Chapter 29
Emma Pov:
I get into a covered cart with Sunny, Night, Halfdan, Slimo, and Jake. From there the driver takes us out of the Knights station and through town. As I look around I see a multitude of places and must say, this is a nice town.
After a bit we eventually arrive at the mansion, Looking around it is sunset and dinner time. I wonder what is for dinner as I get out with the others. I get back on sunny with Slimo on my shoulder as Halfdan carries Jake with Night by his side. We head down the path to the mansion where we see Theo, Henry, and Hannah talking. They seem like good friends.
"Hi," I call out to them and they look back to see me.
"You made it Emma! Come on it is almost Dinner time. Oh, right, I figured I would let you know but my father doesn't like animals inside his house. But there is a place for them out back if you want to leave them there," Henry tells me.
"Ok, where is this place?," I ask Henry to which he gestures to follow. We eventually arrive at the back yard near a shed like building connected to the house.
"This is a Adirondack, It is connected up to the house to help it stand up and so we can bring food. I'll help you take Jake inside," Henry says as the animals get situated.
"No, please let us," two people coming through the door says scaring me. I instinctively get into a fighting stance and Sunny comes to defend me scaring them. "Aaahhhh!!!," They yell.
"Calm down, they are just my Butler and Hannah's maid, and you two calm down. This is my friend, Emma and Emma this is my Butler Dallas and sisters maid Ellison. Ok everyone," Henry says smoothing down the tension in the room. I get out of my fighting stance and pat Sunny for coming to defend me.
I go over and get to know them before I say bye to the pets and go inside. Dallas and Ellison are some of the few people who can't use magic, but they can still sense it. I honestly don't know what I would do if I could not sense Magic. Dallas and Ellison take Jake and head up to a room to let him recover. As they do that I notice some bones poking through Jakes skin. That is not good at all, We need that Antivenom quickly.
I follow Henry to the dining room where Hannah, Theo, and Hunter are seated. Looking around there are also people I don't know. There is a Beast-kin wolf man who seems to be around forty with graying red hair and green eyes. There is a lady next to him with Brown hair and Turquoise eyes. The one eye is a little white meaning an eye infection/blindness.
There is also a girl my age, she has Blonde hair, light blue eyes, and a long tail. Looking around, everyone has tails meaning they are all Beast-kins. I sit in my designated seat and take in the peoples ears identifying them. The man with red hair is a Wolf, same for the woman beside him. The girl on the other hand looks to be a lion, but the only one I know is Theo. Does that mean she is his sister?
"Hello, my name is Samuel Griffin De Arbigagan, I presume you are Emma?," The man at the front of the table asks.
"Yes, I am Emma, it is a pleasure to meet you, Samuel," I respond politely.
"This is my wife Dawn, you already know my son Henry and Daughter Hannah. This is Theo's younger sister, the princess of this country, Aaron Strike. And for all of you, this is Emma Boshu and Hunter Boshu," Samuel says introducing everyone.
"Now time for dinner!," He says and the maids and butlers come in with food on trays. Looking around I notice that Dallas and Ellison are absent for some reason. My guess is they are giving food to the pets out back.
"I am the one in charge of preparing todays meal, I am Alfred. The dish for dinner that we have today is Steak, with a side of pasta salad and bread. Now please enjoy," Alfred says as he and the other maids and butlers leave.
Samuel starts by taking a steak, some salad, and bread. It then goes onto Dawn, Theo, Aaron, Hunter, and then me. I take a steak, some salad and a slice of bread and pass it along to Hannah, then Henry and it arrives back. Basically the plates went around like that with everyone serving themselves.
"Who invented this style of serving?," I ask wondering who created it.
"It was the Architects, of which I am apart of a council in case of War with neighboring continent sections. They survived a calamity that happened around 700 years ago. That was when everything in this world came to be. In the war that happened by greedy people almost 100 years later, the first architect leader was lost. He was the older brother of the man who created the organization. I will go into more detail after dinner, but supposedly their grandma did this style of eating when they visited her," Samuel finished.
We dug into the food, and I must say it is enjoyable. I eat delicately not wanting to seem uncivilized as I have been for months. After dinner we go to the library in the mansion and sit down in a circle of seats. Alfred walks over handing a book to Samuel who thanks him and begins to read. As he does the maids bring in Jake, to listen, if he can.