Seeing that three nobles remained Shu Himo was surprised, he was expecting that all of them would run away.
Staring at the three, he then smiled, "For what reason did you decide to remain?"
The three foresaw that question, so one of them quickly answered, "Our three families pledged subservience to the Shu Family three years ago. We will stand up with them, and in the worst situation, we will fall with them… also… this is only my personal opinion, but I'm in awe seeing that Your Excellence the Supreme want to fight for the Kingdom even if the odds are completely against us."
Hearing that three families were loyal to the point of dying with the Shu Family, Shu Himo was surprised and smiled, "I see… what is the name of your families?"
The three answered from the right to the left man;
"The Huang Family."
"The Yuan Family."
"The Qing Family."
Nodding, Shu Himo then smiled confidently, "Very well! I'm happy to know this, however, there is one misunderstanding: the odds aren't against of us, simply because an army of merely 2000 Dantian Core Formation experts is not my match and never will be!"
Hearing him, the three simply smiled, clearly, they didn't believe him. After all, a Dantian Core Formation of the 3rd string beating 2000 Dantian Core Formations experts was simply too much unbelievable.
Suddenly, Shu Himo noticed that someone was running toward him and jumped into his arms, but did not stop her and also hugged her back. It was Shu Aria.
"Brother, I missed you!" Earlier, she was holding back from running to him because Shu Himo was talking with the nobles, however, now she could not wait anymore and hugged him.
Smiling sweetly, Shu Himo said, "I'm sorry… did you miss me a lot?"
Hearing him, Shu Aria nodded slightly, "I know that now you have to think about the Remir Kingdom… but the next time you come back, will you stay a bit more?"
Seeing her puppy eyes, Shu Himo could not help but smile fondly: "Do not worry, I promised that one day I would take you around the whole world and I will do it!"
Looking then toward the rest of the family, Shu Himo noticed that while they all had slightly different reactions, all of them were in joy by seeing him once again.
Both Shu Himo's parents had their eyes filled in joy, only they knew how happy they were after seeing that their child was fine. Even Shu Eitha had his cold eyes slightly watery.
Staring at Shu Eitha as if asking why he did not act in such a situation, Shu Himo only saw him shaking his head with a downhearted expression, and realized that most likely he had an important motive not to reveal his true strength even in such a crisis.
Looking again at the three nobles, Shu Himo then commanded, "For now worry exclusively about the people, we can't let them starve to death. Remember that a Kingdom is called a Kingdom only because of its people, not because of who is in power. Said this the reunion is done, I will care of the enemy army by myself."
Nodding, they stood up from their seats and bowed a last time, "Thanks for the trust you are placing in us, we will not disappoint you and we will await Your Excellency's victory." Lastly, they walked away.
Seeing that the nobles were nowhere in sight anymore, Shu Himo's parents abruptly stood up from their seats, and walked toward Shu Himo, with joyful expressions on their face. However, thinking about one thing, they suddenly froze.
"Himo… who is her?" Seeing Aura Azusa and Phylia they were shocked, why were two girls following behind Shu Himo now? And they were also very beautiful too!
Noticing their expressions, Shu Himo introduced them, "She is Aura Azusa, while she is Phylia, do you remember her?" He then turned toward Aura Azusa and introduced his family, "She is my little sister Shu Aria, he is my father Shu Mo, she is my mother Shu Ashey, and finally, he is my brother, Shu Eitha."
After introducing everyone, Shu Himo sighed, 'Why is less tiring to fight a Nascent Soul expert than introduce someone?'
[The User is rather horrible when trying to introduce someone…]
Annoyed, he immediately retorted, 'It must be easy for you system, not having to introduce anyone!'
Nodding, Aura Azusa smiled, "I, Aura Azusa am happy to know you all."
Shu Mo and Shu Ashey, feeling his red eyes fixed on themselves, felt their own body shiver, but quickly settled down, "Nice to meet you too." However, suddenly their eyes widened in astonishment, only now they realized that Aura Azusa was an expert in the Nascent Soul realm!
Seeing the surprised expressions of his parents, Shu Himo chuckled: "It's already late, how about dining? I'll cook today!"
Nodding, they were about to sit on a table, when suddenly they turned around, staring at Shu Himo, "You will cook, since when can you cook?"
Grinning, Shu Himo replied, "I will cook homemade pasta!"
[The User surrendered to the homemade pasta' books. This was unexpected.]
'It would be a waste if I did not use them after all…'
Walking in the kitchen, Shu Himo then began cooking.
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Thirty minutes later, a pleasant fragrance came out of the kitchen, mesmerizing everyone. Feeling the smell everyone wondered, so Shu Himo really knows how to cook?
Suddenly, Shu Himo came out of the kitchen with dishes full of pasta, and the others immediately noticed: it seems that he cooked short pasta.
A moment later, they all tried eating it and were surprised, it actually tastes good!
What they did not know is that that short pasta was initially supposed to be spaghetti… but Shu Himo accidentally broke them, so he had to cook short pasta reluctantly.
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After dinner, Shu Himo, Aura Azusa and Phylia reunited to discuss the fight against the enemy army. However, unlike what anyone would expect from such a discussion they weren't thinking about how to beat them but were instead discussing on how to terrorize and defeat them in the coolest way.
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The next day, after waking up, they greeted Shu Himo's family and left the capital, heading north, trying to meet the army halfway.