She looked at him speechlessly, the way he dodged her question with another question felt unique, she let him be.
She could not stop him from sleeping in her room if he really wanted to, not as long as he didn't try to scheme against her, and even if he could, he wouldn't succeed with the system around, she felt secured.
Talking about the system, it had told her something when her fifth husband came knocking on the door.
"System, what were you saying about the banquet." She decided to ask it.
[You cannot avoid the heroine, you must confront her to reclaim your rightful seat and if you won't, your another soul will do it for you and you know how she can perform.] It replied sounding angry at her.
" I haven't broken free from the plot." That made her sit on her bed.
[You have, but do you think others have broke free?
Remember you are not the only character, to make sure the story goes smoothly, you need to continue with your villainous part, but in this regard, you are the one choosing on how to act.
That is the only way you can save yourself by saving everyone.] The system tone sounded serious.
She thought about it before coming to a realization. Even though she is free, the plot itself, shackles every other character.
She can not avoid confronting the heroine because that is her role and more importantly, her freedom.
To completely break free from the plot, she needs enough power to save the other characters. And her first princess title, itself is the power.
So she cannot allow the heroine to take her sit. She should avoid a direct confrontation with the queen, she is the power and her golden thigh to hug.
She looked at Dylan who was sleeping on the floor, his big eyes were curiously looking at her with puzzlement, as if trying to read her mind.
She snorted and looked at the other direction.
She decided to chat with the system. "You sounded sour, why?" can systems have feeling's, she felt betrayed.
[Why can't I be sore.] The system sounded hurt, if it could have a physical body, she swear, she could see it pouting.
"Then, why do you sound sore?" she couldn't help but complain to the system.
[I really hate him, why allow him to sleep in your room.]
"You always sound human you know, why are you jealous when my own husband, sleep in my room."
[I'm not jealous, why should I be jealous, you are not mine to begin with, I won't talk to you anymore,I want to sleep.] It replied grumpily.
"Now, you sound like an old grandma."
She laughed at the thought.
[You dare call me old?] The system gnashed its imaginary teeth with a speech like an old radio which you slap once for it to function.
"Am sorry, you aren't old but young and dashing, more beautiful than my mer husbands, okay."The sound produced was too loud and distorted, she felt the ring in her ears, she had to humble herself for the sound to be stopped.
The system huffed, before stopping the noise and switching it into a lullaby song from her playlist.
Before drifting to sleep she thought that she should never call anyone old.
Dylan looked at the sleeping Chloe curiously. Since the time she started conversing with that thing called system, he had been eavesdropping on them.
He looked at the space besides her bed thoughtfully. His eyes narrowed dangerously, gone was the cute smile replaced by a devilish glint.
The place besides Chloe's bed shimmerd slightly, a palpable power could be seen being emited from an invisible person or something for a few seconds before it vanished.
"Do you guys think what I'm thinking?" Dylan asked silently in a cold tone.
He had mind linked the other husbands including Cassen.
Mers who are married to the same woman, develop mind link where one can see what the other person is doing and hear what they are saying.
In unison,they grunted.
"Heh! And have you seen it?." they grunted again.
"So, what should we do?" He asked thoughtfully, his eyes still looking at the empty space.
"Let's wait for that day to arrive. Since we all know how it works, Cassen will sit with her while we sit not too far or too close to her. We should observe more." A deep magnetic voice was heard. The man's voice sounded too lazy.
" We will listen to Nat." They all said, Nathaniel, is like their brain while Cassen is like a mother figure.
Dylan at the sleeping woman with tender eyes. How he wished he could cuddle her,not secretly.
Slowly, he rose from the floor and walked to the bedside, the lamp light iluminated the sleeping woman face, she looked serane.
With an infatuated look, he raised his slender fingers to touch her face but stopped midway, his expression changed to murderous one as if he wanted to grip her neck, and squash it.
His hand hoovered on her neck, he clenched his knuckles tightly, as if squeezing something, for about thirty seconds, then slowly, he loosened his grip.
Gone was the murderous expression, replaced by a gentle and lovesick one. Deliberately, he moved on to the bed and laid down.
He thought for a few seconds, and with a mischievous smirk, he opened her arms, put his head on her hand, his hands slowly encircled her waist. Looking at her ample breast's, he felt all his worries going away and refreshed.
He took her tightly in his arms. As if he was willing not be separated from her for even a second.
His voice was slightly trembling as he said, "I have missed you…"
"It's been too long guys, missed me?" He asked and with a chuckle, he drifted to sleep.
Outside, the moonlight was bright, casting a cool shadow with leaves gently swaying freely and gently, creating a tranquility.
Inside, the soft orange light cast a gentle hall on the faces of two, they looked like lovers.
***
The following day, be Chloe woke up lazily, stretching and yawning. Her red tired eyes fluttering to adjust to the light that filterd into the room from the curtains.
She felt her arms and legs felt heavy. Something on her waist tightened it.
She looked down mechanically and suddenly found herself embraced by a blue haired man.
She looked at him for a brief moment, then slowly raised her head to look at the floor, the couch and the open closet which Dylan forgot to clide.
Chloe blinked her red phoenix eyes then blinked them again. 'not an illusion, this mer sleep walked on to my bed!" She thought.
She felt surprised. The fact that, she did not seem surprised when she woke up and saw him on her bed as the first thing in the morning intrigued her. It seems like it is normal or something that she is used to.
' I am not embarrassed, but what about him.' she closed her eyes, pretending to sleep when she saw his eyes fluttering to open.
She felt him, removing his hands and legs before rolling of the bed and standing up. Before going to the bathroom.
When she heard the bathroom door closing with a click, she slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the bathroom door thoughtfully.
Sunlight streamed through the window enveloping the entire room in bright glow.
The two suns were ready to embrace each other to be one. She seems to have woken up late, is it because of him that she slept well?
When he came back from the bathroom, he folded his blanket which was on the couch, and put it in the closet.
"Morning mistress, what would you like for breakfast?"
Breakfast! In one swift motion, she entangled herself front the sheets, rolling of before going to the bathroom.
She can't digest their food, she planned to cook herself.
"I will be there asap." She told him as he heard the sound of water.
What is that, but I can wait for her. He thought as he sat down and scroll through his phone to the latest news and videos.
Alot of the news were talking about the upcoming banquet, even some videos. He got bored.
After freshening up, Chloe found Dylan, sitting there on her couch lazily.
" Let's go."she said to him as she opened the door and walked out, on the creaking stairs then to the kitchen.
There in the living room, four pairs of eyes were looking at her expectantly.
They had tried eating their normal food's but they couldn't swallow it.
So they decided to wait for her.
"Morning mistress." They greeted her before Cassen gave her a hug.
'He really is too touchy.' she thought before replying back.
Dylan followed behind her closely before going to sit with the remaining three.
As she stood at the kitchen sink thinking of what to cook, Cassen asked if he could help.
"Yes, that will be great. You need to learn how to cook them." She replied before choosing the food of this world to cook.
She had been trying to communicate with the system but he seems to have vanished.
When she touched the meat in the fridge earlier, she felt it
ibrating for a few seconds before stopping.
Looking closely, she observed that the green lines were no more. She tried it again with the foods and she got to the same conclusion.
She really can cleanse the impurities in the food.