Chapter 14: CHAPTER 13
The air became giddy, as the dragon opened up to the three Goddesses, although Ira was surprised beyond her wildest desire, as the dragon talked to them. Ira expressed later on,
"It's the dragon from before and it talks!".
Yumine just told Ira like she already noticed that,
"Ofcourse it is, you nitwit!".
The atmosphere was becoming intense once again, as the two Goddesses were getting heated up by their mix of insult and argument. The dragon didn't mind their growing issue, as he just stated himself,
"Yeah, I'm the dragon from before and yes I talk...".
Otorine had stopped hiding behind her friend. She returned to her cool and composed self. She asked the dragon upon his purpose coming to them,
"So why did you suddenly show up and talk to us now? Instead of running away like the past few days?".
Ira and Yumine had stopped having a heated issue, as Otorine made the atmosphere to be serious through her question and cool form. There was a long winding silence afterwards, as the dragon didn't respond immediately. The dragon looked up, as it was trying to grasp the perfect statement for the all too serious Goddess Otorine. Sooner or later the dragon said his reply,
"How should I say this.".
Then, he looked at them and said,
"Err...my master hasn't talked to me about changing the season, so I'm not very sure what to do, since I always consult her about these complicated things.".
It seemed the simple-minded dragon was in-charge of handling the seasons directed by his certain master. Later on, he pointed out to the three sort of mighty Goddesses,
"And you three kinda smell like her.".
Ira's eyebrow was twitching, as she felt insulted, since she doesn't like being compared to other Goddesses, especially her scent. Though, Otorine and Yumine didn't mind it that much, instead they understood that the dragon wasn't just a measly roaming monster causing wild destruction in its wake. Though, Yumine looked dumbfounded and intrigued over something that the dragon had told them before,
"Uhhhh...who's your master by the way?".
The dragon responded with a smile like he was a loyal dog,
"Goddess Aily".
Then, the dragon told more about her,
"You could say I'm her pet or familiar.".
As Yumine heard the term, familiar, she clasped her hands. Not only that, her eyes were gleaming like sparkling crystals, since she already knew what the dragon meant,
"Oh a familiar!".
A familiar can be analogous to a pet. Moreover, they are bound to their masters through a magical seal or imprint, subjugating the said familiar to their utmost loyalty to their master's orders and commands. Most of the familiars are mystical and powerful creatures that aren't yet on par with the Gods and Goddesses. It seemed this is how some Goddesses of the other worlds hold order, while they can still have leisure time at the Celestia heavens. Ira said her thoughts to the dragon,
"So you don't know what to do huh...".
Ira touched her lower lips and told him more,
"Well, we would like to help you on that but, what's in it for us?".
The air was frozen, as Ira dropped a heavy statement regarding a dealing. Yumine and Otorine were even surprised since Ira was too straightforward for her demands. The dragon wasn't shocked, instead he negotiated with them,
"Ummmm...You could get my growing flower on top of my head, that could cure anyone's sickness.".
There after, he pointed out,
"Since, I could see you three wanted to pull it out of my head by force. Hmph!.".
Otorine and Yumine looked-like they were wearing apologetic smiles filled with embarrassment, since they've noticed that they were showing disrespect to the dragon's ownership of the flower. While for Ira, she posed like a helpful little girl, as she seemed interested,
"Really now! Then, we'll help you.".
Otorine and Yumine looked at the easily convinced Ira. They were dubious over her immediate reply involving them, without consulting their individiual decisions. The dragon didn't mind their discord of communication, as he said to them casually,
"Great! Let's have a DRAGODDESS SEASON RACE!".
The frozen air had melted. The dragon was filled with excitement and glee, as he told his demands. Though, Ira, Yumine, and Otorine looked dumbstruck, as they heard that unfamiliar term,
"Eh?".
Yumine asked,
"Sorry a what?".
Even Otorine was convuluded in her thoughts,
"I wonder what that is...".
The dragon explained to them,
"That's how me and my master start a new season in her world. We have a race. If she ever wins, then I change the season respectively. If I win instead then the season would still be the same.".
Yumine commented,
"That's pretty unusual.".
Now, Otorine, Yumine, and Ira already understood on how the Goddess Aily administrate the seasons in her world. The dragon looked eager and asked them politely, despite his hoarse voice,
"So what do you Goddesses say? I've been eager for weeks to have a race again to be really honest.".
There was an awkward silence in the breezing winds afterwards. The three of them had a short chit-chat between themselves, as they were unsure on how they'll respond to the dragon's request. Yumine started the conversation first,
"What do you girls think?".
Ira responds,
"Well it's a good offer but, us winning a race against him? I doubt we could do anything with his crazy speed.".
Otorine nodded,
"I agree.".
As Yumine heard Otorine's reply in their group conversation, Yumine made a sinister grin, as she had hatched an amazing idea. There after, Yumine spoke with great emphasis,
"Well, there is someone on OUR SIDE who's on par with the dragon. If ever she was serious.".
Ira asked,
"Who?".
Otorine looked dumbfounded, as she doesn't know on who was the person that was Yumine trying to point out. Yumine continued to wear a cunning smile. Then, she let out hidden clues that was filled with superficial praises,
"She's always TOO QUIET even for a Goddess. She even loves the WEIRDEST FOOD EVER like the CHOCOLATE SHRIMP PARFAIT perhaps?".
Ira understood Yumine's signalling words were. Thereupon, she took a stare at Otorine. Yumine and Ira looked at Otorine with their seedy stares, since they already knew who the fastest flyer was, basing from Yumine's experience and description. Though, Otorine interjected with a flabbergasted look,
"Me? I'm not fast in flying to be honest.".
Then, she expressed her irritation upon Yumine's previous statements about her,
"And is that how you see me? Geez Yumi...".
Somehow, Yumine just let it go. Instead, she went behind Otorine such as she was a ghastly companion. Yumine patted Otorine's shoulder like she was trying to negotiate to her friend. Though, it seemed she was a sly vixen that would overture her friend's decision, as seen in her eyes and tone, as she had said later on,
"Say Ori...If you ever participate in this dragon race. I'll buy any kind of food that you want when we come back.".
Otorine replied,
"Anything that I want huh?".
Yumine nodded and tried to go with Otorine's flow of thoughts. She went near her friend's left ear and whispered, like she was truly trying to take advantage of her friend's shallow pleasure,
"Especially that Peanut tempura".
As Ira heard that strange dish, she was gravely shocked beyond contempt inside her thoughts,
"That sounds like the WEIRDEST SH*T I've ever heard in my f*ckin' Goddess life!".
Ira felt disturbed, as she was seeing that Yumine was trying to gain Otorine's cooperation through using the most underhanded tactic even in heavens. Thereon, Ira was giddy in her thoughts,
"I could say she's BRIBING HER OWN FRIEND. Oh Gods!".
Sadly yet, funnily enough, Otorine was entranced and caught in Yumine's unusual cage of temptations. Otorine's mind was floating through the cloud nine banquet. Though, her world of paradise that was inside her imagination had the weirdest buffet. The greatest chefs of all time would even say that the food she had imagined weren't even applicable in hell nor in heaven. Even in the deadly netherworld, the creatures of malice would even throw up by just seeing the sight of the colorful food of having the weirdest combination of luxurious tastes. Then, Otorine let out a weird name of a certain dish, while her eyes looked wishful to the stars above,
"Mmmmm...peanut tempura.".
Ira just didn't mind the weird conversation of the two going on. She just sighed, and posed like she can do nothing about it,
"Meh...".
Sooner or later, Otorine gulped. She steeled herself and replied with great conviction in her eyes,
"Yes I'll do it, for the peanut tempura!".
She raised her hand as she was highly motivated. Even the two Goddesses just did the same action in order to boost Otorine's morale even more, even though they weren't really serious. In turn, the three of them looked-like they were a bunch of teenage girls cheering their friend on. The dragon looked dumbfounded over the girls chit-chat by the distance. Though, he was more or less intrigued by Otorine's sudden powerful expression. Thereon, the dragon went to them and asked them once again,
"So, will any of you race with me?".
The girls had stopped their chit-chat. Otorine went in front of the dragon and replied to his question,
"Yes and I'll be the one who shall race against you...for the peanut tempura.".
The dragon was witnessing that Otorine's eyes were filled with fiery determination, as she said those strong words. Thereupon, the dragon grinned and responded back,
"Great! Then, let us begin the race, Goddess from another world.".
Afterwards, Otorine and the dragon took their racing positions in mid-air. She looked-like she was about to sprint in a relay, even though she wasn't touching the ground. Her marvelous wings were spewing out much more stardust than usual, such as those were preparing to burst straight through, anytime soon. As for the dragon, he coiled his majestic body, while his head was up-front, proving he was ready to dash anytime as well. While for Yumine and Ira, they were at the right side such as they were the prime audience. The dragon casts a magical spell,
"RAINBOW BRIDGE!".
The next moment, a rainbow track had appeared. It was glistening in dazzling glimmer of assorted colors. The track span was very long, starting from Otorine and the dragon's position reaching up to the great expanding horizon that no one knew yet, where the fading end was. Before they started their race, the dragon explained to them,
"Whoever reaches the end of the rainbow bridge first is the winner. Though, it won't be easy, since there are invisible walls and twists around it.".
Otorine replied,
"Got it.".
The air turned very intense, as the two partcipants looked very focused on the race. Though, for some reason, they weren't taking any action, since no one was signalling them. The seriousness in the air was still there but, it was nearly getting awkward. Ira nudged at Yumine, since they needed a referee to start the actual race. Yumine went in front of the dragon and Otorine. Yumine brought out two checkered monochromatic flags using her convenient magical powers. She raised the two flags up high,
"READY! GO!".
Then, she swung down the flags, as the signal was engaged. There after, Otorine and the dragon burst like they were high speed jet-planes, leaving a trail of light along their wake. They were already gone from the starting line and the race had started. Due to their powerful winds they had unleashed, Yumine's loose kimono below fluttered like the short skirt of a high-school teenager. In turn, her flawless skin, in-between her legs that was clothed by a lavishing lavender silk panties was revealed. Thereupon, she became very embarrassed. She pulled down the lower part of her kimono immediately. Though, she exclaimed with great irritation, as that embarrassing incident had happened,
"Geez!".
On the other hand, for some reason, the whole incident or even their whole journey was being watched by the divine people from Celestia heavens. It appeared the three of them were in an unusual reality fantasy entertainment show. Their whole instance was being revealed in a hanging super thin flat screen tv at Ru's bar. The rowdy Gods hollered and whistled, as they saw a glimpse of Yumine's heavenly flesh beneath,
"WOOOOH! YEAH! Now that's what I'm talking about!".
"This is why I watch these stuff bros!",
another God said. Though, some of the elegant-looking Goddesses at the tables weren't pleased over the immense excitement of their male counterparts. A certain Goddess stopped drinking her espresso and gave the males a cold stare behind their backs. Thereon, she said aided by a seedy look,
"Perverts...".
The Gods had their feeble eyes locked-on upon watching the live footage of Otorine and the dragon trailblazing across the skies. Though, the camera angle was weird. The view was mostly showing Otorine's pure white panties, while her kimono was flowing, since she was flying with her hyper-speed butterfly wings. The Gods appeared like they were watching a weird fantasy chick-flick that was targeted for desperate teenage males, even though they were Gods. Sooner or later, a desperate God hailed someone's name with great thankfulness,
"THANK YOU FOR THIS OUR GLORIOUS GODDESS QUEEN WEISSIA!".
Zeran might've looked busy upon serving cocktails, beers and whiskeys to the customers but, he was also taking sneak peeks of the live footage shown on the tv. His face looked-like he was grinning with entertainment upon having little glimpses. As usual, Ru just sighed and looked down with a stressed look, since her beloved husband was still a guy filled with a tiny amount of perversion left. She wore a forced smile. Then, she was in her deep thoughts afterwards, while she was wearing a forced smile,
"It seems our Celestia Goddess Queen Weissia knows how to handle these guys...sigh...".
Back at the Amakiel world, The racing event was being watched by a strange mechanical apparatus that flutters like a dragonfly. The dragonfly acted like a video transmitter/ recorder to the Celestia heavens above , as it was showing the scene of Otorine and the dragon. Otorine was behind the dragon. It may seem that Otorine was slower than the dragon but, she was still observing on how the dragon moves along the rainbow race track. Otorine and the dragon were trailblazing like they were a combination of a high speed aircraft and a drag racing sports car. They were turning, diving down and ascending, as they follow the strange track across the expanding skies. While for Yumine and Ira, they were already at the finish line, waiting for Otorine and the dragon to finish the race. Yumine stretched herself,
"Well that's convenient. We were instantly transferred to the end of the finish line.".
Ira just nodded, as she agreed as well. They've noticed that the finish line was fading of its rainbow colors, proving it was truly the finish line. Yumine brought out her cellphone and swiped her phone. Afterwards, she tried to ask Ira indirectly, while she was masking a sinister smile,
"Hmmmm...I keep wondering. Why is Nassus so desperate to save you before? That even Ori had to support his ambitions with all her being.".
As Ira heard Yumine's question for her, the air turned still and frozen out of the blue. Ira wore a devious grin on her face,
"I guess you wanted to know why NASSUS liked me that much huh? Kay, sure I'll tell you. EVERYTHING ABOUT NASSUS in the time when he was in my—".
She paused for a second, turning the air to be filled with chilling vibes. Then, she went to the front of Yumine. Ira held Yumine's chin and told in front of her face, trying to scorn Yumine with grievous terror,
"PERFECT WORLD, UNLIMATIA.".
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