"So that's how it works! You can make contracts not only with one creature, but also with several, and the most amazing thing is that you can take them with you?" the dragon's mother wondered, hugging her boy and checking if he was okay.

No matter how she looked, her boy looked fine and looked at her with a familiar expression.

"Yes, that's right. And besides the baby dragon, I have already signed a contract with one of the Perfect Doppelgangers from the Forest of Doppelgangers, having previously received permission from Geminia," shared Idan.

"It's pretty amazing that this Madwoman gave her consent," Papa Dragon grinned, and Mama Dragon nodded in agreement with him.

"Madwoman?" Idan asked, surprised by their words.

"Exactly. Since our boy is now related to you, don't be fooled by her calm appearance," Mama Dragon said with a serious tone. "Behind this calm disguise lies her true identity—the most dangerous and bloodthirsty of all the Supervisors of the Forbidden Zones."

From these words, when he recalled Geminia's calm and beautiful appearance and imagined that a real bloodthirsty monster was hiding behind this appearance, a shiver ran down Idan's spine. At the same time, he remembered Geminia's own words that she had shed a lot of blood on her way and that she had many enemies in Junonia.

And these words have become even more weighty.

"Okay, go and collect as many Fire Crystals in that place as you can, and the next time you come, bring as many candies as you can buy for that amount," Papa Dragon said.

"Wait," Idan intervened, realizing that he was about to be sent back. "What about those dragons that captured one of us and attacked my master?"

"What about them?"

"You're not mad at what the Master did to them, are you? After all, you are also dragons."

"Hmph, we don't have any feelings or attachments for them. Besides, they can hardly be called true dragons," Mother Dragon snorted.

"As long as all these Lava Lake creatures don't give us trouble and attack our youngest boy, we have no reason to interfere. You can kill them and take their bodies with you, but don't forget to take into account their Diamond rank and bring sweets."

"So this baby dragon is not your only offspring?" Idan asked curiously when he heard the words of the Mama Dragon.

"Of course, not the only one," Papa Dragon replied. "We've been living together for quite a long time, and during that time we've had a lot of baby dragons."

"Some of them are here with us in this Forbidden Zone, while others are outside this world. We don't even know if they are alive or have left this world like some of them."

"It's just that we dragons have a strong attachment to newborns, and it just so happens that this baby is our last boy born in many years," said Mama Dragon, hugging the baby dragon.

After these words, before Idan could ask another question, he was teleported back alone.

"Oh, you're back," — Milica sighed with relief. This time, she was calmer than the first time Idan was teleported, and she didn't know what to do except wait.

Idan looked at Milica with a smile, and then turned his attention to his ring.

In the short time of his second visit to the central area, it had absorbed some fire elemental energy again. But as soon as he returned, the ring stopped absorbing the local fiery energy.

"So only the energy of the fire element from the central layer or from the very core of the Forbidden Zone is suitable for the Kingdom?" thought Idan, lowering his hand and looking away from the ring.

Having not found a baby dragon nearby and feeling that it was not there, Idan told Milica about his recent conversation with two adult dragons. They allowed them to collect as many fire crystals as they could carry.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's collect as many crystals as possible in the remaining time, because there are so many of them here," suggested Milica, looking at the crater full of fire crystals.

With that, Idan, Milica, and Elira began collecting fire crystals.

Elira wasted no time collecting the crystals from which she had already partially absorbed the energy of the fire element before Idan and Milica appeared.

Although there were indeed a lot of crystals, most of them turned out to be bronze rank, followed by golden. Platinum-ranked crystals were rare, but diamond crystals were more difficult to find.

In addition, all the crystals were not lying on the ground, they had to be extracted by hollowing out.

Bronze and golden rank crystals were relatively easy to mine, but platinum and diamond rank crystals required not only strength, but also precision so as not to damage them in the process.

To get them, Idan had to spend a considerable amount of System Points. He bought three special tools that reminded him of a crystal pickaxe - for himself, Milica, and Elira - for 2,000 System Points.

Since there weren't many Diamond-rank crystals, Idan had to purchase only one Diamond-rank pickaxe, and the other two Platinum-rank ones.

When Idan held a pickaxe in his hands and mined crystals, he began to feel like a miner.

With each new crystal that Idan collected, he felt joy. After all, each crystal not only benefited him and the Kingdom as a whole, but also cost considerable System Points.

While mining crystals, Idan suddenly stopped when he felt Arabel asking him to share half of his stats using their System's unique ability.

Idan agreed to this proposal without hesitation, but at the same time he became worried. It had been a long time since they had used this ability, and the fact that Arabel had asked him to do so could only mean one thing–she was in danger.

"System, is Belle okay?" he asked.

[Host, don't worry,] System replied, but this response did not reassure Idan.

"Master, it looks like Belle has encountered some kind of problem. I'll be away for a while, and if I don't come back quickly, don't wait for me and return to the Forest of Doppelgangers before the reset comes," he warned.

"Okay, go ahead. If anything, Elira will give me a ride," said Milica, turning to Elira, and she nodded, agreeing with her words.

"Also, Master, don't forget to bring a baby dragon with you," Idan reminded before opening the Access Portal and returning to the Kingdom.

***

After entering the Kingdom, Idan spread his power and, as he expected, did not find Arabel inside.

However, before he could teleport to Irene and ask where Arabel had gone, he received a notification about an unread message on the Lovers' Plate.

After checking the artifact, he saw only one sentence sent to Arabel.:

{MBG: Come into the bedroom}

Without thinking twice, Idan opened the System window and entered the bedroom of the "Family Home".

As soon as he appeared, he was grabbed by his arms and legs and forcefully thrown onto the bed.

"What?" — Idan tried to resist, but to his surprise, due to the weakening of his stats, he couldn't do anything.

"Heh heh." Idan heard a familiar laugh and, seeing its source, froze in amazement.

"Fuck!" he cursed, realizing that he had fallen into a trap.

In his surprise and intense concern for Arabel, he forgot that only he and his wife could enter the bedroom of the "family home."

And so, he was caught and tied up by Arabel, dressed in seductive clothes and with long black hair, which she used to tie him up.

Looking at Arabel, her sweet smile and predatory gaze, Idan finally realized what was going on. Arabel, who had been so obedient and sweet in their late-night games for the past two days, was now a predator, while Idan, on the contrary, had become prey. Moreover, he had agreed to transfer half of his powers himself, which gave Arabel the power and authority to dominate him.

This realization scared Idan a little, but at the same time it incredibly excited him, and he couldn't help but look forward to what his wife had prepared for him.

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