"Did you became more handsome?"
Madeleine asked in a dubious tone. She felt there was something about him that felt… different about him.
She wasn't as surprised as Laura due to the fact that as an elder, in her eyes, he always held Rex as a very handsome boy more than what could be seen with her own eyes. Rex had already thought of what he would do for this,
"Aunt Mei, I will explain it to everyone including you when we eat lunch"
He decided to explain it to everyone during the dinner as to help himself from explaining to each of them personally. Afterall, they were family and he also trusted them but as for the explanation, it would be the same explanation as what he gave to Laura.
Even if it was a lie, it was a white lie and he would make it so that even this white lie is only told to those who are close to him. Afterall, he still needs to get stronger silently as to not alert those who were wanting to target him.
Madeleine nodded, she didn't mind even if he became more handsome than before. He would always be Rex but she couldn't help but be curious about Rex's explanation.
"Rex dear, can you help me grab those three"
"I think she is in her room, reading a book instead of doing the task"
"Of course Aunt Mei"
Going upstairs to the rooms of everyone, Rex went to Laura's room first. Afterall she was the starter of all of this. Usually when it was time for lunch, Laura would go to Sarah and Alisia's rooms and knock on it two times. He had heard of it from time to time and asked about why she would do it. The first time it was to alert the two of her sisters to know that it was almost time and the second time was the time to go.
They wouldn't want to go to the dining room early when the food wasn't even on the table yet. It was just wasting as Madeleine wanted to cook food herself since they already helped with the house chores. This time, he thought that the food was already ready so he went but it seemed that it was not the case. Since he was already at the table, he had to drag her along as well.
Knocking on the door, Laura's voice sounded from the inside of her room.
"Who is it?"
"Laura, it's already time for lunch"
"We need to go"
"Go where"
"To the dining room of course"
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Inside the room, before Rex knocked on her door, Laura was lying on her bed in leisure as she read one of the books which Rex brought back. Time to time whenever he goes for a trip he would always bring back books for her and because of that aside from her online reading, she had a lot of books stacked for reading which made her happy. She swung her legs up and down idly as she read the book. However a knock on the door stopped her from reading further.
"Who is it?"
"Laura, it's already time for lunch"
She heard Rex's voice at the front of her door.
"We need to go"
"Go where"
"To the dining room of course"
She looked at the clock on the table next to her and saw that it wasn't even time for lunch yet.
'Mom's should still be preparing the food'
'Why is he rushing me to the dining room?'
'Is this some kind of revenge because I told him early today?'
She would only tell Rex after knocking on Alisia and Sarah's doors for the second time but this time she didn't. Whether it was a revenge or not, she didn't know.
"It's not time yet, I will go a bit later"
"If you aren't coming out, I am coming inside of your room"
The door opened and Rex stepped in. Laura didn't mind the extra company and continued to read her book after glancing at Rex for a moment when he stepped into her room.
"So you aren't going?"
Rex had a cheeky smile on his face as he asked Laura who was still reading her book, not intending to get up.
"Then you leave me with no choice"
Laura felt her sight furthering away from her book. The words written in the book became smaller. She knew that she had been carried off from her bed.
"Rex, let me down, right this instant"
"No can do, this is how you will dragged into the dining room unless you do it yourself"
With her face flushed, Laura agreed to his request.
"Fine, I will go into the dining room but explain why first"
"If this is because of getting revenge for me telling you early…."
She narrowed her eyes as if seeing whether he was this petty.
"I told Aunt Mei that I will explain to everyone at the dining table"
"What thing"
"This whole thing"
He motioned his hands to his body and Laura understood as she nodded.
"It seems that she is curious about it so she told me to get all of you"
"It's better for the explanation to be finished once and for all before we eat launch"
"I see"
Laura expression shifted to one of realization.
"I will be needing your help if necessary when explaining"
"Well, I will go to the dining room early then"
"I will be off to get the other two then"
Both of them separated and went to their own directions. Rex's next direction was towards Sarah's room. Knocking on Sarah's room, he waited for a response but it didn't came. But he could hear a sounds of button smashing and slightly pitched sounds from time to time. He knew exactly what she was doing.
Opening the door, he saw Sarah on her mat, in her hands was a device and her gaze was at the monitor which was displaying the game she was playing. The device in her hand was to control the character in the game. She couldn't hear him knocking on the door due to the headphones she was wearing. Her gaze was intent and locked on the monitor.
"Come on, come on"
"NOO...."