Overlord and the Seraphim

『Loan Default I』

Almost a week later, Jack was standing in the study, staring out the window at the backyard of the home he had taken under his name. He listened to the children playing, his sister and the Automaton named Shizu, were with them.

A small smile over his lips as he could see Shizu was chasing them around with a sticker in hand. She was getting more and more used to humans. That was for sure, or at least found a new liking towards.

That's at least what he had hoped. If not, she at least had a liking towards the girls.

Jack turned his head slightly to the side as he narrowed his sights on Arche as she entered the room. "Good morning," he said seeing her hair lopsided and clearly unkept. "Uh... having a bad air day?"

"Mmm..." A groan emitted from her throat. It seemed someone didn't have their coffee!

Jack shook his head slightly at this and began walking towards her, pulling himself away from the window. As she made it over to him, he would matte down her hair with his hand, combing through the blonde locks and strands.

Soon enough her hair was flat, framing her face like it had done before.

Feeling him play with her hair, even as her head moved with his hands as they got caught in knots, Arche couldn't help but put smile on her lifeless impression of a doll-like face.

She was happy she had someone who liked her, more than the friends she already had. Her father had practically probably disowned her the moment she left with him though. Not that she minded.

Her mother had a kind hearted soul, but she was just as corrupt and inept as her father. She cared for her, but should they default on their loan, she doubted they would be alive for very long.

Old and extremely young people didn't make it long in the world of slavery. They were worked and died as a result, depending on the labour and strictness of their masters.

She was happy she no longer had to deal with money lender anymore. It wasn't easy sharing a paycheck, or pouring her entire earnings into something that would only grow.

While she still didn't understand his appeal, his attraction, towards her she couldn't help but be thankful. She leaned into his hand as he began to comb it through her unknotted hair.

She rested her chin against his abdomen, looking up at him. His hand would gently grasp at her head, caressing her scalp in the process. That was until there was a loud knocking at the front door of his him.

Jack frowned at this, not expecting anyone to show up today. He doubted the Emperor was here, and Fluder wouldn't have the need to knock. Using『Detect Life』he was quick to sense humans fanning out across the front of the property.

They finally decided to make a move. And they seemed rather organized. They were yet to be aware of who they were up against however. While they knew he was a mage, it was unlikely they knew the true extent of his power as he hadn't shared it often in the Capital of Arwintar. A small grin formed over his lips,

"What's going on?" Arche asked as she shifted herself to his side as she looked to the open doorway, towards the direction of the entrance.

"They're here... Your parent's money lenders," Jack uttered quietly to himself as he walked out into the corridor with her at his side. As they continued down that passage way and over towards the courtyard facing lounge without a doorway. He peered through the window, affirming his assumption.

Three at the door waiting.

Five waiting out of sight in the corners of the Courtyard, hiding from the center building's front windows. Though they seemed to completely ignore the possibility of someone looking down at them from the side. Maybe they shouldn't have been so loud...