Chapter 434 – Fixing Father

*** Alzi, main body ***

"My Queen," Kou says. "You need to get up. I've heard you wish to return to the lower realm with your main body. You'll have much to do there, and then you have to handle some things with the Phoenixes, and we need to check in on your house in the Kitsune realm."

"Oh, yeah, forgot about the new house," I say. Kou hasn't opened any blinds. I don't know if that's a nicer way to wake me up or if it just makes it harder for me to wake up. "Would that make it harder for me to see my kids? I've had a few women promise to help me see all my kids."

"I'll make sure they can just go to the castle and get to you, My Queen," Kou says.

"That's good," Mommy says. "It's wrong that the Grandmother has met the kids, but not the father or mother."

"Will everyone be in the Kitsune home?" Syro asks. She is a good addition to the bed. I've been away from Osanna for so long, and I was certain I would have a nightmare last night, so I'm surprised I managed to sleep so well after getting kidnapped again. Her Skills are really nice to have, and her feathers are pretty soft, too.

"Most of the time, I think. Elora, Shimmer, and Elo won't be able to. Do I have to marry Elo?" I ask.

"That is a question for Elo, my Queen," Kou says. "I think it would be best to marry her for the control. But rules are different between the nations. She is expected to die after giving birth, but I think you'll keep her alive."

"Dragon wants more than one brood from her, so I probably will be keeping her alive if that's possible. She went right to a hundred kids, so we'll see if she can make it," I say. "So, I need to find out about that, find a way for Elo to tell me about things when I'm not in this realm, and then we should be good to leave."

"You are forgetting about one thing, My Queen," Kou says. "Your Father."

That gets Mommy to sit up.

"He's alive? Here?" Mommy asks.

"Yes, Lady Armirynth," Kou says. "We need to make the final decision about him. He is still stuck in the dungeon."

"You're keeping him in the dungeon?! Alzi, that is your Father!"

"He..."

"Yes, he was awful to me," Mommy says. "But look what he was dealing with. Without him, I wouldn't have you, dear. Give him a chance to prove who he really is. Up we go. He can't be kept in that dungeon any longer."

Mommy starts to pull me out of bed. All the women who were just cuddling with me have left me to her whims, betraying me the first time they get to sleep with me! It is my Mother they would be fighting, so they can't win, but they could fake that they wanted to keep me in bed!

"Don't look at them like that," Mommy says. "They're smart not to fight me. Come on, get dressed. We're not keeping your Father in the dungeon."

"He helped to hurt my Grandma!"

"Alzi, you know very well what happens to men among the nobles. Did he help them, or was he trying to save himself from getting abused? His mistakes were due to pressure from others. Ok, I understand you're hurt. But the more I've seen how you get treated when you act like a man, the more I understand what he did. He finally had a chance to be the strong one. You've done some terrible things when you have power over others, but they did that to themselves. He has to answer for taking it out on me, but not for doing the act itself. I don't want to be with him again, but he should be free."

"Ok, Mommy," I say.

"We don't need to love him, just understand him," Mommy says. "I can guess how those two crazies treated him. Things weren't going well for him."

"I get it," I say. "I probably overreacted when I saw him. I never thought I would see him, so I freaked out a bit. I can heal him a bit."

"We can work it out with him," Mommy says. "Kou, could you help us get dressed? We can go see Elo, get that all planned out, and then go see him. We'll put him back together and then get all your bodies back together."

Should I keep a body in this realm? I've been hoping for more bodies for my kids, but getting more for the realms to handle my wives that are playing Queen for me could be useful as well. More bodies in general would be great. I could always take a group of kids out to see the Queens and talk with them that way. I'll figure something out. Who knows, maybe I'll become a Goddess and not need to care about it anymore.

Kou puts me and Mommy in simple black dresses and leads us through the castle.

"This is the harem portion of the castle," Kou says. "In the future, your wives will be staying here when they visit, or if any decide to live here. We're getting all the bedrooms ready. It seems the old Queens let them get a bit disorderly, as they didn't have a harem."

She knocks on a random door and waits to hear the soft 'come in' before opening it.

Elo immediately drops to the floor when she sees it's me. She was in the middle of putting on a dress. She must have been stepping into it, or it was really loose, as it bundles around her knees, letting me see the rest of her beautiful body. I can't wait to see her blow up with our kids.

"My Queen," Elo says. "What do you need from this one?"

"I need to know if we should marry," I say. "You'll be living longer than normal for a broodmare, and you'll be acting as the Queen for the most part."

"It would make it easier for me to keep control if I were your wife, My Queen," Elo says. "But it is not required."

"Then we can get married," I say. "Then, about the other male royal dragons. What normally happens to them?"

"You're asking about my son," Elo says. "Nothing special, normally. Their breeding rights are restricted, so the lines are well known, but that is all, My Queen."

"I was thinking of just leaving him without that part," I say. "When he had his freedom, he abused it. But Mommy has convinced me to fix the rest of him."

"We can have a manor prepared for him then, My Queen," Elo says. "I will be dressed and waiting to go to the temple when you wish to leave."

"Thank you," I say. "And you don't have to crawl on the floor when I'm around. It's more fun to push a woman over to fuck her than to pull her ass up."

"I'll keep that in mind, My Queen," Elo says.

"Kou has a list of things I need to do, so I have to get going before I can prove my point," I say. "But soon."

"I know the feeling," Elo says. "A good maid is a blessing, even if they seem to take you away from all the fun. I ignored mine for a month, and I can promise you, the fun doesn't last long. You'll start to drown, and the stress really drains you. They're worth the extra nagging."

"Thank you," Kou says. "I like to think I'm not nagging. Just directing."

"Sure," I say. "But it is nice having a list of things I need to do, and someone who can direct me to places. I don't know if I'll ever learn my way around all the castles and palaces."

"I'm happy to help, my Queen. This way."

Why does the castle have to be scary? They're basically asking for issues with all these jagged edges and dark corners. Maybe I can add some color to fix it up for future generations.

At least Father is being kept near the entrance of the dungeon. I don't need to know what goes on in the deeper part of it. I'm guessing that making it easy to get to the single royal male is the only reason he's near the front. Or maybe they just liked to include a personal touch. The display definitely had a personal touch to it.

"Dear, you could've replaced his wings or tail," Mommy says, taking a look at the interesting decorations the previous Queens had put up. I probably should've taken the wings and tail out of the dungeon.

"You really are here," Father says.

"Oh, you still recognize little old me," Mommy says. "It was quite the gift."

"It wasn't a gift," Father says. "You paid for it. So what happens now?"

"I'm going to give you back your wings and tail, and then you'll go to a manor somewhere."

"You're missing a part there."

"Yes," I say. "You've proven you're willing to use it to take advantage of people. Still, I didn't take it. I'm just simply not giving it back to you. Plus, it makes it so I have no reason to take advantage of you. Not that I really need one. I'm able to get women pregnant easily enough if I need to. Sure, it would be nice to throw some away, but I'm not really looking to put someone through what others did to me."

"Can I get a family?" Father asked. "You two seem not to need me around."

"No, I've grown up already and things happened," I say. "I would've liked to have you around when I was still a kid, but I'm not stupid enough to not understand now why you weren't around back then. But I- I've got a lot going on. If you have some women you're thinking about, then get them, and I'll come around to fix that issue. I am still mad about how you got Mommy pregnant, so you can spend some weeks with some extra room between your legs. Talk to your Mother if you need a promise."

"She's dead. Fucking bitch."

"No, she isn't," I say. "You have to know your Aunt would've been dead by now. She certainly wouldn't have still been having kids. Instead, she died years ago at the hands of your sisters through a sacrifice. I'm not sure why the Queen didn't just kill you all, but here we are. And watch your fucking tongue, I'm officially the Queen. Turn around, and I'll heal you."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness," Father says. He's a bit slow to turn around, but I'm sure finding out that you were raping your Mother is a bit of a shock. I guess they were both being raped.

"You'll want to lie down," I say. "I'm not about to do anything for the pain." I wait a few moments, but I guess he's dealt with pain enough. My mana starts flowing, and I start rebuilding his golden wings and tail. He does fall over, but he doesn't really scream. I'll give him that much.

I was a little rude to him, but he just had to make this difficult to think about. "There you go. Elo was the one who came up with the plan for giving you a manor, so I'm sure she has something picked out. Just ask her about it. I need to get home and see some of my kids."

"If I want to spend time with some of mine?"

"You have a manor. It should be fine to ask them to come by or even seek them out. I've got too many things to do to spend time with you right now. As for grandchildren, I'll have to see if you're better than you were with Mommy."

"Fine," Father says. "Thank you, Your Royal Highness. I am glad you're both doing well."

"It took a lot," I say. "But we made it. Your life should at least be peaceful now. No quotas or anything. I think Fertility is going to be fixing some of that soon. Or she'd better be now that she's actually paying attention to the world and can see that her stupid little plan isn't a good one. But yes, you're free now."

I start walking away, but Mommy stays back in the room with him.

"Goodbye," Mommy says. "She's just stressed from all the work and pregnancies. We'll come by sometime and talk more. It is nice to see you again."

"I'm happy our kid grew up well," Father says. "Good luck with the new ones on the way."

"Thank you," Mommy says. "Sorry to leave so fast, but there really is a long list of items to handle with a bunch of different Queens. We made quite an important person."

"You did the vast majority of the work," Father says. "I could use some time to straighten my mind out anyway. Skills aren't a great way to cope with issues."

"I know that," Mommy says. "Goodbye." A few seconds later, she catches up to me. "It was nice seeing him."

"I guess," I say. "I think I have too many people to see to care that much about it."