Chapter 16 Evil Dragon and the Future Talk with Our Daughters
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
The end of our bedchamber service was, as usual, a soak together. Even for an Evil Dragon, pregnancy meant tepid water, not scalding, to keep the child safe. The warmth melted the weight of the night off us. I leaned back against the cedar rim of the bath, eyes closed, and Yaten slid in close, resting her head against me.
”I’m glad you chose to live with me,” she murmured.
”If I died, who would keep the reins on you? Somebody’s gotta supervise the world’s greatest calamity until the end.”
She chuckled, horns brushing against me like an affectionate puppy. “Then never let go of those reins, husband.”
I stroked her black hair, fingers sliding smoothly until they touched the base of her horns. Her breathing softened. The round swell of her belly pressed against me, the child inside quiet in its sleep.
”This one’s name will be Uigetsu, right?” I asked.
She nodded. “Conceived when we truly became Mates. And the next one should follow the moon’s phases too.”
”You’re getting ahead of yourself. This is only number two. And I’m not making number three until we settle things with the Shiryuin clan.”
”Then hurry up and finish it. Otherwise we’ll be on pace for a baby every six months.”
…Two dragon-blood kids a year. My brain did the math.
Sakuya was only two months old and already stronger than most humans alive. At this rate, we’d be churning out superweapons annually. In ten years? Twenty kids. A hundred years? Two hundred. Thousands in a few generations. Enough half-dragons to dominate humanity without trying.
…Yeah, we really needed to pace ourselves, or our bloodline was going to conquer the planet by accident.
I sighed. “We’ll need a solid education curriculum for them. A serious one.”
”Just bind them all as your shikigami,” Yaten suggested casually. “Once the Shiryuin are gone, we’ll build a new house with you as head, and all our descendants will obey for generations.”
”What—no! I’m not turning my kids into a lifelong cult.”
She looked honestly disappointed. “But I only wanted a happy house that lasts forever…”
”That’s not a house. That’s a pyramid scheme with me at the top. It’ll rot in one generation.”
I explained, patient as I could, that binding children and grandchildren into absolute submission was just another cursed tradition. Even the worst human clans didn’t go that far. Power stagnates. Families collapse.
”So no eternal pyramid,” I finished firmly.
Yaten pouted. “Then my dream of an incestuous harem of only our bloodline is gone…”
”…Yaten. Why do you keep bringing that up?”
”Because I don’t want any impurity in our line! No other men. Ever.”
Her possessiveness was bottomless. To her, every child was ours alone—any other blood was defilement. It was devotion, sure, but also terrifying.
”Fine. But what about when our daughters fall in love? Say Sakuya or Uigetsu brings home a boyfriend.”
”They won’t. My womb belongs only to you. I cannot bear sons for anyone else.”
I blinked. She said it with absolute certainty—her loyalty so deep she believed even her body refused the possibility. Which meant no sons, ever. Just daughters. My stomach sank a little. I’d always wanted at least one boy. Still, priorities first.
”And if our daughters get boyfriends?” I pressed.
”Then of course I’ll cheer them on with all my heart!”
…Wait.
I stared. That didn’t add up at all.
She huffed, offended. “What? You think I’d sabotage my own girls? Never. But listen well—our daughters are my daughters. Which means they’ll never look at any man but you.”
”Yaten…” I groaned. “You can’t be serious.”
”I am. They carry my blood. They’ll adore their father as a man. Absolutely.”
I pinched the bridge of my nose. “You’re overestimating me. Sakuya’s a papa’s girl, sure, but that’s just kid stuff. Not romance.”
But Yaten’s conviction was unshakable. She honestly believed our daughters would one day see me as their Mate. Love really had blinded her.
I exhaled and softened my tone. “Promise me you won’t meddle in their love lives unless the guy’s truly rotten.”
”I promise. But husband, if they ever love you as a man… you must answer them sincerely.”
”Of course. If they ever saw me that way, I’d face them honestly—not as their father, but as a man.”
Her lips curled in a wicked smile. “Good. I’ll hold you to that.”
I shook my head. She thought she’d won something, when really all I’d done was protect our daughters’ freedom. My girls would grow up, choose their own partners, and be safe from meddling.
For now, Yaten and I smiled at each other, both pretending the other didn’t have secret schemes.
”Our daughters’ future is secure,” she said.
”Yeah,” I answered.
Even if it meant soothing Yaten when she realized one day that children don’t always mirror their parents’ hearts. That’s the part of being a parent she hadn’t yet learned.
I chuckled quietly, imagining the storm she’d raise when our girls finally brought their boyfriends home.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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