Chapter 116: Suitor's jealousy

-Cordelia, if you can somehow hear this, please know that me and Perseus will never have a relationship much deeper than this and will never develop into that direction- Dabria said

-I already know that you don't really hate me from your memories, so you don't need to lie-

-I regret sharing it with you- she sighs

-Well it was a part of your job so your fault for winning the lots and picking me

I then saw my mom passed a gold coin to my dad.

-I'm guessing that the gold coin was cuz of the kiss-

"Do I have to kiss you again? Because I have a very tingling feeling that I do" Cordelia said

"Don't, I'm already having a hard time convincing everyone that we're not dating and your advances definitely aren't helping, and it's also a bit embarrassing for me to get kissed by a girl taller and older than me"

"Well you don't really fight back so I'm taking it as a sign that my advances are working"

"Are all you water nymphs or spirits as brazen and confident as you?"

"I will take that as a compliment, though it seemed like my kiss worked, because no one has approached us and annoy us so far"

"Won't be long till one of em challenge me to a duel for your hand tonight if you keep being you"

"Well I have faith in your ability," she giggled "You have to be strong if you want to be on my side"

*****

And it wasn't long till like what I predicted...

"I challenge you to a duel" A suitor said as he then got the crowd's attention "If I win, you must never come into contact with the princess again"

"Ok how many more is planning to this? Just fight me all at once so that I can save my energy"

"Oh yeah, and if we beat you, never step foot in this kingdom again, since you're so arrogant" A suitor from the crowd exclaimed

"Cool, I assume you have a stage nearby where we can do this?"

"Of course, this happens every year, though it's for my hand this year" Cordelia answered

*****

I was still in my suit and was stretching as I was prepared to face nine opponents.

"Your suit is stretchy and made from really expensive materials, so you don't have to worry about it ripping" Eliza explained

"You look really good tonight, anyone made their moves on you yet?"

"Dad keeps them away, so even if I were to find someone good, they'll be scared away" Eliza rolled her eyes "Now go on and fight for your girlfriends hand"

"Yeah, good luck kid" Luke joined in with his wife "I don't want to see you leave after me and Eliza being so close to becoming forgemasters"

The headmaster who was at the party also approached me

"Me and your parents have bet a lot of money on you, please do not lose, the rule is first blood, as long as you make all of them bleed, you will win, but if you bleed once they all win" he said "Do you have any words of encouragement for him, Eleanor?"

"Good luck" she said as she then walked away

"She's currently just grieving, give her time" the headmaster reassured "Though you did go a bit too far going after his family, I hope you return him to us soon, we have questions that need to be answered"

"Well you'll get him soon enough"

I got onto the stage and took out Dream Eater.

"I forgot to ask for what I want if I win, since I'm going against 9 of you, can I ask for 2 things?"

"Heh, sure, we'll entertain that idea" suitor #1 laughed

"First, it's to never both our friends and families again, and by both I mean the royal's and mine. And the other is that I will get 5000 gold coins from each of you"

"Hahaha, sure, the princess would not mind being our referee right?" Suitor #2 asked

"Of course" Cordelia answered "I'm sure you know the rules already, so I won't bother to explain it. Start!"

I then use dark magic and casted dark phantom as my turn into a black mist and all their spells shot through my body, I then rushed into the direction.

One tried to use his sword and slashed towards me, but it just went through my body and he slashed the arm of his own teammate. I then reappeared in my normal form and slashed his cheek before turning into a phantom again as a spell shot through my body and hit another suitor and injuring him.

I toyed with them as they struggled, but I emerged victorious as they they were either grazed by my sword or injured due to their own teammate's actions.

"You cheated!" suitor #3 accused

"How did I cheat? I fought fair and square"

"Then why can't we hit you? You must've used forbidden magic to turn into a ghost!" Suitor #4 added

"Nope it's dark magic, and don't you realize that magic is only limited by your magic affinities and imagination? I expect you all to get my money by next week, bye now"

I then headed off of the stage and Cordelia approached me

"You should've just ended it earlier, it's almost time for us to dance, I hope your practice went well" Cordelia linked her arm through mine

-Thanks for teaching me Dabria, it was lovely to be able to dance with you-

-It didn't went well- Dabria sighs -It was a nightmare-

-Yeah, even us magic beast learned it better and faster than you- Diana added

-Maybe that's why he has a great talent in cooking,- Damon suggested -To compensate for his dancing skills and drawing skills-

3rd person view

"Are you jealous at the sight?" Charlotte asked Eleanor who was staring at the sight of Perseus and Cordelia chatting

"Just a bit, but..." Eleanor trailed off "With everything going on, it's hard to approach him"

"So you're saying that the girl that is by the dragon's side is the phoenix?" Castor asked "Do you think her brother will mind if I asked her out?"

"Just what is wrong with you?!" His 2 sister exclaimed in unison

"What?! She's cute!" he replied

"She's a magical beast!" Charlotte argued "And you're human! If it was an elf or a vampire, then I wouldn't mind and understand, but that's a beast for god sake!"

"Well we can just hang out in her human form" He responded "I mean she's more beautiful than you both right now"

"Now that's just mean" Eleanor replied "But good luck trying to get her, I'm sure even father would understand if her brother a dragon would kill you the moment you ask her out"

"Heh, and Perseus and his other bonds would join in too" Charlotte added

"Well I'm still going to try to at least ask for a dance, wish me luck" Castor then approached Diana

| Good luck and that's coming from me |