Chapter 295 (2/2)

Beatrice named her father quite traditionally while Isabella on the other hand referred to him as pappa. She noticed that both Zhang Dong and Beatrice looked at her in a funny way, this caused the girl to blush.

”Yes, they are both there. I've spoken to them about this so don't worry, in a few days you will recover and be able to return to your bodies.”

Zhang Dong thought back to a day before, this was the moment that he brought down the demonic being called the Lord of Pain. The salute that the dragons gave him was quite unexpected but it also gave him the leverage to proceed with his little plan.

The person that came riding on the dragon was a Duke and current leader of the main house that Isabella was part of. He was the most powerful summoner in this kingdom that used his black dragon to battle foes. Thanks to Zhang Dong's draconic soul beast they thought that he was some kind of old Heroic Ancestor Dragon. This made things easy as they took the whole soul resonance explanation easily.

He had explained to the Duke the connection that the two girls had. The man was hard to read as he kept quite the poker face. He didn't know if the man liked the idea of her daughter having a similar soul to someone from a weak branch house. It was possible, these noble types saw their weaker relatives as nothing more than moochers.

Their existence was dependent on the main house but now it seemed that this branch family was standing out. Zhang Dong was afraid that these people would not like how things are turning out. First was the grandfather that was one of the more capable summoners, even close to this Duke in power if what Beatrice's parents said was true.

For now, the Duke was cooperating with him but this was probably due to the status of 'Dragon Ancestor' that he had now. What would happen if he wasn't there anymore was bothering him. He needed to make Beatrice strong enough to fend for herself in one way or another.

”So, you two can get acquainted. Why don't you two try working together?”

”Us working together?”

Beatrice's face contorted a bit while looking at Isabella. The blond with the drills narrowed her eyes as well before turning her face away.

”Why do I need to work with the likes of her?”

”The likes of her? What do you mean by that!”

Beatrice jumped up to her seat while slamming the poor tiki bar with her fist. The wood started buckling under the pressure and even broke in a few spots.

”Not even an ounce of dignity and decorum!”

Zhang Dong wanted to facepalm as the two girls started to argue. He knew well that Isabella was the reason Beatrice was being bullied in the academy. This was something she knew as well, working with your bully was not an easy thing to do. Why Isabella had it out for her wasn't out in the open, he attributed it to the pretty boy with green hair.

He was her fiance but was showing more interest in Beatrice than Isabella. If he had other girls on the side wouldn't really surprise him. In this country, high nobles were allowed to have mistresses but only one wife.

Normally Isabella's parents and the royal family would never allow the prince to take Beatrice as a wife. But then he appeared, a super-strong spirit that was able to defeat a demon lord. With this Beatrice's stocks would flourish and she would be seen as a proper marriage candidate. The moss head was also not the crown prince, so he could be used as a pawn to get other powerful families on the side of the royals.

What he needed to do now was to somehow get these two girls to work together. They were stuck here with him so they would need to interact. Speaking with others wasn't his forte but he would probably need to play the nanny in this situation.

”That's enough!”

A crack of thunder and lightning resounded through the entire place. The sunny sky turned cloudy, hurricane-like winds picked up and rain started to fall. The two girls instantly looked to Zhang Dong who was now out of his bartender role and back in his white robe.

”Stop bickering, you're acting like little brats both of you.”

He pointed his finger at the two while they backed away.

”You will have to learn to work with each other from now on. The lives of many are at stake, do you think the demon lords will wait?”

One of the Archdemons was dead, news of this would probably reach everyone in time. Maybe the demons already had gotten this information and were now preparing for a counterattack. Beatrice and Isabella were now both in danger and he wouldn't be able to protect them unless they performed their soul resonance.

”Please great spirit, appease your anger.”

Isabella, who didn't know Zhang Dong well, was quite afraid while Beatrice grumbled under her breath. But after he gave her a glare she also started apologizing, the fear of balancing heavy objects while running away from menacing beasts was still with her.

”Good. Now we can talk about your future endeavors!”

The weather turned back to normal and the girls were handed fresh c.o.c.ktails.

”Endeavours?”

”Yes, you two must learn to get along with each other and also be able to perform the soul resonance when the time comes!”

”You don't mean?”

Beatrice gulped while backing away.

”Yes, we are going to do some special training!”

”Nooooooo….”

The sound of the waves blocked away the screams of the two girls, soon their new training would be starting.