3rd POV
Hajin slowly opened her eyes as morning light shone on his face. Getting up, he rubbed his eyes and looked around, still half asleep.
After finally recovered full consciounsness, he looked besides him and saw saw Rachel sleeping soundly. Only, this time, she was clinging much more closer as Evandel was not here with them.
"..." He abserved her cute face in silence, enjoying the image of her face looking so peaceful.
Suddenly, she seemed to move a bit, seemingly trying to hug Hajin, who was now sitting, so she couldn't hug him while in her sleeping position.
Hajin instinctively reached out his hand and slightly touched her face, caressing her cheeks slowly with his index finger.
"Mm~" Maybe recognizing his touch subconsciounsly, she let out a pleased hum. But instead of just switching sides or doing anything else, she took his finger inside her mouth and bit on it.
"Huh?! Uh..." Hajin shivered a little, feeling his finger being bitten slightly. That feeling was strange!
He tried to retract his finger, but it seemed that Rachel got disturbed too much that her eyes started shaking. Soon, she opened her eyes slighly.
"Uh... morning..." Hajin said while stractching his cheeks with his other hand.
"Umm..." Rachel sleepily got up and sat on the bed, rubbing her eyes with one hand while the other was holding a pillow.
"Mor...ing" She said sleepily.
'She looks so cute!!!' Hajin thought but held himself back from hugging her right away.
"Come on, today's the event at the Islet. Get ready. Even if it's at night, we should prepare early because from noon to evening, everyone would be busy."
"okey..." She said and sleepily got up from the bed with Hajin. After washing their faces and brushing their teeths, they made their way to the dinning room where breakfast was served.
"Oh? My my, looks like the newly weds have already woken up~" They were greeted by a teasing Elizabeth, who was looking at them both, specifically at Rachel's appearance.
'Mm~ Good. Looks like she's letting herself be much more open.' Elizabeth thought.
Arthur was also sitting on the chair besides Elizabeth, eating his breakfast silently. He looked at them for a second, noded, and continued what he was doing.
It looked like he had become more tolerable to Hajin's presence besides Rachel. Although it couldn't be said that he was not annoyed, but getting beaten up a few times and receiving lectures from his wife seemed to be effective.
Hajin sat on one of the chairs opposite to Elizabeth while Rachel sat besides him.
"Where is Evandel?" That was the first question Hajin asked before anything. Afterall, his top priority in this place was to keep Rachel and Evandel from any harm, be it mental or physical.
"She's playing in the garden. Since she woke up really early and finished her breakfast, we let her play in the garden. Some executives' and noble children are also playing with her. It seems that she is getting along with everyone here regardless of their age.
It seemed that in just 2 days that they spent here, even the elderly butlers and maids seemed to become fond of Evandel, and made sure to keep her happy 24/7. But well, there was nothing bad with that. If everyone got along well, it was good in the end!
"Hmm, I'm glad she's merging in with the atmosphere fine." He commented and continued his breakfast.
"Oh, and Rachel." Rachel looked towards her mother who called her all of a sudden.
"Should we be expecting it soon~?" She said in a teasing manner.
"Pfff!!" Hajin almost chocked on his food while Rachel coughed a little from the food that got stuck in her neck and turned beet red.
*Crack*
Meanwhile something cracked. It was the glass that Arthur was holding at the time.
"What~? We know you guys were alone last night, and you probably did something, am I wrong? So, is it or is it not?" She asked.
Rachel just turned even redder and averted her face to the side. On the other hand, Hajin just sighed and looked at Elizabeth.
"Come on, mother. Don't make her too embarrassed so early in the morning. We have a lot to do today, so please refrain from teasing her "too" much." He said.
Of course, light teasing was no problem, but teasing like this would only embarrass her and make her brain go confused, resulting in her not being able to do anything properly.
"I guess..." She pouted, " It's unfair! I can't even tease my own daughter when she comes back home after such a long time~!" She complained.
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After breakfast, Rachel went along with her mother to get ready for the ceremoney, meanwhile Arthur said that he had business in the guild, so he went away as well. Since Rachel and Elizabeth and also taken Evandel along with them, Hajin was now standing in the garden while looking at the flowers and decorations, alone.
Behind him was Randy, who was standing there in case Hajin needed anything. Since Rachel was away, he was assigned to help assist Hajin if needed.
After a while of thinking, Hajin turned to Randy.
"Hey Randy, how many seats are left empty for the ceremoney?" He asked.
"Approximately 15. Counting the possible absence of a few guests and taking other factors into account, the number could go up to 20." He replied.
"Hmm, perfect." Hajin said. 'I guess it's time to invite them.' He thought as he walked towards the indoor hall. "There will be a few more guests coming, reserve the rest of the seats for them."
"Very well." He confirmed and turned to one of the maids nearby and began explaining something, probably instructions that she needed to tell to other higher ups.
Meanwhile Hajin turned on his smarth watch and opened the message tab.
-- Chae Nayun --
[A/N : The next inside [ ] will be Hajin's text while the one with "--" at the start will be the other person, i.e. Nayun, Yeonha etc.]
[Hey, are you online?]
After a few seconds, a reply came.
-- ... Yeah? What do you want with me?
She got straight to the point. After all, the relation between her and Hajin wasn't that good. It was not that bad, but still very awkward. Especially after seeing Evandel, she began acting weirdly.
[Straight to the point I see, good. You know about the event at England, right?]
-- Yeah? Wasn't our club's next location supposed to be that event? Everyone in the club will be going, will you as well... ?
[Yes. But I want you to do something for me.]
-- What now?
[I want you to come not as a cube cadet, but as my guest.]
-- Huh? Why?
However, instead of replying, Hajin turned to Randy and said, "Bring me four invitation letters."
"Of course." Randy did as he was asked. After a few seconds, he came back with the letter. They were each inside a box that was designed in such a way that it really seemed to be an invitation to some important and big event. The boxes were also of high quality and even had some valuable jewels decorated on it.
Hajin took the boxes from his hand, and the moment he grabbed it, they disappeared. Hajin had teleported them inside [Imaginary Space] after editing the details in that split second. He than transported one of them to somewhere.
After a few seconds, another message came from Nayun.
-- Huh?! What is this?! Did you do it??
[Calm down. That's a VIP invitation to the ceremoney. Also, while you're at it, bring your father and grand father as well, I have prepared separate invitations for them inside that box.]
[They are free to ignore it, but just in case, tell them that something really special will happen in that event, something they shouldn't miss out.]
-- Huh? W-wait! At least explain why you-
Hajin closed the message pannel and opened another window.
-- Yoo Yeonha --
[Hey, Yoo Yeonha. I need a favor.]
He thought that he would have to wait again for a few seconds, but unexpectedly, the reply came almost right away.
-- I'm hearing.
[Uh.. Great. You're coming to the Clancey Islent for the event at England, right?]
-- Apparently, yes.
Seeing the reply, Hajin transferred another invitation box, this time to where Yeonha currently was.
[Hmm, than, would you mind bringing your father and mother with you as well? You're probably seeing a black box right now, that's a special invitation to the event on my regards. They'll let you guys in as VIPs.]
--Oh... is that what it is... ?
[Oh, and if you could, try to bring Shin Jonghak and the Shin clan as well. Kim Suho and Chae Nayun would be there as well along with Chae Joochul and the Chae Clan would be there as well along with the Royal Family of England, so bring them with the excuse of an opportunity for business.]
-- Ahh, very well.
[Hmm, good. See you at the event. Ah, and when you need to give an invitation card to Jonghak, bring the invitation box I sent you near him. It will automatically copy itself.]
After that, Hajin closed his watch and walked out of the castle as he headed towards the Clancey, which was not that far from it, and going on foot once in a while wasn't bad either.
'Ah right, I should give one to them as well...' He thougth as he took out a duplicated invitation box from [Imaginary Space] and edited its content, or to be specific, he added more functions, improving the box's toughness and making it a little more fancy, but embedded some of his aura into it.
After all, the party that will receive this one isn't normal by any standards. He would have to make sure to leave a strong impression from just the invitation. It was mainly because originally, that party was supposed to be the most powerful out there, but no one knew about them.
They were like wolves in sheep's clothing.
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3rd POV
-- A few minutes before the start of the event --
Arthur was rechecking the documents related to the event's progress in his office. Other guild members could be seen helping him in reviewing the partakers of the event as well.
Hajin was sitting in the same office on a sofa, Rachel was busy getting dressed by the maids so she was not here. On the contrary, Elizabeth was here and helping Arthur as well.
"Haah... do you really think this is a good idea?" Arthur said while looking at Hajin.
"Indeed... Even I think this bunch is dangerous. It'll be risky to invite them here, and there's no garuntee that they won't do anything funny..." Elizabeth also agreed.
"Hmm?" Hajin looked at them and them at the document from afar using [Thousand Mile's eyes] and answered, "Ah, don't worry too much. I'll make sure that won't happen. And if it does, I will take care of it personally. Besides, making connections with them isn't a bad idea, considering the part of the underworld they have control over. They will prove quite useful, both for me and you guys."
"That's... true... But still, it doesn't mean my stance on this is useless." Arthur retorted.
"Don't worry about that. And in the case that they try to, they wouldn't be able to. As the Clancey Islet is covered by my [Absolute Defense], I have already restricted the use of any form of power that may be harmful to the audience and the guests."
"Hmm..." Arthur gave it a long thought, but gave up midways as he found no con in the method Hajin was using. "*sigh* fine. I'll trust you on this one, in that case, it's your job to make sure the event goes as planned."
"Of course, don't worry too much, Father-in-Law. Though, I won't mind a willing assist in that regard." Hajin stated.
Suddenly, the a knock on the door was heard.
"Come in" Arthur responded, and the door opened, revealing Rachel in a beautiful white dress.
"Mm... H-how do I look?" She said while looking at Hajin, a little embarrassed and averting her eyes downwards.
"Ah~" Hajin directly teleported near her and took her face from the chin. Rachel closed her eyes at this, expecting a kiss. And that was what came, but instead of on the lips, Hajin kissed her on the cheeks.
"Beautiful as always, my dear." Hajin said with a teasing smirk on his face.
Rachel pouted at this and glared at Hajin, to which his teasing smile just increased.
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3rd POV
The time of the event had arrived. The streets of Clancey Islet were filled with people, be they paparazzi who were looking for chances to make some bucks or famous identities who came to the event, either invited to the main event itself or to just look from afar for the ones who weren't invited.
The main street, which directly lead to the castle and the Clancey Hall was even more filled. Loud noise of traffic, people talking, shops, advertisement staff and more was all around the place. However, the atmosphere was mostly bright.
Originally, the main Clancey building was not that big, but after Arthur and Elizabeth had gained enormous power and support from the system, they turned the medium sized building into a huge caslte-looking yet still modern and fancy building.
Only a few minutes were left before the main cast of the event, the King, the Queen, and the Princess would arrive.
"Hey! What's that?!"
"What in great Heaven is that?!"
"Holy shit!!"
Loud noises were heard and a little commotion occured as the people near the clancey hall saw a blackish purple energy appear out of nowhere. The energy's intensity began increasing rapidly at an unimaginable speed.
In less than 10 seconds, the energy changed its color and transformed into a beautiful white portal which looked like doors to Heaven itself.
The portal was turned from purple to a beautiful blue in color. Large magic circles also started forming on top of the portal at some height. And one thing that was common in them was that... they are HUGE!
The guards however didn't react much aside from keeping the people and passer-byes away from the portal. They made sure no one came near the place or step on the red carpet, which was assigned for the enternace of the Royalty.
Actually, the guards were already informed of this and knew it was for the arrival of the Royalty, so they made sure to keep the people away from it.
Suddenly, an old but mascular looking man with white hair and butler clothes came out of the portal.
After walking about of the portal, he stepped aside and turned his side to the portal and bowed while also glancing at the guards for a moment.
The guards, understanding the signal, formed in one line on the other side of the red ribbons and pushed away the people. The paparazzi were quite annoying, and although they managed to make most of them go away, a large number still kept persisting with their recording devices, be it cameras or their phones, high up and trying to record at least something.
Soon, two people came out of the portal. They looked to be Royalty as from their blone hair and the very expensive attire that they are both wearing.
One was a man with medium length blone hair. His chin was shaved and clean of any hear, he was wearing a white tuxedo which had various designs on it. It also seemed to have some expensive artifacts both inside and outside it, probably defensive weapons in the case of emergencies.
The second person, who walked out at the same time along with the blone man, was a women dressed in royal attire. She also had blone hair and a beautiful yet mature face. Aside from everything else, she was holding the man's arm in hers.
"Look! It's the King!" Someone said from the crowd.
"The Queen is here too!" Another one shouted.
Soon, the crowd was filled with shouts of cheers and other emotions towards the couple.
"Your Majesty, please say something!"
"Your Highness, just a few words please!!"
The paparazzi had already taken the initiative to lauchn their attack, but were quickly surpressed by the guards. However, even in that state, they had their recorders high in their hands even when some of them were layed down on the stone floor by the guards in order to surpress them..
Soon, another couple appeared out of the portal, just behind the King and the Queen.
"It's the Princess!"
"Princess Rachel has arrived!"
The crowd again erupted as they saw another blone haired beauty. She was dressed as a Princess and had a slight smile on her face
"But who is that?!"
"Who is that person with the princess?!"
"How dare he walk along with the Princess?!"
"Did the Princess get a lover???!!"
Multiple comments were heard. Some were about the identity of the mysterious person, while some were about jealousy towards him.
Speaking of the man in talk, he was wearing a black tuxedo and a black overcoat. In black hair, clothes, shoes and all, he was in an all-in-black dress.
Some people could also feel the overwhelming aura around him. And the higher ranking heroes that were present there could also feel the mana that surrounded him, which was the same as the energy that created the portal just now.
'He's dangerous... !' Most of them thought.
Meanwhile, both the duos made their way to the sitting area leisurely while ignoring all the different types of comments they were getting from the crowd. They paid no attention to the paparazzi and made their way inside the building.
Soon, they were greeted by a person with shoulder length purple hair in a tuxedo as well.
"I am the most glad to see that you have come for the event, Your Majesty and Your Highness."
Arthur just noded while Elizabeth completely ignored the man's existence, which annoyed the man a little but he hid the feeling professionally.
"Ah, it's good to have you here as well, Princess Rachel." He bowed a little and extended his hand towards Rachel in a gesture that people use when they kiss the hand of Royalty.
"I am Zelen, CEO of Roton Coorporation. It's a pleasure to meet you." He stated while taking a glance at the man besides Rachel.
Before Rachel could respond, Hajin extended his hand and shook Zelen's hand firmly.
"The pleasure is mine, Zelen." Hajin said in an overwhelming voice."
Zelen tried to retreat his hand, but he found it hard to do so. Annoyed, he still composed himself and thought,
'Who is this person... ? Since I was not informed of him, he must be someone with a medium background, but... this power is... Extraordinary.'
"Ah, forgive me for my rudeness, but who may you be?" He asked with a slight smirk, clearly looking down on Hajin.
[Let me take care of this...]
He heard a voice in his head.
To this, Hajin just smirked as his eyes instantly turned slightly gold. It was as if another person had possessed him.
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Word Count : 3311
Short Note : Before reading the chapter, I want you guys to know that the update shedule would be 1 chapter per week again as I have adjusted my shedule and reduced the load.
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