Marcus greeted the president. A respectful smile showed on his face.
The president laughed. He was amused by the vermilion-haired teen's flattery.
"You must be Marcus, right?" The President, although he already knew the answer, he still asked.
Marcus nodded. "Yes, I am the son of Eva."
The President, Frieg Frey, looked at the woman beside Marcus. "This must be Eva's sister, am I right?"
Marcus once again nodded.
"I heard that she's also your girlfriend, is that true?" The President asked. He didn't an to pry, but this was not common in Estra.
Emily coughed. She turned to Marcus.
The vermilion haired teen chuckled. "Mister President as you've already noticed, my mother Eva and I don't look similar in any way possible. I do hope this makes things clear."
Marcus knew that Frieg was fishing for information, so he just gave it to him. However, the information that Frieg was trying to fish wasn't sothing that needed to be kept hidden.
'What a dangerous boy,' Frieg thought. "How rude of , I haven't introduced you to my family yet."
The President then gestured to the individuals beside him. He held the waist of the woman beside and lovingly said. "This is my wife, Lovlie Frey."
Marcus greeted her and said a few pleasantries. Emily did too.
"Next, this is my son Luten, Luten Frey. He also studies at Estra University and is in his second year there." Frieg proudly introduced his son.
Luten Frey was sowhat fit, but not so much. He had blond hair and a sowhat mature bearing, like all the other children from the five big families.
"It's nice to et you Marcus." Luten free extended his hand.
Marcus shook his hand as they exchanged greetings.
Frieg and his family went in after a minute or so of talking.
Marcus and Emily then went back to greet incoming guests.
It didn't take long before the last family arrived. The Strongwald family brought 10 people, including the four known leaders of their family.
Led by rts Strongwald, they strolled towards the gate and arrived in front of Marcus who was currently observing each and every one of them.
Senator Bong's eyes imdiately darted towards Emily. He had never seen such a beautiful lady.
'I guess it's good that I'm single. Hehehe, you can take my wife Pald you bald bastard, but I'm taking this.' Senator Bong inwardly smiled.
He was the only one of the four who had those thoughts. rts had his eyes set on business and getting to know who these people really are.
Although he felt that sothing was happening behind the scenes, he just couldn't put his finger on it.
Pald already had a loving wife and he was already content with her. He did find the woman beside the vermilion haired teen beautiful, but that's it.
As for Vid, he didn't even want to co here. He had no interest in won, nor n. What he did want was to stay in his lab, get the resources that he needs, and continue with his experints.
"Good evening," rts spoke first as he and the mbers of his family arrived close to the gate.
Marcus respectfully greeted. "Good evening Mister Vice President. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you ca to attend."
'Respectful, either that or he's just acting' rts, though doubtful, still had a smile on his face. "It seems like your parents raised you well."
Marcus nodded. "They did their best sir."
"You must be Emily, am I right?" It wasn't rts who asked this question, but Senator Bong. He already knew the answer as he heard that Eva has a sister nad Emily.
Emily nodded. She had already noticed his stares and was disgusted by them.
"I'm Bong Strongwald, one of the spearheads of the Strongwald family." Bong extended his hand.
Emily, however, only smiled. "It's nice to et you."
She said this, but what she truly felt was different. Emily wanted to strike this man down with lunar beams. Now that Emily has regained her mories she's no longer ek.
Senator Bong froze.
Vid chuckled and shook his head. He couldn't believe soone as old Bong would still try to do this.
Pald, however, didn't rely chuckle. He bawled out laughing. "Hahaha, You old bastard, do you even know sha?"
Senator Bong had black lines appear on his forehead as he dropped his hand and went behind rts, his head slightly down to the ground.
Senator Bong's son who was also in the group of Strongwald's that ca, looked weirdly at his father.
rts cleared his throat. "I was about to introduce each and every one of them to you but looks like you've already t Bong."
Marcus just smiled. He didn't mind toads who lusted for swans flesh, as long as that toad knows how to keep his distance, a great distance and the said toad wouldn't go overboard, even if it's only slightly
"This is Vid Strongwald and that is Pald Strongwald" rts introduced the two remaining leaders of Strongwald who were together with him.
Marcus exchanged pleasantries with them and soon the Strongwald family went in.
"Are you okay?" Marcus asked in a low voice.
Emily nodded. "You know how strong I can be."
Marcus chuckled.
"Were those everyone? I don't see anyone coming anymore." Emily looked outside their gates. There were only cars neatly parked. No one else seed to be arriving.
Marcus shook his head. "No, there's still one more. There were only 59 who arrived."
"Oh?" Emily tilted her head. "There's actually soone who would arrive later than the Strongwald's?"
Before Marcus could respond. A white car streaked in the air and landed outside their gate.
"Speaking of, he's here." Marcus turned to his body, facing outside the gate.
A man exited the car and walked towards Marcus and Emily. He looks to be in his early forties. He has short black hair, bushy brows, long nose, and he stood around 6 feet tall.
"It's good to finally et you Marcus." Owen, the head manager of Humanity Bank in the second rate countries walked closer to the gate.
"Have we t before, sir?" Marcus tried to sound respectful.
"Oh you don't know , but I know you," Owen arrived in front of the two.
Marcus' brows scrunched. "What do you an?"
Owen chuckled. He then explained the events that happened in the past. How he thought Marcus was soone from a first-rate state. He then told Marcus how he instructed the people who worked for 'Humanity Bank' to treat him with respect.
Marcus slowly nodded. He now understood why that incident at the bank ended that way.
Marcus looked at Owen.
From the list of people who were coming, Marcus saw that there was soone coming here whose importance is on par with the five great families of Estra.
'Head managers of 'Humanity Bank' should be people from first-rate countries.' Marcus thought.
"Welco, you can co inside. Individuals who have no affiliations with the five big families will be led by soone to their table." Marcus gestured to go inside. He neither confird nor denied if he was soone from a first-rate country.
Owen wryly smiled. He could guess that Marcus was not open about discussing his origins.
Owen nodded, thanked him, and went in.
"That's everyone." Marcus then closed the gates and proceeded to go inside.
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Eva and Nexus were inside the house. They waited for all the guests to arrive.
"Are you nervous?" Nexus asked.
"Facing a bunch of mortals? Nope." Eva shook her head.
Nexus chuckled. "Let's just hope that everything thing goes smoothly tonight."
Eva took a deep breath and fixed her white long dress. "Do we have any counterasures if anything goes wrong?"
"The only real counterasure we have against them right now is to go into the Destrucstone." Nexus sighed.
"That doesn't sound so bad. We can go in, train, and co back out once we get stronger. Wait, Marcus still needs to find his second wife." Eva thought that going into seclusion inside the stone of destruction would give them an excellent boost in their cultivation as there would be no distractions of any kind.
Nexus fixed his black tux and peered outside. "Looks like they're all here. We should probably start as not to keep them from waiting any longer."
Nexus also wanted this party to start as soon as possible so it could end early.
Eva nodded. She and Nexus walked out of the house together. Their feet touched the grass, and soon, everyone's gazes were on them.
Eva walked to a slightly elevated platform where there was a small floating circular microphone.
She neared the circular microphone in her mouth and began to speak. "Everyone, thank you for coming here tonight. Being in the sa place together with five of the greatest families in Estra is truly an honor."
She paused as she looked at each and every person in the room. "Aside from that I didn't prepare anything else to say to you. However, I know that you didn't co here to hear speak about nonsense. So we'll talk about business, but not with our stomachs empty."
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