Chapter 53: Family Dinner

“A dinner?” raised her eyebrows Emi 

 

“Yup. My distant relatives came to mess things up. They are coming over for dinner tonight.”

 

“And how does this concern me at… all?” asked, raising her eyebrows, while she was submerged in the bath up to the neck down in the basement, enjoying the hot spring like treatment. 

 

“It’s not like I command you to attend, it was a suggestion.” shrugged Ren “Only they come from the Kingdom and we don’t have the best relation to be honest. I would call it… volatile.”

 

“So? It’s none of my business.” replied immediately but after a little silence she continued “The Kingdom… is it the other human empire?”

 

“Yeah, my mother was born there, but later on got exiled, before I was even born. Now they are here to cause some trouble. I’d wanted to show them at least we are not barbarians, keeping demons as pets. But well, I can’t order you to a dinner you don’t want to attend.” 

 

“What did you just say?!” stood up suddenly 

 

“Huh? That I won’t force you.”

 

“No, not that! About that kingdom and us!”

 

“What? Keeping pets? I thought you knew, being so against us at first and everything. Niji never told you?”

 

“Explain. Now.” said with an annoyed voice as she got an itch that Ren was just playing with her yet she couldn’t ignore it now 

 

“He was snatched up when a little baby and raised there, being a pet and entertainment. They keep demonfolk as household pets and slave labour or something like that, I never went there myself, it's only hearsay.”

 

“Those scum…!”

 

“Easy there, you still weak, they consist of almost a dozen strong experts, if you pick a fight even we couldn’t defend you in time.”

 

“...” trembled Emi, as she knew Ren was speaking the cold truth “You clearly have something planned or wouldn’t waste your words on me like this.”

 

“Nothing, really. I just want you and Niji to attend.”

 

“To be…?”

 

“It’s just for dinner.”

 

“I may be hot tempered but I am not stupid!”

 

“Bait.” 

 

“You want to use us as bait?” whispered, slowly sitting back down, watching Ren who still stood, smilingly at the edge of the pool 

 

“Yup. I want to know are they here to make my marriage hard on me or they are here for something else. If they are here for you and Niji, trying to maybe capture or kill you to throw my… our plans into the trash, then it will come out naturally if they see you two.

 

As we didn’t introduce you to the masses, the least thing they will expect is to show the presence of yours to foreign people, especially if those are clearly not on friendly terms with us. This will throw them into disarray and if you are their targets it will show. Especially on that Yurik fellow.

 

I enraged him enough that he wouldn’t be able to control his feelings and we can read them through him. They want to play? Then I’ll flip the table on them.”

 

“What if they attack on sight?”

 

“It’s a risk. But it is better then be a target of assassination that we can’t defend against or predict.”

 

“You are playing my life here. But at least you became honest. Why bullshitting me from the start?”

 

“Ehehe, you spent some time with Poli to pick up lines like that?” giggled playfully but before Emi could splash some water on her she was already on her way “Wear something sexy, we want this to be effective!”

 

“Such a… tsk… After I recovered I’ll mop the forest floor with her…” grumbled Emi, touching the long scar on her body, running her finger along it as Poli’s determined face came up in her mind, holding his sword “Hmf.” shook her head and submerged herself in the water, trying to wash out her own thoughts. 

 

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“Being bait? Sure.” nodded Niji immediately as she started to explain to him 

 

“That was fast.”

 

“I have no problems with it. I’m also interested in them, I never met with the Naulin royal bloodline, only heard about them. I really want to see their special eyes in action.”

 

“Special eyes?”

 

“You don’t know? I thought you did. Your mother did not tell you?”

 

“We never talked about her family. Everytime it came up she had the expression of having a dagger twisted in her heart. I never asked because of it nor I ever cared.”

 

“I see. Well, it has something to do with a special affinity. It is not clearly an elemental based thing as it always acts as a second attribute, but more… mmm, how did she say… soul based.”

 

“They… have an affinity for… souls?” murmured Ren, thinking about it, holding her small chin 

 

“Something like that, I don’t know the specific. But those who have talent for it, or performed some big merit and carry the Naulin bloodline specialites, the silver hair and amethyst like eyes, can learn it from the King.”

 

“Only those?”

 

“Yes, especially the eye color, it is the important part, it represents the capability of learning it. It works like… a hypnosis? I’m not so sure, my previous owner never explained it clearly as it is the royal family’s secret. We only know that it can manipulate and dominate other’s minds and the only ones seen using it were all purple eyed royal family members, just like you.”

 

“So I could learn it? Mmm, intriguing. Now I am really interested! Maybe if they stir up some trouble I should capture some of them and extract the information out of their own minds.” smiled, with a dangerous light in her eyes 

 

“You plan on capturing them? Wouldn’t it cause some trouble?”

 

“Hm? Who says they disappeared here? They were on their way back home, who knows if a dangerous bandit group jumped on them or something. The roads are not safe, especially now, as I heard some small kingdoms are having a hissyfit at the borders. Usually it happens as a new Emperor gets elected and different interest groups fight to pledge allegiance or switch sides~” giggled dangerously “They could’ve gone missing somewhere there, get into trouble, the possibilities are endless!”

 

“You are… something else.”

 

“Ahaha~ I was always told that. Some even called me mad.”

 

“Close. Anyway, I’m up for it if you think this is a good idea.”

 

“No worries, It will go fine. We will play with them, today I only want to enrage them as much as possible so they make a mistake we can capitalize on. Sentios looked calm and collected, but that Uncle of mine is an idiot. I’ll push him to the limit~ It’s going to be fun!”

 

“Well… now I also look forward to today’s dinner!”

 

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“I hope you will control your temper now.” said Sentios as they neared the General’s house.

 

Only Sentios, Yurik, Astair and two of the other Naulin experts came for the dinner, as the rest were hiding in the shadows, ready to use the night to sneak around and try to find clues about the possible whereabouts of the demons. 

 

“I will, relax.” responded in a calm voice

 

“What do we know about the prince’s strength?” asked suddenly Astair

 

“What we could gather he started young, younger than you did. He won a few years back a competition against Ren.”

 

“He is stronger than her?” asked surprised 

 

“Back then they were close in strength since then the girl skyrocketed. I scanned the prince, he was not at the Harmony Realm but I felt a strong aura so he must be close.”

 

“You say he is stronger than me? How old is he? 20?”

 

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“18.”

 

“Nonsense. I can’t believe it.” harrumphed Astair

 

“It is hard to believe, I agree. Still, better be safe, you are still young and have years ahead of you to catch up.”

 

That was when they arrived and Hal greeted them at the main entrance.

 

“I welcome you all. Please, follow me to the dining room, we already prepared everything.” said with a calm voice as he led them on.

 

“So my sister is not even here to welcome us-” smirked Yurik but soon the words were stuck in his throat as when they arrived, they were greeted with a long table, full of delicacies but the most shocking thing was the giant chimpanzee sitting there next to a foxgirl. 

 

Their brain suddenly couldn’t process the scenery and it was Sentios who recovered the fastest, just coming in without a change in his expression, only his pupil was thinner than before. Yurik swallowed back everything he planned to say, following his example, trying to maintain his calmness while sitting down where he was shown, while Astair immediately locked on Ren, who was lazily sitting in Leinor’s lap, enjoying his hand on her stomach while he fed her like two lovebirds stuck in their own little world.

 

“Where is the General and the Madam?” asked Sentios, looking around as nor Xendar, nor Anya was there

 

“Mm?” looked over Ren, smilingly “They won’t be coming, especially mother, she doesn’t want to meet with you. Also, my father is afraid he wouldn’t be able to control himself and kill you.”

 

“Preposterous!” slammed his hand on the table Yurik “You are making a mockery out of official envoys of the Kingdom!” 

 

“Oh? I thought this was a family dinner… Uncle.” leaned forward, getting hold of a cup, sipping some wine before leaning back in Leinor’s lap while Emi and Niji just continued having dinner, ignoring them “I’m more surprised you asked for mother and not about my guests. Have you already met?” 

 

“Nope.” looked up Niji, focusing his eyes on Yurik “I never met any of them.”

 

“Emi?”

 

“No.” replied with a short, cold answer not even looking at anyone

 

“We are used to seeing demons.” answered Sentios, signaling with his eyes to Yurik to calm down “The Kingdom is no stranger to demonfolk like the Empire. We have a long standing connection with them.”

 

“You mean the kidnappings?” grumbled Emi, folding her fork into two, looking at them sideways with murderous eyes 

 

“We do not kidnap, but yes, we defend ourselves from the demonic attacks that periodically happen. I’d call them prisoners of war.”

 

“Sure.” grabbed another fork, ignoring them once again

 

“I see.” nodded Ren “Well, they are no prisoners, but friends we made. Let me introduce them to you. She is Emi, emissary of Lady Rumira, leader of the fox tribes, also Lady Rumira is a lovely, friendly and smart leader, you should meet with her sometime. It was very beneficial to have her meet with the Emperor, he is strong, I could only guess that she must be at the level of the Third Harmony realm. Emi here is like a daughter to her~” giggled Ren, going on her little nonsense that almost made Emi choke on the chunk of meat she was chewing on “Niji here is the leader of another demonfolk city, it’s a union of multiple tribes and their separate leaders all strong fighters, commanding a horde of lesser demons. It’s great to have friends like this.” giggled as Niji went with her little story

 

“Please, putting aside our differences we found a lot of common interests, we are happy to work together.”

 

Sentios was listening calmly yet deep inside he was cursing, looking at Ren who bravely met his eyes, smiling innocently.

 

“We need to go… we walked into a trap.” groaned Sentios deep inside

 

“You are sowing alliances with… demons?” gritted his teeth Yurik 

 

“Mmm? What, you just said you have a long history with demonfolk.” snorted Leinor

 

“I’m not talking to you! And even then, what is this setup!? Don’t you feel ashamed?” spat Yurik everywhere, as watching the two lovebirds not giving them any face. He felt like being slapped by every minute as he watched them act like this “I see my sister raised a whore of a daughter! Like a mother, like a daughter!”

 

Surprisingly Ren did not react, just smiled, taking a bite from the slice of fruitcake Leinor put before her mouth. 

 

“She is my wife. This is a family dinner. I see nothing wrong here.” answered Leinor, while Ren was gently sucking on his fingers, licking it clean, making even Emi blush, averting her eyes 

 

“Family dinner? This is a farce!” 

 

“I agree.” nodded even Astair but Sentios just sighed as he knew they miscalculated as never expected Ren would go against any reasonable thinking or tradition, forsaking any unwritten rules nobles adhere to and just do what she wants.

 

“This is just a dinner, what are you so upset about? You didn’t even take a bite yet. You are the rude one here, refusing to eat the food we carefully prepared for you!” snorted Ren “What, is our food too mundane for your taste? We are sorry, we are just a small noble family and not royalty here, we can’t please the fancy needs of someone who was spoiled since childhood.”

 

“Nobles? You act like an uneducated commoner, a cheap whore at a brothel!” 

 

“I heard that before.” rolled her eyes, looking up at Leinor “Say, LeiLei, what do you think, he was hit on the head too much when he was a child? Maybe that’s why he repeats himself so often.”

 

“That is a probability. His face too looks deformed, maybe it’s a birth defect.”

 

“Luckily Mother didn’t inherit the same looks... “ sighed with a sad voice, looking at him with pity in her eyes

 

“There are some monkeys that carry the same face structure, I saw their skulls at Shaman’s place.” added Niji, while Emi just lowered her head, trembling, holding back her laughter as this was the first time she was part of something this… childish and… fun. 

 

“Oh, oh, you’re right, they did say they have a long history with demons… maybe they really love them!” nodded Leinor with an expression, showing realization 

 

That was the point where Yurik lost his composure and just tried to assault Leinor with his aura, expecting to overpower him as he had the lowest cultivation level here, beside Astair. As soon as it hit them it just dispersed like nothing as Ren continued.

 

“Did you feel that?”

 

“Mmm? I don’t feel anything.”

 

“Exactly.” giggled before turning to Sentios “Your boyfriend looks like he doesn’t like the food. If it’s not to your taste, maybe you should go.”

 

“You are playing with fire.” answered Sentios who was silent until now

 

“Do I?” asked, tilting her head sideways “You are onto a rude awakening if you think that. I don’t know who fed you the idea to come here and mess with my marriage or do something else shady, but you are over your head if you think the amount of people you brought is enough.”

 

“I don’t know what you are talking about.” stood up, pushing Yurik back to his seat, keeping his hand on him, as he was clearly weakening and Leinor immediately realized Sentios was sapping Yurik from his energies to prevent him from doing something. “But you just insulted the official envoys of a different country. Don’t you think you are untouchable. We came because the King wishes to meet with his offspring and accept you back to the royal bloodline, confirming you the role of Princess… and you act like this. You bring shame on everybody around you!” 

 

“Insulted? You?” giggled, still looking relaxed “I have not done that yet. Also… I’m already a Princess~” caressed Leinor’s face, before giving him a deep kiss in front of them “I can’t care less about your Kingdom’s titles and rules as I am the Princess of the Empire of Aerthus.” climbed out of his lap, standing up on a chair next to them to be on level eyesight with Sentios “But what would a dog like you know? You were spared by your brother and my Father and you joined another country’s royal family as a hound. You lost any respect you deem for yourself right then and there. You came here parading around and acting like you are still royalty. You are nothing but just unwanted guests who came for my wedding. No?”

 

“...” Sentios still looked calm, not leaking out any aura, yet his eyes were cold and turning even colder by the minutes 

 

“Or you came for something else?” smiled at him “If not, then honestly… I feel like you should leave and go back home to your own country.”

 

“We came-” stood up Astair, holding the order of the King but then a thundering boom resonated in the room and Ren was already before him, lifting him up like a chicken by the neck, holding the paper in her other hand, turning it into scraps 

 

“Another word and I will break your neck.” whispered as now everyone was standing and different auras clashed with each other 

 

“Release him.”

 

“Sure.” tossed him to Sentios “Now I am ready to start insulting you. Gather your shit and leave. You are no longer invited to my wedding, not that you were in the first place. Bring my message to your King, and relay it word by word.” looked into his eyes “If you have something to say come by yourself and ask for forgiveness from my mother first. Then we will talk.”

 

“I will relay it. Just as you said.” answered Sentios with a monotone voice before taking a last look at everyone and leaving, literally grabbing onto Yurik and dragging him away while Astair just followed them with a lowered head.

 

“That was fun.” clapped Ren as the left while another door opened and Xendar walked out with a smile, followed by Hal 

 

“I’m glad you had a fun night, but go and cheer up your mother after this. She is still not feeling well.”

 

“I’ll do it.” nodded immediately “How’s the haul?”

 

“We got one. He is down in the basement. You will be able to interrogate him tomorrow. Your mother comes first.”

 

“Mm. Thanks.”

 

“Ahaha, take it as a present from your daddy~” laughed Xendar happily, hugging his daughter showering her with kisses, making Ren laugh out like a child.

 

“Humans are weird.” murmured Emi 

 

“I agree.” nodded Niji, sighing at the same time as her

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