"I want to merge with the Dragon King too!"
Lucifer looked at Xiao Longdou with tearful eyes.
He had taken on the little-boy form from his Little Demon King days, giving him something of an older-woman-killer appeal.
He whined and wheedled.
Xiao Longdou flatly refused. "No. I've reserved the last slot for the Mechanical Dragon that's still being designed."
As a hardcore technology enthusiast, she simply couldn't justify having anything but a mechanical creation as her final Eight-Branch Clone.
Lucifer was purely dark-type, but all the Eight-Branch Clones already possessed the dark-type attribute.
So turning Lucifer into an Eight-Branch Clone wouldn't accomplish much.
Raising him properly as an ordinary summoning beast would be enough.
Besides, Lucifer was male. There was no need for him to squeeze his way into Xiao Longdou's lineup.
She was a proud young Mother Dragon. What would having a male clone say about her?
Realizing it was impossible, Lucifer immediately hung his head.
Xiao Longdou said firmly, "Just be a good butler for me. I'll make sure you get your share of training."
"As long as I can stay by your side." Lucifer wiped away his tears and gazed affectionately at Xiao Longdou.
He looked utterly devoted, if rather pitiful.
He certainly made a loyal hound.
And come to think of it, once the other three Dark Dragon Heavenly Kings became Eight-Branch Clones, they would count as his masters too.
With so many masters all to himself, wasn't he getting a pretty good deal?
"Little Luci, we're your masters now too. Remember to call me your young mistress when you see me."
Aisa proudly lifted her graceful neck, the little snakes on her head baring their fangs at Lucifer.
Compared with her fawning behavior toward Xiao Longdou, she seemed like an entirely different person.
As the