"Mother, the time has come..."
As the hostess of the party, Lucia Astariet had to make an appearance and greet her guests.
Today as it was her birthday, she was wearing an elegant pearl dress, her curves and good figure were highlighted by her fitted dress and despite her age, she physically seemed to be in her early 30s ...
For her, this party is just one of the many that she has attended in the past, since they are held to extend her business relationships and create connections, today, for example, she did it as an advertisement and an opportunity for her eldest daughter to prepare in the future to assume the burden of the family...
"Understood~"
Replacing her daughter, Lucia took the lead and entered the ballroom followed by her three children...
"Welcome and thank you for joining me on this important day for me~"
With the host making his entrance, the party officially began...
Arthur observed this calmly, the high society of humans is different from the Amaru continent, the aristocracy and democracy had strengths and weaknesses at the same time.
For example, democracy is a free nation for the inhabitants, but corruption is what governs, while in the Aristocracy there is no corruption, the lords will always be in power and although the population cannot come to power, it still maintains its freedom.
For Arthur who lived a lifetime in Democracy, he believed that the Aristocracy in this world was better.
Also, the reason why Democracy is popular with humans is the fact that they are all the same, there are no races like 'High Human' or some similar fictional anomaly, thus the Queens of the past were overthrown, but the spiritual races are different, they are different from the elementals and were born to lead other races...
Therefore the Aristocracy was never a problem.
But while Arthur was thinking about this, the looks he received from the women were getting more and more, Indara had to walk very close to him to push these women away a little, however, it didn't have much effect.
These women are not like the girls in the academy that he could bully, here they were all tigers looking for their prey and Arthur was the best among all…
"Hmm?"
And of course, this did not escape the eyes of the Astariet family, although they were greeting the guests, the eyes of Lynne Astariet, the eldest daughter and heiress of the family, were drawn to this pretty boy...
She was currently 17 one year older and could officially get engaged, so the more she looked at Arthur the more interested she became, her eyes narrowed and she couldn't help but look at him from several different angles and the amazing thing is that it doesn't matter what angle she saw him from. , found it quite charming...
(Sister?!)
This didn't escape Libe's eyes, she was in a crisis, she was supposed to be able to get away with it easily and take advantage of this moment to flirt with Arthur but now thanks to her younger brother, she had three guys constantly looking at him, like this himself his sister who was being hexed by the MC.
Of course, Arthur felt the stares but he doesn't care, he was currently on hold, Deus Ex Machina's turn to deliver the gift to Lucia hasn't come yet, so he was pretty entertained enjoying the drink...
"Little brother, we meet again~"
Unfortunately, a peculiar smell assaulted his nose and a familiar voice was heard next to him, this voice belonged to Hayin the mercenary...
"Who are you what do you want? "
The answer was Indara, she was a bit surprised that this unknown woman was able to stand right next to Arthur without her noticing, this meant that this woman must have more magical power than her, however, this didn't stop Indara and she questioned directly.
And as if to declare her territory she even hugged Arthur around the waist, this of course made Hayin smile...
"This little lady shouldn't be so fierce, I'm a friend of Little Brother~"
"Friend?"
Indara looked at him and Arthur simply smiled...
"I don't know her..."
Friend? No, he didn't even remember this girl's name, let alone friendship, and maybe because she understood she was being too naive, Indara got furious...
It is obvious that her sexy brother would not get involved with an adult woman, being teased was her problem...
"You heard him! He doesn't know you, go now"
"Little brother, don't be so cold with me, have you already forgotten about me so quickly? Even though we exercised together"
Hayin ignored Indara's tantrum, put a finger to her cheek, and spoke in a rather pitiful voice as if what Arthur was doing was a great crime...
"I don't know you..."
"Come on Little Brother, I think Te Andherie can refresh your memory..."
"..."
"You... you dare to ignore me!"
"It's not like that, I'm not ignoring you, little lady, I'm just talking to the elders..."
"Little?!"
"Hahaha..."
Indara gritted her teeth, clenched her fist, and was determined to hit this woman, telling her to go away was kind enough, however, Hayin doesn't care, for Indara was a baby, there was no threat in her, besides if Indara gives in to his emotions and tries to attack her, then it's over, not only will the impression this girl had collapse it will also affect the party, thus causing Indara to be excluded from this party.
Hayin had been dealing with these young women for so long that he knew exactly where to hit them so that they would be able to show her true hypocritical personality.
"It's alright Little Sister, Mr. Father, call us if you'll excuse us, Miss..."
"Hmph!"
Arthur already knew where all this was going so he stopped the impulsive Indara, it's not that he doesn't understand her, but in high society, a single mistake can cause a lot of problems, so he used Elias as an excuse and dragged Indara with him. He, likewise, Indara did not forget to cast a hateful look at Hayin and snort coldly.
"Sister?..."
Hayin, on the other hand, was dumbfounded, she never thought that Indara was Arthur's younger sister, since they seemed to be the same age and according to her thoughts, Indara was her companion, but she was wrong and she started with him. left foot again...
Hayin touched her head, there are already two that she lost to this boy...
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(That bitch! Makes me look bad in front of Liam!)
Indara couldn't calm down despite the that he had already moved away from Hayin, however, she had to swallow her anger especially when her mother looked at her.
Nataly had been watching from the start, she was worried that the duo would get into trouble and she was ready to intervene, luckily Arthur solved this beautifully...
(But this is not a problem...)
Nataly's concern was another or rather other people and this was the host family, the Astariet.
Lynne the current heiress hadn't looked away from Arthur since she first saw him, as well as the second daughter Libe, but this girl was ignored by Nataly, what would be quite troublesome is Lynne...
"What are you watching?"
And Nataly was right, her concerns were well unfounded since Lucia followed her daughter's gaze and she too was impressed by what she saw...
"You like?..."
"He's my type..."
Lynne was honest, there weren't many men who could catch her interest in this country and even less someone like Arthur whom she saw for the first time.
"Frida, find out to which family that teenager belongs..."
"Yes, my Lady.."
Since her daughter was interested, then Lucia had no reason to hesitate, she called her housekeeper, she wanted to know which family she belongs to and if it is possible to ally with said family through marriage, such cases were common, even among the Democracy, everything was due to interests and Lucia trusted that as long as she provided enough money she could catch that boy, at the level her family is at, the talent of men is no longer important, everything came down to taste, if at all. Lynne liked her then go ahead, she won't intervene, it's her daughter's life after all...
"Mother... I was the one who invited him..."
But before Frida could turn around and leave, Libe spoke shyly, she definitely couldn't sit idly by while her sister ate what she had prepared for her, she would be useless if she allowed it...
"Hmm?"
"Oh?"
"Huh!?"
Lucia, Lynne, and Ludwing showed different expressions for this, for Lucia it was surprising, after all, Libe was proclaiming that this boy was already set aside for her, for Lynne it was bewilderment, Libe is liberal and doesn't care much about the family and her affairs, but Usually, he tries not to intervene with her and always leaves the way clear for her to pass, but now it's different, because of a man this girl grew the guts and prevented such events from continuing...
As for Ludwing, he was shocked, it was already well known that there were three men after his sister, adding Arthur they would be a total of 4, and seriously Ludwing was doubting, he did not think that his sister's charm would be enough to attract so many men, especially someone like Arthur since he entered the room, Ludwing had to admit that he was undoubtedly superior, even if he was compared to Arthur, Ludwing couldn't help but doubt, it wasn't about talents, it was about charm.
He was just on a different level from everyone, that's why the shock, he could understand why Yholan and the others liked his sister, and honestly, Ludwing doesn't care, but not Arthur, this boy even made him feel for the first time he felt the ' Envy'...
Men in this world were selfish, so they didn't like being compared to others, yet they unconsciously compared themselves to other men, that's why rich young men often form groups of mid-level friends just for the sake of it. to show off, to declare their domain in being better than them and of course more beautiful...
Of course, Arthur doesn't care about such trivial things, because ever since he came to this world he has been rejected by the children, due to the inferiority they felt, he never shared his opinion and he didn't care either.
Perhaps the only friend that Arthur currently had was Carter the prince, although he also suffered from inferiority at first...