Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

The baby abomination, who still hadn't received a name, was, contrary to Zach's expectations, not easy to deal with. The baby's supernatural strength aside, he was incredibly fussy.

He wasn't easily scared, at least not for a baby. And it wasn't like he was needy or anything. With his innate physique, the baby would be just fine even if a house was dropped on him. The baby was mostly bored.

At first, Zach and the others thought it was because they had brought him out of the Underworld and cut his access to abundant underworld energy. They risked bringing him to the city to let him absorb some and alleviate his distress.

It worked for a little bit. It was only after some time and a period of loud crying that they figured out it only worked because it was new and interesting.

Once they figured that out, the students did their best to keep the baby entertained whether it be through making faces, giving him toys, playing with him, or telling stories. They even put on simple plays with the help of their familiars.

But there was a limit to what they could do when they also had to clean up the city

again

, study, and deal with the aftermath of Liam's death. The baby also learned and adapted quickly, so they had to not only come up with new stories, but they also had to come up with new ways to tell them.

The two things that gave them hope were Zach's surprising hand with the baby and the fact that the baby was growing noticeably quicker than an ordinary human. It didn't grow at a bone-breaking pace. It was just that it might grow fast enough that they only had to deal with the tantrum phase for a couple of months before the baby calmed down.

Hopefully, by that time, they would have also figured out what to do with the baby other than take care of it.

Regardless of its strength, they couldn't in good conscience bring it with them into battle against the Underworld. They would not stoop to the Underworld's level. There was also the risk of the Underworld somehow taking back the baby and raising it to use against the surface. The threat posed by the baby aside, they had grown attached to the troublesome little brat.

There was no way they could let the Underworld take him back.

They also had to come up with a name.

But Zach had only just barely managed to start coming up with a name for his alchemist guild. He wasn't confident he could offer a good suggestion. The others were much the same. That, or they were confident but only came with ill-fitting suggestions.

The little baby was not going to receive a name like Kevin.

"...And so, the prince and his three princesses lived happily ever—" A knock on the door to his dorm interrupted Zach and the baby's storytelling session. The baby in Zach's lap looked away from the text and colorful pictures in the book in front of him and glanced up at Zach before turning to the door.

Nessa had already opened it.

"What weird ideas are you putting in that kid's head?" She asked. She was already past the point of caring whether she needed permission to enter Zach's dorm or not. If he didn't want her to enter, he should have locked his door.

"What do you want?" Zach brought the book closer to the baby to let him flip through the pages as he wished while he and Nessa talked.

"You have a visitor."

"Derot? But he's supposed to come in a week."

"It's not—"

"Who the fuck's Derot?" A slender hand gently nudged Nessa into the room and out of the way.

Surprise showed on Nessa's face. Even if she hadn't been ready for it, that slender hand had an overwhelmingly easy time moving her out of the way, not to mention the fact that she hadn't even noticed the owner of that hand following her.

Zach's eyes also widened in surprise as he saw who entered his dorm.

"Lexi!" He greeted with so much enthusiasm that he forgot about the baby in his arms. He almost slid down Zach's lap when the latter stood up. Zach hurriedly caught him and avoided the baby's grumpy gaze.

The baby harrumphed before returning to the fairytale book. After making sure that the baby was angry with him and not the book, Zach looked up at Lexi again.

Lexi's eyes were wide open, almost as wide open as her mouth, and her hand was frozen in the air next to Nessa's shoulder. She wordlessly stared at the white-haired baby in Zach's arms.

Then, as if struck by lightning, she slowly turned to the white-haired maid next to Zach.

Nessa's whole head went from looking at Alzara, to Zach, to the baby, and then back to Alzara.

Zach followed her gaze.

He looked at Alzara's white hair. He looked at the baby's white hair. He looked at the baby's position. He was snuggled into his arms. The shade of the baby's hair was slightly different from Alzara's, but there was no denying the similarity in color. The hair on both heads was also short, soft, and fluffy.

Anyone who saw Alzara standing behind Zach maybe a little too close when Zach was holding the baby in his arms would see the two as the proud parents of a sweet little baby. The one thing that didn't fit was the baby's fully black eyes. But stuff like that happens. No biggie.

"It's not what it looks like!" Zach shouted, much to the baby's ire. Why was the orange-haired guy with comfortable arms being so loud when he was just getting to the good part?

"...Our parents will be happy to have their first grandchild." Lexi slowly took a step backward. Maybe she should come back later when she had processed the fact that the youngest in the family was the first to have a child.

"I told you it's not what it looks like! It's not my baby!"

"...The least you can do is take responsibility, Zach."

Zach looked to Nessa for help.
Your next chapter is on empire

"Zach, come on man. I thought we had already convinced you to take responsibility."

"..."

Betrayal.