Comfort

[Richter's POV]

Without realising I fell asleep with Fia in my arms inside the sauna, she woke up first to see that it was already midnight; she kissed me awake and led the two of us outside... towards her bedroom where we slept some more until dinner was ready, this time together with Grayfia.

"Mother, aren't you getting too comfortable?"

"I am dear, your hubby is so warm and soft~ surely you don't mind sharing him for a bit?~"

Fia gave me a kiss in front of Grayfia, and by now the latter only rolled her eyes, it is not as if she didn't expect this, what surprises me the most is that she thinks me getting on with her sister is weirder than doing the same with her mother.

I mean, they're both weird... but what can I say? devils. Whoever created them must be sin incarnate.

Both of them took me downstairs hand in hand to the main hall where the servants usually had their food away from guests, Fia had a bigger and more royal hall upstairs, but she spent most of her time there.

We all had dinner together, but this time they didn't prepare shrimp for me.

"Richter-sama... if you have shrimps all the time, even if you like them, you're going to grow tired of them, don't worry, from now on we will schedule the perfect diet for you~"

"Okay, but... from now on?"

"Yes, you're staying with us for a long time, right?~" Morrighan placed a delicious plate in front of me, a big crab with surrounded in paella, it smelled exquisite as if tempting me.

"Ah..." my lack of response brought the delightful buffet to an abrupt stop.

'Is it okay for me to indulge in this much pleasure and peace?' I wondered, looking towards this delicious plate, food that I had never tasted before, feelings I never knew.

Fia and Grayfia were beside me, their gazes seemed to be telling me 'say yes!'.

When was the last time I stopped to enjoy myself like this…? I'd usually enjoy myself by merely slumbering in my cave but this is… better.

"You shouldn't ask questions like that, Morrighan, it is going to trouble master..."

"I'm sorry, it is just..." Morrighan looked between me and Fia and then Grayfia, she seemed to be thinking that due to my relationship with the three ladies of the Lucifuge Clan, it was almost impossible for me to leave at this stage.

But she's wrong, instead... the feeling of wanting to return to Helius is there, and the question I ask myself is... should I just take this castle along with me? or I could go further... I could bring this whole universe to Helius. With my control of space, it won't be an easy task, but with Ether's assistance, perhaps...

My mind was flooded with thoughts as we had dinner, the mood somehow got back into its cheerful manner due to Tanya playing her instruments as usual. But the same couldn't be said for Grayfia and Fia who had been throwing me sidelong glances the whole time.

I don't desire to leave them, these cute Nephilim, Angel, Devils and Fallen angel servant girls, these delicious plates, music and myriad aromatics... the pleasure every single morning, afternoon and evening. Exchange that for what? to go back to a gold cave to sleep for ten thousand years until there were treasures to plunder?

The more I thought about it, the more sense it made.

We finished dinner and the servants said their farewells for the first day, leaving only the Nephilim ladies, Fia and Grayfia with me.

"Master, here, have this… it was sent by Layla" Grayfia gave me a device; the look itself already gained my attention. It was some sort of slim golden square with a black screen and several precious gems behind it. I looked at her with confusion but took it nonetheless, she was smiling.

*Ring!*

This weird thing began making a sound and when everyone saw my confused gaze they all smirked, making me frown, what's so funny?!

"He's such a country bumpkin~" Albedo smirked followed by Morrighan while both Benneth and Annette resisted the urge to laugh.

"That's a smartphone, Richter-sama it is a device that allows you to communicate with anyone in the underworld or the earth, it doesn't matter where they are, as long as they have another one of these and you have them registered, you can speak to them," Morrighan explained to me as even Grayfia didn't know what this thing was.

Her words didn't solve any of my confusion, how is that supposed to work? I never heard of such magic.

"Here, someone is calling you~ when that happens, press this button and put the phone against your ear" She continued explaining to me.

I did as she said and heard someone else's voice on the other side, it was Layla.

"Master?"

"Layla?"

"It's nice to hear your voice~ do you like the phone I fetched for you, master?" She spoke alluringly, rendering me to pay attention to the device once more, so she made it for me taking my desires for treasures into account, I have been carrying the hand watch and collar that they gave me, and now this?

If they want to get themselves an evening of spoiling, they're achieving it.

"Yes, I like it Layla~"

There was a big silence coming from the phone as if Layla didn't hear my words properly, what she doesn't know is that I have my senses all over her.

She's currently in some sort of red-coloured mansion, sitting in a room screaming like a little girl, blushing.

'He liked it!'

She had the phone covered by her hand. The beautiful maid then regained her composure coughed and uncovered the phone.

"I bought it because I wanted to hear your voice, master… even from the distance" Her words made the girls all around me giggle; I decided to disclose it for her.

'If you wanted to do that, I could have just done this'. I sent a message straight into her mind.

!!!!

"Master, this far!?" Her frantic voice resounded from the phone, confusing everyone.

"Your hair now has Primordial Gold strands, no matter how far you're away from me, I can still sense you, Layla… let alone my senses can cover the whole underworld, do you think I'd let you go without properly checking you up?"

"Master… y-you have been seeing me this whole time? e-even a minute ago?" her voice was filled with apprehension.

"Yes~"

"..." Silence answered us all but once again, I felt her kneel down in embarrassment, 'master, don't look at me!'

What a silly girl, I like her.

"Does that mean you can know what's happening at all times, everywhere…?" Morrighan frowned profusely, this is something that only Grayfia knew until now, I don't mind disclosing it.

"I can't… I can know what's happening anywhere my senses are; so long as I focus on it. In the case of gold, it is different, I can know everything about all the gold in this universe at all times, which means I know what Grayfia and Layla are doing at all times since they have primordial gold ingrained in their bodies, there are also a lot of gods that wear golden garments, I can know everything they're doing".

"I-Interesting" The Nephilims seemed to take note of that.

"A-Anyway, I have to go now, master… Millicas is going to begin school in the underworld soon, but I'll go and visit you often... when you least expect me~" Layla recovered from her embarrassment

"You don't need to worry, I have you in my sight at all times, Layla~"

"A-Are you wearing it?"

"The collar? I am, why?"

"N-No reason, see you, master… I love you!"

Right after shouting that, Layla hung up the call making everyone laugh at her from the other side, no wonder she hung up, from here I can see her cursing at them.

"It was already about time Lady Layla found some happiness~" Tanya said while all the servants looked at their big brother with a suggestive glance, they all heard Layla and Grayfia's moans that morning, it must have been difficult to sleep~