It was interesting being taught by the famous Lady Shiva.
Ethan didn't need to work on the basics to increase his speed, strength, or stamina and so he went straight into learning techniques.
He believed learning the techniques would be quite easy as he just needed to follow Sandra's instructions, but it couldn't be any further from the truth.
Tydris told him he had no business learning human fighting techniques, but he ignored him and continued to practice.
It was hard trying to unlearn his habits of falling back on his overwhelming physical stats as its what he is used to and being part dragon wasn't helping.
The first thing Sandra taught him was about posture and forms, learning where to apply his weight to control his body in ways never thought possible.
Several hours passed, Ethan was still practicing his forms as his body was racked with sweat. His shirt was long removed, and seeing his tanned chiseled body was a treat for all the girls that stood by to watch.
"Honeyb-"
"Quiet. You'll make him lose focus." Sandra interrupted Harley.
The blonde was having a hard time fighting her urge to pounce on her man as the manly smell he gave off was so enticing. Her sense of smell had been enhanced recently and smelling Ethan was driving her off the wall.
"Why don't you just can it old hag! I can talk to my Honeybun anytime I want. He loves me more than you!" Harley shouted, pulling down the collar of her t-shirt to show the brand on her chest. "You're not even claimed by him!"
Sandra wasn't the least bit angry about Harley's outburst as one could tell she's sexually frustrated, but even when with a calm face there was a bit of wetness between her legs.
"Harley." Ethan exhaled deeply as he stops practicing his forms.
"Yes?" She chirped, dashing over to him in a hurry and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Do something for me?"
"Yes! I'll do anything for you."
"Please be quiet."
Harley looked at him with a stunned expression, "Huh?..."
"I need to focus right now. Sandra is correct and you're being rude. Don't you remember what I said to you last night? You want me to take that away?" He asked.
Harley started to freak out, frantically shaking her head as her grip on his neck tightens, "Please no! I'll be good! I promise!"
"I knew I could count on you." Ethan smiled before sharing a brief kiss with the villainess to which she savored as a slight blush appeared across her cheeks.
"Good...Now go practice on your own. I'll need you to be stronger." He said, gently brushing his fingers through her hair.
After that, Harley quickly separated from him and dashed a bit deeper into the forest with her pets close behind.
Soon, Pamela walked over to him and started to wipe his forehead with a cool wet towel, "What did you promise her?" She was a bit curious about the subject.
Ethan sighed, enjoying the cool feeling," I'll have to keep that a secret between me and her."
Pamela rolled her eyes, but she respected the decision as she continued to wipe his now smiling face.
"What?" She blushed while avoiding his gaze in a cute manner.
"I just think I'm extremely lucky."
("It took having a woman for you to feel that way? You were lucky as soon as this great one chose you to be his successor.") Tydris complained.
'Now you're talking? You know you've been silent for the past couple of days. What's up with that?' Ethan asked.
("I decided to collect myself as I've grown tired of seeing you fail at learning the ways of the dragon. It was exhausting.") Tydris said.
'Why you...! One day I'm going to kick your ass!'
("Hahahaha! I would love to see you try. It would be a sight to see.") Tydris may have given a reason for his absence, but unfortunately, it happened to be a lie as he didn't wish to tell Ethan the true reason of his times of his silence.
("I just hope you're strong enough before then...") Tydris said to himself.
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It was now approaching 4 p.m. and Ethan figured it was a good time to stop as today was Myra's day. The dragon guard hadn't voiced any complaints and even expressed her will to continue training for his sake.
However, he couldn't let things continue ad they are and he needed to take responsibility for her.
After he took a shower, he was approached by Sandra.
"Your first day of training went well, but the results weren't as good as I hoped they would be." She sighed.
"So you only came to tell me what I already know?"
Sandra shook her head, "No, I came to tell you that I only have a week before I need to leave: to settle somethings. So, I can only teach you so much before I have to leave."
"And?" Ethan knew by the way she looked at him that she had something else on her mind.
"I-I...The brand that Harley was talking about...what is it?" Sandra didn't show it, but she wished to have the brand as she grew a bit jealous. Something that isn't quite acceptable at her age, but nonetheless, the feeling was present.
"It's a form of magic that makes them stronger, but it comes with a nasty side effect," Ethan answered calmly.
Sandra raised an eyebrow, "Side...effect?"
Ethan nodded, "You'll forever be mine and if I should die...the ones that have the mark will die as well..."
"Would you still want it when knowing that?" Ethan stared directly into her brown eyes to see if there was any form of hesitation.
Sandra looked him dead in the eye, trying to gather her thoughts and she realized she was in love with him. She didn't care that he had multiple women as if he has the ability and strength to have them then it's completely fine.
However, they were all pretty young girls and she was already 32 years old despite her looks.
Would he be ok with having her?
"Hehehe..." Ethan started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Sandra frowned.
"You believe that I was giving you the choice?" He grinned, wrapping an arm around her waist. "Once I lay my eyes on something I want then I'll take it and I want all of you."
The assassin's face lit up like a light, embarrassed at how her heart was beating after she heard those words.
Was the sex that good for her to melt from hearing words that normally would have made her angry?
Being touched by him felt like she was sitting in front of a fireplace, and she was just relishing in his warmth. And from the look in his eyes, Sandra could tell that he'd chase her to the ends of the earth to have her as who would let something that belonged to them out of sight?
Yes, she now belonged to this man and she'd kill thousands more to just have him look at her.
"You're fine...with an old woman like me?" She asked and she was answered with a hot passionate kiss that made her heart flutter.
She wanted more and so she'd kiss back with the same amount of passion, turning the kiss into a hot make-out session that left her struggling to breathe.
Soon Ethan pulled away, allowing Sandra to gasp for air as she was in a daze. He then slowly brought his face to her shoulder, stretching her shirt so that her skin was exposed before biting it.
Sandra grunted softly as she felt a strange energy penetrate her body, but it was warm just like him, causing her to relax.
Once he removed his teeth, she'd see a brand like she was shown earlier in the corner of her eyes, and somehow it made her smile. Afterward, she desperately wanted to bed him, but she was unfortunately denied.
"I'll learn as much as I can within that week and I'm telling you now that I'll come find you if you're gone too long," Ethan growled softly into her ear.
"Y-Yes..." Sandra timidly answered with a shudder. 'Ugh..why am I so weak on my ears?..'
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After getting dressed, Ethan would say goodbye to everyone before being dragged out by the excited Myra.
Sure the girls were all glad to spend time with him, but Myra was different. It may be because she hasn't experienced the world and is technically not even a month old yet, but her bubbly attitude brought smiles to his face.
"Master I've been looking on the internet and I think I want to go to this arcade!" Myra shouted, pointing to the picture on her phone. Ethan thought it would be needed sometimes so he bought phones for Myra and Raven after the movies with the half-demon.
Myra spent all night learning about it and luckily she was a fast learner which was proven when she learned faster than him when Sandra was teaching. She learned how to use one and most of the cellphone functions in one night
"Why an arcade?" He asked.
"I saw that you enjoyed them like Raven...so I thought it would be perfect! Is it..no good?" Myra replied as her beaming smile slowly shifted into a frown. She really wanted to please him.
"No...It's perfect." Ethan smiled as he rubbed her head to which she thoroughly enjoys although it was strange to the people around them as Myra was taller than him.
The walk to the arcade nearly took an hour, but it didn't bother the two of them. Myra spent most of the time asking Ethan about things found on the internet and a lot of it was about maids.
She had grown curious about them ever since that man Mark brought it up and she wondered about his opinion. The woman also liked the dresses they wore, but every maid she looked at didn't have a have her body type.
She said she'd cherish the bracelet Ethan bought for her, but its been gone since she
threw herself in the burning STAR labs.
Was she just not meant to have anything?
"Maids huh?... I suppose I could say it would be nice to have one. They would be super helpful. Why?" He asked.
"No reason!" Myra beamed.
"Huh?"
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The arcade was already busy with kids and adults alike, playing anything from a retro game like Pacman to things like virtual reality.
Seeing the colorful flashing lights and hearing Dance Dance Revolution in the background brought childhood memories back for Ethan.
And then he saw it at the corner of his eye...
It was an arcade system with two plastic guns and a pedal on the floor attached to it.
Time Crisis!
"They have it?!" Ethan nearly reverted back to himself before coming to this world. He always played this game when his mother took him to arcades. The woman was responsible for him getting into gaming as she happened to be the nerdy type of girl.
His father was into sports and she was into video games, Ethan wondered how they got together. They both had different stories, but he was more prone to listen to his mother as his father liked to joke too much. Ethan's father tried to get him into sports, but he didn't quite like them, however, his father didn't change the way he treated him.
He still loved him just as much as his mother did and somehow it made Ethan feel guilty.
He truly lucked out in the parent department.
And oh how he missed them...
"Master?..." Myra noticed that he was silent as a tear slowly crept down his face.
"Ah!? Oh, Sorry about that." Ethan wiped his face with his shirt sleeve. "Let's go have a bit of f-"
Suddenly, Myra pulled him into a tight hug, squeezing him with the strength that would crush a man's back while stroking his hair.
"Myra...what are you doing?"
"I'm consoling you. I saw it a lot in those romance films Pamela showed me." She answered, tightening her hold on him, forcing his head to feel her bountiful chest.
"I'm fine...You can let go now." Ethan sighed.
Myra grinned, "It worked?"
Seeing this scene caused a lot of jealousy to form in the hearts of people playing in the arcade. Almost all of them were single and seeing two beautiful people flirting in public was hard to watch.
" Hey! Less P-D-A and more P-L-A-Y Go get a room if you are going to do that." A man shouted with disgust.
Myra immediately scowled, glaring at the man who was playing Street Fighter, "Are you telling my master...what to do?"
Somehow the man felt his life was in danger and he'd quickly dash away from the vicinity, leaving his current match.
"Hahaha." Ethan started to laugh as he pulled away from Myra.
'I'll make more new memories and I'll tell my parents all about them when I have them back...'
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The rest of the night was spent playing games, Ethan had to teach Myra how to play every single one of them, but it still was a treat to spend time at the arcade.
Myra seemed happier than usual and her attitude brought out the kid in him.
Unfortunately, all things must come to an end, and finally, they decided to leave the place. However, instead of heading to the campgrounds, Ethan was heading to a nearby store that was familiar to the dragon guard.
"We're not heading back?" Myra was curious.
"We will. Just hang out here for a moment. I'll be right back." He answered before disappearing in the store.
As Myra waited, three drunk men came by to strike up a conversation. It wasn't every day you saw a tall exotic goddess all by herself, and they wondered if they could score.
However, she treated them like they were air and ignored every little comment they said.
"She probably has a man." One of them spat.
"Whoever the guy she's with probably sucks ass. She should be with someone like me." Another one said.
"I'm sorry...what did you say?" Myra frowned as she approached the men to which she towered over. The one that made the comment about Ethan was picked off the ground by his shirt collar.
"H-hey! Let me go!" The man started to panic as flailed to free himself, but he didn't budge an inch.
"Let go of him you bitch!" One of the others shouted as he attempted to punch her to free his friend along with the other guy, but nothing they did helped at all as it was like hitting a brick wall.
"Do not insult my master. I will give you a chance to apologize or I'll snap your neck!" She roared as her blue eyes flashed with a ferocious light.
The other two then scattered after that, leaving their friend alone to accept his fate.
"I-I'm sorry..." Tears came down his eyes as he started to soil his pants.
"Myra."
"Master!" Her entire expression changed when she heard his voice and she'd toss the man away into a nearby garbage bin before dashing over to him. The men probably won't remember what happened because they were heavily intoxicated.
"What did you go to the store for?" She asked.
"This..." He gently placed a bracelet around her right wrist.
Myra looked down at it and was shocked as it was the exact same one she lost. "H-how?!"
"These stores are all over the world and sometimes they sell the same things...so I took a chance to see if they had one." He grinned.
"Master..." She bit down on her lower lip as tears started to fall down her face. She has never cried before, not even when she was practically ignored by Ethan.
"I'll ask Raven if she could cast a spell on it to protect it. So you w-Mmm!" Myra interrupted Ethan's words with a kiss before pulling away to speak.
"Thank you!" She exclaimed as she held the bracelet close to her chest.
Ethan shook his head and smiled, "Let's walk back home. You can tell me more about maids along the way."
"Yes! Did you know that they have different dresses for summer? Pamela told me that people wear less clothing in that season and there was this one made that practically wore nothing. She was prepared for summer."
"Oh...I don't think.." Ethan wryly smiled.
"Hm?"
"Nothing."
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Once they returned home, Ethan called out Sandra and he started to train again along with Myra who was all smiles.
"Come at me, Myra!" Ethan shouted.
"Yes!"
The rest of the night was spent training and once they were done, Myra had the privilege to sleep in the same bed as Ethan.
And somehow she immediately fell asleep despite never needing sleep before in the past.