Chapter 12: Flying Castle

Mc's POV

[Flying Castle obtained]

[Flying Castle

Grade: Eternal

A castle created by the ancient builders who built heaven along with the biblical god.

Attacks or restrains any beings that posed as a threat to the owner.

Gives authority over the castle to beings recognized by the owner.

Cleans itself every week.

Recovers durability through absorption of mana.

50% Increased Concentration of Natural Energy and Mana inside the castle.

100% Increased Recovery Rate inside the castle.

5 Layer Barrier permanently erected to protect the castle.

Adamantine Barrier erected

Physical Damage Absorption Barrier erected

Magic Damage Absorption Barrier erected

Curse Nullification Barrier erected

Poison Nullification Barrier erected

Durability: 100,000,000/100,000,000]

"... So generous"

I muttered while looking at the barrage of notifications that echoed through my head as I laid down on the large king sized bed, unable to move due to being restrained by the girls around me.

"... I wish that they would all stop sleeping in my room"

I sighed before trying to use blink to get out of their grasp, but froze when I couldn't use any of my skills.

"What the... Mukuro"

"Wherefore has thee have called for muku's name?"

I heard a soft voice on my left side and saw Mukuro who just woke up while rubbing her left eye with her hand.

"Good morning, Mukuro-san, why did you seal my powers?"

I asked her while she stared at me in a daze from waking up.

"The others has told Muku to seal thy powers, so we can ensure thee wouldn't escape from us"

"... Can you unseal me?"

Mukuro nodded at me before summoning a key in her hands as she unsealed my powers, bringing back my ability to use my skills. I quickly used blink out of the bed while replacing myself with a large pillow before leaving them and Mukuro who went back to sleep.

I went towards the bathroom to brush my teeth before going downstairs.

"... Elmenhilde, what are you doing in my house?"

I asked the legal loli sitting down on the sofa in her pajamas while drinking a cup of coffee.

"Lucias-sama, good morning. I now live here with all of you with the permission from the lady of the house, Asia Argento"

"Asia agreed? How?"

"I-I... beg her for..."

She whispered under her breath making me unable to hear her last words. Since Asia agreed for her to live with us then I'll agree as well, it's not like she'll do any harm anyway since all of us are more powerful than her.

"..."

She muttered something but I couldn't hear as she kept stealing glances at me while her face blush red and her eyes were filled with desire.

"Where is Flandre?"

I asked her while looking around, Flandre was sleeping with us at first but due to my persistence, that wouldn't work on the other girls, I was able to convince her along with Yoshino, Tohka, and Valerie to sleep in another room.

"She is still asleep in her room along with Yoshino-sama"

Elmenhilde woke up from her thoughts as she quickly answered my question before proceeding to drink her coffee while being flustered.

"Relax, it's not like I'll eat you alive"

I told her before going into the kitchen to brew myself a cup of coffee while the others are still asleep.

I came back to the living room and sat across Elmenhilde who was staring at the wall in a daze.

"Elmenhilde?"

"Y-yes!?"

"... What happened with the Carmilla Faction after the war?"

I asked since we left early yesterday to sleep since Yami and Miku were extremely exhausted yesterday for draining their mana from using their skills in a long period of time.

"... After the war, the other noble families joined our side and pledge loyalty to the faction, the faction have now gained a stable footing as the leader of the vampires"

"So how about that guy... Uh... Vladi?"

"Oh, he was easily accepted into the factions after the test for his loyalty was conducted, right now I think he is searching for his son?"

"Son?"

"Yes, he had a son named Gasper Vladi that he left behind in the past due to his fear from seeing his form when he was born"

"So he left him behind but he wants to find him now? Why?"

"Well even though he feared his own son, the child is still his own blood, he regretted his decision from the past and wanted to redeem himself by finding his lost son and be a real father to him"

"...Then do you have any clues where he is?"

"None actually, that is why Lord Vladi requested that when you find his son please report it back to him. He is aware that his son despised him for abandoning him but even if that is the case Vladi said he still wanted to apologize to him even if he doesn't want to come back with him"

[New Voluntary Quest!]

[Voluntary Quest: Help Lord Vladi of the House of Vladi to find his lost son, Gasper Vladi.

Reward: 1,000 shop points

Limit: None

Failure: None]

"Alright, I'll be traveling to different countries anyway in the future"

I answered casually while taking a sip from my cup.

"Thank you, Lucias-sama it will truly be appreciated if you help out"

Elmenhilde slightly bowed before giving me a bright smile with a slight blush on her pale cheeks.

'What's with her sudden change in attitude?'

I thought before hearing footsteps coming from the staircase behind me.

"Morning, Everyone"

I greeted the girls who just came downstairs wearing their pajamas.

"Good morning" (Asia)

"Greeting: Good Morning" (Yuzuru)

"Morning" (Kaguya)

They all greeted me in response as Asia and Lily wore their apron and walked inside the kitchen while the other entered the bathroom.

"I see that you're planning on entering the underworld" (Nia)

"... Nothing really escape you, yeah after I set up our new residence, I'll travel to the underworld to check the area on the map I got"

I said before taking out a mid sized map from my inventory and showing to Nia who sat beside me.

"This area is quite near the familiar forest, and from the information I obtained, Tiamat, the chaos karma dragon, has woken up from her slumber, so it's kind of dangerous to venture out the familiar forest at this year"

"Don't worry, I will not directly enter her territory so I won't disturb her. I'll just go around it, it's not like she'll take interest to a human like me anyway"

"...That is true, but if you really do plan on going, I recommend bringing Lily or Kurumi with you, since with them you can escape easily"

"I'll bring Lily along with me since she can easily travel between realms"

"Good... uh... Lucias, I want to ask for something"

Nia started fidgeting while trying to avoid my gaze as she played with her fingers.

"What is it?"

"I-I want to buy my own drawing equipment... Can I?"

"Of course, I already gave you all a credit card, so buy anything that you want"

I gave her a thumbs up which caused her to smile brightly as she took out a black credit card from her pocket.

Well it's better if we spend the money that I got from grinding inside the instant dungeon than let it rot inside my inventory. It's not like we can actually spend everything since our current money is about 670 billion euro.

"Then I'll go now!"

She energetically shouted as she prepared to leave the mansion.

"Wait!"

I called out to her causing her to stop in her tracks as she turned her head and looked at me with a confused expression.

"You can buy it later, we'll move to a new house after we eat breakfast, so stay here, go with the other girls later to shop for everything that we'll need as we move to our new house"

"Alright"

Nia immediately answered before returning to her seat beside me while Ophis who have just returned, pounced on me as she stared at me with her empty eyes.

"Donut"

"... You can have one later, we're going to eat breakfast"

I said while patting her head.

"..."

Ophis didn't answer and just stared at me for a few seconds before properly sitting on my lap.

"Where did you go, Ophis?"

"I go, to meet, baka-red"

"Hmm... Have you made up with this person?"

"No, she said, she'll be, visiting us, in the, near future"

"... She?"

"Yes, for some, reason he, discarded her, male form, and transformed, into a, little girl"

"What?"

I asked while feeling confused from what Ophis told me. Disregard her male form? Does that mean that she has no definite gender?

I thought while looking at Ophis with a confused face while Nia by my side looks like she understood everything which didn't surprise me due to her angel.

"Nia, inform my stupid self about the explanation for her words"

"She means that the Dragon of Dreams, Great Red, has no definite gender, or in simple terms she was genderless but the beings of this world has recognized her as a male"

"Genderless..."

"Yes, even Ophis is genderless, according to the information I gathered, she took different forms in the past before she met us. She thought that she would be able to get close to you when she takes form of a little girl since you are 9 years old"

Nia explained as she quickly compiled all of the information she gathered through a simple paragraph.

Ophis who was sitting on my lap stared at my face without blinking while I stared back at her, looking at her deep black eyes which was filled with curiosity.

"..."

"Lucias, if you want to stare at someone stare at me"

A monotone voice stated before holding my head and forcefully turning it to face her.

"Origami... let go... of me"

I said as I felt my neck break from the force that she used to forcefully move my head facing her.

"..."

"I think you should let go, Origami, you'll break his neck if you don't stop"

Kotori who was sucking on a lollipop said as she tried to pull me away from Tobiichi.

"No" (Tobiichi)

"Let go" (Kotori)

Both of them stared at each other while both of them held my head in their arms.

"Can you please let go-"

I tried to plea but was cut off when I was pulled into a wormhole below me causing me to fall on Mukuro who was wearing a loose T-Shirt as a pajama.

"Thanks, Hoshimiya"

I sincerely thanked her as she hugged my body tightly in her embrace.

"No problem"

"Not fair, Hoshimiya-san, I want to hug my darling too"

Miku who just came out of the bathroom tried to pull me out Mukuro's embrace but was teleported away by Mukuro who used her wormhole to transport her back to the bathroom.

"Everyone, breakfast is ready!"

Asia called out from the kitchen, as both of them prepared the table in the dining room.

Asia called out from the kitchen, as both of them prepared the table in the dining room.

Mukuro didn't let go of me, and just carried me to the dining room as she made me sit on her lap as she sat down on her seat.

I suddenly felt something staring at me which caused a string of cold sweat ran down my back. I tried to look for the source and found most of the girls staring at us with a jealous expression as they sat down in their seats.

"..."

(Timeskip)

After breakfast, I told all of the girls about the reward that I obtained from my last quest and asked them to fly out of the mansion for a few minutes while I summon the flying castle.

I created 2 flame wings on my back using my flame magic and followed them outside of the mansion.

I quickly opened my inventory and chose the flying castle in my inventory that took almost all of the slots in my inventory space.

Suddenly bright light covered the entire place that caused most of us to cover our eyes from the amount of light in front of us.

[Flying Castle has been summoned]

[Flying Mansion detected]

[Would you like to synthesize both the Flying Mansion and the Flying Castle?]

I said confirm inside my head as I covered my eyes with my arm to block the bright light from my view.

Instantly the mansion disappeared as it broke down into pieces before entering the light produced by the castle.

Slowly the light instantly died down, revealing a large beautiful white castle on a small floating island.

(IMAGE)

Incredible" (Natsumi)

"Wow nya" (Kuroka)

"So this is our new house... how beautiful" (Lily)

"How pretty..." (Asia)

"Isn't this far too large for us to live in?" (Tobiichi)

"Well, yeah... but what I wanted from it is its defensive mechanism, so that I can ensure the safety of everyone"

I explained as we descended on the wide area beside the castle. The girls excitedly (except for Ophis who was being pulled inside by Asia) ran inside the castle leaving me, Kurumi, Kotori, and Tobiichi outside admiring the view of the clear blue sky as we sat down on the edge of the island.

[Cost of Flying Mansion: 800 Shop Points]

[800 Shop Points have been refunded]

[2 Hot spring bought]

[Advanced Training room bought]

[All refunded shop points have been spent]

"This place is great, Lucias, it's peaceful and gives a sense of tranquility, don't you agree, Origami?" (Kotori)

"Indeed" (Tobiichi)

"Um... Girls I want to talk about something"

"What?" (All 3)

"Can you all please sleep in your own rooms? The castle contains hundred of luxurious rooms and it's a waste if we don't use it"

"I don't want to" (Kurumi)

"No" (Tobiichi)

"How about no" (Kotori)

"..."

"Just give up Lucias, I doubt the others would agree with your suggestion" (Kotori)

I can never really win against them...

I sighed in defeat before laying down on the soft grass while observing the clear blue sky.

"Don't worry, Lucias, you'll slowly get used to it as time pass" (Kotori)

"..."

Kotori patted my shoulder before laying down beside me while Tobiichi directly sat on top of me.

"..."

I ignored her since I can't do much anyway to convince her to get off me, but outside of my expectations she started to grind her hips on top of mine while looking at me with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"...What are you doing, Origami?"

"You like it?" (Tobiichi)

"Honestly ye-"

I tried to answer her but I felt my waist from both sides getting pinched by the two girls beside me.

"... Ara, I never knew that you were that suicidal Lucias" (Kurumi)

"I thought I heard something weird coming from your mouth, can you repeat that again?" (Kotori)

"Nothing, I said nothing"

I hurriedly said as they both started emitting a strange dark aura around them.

Tobiichi who wasn't satisfied with my answer, directly placed her crotch above mine and started grinding her hip against mine.

"..."

"Kurumi help me pull her up"

Kotori asked Kurumi as she grabbed one of the arms of Lucias while Kurumi grabbed the other as they both started to pull her off of me.

"Fuck my life"

I muttered under my breath while ignoring the 2 figures who were bickering with each other while Kurumi watched them in amusement.