Chapter 4

I was afraid, the familiar that had just been evoked looked similar to the old dragon, except it was yellow in colour. It only made sense right? The birdbrain said that you could only enter this place if you had a former familiar of Lucifer with you. This girl must also have one in addition to the birdbrain himself, who she gained after coming here. Although her familiar looked a little like old man Bahamut, it had more of a feminine and elegant disposition, I could also tell that it hadn’t fully materialised, maybe the girl wasn’t able to draw out it’s full form yet?

I got to my feet and started making a run for it. The second I did however, the girl dashed passed me, swept my leg and aimed her sword at my throat. If I hadn’t been the victim of this I’d be really impressed. Just when I thought about waking Shiko and bringing her out to make it a proper clash of steel, the old man laughed.

“Wahahahahahahaha, if it isn’t little Tiamat, You’ve grown so much, your big bro is really happy to see you...we should really catch up, it seems we both went ahead and got new masters too, we have a lot to discuss…”

“Tiamat-san, who is this person that you are speaking too? This guy hasn’t evoked a familiar, so I can’t see him and what’s with the whole brother thing?”

“A-Alessia-chan, he’s...h-he’s *sob*”

Oi oi, just what the hell have you not been telling me old man? I attempted to evoke Bahamut but he was giving it his all to not come out in shadow form, I finally managed to force him to materialise but it took a lot more demonic energy than it should have...

“I-it is you Nii-san *sob*”

“Wahahahahaha...r-run foolish boy.”

“Would you just tell us what’s going on old man!”

“N-Nii-san! *sob*”

The girl’s familiar leapt at the old man and nestled her head in his chest. As bizare of a sight as it was for something like this to happen, I put it aside for the moment, sat down and waited for the old man to explain what the hell was going on. The girl’s familiar embraced Bahamut and was squeezing him very tight, it got to the point where he appeared to be in pain and I was getting haptic feedback.

“N-nii-san, Tia was looking for you everywhere yknow? Tia went all over the human world and Hell to find you yknow?”

The pressure of the hold got stronger and I could feel my right arm, where the old dragon resides, go numb.

“Waha, I-is that right, big bro got a little sidetracked, then I ran into this foolish boy and became his familiar, by the time things got back to normal, I couldn’t find where this place was. Remember, big bro has never actually been here before, wahaha…”

She finally let go of him and we both breathed a sigh of relief. She proceeded to shake her head cutely…”

“No, no, it’s OK Nii-san, it’s thanks to you leaving and me going to look for you that I made friends with Alessia-chan, she’s really nice to me and let’s me have all the demonic energy that I can eat. Plus, now that you’re back, we can be together forever!”

The girl’s familiar proceeded to embrace Bahamut again and this time my arm was throbbing, I need to get some level of control over the situation so I decided to intervene.

“W-what? You didn’t tell me that you had such a cute little sister old man?”

“Eh? Oh, you must be my nii-san’s new master, I-I am…”

“Lady of the Eastern Skies, the Imperial Yellow Dragon Queen of Destruction, Tiamat.”

The girl went ahead and gave her own familiar’s title. If it weren’t for knowing old man Bahamut’s full title, I’d have scoffed in disbelief. It seems the girl was able to take control of the situation better than I could. Tiamat returned to her as soon as the girl said her name and the old man and I breathed another sigh of relief.

“I had my suspicions, but I never thought that you’d have a Dragon Monarch as a familiar as well. When you came to this oasis, I thought you had a different one of Lord Lucifer’s familiars with you. I suppose it does make sense though…”

“What makes sense?”

“Nothing.”

“R-right, well now that we’ve finally managed to return to some level of normality, I think it’d be best if we fully introduce our…”

“I already know who you are.”

“Yes, yes, but I have no idea who you are?”

“Oh, I am Alessia B...Alessia, you’ve already met my familiar Feng and I suppose you know who Tiamat-san is now.”

“Y-yeah, well despite you somehow knowing who I am, I’ll introduce myself anyways. I am Kuro, this is old man Bahamut, I also have another familiar but she is sleeping and I’d rather not wake her…”

“OK”

“...”

“...”

This is getting awkward, she’s just staring at me with the same expression she’s been showing since I first happened upon her in this oasis.

“S-so, d-do you come here often?”

“No, I only came to get another familiar, I had difficulty finding one elsewhere due to Tiamat-san’s presence.”

“R-right, the old man didn’t tell me till after I was on my way here, that it was impossible to get a normal familiar with a Dragon Monarch as your main one.”

“OK.”

“...”

“...”

What is up with this girl? I’d rather be talking to Sitri than her right now, I think I’ve finally lost it…

“W-well, it was nice meeting you all, I think I’ll be on my way now, hope you enjoy your meal.”

“Wahahahaha, well said foolish boy, let us be off!”

“N-nii-san, you...you’re gonna leave again!?”

Just then the atmosphere changed, it was like an earthquake was coming and sure enough, Tiamat began sobbing uncontrollably and the ground really was shaking. Well I suppose I know where she gets her name from…

“M-maybe we’ll stick around for a little bit longer.”

“Wa-hahahahaha, well said foolish boy…”

I plonked back down next to the water and Tiamat calmed down. Alessia went back to preparing her meal, does nothing faze this girl? Tiamat was approaching the old man with teary eyes. I winced on reflex and braced myself for what was about to come,

Seir, Alice, Shiro, how the hell am I gonna to get out of here…