Chapter 210 | When Will You Perform Your Marital Duties

Chapter 210: 210 | When Will You Perform Your Marital Duties

Mira arrived first.

She parked herself at the table, her crimson eyes scanning the bowls and then, aroma hit her, despite her earlier claim of not being hungry, her nostrils flared at the sweet smell.

Selene arrived second and walked carefully from the backyard and found her chair by memory, her fingers brushing the edge of the table as she sat down with her hands in her lap and waited.

Lyra was surprisingly the last to come as she came out from the bedroom without the Primordial Beast Egg as she walked to the table, sat down.

Dexter sat down at his own seat.

"Lets eat." he said.

They all ate in silence.

As Dexter ate his own portion he observed the girls and noticed something different about Mira.

She was eating slowly and she was still in her first portion. She hadn’t asked for more.

Dexter frowned slightly.

Although this was the second time he was noticing it, it was still unusual. Lyra’s appetite had been massive for weeks.

She ate more than any human being he had ever encountered but now she wasn’t eating like usual.

Dexter discreetly activated his system interface and pulled up Lyra’s status panel.

[Name: Lyra Vance](Switch)

[Shadow Corruption Level: 0%]

The shadow corruption that had been at two percent for days, that the system had warned could reach one hundred percent and transform her body into a portal to the Shadow Realm, was completely gone.

Dexter frowned as the corruption level had reduced all the way to 0 so what was happening?

He checked Mira’s own.

[Name: Mira Calloway]

[Meridian Damage: 65% (Improved: 25% healed)]

[Nerve Regeneration: Right arm fully functional. Left arm: 15% nerve activity detected. Legs: 8% nerve activity detected.]

The Phoenix Heart Elixir, dissolved into the Celestial Dawn Nectar Bowl, had accelerated the repair significantly.

Her left arm was showing early signs of nerve activity. Her legs, while still far from functional, were beginning to respond.

Dexter closed the system interface.

The girls were all making progress and everything he was doing wasn’t wasted.

He placed Lyra behavior at the back of his mind as he continued to eat in silence.

Then, without warning, Dexter felt something.

He raised his head and saw Lyra was staring at him. He wanted to say so thing and then she suddenly smirked mischievously.

Dexter’s spoon paused halfway to his mouth as he stared at Lyra.

’So, husband.’

Lyra raised her head.

Her dark eyes locked onto Dexter across the table.

Her voice resonated through the minds of all three women and Dexter simultaneously.

"When are we going to perform our marital duties?"

The dining table immediately went silent and one could even hear pin drop throughout the entire house.

Mira’s Spectral Arms froze mid-motion, the spoon suspended between the bowl and her mouth.

Selene’s hand stopped halfway to her cup, her fingers hovering in the air.

Dexter, who had been in the middle of drinking a glass of water, felt the liquid travel down the wrong pipe.

"Pfffttt!!!"

He turned his head sharply to the side and spat out a mouthful of water to the side of the table rather than the table, or any of his wives.

He turned back sharply to Lyra as slight redness creeped up his neck.

"Stop speaking nonsense," he said. "What marital duties?"

Lyra’s mysterious smile widened.

"Don’t act as if you haven’t been thinking about it."

Dexter opened his mouth but before he could speak, Lyra’s voice sounded through their minds.

"Three beautiful women in a house with a single man, of course you’ll be tempted."

She tilted her head slightly.

"I don’t blame you. So which of us do you think you will start with? Me? Selene? Or Mira?"

Dexter stared at her.

Then he frowned. If it was Mira who said this, he wouldn’t have been worried but it was Lyra who said this instead.

"Are you okay?" he asked in a concerned tone.

Lyra shrugged. "What do you mean? I’m feeling quite alright."

Dexter frowned deeper. He subtly activated his system interface again, pulling up Lyra’s status panel while maintaining eye contact.

[Name: Lyra Vance](Switch)

[Shadow Corruption Level: 0%]

Dexter blinked.

Switch?

He stared at the word in the bracket beside Lyra’s name. He had never seen this tag before. The system had displayed various mental states for the girls. But he had never seen the world switch.

’What the hell did "switch" mean?’

Dexter closed the interface.

"Finish your food," he said, his voice carrying a firmness that was designed to end the conversation. "Your food is getting cold."

Lyra snorted softly.

"Fine. Don’t answer."

She picked up her spoon.

"But we all know who you will choose first."

Dexter raised an eyebrow despite himself. "Oh? Who do you think I will choose?"

Lyra smirked. "Of course you will choose Mira first."

Mira’s Spectral Arms jerked, causing the spoon to clatter against the rim of the bowl. Selene’s gaze changed slightly and a chill seem to rise through the entire house.

Dexter looked at Lyra for a long moment, then he smirked back.

"What makes you think I wouldn’t choose you first?"

The silence that followed was absolute as all three women stared at him, stunned.

Mira’s crimson eyes went wide and her mouth opened slightly.

Selene’s hand lowered her cup to the table with a soft click as her sightless eyes glanced at Dexter’s direction, and through her Echolocation, she was tracking his heartbeat.

Lyra’s smirk froze on her face as she blinked her eyes rapidly. She had wanted to tease Dexter but hadn’t expected to be teased back.

Dexter then chuckled.

"If you are done with your shenanigans, finish your food, so you can heal up and cultivate. I have to wash the plates and cultivate and deal with some matters."

He returned his attention to his own bowl and resumed eating calmly like what had happened earlier was nothing.

The three women slowly resumed eating as the atmosphere had shifted slightly.