After a few moments of studying John Sakoto nodded in approval and said.
"I approve, you have good taste Alea."
After hearing this Alea blushed slightly, something that did not escape the notice of Sakoto and Shizu.
"Oh ho, so that's the real reason." Sakoto said with a smirk making Alea sigh before responding.
"Enough with your teasing Sakoto." Before she turned to Shizu
"Shizu it's great to see you again, how are you?"
Shizu smiled before replying.
"I'm good thank you Alea, I hope you and the other girls are also doing well?"
"I am thank you."
"Hey Shizu, it's been too long." Sarah said with a smile.
"Shizu, we really must meet up more often." Adria stated.
"Oh forgive me, introductions of course." Alea said.
"John Michaels, let me introduce you to Empress Sakoto and Princess Shizu of the Kitsune race."
"Sakoto, Shizu, this is John Michael's."
John bowed slightly, or as well as he could with two beauties on his arms that did not seem to want to let go before saying.
"Grytings Lovietpress Sakoto demant Princess Shizu. Qit is vus pleasure untasen myt rema" (Translation: Greetings Empress Sakoto and Princess Shizu. It is a pleasure to meet you both.)
Everyone present as well as those few who were subtly eavesdropping on their conversation showed surprised looks.
Sakoto and Shizu soon broke into beautiful smiles before saying.
"Well this is a surprise, Thasinia never said you spoke our language, though considering the look on everyone's faces no one knew."
John just smiled in return which gave both Kitsune a better opinion of him.
"Ladies, may I get you some drinks?" John asked his three dates and Thasinia who all smiled before replying.
"Please. They all replied as Alea and Adria released themselves from John's arms.
John went and grabbed the four ladies each a drink which he brought back to them.
They all thanked him before he went to collect his own after which he rejoined them and just as he stopped beside Sarah she smoothly looped her arm through his.
Sakoto and Shizu did not show much response since Alexis had warned them beforehand.
However, everyone else in the room was surprised to see Sarah taking John's arm this time and yet none of them seemed to mind as if this was perfectly normal.
Only a short distance away from John's group two young men were talking in hushed voices while holding glasses of wine, they kept shooting looks over at John's group with looks of jealousy and anger in their eyes.
"Who the hell is he and what is he doing with not only Adria and Sarah, but also Princess Alea?" Jordan Marks asked.
Daniel Sanders shook his head before saying.
"I have no idea who the bastard is, but it seems he does not realize those two women are spoken for."
Jordan nodded in agreement before adding.
"Either way it matters not, once they know we are here they will definitely drop that nobody for us."
"Agreed, we will stick to the plan and if that bastard tries to interfere we will just have to pressure him with our family identities, it's not the first time this has happened after all." Daniel said in a cold voice.
"It would appear the entertainment will soon begin." Thasinia said with a grin while glancing over at Daniel and Jordan.
Sakoto followed her gaze and as she noticed who Thasinia was looking at she grinned mischievously before saying.
"I see so that's why, this will be interesting indeed."
She was curious to see if John would buckle under the pressure of two powerful families of the human race, she had seen that before and it always left her disappointed in human men, Sakoto hoped John would not disappoint.
Shizu knew the issue her friends had with these human males not leaving them alone, so she was hopeful that John would prove to be a capable shield for them.
Of course Shizu was not a stranger to these issues herself, she knew she was on the impossible princess list but she did not care, she would just nap all day and avoid those men who chased her tails, after all they were all boring.
"So tell me John how did you wind up in the position of being the most enviable as well as most hated man in the room?" Sakoto asked with a smile.
"Just lucky I guess." John replied with a smile.
"Oh please, it takes far more than being lucky to be the dates of two of the impossible princesses as well as one of the most famous players in Genesis." Sakoto said while rolling her eyes.
"Impossible princesses?" John asked, confused looking at Alea who just smiled back then Adria who gave him a wink.
"Oh you have not heard of them? That's unusual considering it's all over the web and Genesis News Network right now." Sakoto said and as she saw John shake his head she continued.
"The impossible princesses are the women of different races whose hearts are thought to be impossible to capture because they have never shown any romantic interest in anyone."
"While not everyone on the list is an actual princess such as the music and movie Idol Melissa Delacruz there are several actual princesses on the list and you're standing with three of them now."
"I see." John replied simply not seeming to be interested in this information.
John's lackluster reply caused Sakoto and Shizu to raise an eyebrow in surprise as their interest in John was further peeked.
Over on a different side of the banquet hall Aiduin had a frown on his face as he watched this bastard human he had already warned once being surrounded by beauties on all sides.
It was usually him who got all the attention from the women, seeing someone else getting this attention instead of him and also the fact that Alea, the woman who is supposed to be his personal bed warmer in the future was giving this human her complete attention with a look he had never seen before on her face.
Normally whenever he went out of his way to approach Alea she would always have the same professional courteous smile on her lips while only responding to him in the simplest manner decorum would allow.
With this human however she was giving him her complete attention while also talking happily with him, she kept so close to him that they almost touched one another.
"What do we know of that bastard human father?" Aiduin asked his father who had just arrived next to him.
"According to my sources inside the palace he is the human who was mistreated in the recent human racial punishment announcement, he was then invited here by Tanelia." Elashor answered.
"Why would she invite a lowly human here? Especially one that was homeless?" Aiduin asked with a frown.
Elashor shook his head before answering.
"Who knows, that woman has always been unpredictable and it's only increased since she executed her former husband, regardless your task does not change and that is to have Alea fall for you so that you can marry her, I don't care how you treat her after she is your wife but until then you must do all you can to win her over."
Aiduin smiled a perverted grin as he gave a quick nod before his face returned to normal in case anyone saw.
"As for the information about him being the human from the racial punishment, you may be able to use this information tonight as it seems you're not the only one upset about who he is accompanying tonight." Elashor stated before looking in the direction of Daniel and Jordan.
"I see what you mean." Aiduin said with a grin.
The two men seemed to be under the impression that no one was close enough to eavesdrop on them, whether they simply forgot about Penelo or they did not care about her hearing; nobody knows however the look in Penelo's eyes for a second spoke wonders.
"You mentioned before that Sarah was only one of the most famous players in Genesis." John said to Sakoto before asking.
"I thought she was the most famous?" As he said this Sarah's smile increased slightly.
"Ah that was true before the recent announcement of a player somehow forcing Genesis to create the new dexterity stat." Sakoto answered.
"Ah." John relied as he and Sarah showed funny smiles on their faces as they looked at each other for a moment.
Sakoto of course noticed this action and narrowed her own eyes as she thought of something.
"You two know who it was don't you." She said accusingly making the other girls look at John with questioning looks.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that." John replied simply.
"Oh? It's rare for someone to refuse this empress, tell me why you can't answer." Sakoto said as her eyes narrowed even more.
"I have been informed that if I reveal this information, that individual will become the most hated individual to all spell-casters." John replied as he heard Sarah chuckle.
"Oh? Well you're not wrong, myself and Shizu here are both sorcerers in Genesis and we would very much like to know who is responsible for this wouldn't we daughter?" Sakoto said with a sweet smile.
"Indeed we would mother, would you please tell us John?" Shizu asked with a smile just as sweet.
John was not sure why but those smiles seemed to scare him a little.
As he was deliberating on what to do, Sarah was trying her best to stifle her laughter when a new voice cut into the conversation.
"Perhaps I can help with this Empress Sakoto, Princess Shizu."