27 Morning 1 of the Next 6 Months (1/2)
The next morning everyone was baffled. The Lord and Ladies of Immisceo were covering their faces like they did yesterday. The children and the Claws were also hiding their appearances. 'Is there a requirement to see their faces?'
They were all sitting in the cafeteria for breakfast. The Leaders who automatically agreed to collaborate with the three sat at the same table as them, so the cliques were larger this morning.
”Ahem!” Chao cleared her throat and rang a bell from who-knows-where. ”If 6 months is too long for any of you to spy on us, you are more than welcome to temporarily live with us until the offer expires. All our subordinates are open books so feel free to ask questions unless you're broaching on private topics. That's all. Enjoy.” After speaking so politely so early in the morning, she gestured at her almairusks. Their allies tilted their heads before spitting air/saliva/juice etc.
Chao sat on Neutrum's lap while Serenus fed her. Afterwards, she was sleepy so Neutrum carried her off to the library to nap before getting her work done for the day. Serenus continued to eat her food and smiled ever so faintly at her guests when she noticed their bug-eyed looks. ”They are exactly the type of couple I hated seeing when I was younger. Clingy and unapologetic.”
”You're just upset that your husband has never carried you like that.”
”Shut up! I'm not!” The Queen would have been convincing if she wasn't tearful, pouty, and red-faced.
. . .
At the kid's table, everyone was in arms.
”Pancakes are better!”
”I'm sorry did you say something? I thought I heard you say woh wah woh wah*!”
”What does that even mean? Are you stupid? Did your waffles poison your brain?”
”Don't talk about my waffles like that!”
June and Evan were just introduced to pancakes and waffles. So what does that have anything to do with the arguing? Well, everything. You see, pancakes and waffles are extremely similar with the difference being in the shape. Arguably, depending on how they're made, one can taste better than the other.
So here we have the prince of pancakes, AKA the prince of the Sands June, and the prince of waffles AKA, the prince of the Oasis Evan. Their argument runs pretty much the same as Mordecai and Rocky's** except no one went on a syrup trip to the cosmos. That would cause the plot to accelerate more than necessary.
She gasped and whipped her head towards Noctis. ”Stop being an instigator you cheeky little thief!”
He jumped in startelement before turning to her, ”What are you talking about? I was just telling Inrigo and Ventus about how we need to move to phase 2.”
”What?” She turned her head only to find Cometes eating her crepe. He looked up and met her eyes. Sheepishly, he laughed before taking her whipped coffee and caramel crepe and replacing it with his cinnamon coffee cake. ”Coffee will make you shorter. Haven't you heard about that?” He tried distracting her, but to no avail. Her lips parted, mouth widening, ”You just- but I- hic!”
She covered her mouth while a blush spread across her face at a visible rate. Some princes and princesses began staring at her, some unblinkingly, some blushing along with her. Seeing that, Cometes scowled and nudged Caligo. ”Help me put out the forest fire.”
Caligo and Meteorum snickered at his jealousy. ”Luna~ if I can turn your mask into a frisbee, don't say anything and Noctis, Solis, and I will go hunting for some treasure.”
When she heard treasure, Luna snapped back to reality. ”Who's treasure? How much? If you need help with your frisbee, I'll be more than welcome to assist!” As she dreamed about the potential riches, she began drooling.
Meteorum had to stifle his laughter and bring Luna back. ”Hey, riches are great, but do you need to use your saliva to break down your food before eating it?”
Looking down she finally noticed that she was drooling, so in order to freely daydream about money, she inhaled her breakfast and finished her fruit juice. ”Ahhh! Now where were we?” Meteorum looked at his twin with pity as Luna didn't even notice anything related to him after hearing the word ”treasure”. 'My poor little brother! Ah! So heartbreaking! I may have said you worked fast and were sly in the past, but you're still going to have difficulties aren't you? Wahhh! It's okay! I'll help you whenever I can!'
Cometes looked over at his brother in confusion before it turned into irritation. 'Why is he crying? Oh. Stupid kid. Don't pity me! You'll probably have an even harder time than me with that personality of yours.'
People often said Meteorum was an open book while Cometes was closed off from others. Like the cliché of clichés, Meteorum hid himself as deeply as his brother did albeit in a different way. Throughout all of that, Solis was ending the war since it was going to be time for classes soon and they all had to get ready.
. . .
It should be said that the property was like a small city already. 100 leaders from kingdoms and 10 princes and princesses were living in the estate. There were 2 libraries, 2 swimming pools, a shooting gallery, a great meadow, a forest, several storages, stables, garages for vehicles, 3 dorms, a lake, several greenhouses, and little huts where some of the older retired folks lived. They were free to roam and do whatever they wanted as long as they had one person from the estate with them.
”What the cyka was that?!”
”One day Lady Chao was feeling upset because someone had tried to steal her treasured boots from her while she was showering. So she demonstrated why everyone should avoid angering her.”
”I might regret asking, but how did she do that?”
”Well, she created a small star, cut it, ate it, and infused some of the heat into the ground. As a result, she caused the space in this area to collapse on itself with the cutting of the star, and melted the area as well.”
”How does collapsing work? Shouldn't this be obliterated if that's what happened?”
”She made a barrier to prevent the damage from spreading for both the temperature and collapse. When she finished, she was terrifyingly calm. Like the silence before the apocalypse.”
”... I'll be going to eat some of the heavenly ice pear that Lianne won't stop talking about.”
”I apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused. Please be sure to get a guide next time like they had instructed and be more careful.”
He thought he had left with his pride intact, but the little maid ruthlessly ripped him to shreds. 'Inconvenience? Clearly I inconvenienced you! Like they had instructed? Are you calling me stubborn and thick-headed? Be more careful? OKAY! I KNOW! It was reckless of me. Even if you did show hostility, I shouldn't leave my guard down in a foreign environment. Aahhh! I'm a lowly imbecil! Lianne, you were right!'
”Thank you for the advice. I shall listen to it strictly. Have a good day Miss.” Although he said it with a friendly smile, the twitching of his eyelid said otherwise.