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Chapter 30: Sleepover in manor

" Hey!  Even I am not that dense!" I protested, but the only thing I was met with were skeptical eyes from everyone in the room

' Yeah right ' Regis said ' You are even denser than a black hole princess ' he added

' Papa, while I will admit that you are a genius when it comes to magic, aether, fighting, politics... You are just as much stupid when it comes to emotions' Sylvie said, rendering me unable to even protest anymore

' I mean I am a tsundere but... Even I can understand the emotions better than you, stupid master ' Dawn added a finishing blow, breaking my ego into thousands of pieces

" Ughh... " I muttered while clenching my heart " It's enough guys, my weak heart might not be able to take it" I said, pretending to be in unimaginable pain

" Hahahahaha" Everyone laughed at my joke

' Well, at least the heavy atmosphere is gone ' I thought while watching my family and friends laugh

It took them a moment to calm down, but after that the Q&A continued for a while longer until the time for bed came

" Hey Arthur" Just as we were about to go to the rooms, I heard my dad calling me

" Yeah, Dad? " I answered, looking at him with an imaginary question mark above my head

" I wanted to ask this but, how did it even happen that you became Lance? I don't think that the council would even pay attention to thirteen years olds while looking for the most powerful mages on the continent"

" Oh, that? Since I am friends with Eralith family and a student of Elder Virion Eralith they knew how strong I am and they offered me a position" I said matter of factly

" Wait! You are friends with one of three royal families!?" Uncle Vincent shouted, a shocked expression appearing on his face for who knows what time today

" Oops" I muttered after realizing that I forgot to mention that " Quick Alea!  We need to flee to the room or we will get caught up in another series of questions!" I declared and took my girlfriend's hand, leading her to my bedroom

" Arthur! " my mom shouted " Where do you think you are going with Alea!?" my mom shouted angrily, a vein slowly becoming visible on her forehead

" To my bedroom of course" I said with a deadpan expression

" And why do you think I would let two unsupervised unmarried young people sleep in the same room? Especially when they are dating! " she said with the vein on her forehead almost popping

' Ugh!  I forgot that this kingdom runs on a " no sex before marriage" rule ' I thought while awaiting my mothers' wrathful punishment

I started to wreck my head around, trying to find an excuse that will allow me to sleep together with Alea and cuddle for the rest of the night, but I couldn't come up with anything that might satisfy my furious mom when suddenly Alea started speaking

" Don't worry miss Alice" Alea stepped in like a guardian angel that descended to Earth to protect me "From my experience, Arthur is too much of a chicken to make a move on me even when we are all alone " she said,  shattering my pride to the pieces to the same size as pieces of sand

' Oh god princess, this is the third time today you've been destroyed '

Hearing this, my mom let us sleep together and I got to cuddle with Alea, but even though we won that fight, I feel like I lost something very important

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" Well this was a tiring day" I said as I started taking off my Lance uniform

" Yeah... I was nervous when I had to meet your parents" Alea added, apparently forgetting that it was today we were introduced to all of Dicathen and had to meet the most powerful nobles on the continent