Bab 407: Tea time With The Royal Family
Soon, a week pass without anything wrong happened. As the Branch Leader had intervene with his problem, most people realize he is untouchable, and should not attempt anything that can be perceive as threatening him less they will suffer severe consequences.
Unfortunately, most did not mean all, and some try to be nuisance, and fail miserably. However, the person he worried the most, the scion of Lugh family, did not make a move for some reason.
From the way Catherine told him, the man is obsessed with the black-haired woman, and would do anything to make her his, except for force, as she is a part of the Adventure Guild and someone the Leader care for, so he could not hope to use force less he make a Sovereign angry.
Speaking of making Sovereign angry, right now, he is trying not to have 3 Sovereign angry, with all three being a part of the royal family, specifically, the older generation, one generation older than Lariz.
3 people; the King himself, Grand Duke, and Lariz's aunt, all Sovereign expert and want to meet him. Truly, even if they will not harm him, if he make them angry, they could turn his life here into hell.
He hope he would not accidently does that but, who knew what will happen. He can only does his best, like he usually does.
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"Why did I agree to this?" Ryker asked Lariz, who also have the same look as him, namely pale and anxious.
"Because it is the most logical one, but unfortunately, logical does not mean we are going to like it," the other man said.
Currently, they are inside a room in the palace, Lariz having invited him and showing him the room they will be meeting with the three Sovereign.
'Stop! Stop thinking them as Sovereign! Just think them as Lariz family member,' somehow, it work to calm him down, barely.
Though the door opening and revealing the three people, 2 men and 1 women caused his anxiety to spike again.
"It's good you accept our invitation," the King said smiling at him. Ryker return the smile with a stiff one.
"Oh, how rude of me, my name is Lars Birak, the King of Birak Kingdom,"
"My name is Barnabas Birak, the Grand Duke of Birak Kingdom,"
"My name is Collete Birak,"
As the three Sovereign introduce themselves, it took Ryker a minute before realizing what he need to do.
"My name is Ryker. It is a pleasure to meet Lariz's family," instead of addressing them by their titles, Ryker decide to gamble and use their connection to Lariz instead.
"Hohoho, interesting," the Grand Duke, who looked like in his thirties, rubbed his blonde moustache. The only one of the three who have facial hair.
"It seem you are really smart. We are here not as the rulers of the Birak Kingdom, but simply as Lariz's family members, so there is no reason to be so stiff," the King, who looked younger than his brother, said.
'Easy for you to say!' Ryker and Lariz screamed in their mind. Of course the King could say it like that. But it still hard to not be afraid to mess up in front of the King of the nation he is in.
"Let's have some tea, then," Collete said before pouring the cups with teas, before putting it in front of everyone.
At that moment, Ryker could not help but feel something wrong. After all, how could a Sovereign expert serve tea to him, a Genesis Realm junior. However, he could not stop her as it will be rude to do so. More rude to not the drink the tea.
After Collete poured his cup, he took it and take a sip. His eyes widen as he could feel the exotic test. While he could not say it is delicious, the blend is pleasing to the tongue and seem to be refreshing.
"This is an excellent tea," Ryker exclaimed, as he had no better way to say it.
"Thank you, this is one of my favourite blend, so it's a good thing to hear little Lariz's friend has a good taste," while he did not look at the Crown Prince's face, he assume he is bright red from how Collete hid her grin behind her hand.
"Are you a tea connoisseur?" the King asked, Ryker shaking his head.
"While I do not know much about different tea blends, this is the most exotic one, as it seem to not be either sweet or bitter, just a complex mix of different type of tea ingredients," he exclaimed.
"Ha, is that so? At least you are honest, unlike my own brats, and my older brothers' brats," the Grand Duke said, laughing uproariously before he was smacked at the back of his head, by the King and Collete.
Ryker immediately look away, pretending he did not see or hear what happened. When he deemed it safe, he turn his head and take another sip, acting like nothing out of ordinary happen.
While they said to treat them like Lariz's family members, there is no way he would do something dangerous as seeing a Sovereign expert being embarrassed. He still one to line a long life thank you very much.
Collete smiled at him, and it took all his willpower to not blush. While she look older, maybe in her thirties or so, from her appearance at least, she is a beautiful woman, just a very powerful one that can kill him easily.
Seeing his younger sister teased the boy, the King decided to help him. He threw in another question, "Lariz said you have a lot of lovers," he decide at that instant, to make the damn Crown Prince suffer, one way or another, "Do you love them all?"
"Yes," he answered in a heartbeat. While it take some time after the first meeting, in the end, he could say he love them. He will do his best to protect them and make sure they are happy. And he knew they will do the same to him as well.
The King stared at him before showing the image of two different women. One is a long-haired blonde with blue eyes, two sidelock being curled into a drill. The other one is a gray-haired woman with a black bow at the back of her head.
He merely raised his brows, while Lariz nearly choke from his drink.
"What do you think of them?" for some reason, Ryker felt like he was being asked a question that will determine whether he will live or not.
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