Blessed by Night

"Alright guys, please enjoy!"

Morgan Creed gestured to the large table of food in front of him with a pleased expression.

There wasn't just meat available, there was a few side dishes prepared by Morgan's second wife, Crystal.

Currently the group was seated at a large hand carved wooden table.

Morgan was sitting between his two wives on one side, meanwhile Malachi was sitting on the other between Luna and Sei.

While Luna seemed like she expected atleast this much, Malachi and Sei stared at the mountain of plates in front of them in awe.

Sei was especially shocked since, as a chef herself, she could tell the amount of dedication and care that went into each dish.

Luna did not stand on ceremony and instead started piling her plate with food, the couple next to her not far behind.

Morgan watched with bated breath as his guests tried their first morsels of food.

In the next moment, the glimmering eyes of the young couple seemed to shine bright enough to light up the night sky.

""It's so good!""

"Hahaha! Thank you for the compliment!" Morgan's face twisted into a proud grin.

"See dear they're enjoying it, so you can eat as well now." Crystal smirked.

She knew her husband would never begin eating unless he was certain their guests were totally satisfied.

"Ah, I suppose I can." He nodded.

For a while the group made pleasant small talk over their delicious dinner.

At first they discussed the strangeness of Mal's first dungeon, with everyone trying to come up with their individual guesses on the matter.

Next they asked Malachi questions about his powers and he tried to answer to the best of his ability through his mouthfuls of food.

The evening was going well until Crystal made a comment that caused Mal to choke on his steak.

"So, you aren't just dating miss Sei here but lady Luna as well?" Emilia guessed.

"Ack!"

"P-Pardon?"

"Oh my.."

The raven haired woman looked at the reactions of her guests and tilted her head in confusion.

Morgan let out an impressed whistle and raised his glass to Malachi. "Pretty damn impressive, kiddo. I had no idea."

In truth Morgan was beyond impressed.

The number of suitors who'd tried to get under Luna's kimono was as long as the amount of stars in the sky.

However, much like the goddess who blessed her, she was as unreachable as the moon itself.

He wasn't surprised they'd be keeping their relationship a secret, he could only imagine the amount of bitter men who'd try to make life hard for Malachi or those around him.

'Though seeing him in that dungeon today, I wager they wouldn't be able to do much.'

"W-we most certainly are not in a relationship!" Luna cried.

"T-That's right!" Malachi looked back and forth between Emilia and Sei.

"I swear I don't know what she is talking about." He pleaded.

Surprisingly, Sei did not look bothered and only showed a small cute smile.

Malachi did not know if that was the smile women used when they found something adorable or the one they used before they killed their partners.

Just to be safe, he moved the sharp steak knife she'd been using out of reach.

"Oh the two of you aren't together then?" Morgan and his wives asked.

Emilia usually had a pretty good nose for these kinds of things so they'd just assumed her words to be true.

""No we are not!!"" Malachi was panicking internally and Luna's cheeks were as red as the lotus tattoo on her forehead.

"""May we ask why?""" Morgan and his wives were not going to let this subject go.

"I already have a girlfriend!"

"He is my subordinate!"

Hearing their reasoning, the trio became even more confused as they looked at each other.

"""So?"""

""WHAT DO YOU MEAN SO?!""

Morgan sighed before giving Mal a weary look. "Surely you must know that as blessed we are allowed to take an additional two spouses. Many have more on the side."

His choice of words seemed to earn him a death glare from his wives and he quickly cleared his throat to profess that he didn't condone it himself.

While Malachi was aware of the laws surrounding blessed in this country, he never thought much of it. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

He still didn't know quite how attractive he'd become so for him just having one super hot older girlfriend was a dream come true.

He then turned to Luna, "And what does it mean if he's your subordinate? Emilia was my secretary and Crystal was my head maid."

That information made Luna suddenly feel like she was having dinner in the playboy mansion.

"I don't mind." Sei suddenly spoke.

"Come again?" Malachi was stunned.

"You don't?!" Luna cried.

Both stared at the giggling woman like she'd just said the most unbelievable statement imaginable.

"Well before I might've been worried but…" the woman took a deep breath as if to illustrate that her next words would come from the depths of her soul.

"I know now that you will not abandon me. I want you to be happy even if I am not the only one to make you that way."

She looked past Malachi and flashed a stunned Luna a warm smile. "Besides, I think you are a good person who would not try to monopolize him. So if you wish to be with him as well, I will not complain."

At her speech's end, silence rang out across the dining table.

Morgan and his wives put on a satisfied expression.

They all thought that Malachi had been blessed with two very good women.

Doing what Sei had just done wasn't easy and Emilia and Crystal knew that from experience.

Yet here she was, ready and willing to sacrifice a bit of her happiness so that Malachi might have more, and by extension, Luna as well.

Her eyes contained no ulterior motives or hidden malice.

She truly just wanted the best for both of them.

Luna and Malachi could only sit there and stare at the woman in shock.