Norchón knew what awaiting him once he left the cave, his brothers might wait with teasing him once they were safe inside the consortium. But his father would keel haul him with a stern look and some chosen words. Sull left the cave first.

"She is a beauty, I will give him that." Sull said to the other men. "She seems strong wearing armored clothing, and I believe mother when she told me that she was able to hold her own against three males." Norchón smiled, Sull was the oldest of his mother's children. And that showed, he has accompanied their sister on her first journey to the surface and learned a thing or two from the world above the water. Aliza looked at him, her bright amber eyes were full of wonder. The green edges were enchanting, Norchón closed his eyes for a brief moment, building up the courage to swim out of the cave.

"Come on, little brother, share your treasure with us." that was Nál, who is the middle child, and the second youngest of his mother's sons. Only their sister Ochnia was between them. Norchón opened his eyes and swum through the opening, the eyes of Nál and Brird grew wider when they laid eyes upon Aliza. But his father didn't seem to be that impressed.

"She is just a pretty girl, I can see her muscles. But those need to get used to moving underwater, she will not able to swim as fast as our kind. So that makes her at this moment as weak as a newborn. You broke the rules, and all of us need to prepare accordingly to protect this girl." his father said. "And why, because your cock did all the thinking for you. But your mother supports you, although I do not know why."

"Because our mother same something that is called empathy. I know it is rare among our kind," Brird said, that was typical for him. Defending their mother, with the same kind of passion, he uses to makes love with various females. "But let us not discuss this matters where the sharks can listen to our every word. Let's go to the consortium." All of them nodded, and they went on their way.

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Aliza was not able to believe that all those men were related to each other, beside the older man. He looked a lot like the older version of Norchón, besides the deep blue eyes. She was still inside Norchón's arms as he swam through the ocean, and she was able to understand what his father meant by that she wouldn't be as fast as they were. But right now she was able to look around, and there was so much to see, so much to take in. Various fish swam around them, some she knew by name, some were part of a species she had never seen before. Kelp was growing in some places towards the surface of the ocean. Sea stars and coral covered the sea floor, with too many colors. This was his world, a world she was now forced to be part off. And she had learned from her time on the Eldar estate that beauty was only the front of great danger. The former Emperor was adorned with beautiful jewels, living inside a beautiful palace surrounded by women and gold. And still, he was the most dangerous man the empire has ever faced. The beauty which she currently saw would be the same, overwhelming and dangerous. The coral gave way to a large open space, filled with small buildings strange green light was emanated from behind the windows. The group of buildings were not surrounded, she could see why, everybody would be able to swim over it. But still she believed that this small village, or hamlet, was not as defenceless as it might seem. The sound of little once playing became louder and louder as they drew closer.

"Those are, probably, my sisters and Sull's children." Norchón explained. "The smaller building are the housing for the males inside the consortium. My house is a bit on the outskirts. The females and the smaller children are living in the large building." Aliza looked at him, and he looked at her. "You will be living with them for the time being."

"You mean I would live with your mother and sister, until the day I die. Which might come pretty soon, according to your father." she said.

"You will prove him wrong, I make sure of it." Norchón said, one of the redhead brothers, not the one who broke them up, snorted.

"No offense, little brother. But you are not that strong, your magic is, but the rest not so much. Let mom, and Ochina teach her. And then Sull and Brird will educate her on self-defense. But you are right, she would prove that old fish head that is your father wrong." he said. "I am Nál, the last one of my mother's sons who was consifed in the world above the surface. Ochina, our sister and Norchón here, are consived with that old male over there. They are the babies of the family. The one you met earlier is our oldest brother Sull, and the other one who looks like a male version of our mother is Brird. But do not worry about getting the names right away. We are a large family, not even considering the uncles and my sister's children." Which was indeed a bit of a relief. But now the polite thing to do was introducing herself.

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"I am Aliza, nice meeting you Nál." she said. "Do you have children live inside the consortium as well?"

"Children do not live with the male's consortium, they live with their mother's. And it will be only by their grace's if we are allowed to see them from time to time. I have two sons with two females, but both of them are too young to visit me here." Nál said.

"How old are they?" she asked.

"The oldest is almost a year, and the youngest a couple of months." Nál said, and he looked right in front of him. This was clearly a topic he didn't like to discuss, but she needed to know all of this. She needed to know what her role would be inside this world.

"I am sorry if I upset you, this all is so strange to me." she said, he gave her a watered down smile.

"I know," and he swam away.

"The mother's of his sons are sisters, which was a bit of a mess when the both of them found out that they were pregnant from the same male. It is not something that happened that often, but it happens from time to time. Nál will most likely never be involved inside their lives. It pains him, but on the other hand, he knew what he was doing." Norchón said.

"Like you know what you were doing by saving me?" she asked, and he nodded. "Your world is so strange to me, in my world the man has the upper hand. Down here, the women are the once making decisions." Meyda was the Empress of the Sharax Empire for sixteen years, and she was the one with royal blood in her veins. But still there are men who believe that she only sits upon that throne because of Ginat. Yes, he also had a link to the Royal family through his aunt, but she married into the family. Meyda's grandmother was an Oran Princess.

"Don't get used to it, though, you are not one of us," it was Norchón's father, who said it. "You will be on the very bottom of our society, so do never think that you are the same as our females." There was some kind of hatred in his green eyes.

"I didn't recall that I ever implied that I would," she shot back. "I just stated the fact that our worlds are so different and that I have a lot to learn. Thank you for pointing out where my place is, but please do never again place words in my mouth." Norchón and his brothers started to chuckle.

"I already start to like her, she just got here, and she is already showing that she can be as fierce as a barracuda." Brird said, Norchón's father wanted to say something. "There is mother, Ochnia and your sister, Péasgor. Maybe she is more welcoming than someone else I know." Brird pointed towards the three women that appeared into the doorway of the largest building, the happy screaming from children came from behind them. Ochnia, at least Aliza believed that the younger women was their sister, didn't look like her father and brother. She didn't even look like her mother, besides the sea blue eyes. She looked a lot more like her aunt, Péasgor looked at the three and his gaze softened slightly. The third woman, with golden hair, swam towards them.

"So the rumors are true, our little Norchón finally has chosen his first woman. A woman from the surface, no less. And look at her, her brown hair with a soft tint of the fire that is burning inside her. Her strange colored eyes, tell me that her mind is sharp and looking from the faces of Ente's older sons, she has a tongue might reflect that. You have done well, Norchón." The woman said.

"Please do not praise him, sister. Otherwise, he is going to believe that it is alright to break the rules." Péasgor said.

"I did praise him for his excellent pick, I didn't praise him for picking a woman from the surface." the woman said, and now she focused her attention towards Aliza. "I welcome you, although it is not my place doing it in a consortium that is not my own."

"Sister, you can't mean that. She is from the surface, her kind has shown that greed influence their moral compass each and every time!" Péasgor shouted.

"I believe that legend stats that Silora was given to the sea because her citizens were driven mad by greed. But forgive me if I am mistaken. I am a Paladin, or rather I was a Paladin of Volaris, Goddess of Strength and Honor. And I never did anything to make my Goddess ashamed of me." Aliza said. And the woman started to chuckle.

"Sharp mind and tongue, just as I said. You are not wrong, and although you are below my brother in our society, you let all of them know that you aren't an easy target. Again Norchón you choose well. Péasgor, it is time for us to leave. We need to inform the rest of our consortium that I approve of this girl and that we are standing behind Ente and her consortium." Péasgor wanted to say something. "I do not care about your opinion, brother. I do not even want to hear it, I have spoken, and my word is final." Péasgor lowered his head.

"Yes, sister," he whispered. As he followed her away, from the consortium. Ente had joined them and smiled towards Aliza.

"I have to agree with, ... . You indeed showed them that you aren't so defenceless as you might seem." Ente said.

"Just like this consortium," Aliza said. Ente tilted her head slightly. "It doesn't have any fortafications I know, but still it is guarded by something magical I believe. Some kind of invisible barrier," Ente nodded.

"... , was right about your mind. It is sharp, which makes all the things a lot more easier. Do you have any flaws?" Ente asked.

"My temper when I do not have enough sleep." Aliza answered.

"Good to know, well welcome in our consortium, Aliza. This is going to be your new home."