֍ 24 April 2008 ֍
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"You shouldn't have offered them a place within the Spatial Ark Star World!!
They aren't anything more than brutish dickheads with nothing better to do but try and dictate their way!!"
"Esy, calm yourself…
They aren't ready to take such a large step without understanding what this place can offer their people.
The Emperor understands that the land of the Empire will most likely end up in your hands at some point, so he wants to know about this place beforehand so they can start ahead of time and move the Empire.
Even if you don't bother with the nobles Houses, they will all fall into your control once they are sealed within this place.
Who would dare go against you, when you have the might of Gods and Myths supporting you…" Carter knew he had to argue against Esmond anger that was locked onto the Atlaesus Empire.
In the same way, Igdra worked with her mother-in-law, Ruby, to revitalise the lands of the Atlaesus Empire.
Igdra concentrated most of her power on the gardens and forests of House Atlaesus, but when she helped the regions open to the public blossom, it completely changed how the nobles thought of Esmond.
In less than a day, Igdra had completely revitalised their land to a state they never could have imagined, making many believe her bloodline must have awoken some sort of nature-based ability.
Some nobles thought about creating a connection with her, as certain Houses worked together to hold a party in her honour, but the Imperial Crown Princess stepped in a cancelled the event before it developed too far.
She knew nobles would try to get their children to meet with Igdra, especially their single sons who knew nothing better in the world but to find a powerful wife to help their Houses grow.
Because some of the stronger Houses had made a stance on Igdra being classified as someone with her own unique bloodline, all noble Houses wanted to somehow get their sons to create a friendship with her.
They understood a powerful person had the ability to gain what they wanted and that's why many of them pray that Igdra would take some extra men as part of her own harem.
But none were aware of Igdra's deep connection with Esmond, that if she ever knew about their thoughts and plan, she would most like cripple them through plants, poison, and natural gases.
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"Ugh… so you brought some of them back with you?!"
"Yeah… dumbass…
Amelia, May, and Layla decided to show them around the Space.
The Emperor, your grandfather assured us that the group of nobles would all be available for us as you please.
He said to call it a 'gift' for… well not being present." Carter found it quite hilarious when he heard the Emperor mention a dozen of noble men and women to be a 'gift'.
They all had awoken their bloodline, but it wasn't anywhere as potent or lethal as those within the Space.
Esmond actually wanted to awaken Uncle James and Aunt Louise bloodlines, but Igdra made a deal with the Emperor to not play around with bloodlines for now.
Seeing that he couldn't help James or Louise, Esmond thought about checking the bloodlines of the nobles that arrived and left the Cabin home with Carter, only to discover the group outside.
The three girls were leading them around the Space with Frigus flying them all around after expanding his size to large dragon to carry mostly everyone around.
Spina, the BoneLight Dragon of Rahzil also joined the group, who quickly fell in love with Amelia because of her Dragon Soul.
This, however, didn't sit well with the several dozens of nobles that'd arrived in the Space as they were utterly terrified by the might and power of the Dragons.
Also, the dragons were considered the mightiest creatures who could only be tamed by either the House Pendragon or House Atlaesus.
A BoneLight Dragon was considered a creature of death and destruction according to the legends of Atlaesus.
But after spending part of the day with the two Dragons, Direwolves and Rath, the nobles felt a little out of place without their own tamed pets.
After wondering around the First and Second City, they seen many people with their own tamed beasts that left them feeling a little out of place.
Having arrived at the Cabin home, they all wanted to ask Esmond for a pet of their own, believing he would accept without any issue and treat them like one of their own, especially one specific person.
Zaroshti Atlaesus'syn, one of the elder sons of the House Atlaesus, while serving its branch family, House Atlaesyn.
Zaroshti, or more commonly known as Zaro, was Esmond's cousin through their grandfathers who were brothers.
Zaro's grandfather was the youngest sibling, garnering the most attention from the elder brothers and sisters.
House Atlaesus, much like the other Houses, cared greatly for those born within the Empire's boundary.
Since a majority wouldn't leave the Empires land in all of their 21 years trial, they still had the ability to see their siblings, even if it meant bringing them over to their shabby homes.
Everyone had gone through the same, so it helped them all connect with one another to a greater extent then living within the chaotic palace.
House Atlaesyn came and went, depending on the number of heirs created by the reigning Empress and Emperor.
In the case of Esmond's grandfather, his generation consisted of six brothers and sisters who would each gain a House of their own that would take part in civil matters, charity, and educational work only.
This stopped them from ever trying to usurper the throne while also gaining a little freedom of their own.
Zaro wouldn't ever gain any real power once his grandfather passed away, who still lived and decided to mentor the younger generation.
Most of the administrative work of the House would be left to his father, leaving Zaro with nothing more to do.
Therefore, Zaro decided to volunteer and head over to the Space, which started a barge of nominations sent to the Emperor to be considered as well.
No noble person wanted to associate with Esmond after he dared to threaten their Empire, but the second they learnt a favoured son decided to try his hand at something besides the safety of their Empire, it made many of the others locked at home to do the same.
This meant the entire group resulted in being nobles being the very best and brightest the Empire had to offer.
It also included several people who weren't nobles but essentially every person that lived in the Empire was one, but only those who worked and served their House directly and the Empire could call themselves a Noble.
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When Esmond saw the large group of people, he wanted to first scream and yell at all of them before punching them square in their pudgy faces, but greater powers held him back.
Rather it was Carter exerting his strength to bind Esmond to the ground, using his control over the Space to activate the Gravity Core System.
With a force of over a 100 G suddenly crashing down on his body, Esmond could only stare at the nobles with a dreadful expression across his face.
His aura burst forth and started to suppress them all in an instant, worrying Carter and the girls who had to step forth to save the nobles who were all sweating profusely.
Even Frigus and Spina had to step forward and roar at Esmond to bring some sense into him before he made the people of the Space look bad.
"… That's one hell of a hello, cousin."
Coughing uncontrollably while drawing in large breaths, Zaro smirked as he looked up to stare into Esmond's eyes, only to find himself looking into the void and space.
Brutus, one of the Direwolf Kings, nudged his head into the back of Zaro to help the poor fool awaken from Esmond's hold on him.
Once Zaro noticed the surroundings were filled with life and colour, his mind started to piece itself together at a rapid pace to cope with the mental assault.
"… W-What the hell was that?!" Zaro stuttered, just to be hit on the back by Echo, who just arrived at the Cabin home once he sensed things were going bad.
"You could call it, a family welcome haha!" Echo laughed before shifting everyone from outside to the enlarged lounge room.
Those who were asked by Ruby before she left the Space to look after children, became the managers of the Cabin home and property.
Paid to clean, cook, and manage the Cabin home, the original 10 had increased dramatically to nearly 150 people, since the property of the Cabin home was considered another palace.
Just like the other properties Esmond had built within the Space for his family's use, they all needed men and women of the Space to take up the roles that could be reserved for automation.
Cleaning within the Space technically didn't require people with Drones and Androids fully capable of carrying out the task.
With Elves, Fairies and Spirits around, Esmond could also have them create certain cleaning spells to always keep the properties spotless, but Esmond preferred hiring people as to keep himself connection with the citizens of the Space.
Currently, the team that managed the Cabin Home were rushing around to sort out bedrooms for the new guests as well as preparing food for everyone to enjoy while they 'relaxed' in the lounge room.
They obviously knew there was some tension between their Lord and the guests so tried to help calm the mood with food.
Ruby actually got in direct connect with some of the staff that worked at the Cabin Home and asked them to stop Esmond from worsening the relationship between the two powerhouses.
Pam, Ruby's close friend within the Space and a Zadrisian, rushed out with her maid and butler team to serve those in the lounge with freshly cooked Samosas, Spring Rolls, and other finger foods to snack on for the time being.
Esmond looked over at Pam as if he were betrayed when she rushed in with her team and plates of food that smell absolutely divine.
Jones decided to pop in from wherever he was hunting to eat, as he took a seat of his own and started picking out what he liked.
Nobody bothered to stop him or question what he was doing, leaving the newly arrived group of Atlaesus Empires best and brightest to figure out who he was.
Because Jones looked identical to a human, the Atlaesus group were all unaware that each strand of black hair on Jones scalp was a tentacle that could expand to an explosive size and length.
Sensing the many new eyes on him, Jones looked up for a second to glance at each of them, only to say, "Sup," before returning to eating his food.
"*Sigh* He is going through 'things' right now.
Jones loves 90's RnB and Rap at the moment." Echo said, trying to help the cripplingly cold atmosphere warm up just a little bit.
"You should see his room.
Not a single speck of the painted walls can be seen under the flood of posters stuck to the walls."
Carter said, unable to hide his amazement at how well the posters collaged together.
Majority of the Atlaesus group seem disinterested but Jeramiya David and Cleo Agiad who loved the modern and old school Rap, having come upon the genre through their parents.
They'd even gone to concerts around the world, when taking on missions that required them to visit the outside world.
Hearing that there was someone else who had similar tastes to them when it came to music, they were ecstatic and hoped to spend some time with Jones alone for the others.
Right now, they had to wait on their most senior member of group, Zaro, let them go free and wander without his supervision.
At that time, they planned to meet with Jones, but neither understood how difficult it would be to find some time with him.
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"So… You called me your cousin…
Care to explain how we are related?" Esmond turned to look over at Zaro while asking his question.
The other members of the Atlaesus group decided this wasn't the time to talk and dug into the food being brought every few minutes.
Because everything contained Spiritual Essence, the food helped the Bloodlines of the entire group reach heights none of them expected just by eating.
Those with heightened senses immediately realised the raw materials of the food all contained a mysterious element that helped their Bloodlines strengthen and slightly purify.
Zaro didn't get to spend the same amount of effort as the rest on eating, since his attention was on Esmond, his younger cousin.
Both of their fathers were close with one another since they didn't have siblings of their own.
In fact, the five Branch Houses of Atlaesus only contained six current generational children who were all older than Esmond by a couple years.
All of them joined the group that came to the Space to understand their youngest cousin who threatened their home.
They had seen the video that became quite popular among the citizens of the Empire who rather found it rather odd that a future Imperial member of House Atlaesus would make such proclamations.