Chapter 30: Bonding with rare beasts

-We do not flirt, how many time do I have to tell you this- Dabria scolded

We then moved to a guest room where I'll be sleeping during the bond.

"I can't believe our scam backfired" Damon shook his head

"Don't worry you guys will get new products early since you guys are about to be my companion" I replied "I also got 2 companions and a cool new sword out of your scam"

"Well, it doesn't seem too bad, at least we can leave here knowing that the unknown magic metal is being put to good use" Diana said

"Well let's get started" Damon said

-Well I should make an appearance, since we're going to be with them anyway- Dabria said before appearing in front of us in her mortal form

Diana and Damon got ready to strike but I stopped them

"She's with us, don't fight"

"This aura isn't something I've experienced before" Diana calmed down

"Of course, I'm a goddess, you don't see beings like us often" Dabria said

"A human with the blessing of the gods, I can see why you are a chosen one" Damon commented

"Well get going then, I'll have some conversation with Diana here, while you both are sleeping, you should have enough time to bond with both of them before we can meet back with your parents" Dabria said

When the process started, there was a burning sensation on my chest.

"I'm 12 and already got 3 tattoos, regular parents would kill me"

"I'm going to my room, I'll be transformed into my dragon form when the process starts" Damon said before leaving

It wasn't long till I fell asleep.

Damon is born on the snowy mountains, it was windy and it was very cold, but he was a snow dragon, a dragon that is accustomed to the cold, he doesn't know where his parents are ever since he hatched, he just relied on his instinct to hunt for food and look for basic needs.

When he was about 13, he found another big egg, he thought, maybe it's one of his species, maybe it's another dragon to help fulfill his loneliness, so he took care of the egg, hoping that he can take care of it as an older sibling and give it an easier life than the one he had.

But the egg hatched into a black fiery bird instead, a black mutant phoenix, he was sad that it wasn't a dragon like he hoped but, like him, the young phoenix had no one to protect him, so the dragon decided to take care of her as his younger sibling

He was interested in humans, even though, most of them were weaker than he was, the humans conquered every land with their numbers, so he managed to learn how to transform into a human, maybe as a human, he can find where he belong, but he didn't understand their language, so both him and Diana would sneak around in their human form and learn through watching through school windows on how to read and write and sometimes conversing with the locals to improve their language skills

With his hair white as snow, he stuck out like a sore thumb, putting both him and his sister in danger. So they kept moving from one town to another, but they could find where they belong, so they decided to move into the mountains, into a cave and go to the human towns if only they needed it. In that cave, they found the lump of plotinum, they was said to only be for the chosen ones.

Maybe, just maybe, if one of them happened to be the chosen one, their parents would come back for them and take care of them, so they trained by fighting each other everyday to improve themselves.

Maybe the chosen one refers to the being who is the strongest, but in order to achieve that, is to work hard. So they worked hard everyday.

One day, he was a bit frustrated, everyday he tried to get the plotinum to do what he wants, but it doesn't, he with is strong physical strength couldn't move it and hit his own sister harder than he should have.

Diana fell, even though she is a phoenix whose regeneration is way better than any other creature on the planet, he rushed to make sure he didn't hurt her too badly.

And that's where he met me, I called him a comrade, I also had white hair like him, in his mind, he thought, just maybe, maybe I am one of his species, he was a bit disappointed when he knew that I was just a human

But I was interesting, I didn't freak out and run away in fear like other humans, the others when they found out he and his sister were a dragon and a phoenix, tried to kill him or tried to make them their slaves, so he killed them all. He killed them to make sure him and and his sister are safe, but he didn't hate humans, he thought maybe it's because he is different, that's why they reacted the way he did, so he never trusted them enough to ever show them his beast form again, he would walk among them like a fellow human.

But I was different, instead I asked for a talk, he was intrigued, he knew that a kid like me couldn't even harm him even if I tried. So he gave me his location, I came without anyone else, but when he heard me asking Diana to be my bond, he was angry, I'm just like all those he seemed to trust only to stab him in the back and want to make him their pet.

When I used 'Presence', a part of him thought, "maybe he's the chosen one, if it is him, he can make that stupid lump of metal moved to his will. So he proposed a deal with me hoping I accept, if I lost the deal, he would do what he usually do and train to be the chosen one", but I won instead. He thought, maybe a chosen one like me can help him and his sister, maybe I'm the one he has been searching for, the one who can accept him for who he is and help him find his purpose in this lonely world.

I woke up a bit later to see Damon looking at me with the rest of my companions

"Welcome to my family, Damon Silver"

"I can't believe that's going to be in my name from now on" he replied "Here's some food, you should eat some before doing the ritual with my sister, you definitely have enough time to barely make it back, you should be fine even if you are late by a few hours"

He then handed me a tray of food, which I chowed down.

"Damon, are you good? Do you need rest?" Diana asked concerned

"I'm fine, but just a warning, his memories are going to be a bigger surprise than you think, he's no ordinary mortal" Damon warned

"Of course, he's a human with the blessing of a goddess, no way he would be ordinary"

"Well you'll understand what I meant when you see his memories"

"How are you feeling?" Siege asked

"Great, seems like I got physically stronger, and my mana capacity expanded yet again"

"Well, with your large mana capacity, it's already fast that you've already reached the light red core" Ace said

"Damon, what did you get from me?"

"Your spatial attribute and 'Ferocity'" He answered

"What's that?" Diana asked and Dabria answered

"You'll see when you see his memories, you should just prepare yourself mentally for what you're about to experience"

"Is it horrible?"

"No just full of anger and sadness"

We rested for about an hour about me and Diana decided to do the bonding ritual

| You can make a lot of jokes from that sentence, but don't do it |

I fell asleep again.

Diana was hatched from her egg to a white dragon. She thought that he was her guardian, she doesn't know anything about the world but the dragon taught her everything she knew, but she could sense that sometimes, the dragon was lonely.

The dragon was curious about humans, and she decided to accompany him whenever he wanted to stroll around with the humans. They learned the language and was able to fully disguise as a human, and she made a few friends whom she trusted and decided to show her true form to.

They ran away in fear, some came back wanting to take her freedom away. The dragon protected her, he killed them all to make sure she is safe, she knew he experienced it before, he have told her to not make the same mistakes he did and showed her form, the humans and them were different, they won't be able to see eye to eye.

She grew to love her protective older brother even though she knew he was different than her, and she decided to name him, he doesn't want a name, but she named him anyway. Damon, the one who subdues. And to return her gift, he named her Diana, it meant divine.

She lived with him in the cave, her brother want to be a chosen one, so she trained alongside him, because she wanted to repay all he did for her, so she help him train to make him the chosen one.

She was amazed when she saw that I was the one the plotinum reacted to and when she looked at her brother. She saw a person who looked like he found something he's been looking for.

Diana was even more amazed when she saw a goddess, she liked Dabria, she enjoyed their talk, Dabria seemed happy to find out that another female was about to join their party.

She then saw her brother's face when he came back in, it was a shocked expression that she never saw him do. He told her to prepare herself mentally for what she was about to experience, because she was the softest among the few in the room

After a while I woke up to Siege and Ace by my side

"Where's the rest?" I asked

"Eat first" Siege said and use wind magic and lift up a tray of food to me "I also got a spatial attribute after your bond with the both of them, we will have to give this bracelet away to one of your cousins"

" Well, we'll deal with that later" I said as I eat "I seem to have gotten her regenerative abilities, not as fast as hers though, but her mutant genes already made her regenerative powers even better than it already is, so my regenerative speed should almost be as fast as a regular phoenix"

"Well finish your food, then we'll go see her" Ace said

I finished my food and headed to Diana's room, she was crying, Dabria and Damon was comforting her

"Well I want to welcome you into our family, but it seems like a bad time"

"How do you pretend like everything is fine, everything was taken away from you, all your friends betrayed you, why are you like this?!" Diana asked through her tears

"It's in the past, we can't change what happened" Dabria asked

"Yeah, it's not like it didn't affect him, he still doesn't trust people outside his family, even the Artian princess haven't earned his trust yet" Damon said

"I can't change what happens, that's why I just have fun most of the time. I work hard now so I can slack off in the future, I have no desire to help others, unless I get something out of it, I wouldn't give my loyalty to Artia even if they give me treasures. I don't mind using people as a stepping stone, and I will be the biggest hypocrite person you will ever meet. I know I'm not perfect, but..."

"What makes you imperfect is what makes you perfect" I finished my speech "I just want peace and I'll need your help for it"

"You sound just like a protagonist just now" Ace clapped

"You sound like an actual decent person" Damon complimented

"I would have actually fallen for you, if I don't know you any better" Dabria said

"I'll try harder to win your heart then"

"There you go, all the emotions I felt just now, it's all gone" Dabria replied

"Damn it!"

"I'll help you" Diana sniffled "But it's my goal to make you a better person, I just need a bit of time to calm down"

"Welcome to the family, Diana Silver"