Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Rain wondered if Seadrei was joking… he certainly didn't want to join his harem or something. Although he had been celibate for almost fifteen years, his dragon slayer only reacted to girls. Particularly the ones that smelled nice.

"How old are you again?" Seadrei asked.

"Well, how I can say this… but I am not interested in dilfs," Rain said.

"What is a DILF?" Seadrei asked while frowning

"... He will be fifteen in one month, your imperial Majesty," Leiah said since she could tell that Rain was about to say some nonsense.

"Humans become adults when they are fifteen, am I right?" Seadrei asked.

"Do they?" Rain frowned.

"How can you not even know that… how can you be smart enough to do many things and completely oblivious to common sense?" Roan facepalmed. Experience new stories with M-V-L

Rain just shrugged… Sometimes, common sense isn't so common. In any case, it was probably the best idea to end that conversation soon, but Seadrei wasn't done yet.

"Thanks to the fact that you saved her and proved your valor and courage so many times, to the point that you even faced me," Seadrei said.

"That I completely blocked all of your attacks," Rain said.

"... That by a large stroke of luck, you were able to fight back my attacks that I held back a lot," Seadrei said. "My daughter Seara had been deeply interested in you. While the humans and the sea folk didn't form families in thousands of years, I believe that you are worthy of becoming her partner.'

The area was engulfed in silence… that bombshell couldn't be compared to the previous one, but now Rain could understand why the generals to the sea emperor looked so pissed at him at all times…

Still, that was weird… they barely talked… like they talked two times. The only thing that Rain knew about her was the fact that she was extremely cautious when they met for the first time for obvious reasons and the fact that she was a lot less hot-blooded than her father and Seadir.

"You shouldn't use your family members to reward others. Besides, isn't she like the age of Dana?" Rain asked while frowning.

"She is twenty-five," Seadrei said. "I am not using her, I am just following her wishes, and I only accepted that because you proved your valor."

She was ten years older than Rain… it was hard to believe… Then again, Seadrei is five hundred years old and he looks like he is in his forties. Still, that was a bit weird… maybe she was on the right age to marry, but Rain didn't want to suddenly marry someone whom he knew nothing off.

Even though she looked at her now and saw that she was charming… she looked away a bit with her face red, avoiding eye contact.

"Back off, he is mine. I have been waiting for this for years," Terra said and then got up before raising Rain by the collar and then kissing him.

Terra lacked the technique for a good kisser, but she made up for it with enthusiasm. Rain was surprised by that, but then her smell made his hear race… not good. The dragon slayer was awakening.

"See? He is mine," Terra said.

"Did you just mark me? Are you a dog?" Rain asked.

"Just shut up and say if you accept it or not," Terra said.

"Accept that you see me as a piece of meat or something?" Rain frowned. "At least take me to dinner once."

Rain wondered for how long Terra had been thinking like that… she sure didn't act like that in front of him. Maybe she was just waiting for him to become an adult for the standards of that world. In any case, only Rain was surprised, while Seara looked annoyed, and Seadrei looked troubled since his daughter already had a rival who had the upper hand.

In any case, it seemed that Rain's popular phase had arrived.

Regardless, Terra was waiting for her answer, and Rain shouldn't let her wait for long. She smelled good, and she was a friend, and she had a nice personality… most of the time. She was hot as well, but answering that and refusing Seara would create a difficult atmosphere.

"... I guess it is about time to settle down, then," Rain said. "I was thinking why you were still single, but if you have been waiting for me, then I can only say one thing. Even though our roles were supposed to be reversed. I…"

"Stop right there," Terra raised her hand. "I already know that you would accept it, but I have something else to say."

Terra turned and then looked at Seara, who was showing a resigned expression. She knew better than to make a scene, after all. She also knew that she messed up the order of things… she assumed that Rain was like a lot of her fans from the sea folk who would marry her without even talking to her once.

"As I said, he is mine," Terra proudly declared. "However, perhaps saying that he will only be mine is a bit too much. Rain said once that he might have multiple wives, after all, and I want to keep working on the orphanage a lot."

"He said that? You horny dog," Roan said and then laughed, but then Leiah pinched his side.

"For one year, he will be mine," Terra said. "However, if you wait for one year and talk with now and then and don't change your mind, then I will allow you to marry him as well."

Allow it? Terra was so manly! She was was already winning over Rain's maiden heart… it seemed that his opinion on the matter was irrelevant, but that didn't bother him at all.

"... Fine," Seara said after a long sigh.

Rain wondered if Seadrei would allow his daughter to marry a married man, but he didn't make a fuss about it… he probably had a bunch of wives as well, after all.