Simon sat cross-legged on the carpet beside his bed.
Orange light entered through the tall windows, reaching across the floor toward the closed door. He had activated the room's privacy formations and checked them twice.
A few hours had passed since Sonya and Akaza survived their tribulations.
After making sure they were alright and leaving their registration arrangements to Enigma, Simon had returned home. The two new Royal Daemons had followed him, occupied separate rooms, and begun examining their changed bodies.
They had also refused to leave.
"A house all to myself?" Sonya had said. "How boring. This Honourable is staying here."
Akaza had been no better.
"I don't need a whole house. The room here is enough for me."
Simon rubbed his forehead.
They were being offered their own residences. Good residences, which they wouldn't even have to pay for.
Yet somehow, his house remained everyone's house. Including Virella and Ammor.
