The Eternal Family

Harry and Verma sat on a small couch in Emma\'s room, just an inch away from each other.

both perfectly clothed.

Verma looked at Harry, who was gazing at the still-sleeping Emma with a pensive expression, and asked, "So, hubby, what are you going to do?" She was curious about his plans.

Although she had seen in the future that Harry would tame women like sheep and hold solid authority over them, those women rarely mattered to him.

However, Emma was different. She was his mother and one of the most important women in his life. She was a core part of his being!

Harry took a deep breath and lightly scratched his cheeks before saying, "I still have time to decide. I don\'t even know my current combat capabilities as of now, you know that?"

Verma blinked, confused, as she asked, "Why do you need combat power for this?"

"No, just saying... all around, I\'m a bit confused. Can you elaborate on the whole procedure of the love bond for me?"

Verma nodded and said, "The love bond is the bond of two souls using the energy of love between them. It connects their souls together and gives them a bunch of benefits. The deeper the love, the deeper the connection established. There are three types of love bonds.

The first is the Master-Servant bond, where one person is the master and the other is their servant. The servant is lost in love.

Then there is the second type, where both individuals have a connection of equality.

And finally, there is the third kind of love, where both are servants to each other. These people are the ones truly lost in each other.

In your previous life, you never entered into a bond contract with anyone else after Lilly and Emma. You even refused to bind one with me. Of course, I\'m not telling you this so that the you of this timeline does not bind or bind anyone. This is a warning: don\'t bind your soul with anyone unless absolutely necessary!"

Harry nodded and then asked again, "Can the bond be broken?"

"Yes."

"How?"

"The same way you are doing that exact thing now, just travel through time, and the bond will be broken. I don\'t know if there is an unbreakable bond out there, though."

"Mmm... That\'s an extreme level of dedication," muttered Harry as he looked at his hands. Then he asked, "So what are souls, and how does the binding work, I mean intrinsically?"

Verma chuckled in her mind and thought, \'His curiosity is the same anywhere...\'

And then she continued her explanation.

"Souls... They are an extremely alien concept to us fleshly beings. The low amounts of soul abilities out there are proof enough. Even my own knowledge stops at the fact that souls reside inside the heart, and all the souls have different colors... All else is a mystery to me.

But if you absorb a soul-type ability from somewhere, it should be of help in this regard.

And as for your question about how the bond is created, it\'s simple: it\'s through an old experiment called sorcery–"

"Sorcery?"

"Yes, sorcery. It\'s the thing used all around inside this castle. The art of dead souls, a forbidden knowledge. Sorcery is very simple. It\'s the way of killing a person and using the same method in which Born-Dragon abilities are stolen– Using an ability vessel – on that person\'s ability.

But taking away abilities is just impossible, so the person dies, in a sense, and instead of the ability getting stolen..." Closing her eyes, Verma focused and looked towards the hole below the door. Harry\'s gaze followed.

He could see two small creatures that looked like ants yet had solid muscles come in, and as they reached inside, Harry also saw a small ring in their hands.

Verma went closer and took the ring, then opened her eyes as the ants scurried away. "Those are Hearteater Ants," Verma explained. "They are strong enough to kill a fully fleshed human if they can catch them off guard. Each single one of them..."

But continuing my explanation, instead of the ability getting stolen, the vessel which was used to carry the draconic ability will, in this case, in an attempt to carry the innate ability, will become something like this." Saying that, she handed him the ring.

Looking closely, it was a ring made of marble, and at its center lay a pearl that looked like a love sign. "So what\'s this?" asked Harry, his tone filled with a thirst for knowledge.

The ring had a faint heat to it; it felt somewhat comfortable...

"That is a Gu!"

"Gu? Aren\'t those... hmm, the word for the living in some old language from Earth?"

"In Sumerian."

"Yes– No, how do you know that!?"

"Of course, Dumbo, you told me once!"

"In the future?"

"Where else?"

Nodding, Harry asked, "So what are these Gu? Do they have any link with the Sumerian and Earth or something?"

Verma explained, her voice tinged with a mix of fascination and caution, "These Gu are the result of the previously mentioned experiment in sorcery. It involves using the method of ability stealing, which is typically used on Born-Dragon abilities, on ordinary human innate abilities.

The outcome is this unique transformation of a living person into this ring."

"That means what you\'re holding in your hands is a person who is, in fact, still alive," Verma continued, her eyes filled with a mix of curiosity and disgust, alongside concern and fear. "This has been proven by another project that utilized a soul ability to see his life status.

The person within the Gu is alive, and their ability is also intact. However, the moment you use their ability once, the ring—the person—will die, and the ability can no longer be used. But, in return, you can harness that ability as if it were your own for once."

"That\'s just a waste. You could just ask him to do it for you!"

"Yes, but the thing that makes Gu unique is its aspect of creation!"

"Creation?"

"Yes, creation. The things created that use Gu remain the same for as long as possible!"

"For example?"

"For instance, I have wood manipulation, mm no, for instance, the Courtier Bardan, a future enemy of yours, has the ability of Rock Manipulation. He can manipulate rocks like a thread and turn them into any shape, even into sculptures! But how long can he keep it that way? Of course, only until he has stamina remaining. After that, puff, the rock turns to mud and assimilates into the surroundings!"

"There were such limitations?"

"Yes."

"What about the Gu then?"

"Hmm, if you use one to turn a rock into a sculpture, it becomes a sculpture at its core and will remain like that forever, like it was really sculpted.

Another solid example is our palace itself. It\'s made of hundreds of these Gus combined and used in creative ways, making it a fortress unseen by anybody before this in history!

Hundreds of thousands should have been killed to make all the bloodline detection and stuff like that work..."

"The Sumerians?"

"It\'s just a coincidence, no such mysterious connections here.."

Pausing, She suddenly blanked out and then asked "Wasn\'t our talk not related to all this...How do you always make me talk this much?"

"Hehe, don\'t care about that baby, So in all this complicated stuff, what do I have to do to use this \'Gu\' effectively?" Harry asked teasingly while he put his hands around her waist,

"It\'s simple, The Gu ability stored inside is [Love Connection] Connect two souls in love and bond them together, The \'in love\' part is important, you just have to make Emma love you enough for your preffered contract, and then use the Gu, to use it, just wear it and think of using it"

"Okay, So I have to make her fall for me?"

"Yes"

"Let\'s do that, and after it, you have to tell me about taking born dragon abilities from other\'s, that part is confusing to me..." Whispered Harry in her ear,

And Verma had little butterflies in her stomach...

Before she gave him a sweet smile and replied, "Sure, We will do it with practical experiment!"

"Even better!"

"But Harry...Don\'t you feel hurt or ashamed, somewhat sad in using someone\'s life?" Asked Verma, already knowing the answer...

Harry hardened his embrace over her waist and took her completely into his arms, Then asked, "Why should I?"

And that simple sentence conveyed a multitude of meanings.

Why should I concern myself with someone else\'s suffering if it leads me down the path I desire? To the goals I wish to achieve?

As long as they weren\'t the most important people in his life—Emma, Lilly, Verma, Eva, Anna (his yet-to-appear maid), and maybe his grandmother, despite her being his killer due to mind manipulation.

Everyone else held little significance for the mentally evolved Harry...

There were two reasons for this.

First, he didn\'t care for unknown individuals.

If there were benefits to be gained, perhaps he would care.

If not? Well, they might as well cease to exist, Just die if they wanted!

However, if it was merely a minor inconvenience, he wouldn\'t mind saving the woman he had once shared a bed with though...

Of course, this didn\'t mean he would allow the women he had once been intimate with and yet didn\'t care for to seek another man. Heh, once in his bed, always in his bed.

Of course, they had a chance to be one of his truly loved woman, each of them had, as long as they proved themselves...

Proved that they were worth his trust.