Chapter 483 – Chickens

"Well, I'm pregnant, so I don't want to travel that far," I say. The look on the Queen's face right now is making this all worth it. The utter disbelief she's in that I've asked to fuck her in her own throne room. This is almost better than Kiyomi dipping into her pond. And with Eterna right here, I could probably mate her, and she wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

But do I want to be that mean?

No, Alzi, you formed this plan in the heat of the moment. Don't continue down a bad path. If she tries anything, I'll win, but I don't need to challenge her.

"There's an adjoining bedroom," Flametalon says.

"I'm taking you over your throne," I say. "You want more kids, right? Eterna, what is Shimmer going to become?"

"Queen?" Eterna says, "Or do you mean the potion thing? I've got the temple making the potion. We just need some blood from Shimmer, and the Queen's would make it stronger, and then we can make Shimmer become a True Phoenix."

"That second part," I say. "To make your blood worth anything, you need to be pregnant with my kids. This is a small price to pay for more true phoenixes. You'll be the Queen who had one of her daughters transform. Yzzorres is busy creating new True Dragons right now. A rather large amount, too. But Eterna only has a few in her womb right now, so Shimmer should help pick up the slack. Right?"

"Empress Alzi, we all have limits to what we're comfortable with doing," Flametalon says. "Please, I ask that you respect my wishes on this. You can even mate me behind closed doors if you wish. Tell me what size my breasts should be, dictate the size of my heels, or whatever else, but please don't make me do it in front of my daughters; we haven't mated or married. I- I will do it if she is allowed to leave. I would also prefer it if Victoria left as well. I'm not stupid enough to fight you. Rzye would come down here and make it very clear that I made a mistake, and after your children are born, I wouldn't be alive. I believe you are planning to make sure the baby doesn't see?"

"Yes," I say. "Then fine, they can leave. Your reaction was funny enough. I do want that potion made and for it to be strong."

Her daughter quickly ducks out while Victoria walks out with Kou.

This is an improvement, right? I'm not just jumping into stupid things. But I do need to put more thought into who I'm about to have sex with. The hearts in my tattoo don't fill up anymore, but I doubt that is because my lust is actually gone. Maybe it isn't building as fast with Sex dead?

I need to take a break from having so much sex after this. But Flametalon is looking too sexy as she pulls her dress off for me to stop now. I should think of some way to control Kiyomi. Well, I have the husband thing. That should be more than enough for the level of control I need. It's not like I really want to rule anyone. But Nanoka wants me to get her daughter pregnant in that pond. Maybe I could introduce Kiyomi to Shyla and Aurora. She would do almost anything for the ability to grow stronger.

Flametalon even offered to become my mate. No, limit what happens here. I don't need her around that often, just enough to make sure I get what I want. But what do I want? This is so stupid. I shouldn't have said that.

Just go up there, pump a few kids into her, and then run off to the temple so that Shimmer can join me in going through the strange feelings of a changing body. It's like I'm a teen again. I can just blame the transformation for my random desire to breed.

"I'm ready," Flametalon says. "Thank you for being considerate."

"Yes," I say. Sorry, Shyla, I'm just going to lift this dress to do the deed. It may come back with a few stains.

Flametalon is trying to figure out how to rest on the throne while I walk up behind her. I gently move her around, one leg on an armrest and her chest pushed into the headrest. It's not very comfortable, but this won't take long. She's facing her harem, her submissive mates, as I lift my skirt and work things around.

"Oh, you're big," Flametalon says. "Oh, yes. You make this feel so good."

My mana is doing most of the heavy lifting, as this is not one of the right positions for sex. I'll need to design new thrones if this becomes a common thing for me to do.

"Oooh fuuuck! So quick. So quick," Flametalon lets out, slumping into the throne. I give her triplets on the way down, and Eterna comes running up with a cup for her blood.

"Is she pregnant?" Eterna asks.

"Yes," I say. "That was the whole point of this. It would be a bit of a problem if I didn't do that."

"It would've been fine," Eterna says. "What is she going to do? Yell at you? We can always just push Shimmer onto the throne for you."

"Fair point," I say. I should try to keep the transfers of power as normal as possible. We don't need more problems like the dragons.

Flametalon doesn't seem to register the small cut Eterna makes, and we just collect a small amount of blood before I heal the wound.

"Sorry, we've got to get the blood to the temple quickly," I say. "We aren't mates, so that's pretty good for me. I'm sorry for everything being so quick, but I kind of just wanted to show off."

"Don't worry," one of Flametalon's wives says. "We understand. Our wife has asked us to do strange things before as a show of power. So don't worry, we all know how it works, and it was a funny show. Go make our daughter become a true phoenix. It's an honor to have you as a daughter-in-law. Go, and if the Goddess is annoyed, just tell her you've been busy. I don't know if she takes after Ryze, or if Ryze takes after her."

"Thanks," I say. Phoenix did come on rather strongly during our last meeting. Maybe I can skip going to her. At this point, I don't really need anything from her. "I'll do my best."

But Phoenix is just going to bring me up the second I step into her temple, and I have to step inside to complete the potion.

Well, it's time to go and find out how I'll get to mess with a Goddess.

The temple is attached to the castle, making it a bit of a problem that I didn't visit it the first time I was here. I'm sure Phoenix is going to have some words about that. But at least it makes it quick to get the blood to the temple. When we get there, a Priestess already has the door open for us to walk in.

"At least you understand that it was wrong," Phoenix says.

"Are we in the middle of a tornado of fire?" I ask. That's the best way to describe it, at least. There's no wind, but everywhere is just red and orange swirls trying to hide the great big chicken. Her eyes are the only defining feature I can make out.

"Don't go calling a Goddess a chicken," Phoenix says. "It's a terrible habit of that little lizard."

"I would've preferred if you at least let me pray before taking me up," I say. "This gets tiring, coming up so suddenly. I like normal temple visits as well. I'm giving you more true phoenixes, so you can live with that. I'm even being kind to Shimmer. More than she deserves, I'd say. If my not showing up caused you to have the other true phoenixes not help Eterna in the fight, then I would say that was a mistake. But, based on the outcome, I doubt you actually wanted the others to help Eterna. You've gotten everything you could want. The only thing left that I can think of is a child of your own, and I'm not interested. I already gave out some children as a mistake today."

"Your horns are shining," Phoenix says. "DRAGON!"

"No need to yell," Dragon says. "Alzi has swam in lava, so do you think this little fire will cause her problems? The least you could do is make it actually be warm for us. I thought you were better than this. Alzi, I am extremely proud of you. Calling a Goddess a chicken, even if she deserves to hear it, is a gamble. But she is one of the better chickens."

"Quiet, lizard," Phoenix says. "You're in my territory."

"Would you like to start talking about the deals we've made?" Dragon says, curling up around me.

"There's no need," Phoenix says. "Things have worked out for everyone. It was a small attempt that would've worked out for us all, no matter which way things went."

"I'm interested," I say. I really am the Goddesses' favorite toy.

"You've earned yourself a spot higher than toy today," Dragon chuckles. "The deal was why I didn't support you divorcing Elora. She promised to give me what I wanted. Shimmer will be giving birth to phoenixes next. Shimmer's going to have us messing with the kids in her womb a lot, but we won't turn them against you. We'll just be picking what she gives birth to a lot."

"Just don't hurt them," I say. "I can deal with the kids. Or I'll figure out a way to deal with the kids. I'm going to have plenty of practice."

"Yes, bending a chicken Queen over her own throne. Oh, you've done well today, Alzi," Dragon says. "Go be with your mate. With the extra blood, she's going to have some changes, like you. Give her some support. Shouldn't she, Phoenix?"

"Fine," Phoenix says. "Rude lizards."

"The lizards are the ones repopulating the chickens," Dragon says. "Make sure they don't forget that, Alzi."

The temple reappears, and it seems that Phoenix didn't want to stop time for me. Shimmer's already at the far side of the room with a cup in her hands. Did Phoenix not want me around when she changed? She was up to something with that, I'm sure.

Victoria has to catch Shimmer after she drinks from the cup. Shimmer's wings grow, and she begins to look more like Eterna does, with bigger wings of fire and all of that. Her hair even starts looking more and more like fire by the second. Hopefully, she doesn't have to learn how to control the heat from her body. That would cause issues with clothing and the babies.

"We've got you," I say. "I know it feels weird, but the potion works quickly."

"Thank you," Shimmer huffs out. "I should've expected this."

"It takes a while to get used to pain," I say.

"I suppose," Shimmer says. "Phoenix isn't happy."

"I called her a chicken," I say. "And then Dragon told me to make sure everyone knows that it's the dragons that are repopulating the true phoenixes. That probably had something to do with it. Or she just gets angry often. It's hard to tell with the Goddesses, since a lot of them like to be mad."

"I see," Shimmer says.

"Oh, she is most definitely mad about being called a chicken," Eterna says. "Not happy about that one bit. She asked me to 'correct my mate.' But I'm not sure how. I know Yzzorres has some stories about going against her dominant mate, but I think those are just stories she says to make herself feel better when she loses a mate challenge. A few were a bit embarrassing for her, and I think she has a submissive streak in her. But I would appreciate you not calling our Goddess a chicken. It is a little too much like you're calling me a chicken."

"Sorry," I say. "I'm just a little angry about things. I'll do better if she shows me a bit of respect. But I'll try to come up with things to call her that won't hurt you as well."

"Thank you," Eterna says. "Oh, and Shimmer, you should be done until you give birth. Getting your Mother's blood was a good idea."

"Thank the Goddesses," Shimmer says. "Can we go rest?"

"Some time in that fucking bed would be fucking great," Victoria says. "I need to fucking relax after hearing that my wife called a damn Goddess a fucking chicken. Am I here to fucking protect you, or be a witness to your damn death?"

"And you just damned a Goddess," I say. "So we're both in trouble now."

"Fuck, being around you is dangerous now for more than just my fucking womb," Victoria says, shaking her head.