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The form Salt often likes to take is either a Pembroke welsh corgi or a cat
_______CHAPTER FIFTEEN_______
HATHOR
HATHOR
Two weeks have profused on since Milady has recovered from her disease, gave birth to Sting's daughter, and after that, her eyes regained their original color once again, right now she is in the midst of waiting for Ethan to finish answering the little questionnaire she made for him. The delivery of the child went fine and all but, the lingering problem is that the milk from Milady's bust won't come out so everyone had to awkwardly wait outside the medical infirmary doors while Zero did what he had to do--by sucking on Milady's titties until the milk comes out, once the "process" was done Panacea was the first person to be ushered back into the room and find the hidden breast pump in her pile of supplies. To avoid getting attached, Milady opted to use a breast pump instead of directly feeding her daughter with Sting, who was still unaware of the curse Milady shares with Zero. The blonde cried his eyes out once he held Fuzuki, that was the name he choose and it means moon.
The four members adored Fuzuki (the fact that Sting raped Milady is still quite sour to them) but Zero however was not having it, hence upon seeing the baby come out of Milady's womb the bluette kinou's blood boiled beyond repose wanting to kill the innocent child, because of how irreverent she was made. Later on that night, Milady practically clung to him not speaking a word upon it when asked why by the bluette that very same instance, he respected Milady's decision that night and said that she can tell him when the raining emotion is not that heavy anymore. "Milady I'm done!" Ethan declared smiling at Milady as he waved the paper to her "Let me see then." the teen made the piece of paper float to Milady's fingertips "I've noticed that you have been some time with Fuzuki lately." Milady voiced out whilst she's checking his answers "Only in my free time, Milady."
Ethan distracted himself a little bit by making the pen he was formerly using lighter, then himself next "Hmm." Milady hummed in response finishing up "What's my score Milady?" the teen swam upside down mid-air around the library "Excellent as always." she praised him "And it's all because of you, Milady! You're so great!" Ethan pumped both of his fists as he floated like a feather "Great huh," Milady muttered to herself, reclining back on the chair her eyes lingering on the paper Ethan answered, quietly reminiscing an old memory of her youth, giving a ton of headaches to the ex. King of Aulora, Loki Nimue the thought made her chuckle.
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"Come on Ultear you got to be good at something!" the tall good looking monarch of Aulora whined as he had a hard time categorizing what Milady could possibly do, than just simply run away from it all because of how weak she is compared to everyone else in the team "I'm good at escaping." she replied nonchalantly stressing the freckled orangette kinou to the point that he had a light bulb lit in his scape "Perhaps there might be another way," King Loki placed a hand under his chin eyeing Milady as he thought of questions he'd write down "Oooh! What way is that Dad?" Hibiki popped from behind the kinou known as his biological father "I'm guessing that King Loki wants Ultear to take an example to test whether she's smart or dumb just like you Hibiki." Sting commented whilst braiding the long blonde locks of his niece.
"Hey! I have a brain!" Hibiki disagreed, jumping down from the shoulder of his father running over to the benches where Sting braided Arcana's hair "To be fair I'd still ravish you even if you damsel down even more." Larcade took ran his hands at the ends of Milady's hair, which she immediately swatted away with the sticks she's holding, as he and Zero came back from the cafeteria, a couple of bottled refreshments in hand for everyone to drink "See? I told you she likes that kinda stuff." the blonde playboy laughed whereas Zero just rolled his eyes at his delusional fantasies he's having on Milady "So Ultear, how bout it? wanna take an exam?" King Loki grinned from ear to ear at Milady's straight expression.
Milady declined at first but eventually throughout the day she had no choice but to agree as King Loki was literally crawling on her skin to take the so-called exam he plans for her to take so she could finally have a proper stance in the team, once hearing her say yes to the constant bothering, King Loki who's been lugging around a table and chairs plopped it down on the freshly mown grass with a satisfied grin upon his lips "Done." Milady handed the piece of paper to Aulora's monarch who was bored out of his mind from waiting--to be fair Milady took the questions with a grain of salt, the five kids watched from afar conversing about how Milady's taking in the test of questions.
"Ultear's got this I know it!" Arcana cheered for her close friend's success in the exam as she was sitting in between the thighs of her twin brother "How'd you know?" Zero had his arms crossed on his chest iffy of Milady "Because she's a girl, and we girls are smarter than you dickheads." her tone held a glimmer of hope in them "It's good to hear that you are all as dumb as me." the orangette offspring of King Loki laughed slapping his bluette friend on the back much to his annoyance "Yugen can definitely stay on the dumb side of things forever." Sting blurted out intentionally "Shut the fuck up sunrays." Zero threw the sweaty towel he's been using at Sting's direction who promptly dodged it in time smirking as he got the desired irritated reaction from the bluette.
"But for real though, Ultear needs a main skill asap." Larcade went back on track with the topic, back hugging his twin sister while he's at it "Doesn't her skill involve outrunning us?" Zero sarcastically replied still huffy about the time Milady outclassed both him and Sting at horseback riding, a class they dominated before she joined the team. "Someone's still grumpy~" Hibiki singsonged as he laid down on his back down the bermudagrass "Do you think she passed?" Sting changed the topic by pointing out at the older kinou orangette kinou checking Milady's answer sheet from afar "Well of course duh!" Arcana for the longest time never had any friends that is a girl, hence most of the team members are kinou's so it was natural that she'd dot on Milady "Probably...?" Larcade answered quite unsure, "She has to," Hibiki finally vouched for Milady's success in the exam as he stared up at the clouds floating away in the sky, Zero was about to make a comment on the subject but King Loki beat him to it as he groaned loudly in frustration.
"And here I was expecting you'd pass." Aulora's monarch pouted like a child as Milady intentionally dropped the set of questions he'd given her "I've lived under a rock--literally for years why did you even have an expectation." Milady plastered on the reminder to him "See that Arcana she's not intelligent after all." Zero smirked whereas the blonde amazon had a frown gracing her lips upon her friend's failure "I'm sure she'll be better at something else." her optimism peeked through the still despite the expression on her face "Let's just face it, she's just a good distraction for whoever we're gonna be facing off against." the bluette immediately shot down the expectations "That's fine by me." Larcade had a smug look on his face happy that Milady is finally setting in the damsel category "Bruuh you just said moments ago she needs a main skill asap." Sting reminded his nephew of his previous words.
"She does, but I can't force it to happen magically." the gorgeous blonde kinou stated in a matter-of-fact tone "Ultear can be our runner since just like what Zero said earlier that's the only thing she's been good at so far." Hibiki rolled on the grass mindlessly "I hate to admit it but she's become quite like a baggage we have to keep on lugging around." Sting made the last comment upon seeing that Milady was on her way to join them by the spot under the shade. One of the answers listed down the paper concerned the monarch of Aulora.
What do you think love is?
A condition of the head.
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"Milady, why don't you come with me today? in visiting Fuzuki?" the little ravenette asked his teacher whilst floating upside down in front of her face "I have a lot of agendas to do Ethan, maybe later in the evening I'll go by myself, just bring the bottles with you as usual." Milady played with the teens curly hair gesturing at the milk bottles placed on the wooden table's surface "Okay!" he hugged Milady by the neck, pulling away upon hearing a round of knocks on the door "I'll open it." Ethan offered in which Milady allowed him to the teen raven fell on the direction of the door mid-air giving the kinou standing on the other side a light fright from the tone of his voice "HI CHASE!" Ethan yelled the greeting at Zero's first-ever assistant whose name is Chase Pillars, who almost dropped the box he's holding.
"Good day to you too Sir. His Royal Highness had me deliver a package for Milady." the purple-haired kinou greeted Ethan back with cold sweat forming from the loud tone of the teen, showing him the unfamiliar looking box "Milady should I let him in?" the teen raven asked for permission first "Of course." she replied whilst pouring herself a cup of warm chocolate, Milady had asked Queen Minea (prior to giving birth to Fuzuki) to be given the permission to use the palace library as her temporary office while the renovation for her own is still on hold due to melancholia. Once Zero's assistant had entered the library he promptly bowed down to Milady as a sign of respect "Oh how lovely," Milady's calm voice came out of her lips as the purple-haired kinou got back up on his posture, her eyes fixated on the box's design.
"His Royal Highness wants you to have this Milady." Chase placed the box on the table's glass surface in which case Milady pressed the lavender lock button "What is it?" the raven asked excitedly, "Ethan, do you remember that story about me, that Hibiki told you guys when you were hanging out in one of the palace's balcony?" the seventeen-year-old thought for a second recalling said story by the manchild orangette kinou "Oh, oh! the one where they got Salt?" he raised a hand as if he was in class, Milady only hummed a response a small smile at the edge of her lips, Ethan gasped balling his hands into a fist beside his face in astonishment "DONUTS!!" he grabbed Chase's upper left limb shaking it as he screamed the desserts/sweet's name. Calix was the only tribe in RHEA that made the best of sweets and destroying it was a bit of a shame.
"Chocolate ice cream donuts," Milady said out loud as she lifted two of the sweet course from the box with her talent, the other flew over the seventeen-year-old's hand vastly taking a bite from it with such aggressiveness to taste it he got a brain freeze courtesy of the dessert and melancholia's cold song the teen raven stood still for a moment despite loving to drink cold water over cold-weather--season, whereas Milady bit on to her favorite sweet, Chase gave Ethan a look of worry "Don't concern your self, Ethan just got a brain freeze, it is a normal reaction you'd get from tasting the sweet for the first time." Milady took another bite after relaying the info to the purple-haired assistant of her husband.
Chase nodded his head as a response, internally salivating over jealousy that Milady didn't also give him the dessert that wasn't meant for him might I add. Because why would she give some kinou she doesn't know--well she knows him more than anyone honestly, as one of the perks Milady had being a time mage is that she can see any Rhiannon citizen's whole entire life span, know who they truly are, and everything else by just looking or glancing at them...even a mere glimpse can do wonders. "Say the other reason why you're here Chase." Milady reminded the purple-haired kinou of his task, hating the fact that he dazes at her just like Madeline did when she was still serving Milady.
The purplette shivered out of his daze at Milady and began spouting the words told to him by Zero to deliver earlier "His Royal Highness wants you, Milady, to join him later on in the evening for a stroll outside the palace gardens and dinner." Ethan was able to get out of his current state upon hearing that Zero was stealing his mentor from him later on when he was the first one that has asked Milady prior to giving birth to Fuzuki, that he'd want to be the first one she'd walk out of the palace with, and now the bluette was stealing Milady from spending time with him yet again "Eh!?" the little ravenette monster shrieked in disapproval hurting Chase's sense of hearing on the left side, his attention darting vastly between his beloved mentor and the purple-haired assistant. Milady just smirked getting up from her seat standing by the window pulling parting the thick curtains up.
"Let's go Ethan, and Chase to bring the bag of bottled milk to Odette, once you've done with that go back to helping my husband." Milady walked away from the windows, "Of course Milady," gesturing the teen raven to pick up the box full of donuts with him and ordering Chase to take the bag with him on the way out and give it to Odette hence she was the servant in charge during the day in regards of taking care of Fuzuki. Ethan made the box float along with him as Milady walked down the halls like a cat. "You've asked me first, so you get what you want kid." Milady ruffled the seventeen-year-old's hair who vastly grinned from ear to ear realizing where they are heading to.
"Miss Odette, Milady has told me to give these to you." the purple-haired kinou presented the bag full of milk bottles to the greenette handmaiden who gladly accepted it thanking him "Why thank you, Mr. Pillars, and here I was on the way to get them how convenient, thank you again." Odette closed the door behind her taking the bag into the room, transferring one of the white liquids into Fuzuki's baby bottle, Sting has run into some troubles in the way of properly taking care of his first child--mind you, the blonde kinou almost broke her neck hence he did not know how to hold a baby properly and that's where Odette comes in to save him from the dilemma.
Therefore if there is one thing that she had learned from having two kids of her own is that raising children is hard, and any parent who says differently is lying. Parenting is emotionally and intellectually draining, it often requires dedicated sacrifice and serious financial hardship. kids are extremely needy and demanding from the moment of their birth to... well, forever. Sting's unrealistic expectations hit him like a bus and Odette had specifically lectured him that he should yeet all those the window as the hardest thing about parenting is that nobody else can do it for you, you wanted a child then you receive nothing but stress and fatigue from its constant cries during the night.
Don't get her wrong the greenette loved her children dearly and can't imagine her life without them, but let's face the facts here okay, sometimes she just can't help but want to whack the living shit out of them from how much of a ruckus they'd cause her. The blonde kinou went from having a free day 24/7 to cradling his child 24/7, the only break he'd get nowadays is when he's eating that's it. Sting also stopped pursuing Milady after Fuzuki was born "Here Your Grace." Odette gave him the baby bottle in which case Fuzuki reached out her tiny baby hands to grab, Sting held the bottle's end with his free hand his eyes threatening to shut closed "Your Grace, why don't you have some rest I can take it from here." Odette offered, worried for the blonde kinou.
"Thanks but I'm good." he expressed with a heavy yawn verifying Odette's concern "Your Grace, not to be rude but your body seems to agree with you as of the moment, please for Fuzuki, do have some rest." looking down at the baby in his arms, thinking about for a minute "Fine," the blonde gave up with a sigh "But just this one time." he carefully handed Fuzuki to the greenette handmaiden of Milady who baby talked the little girl as her father almost stumbled to the direction of the doors from restlessness. Once out of his daughter's nursery he had one hand on the wall for assistance to his own room that is just right beside the nursey, Sting's designated room was at the palace east wing endmost's side.
Plopping himself down the fluffy mattress, his eyes heaved shut for a much-needed rest. It was made crystal clear to Sting by Zero that Milady does not want anything to do with Fuzuki, the blonde ultimately believed it hence it extremely shows all alone from the distance Milady was creating between her and the baby. If Sting gets sick due to staying up late at night too much, per order no one was allowed to budge and take up the responsibility he weighed himself down with, the crime he committed by himself must be dealt with by himself. The worst of it all? if he dies she'd be left all alone.
"Peek a boo, peek a boo~" Irina played with Fuzuki who clapped her baby hand together in joy as Odette ate the lunch that was brought in by Irina for her by the side "This is making me miss my own grandchildren," the brunette chuckled out a smile decorating her lips "Grandchildren?" Odette repeated catching Irina's attention "Yeah, three of them actually just a few months older than Fuzuki." the little girl grabbed a fist full of Irina's uniform "Not to intrude or anything but, I am safe to assume that you're the same age or older than Queen Minea?" Odette asked after swallowing the viaticum in her mouth "Not at all, I'm just five years older than her Royal Majesty, by the way, Odette, has there been a permanent nanny for Zuzu?" Irina picked up the fallen plushie on her lap giving it back to Fuzuki, the greenette handmaiden stared at Irina for a second confused on who is the Zuzu she was referring to.
Noticing her confusion Irina giggled clearing it out by pointing at Fuzuki whose mesmerized by her small plushie spouting incoherent baby words "No, Milady has never told me to find Fuzuki a nanny nor did His Grace." Odette narrated the info to her friend "Why not?" Irina asked whilst bouncing the raven-haired baby on her thighs "I myself cannot answer that since I don't know either." Odette frowned munching on the last spoon of her lunch "Maybe you should try suggesting it," the brunette advised to Milady's handmaiden "I don't think that would be a good idea." Odette chuckled nervously thinking about what would Milady do to her salary if she dares suggest getting Fuzuki a personal nanny so she could serve Milady
"Well let me know if they change their minds, as I know a few who would love to take care of her. His Grace is too dedicated to this." Irina joked at the end of her words "Milady is guaranteed to not to, but His Grace might be willing t, I'm just not sure when." Odette wiped her lips of any of the sauce and cannot believe that she is starting to miss the food of her birth tribe "Give it time, he's the type who's addicted to learning when he has been given the chance to do so." Irina assured the greenette as she was one of the people that witnessed the original Arhianna team grow up "How long have you been serving Queen Minea exactly?" Odette asked as she stood up from her seat, walking to the bathroom's direction washing her hands "Let's see if my counting is right, I think when Her Majesty was still a teen." walking out of the bathroom after drying her hands with a small paper sheet(tissue), Odette finished up her drink till the last drop before exchanging out the dish with Fuzuki. "Thank you for bringing my lunch."
Odette thanked Irina, as she lost track of time in the midst of watching and taking care of the raven-haired baby "It was nothing, but next time don't get carried away by this baby's cuteness." Irina waved them goodbye before closing the door behind her leaving Odette alone with Fuzuki once again who began to cry once Irina was gone, Odette noticed that her diaper was full changing it out with swift ease due to the smell it reeked. Whilst she was making sure that the diaper tabs are in place correctly she took a quick glance at the window glass, seeing some of the other servants walking down the palace grounds, before getting back on slipping Fuzuki's lower garments.
Milady was taught by her father, Raios, to be greedy so when she had to share something with anyone from the original team she'd heavily obstruct herself from grimacing to perfectly keep the facade on. So the sight of her share a box of ice cream donuts with Ethan was strange to those that saw them walk aimlessly around the palace grounds, most of RHEA's citizens assumed that Milady has vanished like a bubble from being inactive in any gore crimes that has circled around the latest news for the past year, only those with high status in our homeworld had learned that she was suffering from effects of a meshuga spell and the loss of her only child.
The lovely silence of melancholia was falling carefully and it was killing the water-obsessed teen "Milady?" Ethan asked gobbling up the last piece of donut down his throat whilst floating beside Milady yeeting the box on the nearby trash can "Yes?" Milady replied apathetically to the small talk her student wanted to ensue between them "What's Calix like Milady? ooooh, tell me, quick!" he asked for a topic to talk about as the silence is beginning to itch his speed freak soul "Shouldn't you be asking Nox that?" Milady gave a sideward glance at him "That alcoholic redheaded bitch is always around him like a cemented wall, so I'm asking you instead, Milady." he beamed smiling excited by the fact that Milady is doing an effort to move her lips.
"It is the strongest tribe of RHEA and they provide the best sweets end." he's never been so disappointed in his entire seventeen years' life span "It's too plain!" the little ravenette complained throwing his upper limbs in a huff of dissatisfactory "That's what you get for asking the amazon who destroyed it." Milady deflated her hand upwards as the nearby naked tree shredded its collected snow at the exact moment Milady and Ethan passed by it "I don't care! tell me more than that common knowledge!" he whined desperate "Go back to the library and read about it." Milady sneered at him "No Milady, you're my mentor so you teach me! Come on!" Ethan placed a hand on Milady's shoulder shaking them a bit in an effort that she'd get pissed off--only Hibiki has the power to do that to Milady. "I never knew that a simple walk involved talking about history...and pipe down." she closed her right eye checking how much time will Ethan yap.
"Milady come on tell me! tell me! MILADY!" he leaned on to his tendencies, annoying Milady all the way to the end of their walk but she did not budge one bit to his amphetamine self. Aside from being RHEA's strongest tribe and providing the best sweets imaginable, the people residing in Calix are also known for widely practicing the art of tattooing, one of the early technologies developed by the first amazons to express their strength in physical prowess, accomplishment, a visual display of a personal narrative, and reminders of self-identification. Some of the greatest warriors would have tattoos on their faces or neck. But after the three original tribes were divided into seven distinct ones tattooing became less of a trophy of strength than that of an art form whose new main purpose is now to attention, addiction, artistic freedom, sexual motivation, or even drunken impulsiveness.
"What the fuck are we doing?" Ignatius commented as she was forced yet again, to tag along with Ethan as he complained to Hibiki that he was bored out of ideas after he visited Fuzuki, so the orangette proposed an idea that would surely amuse Milady's prodigy for the time being "Shhh-!" Nox told his best friend to stay quiet, Ethan was mounted on his shoulders binoculars at hand spying on Milady and Zero "Can we please go back? it is cold out here." Ignatius shivered in her coat despite the calm demeanor of melancholia "Then use your talent bitch." Ethan mocked her his eyes glues to the binoculars, seeing that her complaints would fall on to nothing she sat down by the tree branch quietly mumbling incoherent words whilst warming herself up via talent.
"What are they even talking about?" Ethan blurted out annoyed that Zero was making Milady smile "Married people things...?" Nox added as held Ethan's legs to prevent him from falling off the tree "Just look Nox." the teen ravenette passed down the binoculars at Nox so he could see what Ethan was complaining about and the timing couldn't have been worse "Zeus' pole I did not need to see that..." the white-haired kinou felt uncomfortable seeing his foster parents be all touchy with each other to which turn Ethan pulled the binoculars vastly out of Nox's hand wanting to see what the white-haired kinou just witnessed "Zero I'm gonna kill you." the teen raven growled with gritted teeth "Why? what's going on?" Ignatius asked curiously, as to what got Ethan huffy all of the sudden "They're just doing what people in matrimony do--something I do not wish to see ever." Nox looked sick from the thought.
"Geez, just that?" the redhead amazon chuckled at Ethan who stared daggers at her "Fuck you." he cursed making her raise a brow at him "Eh!?" she was about to jump at the water obsessed teen but Nox stopped her with his feet "Don't even think about arguing right now, Tia please for Hera's sake let it slide." annoyed she agreed "Fine." by crossing her arms on her chest due to the lack of options she's having right now as the two kinou (well Nox is not all that interested just partially but anyway) she's currently hanging out with are invested in spying on Milady and Zero "Damnit, I should have learned Aggrandize Range if I knew this would happen." Aggrandize Range is a type of talent that heightens its user's sense of hearing being able to pick up every single sound, can decipher layer upon layer of differing sounds/conversations, and locate the source of noise or pick up a sound from a mile away.
Limitations and weaknesses of this talent are extremely loud sounds, noise can limit the distance of the user's hearing range or ability to detect minor sounds. Tranquility Muzzle has the full capability to render this talent useless beyond repose, exact sensitivity and range of hearing may vary by individual, and too many conversations around the user may make it difficult to find the right one to listen to, unless if they have a method to easily distinguish them. "That talent's limits can bash your eardrums beyond repose, why would you even want that?" Ethan did not reply as his attention was fixated on Milady and Zero chatting whilst partaking in the viaticum.
"Do they have any liquor down there?" Ignatius asked still a little bit hurt that her own friend told her off, at least a hint of liquor would be able to ease her up "No, they don't drink firewater." upon hearing that she slumped on dejection even more "That's a shame, but then again why are there so many liquors in stock at the palace?" that stock is not for human consumption as it can be used in various ways of cooking during melancholia, and drinking alcohol during melancholia yearly playtime is not advised, since the last time a certain Rhiannon citizen had tried that they almost died from recklessness, you can do it but be cautious is all. "It's for cooking," the white-haired kinou sighed "Just because they store it doesn't mean they drink it for themself okay?" the foster son explained to his close friend.
"If that were mine? I'd drink it cause why not? alcohol is a good supplement."
"Supplement for a rotten liver."
"And a possible future death."
"I don't care, I'm gonna die eventually I just don't want it to be delayed." her goals are still unwavering from its true purpose and that's what makes them worry for her--cause she's bound to be easily victimized by the tyrant emperor of RHEA. The two did not comment after that choosing to watch Zero and Milady who were talking about random things that came about in the midst of their supper. "Do you think I should still buy that?" the bluette kinou asked "I mean the choice is up to you," Milady scooped a spoonful of the steaming Chalong's soup into her mouth.
"I'm having second thoughts, cause what if I realize I don't actually need it?" the bluette kinou pondered the idea of purchasing an item "Want me to look into it?" Milady offered after swallowing the rice noodles "Please do, because I don't want to waste my Cyhea on something I can't use further in the future." Zero accepted for a final decision he'd make "Okay, let's see here, the material item would provide a few good two good years of use but if you're the only one who's going to be using it." Milady relayed the future purpose of the item her spouse wanted to buy "Let me guess it'd get broken immediately if someone other than me would make use of it?"Zero formed an opinion of what Milady is going to say next "Bingo."
"That does it, I'm not buying it anymore." Zero refilled his cup, drinking it vastly as the cold song could still freeze it all up despite calming down. "You've asked Odette for the recipe didn't you?" Milady pointed her fork on the dish they are consuming, a dish that is from Helium, which is great for melancholia "Yeah, she gave it in complete detail and instruction, that the head chef had a great time cooking it." the bluette spoke out before unintentionally slurping the rice noodles "My, my Your Royal Highness how graceful." Milady teased "In my defense, it would have frozen up okay?" he picked up the finely sliced pork from the bowl to his mouth chewing it with ease "Suuure." a small smirk tugged the edge of Milady's lips "When are you gonna take that off?" Zero motioned to me hanging around Milady's neck as her necklace.
"Actually today was the last, but I decided to keep Hathor like this for a little while."
"That's great."
"And that is? hmm?"
"What do you mean?"
"Come on Zero, I know the reason why...but I wanna hear you say it."
"That's the main reason I don't want to articulate."
"You will."
"Is that how you wanna play it?"
"Just say it." a glint was evident in her eyes "From every single day that I've railed you since you recovered, I feel like Hathor is an audience watching us, hanging around your neck like that." the bluette leaned back on his seat "It's satisfying when I hear it come out of your lips... remind you she watches' everybody, and so do I." Milady took a half spoon of beansprouts "By the gods." Zero sighed pitching the bride of his nose in discomfiture, leaving Milady to chuckle, if Ethan did indeed learn to use aggrandize range as a secondary talent what Zero had spouted would have him stupefied "Zero." she called him out as her laughter died down the blue-haired kinou just grunted as a response "Do you still have nightmares?" Milady asked about the plaguing memory of Riona's death.
"No, they stopped altogether since last month."
"That's good."
"Did you have Hathor relinquish it?"
"Yeah."
"Thank you."
"Anything for you."
"That takes me back~"
"Oh please, not the cringy past."
"I had to bring it up somehow. Come on Ultear, you loved saying those words to Raios."
"The days when I was his perfect little daughter--ugh disgusting...in a way," Milady whispered the last part to herself "And that makes it worth looking back at." the bluette heir of Lireo laughed. "Oh yeah?" Milady was not amused "Yeah, haha." whereas Zero placed both of his hands behind his head "What about that time I outclassed you and Sting?" she pulled the reminiscing memory to her favor "Hey, hey! don't turn the tables--" the bluette kinou attempted to stop where the topic was going but Milady beamed like a kid who's in a high of sugar rush "Still grumpy about that?" Milady did some tiptoes with her pointer and middle finger down the clothed surface of the furnished oak table "No!" Zero proclaimed his voice raising a bit showing bits of his in denial over the past memory.
"Then why are you so defensive?" Milady had her spouse's lips backed up in ina corner as she began to poke fun of Lireo's heir "Wha-?" Zero was caught off guard by Milady's sudden lively attitude "Zeus' pole you are, HAHAHA!" Milady laughed genuinely for the first time within the three youngster's view from the tree, Ethan was amazed by it as Milady's free expressions are reserved solely for her spouse and daughter. "Seriously Zero, that was three decades ago, move on." Milady continued on as the bluette finished pissedly his meal. Once both were done, Zero offered his hand out to Milady who promptly accepted it, as sitting down while digesting the heavy viaticum can stuff the stomach a bit. The servants cleaned up the dishes used once Milady and Zero have walked out of the pavilion.
The nightmares that plague Zero always consisted of, a wide pool of blood circling the premises of Lireo's palace it's reeking smells killed those that inhaled it, the only place left untainted by its potent killing mechanism is Zero's chambers. The wailing cries for help of his daughter were similar to that of a wolf howling to the full moon, all he was able to do was listening to a mortifying melody, if he tries to cover his ears to block them out louder they blasted conundrums. If not that, he would be standing face to face with his dismantled child, forced to stare at her organs falling out from the deadly wounds that tattooed her torso. For Ignatius, she was unable to stop Riona from decaying in her arms, as she tries to outrun the same mercenary that was trying to kill the bluette child back then at Cynic, flies, and worms swarmed all over the child's corpse and lastly, Nox, the kind of torment that plagued him is Riona smiling happily...whilst feeding him her own chopped-up organs.
"I heard from the servants chattering earlier that you've shared the ice cream donuts with Ethan." the bluette kinou titled his head a bit to the side wanting to confirm whether the gossips of the palace servants are true "I did, by the way, Galaxia made those donuts right?" Milady asked resting her free hand under her chin "Yeah, she ran into some difficulties in the midst of making it as Salt kept on bothering her for some reason." Zero chuckled amused at the fiasco that Milady's pet caused earlier at the kitchen "My little baby is just bored and besides the scent of Calix's former queen is on Galaxia, who is known for her dislike of catfishes." a light dust of color tiptoed past Milady's cheeks at the thought of little baby causing trouble for the diamond authority clone "Still the sight of you sharing is like an exhibition to them."
"A strange occurrence to my bad image is it?"
"They're just shocked, that the firstborn daughter of Raios had wits to share."
"They have truly belittled the heartless part."
"Don't you think it's long overdue?"
"What is?"
"That you've stayed in the perspective of being well hated by the gods and Rhiannon citizens?"
"I don't mind, hence it makes my job all the easier to do, and if the deities did indeed abhor any loathing notion to me, then they would have not favored our matrimony in the first place."
"Fair point, but still you'll need the people's support in becoming empress of RHEA ."
"Yes you are correct about that, but their say doesn't matter all that much for me to ascend to the throne..." the following words that Milady had spouted were only available for Zero to hear.
"You are not hinting that are you?"
"Not at all, I'd be a huge blow to his ego if I were to do so--that."
"I could already imagine how much of a budget pain that would cost Lireo." Zero's brows furrowed at the thought as Cyhea's may be easily created but people should learn to value them therefore it provides options for people to live a better life than what they choose and puts them in control of it. Having money and being comfortable with finances also gives you tons of freedom and options to decide how you want to live and support the things you care most about in your lifespan. Cyhea's can give people the power to make a difference in the lives of others, but not the desire to do so, the common understanding is that the more cyhea you have, the more powerful you are, and yes it works but once the accumulated riches disappear so does the power you hold over those that have been trampled on by it. Each royal family of RHEA is in charge of providing and distributing cyhea's for their people to use daily.
"So that's why I will not participate in it because the added bonus of it all would have you stuck in your study for a long time which is a shame." Milady placed a hand on her cheek, whilst closing her left eye "Which is why I finally agreed to have an assistant, he's helpful though." they stopped walking in the middle of the stone path, the bluette danced his hand down on Milady's hips "Of course he is, that's exactly what he's supposed to do." her finger stared to trace a few patterns on his bicep "And he's doing a spectacular job." Zero pulled Milady closer to him, eyes staring directly at her navy orbs "Can we please not talk about your assistant anymore, he's not relevant." Milady placed a finger on his lips to stop the tension, like a tease of sorts.
Zero followed close after Milady "Of course, Milady~" the blue-haired kinou took up a playful purring tone that made Milady halt in her tracks as her spouse continued on ahead of her satisfied with her reaction to his intention, looking over his shoulder "Zero, don't call me that." she spouted nonchalantly catching up to his walking pace "What's the matter? you like it when other people call you that." the bluette heir of Lireo took a few strands of Milady's soft raven locks in his hand "You are not other people." she says, the tone of her voice even "I used to be." his eyes solely on her "Well, you're not anymore." Milady took hold of his wrist showing it to him, where the token of their matrimony resided.
"Yes, Milady."
"Zero, stop."
"Make me, Milady~" the heir of Lireo huskily whispered to her ears, upon hearing it Milady vastly pushed Zero away from her who in turn smirked, creating great distance to do a backflip and picked a hand fulls of snow to throw it at him, the three youngsters spying from the tree were befuddled by what just happened "Is this how they flirt?" Ignatius asked her mouth agape, with furrowed brows "I have the same question as you, what the fuck is this?" the white-haired kinou added "I think they're fighting not flirting." Ethan commented taping Nox on the shoulder lightly to turn as the view is getting altered as Milady and Zero kept on yeeting snowballs at each other like children, "Believe me, you don't want to see them fight." Nox had a cold shiver run down the back of his spine from the memory of his foster parents fighting because Zero wanted to adopt him as their own child.
"Why not? bet it was epic--oooh! should we make them actually fight?!" Ethan excitedly punched his fists on the air feeling the blood rush from his veins at the thought of doing what he does best "Hibiki said that we should simply spy on them from afar and not ruin the time they are spending together --!" the redheaded Amazonian alcoholic attempted to remind the water obsessed teen of their true objective out here in the cold, but yet again her best friend shushed her into shutting up "SHHH!" Nox's left pointer finger was pressed on the redhead twenty-nine-year-old's peachy lips, gesturing his head on Milady who choose to ignore their presence since the beginning to enjoy herself, an instance that the three youngsters are unaware of as she made them think that they are doing a fine job of spying on them, takes me back to that time when Sting first died, it was the same trick Milady used on him.
People often say that the same trick doesn't work twice on an opponent but the favor of time bends to Milady's will. Once sure that Ignatius won't utter a second word Nox removed his finger, holding the teen raven legs to hold him in place as he began to move so much from the excitement of wanting to ensue an actual fight between Milady and Zero "Ethan quit moving or I'll yeet you." the white-haired kinou warned him but the little ravenette did not listen so Nox proceeded to yank him off his shoulders snatching the binoculars as the teen kinou fell in which turn Ethan snickered getting back on the same level as them before Zero could even see him, dodging the snowballs being yeeted in his direction "HA! I can float!" Ethan taunted Nox poking the tip of his nose before snatching the binoculars back into his hands "Geez you should have done that in the first place, rather than turn me into your personal chair." Nox massaged his shoulder blades.
"Cause floating would require the usage of my mana." Once Ethan's gaze landed on Milady she was staring right back at him yelling "Get down from there already and join us!" upon hearing Milady spout the words Ethan dashed with joy out of the tree collecting numerous amounts of snowballs to throw, whereas the two who's in their late twenties froze on their spot processing what the heck just happened "Hey, Nox, you sure they're not fighting?" Ignatius asked her eyes being covered by her long curly hair "Yup." the white-haired kinou answered straight "Then...LET'S GO!" she took hold of his wrist her robustness astounding him beyond repose, Nox plopped face down on the thick snow as Ignatius raged in fury when Ethan has yeeted a pebble on her face instead of a snowball.
"Good evening Sting!" the orangette righthand kinou barged into Fuzuki's nursery a shinning smile plastered all over his face, whereas the blonde just gave him a poker face from being so loud "Just close the damn door Hibiki, and quiet down will you, Fuzuki is sleeping." Sting rebukes, reaching up to the musical bed bell starting it a second time as the raven baby squirmed a bit a sign that her sleep was disturbed in the eyes of her father. "Aww, it is cute how you are so dedicated to this." Hibiki pinched the cheek of his teammate like he's a little kid "Argh, let go I'm not a kid." Sting removed the orangette's hand from his cheeks "You once were, anyway. Aren't you glad I brought you something?" Hibiki showed the box he's holding in his right hand to Sting who raised a look at him wondering what's in it.
But at the same time worried that it would be another shitty item like the last time "It'd better not be another useless item Hibiki, because by the gods if it is--" Sting was interrupted by Hibiki before he could even finish relaying his words regarding the matter "Of course not~ geez Sting, chill would you? it is not like last time." Hibiki patted his shoulder blades twice his smile shining brighter than before "Hibiki, I've known you since we were kids and if there's one thing you'd possibly do is be goofy all the time." Sting gave him a side-eyed knowing look "You make me sound like I can't be serious." the orangette frowned with puppy eyes wavering at Sting who closed his eyes sighing "Just what is in the box?" the latter asked whilst Hibiki pulled himself a chair "I'm glad you finally asked!" Hibiki raised his voice in joy, in which turn Sting gave him a reminding glare quickly taking the blonde's warning.
"Sweets...? I'm lost what is this for?"
"Well duh, we're gonna eat it."
Hibiki gave him one to taste first in case the blonde doesn't like it "O-okay?" Sting accepted the given sweet doubtful upon why isn't Hibiki taking a bite on the other one he's holding, the stare he's giving Sting had him in thought that this might be some kind of shit the orangette is pulling again, but still decided to bite into the cupcake anyway taking a huge risk for himself "What the--how? why do these taste like they are from Calix?" the cupcake's taste left lingering nectar of might in them leaving the blonde elite of Xeris wonderstruck in his seat beside the crib "They aren't but the amazon--sorry clone who made them is." Hibiki took a huge bite out of the cupcake after explaining to Sting how the cupcakes they are partaking in came about.
"Galaxia made these? never knew that she knows how to bake in the first place." Sting peeled off the sweets wrapper gently, "Speaking of that it reminded me of just what my father always used to say to us back then ahem 'Never be ashamed of knowing how to cook your own food, therefore, you must remember kids that it is an essential part of life, especially if you truly want to survive!' lawd that makes my throat hurt--but hey I did a decent imitation of him!" the orangette had sparkles forming around him as the achievement of imitating his father's voice was a success "You are his son." Hibiki just smirked at the compliment finishing the cupcake "Want another?" he offered to the blonde who was yet to finish the first one given to him, savoring its nigh on forgotten taste.
Hibiki kept on budging Sting on his bicep to take the cupcake with a straight face on "Just wait a damn minute!" he growled annoyed "You told me to pipe down and you're allowed to raise your voice? hypocrisy~" the orangette singsonged the last part poking fun at Sting who vastly darted his attention to Fuzuki stirring in the crib almost waking up from how loud her father was being, he wanted to say something between gritted teeth but Hibiki pointed at the ravenette baby an innocent smile plastered across his lips. Snatching the second cupcake from the orangette kinou's hands biting grumpily on it as Hibiki snickered that Sting's words of warning had backfired on him "Apart from me annoying you right now," Hibiki paused with a smile waiting for the blonde to give his ear into the topic "I also came here to remind you about getting Fuzuki a personal nanny."
"She doesn't need one, Odette and I can take care of her just fine--" Sting reasons as he took quite a liking to this new routine of his, in defiance that it was taking a bit of his beauty rest and supposedly free time off RHEA'S continuous profusing clock "I'd hate to break your basket but Odette is Milady's personal handmaiden it's not in her job description to take care of Fuzuki, also don't forget that Odette's aid is only lent to you by Milady until you get a proper nanny and lastly on a more serious note--get back to work because you are seriously slacking off you know." Hibiki yeeted the box over the trash can with his talents "You have a point regarding Odette helping me but me going back to work? Hibiki I can't just randomly kill the next person I see outside and excuse me I am not slacking off we just don't have a job to do--like it's been a year."
"Bruh, whoever told you that working for Milady only revolves around making people reach their expiration date early anyway?" Hibiki made fun of Sting for not knowing "No one I just assumed that's all there is to it, cause all the stuff we've been doing is making people die early." a sarcastic tone he uttered "Freeloader." aulora's orangette prince satirizes crossing his arms on his chest grinning "Oi, quit the audacity because I am not the only one freeloading here in the first place, the rest of you are as well." the blonde smacked his lips at the end of his complaint "Are you the only one from the team who is not aware of what our job is literally more than that?" Hibiki shook his head in disappointment that the smartest kinou of their team had no idea of what his own job was.
"Oh sorry then! I guess oh you know--NOBODY freaking told me, oh wait that was your job in the first place Hibiki." Sting lowered his voice as much as possible whilst angrily conversing with the dunderhead right-hand kinou "Relax, you know now so what's the point of being so huffy about it? now that's aside I'll inform Odette first thing in the morning that you've agreed to get Fuzuki a personal nanny." Hibiki nodded to himself satisfied that his objective has been accomplished "Oi, I haven't agreed on anything yet--" Sting spared to gainsay but the orangette countered his suppodesely disagreement "By saying the word agreed means you have agreed." he wagged a finger to Sting's face "Alright fine, damnit all." Hibiki clapped happily like a child who's been given a lollipop as his blonde friend agreed to the idea of finally getting his weeks-old daughter a nanny.
The next day Hibiki purposely woke up early (something he rarely does nowadays due to the cold) to catch up with Odette before she starts her work for the day. He found her exactly at the palace kitchen unaware of his presence yet as she was seeing Milady's platter for breakfast was up to her liking "Hello Odette good morning!~" Hibiki's voice gave the greenette handmaiden goosebumps crawl all over her skin, she nervously greeted him back "G-good morning to you as well Your Highness, what brings you here today?" she put on a forced smile to hide her trepidation as their task prior to melancholia's harmfully did ballets on her scape.
"Great question, Sting has been left with no choice but to get Fuzuki a personal nanny." upon hearing the word that the blonde was left with choice Odette immediately had the perception that Hibiki forced the idea into him "Yes I did force him." the orangette prince read the scape of Milady's handmaiden making her jump a bit with wide eyes, Hibiki looked over the greenette handmaiden's shoulder seeing the nourishment Milady likes "Now go!" he placed both of his hands on her shoulder blades unaware that she was walking at the door's direction whilst Hibiki spoke the following words to distract her "I'll take care of overseeing things here, while you go to Irina and tell her the brilliant news kay? good luck!" with one last push she was standing out the door still dumbfounded of what just transpired.
Shrugging it off she ran off to where Irina would be at a time this early, almost running over some servants on her way there yelling back an apology as she ran past them so there will be no ill will against her rush, once standing front to front with the huge double doors she inhaled and exhaled catching her breath from the running she just exerted, knocking twice as a sign of respect to whoever might be on the other side, the kinou nearest to the door opened it answering the knock that came about "Yes how may I help you?" he politely asked Odette "Excuse me but is Irina here? if so I would like to speak to her about something." she asked the kinou "Yes, she is please do come in."
The kinou lead her inside the dress workshop, Odette's eyes wondered around the massive room seeing various types of winter garments being made for the servants and soldiers working here at the palace and especially garbs for their prestigious elites, she was in awe as each tribe of RHEA expresses different types of clothing style according to their tribe's biome. In Helium they sport such revealing clothing, Zoldanga present's a formal and modest look upon their person, Lireo puts on comfortable clothing that could stand up against melancholia but is still wearable for the morning sunrise, Aulora has long and fitted garments that generate warmth and refreshment, Xeris takes on an extravagant way of fashion, Calix has attires that are adaptable to any form of combat, and lastly Borealis flaunts on a simple neutral colored wardrobe that compliments your complexion.
"Maam Irina, someone is here looking for you," he called for the head maid of Lireo who was busy analyzing the garb being made for her queen to wear on her state of nation address next week, excusing herself from the seamstress to see who is the person looking for her "Odette, good morning, to what do I owe this early visit?" she greeted, whilst dismissing and thanking the kinou that accompanied Odette "His Highness Hibiki, has informed me this morning that His Grace has finally agreed to get a nanny for the young miss." the greenette notified Queen Minea's handmaiden like promised, "I didn't expect His Grace to decide that quick, but nonetheless that is good news, for now, do the duties temporarily assigned to you by your master, and by sunrise a new servant will tend to the Young Miss."
"Yes, Maam." she addressed Irina formally in front of all the other employees hence proper etiquette must be shown when their line of work is at hand, Odette was about to take her leave out of the dress factory but Irina called for her attention "Before you leave," the brunette began "Could you at least take a look at the garb made for your lady? I'm sure the seamstresses would like to hear your opinion about it." Irina offered her to have a sneak peek of the gown "But why me?" the greenette asked befuddled.
"Because you are Her handmaiden, one of the people she trusts." Irina lead the way to where Milady's gown was being made and by hearing that Odette was one of the people that Milady trusted didn't sit right with her hence she hasn't served Milady that long, keeping silent about the matter to Irina not wanting to break the joy she and the other servants are having as of the moment "Ah, here it is, so want do you think?" they opened the glass panel doors revealing a beautifully made ensemble fit for a queen, the greenette handmaiden was a bit at loss for words taking in the gowns beauty like at sponge "It's marvelous," was all that came out of her lips till in all we of the sparkling gems sewed onto to it "His Royal Highness had this gown commissioned by one of the designers from Xeris who survived its destruction, just for his spouse, the designer and some people who made the gown suggested that extravagant gold jewelry should be added to complete the look, but what do you think? Should the jewelry be added?" Irina explained as Odette walked around the mannequin.
Odette remembered how Milady kept herself simple on most occasions, as the only jewelry she's been seen constantly wearing over the years is the token of her matrimony with Zero and her six-lobe earrings (three on each ear) "From what I've observed, Milady doesn't like to adorn herself with heavy accessories unless it was necessary for her public image, in my opinion, the jewelry she'd likely put on herself is only going to be the earings but the choice to that is still up to her better include all the jewelry when the garb is delivered to her." the employees working under the dress factory's supervisee took vast notes of what Odette just said taking them into consideration. "The gown was wonderful, Milady would be delighted once she sets her eyes on it." Odette bid her gratitude to Irina by the huge double doors she was standing at earlier "Hearing you say such words is reassuring, as your lady is quite notorious. With all that being said I will see you later."
Indeed after sunrise has been present on the sky, a new servant came in knocking at Fuzuki's room, taking in the responsibility off Odette, but before the greenette had left she gave the nanny a couple of notes and reminders in regards how to handle the weeks old baby, where all of her bottled milk she stored, and to be careful with her words whenever members of the Arhianna team 2.0 might come in response to visit in whatever time they'd leisurely like. Meanwhile whilst all things have been progressing fine, Zero was secretly planning to kill the child of the blonde kinou that haphazardly raped his wife when she was not in the right state of scape.
Hibiki was about to barge in the chambers of his best friend as morning greeting hence both he and Milady missed breakfast today, but if what he's hearing is correct then... the orangette vastly pressed his ear on the thick double doors hearing some salacious peals behind it "Do they do this every day?" he chuckled to himself and began lock picking the door seeing how funny it is going to be catching them doing it upon hearing a soft click a wide malicious grin plastered all over his lips "Never knew you two rail this early. Any way hurry it up we've got work to do." Hibiki casually greeted and demanded like a boss as he made his way into the room with Zero giving him death glares "Zeus' pole get the fuck out!" Milady was laying on the mattress laying on her chest, giving Zero a great view view of view of her plump posterior, moving her eyes up from the pillows to Hibiki who was completely unbothered by what is going on in the room, her hands tightly gripping the sheets "Nope." the orangette responded bluntly and walked into the closet picking out an outfit for Milady and Zero to wear, skimming over the clothes he stopped midway upon seeing a flavourful lingerie among the bunch "You've got a pungent kink Zero!"
He yelled from the closet laughing while he's at it, knowing that they were finishing up from the reverberate melody coming out of Milady's lips "Great now that you two are done, get up cause the paperwork is calling Zero's name too." he yeeted robes in his best friend's direction who promptly caught it as he carefully placed the garment at the end of the bed "I'll go first." the bluette gave Milady one last peck on her temple before walking off taunting Hibiki on his way to the bathroom who turned away from Milady as she tucked some of her l messy locks behind her ear "Have you done, what I've told you?" Milady asks, putting on the robe given by Hibiki "Of course," he beamed proudly as Milady had secretly ordered him to persuade Sting in taking up a personal nanny for Fuzuki "Well done." she sat in front of the mirror combing her hair.
"Gotta say, I love the way you whine underneath Zero~ " the orangette teased, much to Milady's embarrassment "..." she got back to brushing her locks avoiding the look Hibiki is giving her from the reflection of the mirror "You know Milady," he placed a hand over her shoulder "You should look cute like that more often Ultear, it's a good--" Milady vastly stood up from her vanity, cutting off the orangette from what he was about to say next.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
"Eh!? No, you're not."
"Let go of me Hibiki!"
"No! Zero is still there you'll take forever to get out!"
"Let go!"
"NO!"
"LET GO HIBIKI!"
"NO! I REFUSE!"
Despite having an assistant to help him manage all the paperwork, Zero still found himself utterly annoyed that the papers kept on piling up his desk, he had to suck up all the work just this time as Queen Minea is busy preparing her speech and attending to the palace worries being relayed to her "Good morning Your Highness," the purple-haired kinou greeted him as he closed the door, Zero only hummed a response signing the papers before looking up his attention to Chase who was attentive for his work to begin "Now that you're here I'm going to cut straight to the point, How are the preparations going for the state address?" the bluette elite asked whilst arranging the papers "From the report's I've received Your Highness, they are going smoothly and will be done according to the estimated time." Chase presented the holo image of reports for Zero "Good, what about the accumulated ice over the past two months? have they been accounted for?" now that melancholia has calmed down its aftermaths must be removed.
"All well and done Your Highness," he slid to the next to a live holo video of workers picking up the boulders chunk of ice and shoveling snow out of people's homes, establishments, and streets "Has the new batch of winter garments been packed?" Zero asked next reclining to his seat "Half of them are packed while the other ton of a half is still not." a worried tone was evident in the purple-haired kinou's delivery "Have the two youngsters from the team help with that to fasten the process, as those should be distributed three days before the state address." he placed a hand over his face from the workforce's delay "Noted, Your Highness." Chase scribbled down the reminding notes to take up for today "Do we have enough drinking water for an entire that of an entire year?"
"The workers are finishing up the last dam today, Your Highness." Chase showed the photos of the other dams and a live video of the workers filling up the last one "Tell them to fill up another as Ethan can milk that either dam in less than a week with that bad obsession of his." the stress of Ethan's addiction had him stressed even more, as the chunks of ice provided by melancholia are not on the list to be melted as consuming them are heavily advised against as jaromirs or rather sikota's from Xeris plant their eggs on them sucking up the moisture once the ice starts to melt, they freely walk around Lireo as melancholia plays around and if you are fretting over that the workers are picking the ice with those eggs inside please don't as a sikota's egg is about as obvious as a blushing shimmering dash of color. "I'll send a word into their department right away."
The day's discussion of stately affairs continued on like that till the sun took up its rest and the three moons illuminated the night sky of RHEA. Zero was standing out the balcony of his chambers admiring the upside-down gun being held in his left hand, directly pointing it at the naked tree standing down below on the palace grounds, pulling the trigger with his pinky finger a smoking hole was now evident on the plant "Milady, I've brought Salt." Odette knocked on the door's surface with her free hand whilst the other was carrying the Meraki that is known as Milady's pet, the moment Odette opened the door Salt jumped out of her arms to Milady's lap "Meow~" she purred getting a soft head scratch from Milady "Give this to Ethan, and after you can rest." Milady handed a few papers "Yes, Milady, and have a good night's rest." the greenette bid her goodbye closing the door. "Adorable." Milady complimented her little baby as she was fascinated by the feather being levitated. "Zero!" she called for him as the cold breeze waved past out on the balcony "Be there in a minute!" he replied, unloading the magazine with ease.
Now all the distractions have been already set properly set, he might as well execute the blood lust before anyone could notice.
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