Going up the stairs and out of the hallway, Adryan caught a glimpse of Grievius walking out of the club still whistling with a slight skip to his step.
Turning his gaze, he could also see that Robert had a confused face as he looked at where Grievius had come from.
Letting out a light laugh to make his presence known, the redhead approached Robert who had turned to see him with both eyebrows raised.
"Adryan, what's wrong with Mr. Grievius? Is he sick?"
Raising an eyebrow, sending the blonde an amused look, Adryan chuckled again before answering.
"Why do you say so Robert, Mr. Grievius is in perfect health"
Still looking confused, he returned his gaze to the club door before looking back at Adryan.
"It's just that he was never in such a good mood, he even had a huge smile on his face"
"That's it, it's that he defeated me in a shooting duel and I'm sure that made his day," said the redhead as he shook his head as he looked at the door where Grievius had left.
"So that was it..." Robert mumbled lightly but thanks to Adryan's keen senses he was able to clearly hear the blonde's words, which made him shake his head again before leaning against the desk.
"Tell me, Robert, are you ready for the party tomorrow?"
This question upset the blond again, who let out a slight exclamation of surprise.
"Yes yes I'm ready I had some help to choose my outfit for tomorrow so I'm confident that I won't be embarrassed" at the blonde's response, the redhead lightly patted him on the shoulder before speaking.
"You don't have to be so negative with yourself"
"Yes yes I know mom"
The blond's words slightly surprised the redhead before he let out a laugh as he looked at Robert.
"I didn't know you had something of a comedian in you Mr. Comedy"
"I have my qualities, Mr. Strawberry"
Another laugh escaped the redhead before he went back to pat the blonde's shoulder.
"Do you plan to bring someone to the party?"
Adryan had received his invitation on Wednesday morning but since he was so busy making the hidden blade he hadn't checked his mail until the next day.
The invitation said that one could take up to one extra person with them, this was the reason for Adryan's question.
Robert only looked at Adryan for a moment before nodding.
"A friend of my sister wants to attend so I didn't see any problem in taking her with me" at this information Adryan tried to do a little memory before raising an eyebrow at the blonde.
"Your sister the one in Tingen?"
"The same"
Robert's response made Adryan give him a mischievous smile as he punched his shoulder.
"Messing with your sister's friend where is your honor?"
"¡¡IT IS NOT LIKE THAT!!"
Robert exclaimed loudly as his face contorted with a combination of discomfort and anger.
At the blonde's exclamation, the redhead raised his hands in surprise as he moved a little away from Robert.
Seeing that he had exploded, Robert gave a fake cough before speaking.
"Sorry about that, Adryan, it's just that my sister's friend is someone very respectable and she's my idol, seeing her in that light you mean disgusts me so please don't do that again"
"Sorry about that, Robert, I didn't know that you respected this lady so much" Adryan spoke with a pained voice while scratching his neck somewhat uncomfortable.
Seeing that the redhead's apology was genuine, Robert let out a thoughtful sigh before punching Adryan's shoulder with some force.
"As long as you don't do it again it will be fine"
"I promise" was what Adryan replied as he raised his right hand as if he was swearing in a trial.
"Idiot" was what Robert said with a small smile at the way Adryan promised.
Sensing that the uncomfortable aura was fading fast, Adryan sighed in relief before looking at the clock hanging on the wall and seeing the time he turned to look at Robert.
"Robert I have to retire now, sorry again and I'll see you tomorrow at the party." when he said that he extended his fist towards Robert.
"You're forgiven and I'll see you tomorrow"
Robert replied as he bumped fists with Adryan.
Nodding his head, the redhead left the club to head home to prepare for tomorrow.
When the door to the club was finally closed and Robert was sure that Adryan had left the place his expression turned rather cold as he wiped the hand where he had fisted Adryan's as well as where he had touched his shoulder.
"That a non-believer in the primordial touches me it disgusts me..." was the blond's light murmur as he wiped his hand before taking out the disguised bible again to start reading devoutly in his chair.
Adryan after a while had arrived at his house and was at his work table again.
This time what was on the table was his right dress shoe, the one with which he was cutting the sole.
This would be his last insurance at the party in case something bad were to happen.
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Hi guys author here
I hope you can forgive me for not posting chapters these last few days. I've been pretty busy because I'm moving on Friday morning.
But that doesn't mean I haven't been writing for this story so here are the missing chapters and today.
"If I have to say it, without a doubt this suit is beautiful but it still hurts me that it was so expensive..."
Looking at himself in the mirror of his room, Adryan was checking that his appearance was adequate.
While fixing his red hair, Adryan began to think about the classes he had with Isengar in the morning.
The Detective had told him that he would have to practice more with his tongue to be able to pronounce better some of the ancient Hermes words, but for anything other than that his progress was very good.
'Thank you very much for the weird compliment, I suppose...' the redhead thought in his mind as he made movements with his mouth as if he were speaking, repeating the words that were most difficult for him.
Giving a last touch to his hair and pinning the last button of his shirt, the redhead looked in the mirror and nodded to his appearance.
His red hair was combed back giving him an elegant appearance, as always he had no beard keeping his face clean of any hair.
His red eyes together with his eyebrows gave him an exotic air that made people feel attracted to him.
Holding his new hat in his right hand, the redhead flexed his left forearm and a blade came out from under his wrist.
Nodding to this the redhead stopped flexing allowing the blade to hide again, the redhead looked at the clock and seeing that it was 16:40 pm he left his house.
Closing the door as he put on his hat, Adryan calmly walked towards a public carriage as it headed towards the West Borough.
The driver left him at the entrance of this and after paying he left as quickly as possible from there.
'You look like you're being chased by a mad dog at night, sir.' With a light laugh, Adryan watched the carriage drive away very quickly although he supposed it made sense.
It was, after all, an upper-class residential area, belonging to the wealthiest nobles and magnates.
'If I remember correctly the Royal Museum should be around here could I try to steal the Card of Blasphemy?'
Letting out another loud laugh, the redhead denied that crazy idea.
Not only was the Museum watched every hour of the day by mid-sequence official beyonders, but to top it off, a daughter was looking for clues about her father and she will not hesitate to kidnap him to get everything she needs from him.
Klein only managed to escape from Bernadette because he had gone with his spirit body and he only had to break the connection to escape without her being able to do anything about it.
That a sequence 7 beyonder made a sequence 3 saint look like a fool was certainly something that could be written for posterity....
But Adryan wasn't Klein, he was just sequence 8 and he wouldn't have the slightest chance of escaping if he tried to do that stupid thing.
His destiny would only be 2: One that the official beyonders catch him or Two that Bernadette catches him.
Two destinations that he was not interested in reaching.
He had planned to find his Honorific Name to be able to store things in the City of Calamities as if it were a giant closet like Klein.
But he hoped to digest all of his potion before attempting to do so since he had barely entered the City of Calamities even though he didn't need to use an incantation to do so.
He only enters when it was necessary for fear of attracting unpleasant existences or when it was the only way to save himself, being the only time so far when he managed to escape the True Creator's Rap by using the City of Calamities as a shield against it.
Maybe the fact that he doesn't need to say any incantations to enter should be a bad sign but Adryan never tried to find out the reason of this.
The last time he let his curiosity get the best of him he almost died so ever since that last dance with death he tried to be much more careful.
Leaving that aside, the redhead looked at the clear sky in this area.
The difference between the areas of Backlund was certainly disgusting being the fact that the rich area had a beautiful clear sky while the poor area was always cloudy with toxic clouds.
Letting out a slight grunt, Adryan meditated a bit to calm his heart before moving on towards his destination.
So with a slight whistle that had the tone of Tapion's ocarina he was on his way to the mansion where the party was to be held.
It had been a long journey but Adryan managed to reach the mansion at 5:13 pm, about 3 more minutes than Isaac had told him but it wouldn't affect that at all.
Handing over his invitation to a butler of the mansion and after checking that he did not have any weapons,he was allowed entry and the redhead had the corners of his mouth raised with satisfaction, the idea of the hidden blade had worked wonders and those who checked him didn't notice anything.
Following another butler to the great room where the party was being held, the redhead was able to see firsthand what the luxuries of the nobles were.
The walls were finely decorated with beautiful paintings framed in expensive materials, as well as a beautiful carpet and fine furniture.
'At least they know how to decorate' was the redhead's thought as they reached the end of the hall in front of a large open door where he could smell the good food and wine as well as listening to light music to give it atmosphere.
Adjusting his hat better, Adryan entered the large hall where the party was being held.