, I barely know, this ability let me slip into a different dimension temporarily and move around however I wanted with time dilation. It was weird too, all monochrome and black, I felt like it was called the Void Dimension." Tiamat raised an eyebrow.
"The dimensional gap? No, that does not make sense, I'll have to think about it, in all my years of life I never heard about the void dimension. Anyway, I think our business is done here no? Unless you have other business you wanted to discuss." Tiamat spoke to herself thoughtfully while I stood there.
I shook my head.
"Nope, also, you can have the other two bottles in my bag Tiamat-san." The restock timer on the Wine was just half a day after all. It was well worth the sacrifice to see the joy in Tiamat's face. "Now, do you think you could teleport me back to where I came from? I don't want the others to get concerned just because I wasn't there."
Tiamat nodded with a pleased expression.
"Gladly, though I should warn you Yukimura, if you keep treating me so well I might expect you around more." She did that little dignified chuckle that sounded like a melody to my ears.
I shrugged. Wouldn't be the worst thing.
"I would be more than happy to spend more time with you Tiamat-san, maybe I will bring some games to play together next time? I am working on my own card game."
Tiamat shook her head fondly.
"You certainly know how to say the right things Yukimura." She grabbed my head and pulled me in, making my head sink into her boobs before she planted a kiss on my forehead, I was surprised, even more so when I felt my fatigue fade away and vigour fill my body.
Tiamat released me and ruffled my hair while giving me a soft smile with half-lidded eyes that shook my soul down to its core.
"Consider that a gift from me for giving me such a great night. Now, goodbye Yukimura, I'll expect you later."
And with that light overtook me and I ended up back in my room with a stunned expression. I rubbed my forehead and blushed a little.
Damn.
The charm of an older woman was just too strong.
A/N: Yuta and Tiamat's dynamic is just damn fun to write. The elegant, wise, old but lonely dragon lady and the clueless but well-meaning devil boy are a fun dynamic. Do you guys enjoy their interactions and relationship? I would love to know what you guys think about Tiamat.
And Yuta may not know it yet, but not is he getting stronger considerably from his hellish training but his new ability is incredible, not by itself but it will show how good it is in the next chapter. I hope you guys liked this Tiamama-focused chapter.
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