Despite his office being almost on the other side of the mansion, Kelvin still sensed everything that happened in that room. In fact, that room was the room he surveilled the most. Just being able to hear the cute little snoring of Arc sleeping was enough to relax him greatly and give him a goal to finish his work for.
His focus wasn't on the food Arc was eating or what he favored most, (though he took particular note to his tendency towards the Swedice Melon) but on the two who were feeding him.
He had been aware of the feelings the two had for each other almost immediately upon Merri's assignment. Given both his ability to sense presence and emotion being a high level beast as well as having a cultivation close to the pinnacle of what this world could offer, even the beats of their hearts when they looked at each other was enough to tell him how they really felt for each other.
"Why don't those two just mate already..." His subconscious utterance was a little animalistic given his species. "...I suppose that would be against human norms though." He half answered his own question with an admittedly half-baked understanding of marital and mating practices of humans. For all he cared it was close enough.
The truth was that he had been trying to get the two together for a very long time, starting a few months after Merri had arrived. Despite how she urged him to do work and scolded his rather lax and slovenly behavior (one only fitting for a beast lord) he quite liked her. He even thought that she was a perfect match for his declared son. Who knew? Maybe their marriage would get her off his tail a tad.
However he was starting to get annoyed with their hesitance and (to be frank) cowardice. He had refused to hire another maid so as to prevent any complications from arising and he had taken some of the burden off of Zerrin in the form of paperwork so that he may court her a little bit more.
Of course neither of them knew this. He had made up some excuse about how any extra cleaning personnel would be a risk to security to appease the two of them. It was bullshit and didn't make much sense considering who exactly lived here, but Zerrin had a tendency to accept his word as law and Merri felt she had no say in the matters of her employ.
He honestly thought they were both a bit stupid even if they were relatively powerful cultivators and well educated ones at that.
Worse than their stupidity was their horrendous lack of progress romantically. After a certain period of frustration he had even enlisted the help of Jamie and Marlev! He had hoped that the advice Marlev gave them coupled with Jamie taking a bit of the workload off they might be able to get a little more intimate with each other.
He wanted grandcubs dammit!
Arc was great, almost perfect, but it still wasn't enough to satisfy him. After Marlev's death he had no choice but to pin his hopes on the reserved not quite couple who were mere yards from him at any given moment.
He was almost at the point of forcing them together himself, even if they did resent him a bit after it.
But he would respect the wishes of his children, and especially that of Merri. He had no intentions of keeping her here so if she decided to leave that was the end of their relationship. He had to play it calm, cool, and collected. What was a few years to a monster like him anyway?
Even with that in mind he still thought of using her child as a piece in his game of matchmaker. He hated himself for thinking that way, but knowing Marlev's temperament and logic, there was a very real possibility she would use him herself. She may be loving, but he was sure she would use even Arc for something like this. He couldn't remember the times he himself had been tricked into doing something for her.
His only gripe was that she didn't ask outright.
Halting his train of thought, he returned to the papers that littered his desk. Funding reports, invitations to events, even punishment logs for the few remaining criminals all had a spot. He couldn't wait to finish just so he could go back to that crimson colored room and play with his little boy.