Chapter 275 - Settling in (3) (1/2)

Mars walked into the city with Varvei by his side and after shopping for a few hours they stopped to have dinner at a cafe on the main street, during the dinner Varvei suddenly leaned in over the table and asked Mars

”So... I heard from Yel that you want children soon?”

Mars gave a nod and cut the stake on his plate before he ate a piece and spoke

”I had planned to talk with you all about it after I had officially become governor... But yes I think it's about that time... What do you think Varvei?”

Varvei reached her hand over the table, Mars got the message and quickly grabbed her hand as she gave the sweetest smile Mars had seen in awhile

”I think it's about that time too”

Mars and Varvei shared a moment before they both realized they were in a public place and went back to their food, Mars stole glances at Varvei, she did the same of course as both of them speed up their eating until they were finished eating and Mars quickly paid the bill before they then half rushed back to the manor to get started with what they had been talking about during dinner...

The next morning Mars awoke, his body was slightly sore, since he got... Well a little too much into it last night, they had also stopped using prevention magic so their hard labor should bear fruit sometime soon...

'Well enough about that... today's the day...'

Mars gave a yawn as he crawled out of bed and quickly got dressed leaving the girls in dreamland as he quickly exited the master bedroom and walked towards Jane's room, his intentions were pure of course and it was her that had invited him yesterday, that's what he told himself anyway as he knocked on the door

”Come in”

Mars walked in and found Jane drinking tea served by a maid, she quickly gestured for him to sit down across for her which he did before he cleared his throat

”So... Today's the day”

Jane gave a nod

”Indeed it is... The ceremony will find place at noon and last until sundown, but there's something else I would like to talk with you about first”

”Please do say”

”Well... The thing is the chefs have reported food going missing and some of the maids have reported finding black and orange fur around the palace, as embarrassing as it is to say I think we have a rodent problem so I would like your input on what to do...”

Mars showed a strange expression before he gave a sigh

”I knew that there was something I was neglecting... Victoria, have you been stealing food?”

There was silence for a bit before a slightly wronged voice sounded out in Mars' head

”...I would... Not call it... Stealing... That's a... Strong word”

Mars gave a sigh a long one at that, Jane looked a little confused but soon Mars called out

”If you're not guilty then stop hiding like a convict”

”Mars... Who are you talking to?”

”Victoria”

Then Mars stood up and walked away from the table before he sat down on the floor and patted his leg twice as he spoke

”Come on, I am not mad”

Just as Jane was about to ask what Mars was doing Victoria jumped out of a shadow and landed on the floor before she looked at Jane, then the maid (That was frozen in fear) before she walked over and laid down on Mars' lap and began purring as Mars petted her between the ears, then Mars looked over at the surprised Jane and explained

”This is Victoria, she's under a contact with me”

”Oh... I see”

Jane showed her strong mental fortitude by quickly accepting the fact that a deadly magic beast had been wondering around inside the palace without anyone knowing for the past week by giving a sigh before she got up from her chair and walked over to Mars and also sat down on the floor before she asked Mars

”May I pet her?”