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able made of white and black marble that our palace maids had prepared for me in accordance with my preferences. A deluxe long cloak with a collar that has been pointed, gray silk trousers wit

thing and wrapping the robe over my arms, I waved my shoulders with my hands dropped down, and as I moved them in a circular motion, I could feel the mu

turned the shower head to the right side to turn it on, I brushed through my hair with my bare fingers. The icy drops of water trickled down my bare face. The surroundings went blurred in my sight. I purposefully wan

s cool water is delivering into my body mig

y mind keeps going back to that woman I met in the outlying part of Heart Stella, and her face won't leave my imagination alone. The combination of those uniqu

cks out in my mind the most. It seemed as if there was no way that I would ever be a

of this restroom. I smacked my hand on the wall and used brute strength to turn off the shower. After giving my head a quick wipe down with a fr

reath of relief when I realized that the person standing there was our family's veteran butler. He was dressed in a black coat and tie, and he kept looking down at his wristw

ed my head through the crack to get a better look at the whole entrance, and then I asked the butler, "What are you

sked you to join the rest of the family at the dinner table." I clamped my lips together and wanted to complain, but I knew that if I did so

be there for a couple of minutes. Just give me a moment while I go take a shower and change. Tell her to be pa

al pace, and once I was there, I bathe

th my piercings and several other items often associated with men. After that, I exited the kitchen and headed towards the dining room while keeping my hands inside the pockets of my coat. I lowered the volume of my whist

iscussing the matter of the missing women, which had been circulating around the whole Valentin. My dad called out to me as I walked past the entrance t

Come and

roach would be of little significance to me. As soon as I took a seat at the rightmost end of this long glass table, my mother made a hand signal to me to sit closer to her and tak

se with my teeth for a while, I then arched my eyebrow in her direction. Xenaia laughed and continued to torment me, but I was able to get her to stop by just

on out of nowhere, and I have no clue where he got the thought for that topic. I looked at hi

tion to what they were saying, my mother heaved a sigh while my father turned his head away while keeping his chin on top

ed something to her and blamed her for grabbing my attention through the configuration

providing security for us by standing in a formation of a ring around us. They stood there like statues. The dripping sound of the wine s

increasing our bio-oceanic resources and employing them for a purpose of both prosperity and stability of the kingdom," and then he stopped before continuing. I kept nodding. "At the same time, the problem reg

emed to be unable to get on the frame of the sentence

oritize first. You may be able to help us in determining which of these should be our primary

n which one of the two of you are comfortable with. What do you think?” I asked her back while I kept

cing our nation. You are the oldest member of the family as well as the sole male child we have." My mother stressed this to me as she

f the kingdom appeared at our doorstep. Their expressions made it clear that they were about to deliver some dismal news to us. They entered without first drawing our attention to

had news for you,” he added. The way that he speaks with

my dad sig

y parents stilled, "According to the report from the chairman of the Ministry of Aquatic Treasures, most of their women did not go on du

as well as one of the oceanographers?" My father hypothesized, but the prime messe

time the oceanographer of the same industry has also been missing for a week, and the chairman claim

y sister continued to swallow and chew slowly on her meal as if sh