Exedra gingerly took his sleeping daughter from his grandfathers arms and held her delicately.
She was muttering something incomprehensible with a smile on her face that charmed everyone present.
Turning towards his grandfather, Exedra bowed his head slightly before speaking. "Thank you. Whether you did it for me or not you saved my life tonight."
"Oh? Not going to bow a little lower for me?"
"I have thanked you once. Take it or leave it."
"Brat! I could kill you just by exhaling too hard!"
"And my mother would never forgive you."
Helios faltered slightly when he remembered what happened the last time his daughter got upset with him.
She actually ran off into the arms of one of the seven demon lords!
And it was that slutty sin of lust Asmodeus!
Asherah knows what would happen if she left again!
"Ahem I don't need your thanks. Instead I'll settle for some information."
Exedra nodded and gestured towards a table on the balcony and the two men promptly sat down.
"Ask away." Exedra asked in a bored tone since he was already more or less sure of what he would ask about.
"Those hounds… where did you learn to call for those wretched beasts." Helios asked through gritted teeth.
He wouldn't forget those animals as long as he lived.
They had almost killed him thousands of years ago when he was much weaker.
And when he remembered the being that'd called for them.. his already fiery blood boiled even further when he remembered the humiliation he'd suffered on that day.
While Exedra's were incomparably weaker, the beasts trademark of being absolutely fearless was no different.
They even dared to growl at him even though he could crush them like ants.
Exedra thought for a long time about what he should say.
The answers to why he could do the things he could do were always long and unnecessarily complicated so he didn't want to explain fully unless it was absolutely necessary.
Exedra answered plainly. "I only know that occasionally when I try to learn a spell, a completely different one will be imprinted in my mind. I learned the spell to call the hounds when I was trying to learn to summon a fenris spirit. I don't even really know what they are."
While that was surprising, Helios relaxed some when he heard this answer and instead posed another question. "Then what do you know of a being known as Fatum?"
"Nothing."
Helios eyed Exedra calmly to discern whether he was lying.
As he watched his grandson silently stroke his sleeping daughter's hair he could see no traces of deceit and accepted his answer.
"Want to tell me who he is?" Exedra asked without taking his eyes off his daughter.
Helios thought about it for a whole as he gazed at the moon with a complicated expression in his eye.
The topic of this man seemed to have brought up many unpleasant memories and after a while he got up and prepared to leave. "Fifth stage. We'll talk over a drink."
Exedra was still too young and weak to know certain things.
Even if Helios told him, the world had ways of making sure that certain things remained unknown.
As he was walking away, Exedra called out to him. "Wait."
"Hm?"
"Didn't get a gift from you."
Helios nearly spat blood when he heard his grandson's request.
Wasn't he being too shameless?
"I saved your life!"
"Didn't ask you to."
"Greedy bastard!"
"I'm a dragon."
"That's…" Helios' voice trailed off as he realized greed was indeed in their blood and simply rolled his eyes in frustration.
"Fine. Because you impressed me today I will grant you one request as long as it's not something exorbitant."
For the first time, Helios saw a charming smile spread across the lips of his grandson.
- 2 hours later.
After the party finally ended, Exedra returned to his room after putting Mira down for bed.
He was briefly surprised to see that his room was empty and his wives had not yet arrived.
'They usually beat me in here since their so excited for 'night activities'...'
Exedra didn't notice it at first but he had slowly become addicted to his wife's bodies.
Whenever he had a moment free, his mind would automatically drift towards lewd acts and he would have to go and find one of them.
The dragon lazily fell into his bed and let out a massive sigh.
His first birthday party was every bit as draining as he imagined it to be, and he couldn't help but wish for something smaller with only his immediate family in attendance.
While he was appreciative of all the effort that everyone had put in on his behalf, that did not change the fact that he was never going to be the kind of person who enjoyed making nice with others.
He had faked smiled so much tonight that his cheeks were thoroughly exhausted.
'Should I just fall asleep a bit early tonight?'
He normally would wait for Bekka and Lailah for a bit longer but tonight his mind felt rather weary.
Just as he closed his eyes to rest, the sound of the door opening was heard and he instantly regained all his energy and sat up.
Sleep was good for the mind, but sex was good for both his relationships and his soul.
It was an easy 2-1 victory.
When Exedra sat up on the bed, he was surprised to find Lisa sandwiched in between his two wives like she was being held hostage.
All three of the girls wore matching black teddies and looked positively radiant.
"H-Hello..." Lisa had an intense blush and was having difficulty looking Exedra in the eye.
"Lisa's going to be sleeping with us from now on." Lailah explained.
"It's a part of her initiation!" Bekka said proudly.
'Initiation...?' Exedra had an entire slew of questions but decided it was best not to ask.
"I-I'm sorry for intruding..." Lisa looked to be more shy than Exedra had ever seen her and he honestly found it to be quite cute.
"You could never intrude, Lisa. I should have invited you in here long ago." Exedra said apologetically.
Before Lisa could open her mouth to say anything else, Bekka and Lailah stripped her of her night dress and flung her at their husband.
"Eeep!"
The beautiful lesser dragon landed directly on top of Exedra, leaving the two sprawled out onto the bed.
It was even easier to get mesmerized within Exedra's eyes when they were up close like this, and Lisa almost forgot that she was naked.
"I-I.."
Lisa opened her mouth to say something, but Exedra found himself unable to resist the allure of her lips that had suddenly come so close.
Before he knew it, he had wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tenderly.
The fullness of her lips and the lingering taste of fruit wine on her tongue made the kiss as delicious as it was stimulating.
"Don't leave us out!"
"We want the same treatment!"
The pair reluctantly broke their kiss and saw that both Bekka and Lailah had stripped and were crawling on top of the bed.
Exedra's excitement reached a fever pitch and he knew right away that he would be unable to take it easy on his wives tonight.
He just hoped that they would still be able to walk properly afterwards.