[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-840":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},1078310,1393,"Chapter 840 Chaos At Home","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-840",840,"\u003Cp>\"I couldn't have fought beside more honorable men if I picked them out myself. Go see your families. Sleep in. You have all more than earned your rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When should we report back here, princess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami shook her head. \"We've been gone at least a year, haven't we? Worry about that, Midas. We're soldiers, but we do not live solely to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami's men bowed deeply and one by one, they all began disappearing from the Euphrates base in Tehom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All except for one of them, that is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica removed her helmet and began unbuckling her bracers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well… it wasn't the end to the mission that I expected, but the fact that we all made it home safely is more than enough for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami growled again and her eyes seemed to grow immensely irritated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The nerve of that overgrown dunderhead… Who does he think he is showing up to one of my missions and pulling rank on me like that..?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor?\" Monica unfastened her cape from around her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami shot her a fierce look. \"Who's side are you on, firebrand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica's permanently glowing eyes twinkled with amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father-in-law did something to upset you, that's true. But have you stopped to consider that he also did something that was completely unlike him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I mean, when have you ever known him to recall you from a mission early or fret over your wellbeing? Maybe instead of being mad at him for doing something we should find out why he did it first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami stared at her niece suspiciously. \"What a roundabout way to say that you are taking his side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica laughed for the first time in several months. The sound was as good for the soul as heavy rain after a drought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica closed the distance between the two and rested her forehead on Kanami's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for getting us all home safe. You know we couldn't have done it without your leadership.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami was a prickly thing, but she was no better at resisting affection than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hugged Monica back and made sure that she couldn't see her smiling back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes you all could've.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, I was just trying to make you feel better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami went from hugging Monica to locking her in a dire headlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Monica tried half-heartedly to break free, the door to the hall was kicked open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both girls looked up, but only Kanami seemed to go completely pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevi'im don't really get physically exhausted, but Hakon was out of breath as if he had literally run straight here from their home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami and his eyes met in mid-air, and an unspeakably tense air passed between the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica looked back and forth between the two and smiled like a Cheshire Cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, boy... I should really get-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yea, why are you still here...?\" Kanami robotically shoved Monica away as she continued to lock eyes with her only husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monica started to be offended, but then she realized that she was no doubt about to be the same way in around five minutes or so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after she had left the hall, Hakon and Kananmi still had yet to voice anything at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami was petrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew she was a good warrior, a great teacher, and a better leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn't a good spouse. That gene seemed to have been hogged up by her older siblings before she was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a lot she didn't know when it came to intimate relationships, but she knew that good wives don't exactly leave their husbands for a year to go off monster slaying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You stopped calling.\" Hakon finally said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami winced and dropped her gaze. It was true that she hadn't called her husband in around eight months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It got too hard for me..\" Kanami's voice was small and completely unlike her usual personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking to me..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Yes. If I stopped to hear your voice one more time then I would have walked away from it all. I would have forsaken the mission, my oath, all of it, and I just...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wouldn't do that.\" Hakon argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would have though! You should know by now that I am notoriously selfish! I always end up eating off your plate whenever we go to dinner!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not care.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not the point, Hakon...\" Kanami shrank back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hakon took two steps forward every time that she took one back. \"What is the point then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's...\" Kanami was running out of places to run, and she was growing ever more aware of the fact that her husband was getting closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-The point is that I needed you more than I thought when I left home. And you have no idea how much I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I can't say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's embarrassing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kanami.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm being serious here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As am I!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I missed you, okay!?\" The way Kanami yelled out her declaration was neither cute, nor romantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hakon smiled as if it were the most reassuring part of his day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rushed to hug Kanami, and she became even more flustered as she tried to worm her way out of his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wait, not here! I need a bath or something first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. I believe I'd like to take my time like this.\" Hakon only hugged her tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanami was too mortified to enjoy the hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She became even more fearful when she heard him inhale her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NOOOO!! DON'T SMELL ME!!\" Kanami wormed around like a dying worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hakon held her even more firmly, no matter how hard she kicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered this payback for all of the time he spent going without a single phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon arrived inside of his home with his children and members of the order in tow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A protective bubble had been formed around the humans so that they didn't die violently upon their first couple of seconds inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fiona was reeling from the events in the cavern leading up to his, but now she was in even greater awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place is a god damn museum..!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shin flicked his daughter on the back of the head. \"Please, act like you've been somewhere nice before... But yes, it is in fact like a god damn museum.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon could only roll his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Son?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking to his right, Abaddon saw the welcome sight of his mothers walking down the hall hand in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father was a bit further behind, admiring the sight of their behinds as they swayed in their dresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're back already..? And what is with..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Imani and Yara's eyes settled on Gulban, they lost all of their cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that Valerie's father??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to him!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulban waived his hand dismissively. \"I don't need all the theatrics, lady dragons. I feel better than I look, honestly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon's parents looked him up and down a single time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer believed that could be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could you help him get into a bed?\" Abaddon asked his parents. \"I'll fill you all in later, I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asmodeus and his wives didn't even bother to ask about the small parade of humans that he brought home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just hoisted Gulban up on their shoulders and carried him back down the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can somebody get me a drink-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"\"\"NO!\"\"\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bloody damn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through the hallway at the same time was a larger group of housemates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically, Lusamine, Karliah, Camazotz, and Helios.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Abaddon was only focused on the little creature strapped to Helios' chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Odessa became noticeably more animated when she saw her father, and even held her arms out to meet him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon's mood lifted slightly, and he freed his youngest daughter form the confines of her carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought we had a deal... You weren't supposed to get bigger while I was away.\" He smiled sadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Odessa only drooled in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's with the weaklings?\" Karliah prodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can Camazotz eat them??\" Camazotz asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, Abaddon's few seconds of bliss were returned to nothing. \"The weaklings are our guests and no, you may not eat them. Or harm them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karliah and Camazotz both lowered their heads to the ground. Clearly disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rolling his eyes, Abaddon turned toward Lusamine who, remarkably, was the only one here who had yet to say anything to piss him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie. Will you show them to some temporary rooms, please? Don't feed them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The order pretended that they were not offended by Abaddon's continued insistence that they not be fed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure thing, sweet face.\" Lusamine patted him on the cheek affectionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lusamine stepped into view of the order members displaying a false personality full of grace that she didn't have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you all will please follow me~\" She smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon prepared to dismiss it when he suddenly felt a certain pinprick in the back of his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face aghast, he turned around and stared directly at Shin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cyborg looked back and forth between Abaddon and Lusamine and raised his hands to defend himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-Now wait a minute, I was just-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disgusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said wait, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon however would not wait as he began walking down the hall with his children and grandfather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn't expecting you to return so soon.\" Helios patted him on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Circumstances demanded it for the time being.\" Abaddon sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He expanded his senses a bit and when he didn't find who he was looking for, he frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Eris is not here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helios shook his head. \"From what I understand, she and Sei went to go visit the tree a short while ago. They've yet to return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon's brow furrowed further. \"Do you know why she came back here in such a hurry-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, two people came down the staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was Nyx, who appeared to have been looting Abaddon's closet for one of his hoodies again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other.. was someone Abaddon didn't recognize at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as she blinked at him, he remembered those cold black eyes and deathly pale complexion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Izanami...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death goddess tucked her hair behind her ear. \"Oh... Didn't know you were back already. Welcome home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon felt like he was about to get whiplash. Even the way she spoke was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helios leaned over and covered his mouth as he whispered in Abaddon's ear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1723,"2026-06-03T10:36:58.079Z","2026-06-03T10:37:04.550Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea41d5f751eee4586bfc53fbb0097e827c5e81ef6b599e265970677f0bf31f80","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-841","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-839",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]