Banquet

Evening, 23rd December

Lucien was currently finishing adjusting his attire; he was wearing his white attire, which was typical for the Aeon House. Today was a day when was a banquet of the Tsukiyama Family, and Lucien was going there together with Itori.

He wasn't going to participate alone in that banquet, and he was also talking with him Zelilios and Darkwalker as his bodyguards. In addition, Darkwalker was taking three of his most loyal and powerful men to the banquet.

Zelilios was also wearing the attire of the Aeon House, almost the same as the one Lucien is wearing. On the contrary, Zelilios was wearing a pitch-black suit from Armani.

Itori was wearing similar attire to Lucien, attire for the Aeon House but the version for the females. It was almost the same as the male model, only in some parts of the attire; it was rather revealing and slightly erotic.

"Zelilios, you would be guarding Itori at the event. If I am not with her, you are her shadow. The same goes for you, Darkwalker, and your men, but you will be doing guard for both of them to chase away annoying people."

After that, everybody got into the car and left the mansion for the estate of the Tsukiyama Family.

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At the Tsukiyama Family estate, many luxurious cars were already gathering, and many people in expensive suits were going here and there. Women were wearing even more expensive dresses from various globally known fashion designers, and jewelry pieces were attracting attention everywhere.

Suddenly a convoy of cars came to the Tsukiyama Family estate. All cars in convoy were Hummers; in the middle was a Hummer limousine, and before and after it were two Hummer H3. They stopped before the estate, and several bodyguards came out of the cars, around fifteen people.

All of them were clothed in pitch-black suits and were guarding the cars.

They were attracting the attention of all people here. Even though people here were from a high-class society, compared to Lucien, that was like heaven and earth.

Suddenly from the limousine, the middle-aged man, Darkwalker, exited and opened the door for Lucien and company.

Then, Lucien, Itori, and Zelilios exited the limousine, attracting the attention of many because of their pure white attire and otherworldly appearances. Lucien and Itori were walking hand in hand, with Zelilios following closely after them.

This meant that he had had a somewhat lower social status compared to those two, but still higher than the rest of the people because of the identical clothing.

"It is a pleasure of the Tsukiyama Family to welcome you here, Lord Aeon."

Said an attractive young woman wearing a butler uniform. Her name of Matsumae, and she was the General Manager of the Tsukiyama Group.

"Miss Matsumae, I thank you for your invitation."

Said Lucien; after that, he followed her into the estate. Zelilios, Darkwalker, and three others were closely following behind them. Matsumae brought them to the Music Room in the mansion, which was a very large hall where people could dance, and the hall could accommodate up to a hundred people.

The decoration of the mansion was more European style than Japanese style. This was something like a trend among rich people in Japan. In the Music Room, many people were already talking, and many more were still coming.

All people here were ghouls and could feel that bloodthirsty aura from the Zelilios that was scaring them away. Many of them were curious about Matsumae leading people, but they looked dangerous. Nobody was brave enough to risk his life.

"Master, Lord Aeon arrived."

Said Matsumae to the elegant older man with a well-groomed mustache. He was wearing finely-tailored clothing and small-rimmed and circular-framed glasses. From the look, he looked exactly like a person from the higher class of society.

Tsukiyama Mirumo immediately looked to the side and saw there Lucien, together with Itori, in luxurious white attire, and also their group of bodyguards with Zelilios as their leader and Darkwalker and his people.

"It is my very pleasure to welcome you here, Lord Lucien Etras di Aeon."

"Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Tsukiyama."

Said Tsukiyama Mirumo to Lucien as they shook hands. After all three of them sat down at the sofas. The place where they were sitting was a little special in the Music Room, as it was on a heightened pedestal, as it was saying there were only the most important people.

Zelilios was standing together with Darkwalker and other bodyguards behind Lucien. There were also some other servants of the Tsukiyama Family who were standing here and acting as the bodyguards for the Tsukiyama Mirumo.

"Lord Aeon, I must thank yours for that warning you gave us. You have saved many of our lives because of this. Now that CCG would be under huge suppression from the government and various conglomerates. Thanks to this, it would be much easier for the Aogiri Tree to do their thing, am I right?"

Said Tsukiyama Mirumo as he looked at Lucien, sitting comfortably on the sofa and hugging Itori close to him.

"Yes, you are right, Mr. Tsukiyama. You know, the change would come; in a few years, the world we know would undergo huge changes. One-Eyed King would return, and soon war between ghouls and men would happen once again."

Said Lucien after short consideration of what to say. It was true that the One-Eyed King would return, and there would be war, but it was necessary to achieve the new world.

But the greatest change won't be the appearance of the One-Eyed King, but something else, something more terrifying and more horrible than ghouls.

Demons.