"Sorry I couldn't come earlier this morning coconut, I went to meet-up with someone."
"It's okay Matilda, good afternoon btw."
"Good afternoon...so, wanna go out or stay inside? I'm fine with both options." Matilda said walking through the door.
"I'm staying inside, I was working on something anyways." Socorro replied closing the door behind her.
"Cool, you need me then?"
"I do, follow me please."
The two women walked together all the way to the library room, Matilda watched as Socorro pulled out her comb and it shifted into a wand in her hands.
"No matter how many time you do that, it's Still surprising to me!" Matilda said, "Don't worry, You'll get bored eventually." Socorro said unlocking her secret room.
"So...what are we going to do here?"
"Potion making, we need something that can help Muriel to fight without harming his body, since he's pregnant and all."
"Okay?...something like this exists?"
"Yes, you can ask Ned, I think he knows a little about the subject.
Although There is some spells that uses your mana to shield your body, These spells can't help Muriel because unlike Me, Muriel doesn't use magic often, and his mana is too weak for him to cast spells on himself...
A potion could be the perfect solution." Socorro explained.
"Oh I see, have you found something useful though?" Matilda asked, "I did, I found a recipe and I'm going to do a little experimenting."
"And how can I help?"
"You'll be my test subject."
"Cool!...wait WHAT?!"
...An hour later...
Sighing, "Just as I expected, i Can't tell if it works on someone who isn't pregnant." Socorro said much to her disappointment.
"Good, because If I eat another one of these, blurgh! enchanted candy I'm gonna throw-up...I feel like I'm getting poisoned." Matilda said covering her mouth.
"Sorry to put you through this torture, I'm sure the recipe is safe...I followed it step by step." Socorro replied, "I'll pour you some water." She added going into the kitchen.
"If it's safe, let Muriel try it then! he's pregnant not me!" Matilda said following her.
"I can't, I shouldn't bother him while he's with Thorn."
"Why not coconut? I'll drive you to Thorn's house myself."
Nervous, "We can't go there Matilda, we just can't!" Socorro replied.
"They went somewhere else, didn't they? I can feel your distress." Matilda said.
"Matilda..."
"Don't worry coconut, you could've just told me! it's not like I'm going to get mad at you or something, it's none of my business anyways!"
"Please, just don't tell Ned they went anywhere, tell him they stayed home for the weekend." Socorro said begging Matilda while giving her a glass of water to drink.
Gulping it down in one go, "You want me to lie to Ned? what if he decides to go see Muriel?" Matilda asked, "And Could you pour me another one, please." she added putting the glass down.
"If Ned knew on his own, I'll handle it myself then, but for now just don't tell him, whatever he asks." Socorro replied pouring Matilda another glass of water.
"Whatever you want... Actually I think you're worried for nothing, i won't be able to tell Ned even if I wanted to." Matilda said while checking her buzzing phone, "Ned just sent me a message that he'll be out of reach for the rest of the day." she stated before drinking her second glass.
"Out of reach?" Socorro asked while pouring herself a glass of water.
"Yeah, he went to the countryside, he's visiting Yurei's ex boss..."
Slightly nervous, "Countryside? Jihi is in the countryside?" Socorro asked sipping on her water.
"No, Yurei's other ex-boss."
"Yurei has another boss? I thought Tacito was the working one in the pair."
"Yeah, but Yurei started working when they came here, he wanted to earn his own money to spoil Tacito...he was using his ability to do so." Matilda explained.
"I see, He can teleport and that's a pretty useful ability." Socorro commented.
"Yeah, but the strange part about this is why would someone like Yurei's boss want Yurei's services? what could've been the nature of his other business?" Matilda said questioning the logic behind it.
Her confusion peaked Socorro's interest "If there's something on your mind pumpkin, you can tell me..." Socorro said.
"Thanks! honestly...I don't understand why would a toy factory owner need someone who can teleport?"
"Toy factory owner? Who's this boss?"
"Some mysterious guy, Faunus Style." Matilda said.
Hearing that name, Socorro dropped her glass, it shattered to pieces onto the floor next to her, causing some glass shards to go flying and cut her legs.
"Socorro!...Your leg! Omg you're bleeding!" Matilda knelt quickly to check on her injury, "I'M OKAY I'M FUCKING OKAY!" Socorro screamed.
"Sit down, let me see Find the first aid kit." Matilda said pulling her a chair.
"Get the fuck out." Socorro hissed at her.
"What?!"
"Are you deaf?! I said GET THE FUCK OUT! LEAVE NOW!"
"But Socorro...your leg."
"My leg can go to FUCKING HELL! LEAVE!"
Matilda was unable to believe the way Socorro spoke to her, "F-fine! if it'll calm you down, I'll go! but please let me treat your injury first, I'll gladly leave afterwards."
"I got this." Socorro hissed, "Just leave." she added.
Cursing herself internally, Matilda got-up, "As you wish coconut. " she said forcing a smile on her face before she walked out of the kitchen.
Passing by the living room, Matilda angrily grabbed her jacket and headed for the door.
When Socorro heard the door slam shut, she nearly bursted into tears, "Fucking hell." she murmured grabbing her phone.
... *Beeb*...
Fernando: Birdie! what a nice surprise.
Socorro : I'll fucking take it, I'll do what you asked me to, just get rid of this stupid bond.
Fernando: Are you crying?
Socorro: WHY DO YOU CARE?!
Fernando: *sights* meet me where we met last night, I'll come see you.
Socorro: No, I can't come right now.
Fernando: Then where the hell Are you? I'll come to you myself.
...Meanwhile...
"Muriel."
"Neddie."
"What's going on?" Yurei asked, the moment they stepped foot inside the Style family mansion.
As if recognizing Thorn's car that was parked outside, wasn't enough of a shock, they found Muriel and Thorn inside the mansion.
Stomping his way to them, "Muriel can you explain to me what the hell is going on?!" Ned asked fuming, and Thorn quickly stood between him and Muriel, "Don't you dare to ask shit! you guys owe him an explanation too!
What the hell are you doing here?!" Thorn asked angrily.
"I see Mallory didn't keep her mouth shut like she promised." Ned replied.
"Please don't fight...It's obvious both... sides came uninvited...so don't make...a scene!" Tacito warned them.
"Please everyone calm down, I will announce your arrival to My Masters." the servant who lead them inside spoke-up.
"No need to, I am here to welcome our unexpected guests!" A voice spoke from seemingly somewhere.
And as soon as the servants heard the voice coupled with the loud sound of heels clacking, they all ran away, confusing the guests.
Everyone turned their attention towards the Bifurcated stairs in front of them, watching while a swaying figure made its way slowly down the split stairs.
"I apologize for being the only one to welcome you, most of the family members are away for the weekend.
So unfortunately, it is just us the adopted having this gigantic place for ourselves." the voice spoke elegantly.
Even though the figure was still not apparent as they came down the stairs as slow as possible, Ned still responded by asking, "We should apologize, we came unannounced.
We were hoping to get a chance to meet you...you're Faunus right?"
Ned was a bit disturbed when the person talking to him, didn't respond to his question, Instead The person kept on descending until they were visible to the eye.
The looks of anticipation on the guests faces, turned into a mixture of surprise and horror as the person that stood complete in front of them, in a pair of heels and a white one shoulder dress just like Mallory has described, also had a familiar feature no one expected.
Tacito was by far the most horrified, he took a reckless step back causing him to lose balance and fall on his butt, and Yurei hurried to his side to help him up.
"Are you alright? that was a nasty fall." the person asked checking on Tacito, but The red-eyes boy lowered his head in fear "I'm sorry... excuse me..." Tacito said before running outside the door, "TACI!" Yurei called after him, "I'll go see if he's ok." he added then followed Tacito outside.
"I had men of all types fall in love with me at first sight, but never had one that would run out the door at my sight." The person said.
"Excuse him Faunus, your face gave him a real scare." Ned said fighting his own nervousness that Faunus's face caused.
"And may I know why my face scared him?" Faunus asked, "Because it's a perfect copy of the face that scares him the most." Ned replied, "We're sorry again for the inconvenience." he added.
Pointing at Ned, "I hate to agree with this guy, but We're sorry, we should've notified you before coming here." Thorn added.
"Notified or not, I came here for one reason." Muriel said, "I can tell, Leonard... unfortunately, you are out of luck darling, I do not think this is the right time to question him, if that is your motive." Faunus replied earning confused stares from everyone.
"To further explain this, I suggest that you would see it for yourself Muriel.
I shall lead you to his room." Faunus said gesturing for them to follow him upstairs.
Ned, Muriel and Thorn followed Faunus, climbing-up the stairs.
After Passing few doors and rooms, Faunus's hand reached for a doorknob, twisting it around, "Be careful in there, especially you Muriel." Faunus said before pushing the door open.
Everyone stepped inside the room that was In a disastrous state, but none of them was ready for the sight that greeted them inside.
"What the hell!" Thorn said as he watched in horror, Faunus was approaching a messy looking and shackled Leonard, the demon guy was sitting on his bed with chains around his Wrists and ankles.
"Muriel!" Leonard said as soon as he saw Muriel in his room.
"Faunus? what is the meaning of this?!" Muriel asked turning to look at Faunus, "His punishment for what he did, we had a family trial, and we decided that Leonard should be placed on a house arrest, Meaning that he cannot leave the mansion.
But when he tried to escape, the family escalated his punishment...I had no other choice but to confine him like this to his room." Faunus explained.
...Meanwhile...
"Taci! Taci where the hell are you?!...where did he go?! I literally came out a second after him!" Yurei who followed his fiance, was surprised when he couldn't see him around although he felt him.
Yurei decided to try and trust his ability to locate Tacito.
So Since he's been in this place before but in a different timeline, he only needed few seconds to scan the place to update his map.
But then he felt a weird sensation, Yurei could sense his ability heavily focusing on a specific spot, he wasn't sure why he felt drawn to it, so he teleported there.
The first thing that he saw after he teleported was Tacito shifting back to his human body, "Tacito! did you run all the way here?"
Not getting a response back, Yurei focused his pov and noticed how Tacito's attention was drawn to something in front of him, so Yurei looked ahead of him to see a shack few steps away from them.
"Uh...wait, this place!" Yurei said horrified, "Hell..." Tacito replied.