Chapter 11

"The party will start at sunset, I asked the best tailor in the kingdom for clothes you can wear to the party. I used a 'memory snap' to create a photo of you from my memory to find the best clothes that suit your beauty" The king said then gave a signal to the maids.

4 maids walked forward holding a black box with different colours of ribbon each.

"The one with the golden ribbon is for Mr Ash, the one with the red ribbon is for Mr Ace, the grey ribbon is for Mr Kashi, and the one with the sky blue ribbon is for Mr Rimiru." He said as the maid gave the box to us one by one, matching the colour he said.

We stored it in our inventory.

"Thank You, Your Majesty!" I said with a smile.

"Thank You, Your Majesty!" the other 3 said at the same time while bowing a little. As for me, I will never bow to anyone that is not part of my bloodline, the best I can do to show respect is to nod.

"Both my sons will accompany you to tour our kingdom while the party haven't started yet" We followed Justine go outside the hall and Josh followed us from behind while observing us.

While Justine introduce the places within the castle, I went beside Josh to chat..at least what I intended to do.

"Even if you're stressed from work, it's not enough to make your face that stoic..so tell me another reason", I said without looking at him, my face was adorned with my usual smile.. might seem gentle to others but scary to those cautious people.

Josh looked at me briefly and then talked while looking at the others.

"Just my nature, been like this since young"..he's unconsciously speeding up his walking speed, he's wary of me but that just made me more interested in him.

I followed his pace and he slowed down when he noticed that he sped up.

"Hmm.." I just hummed and silence descended.

Josh's POV

I don't know but I sense a foreboding feeling whenever I'm close to the one called Ash.

Ash is a beauty, others might mistake him for a girl but my observation immediately saw his masculine features which are not that noticeable unless you observe him closely.

The other guest's unconscious act shows that Ash has a higher Standing than them.

Ash was always adorned with a gentle smile and honestly, despite his good looks, Gentle smile, and gently voice..he looks scary to me.

I can't feel any presence and if he doesn't take the initiative, I feel like I might forget about him.

He is eye-catchy as long as you are aware of his presence, but if you don't..he will automatically be ignored as if he didn't exist even if he just stood there.

The brain will automatically label him as something not worth looking at and that's what made him dangerous.

If he's an assassin, he must be good at his job. A presence that can be hidden and at the same time, a face that can be used as a distraction.

We've been walking around the castle for 15 minutes.

I keep reminding myself of Ash's existence without looking at him and I'm telling you, it's harder than my training and the silence around us made it harder.

I managed to last until the end of the tour around the castle without talking or looking at him, at the same time..without forgetting about him.

Justine then led the guests outside the castle and continued the tour. The citizens greeted Justine and me enthusiastically while looking with curiosity at the 3 guests, and just as I expected..only a few manage to notice Ash, which is mostly the strong cultivators.

Unlike the commoners, Strong Cultivator has stronger observation skills and is not that enthusiastic to meet us..they instead observed the one beside us so they noticed Ash's existence.

And Ash seems to feel those who looked at him for more than 7 seconds, either by getting awed by his beauty or cautious because of his abnormal presence.

He smiled at them one by one. Most of them blushed and looked away and when Ash removed his gaze, their eyes stared at him again while those with strong will even smile back.

Ash's POV

'System, why is not everyone looking at me?'

{That's because of your shroud, it removes your presence. Those who are not aware of your existence will unconsciously ignore you even when you stand close to them. Only those with good observation ability and strong people will notice you. Even if those with you, as long as they don't talk or look at you for a while..they might forget that you're with them.}

'That's useful for me, I might be used to being the centre of attraction but that doesn't mean I like it.'

We ate lunch at a famous restaurant, Justine and the other 3 occupies a table while I sat with Josh at another, Josh seems to be the only one who remembers my presence in our little group tour.

Justine paid for the food at their table while Josh paid for mine, a good thing he is cautious towards me or no one might pay for my food. I can Eat and Run but I'm a law-abiding person..sometimes...They might be royalty but they still pay for the things they want in the kingdom. The Ruling Family is good, everyone needs to follow the rules.

We toured around the kingdom and when the sun is about to set, we were back at the castle. Josh left after a while so I sped up and went beside the others.

Kakashi didn't read while we tour as familiarizing ourselves with the surrounding is good if we need to chase an assassin.

The other 2 made buddies with Justine already and they're so focused on their discussion.