Chapter 73 - The Guild Ball (Part 3) (1/2)

The Vasconcelos Guild's birthday party brought together many adventurers who needed a break, merchants, mages, herbalists, as well as those who wanted to network, investors and prodigies.

Theoretically, demons opt to choose the most powerful, but this is not always a viable alternative, because as with mind controls, magic, and poisons, powerful people have a high resistance to many other things as well.

For this reason, experienced demons focus on the young, manipulating their minds and numbing them with carnal desires and greed.

However, there is one ingredient that demons hate more than anything, and if Alexis Dmitry were not part of the church, she would probably never meet him.

Holy water? Garlic? Aconite? No, it is a simple material that can easily be found in many places all over the world.

Do you know that slimy surfaces are easily found on stones in rivers and waterfalls? This is called slime, and this simple organic material is more than enough to expose the true face of a parasite.

While waiting for the slime potion to make its victim, the half-dragon returned to her group to explain the second part of the plan. From a distance, she saw Luke, Ayumi, Shiro, and Nathalia talking to the blond man from before.

Nathan hatched an impromptu plan and went to greet the members of the Strogueher Family, taking the opportunity to learn more about the curious man accompanying the respectable Ayumi Yamazaki.

”What! Are you an E-Class?” He inquired with sweat beading down his face.

”Actually, I was an F-Class until last week.” Luke clarified.

'How come a jerk like that is with a hottie like that, then?' The man wondered, adjusting his green tie. Just then, Nathan felt a hand touch his shoulder.

”Beat it, son.” Alexis spoke, startling him with an intimidating aura, which made Nathan's heart race on the spot.

Nathan left, walking briskly, and didn't even look back. When he returned to the second floor, he simply lied to his friends, saying that he was a friend of the Strogueher's as well and that he just went to say hello to them, however, he was left wondering:

”What was that woman?” even from above, he didn't dare to look in the direction of the half-dragon.

”Hahaha! Did you see his reaction?” Alexis scoffed after Nathan left the group. ”Ouch... ouch... Anyway, I'm done with my part in here. Can you guys go outside and check for other mead sources or something?” She inquired, reaching out her bag to Nathalia and Shiro.

”Sure.” The girl replied and picked up her bag.

When Alexis saw the young woman and the big guy walk out the front door, she immediately questioned:

”You really are together, aren't you? I mean, you don't even have to deny it, everyone saw it here. Your daughter may not have believed her own eyes, or maybe she even already knew...”

”She doesn't know yet.” Ayumi replied, seriously.

”That's not for me to say, but if you want to maintain a good relationship with her, you know you'll need to tell her, right?”

”Rest assured, this thing we have is... different.”

Even with the loud music playing in the background and with his ears cloaked, the half-wolf could clearly hear Alexis and Ayumi's hearts speed up upon hearing this.

”What did you mean by 'different'?” The Matriarch inquired, clenching her gaze.

There were many ways he could answer her questioning and among so many possibilities, the worst one kept hammering away in his head like a blacksmith's forge.

In a way, Luke knew that his relationship with Ayumi was temporary, both because of the astronomically fast way it happened, and also because of all the factors that revolve around their relationship.