Reunion

Zariel's dark expression grew darker as he tossed a few pancakes and sausages down on the table rather angrily.

"Good, my servant, good! Feed Aurelia! Feed her!" The little minx said, teasing the young lord whose teeth began to grind beneath each other.

The young lord reached for his sword.

"Chill, little bro," Vancurro said, slapping his shoulders with an enormous smile, " By the Hells, when did you get so aggressive? I'd heard the stories of you bullying this little girl, but damn. You know that violence isn't the solution, right."

"Oh, and you know?" Zariel snapped back,

"But of course, to tame a little minx like this golden angel here, it's quite simple. Although I don't think you've got the balls, speaking of which, have they even dropped?" Van's wolf-like eyes narrowed into a teasing slit as he mischievously slid his gaze to Aurelia beaming in joy.

"What's that mean?" Aurelia asked, cutting into a sausage.

"Arsene will tell you later. But for now, come a little close; I'll tell you a trick to make her infuriated." Van said, beckoning him close.

Somewhat skeptical, Zariel came a little closer, and he chuckled, leaning into his ear, ' steal her first kiss and hit on the one on the couch. Do that and give all the attention you place on Aurelia to Ella over there sleeping. And she'll either be furious or completely silent in a week's time."

"That's idiotic! She'll see right through that!" The young lord said.

"And? We are not talking about logic but emotions. Whether she sees through your plan or not, the results will be the same. The beauty of this plan plays on her ignorance regarding such things. It's why I'm banned from a few woman sects; they somehow blamed me for all these bitches falling on my dick."

There was a foxy look in Van's eyes as he stared at his brother, pondering his words, a little ignorant that this plan was a double-edged sword. He hid his smile and patted Zariels shoulders, don't do it now, do it tonight where she'll be forced to think about what happened all night. Steal her sleep and cultivation time."

"How many times have you done this?" Zariel inquired, looking at the smiling Aurelia eating to her heart's content.

"A booty warrior never reveals his secrets, but just know if I went to the Badlands, I would gain the title of booty warrior." Vancurro proudly declared, lifting his fork and knife. "Now, let's eat."

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Licking the plate clean, Vancurro and Aurelia slumped in their chair while Zariel stared at Aurelia's beckoning lips being licked clean.

"c'mon, little bro, stop that. If you want to stare, you've got to learn to rubberneck unless it's a chick that'll break your neck with that ass." He said, releasing a loud belch. "You've seen Aurelia hundreds of times already. It's creepy to continue staring."

"I see," He remarked as Aurelia flashed him a smile.

"It's fine; I'm used to dumb-dumb staring; he does it all the time when he's thinking about how to get revenge." she explained and turned to Vancurro, " But who are you? You seem to know, dumb-dumb?"

"I'll leave this idiot to explain everything, but he asked for us here."

Pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind, Zariel cleared his throat, " Let me explain what happened while you were asleep."

Revealing everything about Aldrich, Aurelia's eyes turned wide, " I'VE GOT CLASS WITH HIM!!!"

"HuH?'

"What do you mean, class?" Zariel inquired.

"I sit next to him all the time." She said when she suddenly recalled Mephisto and Arthur. "And Uncle Mephisto told me to learn under someone named Arthur ."

"Arthur Pendragon," Vancurro knowingly said, having seen some of the reports of those who escaped from the Plane of Oblivian, "What the hell is going on? Why are they around Aurelia, and how is it you didn't know?" He barked, glaring at Zariel, who turned the other way with reddened cheeks.

"Hey, I can't always be there to watch every person she communicates with," The young Master defended himself, crossing his arms.

"It's fine, Vancurro; I've already compiled a list of tasks," a mysterious voice that edged upon metallic stated as a shadow appeared out of thin air.

Carrying a mask that didn't have any distinctive markings or elegance, a tall man with long black hair that reached his shoulders stood. The air had turned frigid as frost began to cover the room, blanketing the sleeping Ella and Sionn.

"Zero," Zariel said with a large smile, " Welcome,"

"Would have been better under better circumstances, but I've been measuring the blood moon that appeared a few years ago alongside the breakouts in the Plane Of Oblivion." Zero coldly said as a sudden coo echoed.

Startled, he turned to the little owl staring at him from a distance. " You know how I feel about animals, Zariel. Did you check out its soul, measure its blood, and run the Turing Test?"

"I see nothing has changed, your still one bat shit crazy bastard. I've not done any of that, and I've not done the same thing with Aurelia.'

"Don't play with me, Snow; I'll fuck your shit up while you sleep." Zero snapped.

"Agreed; who wants to be drowned in the toilet?" Van thundered out, hooking his arms around these two.

"I see the party has already started," Another voice seemed to reach out as Aurelia's golden eyes landed upon a man with chubby cheeks and grey eyes. Almost twice the size of everyone in the room combined, he stood with deep confidence over his oddly handsome face.

"Iz! You fat fuck, you're still alive!" Zariel shouted in surprise. "I'd thought some woman would have killed you by now. You still simping?"

"We call him Blacklung after he caught that thing from that bitch who poisoned him. Dude was out of commission for twenty years." Zero coldly said.

"Although he deserved it, after abandoning us after dating that bitch he thought was his world," Van said, rolling his eyes.

"Damn, wait to throw me under the bus. At least I'm not two fucking virgins like these two!" Iz snapped with a bright smile, despite their words still stinging against his heart. He still showed a smile, knowing today was not about him.

"I always knew he would die to love. Although he somehow gets the finest girls, even my mother was star-struck seeing who he was with. she even said, "Who knew fat people be pulling bitches."

"God, I loved your mom. She gave zero fucks." Van said.

"Agreed," Everyone else added.

"All we are missing is K.O and Arsene. Where are they?" Zariel inquired, looking around.