"Damn you!!! Why do you put lemon in my martini!" Seven throw his martini toward Night who was able to avoid it. "HAH! You miss the hit!" He point while snickering some laugh while slithering near Seven and pepper spraying him."Arghhhh…My eye why you little bitch!!!" He try to bite night, but he is able to avoid his attack and give him a snickering loud laugh back. The room was filled with their voice fighting. "W…WHAT!" they have been nonstop bickering in that room and it all because of a drink. Meanwhile, I was impressed by the founding and It was the first time, that I knew dogs dislike lemon, and talk about the sensitive tongues they had maybe I should give Ben lemon candy flavor.
Eight just keep reading a book while listening some of his favorite music on his head phone; ignoring his twin brother. A piece of classical music is his favorite and it was 'cannon in d', How did I know it was played?. Well, he always put it at high volume and even he wore those headphones; it still can leak some of the noise. Been wondering if, he has an ear problem or perhaps he tries to do that just to avoid listening to his brother's shenanigans. Maybe both…. the other leader form each represented territory was also there other that those three. Such as Jack the puma beast, Lilith the bat, Bianca the rabbit beast and lastly Snow the sheep was there as well.
The real reason why we gather together today has to do with the corpse that Hikkun found last time. It was Evan who set this meeting with each of us, might to cancel this year's territory fight by chance. The others still did know about him being dead. He is the only leader from territory eight that was not in his seat right now. His name was Vex, a chimera hybrid. The mix between two different beastman. When two species married and give birth they sometimes created this mix which is rare; cause the chance to gain is like one percent.
Who is Evan he was the one that save me when I was a child, he was like a father to me. He likes a leader toward all of us the one that keeps all of us as a unit. He ensures that each territory leader does their work properly and manages it. He has been alive for one thousand years and yet he looks like in his twenties; talk about a dragon's genetics. Yes, he is different that us, he wasn't made by humans like us. His kind is rare and they only few dragon people around. He is more toward the deity that protected this world. There were five dragons that protected this Illusia city, the truth is the city was an island maybe from now on I state this place Illusia island.
To be clear about our world, have you ever played those MMORPG game? Yup, similar to those fantasy worlds; our universe was like that early before technologies and advanced gadgets were made. We have those sylphs, sphinx, and many more of those. Almost the population of this world a Human. But it all changed and advanced scientific discoveries came to improve the adapt of live, they decided to cross-breed humans and beasts. That is how we came to be today, There some of those fairy tale creatures exist but not as many as before. But still, magic and others existed only it was hard to see them has been use to be.
That why Illusia is made to let us stay in while keeping the mainland preserved from full existence from us. The outside of this Illusia island is full of magical creatures and some unknown mysteries that need to learn. Humans existed get the wrong idea of then no longer here, well they still exist but there in a different places than ours. We still did politically with them some time they even come here for business.
There were eight territories that were divided into illusia each of them had a leader, each leader have their own style of ruling that place. Mine territory is number three, Eight was number four and his twin brother seven were on the same territory, Night was on territory seven, Jack number two, Lilith on territory six, Bianca is was four and Snow is on territory one. Meanwhile, the one that death was the leader of territory eight; the last territory on the Island. Yes, Illusia is an island that really big, with mountain, forest , desert, snow field and harsh climax.
Right now, we were at the central heart of Illusia inside a high tower that been called as the Heart of the tree. What a glamourous name for a tower, a place where a meeting for all the territory leader to came together and have a talk, or more such as fighting. There always bickering and unwanted arguing happening, when there is a meeting was held each time. The source of it was those two, 'She stares at Seven and Night'.
While I almost doze off to dreamland, Snow who sits next to me bobbed his head 'up and down' and that cause me to wake. Without my consent; he decides to nudged my shoulder as his pillow. His head touches my shoulder and he is the one that ends up sleeping instead of me. I patted his head and ensure him to sleep while across me, Bianca the rabbit beastman has been restless and anxious about something. "Are you okay; Bianca? You have been like this since you came into this room" I look at her while petting Snow's head like a child. For a sheep, he does have a nice volume of hair. Might ask him what hair shampoo he use.
"You know Eliot, he was at home by himself right now…. Even if there were bodyguard to stay there, I'm afraid there are people taking advantage of us being here and might attack him" she state while opening her phone and texting someone, might be Eliot. Eliot is Bianca's child, I understand she is afraid that some of the other leaders might use these opportunities and can hurt him to gain her territory. That is the worse scenario that we want to avoid.
"Don't worry Bianca I don't think they would be too stupid to do it, cause to do that thing right now… is like walking into death itself" I said to reassure her. "If you said like that Riz, then I feel a bit reassured since you never wrong.. " she put down her phone and smiled. She was a petit woman on her thirties, a single mother and yet don't be fool by her appearance. She was a master in combat and one of the strongest among us in fighting. There was a time, She and I fought and we end up tied. Her specialist in near combat was really something to behold, especially her kick.
Just as we finish talking Evan came in with Ben, he begin this meeting and end the prediction that I made; this year territory fight have been cancelled. "WHY!!!!...DON'T THIS THING NEVER BEEN CANCELLED BEFORE!" a voice that state his anger due to this sudden news; was echo out loud in that room. The other was able to accepted that this year there won't be a fight, but it seem Seven don't like this idea at all. ' Seven why you so eager to have this battle?' That what make me more shock rather than this news was were. His sudden outburst of not contemned by this decision. I thought you were a lazy person and hot-headed a bit, but this is the first time you be mad about something being canceled of all this time when others dont want it.
"Seven you better sit down, NOW! " said Eight who hold his anger and it seem he already held Seven arm to be yanked down to take a sit. Seven was so angry that he dint even realized that he was standing. "BUT!" he try to state he wasn't finished talking. "NO, BUT!!" said Eight with his stern voice. That made Seven flinch and decide to listen Eight or else he might been beat up by his brother, He sit down and it seem to that his ear pop out and can been seen that his wolf ear had to be sulked from being scolded by Eight.
'AH… he stop talking…' all of them thought in their head as they spoke the same word.
Night who was smoke his pipe, was enjoyed by the scold and he let out a snickering laugh since Seven got scolded by Eight. That make seven even mad but he became timid by the cold glare he got from Eight that still mad at him from just now. He seems to sense the murderer's aura that is emitted by Eight.
"Umm… can we continue the meeting and please tell us, why it cancel in first place" said Snow who seem already woken up from his sleep and yet stay to put his head on my shoulder. He rub his eye and even yawn, he then nibble a handful of grass that was in the bowl that was been there since they were there. He still not fully awake but he try to keep listening.
"Ah…yes you might already seen this but Vex isn't here, right? Well I have a bad news…." All of us know when, we were summoned to come here early; if there is no one on the site that specific for them then to sit, it mean death. Even if we were late we would send a representative from our site to come. But there were non from his territory eight that came. Riz, who know that he already die didn't even shock by this sight but the others just stay silent as they were mourning of his death. Night look at me and he smiles, at the look at him. Since, He knows what was happen to Vex.
"Is this because of the fight? He already dead?" Jack who is rare to talk suddenly said something for the first time after the last time he spoke and that was to ask for a glass of water. Everyone looks at him as he sititing straight showing his elegance as a puma in the room. "I hope it was that but it wasn't …Because of that, we have to cancel this year's event. It's better this way." Evan said and he gave us the order to stay on high alert while an investigation was done.
The meeting end an hour ago and all of the territory leaders was sent back to their place; except me and Lilith. Evan asks the both of us to stay here because he has something to say.
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Snow in his dream:
"I want to eat a lot of grass" he mumble the word while, he still asleep.
'He really cute when he asleep', they said in their mind as he was still asleep on Riz shoulder.