[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-889":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},1078759,1393,"Chapter 889: Valerie Might Die","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-889",889,"\u003Cp>Eris emerged through the portal with Izanami trailing close behind. \"I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly like this... I hope we can continue our discussion later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami's mind had been in a fog ever since the end of their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't know what Eris was about to say to her... but it didn't exactly sound like it was about to be good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she wasn't so naive that she couldn't take a hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, she forced a smile onto her face all the same. \"If that's what you'd like... but I believe I am getting the hint now. You don't need to keep pushing yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris tilted her head in confusion. \"I wasn't making hints, Izanami... Or pushing myself for that matter. I just wanted us to have an understanding...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami maintained her forced smile. \"An understanding has been had. Don't worry about me and do what you need to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Izanami didn't exactly give Eris a choice in the matter. She promptly turned her heels and began walking away as fast as she could without giving away her inner turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris, who was far more emotionally in tune than most in the house, already knew her to be lying. She just didn't know what could've happened to upset her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon and Lailah approached Eris hand in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris started to speak when she noticed a small Alabama football band-aid on the side of her husband's eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pants were also a tattered mess. They seemed like they might come off with a gentle breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris was currently having some very un-saint-like thoughts. Ones that were a bit too close to whatever Thrudd had done with Behemoth last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My love... Is that a band-aid on your face?\" Eris tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon pointed to Lailah. \"It was this one's idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah just nodded jovially without an ounce of shame. \"I finally had a reason to do a procedure on someone in this house for once! It felt wrong not to fully capitalize on the opportunity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Eris nor Abaddon really understood why Lailah was so giddy about the opportunity to cut one of them open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris just told herself that she was excited to finally put more of her medical knowledge to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon thought that maybe he should spend a bit more time with her so that she didn't develop an urge to cut him in other places for less than beneficial reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I ask why you needed a Band-Aid in the first place?\" Eris asked as she rubbed his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I fell-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lucifer and Michael ambushed him when he left the house a few hours ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WHAT?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris fretted over her husband like he wasn't practically indestructible. She must have circled him ten times in the span of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She searched hid entire body for wounds or abrasions, and when she didn't find any, she grabbed her husband by the face instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you alright? What did those two do to you?? Why would you leave the house?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon just smiled harmlessly. \"You're worried a bit too much, my dear. The brothers couldn't harm me much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words were no mere grandstanding act. Abaddon had been in far more discomfort when he inscribed the Egoless runes in Tehom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My poor darling husband..\" Eris kissed Abaddon on both of his cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with perfect control over his body, Abaddon could not stop the blush from forming or his tail from wagging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many men didn't like to be babied by their wives. Abaddon wasn't one of those men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was kind of regretting that he didn't lean into the whole 'I was attacked' thing harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why did you leave home, dear?\" Eris asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Abaddon wasn't smiling nearly as much as before. \"Oh, I just… needed to step out for a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Eris blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erm…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidently, Eris got tired of waiting for Abaddon to answer, so she grabbed him by the forehead to root around for answers herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon couldn't have stopped her in time even if he wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris saw his entire argument with Valerie from start to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her pupils trembled involuntarily, and she turned away from Abaddon without even saying a single word in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she strode down the hallway, Lailah and Abbadon glanced at each other momentarily before chasing after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie was inside her forge, gathering up materials by the armful with help from two of her children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had almost gathered everything she needed when the doors to her forge suddenly opened once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back, she expected to find Darius or maybe even Lailah again, but instead, she found Eris standing just beyond the doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And judging by the unkind look on her face, Valerie already knew what this was all about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You...\" Eris began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie immediately dropped everything that she was holding. \"H-Hon, let's go talk outside for a moment and..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris' fists were clenched. She was shaking so badly that one might think she'd been left out in the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Valerie could attempt to touch her, she pulled away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurled a small, burlap bag filled with seeds at Valerie's chest. She barely had the presence of mind to catch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris opened and closed her mouth several times as she fought for something to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't think of anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single tear fell down her cheek in a painful display that ended Valerie's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eris quickly turned tail and ran out of the room, sniffling as if she'd just come down with the flu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ran right past Abaddon and Lailah, who were standing right behind her the whole time, hoping that things wouldn't go as badly as they thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lailah chased after her and attempted to keep her from crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon remained frozen in place, staring at a heartbroken Valerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kids, can you... give your mother and I a moment alone, please?\" Abaddon asked in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabbrielle and Straga glanced at each other awkwardly as if they were both wondering if leaving their parents alone would make things better or worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kids.\" Abaddon repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straga and Gabbrielle nodded weakly. The two wandered out while hand in hand, clearly wondering if they were making the right decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the doors shut again, Valerie fell to her knees. Abaddon just barely caught her as she fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I know I should have said something when I was planning to leave. But I just couldn't. I knew from the minute that even one of you looked at me that the best interest of the universe would no longer be my priority... I thought I was doing the selfless thing.\" Valerie said in a hushed whispering voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon rubbed his wife's back as she trembled in his grasp. She held onto him for dear life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Why did you assume that we wouldn't let you go?\" He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie bit her lip awkwardly. \"....Because if the shoe had been on the other foot, I don't think that I would have been able to just let any of you walk away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Think' was an understatement. Valerie knew she wouldn't have done it. Even when Abaddon first left all those centuries ago, she had been the one to throw the biggest tantrum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon fell silent as he rested his lips on the top of Valerie's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I will not lie to you and say that we would have allowed you to go. You are the love of my life and one of the greatest gifts I could have ever received. I will not be without you. No matter the reason or cause.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abaddon..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, I would never not help you if you told me that there was something you just felt you had to do. I would exhaust every resource, search every corner of the universe, and sacrifice everything that I have to bring you whatever you needed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie smiled wryly. \"And if there existed no other way..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wouldn't accept it... And obviously, there existed another way, but our daughter just so happened to discover it first.\" Abaddon grumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie merely giggled. \"She is more talented than either of us could have expected... but that's not a bad thing. It means we've done an exceptional parenting job.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon smiled wryly. It was hard to take credit for Gabbrielle sometimes. For most of her childhood, it felt like she had raised herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie lifted her head and stared at Abaddon with tearful eyes. \"They're going to despise me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're going to feel hurt by your choice, yes.\" Abaddon admitted. \"But the important thing is that you'll at least be around to earn their forgiveness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie nodded, still feeling impossibly guilty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked down again and realized that her husband was a bit closer to naked than usual. (Not that she was complaining.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also a strangely familiar scent wafting off of him that she couldn't quite place...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Your clothes are all torn up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...So they are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you smell like blood a little bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not mine, I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie looked up at her husband with a confused face. \"...Did something happen to you when you left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abaddon opened and closed his mouth like a fish as he racked his brain for an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wellll...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Were you in a fight with someone?\" Valerie grabbed his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just had a little chit-chat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A chit-chat with who!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The important thing here is... I realized that you were right. Indifference will be the death of me. The death of us all. I should-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare me the philosophical bullshit right now and tell me who hit you!\" Valerie shook her husband by the horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Later! I promise! You've got enough going on right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like wha-\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Bang!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doors to Valerie's forge suddenly came sailing inward. Along with a gust of icy cold air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing outside the door, ominous and frightening, was a very large and very irate Sif.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was deep, disturbing, and demonic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What. Did. You. Do. To. Make. Her. Cry..?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valerie let out a small squeal and hid behind Abaddon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1687,"2026-06-03T10:37:01.355Z","2026-06-03T10:37:05.113Z",1,"novelbin.me","b215a2a8d9061680655f046121b4705f3f1541a144f23efa960b12922f3d4ef2","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-890","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-888",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]