บท 36: Meeting the Father

The guard's face twitch. 'Is this boy trying to show off?', he spoke to himself silently. It's pretty understandable since there was a beautiful maiden at their side.

His thoughts were like this because this sort of thing never happened to a guard before. Even though they were higher leveled and stronger, their potentials were already exhausted.

Their innate potentials referred to things like their will, reaction time, flexibility, adaptability, and other skills that were above average than normal.

Adventurers who became guards were people like this. Since they always risk their lives to hunt monsters to earn money and grew stronger, why not pick a profession that gave money without risking your lives that much instead?

They were afraid of people from royalties and strong individuals. They have money to buy things that can enhance what they lack. If they become stronger and remembered a guard that dare to be disrespectful to him/her, the mentioned guard will be killed, no doubt. Or if those spoiled brats reported what happened here then their fate was already sealed.

That was the reason why the guard was wary in Kite's intention. But when he looked directly at Kite's eye, he could only sense pity and sadness from him. His level was higher than Kite's, so he can detect more minor details than an average man.

He felt ashamed for thinking like this and thank Kite. Kite's gaze was sincere and genuine, there were no reasons to doubt him.

Vanessa's eye shined. Kite was from the slums, that's why he has sympathy for people on the lower standings. That was what she thought. She smiled and learned something new from Kite.

When Ansel saw Vanessa's smile, he frowned. This brother of his was really damn irritating. He pretended to do that to attract his woman's attention. After all, Ansel already branded Vanessa as his.

He went forward and didn't even pay a glance at the guard. His mood was already ruined.

Kite's face fell when he saw Ansel walk away. Maybe his previous judgment about Ansel was wrong. He was still a kid born in a rich family. His mindset might be already altered by his surroundings.

Kite and Vanessa followed Ansel. The atmosphere was weirder than usual. No one spoke a single word on their way home.

A while later they finally reached the guild where Severus' villa was located at.

Black Scythe Guild.

A maid escorted them through the entrance of the guild towards the villa and finally reached the living room where Severus was currently sitting on a chair. The catgirl maid was by his side. She was breathing raggedly and her face was flushed. Kite smiled and glance at Severus with a knowing look. Ansel also notice this anomaly and couldn't help but smirk. While Vanessa's reaction was what you'll expect from a girl. She was also blushing from the thought of what happened here earlier.

"All of you are here! I didn't know you'll finish the dungeon this fast!", Severus acted as nothing happened at all. He stood up and patted Kite's and Ansel's shoulders. Kite immediately noticed something from Severus and quickly went towards Vanessa's direction.

"Fuck off old man! Look at your pants!", Kite shouted. He was already using both his hands to cover Vanessa's eyes.

Ansel looked below and noticed a bump. He smiled wryly. Severus also looked down and blushed. The three entered the room while he was still doing it with his maid. He was still in his prime after all. But what he forgot was that he was still hard down there.

*Cough*

He coughed and tried to divert the topic.

"Thanks, Kite for your help. You could either stay in my mansion or go to where you are staying currently. Ansel, go back to your room and rest." He instructed.

Ansel took a last glimpse at Vanessa's figure and left the room. Kite noticed this and had a strange expression on his face.

"I must also thank you, Vanessa", Severus spoke after Ansel left the room.

"Serving you Lord Severus is my honor", Vanessa respectfully said.

"Hey! Don't ever address him as Lord. Also no need to respect him" Kite commented without any emotions.

Severus laughed at Kite's antic. "You heard your little lover, no need to be respectful towards this old man."

"If its what you want", Vanessa replied plainly. No respect was heard from her voice.

Kite laughed at Vanessa. She was too cute. She immediately followed his orders faithfully and didn't respect Severus at all.

Severus was also surprised by her attitude and laughed. The atmosphere in the room was pleasant and joyful. Severus finally stopped laughing and told Kite to go home now.

"You should go to my house to rest", Vanessa proposed while blushing. This was the first time he invited a man inside her house.

How sweet! Kite blushed and a jolt of electricity flooded his entire being. "Absolutely my wife!" Kite shouted

Severus could only smile at the two. They were really a sight to behold.

They waved goodbye to Severus and finally left the establishment.

"Should we continue where we left at earlier?", Severus teasingly asked the catgirl maid beside him.

***

Vanessa's house was located in the inner area were residents with titles granted by the city lord resided.

They walked towards the grandiose street and finally reach a pink mansion that exudes a girl's atmosphere. Just looking at it and you'll realize that this was really an expensive mansion. There were artificial hills, rivers, swamps, and even falls. Kite took a mouthful of breath and looked at Vanessa.

"Your father probably treats you like a princess,", Kite spoke.

Hearing the word 'father', Vanessa's excited looked change into a sad one. Kite regretted speaking and hug Vanessa.

"I'm sorry if I mentioned something bad. Let's enter the house. I want to take a rest to badly", he whispered.

The mansion was still bright and colorful although the moon was hanging from the sky now.

They entered the mansion and what greeted them was a bearded man.

His frame was like Severus' but slightly larger and bulkier. He held a broad sword which has a length of 2 meters, slightly taller than he was. His hair was also red like Vanessa's. And his eye contained a lustful look for some reason.

Seeing this man, Kite gulped and had a feeling that this man was someone Vanessa knew.

"You are back, daughter!", his voice thundered the whole mansion.

'Goddamn it!', Kite cursed silently.