[Azure Kingdom]

Situated in a certain Guild building in the city, Darius was then currently at the bar counter as he stood there and started mixing up some drinks for a certain customer

Of course adding to that fact that a week had then passed since he established his own guild building, throughout that course of days he had then completely renovated the whole place to make it something akin to a high class in

This time however he was shaking the ice inside the container he is holding and poured them down unto the glass after he was done shaking them, following that he then poured down a cold mix of different flavored juice unto the glass before giving them to the customer infront of him

Consequently the customer infront of him was Asagi herself who seemed sobered up despite not drinking an alcohol, together with her was Anna as shesat quietly beside Asagi and was waiting for her to decided to go back to the castle

"1 rainbow mixed juice for her majesty!" Said Darius as he slid over Asagi's drink

Seeing the drink being served right infront of her Asagi then immediately scooted over and picked up a straw at the straw pile inthe counter and begun sipping up her drink quietly

Upon seeing her reaction when drinking her mixed flavored juice, Darius then couldn't help but comment on such a situation

"For a queen such as yourself... you really do have such strange taste, I mean what's so wonderful having a drink with a mixed flavor? Aren't you satisfied just having a drink with one flavor?"

Hearing his question Asagi then slowly glanced over Darius direction as she said

"Having a single flavor may be satisfying, but the longer you taste it the more bland it is the longer you keep drinking it, thus lowering your satisfaction... on the other hand if you had a drink with multiple unpredictable flavors, then you would surely get engrossed at drinking it no matter how many times you drink it"

Upon receiving that kind of reply, Darius then twitched his eyebrows in awkwardness before calming down his emotions and asked on what basis she cansay such a thing

"If you please! Do you have any basis on your claim?"

"Basis? Well I do have a basis... cause after all I already did this back once when I was buying a drink in 7 eleven in the past" answered Asagi thoughtlessly

"Seven eleven? What kind of place is that?" Asked Darius in confusion

This time however instead of answering his question, Asagi simply ignored him as she continued drinking her mixed flavored juice drink

Seeing that he was being ignored at the moment, Darius couldn't help but twitch the edge of his mouth before turning his gaze towards Anna who had stayed quiet all this time

Clearing his throat he then held a conversation with Anna

"Well leaving her aside, what about you little missy? Do you have anything to request for a drink?"

Hearing Darius sincere offer Anna then jolted up as she glanced towards Darius and shook her head before replying

"I'll just have an ordinary water"

"Water? Sure thing!" Replied Darius before getting a glass on his shelf and filled it with water from a barrel

After that he then gave the glass to Anna before smiling back at the little girl

"Here's your water little girl!"

"Thank you!" Replied Anna as she took a mouthful of drink on her own glass

Following that Darius then leaned on the counter for a bit as he then started to speak towards Anna

"You know what? Its still quite hard for me to actually accept everything here as a reality alongside that you and your twin are actually one of the survivors back in that seaside town, I mean I literally thought that no one else had survived that attack from those monsters, unfortunately I was mistaken after all"

After that he then faced Anna before continuing on his words

"I didn't realize that someone else might had survived back then, thus if you ever thought that I had abandoned you, then please forgive my negligence" said Darius

Faced with such words coming from Darius, Anna couldn't help but stutter for a bit as she swallowed down the water that she had drank beforehand

"Please! You don't have to apologize! It's not like it's your fault or anything, its just our circumstances during those moments... during those times of danger it would have been normal if one disregarded the others safety and chose their own well being... it's totally not your fault"

After that Anna then glanced towards Asagi as she then added some few words out

"But due to that circumstances of us surviving and being left behind, we had somehow managed to meet up with Asagi oneesama and I can say that we are truly grateful for that... with Asagi oneesama direction, we were then relocated to this city of hers and became its citizen, what's more but the situation of our lives here is quite worthwhile..."

"... everyday we could spend our days with a happy and carefree life without so much of danger lingering around, we became her family and was able to enjoy the life with her, of course we are also being taught in the ways of combat under the guidance of Gabriel, but nevertheless all of our work and effort we make in this place is all for her as a sign of gratitude from saving us in our moment of despair"

"Despite that I still miss my parents, better yet me and my twin's parents, after all due to that sudden chaos and commotion that happened back in the seaside town, our family was totally ripped apart and was separated in the tide of panicking people, thus we were left behind, in fact we even don't know whether they are alive or not... we just really missed them so much"

Hearing Anna's words Darius then  odder at those words of hers before wiping clean the table right infront of him

"Well I'm pretty sure that you'll meet your parents soon enough, after all our queen is quite a dependable woman and any person who could have the privilege to marry her would be truly lucky"

Upon hearing what Darius had said, Anna then immediately glared put towards him as she then turned grumpy over that fact of his statement

Of course Darius was completely shocked by that sudden mood change of hers which made him back away for some reason

"W-what?"

"I won't let anyone just marry Asagi oneesama! Not under my watch!"

With that Darius then let out a dry laugh as he shook his head in resignation

In fact even at this very moment he could even imagine the days wherein the would be suitors of Asagi would go to hellish torture cause of Anna's action, by then all he could ever do to console those suitors was to pity their fates

Aside from pitying them he also could not wait to witness such entertaining times, especially on Anna's overprotectiveness

As if the Archangels surrounding Asagi wasn't enough, even Asagi's little maid would prove to be lethal agaisnt people who desires her majesty

Right at that moment however, Lloyd then came running in inside the guild building as he quickly scanned the area and found both Anna and Asagi being entertained by Darius

Upon finding them in a familiar place, Lloyd then let out a sigh of relief as he slowly walked over their direction and greeted her twin sister along with Asagi

"Asagi oneesama! Oneechan! Darius! So this is where you guys were.... I've been looking for you for quite some time you know!!!"

Hearing Lloyd's concern Darius then tilted his head in confusion to his words as he suddenly asked

"What do you mean kid? Why are you finding them? Is there something that is needed to be done right this moment? Cause if there is, then that must have been the reason why both her majesty and her little maid had to escape to this place to slack"

In faced with that question lloyd then slightly shook his head as he tried to clear things up

"Ah no! It's just that having Asagi oneesama disappearing in the castle is quite rare in occasion, even to the fact of not telling her whereabouts to both Michael and Gabriel, due to that I was forced to find Asagi oneesama all by myself... but in the end I also realized that my twin sister was also currently missing, thus I concluded that perhaps that they are together in some place"

"And then you've checked every building in the city in case they are hiding somewhere?" Asks Darius

"Well not quite! In fact im planning to search the other houses after I deemed that the both of them aren't here, luckily they are here thus cutting my search short" replied Lloyd

After hearing that Darius then nodded slightly as he then shifted the talk unto another topic

"Well pushing the fact that you found both your twin sister and her majesty in this place aside, the fishing firm on the other hand is having a booming industry to the number of new type of fishes that they have captured in the lake, in fact due to how the fishes are completely different from the market, it can be said that we may be able to completely monopoly such unique type of edible fishes... well that would only be possible if we are able to establish a market connection to the surface"

Hearing his words Asagi then looked out towards Darius as she suddenly raised her glass indicating another glass of drink and replied

"Well speaking for establishing the connection in the market... I'll handle that part since we will need to undergo trade route in order to market our products to other foreign country by legal means... and if my knowledge serves me right, there may be a possible underhanded means being made by greedy people if we market our unique product to the public... thus I want to form a contingency plan if that ever happens"

With that Darius then poured another juice drink unto Asagi's glass and said

"Indeed! You really do need some contingency plan if that ever happens, after all corruption and greed of people can really troublesome to your plans of prosperity, but I just wonder on how will you accomplish that"

"Well that is for me to decide" answered Asagi

With a nod Darius then let out a smirk before leaning back on the ledge behind him, through that Lloyd then asked

"If the fishing firm is such a success in terms of their catch, what about the farming firm? Wouldn't they be also a success?"

Hearing Lloyd's question, Darius then gave him a straight answer right upfront

"Well the thing is cultivating a plant is far more back breaking job than fishing, plus it takes time for mere crops to grow into something edible which is in comparison to fishes who only needs a few months to be fully grown, there is even a record that some crops takes about a year before they could be harvested, thus such a back breaking job"

"Is that so? Then farming isn't really a joke at all"

Seeing that somehow Lloyd had learned quite a few from their conversation, Darius couldn't help but reach out his hand and pat his head

Following that he smiled at him comfortimgky before shifting the talk into another route

On the side however Asagi was just simply observing everything as she watched Darius talked to thetwins regarding various topic, in fact she even noticed that Darius was the one initiating all these various conversation they had, thus making her compliment his skill on making other people talk

But as if such a peaceful life was being cut short, Dalton on the other hand, an angel which is under Michael's battalion then came inside the guild building and reported out towards Asagi

"Your majesty! Our scouts have reported of sightings of the surface kingdom castle, it may be possible that we are nearing its capital"

In that moment however silence then spreadout towards everyone, thus completely killing the peaceful atmosphere

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