[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1027":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Demonic Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1079147,1393,"Chapter 1027: Harm","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1027",1027,"\u003Cp>\"Could you say something, please..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah pretended she couldn’t see Eris. She pretended that she couldn’t hear her either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris made no more moves to get closer to her loved one. Her heart couldn’t take being rejected again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them had been sitting in silence for so long now. It didn’t seem to bother Lailah like it did her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would it... help if I changed my face back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the very least of our issues here, Eris!\" Lailah yelled back. \"Or should I even call you that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-My love, I am still-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes. A very old power inside a very new soul. I don’t really want to hear any more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah’s hurt in having been lied to was only further compounded by a feeling of embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was supposed to be the smartest goddess to have ever existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, she still couldn’t figure out that a woman she’d been married to was keeping a massive secret this entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Eris of all people? She never would have thought she would tell a lie, much less keep a secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sweet, lovable nature goddess who had never said a mean thing to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had always thought that Eris was as gentle as a flower. But what if that was all part of her weird mojo to make people drop their guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if the connection they had- their whole relationship, even- was just one big lie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was spiraling in an attempt to protect herself. She wanted to vomit. It was a pity she hadn’t eaten in gods knew how long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I want my husband. Bring him here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so long, Eris didn’t expect that would be the first thing Lailah would say to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like rubbing salt in the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to tell him...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I figured one of us should. And you’ve certainly had enough time to do so...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris bit her lip to stop it from quivering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...That hurts, Lailah. It really hurts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah wouldn’t be swayed by that gentle tone. Not again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, well... there’s a lot of that going around here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris finally let the tears fall as she used the very last spark of her power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much she didn’t want to...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thundering footsteps traveled through the nightmare realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large dragon walked over miles of sand and ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It bore only a single head. And it’s size was relatively diminutive compared to prior incarnations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dragon’s hand, it carried two women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, orange-skinned and with a lower body made of tentacles. The other... was wearing a space suit that didn’t quite fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re so cute, dear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Lillian... I know you mean no harm, but I cannot feel as if my allure as a woman has been compromised in some way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aww, I wouldn’t say that. It’s just that hamsters are one of my favorite creations, and I can’t help but feel as though you resemble them. You’re so small and cute, and now it’s like you’re in a hamster ball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami swore she was losing more and more of her sex appeal by the moment. No one was ever going to touch her inappropriately again at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you’re just so cute...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian wrapped her arms around Izanami’s body and rubbed her cheek against the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going to call you Cheeky-Meeky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Lillian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my dear Cheeky?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Lillian felt a little bit of the life slip from Izanami’s form. She also developed a bit of a dead look in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My love, I think you’ve broken her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian looked up at Abaddon with a gaze of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? I have pet names for all of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but have you forgotten that our relationship with Izanami is new? I doubt she wants to be given embarrassing pet names at this moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can confirm I do not.\" Izanami said lifelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian’s eyes became sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...But if it makes you happy, then I can put up with any amount of embarrassment.\" Izanami finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian made a happy squeal and tightened her grip on Izanami. \"Awww, I knew you loved me, Cheeky my dear!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami felt a hand slip onto her butt, and a tentacle wrapped around her leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just wait till we get home.\" Lillian purred. \"I’ll be sure to take special care of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint smile crept onto Izanami’s lips, and her eyes became a little less lifeless. Perhaps she hadn’t lost all of her sex appeal just yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How... strange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more of a grip on his power than before, Abaddon was much more attuned to the realm he was currently standing on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it changing before him. The differing pathways that this realm seemed to be comprised of were being converged into just one way forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the end of it was... a box?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright pink box- dangerously similar to his unbreakable imprisonment spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that was the very least of his concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, his focus was on the presences he could feel coming closer to him once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eris..? Lailah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian and Izanami slowly pulled apart from each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Abaddon was no longer a large dragon, but a single man with two women sitting on his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered himself to the ground and dropped the women gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disbelieving smile showed up on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-It really is you, isn’t it...? You both look-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah bolted into his chest so hard that she nearly knocked him on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter slpped past his lips as he slipped his arms around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such strength! Have you truly missed me so badly that..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only took a moment for Abaddon to notice that Lailah was trembling. And her emotions were unusally chaotic for what should have been a sweet reunion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My love..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get a response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that you, Eris...? What’s the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami inched closer to a woman she didn’t recognize on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You look beautiful... I suppose that the realm is doing wonders for you, isn’t it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris wept silently in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Izanami tried to reach her, she took a step back- shocking her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on..? What is the matter with you two?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lillian’s worry was shared with the others. They weren’t used to everyone behaving this strangely for no reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the silhouettes of the others drew closer, Lailah lifted her head and started to open her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could, Eris beat her to the punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s something I need to tell you... all of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harm is defined as something that causes something or someone to be hurt, broken, or even made less valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hurt can be intentional or accidental. Malicious or circumstancial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is difficult to differentiate between the two when one has been ’harmed’. Some experience a knee jerk reaction where they react to their harm with anger, sharing a harm of their own under the guise of getting even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It may not always be the most correct path, but it is human. And thus it persists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harm can also cause one to shut down. This is best explained by pondering a physical trauma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment you hear something devastating, your chest feels hot. Your world turns white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It may become difficult to stay on one’s feet. In the worst cases, a person might forget how to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This can also be related to physical trauma, where one gets hit so hard that they lose consciousness and their body seizes up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But perhaps the worst kind of harm is that which causes the injured to blame themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got mugged. I shouldn’t have been going out that late at night anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone beat me up in the street. I probably shouldn’t have bumped into his girlfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lied to me. Did I not make her feel comfortable enough to tell me the truth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that Eris had ’harmed’ her loved ones with her lies and secrecy. Going as far as to implant a fake memory had only added another layer of injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they all responded to the harm in ways that were different, yet the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet was persistent in the wake of Eris’ revelation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was quite as angry as they were shocked. Perhaps that was the only positive thing to come out of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon was the one to make a move first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He briefly let Lailah go and moved towards Eris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t look up at him. Her gaze was fimly planted at his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he tried to lift her head, she wouldn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Abaddon was a man used to making accomidations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon got down on one knee in front of her. He straigned his neck to look up at her through the curtains of her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he suspected, she was crying silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tears only worsened when their eyes met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled at her response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gotta say, I’m hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am s-so sorry, I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could have been waking up next to this pretty face for all of these years, and you kept it from me? I find that pretty damned selfish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris’ tears stopped almost at once. For the moment, her disbelief otweighed her grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...But I-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\" Abaddon smiled at her bitterly. \"But... we’ll talk about everything else later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the archetypes of reactions to harm, there is a less popular and widely misunderstood reaction that is sparely seen as humanity becomes quicker to anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is for those who, despite what they have suffered, choose to forgive and move on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those who make that choice with genuine good will in their hearts, are the first who step onto the road of healing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1633,"2026-06-03T10:37:08.371Z","2026-06-03T10:37:14.242Z",1,"novelbin.me","b83aa60675b533f0c10e9b97b5ea2212b7637b9561118efc3a258fad525a1594","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1028","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-1026",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]