Chapter 226 45: Return

Raven awakened in the course of the afternoon and felt superb—like he’d had a full evening’s sleep and fully recovered.

He was alone within the mattress, however the scent of a number of females lingered on the sheets, which had been twisted round his physique in such a approach that it appeared like that they had wrapped him up and tucked him in. He laughed on the thought and stretched, then acquired dressed and walked downstairs to the principle stage.

The kitchen was fairly empty as a lot of the workers and servants had been patrolling or cleansing the citadel presently, and it appeared like his knights had been gone.

Juniper was nonetheless skittering above him, although, like all the time, that lady by no means left his facet for too lengthy.

*Clack*

Raven opened his telephone and commenced to kind a number of numbers earlier than making a name as he walked in the direction of the exit with a relaxed face.

“Juniper, you possibly can spend a while with your mates on the mansion. I’m going to spend the afternoon with Philis, Emily and Miriam.”

“….”

She did not reply, however her arachne legs tapped the ceiling earlier than skittering in the direction of her little den above his throne, seeming to be pleased to fulfill with Delia and Dianne, who had turn into fairly near her previously few months.

‘I assume as a result of one has been her buddy for years and the opposite has a centaur physique, she feels snug with them. Though Juniper appears to deal with Miriam like her mom, which is cute.’

Considering on it now, it is in all probability due to him mentioning her title that she determined to have enjoyable; Juniper was a cute lady like that. Generally, as Raven left the dungeon, the conventional world greeted him, the soiled scent of petrol that had a unusually addictive scent.

They had been honking automobiles and complaining drivers making an attempt to get to lunch reservations earlier than their dinner hour ended. It was the life he led earlier than changing into a manticore or assembly Lilith.

“Hey, Honey, is that you just?”

A lady’s tender voice sounded from the telephone; if folks knew the proprietor of this voice could possibly be so candy and delicate, they is perhaps shocked.

“Lilith, I missed you. I am coming residence.”

“Oh! Okay, come shortly; I have been ready for you.”

Her cheerful tone made Raven chuckle earlier than hanging up and strolling in the direction of his spare automobile that was stored within the VIP car parking zone only a few metres from his dungeon; it was a easy black government automobile with a shiny shine and silver trims.

Most individuals would die to personal this automobile, however to Raven, it was merely his low-key automobile and the most affordable within the mansion’s storage.

Beginning the engine, Raven drove off whereas having fun with the surroundings; though he may fly again to the mansion in seconds, what is the level? There was no rush to see Lilith and Miriam once more, so why not benefit from the wind towards his pores and skin as he drove?

He did quite a bit previously two days and realised that though energy was nice.

There was nothing that in comparison with the ladies he liked, so he determined to take a while to be with them and revel in life as a husband and father.

Lately, Emily, Nene and Philis had been talking about holding a giant ceremony, which made Raven excited… However he wasn’t certain whether or not to depart it till he saved his mother and father or not.

‘In the event that they need to marry, then I’ll. It isn’t like I lack girls; perhaps marrying some later when my mother and father are free will not be so unhealthy too…’

His ideas continued as he drove into the mansion’s storage after passing the safety checkpoint with a smile on his face.

Contained in the storage, Lilith and Miriam had been ready whereas guffawing and waving at him, with Philis standing behind them, sporting an apron and carrying a spatula.

It was uncommon for these girls to be within the kitchen, so his intestine was already feeling sore imagining the horrors they cooked up, ruining Mirima’s scrumptious meals.

“Honey~ welcome residence.”

“Darling, I missed you.”

“Raven, you look much more dashing…”

Miriam’s final phrases and her slight blush prompted him to smirk; this lady was so good at getting his consideration and focus.

Strolling over whereas laughing, Raven kissed Lilith and Miriam earlier than giving Philis a passionate kiss, inflicting her cheeks to blush and her eyes to lose focus.

Though he spent the lifetime of a dread lord and hero to his knights yesterday, there was nothing higher than greeting your girls after a day aside.

“So, girls, what do you propose to make me eat right now? If it is horrible, I’ll spank all of you.”

Raven requested with fun as he adopted them inside; he loved Miriam’s cooking and Lilith’s truffles, so no matter they made would not be unhealthy.

Philis was a special story; Raven liked her magnificence, humour and lovemaking expertise, however this lady was worse than Emily and Nene when it got here to cooking.

Philis appeared to know Raven was considering negatively as a result of her expression turned bitter, and he or she pouted whereas following them inside.

“Raven, my cooking is not that unhealthy anymore; Miriam taught me a recipe for pancakes and confirmed me the best way to make batter appropriately with out burning the home down.”

Philis proudly stated whereas puffing her chest out. Raven remembered the catastrophe she made months in the past and shivered in horror.

“Okay, properly, let’s hope it tastes good. If not, I will punish you by benefiting from you tonight.”

Raven teased whereas smacking Philis’ plump buttocks, inflicting her to leap earlier than blushing and working forward, wanting embarrassed.

“Let’s go eat.”

“Yeah, honey, we ready plenty of stuff, so let’s eat first and chat later.”

As they approached the eating room, Sasha and Armina joined each of them, hugging him tight and biting his neck to take pleasure in a fast style of his recent blood, which Raven loved as a lot as they did.

lightsnοvεl.cοm “Mhmm, hubby, you scent so good.”

Armina whispered with a seductive face whereas biting his earlobe; her actions prompted Miriam to cough, Lilith to glare, Philis to pout, and Sasha to sigh.

She was shameless, however Raven favored that a part of her, so he allowed her to tease him extra earlier than coming into the eating room, the place Emily, Nene, Delia and Dianne waited for him.

“Oh? It is nearly a full home if solely my little Zestria and Valeria had been right here.” Raven muttered as all of them sat down, his lap occupied by Nene whereas the massive group loved a big lunch; it appeared that after he contacted Philis, your complete group was knowledgeable.

“Haha, Valeria is at present taking on Zestria’s work because the enforcer’s chief whereas Zestria is coaching along with her mom,” Nene replied whereas feeding Raven with a vibrant face; though it was a bit of embarrassing, he did not thoughts enjoying alongside.

“Coaching? Is she planning to hunt people or one thing?” Raven requested curiously; though he hadn’t met Zestria shortly, he wished to ask how she was doing.

Nene shook her head whereas persevering with to feed him, ignoring the others, who glared at her with jealousy.

“There may be a variety of hazard on the earth; quickly, it looks like this peaceable time may finish if we sit round doing nothing. We are going to lose every thing.”

Nene muttered with a severe face whereas staring into Raven’s eyes; her gaze was deep and mysterious, displaying many feelings that he could not perceive.

“Nene, I’ll defend everybody. You needn’t fear.” Raven confidently stated whereas kissing her; his phrases prompted Nene to hug him tight whereas smiling earlier than returning to feeding him.

“We all know; that is why we’re making ready ourselves, so if one thing occurs, we aren’t sitting round and ready so that you can save us. We are able to battle too!”

Emily added whereas wanting smug, her flowers and vines wrapping round Raven’s hand to consolation him.

Nene caught her tongue out in response; these two had been playful rivals together with mom and daughter since they turned entangled with Raven, all the time competing to be his favorite.

After consuming, Raven returned upstairs to relaxation; he loved spending time with everybody however wanted to unwind after every thing that occurred not too long ago.

He took a protracted scorching bathe earlier than resting within the bathtub whereas sipping wine and stress-free within the big front room, the place the women appeared to have organized who would meet him, as Philis, Delia, and Dianne entered the room together with his refill.

Delia walked behind Raven, massaging his shoulders and neck whereas Dianne fed him wine whereas guffawing.

Regardless of solely being one of many girls he slept with for cash, slowly, she was starting to fall deeply for him and tried to construct a relationship past simply intercourse, and the ladies round Raven had been serving to her.

Philis merely sat on his lap, hugging his waist and rubbing her face towards his chest whereas whispering cute issues that made him chuckle.n..o.-V/(e/-l))B-)1((n

Though Raven was sturdy, typically he loved moments like this, the place he may loosen up with out something occurring.

“Darling, did you battle?” Philis requested as her tender arms stroked his chest, noticing a number of deep scars that had been but to heal fully.

Raven did not discover, however it appeared the injuries from the beast lord did not heal so simply. Maybe it needed to do with the poison used or perhaps one thing else.

“Yeah,” Raven nodded as Delia massaged his shoulders. “I fought a very sturdy fowl.”

“A fowl?!” Everybody stated in shock, questioning why such a factor would occur.

Philis hugged Raven tougher, fearful about his security. Though she knew that he was sturdy, typically she could not assist however fear that he may get significantly harm sometime.

“Are you able to not battle?” Her phrases had been quiet, light like a tender breeze.

She knew it wasn’t an choice, however her coronary heart felt ache seeing him like this.

Everybody stopped what they had been doing upon listening to her phrases, taking a look at Raven and ready for his reply. They, too, felt the identical approach, even when they did not say it out loud.

Raven fell silent as Delia’s arms slowed down, Philis hugged him tighter, and Dianne checked out him with fear in her eyes. He then set free a protracted sigh earlier than kissing Philis’ brow and stroking her again.

“It’s my job, Philis. I am unable to cease preventing.”

“However I promise… I will not get harm anymore; I’ll battle smarter, so you do not fear. Okay?” He added, cupping her chin and gently making her lookup at him.

Philis fell silent for a second earlier than nodding, accepting his phrases and trusting him. She knew that Raven would not cease preventing it doesn’t matter what she stated, and he or she did not need to sound egocentric.

She understood how harmful his job was and knew that he could not cease preventing, however she nonetheless could not assist however fear.

Philis then kissed Raven passionately earlier than burying her head in his chest as soon as extra, whereas Raven’s arms gently stroked the hand of Dianne and kissed the cheek of Delia as a result of he knew they had been additionally fearful about him.

They spent the remainder of the evening quietly chatting and stress-free. Raven bathed with Philis whereas Dianne and Delia cleaned his garments.

Afterwards, everybody cuddled collectively in mattress earlier than falling asleep in one another’s arms, having fun with this peaceable second that evening they did not have intercourse.

For some purpose, it felt proper to only sleep collectively, all three our bodies warming one another, whereas Dianne rested her human type on his chest whereas the metal bars stored her horse physique protected from hurt.

‘I really feel so relaxed… That I fear what horrors and challenges the longer term brings…’