Standing in front of the Ganesha’s statue crotch, Draco pondered whether he should enter.

  There were no guards at the entrance, which meant he couldn't announce his arrival.

  He hesitated to walk in uninvited, ed about being mistaken for an intruder by the Ganesha familia members.

  “Are you perhaps the ‘Club Demon’ Draco, captain of the Bahamut familia?” a voice called out, pulling Draco's attention.

  ‘Ugh, that alias’ Draco thought, his expressiing at its mention.

  “Yes, I am. And you are?” he replied, his voice monotone.

  In the middle of Ganesha's statue crotch, a young girl with short blue hair and ceruleaood before him, creating an odd picture in his mind.

  Draco felt her face was somewhat familiar but quickly dismissed the thought; she seemed like someone he wouldn’t fet if he had met her before.

  “I am Adi Varma. My sister is expeg you,” the girl introduced.

  “Adi,” Draco repeated, now certain he reized her.

  ‘Ah, Shakuti’s younger sister who died at the beginning of the great feud,’ he recalled.

  “Do you perhaps know me?” Adi asked, her expressihtening slightly.

  She had noticed his rea after he repeated her name, hoping he reized her since she had levelled up the same time as Drad his familia.

  “No, I don’t believe so,” Draco replied, watg as her expressioed.

  “Oh, e in,” Adi said, her mood visibly l.

  ‘She seems like an iing person,’ Draco thought, how she wore her emotions on her sleeve—a trait rare among adventurers who faced many challenges daily.

  Removing his cloak, Draced briefly at Ganesha's statue crotch before hesitantly following Adi inside.

  “Wow, so the rumours are true. You’re some type on Demi-human,” Adi excimed upon seeing Draco’s features.

  “I would prefer to be called dragon-kin; the term ‘demi-human’ feels degrading,” Draco replied with a serious expression.

  “Oh, hehehe, sorry,” Adi hastily apologized.

  “Rex, I was just joking,” Draco said with a smile.

  “Oh, that was a joke,” Adi muttered, feeling a bit awkward.

  “By the way, is it true that you’re only twelve? You don’t look it,” Adi asked, ging the subject.

  “It’s true, but why are you curious about me?” Draquired.

  “I mean, you’ve beealk of the town for a few months now. Many are eager to learn anything they about you and your familia,” Adi expined.

  “I see. Then ask away. I will answer what I ,” Draco replied.

  “Really?” Adi asked, her excitement evident.

  “Hmmm,” Draco replied with a nod.

  The two versed on various topitil they reached their destination.

  Knock! Knock!

  Adi knocked on Shakuti’s office door to announce Draco's arrival.

  “Who is it?” a tired feminine voice called from behind the door.

  “Onee-, Draco is here,” Adi replied.

  “Hmm, let him in,” Shakuti responded.

  Upoering the office, Draco saw a beautiful woman with azure hair and eyes, though she appeared exhausted.

  her desk piled with paperwork, he uood her plight; the Ganesha familia wasn’t small, and their god hosted events year-round, leading to an overwhelming amount of paperwork.

  ‘It feels o be part of a smaller familia, with a reasonable goddess. I ’t imagine doing this all day,’ Draco thought.

  “o finally meet you, Draco. od has informed me about you,” Shakuti greeted, rising from her seat aending her hand.

  “o meet you too, Shakuti. You’re as beautiful as the rumours suggest,” Draplimented, shaking her haly.

  “Hey, are y to hit on my sister?” Adi interjected, jumpiween Drad her sister, finding their exge somewhat odd.

  “As much as I would love to, this is just formality,” Draco replied.

  Adi felt embarrassed for jumping to clusions and wao exit the room immediately.

  Shakuti smiled, pleased that her little sister defended her.

  “Adi, you leave; we have things to discuss,” Shakuti said, giving Adi a ce to escape.

  “Hmmm,” Adi nodded, quickly walking to the exit.

  “It was alking to you, Adi. Hopefully, we meet again at a more favourable time,” Draco said, genuinely pleased with their brief versation.

  He appreciated that Adi hadn’t asked him for a quick way to level up, a question he was sure many adventurers would have posed.

  “Sure, I would be gd to meet the siblings that yed so much about,” Adi replied without looking baot wanting Draco or her sister to see her embarrassed expression.

  Adi had expected Draco to be arrogant based on the rumours surrounding the Bahamut familia, but to her surprise, he was easygoing and enjoyable to talk to, even in their short iion.

  With Adi gone, Shakuti sat down and offered Draco a seat across from her.

  “So, I heard you wao discuss something about taming from Alise,” Shakuti begaing straight to the point.

  Draco didn’t mind this approach; he knew Shakuti was busy, and he appreciated her taking the time to meet with him.

  He then expined his situation with the firebirds, sharing only the necessary information.

  After he finished, Shakuti appeared ptive.

  “Hmm, this is my first time hearing of such a thing. Firebirds are very difficult moo find, much less tame, because of their rare spawn and magic,” Shakuti remarked.

  “Well, it was my first time trying and I was lucky; I too didn’t know it ossible to tame them,” Draco replied.

  “Are you sure you don’t have any taming skills?” Shakuti asked, her eyes narrowing on him.

  “I don’t; there’s no point in me lying about it,” Draco responded.

  Shakuti fell silent for a moment, p before tinuing.

  “If what you say is true, then I would like to iate some terms regarding the full method you used. Of course, I will assist you with your tamed monsters as well,” she said.

  “Is my method really that valuable? I have only tried it on three firebirds,” Draco asked, surprised.

  “I don’t know how valuable it is, but if it is replicable, it might y the foundation for a new school of taming,” Shakuti expined.

  Normally, one needed some kind of tamied skill or had to repeatedly beat a monster into submission, before teag it to obey.

  Draethod was simir, only slightly different; he mao make his tamed monsters accept another souragical energy—his own.

  While this might not seem signifit at first, Shakuti believed it could lead to something new.

  However, she remained skeptical, which was why she refrained from assigning any value to Draethod until useful results were produced.

  “Hmm, since we both ’t judge its value yet, how about waiting till my research is pleted. The only support that I need is a pce to safely take care of, and experiment on my tamed monsters” Draco suggested.

  “Sounds reasonable, let’s discuss the details of our cooperation” Shakuti replied.

  Within a few minutes, everything was decided and now Draco could take his tamed firebirds out of the dungeon.

  Keeping them with the Ganesha familia was just a temporary thing, until the Bahamut familia home would eventually be built.