Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Stella’s little development

After making some quick meals in the kitchen, Alex served plates to his daughter and wife.

He put some meat for the wolves, who had launched greedily on the food. They all gnawed on the bones and flesh.

Alex took the seat next to Stella. She wasn’t so hungry, so she put her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes. She seemed asleep, yet Alex could tell she was here to listen to his story.

On his lap, Alex had Celia. She grasped her fork, digging into Alex’s food, which tasted different from her mother’s usual dishes. It was good but not as good as Sara’s cooking.

Celia didn’t say it loud, though.

“Everyone is outside to find the hungry demons, yet our winged girl is sleeping soundlessly in the castle. Now, she also refuses to eat!” Alex jested before taking the fork.

He made the casual spaghetti with the ingredients he could find in the castle. He rolled it on the fork, then presented it to Stella.

As the smell of meal pinched her nose, Stella opened her eyes. She then parted her lips, taking Alex’s food.

Celia noticed it; her blue hair was swaying from side to side as she looked between Alex and Stella, “I also want daddy to feed me!”

“Yes, yes,” Alex couldn’t refuse his little one, so he promptly served her some food.

Celia munched slowly, “It tastes better now!”

“Magic,” Alex grinned.

He then took some for himself. In this way, the three of them slowly swallowed all their food. After that, Celia joined Stella in laying on Alex. She took all the lap for herself, her little head resting on his chest.

Stella had the whole shoulder to herself.

With them clinging close to him, Alex started talking about his friends in more detail. He spoke about all his time and even after the drinking party after their dungeon conquest.

Celia was interested in Alex’s homies as their personalities were pretty different. She also didn’t have many friends, so new people always piqued her interest.

Stella listened with closed eyes.

After that, Alex pondered loudly, “We have a loot to sell, don’t we?”

Celia raised her hand, “Yes! We saw a lot of pieces of equipment falling from the sky!”

Alex narrowed his eyes, “Was it dangerous?”

If a sword fell on Celia, then he would never forgive himself. But to his inquiry, Celia just grinned, saying it was not dangerous.

She decided to lead the way and show Alex his loot! The little dullahan ran at the front with two wolves while Alex and Stella moved behind her; their hands were intertwined.

As Celia led them, Alex asked Stella, “Did you use an excuse of looking after Celia to stay behind?”

Stella nodded, “Yes.”

Alex sighed, “I guess we will work together from now on. Our little one can stay behind alone, and I can ask Remia and Olivia to check on her from time to time… Also, Stella… I have a lot to talk about with you.”

Stella looked into his eyes, “Anger.”

Alex knew that Stella could see through people’s emotions. He wasn’t surprised by her, so he nodded honestly.

He whispered to her ear, “It’s not just that… I will tell you everything, though.”

Because of Stella’s disposition, Alex found it much easier to talk with Stella. That was the case from the beginning, as she had always been ready to give herself to him. Her holiness and laziness made Stella a pretty good partner to talk about.

But more than anything, she was his wife, and he loved her. He would tell her about her father’s diary, which was the cause of his anger. He would tell her about his dual-wielding style and his plans for it.

He would share all his worries with her as usual.

“Ok,” Stella replied with a faint smile.

Alex felt his heart skipping a beat, “You are so cute, Stella. Because of you, I got a new conflict within myself…”

“Conflict?” Stella asked.

Alex grinned, “If my homies ask me for another dungeon conquest, I won’t be able to stop myself from bringing at least one of you. I want them to know how lucky I am! Haha!”

Stella was so adorable that Alex could easily forget Elias Deathwill and his selfish heart. In her presence, Alex smiled more as Stella, just like her other sisters, was the complete opposite of their father’s selfishness.

They all cared for each other. And he was the same, looking after them with the same genuine emotions.

Stella’s grip became stronger, “I want to go on an adventure with you too.”

And as Stella said those words, Alex noticed something. His winged wife wasn’t using her wings to move. She held his hand and moved at the same pace, following the little dullahan without any problems.

It was so normal that Alex didn’t notice the gravity of Stella’s resolution. But for this lazy girl to move like that, she had to go against her nature.

Alex wrapped his arm around Stella’s waist, then brought her into a princess carry, “We will. Your sisters work hard, so we can’t lag behind, can we? And it’s not cheating as we are husband and wife.”

Stella nodded before putting her little head on Alex’s chest.

After a little while, Celia’s voice rang out, “We are here!” She pointed at the mountain of broken items near the main gates.

Alex slightly raised his eyes, “There’s a lot of them… I didn’t expect that much.”

“You worked hard, Daddy!” Celia rubbed her nose with happiness as if she was the one who had worked hard.

Alex nodded, “We have to bring them to the forest fairies’ capital. I will store them in my Tree House, then sell them with my homies.”

“Forest Fairies?! Aqua Park?!” Celia joined her hands in prayer that her daddy would bring her outside too.

Alex looked at Stella.

She replied, “Ok.”

“Since aunt is going with us, the three of us can go and have a rest! Maybe Remia will join us too,” Alex chuckled.

Celia jumped with joy, “Hehe! I love you, Daddy!”

“I love you, too,” Alex grinned.

He then let Stella go as it was time to store the equipment in his inventory. He would make a few rounds between the forest fairies’ checkpoint and the Deathwill Castle to bring all items outside.

Celia offered her help, “I can store them too!”

“How many can you take?” Alex asked curiously.

Celia put her hand on the broken sword. It disappeared! She repeated it four times more!

“Five!” Celia replied, but then, her body became too heavy.

She dropped onto the ground, no longer being able to move.

Alex burst out laughing, “You can’t move because your inventory is full, Celia! Throw one sword away.”

Celia pouted, “I don’t want! Daddy can carry me!”

Alex rolled his eyes, “But you are so heavy now…”

Celia bit her lips, and tears started gathering around her eyes.

Alex immediately stopped joking, “It’s fine! I will carry you!”

Stella replied from behind, “Easy.”

“I’m not easy,” Alex looked behind her. He then retracted his attention to Celia, “Did you just grin, little one?”

“No…” Celia lied, then whistled to prevent her father from seeing through her.

But that was what Alex sometimes did, so he knew what went through her mind, “I see… You can move on your own, can’t you?”

“D-Daddy!” Celia apologized quickly after.