The Primal Blood Demonic Dragon

At middle of the room a half foot tall furnace stood, while a woman with drown hair sat at front of it, her back facing the door.

Three of them entered closing the door behind, but didn’t utter a word. Just stayed a little back behind the woman refining paste like ingredient.

They can see process is already at the last step, only refining into shape of pill is remaining.

Time passed, 6 pills flew out of the furnace and landed into the bottle in front of the woman.

Women turned and waved her hand impatiently gesturing "Give it."

Rhea sent the ring on her finger at the woman which landed perfectly on her already extended palm.

"Hmm, okay this much will be good enough and hope, there won’t need any more ingredients for aura concealment pill."

"Boss, you are too impatient to go back."

"Hmm, of course. We already got the fragment that was making me work for so many years."

She raised both of her hands in the air clenching her fists. "I WANT TO REST FOR FEW YEARS!"

"Oh, by the way." She looked behind the three "Where are the others."

"Half twins are on their usual patrol during their off time. And they took Nekoli with them to protect them in case." It seems Rhea does the usual talking. Other two are just staying silent.

Woman has somehow nonchalant look "They are really... dedicated... daughters"

"Well according to usually how name of wife and childer are decided, they are definitely right to believe that their parents are alive or only their father is alive or fathers."

"Yes, usually children’s last name will set after their father. Boy can change or remove them anytime after getting access to their omni card. Daughter can also remove any time but to get another name means only when their male partner enrolls her as his partner into his system.

Or her last name will be removed by itself if there is no existence left of her father.

So they are definitely right in assuming their parent still alive." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"So boss, are we going to depart right after fishing the required amount of pill."

"Obviously.

And i told you guys not to call me by boss, it makes me look old. I am only 71, too young to be even count as middle aged."

But this time all three shouted together in unision "YES, BOSS."

"Uhh! Just go away somewhere else, shoo shoo, begone. Let me refine in peace, humph."

All three understood she has become very irritated from calling her that word and was already tired from continuous refining. So they walked toward another inner room, knowing she isn’t gonna take rest any time soon.

While leaving Rhea looked back "Received any new info about them? it’s been 9 years already."

She shook her head and replied though still little irritated "Tracy, Triti doesn’t have anything new related to that."

"If there is slightest changes they will immediately inform me or Nekoli."

Rhea nodded, stepped in room without another discussion and disturbance.

Month layer

Genesis. Minarva villa.

Inside inner hall of mansion, seven silver circles glowed on floor. While slowly transparent outline started appearing before clear soon after, next instance humanoid shaped figures solidified.

Seven women stood atop the circles and the circles dimmed with their utilise finished.

One blonde haired yellow-black eyes. Another black haired black eyed but quite short compared to other five. Another one black haired golden shade. Other two crimson haired. And final one brown haired brown eyed.

One at the front circle different from others at back row, darkgreen haired, neon green eyed. Most striking among all seven.

In front of the faded circles was already two other people present.

Darkgreen haired woman at front smiled looking at the two already present woman. "Tracy Triti, how have you been."

....

Grey surroundings, no matter of substance visible anywhere. Somewhere in the middle of this grey world floated a long, thick figure with long thick mouth, bony spurs coming out from the whole spine with light golden shade. Thin-thick many golden shaded horns coming out of from forehead through the skull.

Slowly green, long figure opened eyes with haziness covering the vision. Very slowly it moved head around in confusion, while hazy eyes clearing with time.

"Where’s this." It looked around three direction respectively front, left and right. Nothing but only grey world with grey particles visible as far as it could see.

"Is this afterlife? There had no mention of another world existing after death."

Only leaving back side, where it eventually looked moving its head, curving the long body along together. Body might be too too long but it naturally changed the position along with direction the head is facing.

Only now something new spotted through the green pupils.

A tree of myriad coloured.

A floating tree about size of its maw.

"Hmm, it looks familiar." Words came out of his long mouth, showing sharp long teeth through whole jaw. But sound wave didn’t spread too far. Which he spotted eventually and understood surroundings space is very sturdy.

But he didn’t dwelled on that, only stared at the tree. Since it looks very familiar to him, yet something doesn’t match up.

After a while he muttered "Ah!... It definitely looks exactly the same as that tree in my soul." Eventually remembering where had he seen it before and also the oddness he is feeling watching it.

"But, why is it so small? Did it shrink? since it also came with me to afterlife. Declined in strength due to transferring with me?"

"Then, was it all along a separate sentient tree life?" Confused him wanting to nudge it moved his right hand. But felt hand position misplaced, further below than it was before.

Long head curved to scrutinise his own structure and only then it clicked to him that "Huh! Of course, dragon soul. In afterlife soul form will obviously be my real self."

He looked at the tree again "Then it is definitely same as was previously. Just it’s only me who have become bigger."

"Hey! Weird tree, show a little response!" Now this dragon definitely has some mental problem, shouting like that to a motionless afloat tree.

Still no response, he decided to move ahead, more closer to the tree.

But his body didn’t respond.

"shouldn’t soul be able to fly normally in world for only souls."

He tried using spiritual energy to move but found out he didn’t have any.

"Does soul after death uses different kind of energy system?"

Closing his eyes he tried to feel the grey energy at surroundings.

Opening eyes soon after he exclaimed "Strange, energy signature of this grey particles is simil..... No! Exactly same as my soul energy!"

Next instant he attempted to command the grey energy at surroundings.

And soon just after he vanished from his spot, reappearing right in front of the tree. With just slight gap between his huge long mouth and tree.

Looking at tree he was about to dwell on about what just happened and why does the grey feels like as his own.

But his green eyes spotted tiny glowing bubbles floating in front of the tree trunk.

Taking a closer look at them, look on his face got replaced to huge astonishment.

Looking through the bubble at the very left, he muttered seeing a small reptile with even smaller wing on back sleeping silently. "Jean?"

"Shit! she also came with me to afterlife. She was inside our contracted space."

"Wait, it is natural for her to come. We are on equal soul contract, if i die she also die, if she die i also die. Regardless of distance." He took a closer look at her again "Hmm, she still have contracted symbol."

He looked at himself right after "Strange, where is my symbol." He searched of his everyplace, below claws, at back through spines on bone spurs, but there is no symbol of his image or her image.

"Sigh! let’s see what is at next one." Unable to understand the reason he jumped to right one of Jean, the bubble at left of middle.

"What is this, ....liquefied energy?" Transparent nutral coloured, meaning no coloured liquid floated within.

It also felt familiar to him, but he couldn’t put any finger on what exactly is that.

He moved to the very central bubble soon, not dwelling on that much longer.

Blankly looking at the item inside he mutter very strangely "My robe? you also died?"

Jokes apart he understand that instant while looking at the green robe floating within bubble. "It seems, no one really died."

He looked at himself once "Maybe."

Blowing a long breath he moved to the fourth bubble. "Okay, i admit this ghost of a man was also with me."

He had pretty much forgotten about the soul residing inside the bracelet, now which that black dragon bracelet is floating within the bubble.

He didn’t even gave it a second glance and moved to next.

"Lastly.....

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To Be Continued.