บท 480: A Truce Between Siblings

'That's enough time on my hands.' Lucius thought as he watched the rather fired up Lily.

"Just you wait, Lord Asher, I will remain here with my brother," Lily smiled then blushed demurely. She glanced to the side shyly. "And… and well, we shall cross paths often then. However, I will mostly prove my brother here wrong and win the conditions you've set out for me."

"…Then would you like for me to set a deadline?" Lucius chuckled. "Today is the first day of your arrival, tomorrow you and your family will be shown the city sights and henceforth, after dinner, I hope to have everything prepared with the Masked Legions. That's more or less, maybe twenty-four hours. A day to get everyone to say yes, Miss Lily. Can you handle that for me?" 

Both Benjamin and Lily's eyes widened at the sudden deadline, and yet their reaction was for different reasons.