8 Ch 8 dragon heart

I walk right into my room and lay down on my bed enjoying the comfiness of it as i feel my tired body starts to relax. it has been an extremely long week for me and Diodora. we did what we wanted to accomplish by going into the forest of the underworld and that was to get combat experience. we fought a lot of creatures in while we were in the forest. we fought hell hounds, goblins, trolls, serpents, manticore, and even a dragon. yeah after what we went through anybody would be as tired as i am right now but even after all that it was worth it as me and Diodora have greatly improved over that short amount of time. I guess it just goes to show real combat is the fastest way to improve.

' Oh yeah i nearly forgot but I need to check when the party for Ruval is. ' I pull out the envelope that I got from ravel and open it. I read over what the letter said. it is a normal invitation letter nothing special, but the party is in a few days. I walk over to a large desk in my room and open the drawer and inside it is many letters of invitation just like the one in my hands. I put the letter in the drawer and close it. I have attended many social events in the past three years it is not just the devil pillars that host events but the high-class devils too whether they are pure blood or reincarnated upon reaching high-class they receive a title and a territory of their own I have made sure to even attend their party's trying to gain as much influence and backing as I can. my hard work has greatly paid off as I have many high-class who support me.

actually, this is a good chance to talk to the phenex clan. I have had an idea now for a while, well not an idea I already did it with Ajuka's help of course but we found a way to dilute the phenex tears into a weaker version, but it is still effective for major wounds and such. we get 20 of these weaker phenex tears from a single phenex tear the plan is to sell these to the middle-class and low-class devils for a much cheaper price as they cannot afford to buy the phenex tears. the only problem is I haven't had the chance to talk to them yet and this is my chance.

As I lay on my bed, I hold my arm up and call the name of my familiar. " Vera. " a small green butterfly that looks like it is glowing appears and lands on my fingers. whenever you get a familiar a butterfly is the last thing you would expect right? well, that was what I thought but it turns out this little fella is strong in its own right when we first came across it attempted to put us asleep, and it was close to putting me to sleep. Diodora didn't take long to fall asleep I only managed to stay awake cause I was using biomancey to force myself to stay awake and since demonic power acts like a damping shield for magic to and since I have a lot more than Diodora I was able to stay awake.

it turned out that this little butterfly had quite the tricks up its sleeve, but I had a way to counter each and every one from sleep, poison, illusion, and hypnosis too. I decided to make it my familiar Diodora also got a familiar while we were in the forest. it almost killed him, but he beat it into submission and forced it to become his familiar. I look at vera he is mostly a emerald, green and black but his wings are constantly changing colors. I continue to admire vera before deciding to send him back and go to sleep as I very much need it right now.

I slowly open my eyes as I wake up. I throw my covers off of me as I get up and walk to the door I go to open it but an awful smell assails my nose. " Eww what's that smell. " I hold my arm up to sniff myself and nearly gag from the smell alone. I quickly put my arm down and head straight to the bathes to clean myself up. ' I can't believe that smell is coming from me. man, I really should of have taken a bath as soon as I got home. ' I hadn't had the chance to take a proper shower or bath for about a week so it only makes sense that I would reek. '

I make it to the bath and just sink into the water enjoying myself I am lucky that none of the maids are here at the moment. once I was done and clean I put on my normal black and gold silk robes. after the week I had it is nice to finally be clean again. ' I probably should stop by to see dad so I can have him look at the dragon heart I found I know he would be greatly interested in it too. ' With my mind made up I head over to find my father.

As I walk down the halls, I get close to where he is. I approach a large wooden door that leads to the meeting room of the Astaroth house. there is a maid on both sides of the door waiting patiently. I walk over to one of the maids to speak to them. " Excuse me. " I say to the maids they look up at me and bow.

" Young master what brings you over here. " She asks in a polite tone.

" I'm here to speak to my father but I can see he is in a meeting do you know when the meeting will be done. " I ask her as father only uses this room when speaking with important people.

the maid nods her head. " Yes, it should be concluded very soon. " 

" Very well I will wait for it to be finished but may I ask who has come to speak to father. "

she looks slightly hesitant to speak but she tells me. " It is lord Bael and the other elders from the council. "

I just nod at her and walk over to a couch nearby to sit as I think about what I just heard. ' The elders are here why? ' The Astaroth family doesn't have the best of relationships with the elders. Ajuka gets orders from them to make inventions for them, but he always puts them off to pursue his own hobbies neglecting his duties as a Satan that is one reason the elders don't like the Astaroth clan another is my mother. like cannon she investigated into the secret king faction, and it nearly cost her life. now here is where the cannon diverges after the attempt on her life, she went to confront Ajuka the creator of the evil pieces and from then on, they fell in love. some of the elders are a part of the secret king faction and view Cleria as a threat that is another reason now the last one is actually because of me. despite my young age I have already have a large backing but nowhere close to the elders, but they think if I keep going at the pace, I am growing I would eventually gain enough political power challenge them. however, all that just brings up the question why they are here.

*creak* the sound of the large wooden door opening could be heard.

I turn to look at the door. I see lord Bael step out first with three other elders following behind him. I look over the other elders until my eyes land on one, the elder of clan Naberius. as I see him walk by, I couldn't help but have a small smirk on my face which he seemed to catch. ' I need to weaken the power of the elders and what better way than to start with him. " I think to myself as they walk down the halls disappearing around the corner.

I walk over to the meeting room and hear a long-drawn-out sigh coming from the inside. i knock on the door making my Prescence known to him. " Father. " I call out to him. he looks up from his chair and smiles. 

"Alexander. what brings you here?" 

" I just have something that i think you might be interested in. " I say to him as I turn my head to look down the hallway the elders walked down. " If you don't mind me asking, what were they here for. "

he just sighs and leans back in his chair. " They want the watcher. " He says bluntly. " 

' What there is no way in hell they are getting that. ' How did they even hear about it the only people who know about it are me, father and the four Satan's and possibly mother. we built it in his personal lab so none of the servants know about it as they are not allowed in there. " How do they even know. " I ask him with urgency.

he just shrugs his shoulders. " honestly, I don't know they have spy's everywhere in the underworld there is also a good possibility someone leaked information to them. "

' Was it one of the four Satan's it wasn't Ajuka and I'm pretty sure Serafall wouldn't leak the information I trust her, and she doesn't like them either. the only ones i could think of are Sirzechs or Falbium. Sirzechs is a possibility since i know he is pretty much a glorified puppet to the elders despite his strength. to the public it may seem like he is in control but that is far from the truth. Falbium is another guess mostly because I don't know him or what stance he has in all this. '

I sigh now knowing the situation. " You didn't give it to them did you. " I asked worried. 

he shakes his head and I breathe a sigh of relief. " I didn't but that doesn't mean they wont stop trying. anyway, enough about them what is it that you wanted to show me. " He says with a smile on his face. 

I walk over to where he is and bring out the dragon heart that I got. the crystal is orange and red emitting a light green glow from it. he stops and looks at it with amazement before quickly casting multiple magic spells to scan and analyze the dragon heart once he was done, he leans back into his chair in silence with a giddy and excited look on his face. 

I look at him with a happy expression on my face since judging from his reaction it must be incredible right. " What is it please tell me. " i ask with excitement in my voice. 

he looks at me but know with a serious look. "Alexander, could you tell me where exactly you got this."

I nod my head. "When we went out for the week, we came across a dragon's den at the time it was empty so i uh robbed the dragon while it was away and that was among the pile of treasures it had. it came back as we were leaving and chased us for about three hours before we lost it at a canyon."

Ajuka had a look of shock before bursting out laughing. " I know I did some dumb stuff when i was a kid but that tops everything.

 it takes a bit before he stops laughing and looks the dragon heart with a serious expression on his face. " What this is, is simply unimaginable. this is the dragon heart of the heavenly dragon Y Ddraig Goch.

It takes me a bit to register what he said but once it did i was shocked by what i heard. " ARE YOU SERIOUS. " I ask him in a loud voice to which he only nods confirming it.

Pov- ???

 In the forest of the underworld there can be seen a young adult sized red dragon. yes the very same dragon that attack Alexander and Diodora for no reason at all. the dragon slowly walks back into his cave with a limp as well as a completely damaged wind and his head down carrying a small handful of gold and gems. he walks deep into his cave and sits down setting the handful of gold and gems where his giant pile of Tresure used to be.

the young dragon looks at his now measly pile of gold with a sad and depressed look it even looks as if the dragon is about to cry. the dragon lashes out in a fit of rage hitting the ground and the walls. while he was rampaging, a stalactite fell from the celling hitting him in the head making him stop and curl up in a ball clutching his head in pain.

" Dammit, dammit why is all of this happening to me. " The dragon says in frustration. 

" I come back from challenging my sibling to a fight and lose only to come back to have my treasure stolen and to be beaten and humiliated. " The dragon lays down and cries for hours. 

you're probably thinking this isn't how a dragon is supposed to act and you would be correct this is the most pathetic excuse of a dragon you could ever find. his name is Karnash he is a two hundred- and fifty-year-old dragon considered to be a young adult. Karnash was the runt of his siblings so he was always bullied since he was smaller and weaker. he was such a disappointment that his family kicked him out and he now lives here away from other dragons. he has come to enjoy his solitude and collected many treasures amassing a lot of wealth. not to long ago as he was looking for more gems he came across a once in a lifetime opportunity that was the dragon heart of the heavenly red dragon. 

he heard stories of this dragon and idolized this dragon hoping to become like him one day and through the dragon heart he did become stronger. he became bigger and stronger than his siblings it gave him the confidence to challenge his brothers, but he still lost. despite gaining the strength he is still a coward and an awful fighter, so he lost quickly he returned home sadden by his loss. he comes home to devils stealing his treasure and his most prized possession overwhelmed with anger he gave chase to the devils following them into the canyon blinded by rage and his lack of experience he fell right into the green haired devils trap. he damaged his wing so much he will never fly again and if not for the strength he gained from the dragon heart the last spell he was hit with would of have killed him.

The dragon goes to sleep curled up in a ball sad, depressed, and in fear of the green haired devil.