Supreme Magus novel Chapter 4526

Chapter 4526: Constant Improvement (Part 2)

"Wah?" Elysia asked in shock. "Wadda abod me?"

"Good question, Ely. Any ideas about what you want to do when you grow up?" Lith asked with a straight face, and the baby girl pondered the question for a while before forgetting it.

"Are you excited to meet Auntie Zor again, Ral?" Kamila asked.

"Mama!" He replied.

"That’s the spirit." She chuckled. "Say that a few times, please."

"Yeah, we have a bet to settle." Solus said.

A few seconds later, what looked like a large black cloud appeared on the horizon and approached the Mansion at breakneck speed. Lith received Zoreth’s identification signal and lowered the arrays to let her in.

The Shadow Dragon landed with the grace of a sparrow and the lightness of a fluffy cloud. Her feet made no sound when they touched the ground, and her body rose in a pillar of black smoke that quickly compressed itself into the figures of two human women.

Or rather, one human woman and a humanoid woman.

"How are my cuties?" Zoreth was in her Arke form, with her four arms extended for a hug. "You have no idea how much your auntie missed you."

"I could have used a bit less smoke, Zor." Bytra, the Raiju and Fourth Ruler of the Flames, coughed up the foggy bits of her wife that had remained stuck in her throat.

"And I could use a bit less nagging, Byt!" The Arke’s four eyes frowned in annoyance. Her dull blue skin emphasized the expression lines on her face. "Progress, not perfection."

"Auie Soeed! Auie Soeed!" Elysia jumped off Solus’ arms and landed into Zoreth’s.

"You’ve learned another letter of my name!" The Arke peppered the baby girl’s head with kisses. "You’re such a smart girl, Ely."

"Yah!" Elysia giggled with pride.

"And who is this annoying hag, instead?" Zoreth pointed at Bytra. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Zor!" The Raiju blushed in embarrassment.

"No, Auie Bida!" Elysia waved her index finger.

"Sorry, Byt, Elysia agrees with me." The Arke chuckled.

"That’s not what she- never mind." Bytra crossed her arms and pouted.

"Hi, Auntie Zor." Valeron leaned toward her, and Zoreth hugged him with her second set of arms.

"Gods, you’ve gotten big, Val. You’re almost as handsome as your dad now." She kissed his forehead and ruffled his hair.

"Since Zor is hogging Val and Ely, I’ll take Ral if that’s okay with you." Bytra grunted.

"Sure, just handle him with caution." Kamila handed the baby boy over. "You know how dangerous he is."

"Dangerous? But if he’s a cutie! Isn’t that right, Ral?" Bytra took the boy in her arms and held him tight to her chest.

"Mama!" Raldarak took her hand and nuzzled against it.

"Gods!" Bytra’s heart tightened as if a vise were squeezing it, and her knees turned into jelly. "I need to sit down."

"Mama?" Ral asked with a worried look in his big, round eyes.

"No, I’m not your mom, but I’d kill to be her." Bytra’s legs went out, and she fell to the ground, sobbing.

Raldarak tried to console her by kissing her tears away, but the Raiju just cried harder.

’Told you. Twice is more than enough.’ Solus said via a mind link. ’Pay up, Kami.’

’Not a chance. We still have Zoreth to even the score.’ Kamila replied.

’Dammit!’ Solus inwardly cursed. ’So much for a millennia-old Eldritch. She was supposed to last at least three mamas!’

’We’ll call this even.’ Kamila replied as she offered several handkerchiefs to her guests.

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