Overlord and the Seraphim

『A Glimpse into Darkness』

Arche stood there, looking over the dress which lay sprawled out on her bed in the room Jack had given her. Her studying, her sisters, it was all thanks to him that she was able to get back to it. She was able to live a life that her parents had been deprived of, and continued to stride towards regaining with very short-term thinking. A small smile crept across her lips as she thought about the world and how bleak it had been.

She thought about how she and Foresight had to fight over jobs with other workers. How they had to make ends meet before being saved by Jack. Though they were sure they'd escape with their lives from the Dragon, she was thankful he stepped in.

With him as their sponsor, she knew how high they could reach. Because of him, she was able to reconnect with Jet of all people. Though it was clear he had feelings for her, she had very little left for anyone else but Jack.

She closed her eyes, her eyelids stuck shut before she went on opening them again. Turning her head she saw her sisters hiding behind either side of the door frame. 

Smiling up at her with their big blue eyes and vibrant dresses. Jack had dotted on them, though at the same time taught them serious lessons, ones her parents probably wouldn't have comprehended.

Wealth is earned, but it can always be taken away should someone with more power come along. They were under his roof. The clothes on their backs, the beds they sleep in every night was a privilege and not a right.

These were things she knew, as she was a worker and sometimes even sleeping in the wilds when she was on the job. Though thankfully with Jack tagging along half the time, that was no longer her reality. Sleeping under the stars seemed to have turned into a pass time rather than an occupational habit.

She watched as their big smiles faded, replaced by high pitch giggles as they ran off down the hall. The maids, Jack's proclaimed sisters were chasing them about, Shizu always trying to put stickers on them.

"No! No more sticky things~!" The twins squealed as she could hear them running up the stairs.

Arche just shook her head as she smiled a bit more, taking in a deep breath and sharply exhaling. It was strange to feel this way after this long. For months she had been working since dropping out of the institute. Now she was back to going there on club days with Jack, and that was almost every other day at this point.  

With the stave, he had given her now in her hand, she made her way over to the doorframe and peered down the hall. Other than the pattering of her little sisters' feet running about upstairs, there was no one else in the hallway.

Then came the fluttering of wings and as she turned her head, she narrowed her gaze on a tall imposing figure that towered over her. "Took you long enough," she laughed quietly to herself.

Jack ran a hand through his hair slightly, "Yeah... It did."

"Hmhm," Arche made a triumphant noise within her lips closed, the sound resonating in her throat. She didn't hesitate to jump at his central mass, letting go of the stave and grasping his shoulders before she fell tot he ground. 

"Now you're acting like your sisters," Jack wheezed sarcastically as he instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist to hold her in place. "I'm not a jungle gym you know."

"A jungle what now?" She blinked up at him curiously as she went to pull herself up a bit more, her knees clamping on either one of his hips as she climbed him like a rope.

"It's a... Construct children climb on," speaking he let out a sigh as he now faced to face with her. His hands moving down below to cop a feel of her bottom, supporting her from below.