Cecil took out his MID from his pocket and tapped on the screen."h.e.l.lo?"
Eli"s voice came screaming out of his MID. He brought the MID away from his ears and Lucia s.n.a.t.c.hed it out of his hands.
"Eli~ you finally called us!"
"Lucia, is that you?"
"Yup!"
Hearing her friend"s voice, Eli began giggling in delight.
"Hihihi~ I almost forgot about this convenient function that Cecil put on all our MIDs."
"So, what"s up?"
Serilla got off of Cecil and moved next to Lucia and listened in on her conversation. Cecil was relieved that the 2 girls" attention was diverted from him. He felt an odd sense of loss, but he still stood up and walked over to a chair and continued reading his magic tome.
Lucia and Serilla were both listening to Eli and speaking to her. The girls were very animatedly talking back and forth with each other. Upon seeing this, Cecil couldn"t help but think back to the days on Earth.
When his mother or sisters were ever on their phones, they would talk on and on without end. He couldn"t understand how they were able to talk for so long with someone on the phone.
"I guess girls have the special ability to make small talk with their friends that could go on for hours, huh?"
Cecil shook his head and turned his attention back to his tome.
"Hahahaha~ the King said that? Really? And you replied like that?"
"Thank goodness, I thought I would have to share Cecil with you as well, Eli!"
"About him?"
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"Hihihi~ how"s it going with him anyways? Oh yeah, how"re everyone else?"
"You"re right! I"ll ask that question again when it"s a month or a year later!"
"She sure is! She"s right next to me and has been listening in on our conversation!"
"Okay~"
Lucia handed the MID over to Serilla and she took it. After a couple of words with Elizabeth, she finally heard her mother"s furious voice over the MID.
"NO WAY!"
"I"m not going home!"
"Nope! As long as my darling"s not coming back, I"m not going!"
"I gave up on that a long~ time ago!"
"Mom, couldn"t you tell?!"
When Serilla began yelling into the MID at the Sword Saintess, Lucia and Cecil were totally floored. They never expected this pair of mother and daughter would actually be so...headstrong. Well, to rudely put it, hot-tempered.
The two didn"t expect that Serilla actually had this side to her. What was even more surprising was her mother had the very same att.i.tude. Cecil and Lucia have never personally met the Sword Saintess, but from Elizabeth"s description of the woman, she was a calm, icy-cold and aloof woman.
She had a singular focus on the sword much like her daughter, but it turns out there was more to the person than what she let on to the people around her. And all of that was spilling out and unfolding in front of the two.
The Sword Saintess" loud voice was echoing strongly from the other side of the MID and Serilla was responding in kind with her own hot-tempered responses. It wasn"t the calm and cool exchange that Cecil and Lucia had expected.
"No way you old hag! AND! Cecil is NOT a womanizer!"
"I"d like to see you try!! And for your information, he did NOT seduce me! I fell in love with him and his sword! Through him I also saw my way forward and I can finally continue pursuing my way of the sword!"
When Cecil heard Serilla"s mother, the Sword Saintess, say she was going to stab him. He began to tremble, not from fear, but excitement.
"Ohohoho~ I"ll be fighting the Sword Saintess? I can"t wait!"
"Cel, I don"t think that"s something to be happy about...she"s your future mother-in-law y"know..."
This heated back and forth throwing of insults and arguments continued for over an hour before Serilla and her mother finally lost their breaths.
"...I did not think Serilla actually had this side to her..."
"Seri"s so cute~ right, Cel?"
"...sure..."
"Look! She"s been defending you from the start of her back and forth with her mother! She really, really loves you!"
"..."
"Come on Cel~ be happy a little, you have two future wives who love you so~ much!"
"...All I can see is a future full of headaches with you two by my side..."
"Ah! So you"re looking forward to our future~? Hey, wait a minute... What do you mean by that?!"
"Hehe, isn"t that response kinda late?"
Cecil was amused with Lucia. He patted her head and turned his attention back to his magic tome. Lately, he was enjoying their interactions. He never took the time to actually appreciate such a thing before.
He eyed Serilla who had now calmed down and was having a much more calm and civil conversation with her mother. He couldn"t help but think, "...I guess I should give her a chance?"
He immediately regretted thinking that, "Nononono...If I do that...Uhhh, but if I didn"t...uhm..."
While Cecil was in deep contemplation, he suddenly felt something warm and moist come into contact with his lips. Then something warm, wet, and slippery pried opened his lips and invaded. He then felt a weight on his lap and he immediately snapped open his eyes in shock.
"!"
"Seri~ that"s no fair!"
"Muah! Ehehehe~"
"..."
Cecil was a little shocked when she saw the girl sitting down on top of his lap.
"Darling?"
It took him a while before he responded.
"@*$&%&!!!"
"Ahahaha~"
"Nahahaha!"
The two girls were amused to see Cecil"s freaked out response.
"STOP. DOING. THAT!"
"No~"
"I agree with Seri there~"
"..."
Once again, Cecil felt like he lost something very important, though he didn"t understand what it was he actually lost.
Seeing as the girl was happily laughing while still sitting on his lap, Cecil for some reason grew irritated. He pulled her in and planted a deep kiss on her lips.
Serilla widened her eyes in surprise. Her mouth was pried opened and Cecil"s tongue flew in and began its invasion. She felt a shock run up her spine and was at a loss at how to respond.
When Cecil finished and separated himself from her, he felt oddly refreshed like he had just taken something back and accomplished something. Lucia was also very surprised and began pouting.
"Wow! I felt I just won something! Hahaha!" He picked up and placed the dazed Serilla on the chair he was just sitting down on. Cecil stored his magic tome and went to bed.
"Cel! Cel~! What about me? Me?!"
"...Fine..."
Cecil pulled in Lucia and did the same thing he just did to Serilla. Lucia responded aggressively and twirled her tongue around Cecil"s own. When she was satisfied she laid next to Cecil and giggled happily.
"Please return to your room now..."
"No~"
"I just gave in to your request, so shouldn"t you respond to mine?!"
"I"m sorry Cel~ but it doesn"t work that way~ Seri! Come over, we"re sleeping now!"
"No! Do NOT come over!"
Serilla snapped out of her daze when Lucia called out to her, she turned to face Cecil and she immediately blushed before diving under the sheets next to him.
"Oh my—dammit..." Cecil wanted to run, but when the two girls" arms and legs began wrapping around him he knew that running away would only cause them to do some weird stuff to him tomorrow.
Lucia began drawing circles on his chest while saying, "Give up Cel~ you"re sleeping with us tonight whether you like it or not~"
"Honestly, I"ve never actually seen or heard of a man who"d reject sleeping with two beauties like us, right Lulu?"
"Well you"ve seen and heard of one now! So, GET OUT!"
"Hahaha~ no~"
"No~pe~"
Cecil gave up. He closed his eyes and just outright isolated his mind from his senses. Lucia knew all too well how he was like when he was in that state. No matter what they did, Cecil would NOT respond to any of it.
And this was the opportunity the two were waiting for.
"Psst...Hey, Seri...Cecil"s isolated his mind and partially shut off his senses...it"s dangerous, but he"ll let down his guard like this since we"re here..."
"Really? Heh~ I felt it was odd whenever he just suddenly fell asleep while we were doing something like this! He was only closing off his mind! Actually...isn"t that pretty amazing?"
"Yes, it is amazing, but Seri...don"t we have something more important to do?"
Remembering about their "objective" for tonight, Serilla immediately grew serious.
"Yes, we"re going to check "that"," she said in all seriousness.
"Y-yeah..." Lucia responded, slightly blushing.
Lucia took a deep breath and eyed Serilla, they nodded at each other and then the two dove under the blanket...