Having found a demon, I've decided to raise her.

"coming!"

Click.

She flung the door open.

Before the family could even see anyone outside, they could see Urd's blue, lake-like eyes immediately fill with tears, and she rushed out the door like a swallow seeking refuge.

A familiar voice rang out from outside—

"Whoa! Urd's wife? W-what's wrong? No, no, no! Don't bite me, don't bite me..."

Upon hearing this sound, even Zhou Siqi, who was usually quite dense, realized what was happening and dropped her rice bowl on the ground.

Tapping.

"It hurts so much..."

Chen Ming carried Urd's wife back from the stairwell, his arm around her slender waist. She had a pained expression on her face, with small teeth marks on her neck and face.

That was the mark that Urd had left on him because he could not suppress his emotions.

He smiled and said—

"You're not a dog, why are you biting people like Cerberus..."

Then he looked at everyone gathered around the dining table and saw that they had all stood up and remained silent, so he paused.

They were all staring intently at him. They would follow him forward when he took a step forward and backward when he took a step back, their eyes glued to him.

But he didn't say a word.

"Um...that..."

He glanced behind him in confusion. Lucifer walked up behind him with a smile, pushed him towards the others, and then closed the door.

Click.

The sound of the door closing seemed like a signal, and Chen Ming thought he saw a terrifying glint suddenly appear in his wives' eyes.

He felt like a male lion being targeted by a pride of lionesses...

A sense of impending doom loomed large above my head.

He tried to escape, but Lucifer blocked his way behind him, while Ould, who was clinging to him like an octopus, was also on his body...

Chen Ming, still clinging to a sliver of hope, turned back to Lucifer's wife, his brow beaded with sweat, and said—

"That, um, Lucifer..."

Quick, help!

However, Lucifer grabbed his arm and, smiling, said to everyone on the other side—

"Everyone, I'm sure you've all been waiting for this moment for a long time, so let's... settle our scores and vent our grievances."

"Lucifer!?"

The moment Lucifer finished speaking, the girls transformed into a terrifying "flood of beasts," lunging at him while screaming—

"You bastard! You finally decided to come back!"

Things like that.

Overwhelmed by resentment, Chen Ming was momentarily stunned, only to be immediately tackled to the ground by the delicate girls, who showered him with kisses and hugs, even biting him like dogs, venting their longing.

Chen Ming, however, did not experience the happiness of being surrounded by women. Instead, he was piled on top of everyone else, and couldn't help but scream in agony—

"No, no! My back is going to break! It's going to break! Don't bite there, not my head, not my hair... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I came back late, ah, it hurts so much..."

Everyone's longing for him turned into physical assaults. Even a single bite from each person would accumulate into immense damage, and Chen Ming felt like he was about to be devoured.

They were all pretty girls, but now they were behaving like cannibals, grabbing at him and biting him. Even the landlady was biting his fingers, her eyes losing their sparkle as she said—

"If I had to divide it, I'd at least want one finger..."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was really wrong!"

If this continues, I'm afraid they'll have to divide it up... in a physical sense.

He begged his wives to stop, crying and pleading.

What I thought would be a touching reunion turned into a huge crisis that required me to do everything in my power to avoid being separated from you.

Why is this happening...?

Love is indeed a heavy burden...

……

"Waaaaah..."

Chen Ming sat on the sofa with Yu Qian in his arms, looking as aggrieved as a child. His body was covered with teeth marks, and his head was wrapped in gauze.

It has no curative effect; it's just to make his disfigurement less noticeable.

"Why did you bite me? I went straight home. You're so good, Yuqian won't hurt Daddy."

In the chaos, he couldn't see clearly who had taken advantage of the confusion to bite someone, so he couldn't settle scores afterward. But Yuqian was so well-behaved that she would never do such a thing with them.

The slender little girl looked at the teeth mark on his face, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she turned her head away, saying—

"Dad, everyone just misses you so much."

"Is there...?"

Chen Ming puffed out his cheeks and looked around the living room. His wives were all gone, only a few little girls were keeping him company, and even Xiao Jiu was nowhere to be found.

After coaxing him to eat, the girls vented their longing and then secretly ran into the inner room, not letting him in.

Could they be plotting how to split him up...?

Shivering.

"..."

The landlady squinted and looked at the door.

Inside the room, Chen Ming's wife, or anyone who might become his wife in the future, was gathered around a long table that appeared out of nowhere, and they were having a far-reaching meeting.

……

PS: "The spoils-dividing ceremony" (ω)

Chapter 1559 The Wives' Spoils Division Meeting

Throughout history, after a major war ends, various interests are redistributed, and the Cycle of War is no exception.

Those who contributed to the war were given the right to claim their interests.

The key figures—the sword immortals, angels, demons, and gods—have not yet made any demands. It's not that they're doing charity; it's simply that, in their eyes, the real profits are finally returning to their hands.

The attendees at the long table were overjoyed at his return. Although many of them were among the most important figures in the endless era, they couldn't help but feel joy and...greed at this moment.

Lucifer looked at everyone with his red eyes, then clapped his hands with a smile.

My sister then added—

"Please be quiet, everyone. The meeting is about to begin... Cerberus, put the bone down first, you can eat it later."

"Hmm? Okay."

The dog didn't really understand why everyone had called her here for the meeting, and she wasn't nervous at all.

Lucifer watched as everyone, having barely managed to suppress their excitement, began to harbor ulterior motives, exchanging furtive glances and plotting their own schemes.

If outsiders were to see these extraordinary beings, who should be pure and ethereal, behaving in this way, they would surely lament that they are nothing more than mortals seeking personal gain.

When it comes to his affairs, everyone loses their composure; they'll fight tooth and nail until they're covered in dust, but they won't give up their interests.

Lucifer smiled, tapped his fingers on the table, and said—

"Alright, let's begin the meeting. Thank you all for your support. The cycle of reincarnation has finally come to an end in your hands. Congratulations!"

Hearing the somewhat sarcastic tone in Lucifer's voice, Wang Shen couldn't help but chuckle and said—

"No need for pleasantries, we're all family here."

"Could someone be planning to use us and then abandon us?"

Liuli rested her elbows on the table, her palms supporting her small face. Her heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one gold, smiled as she looked at Lucifer's white hair and said—

“I know your true thoughts, Lucifer.”

"what?"

Odin, dressed in a gray robe, had only been in this family for a short time, so there were some things he didn't quite understand. He only vaguely knew that the one sitting in the main seat who could resist the path of immortality must be the first wife in some sense.

Crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge?

Could it be...?

The Queen Mother of the West closed her loving eyes slightly, looked at Lucifer, and said gently—

"Taibai, you shouldn't be such an unreasonable person, right? Hmm... but it's normal to be selfish for the sake of Ming."

The red-haired, red-eyed Yao Emperor looked around, a hint of doubt in her eyes, and said—

"What do you mean, Queen Mother of the West?"

Liuli smiled and explained to her—

"It's about your husband's harem behavior. You think Lucifer loves him to such an extent, why didn't he ever think about having him all to himself? He clearly wanted to have him all to himself, but he still let go. What was he planning?"

No one's love is selfless; if you truly don't care about the other person's infidelity, then it's not true love. Lucifer undoubtedly loved him to the point of wanting to hold him tightly in his grasp, to a somewhat pathological degree.

However, the fact that she allowed him to philander and even helped him maintain family harmony can only mean that she had ulterior motives.

Others were later arrivals, a consequence of his infidelity, so it's difficult to say anything about them. But what were Lucifer's reasons as his first wife?

Generous?

Such reasons seem insufficient.

Everyone looked at Lucifer in the main seat, waiting for her to confess.