Hearing from his dragon mother's very mouth that the appraisal process would be a painful one, Drax fearfully gulped.
The reincarnated immediately developed a sense of hesitancy towards undergoing it.
He was not sure how much pain Alucard was talking about nor could he objectively deduce it.
He was never a fan of pain even back on Earth, much less one he had to voluntarily walk into, even though he was not volunteering for this one.
Drax was pretty much not a fan of anything back then anyway.
He could see that the two ladies did not want him to go through such a painful experience but they couldn't help themselves either.
Alucard presented a good point to the Elf Queen, who finally agreed as she saw that it was for the good of their son.
They didn't have the luxury of time considering that their act had been noticed by the World Council.
Freya and Alucard were expecting their responses at any moment in whatever form they would come.
Certainly, the World Council was not going to keep mum.
Even though what Freya and Alucard had done did not directly hurt anybody.
It was a break of her promises and somewhat threatened the mana of Xenithia by summoning Drax's soul with a body into their world.
"I will begin the preparations," Alucard said as she rose from the bed and began to leave the room.
Freya looked at her until she left and the door was securely closed.
The Elf Queen then turned to her baby who had a flat affect on his face.
"Don't worry, my sweetie. Mama won't let anybody or anything hurt you. I promise."
Hearing this, Drax was somewhat reassured, however not completely because he didn't know in what way Freya was going to help him in this situation, but he smiled at his elf mother, letting her know that he understood and appreciated her for what she said.
"Who is a good boy?" Freya played with the baby, lightly tugging his soft, smooth cheek as Drax continued to giggle helplessly.
After a few minutes, Freya set him in a lying position as she prepared to feed him.
It was the first time that Drax was going to see himself being fed, and the moment Freya unleashed her bosoms, Drax's eyes widened, and his face blushed red.
"Are you that hungry, sweetie?" Freya asked, expecting no answer since it was a baby.
However, with [Universal Tongue] being a passive skill, Drax could understand what Freya was saying and knew that she did not know why he was blushing.
Drax reflexively swallowed his saliva as Freya's nipple approached his mouth, getting closer with every second.
He had forgotten for a moment that he was a baby.
So suddenly seeing Freya whip out her big breast and guide it his way surely surprised him.
"Hear you go…" Freya urged him as they struggled for a few seconds before Drax finally realised once again why Freya was doing what she did and let her have her way.
She guided her nipple into his mouth and Drax started to suckle.
The first stream of milk shot down his throat almost immediately, sending a warm sensation down his guts as he recalled the taste of a liquid yoghurt.
'Never would I have thought that breast milk would be so… pleasing,' he said, continuing to suckle as he stabilized the breast with his little hands.
< Ding! >
< Daily Quest has been completed! >
< Earned +1 point to all stats >
'Hmm. I get stats for sucking breasts? That's funnily nice, hehehe.'
Drax knew how boring a baby's life was, and he was happy that he could have some growth, at least even if he was not doing any major thing.
After a couple of minutes, Drax started to feel sleepy again.
Even if he didn't like it, there was nothing he could do about it but complain.
This was simply a natural process which his body had to go through and for a while at that.
"Oh…? Already sleeping," Freya pointed out, chuckling as she watched her cute little Drax struggle to keep awake.
She watched as Drax's hand weakly dropped to the side, a sign that he had once again lost the battle to sleep.
Her nipple hung loosely in his mouth and Freya smiled as she watched this before gently removing her breast from Drax's mouth and tucking it back into her white nightgown.
She got up and went to lay Drax inside his cradle, rubbing his chest in a slow, up-and-down motion.
"You will grow to become very strong like Mama, won't you, sweetie?"
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A few hours later, within the underground chambers of the Elf Queen's castle.
The Dragon Queen was going at it with the preparation for the appraisal.
Alucard could be inside a large room that could pass for a mini hall with nothing but the pillars that held it in a stable position.
The Dragon Queen moved within the room in a circle pattern for a while before stopping to observe what she had created.
She crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at the large magic circle she had drawn.
At the centre of the magic circle was a small pool of water, like a small swimming pool or a bath, which she had improvised as the core.
'That should take both Freya and the baby,' she contemplated, already anticipating that Freya would want to intervene in some way.
It was not a bearable process but the Dragon Queen had no choice.
It was a necessity, not just for her and Freya but for the good of the Elven and Dragon races.
Satisfied with the form of the circle and the design with several shapes of different sizes and intricate symbols etched inside of them, Alucard clapped her hands loudly and the magic circle instantly glowed.
It shone, first, with an aurora of blue light that waved elegantly before her eyes as she nodded, pleased with what was going on.
After some minutes, the light phenomenon started to settle as it reduced from an aurora to patterns that lit up.
With that, everything she needed for the appraisal was ready and she was happy with it.
The one thing remaining was the most important… and that was Drax.