116 They Shall be My Mates

[Richter's POV]

I don't know why these bunch of kids are pointing at me, there is even Millicas smirking as he joins the bunch.

"S-Sanah?" Layla said, her voice was that of a confused lady as she began turning around.

"M-M-Mistress, behind you..." The other lady in the room pointed at me and quivered as well.

"Mast-! *cough!* b-brother-in-law, you're back!" She gasped and hugged us both Grayfia and me for several seconds, the kids began whispering and some of them looked at me in fear, what exactly were they told about me? moreover... I'm not even in my hybrid form, did the golden clothes give us away?

"Where are we, Layla?" I inquired.

"This is a school, Richter-sama" Grayfia looked around, identifying the place right off the bat.

"This is Millicas' school in the Gremory Territory, I was giving a speech... I'm sorry Sanah but this is important" Layla grasped both of our hands and addressed the other lady in the room apologetically.

"Please take your time, Lady Layla, a-also..." the lady regarded me... unlike the kids whose gazes contained a degree of fright but also curiosity, hers was plain fear.

"This is my brother-in-law and my big sister, please don't mind us, I'll be back in a few minutes boys, don't be naughty. C-Come with me!" Layla pulled us both out of the room, I'm still confused as to what this place is, what is a school? like an academy of sorts? where are the training doomies and all that nonsense humans have?

Layla took us both outside and set up a barrier around us.

"Where have you two been?! I have been looking everywhere!" Layla jumped on me and hugged me tightly, it seems she was really worried.

"I don't know, everything is fussy... are you busy?"

"It is Millicas' class, master... how about you return to the Lucifuge Clan and I will catch up? mother was worried too, she sent the Nephilims all over the underworld to look for you after you departed with big sister" After releasing me and checking me up she did the same to Grayfia and sighed in relief.

"Very well, I'll be waiting for you, Layla..." I spoke neutral words, but the moment she heard that it was as if something changed on her, did I say something wrong?

She kissed me and smiled, "I will be there, master~"

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Returning to the Lucifuge Clan, Fia's reaction was much the same, except that she tried to tackle the two of us.

"Y-You! don't just go disappearing like that! I-I thought... that you had left!" Fia cried as she embraced us both, maybe she thought we returned to Helius without saying a word.

"Calm down, we were... somewhere, it was some sort of red planet..."

"Let me recall the girls, they have been looking nonstop, please go to the kitchen, dinner should be about ready" she took out some sort of device and spoke to it, presumably speaking to Morrighan as she departed.

When I entered the kitchen a lot of servants, girls and boys alike threw themselves at us... to think they already became this attached.

"Are you alright big brother?! injured anywhere?!" Tanya began touching me around to see if I had any injuries.

"No, I'm- wait, where are you touching?" This naughty servant...

"I'm just making sure... and you, big sister?" Tanya giggled and did the same checkup for Grayfia but I know hers isn't that 'deep' compared to mine.

"Don't take advantage of the situation, lass!" Grayfia grasped the girl and hugged her tightly, she smiled and looked at us in measurement.

"Take a seat, if we had known we'd have prepared shrimps, Richter-sama... do you want some?"

"Don't mind me, just serve us whatever you have, we're waiting for Fia and Layla".

Several hours passed in which I explained everything to Fia, Layla then arrived through a magic circle and dinner started for all of us.

"That's how it is... so that god was a fellow called 'Shiva'? I just know that at that moment I sensed something similar to Crush's Godhood, my instincts told me to erase him and take vengeance, that's all I know... as for that female dragoness, I possibly didn't want to kill her so instead I choose to leave before my instincts reigned over. It was all fussy, I only know my mind was hurting a lot at that moment".

"Do you know the cause, Richter-sama?"

"It was likely a backlash... trying to use my powers to widen the amount of faith I'm getting from Helius; hoping that way I can pinpoint its location in the multiverse z-axis... it didn't go as I planned".

"You fought against Great Red, Shiva, Thor and The White Dragon Emperor. D-Dear, I just don't know how to address you anymore", Fia's lips quivered as she fidgeted, it was undeniable for her psyche to be shocked each time with every single one of his displays, but... this last one was beyond shaking.

"Don't mistake it, that female dragoness was ridiculously strong... her nothingness was not a hatchling's play, if not for my golden scales and faith, she'd be a devastating opponent to fight against. The reason I managed to defeat her so quickly was that she had no qualms about engaging in a physical and biting contest with me... unaware of the difference between us in that department, she won't repeat the same mistake again. In reality, if she desires to flee, I can't catch her... but she also can't destroy my scales with her nothingness... the next fight between us aside from being meaningless, is likely to be a stalemate" I confessed, placing all cards on the table.

The Apocalypse Dragon, Great Red; is no doubt the fiercest Dragon I have faced beneath the primordials, if she became a primordial with the abstract concept of Nothingness, how fearful she would be... I'm surprised that such a powerful dragon can live in this small universe. It makes me wonder if the Ouroboros Dragon, Ophis, is also that strong.

The next time we meet, let alone fight her... I'm more inclined to thoroughly make her my submissive mate... a powerful dragoness like her should be more than capable of holding my seed and giving birth to my powerful hatchlings~

That kid would inherit my furious flames and also, Great Red's nothingness.

As I thought about those two dragoness -black and red- I couldn't help but smirk while eating this appetizer; it seems coming to this universe wasn't a waste of time.

Taking Grayfia's hand into mine, surprising her, we continued our evening and planned our next move.