138 Nyx's Ploy

[Richter's POV]

I had been sleeping, not because the whole war bored me but because... I was just sleepy from the beginning, but Grayfia and Layla were stubborn and wanted to come here to play war with these kids. Then I decided to just lay down with Fia but my shameless 'mother-in-law' pushed me away with a deep kiss, telling me to 'take responsibility'.

What exactly am I taking responsibility for?

Yawning I opened my eyes with crossed arms to find a beautiful and busty raven-haired girl, looking at me with curiosity. I immediately tilted my eyebrows and my senses found her fighting Grayfia still on the other side of this darkness wall.

She can create many bodies? no... I could see her silhouette seemed to be formed by darkness, this is an illusory body.

"You woke me up," I told her with reproach, there is hardly anything that can wake me up when I'm in deep sleep, only emanations of a strong aura could do so which is exactly what's happening in this war but battlefields had already moved away, moreover... that fellow, Hades was his name... he had the strongest aura here, but since he's no more...

Guess there are no excuses to make, I just fell asleep while floating.

"I'm sorry, Lord Golden Dragon; just wanted to have a few words with you, if that's not much of a bother" The lady or girl? bowed politely... her chest swayed inside the dress that she wore and a bright beautiful smile never left her lips at all times. Yet another lady trying to court me.

Thing is, she has the capital... I had already decided that only those stronger than Grayfia would be allowed to join my peerage... her strength is the lowest limit I'm willing to accept. So far I thought only Great Red and Ophis met this standard but there is also this goddess.

Sadly, she's using borrowed strength.

"Just call me Richter..." I told her neutrally, she earned herself this much.

"Did my strength earn that? or was it my experience?" The primordial beauty smirked, coming closer to me. I analysed her body and there is no primal spark, which means that she's not primordial by Helius standards, but her divinity is way deeper than other gods, such as even that skeleton Hades himself. That same can be said about those other fellows, Tartarus and Erebus.

"Experience... Primordial Goddess of the Night, huh?"

"Yes, I stopped counting my age after the fifty thousandths~" She giggled. So she's half my age. For a goddess belonging to this pitiful universe, she's quite powerful. Her authority is 'Night' which has two lower authorities of 'Moon' and 'Darkness'.

Those shouldn't be authorities that produce a great deal of faith, yet she's this strong... I'd have to see how strong she is without Ophis' assistance to accurately gauge her.

"So, what do you want?" I asked her, going straight to the point... I'm sure she's not here just for a nice chat.

Nyx smirked and began floating around me, looking me up and down and earning herself my frown.

"I heard from Aphrodite that you gave her a good time... the best time of her life. For a slutty goddess like her... that's a lot to say, is this true?"

"That is her opinion..."

"I know that right now as we slaughter each other in the name of this war, she's shamelessly plundering treasures just so she can spend another night with you, isn't she cute?~ I wonder what you must have done to her to make her this deranged and obsessed with you..."

"I just regarded my pet for her offerings, not much..."

My answer brought a burst of loud laughter out of the Goddess, I gave her a neutral gaze; that's exactly what I did... in the past three months, I promised that I'd visit Aphrodite and if she gave me a good enough offering, I'd allow her to do whatever she wanted. She surprised me with the whole treasury belonging to the Lucifer and Gremory households, together with everything she possessed.

I promised her and I abided by my word, for a whole day I fucked Aphrodite and allowed her to use my cock however she wanted... by the end of it, I don't know if she was a goddess anymore, or if she transformed into my cute pet completely... she went as far as to promise me that in the next two months, she'd give me something that would radically change the way I saw her.

I'm looking forward to it.

"Your pet, huh?~ what if I say I want the same, Richter-sama... I want the same treatment~ I want to be your little slutty pet"

Nyx licked her lips and refrained from touching me directly, after a little reluctance, she placed her hand on my chest, gauging my reaction... l didn't mind, but...

"No..." I answered drily, Aphrodite was the exception, not the rule... for one I can tell Aphrodite is driven by nothing short of her own sheer desire for lust and her divinities... that woman wants to fuck me every day... because it brings her pleasure. She doesn't care about the status I can give her, my powerful seed, the prospect of a marginally strong offspring... she doesn't care about anything at all.

That woman just wants cock and pleasure, no more, no less. The pleasure she can give is not something I have ever experienced with anyone. In my hundred thousand years... I never met anyone so rawly sinful and lustful; she doesn't even have qualms about destroying the world, causing wars... so long as she can get enough treasures to curry my favours and fuck me. That behaviour... interests me. Although she's far from being someone I can love like Grayfia or even Layla.... she's someone I don't mind keeping as my belonging.

As for this Nyx, I can see her intentions before she even tries anything, she's just like the rest... desiring my power for her own purposes. She will allow me to do anything I want with her, in exchange for something... those goddesses never end up understanding that I can get whatever I want; without having to pay anything in exchange.

"Come on, don't shut me down so fast... I have something to offer" She pouted and suggested to me.

"Hmn?" I looked at her, curious... anything that a goddess says she can offer is something I would be interested in.

"I can give you the peak of relaxation a dragon can experience, Richter-sama... with me... you will sleep as no one else has... I can't give you the sex that Aphrodite can, but... I can give you the best sleep, for a dragon like you, that must surely interest you quite a bit, right?~" She asked with a giggle.

It does... it does interest me. Mating and slumbering are my two favourite activities... the third would be eating shrimp and cherries which has stepped over my desire to plunder treasures.

"Are you telling me this in the middle of a war? how amusing... and how exactly can you do that?"

"That is my secret, but... if you're okay with having me at your castle in the future to show you, then... I'd be up for that" Nyx fidgeted with a smile, slanting a sigh from me as I relaxed my arms.

"And what do you want in exchange?"

"Nothing... I just want to get to know you better... is that bad?~"

She smells like countless scams and swindling.

"... there is nothing more treacherous than a goddess that wants 'nothing' in exchange for something".

"I know right?~ in any case, can I be your Lucifuge Castle's guest next time? I will come along with someone else..."

"Very well, I'm sure Fia and her entourage will entertain you properly when the time comes".

"Don't worry, Richter-sama, I assure you that we will be entertained~"

After saying that her body disappeared and I saw her fight with Grayfia increase in magnitude until only darkness was visible as far as I could see with my eyes, she had engulfed the whole underworld in darkness, Grayfia's Golden Ice struggled to keep up but I could tell my maid was not fated to either win or lose this fight.

An infinite aura is emanating from Nyx which means the black dragonesses are assisting her somehow. I witnessed how after delivering a blow to Grayfia, my maid shot through the skies like a missile but instead of chasing after her, Nyx turned heels and flew towards the south where the other battlefield was located.

I followed her with my gaze and sighed, snapping my fingers, Grayfia appeared in my arms.

!!!

"M-Master?!"

"You lost this fight, Grayfia".

"..."

Me telling her this immediately made her downcast, my maid placed her hand on my shoulder and sighed.

"I'm sorry, I have disappointed you..."

There she goes again, this maid of mine. I don't feel prideful, but I don't feel disappointed either... just watching her fight I know Grayfia is far from dominating her powers just yet.

"You haven't... that woman is strong on her own; let alone after obtaining power from Ophis who is not someone you're able to fight at the moment... we will continue training; I want you to be as strong as Ophis and Great Red by the time we leave".

I didn't judge her, I didn't question her or feel disappointed... I just settled the marks; by the time we manage to leave this world, I want her to be as strong as those two.

Grayfia nodded and took my chin, planting a kiss on my mouth; with a lazy flight I took us both away from the underworld and back to our castle currently floating in the Earth; the underworld should be able to protect itself by now... Grayfia is not needed... as for Layla... she's going through her own business.

She will come back once she's finished.