Right when Lucas was about to take a step towards the door after nodding his head to affirm that he's following the order of his young master Ron, "Hubby." The man suddenly froze and felt a chill on his spine, without turning to look he could tell that his woman is most certainly giving him a frosty glare right now!
Ria turned to look towards Aaron and thought to herself : 'I would've never really thought that a day would come where I'd be that annoyed with a kid the same age as my daughter! First was my silly little girl getting so attached to him as if she's bewitched for some reason, I get it that he's cute and have this cold yet attractive aura about him but... having another being so in control of my man other than myself is really, really getting on my nerves for some reason. I know that this kid is different from the other brats in this village and that he could be really dangerous when he wants to be, I also know about what he did and what he's capable of doing after hearing what he did to Lucas and the boys in the forest. Still, I can't allow another to have the upper-hand over my husband or it'd be my worst failure as a wife, a woman, and a mother.'
"Flora. That's enough! Get back here and help mommy finish breakfast," Finally Ria sternly spoke to her daughter then looked at Aaron and smiled so cordially before continuing to say : "My apologies little Ron, it must've been hard for you."
"It isn't, yo-"
"That's great!" Right when Aaron was about to say something polite before excusing himself from her house, Ria cut him off with a much sweeter smile and made a feminine gesture while clapping her hands before turning towards the kitchen while continuing to say : "Now just sit tight and wait a bit, breakfast would be ready in a minute or two."
Aaron frowned slightly because this beauty was pushy and it didn't feel good to talk with forceful hosts, especially while being under their roof.
Feeling like he's in a disadvantageous situation, Aaron opened his mouth to say : "You really don't have t-"
Ria interrupted him once again, twisting her slim waist to look back she said : "I insist. Now sit tight, Mmm-kay!" While thinking to herself : 'Did you think that you can come to my house, bewitch my daughter and put a leash on my husband then just up and leave like that? Humph. I'll make sure to whip some sense into your disordered self you brat! Now you're going to learn just who is the real boss under this roof of mine.'
Lucas gawked from disbelief when he heard these reckless words from his really, really courageous wife.
Then he turned to look towards his young master Ron while feeling the tension increase in the room, the man was torn in between instinctively wanting to protect his family or should he follow any order this kid might throw at his face right now.
Aaron raised an eyebrow when he noticed the bold glint within Ria's pair of beautiful eyes, "Your roof, your roles. Thanks for having me."
Lucas released a stifled breath when he heard these words come from Aaron's mouth before he blobbed his butt on the couch, only now did the man notice sweat trickling down from his forehead from his temples to his cheeks!
Shane smirked because unlike his foolish little sister, he understands that his mother won another battle... but this time the loser is a stranger instead of the usual customer which is his own father Lucas who doesn't stand a chance in any argument between the two.
'You're saying that I'm only winning because of the location where we're at right now huh, once a loser always a loser. Humph!' Ria was maybe the only one to notice the hidden message in Aaron's words and it did made her uncomfortable because she couldn't find anything to retort what he said.
However once she turned away and closed the kitchen's door Ria smiled widely because when her eyes fell on her daughter she kept nodding repeatedly since the kid has shown a lot of excellent traits to his character, he's polite, composed, witty, alert, and cute.
"Mommy. Y-your grin is scary!" Flora said these words while fidgeting under her mother's intense stare.
"And you're so cute I'm certain you're going to snatch the hearts of so many men mommy wouldn't even be able to count them all." Ria snatched her daughter and gave her a tight embrace.
Just like Ria said, breakfast was on the table soon afterwards and the family of four ate with their young guest.
Of course Flora insisted on sitting next to Aaron and kept asking him all sorts of questions, some were silly and nonsensical while some were about the rumors she heard the neighbors say about him and the things he's able to do.
Finally to put an end the the hassle and shut this little girl up for good, Aaron had to satisfy her curiosity and activated the Magic Guard Skill.
The Singing Fairy was so magical and sang to beautifully that it captivated the interest of the whole family, even Lucas who saw and heard the small creature more than a few times before was no different from his wife and kids.
"One more time! Please! Pretty please." Flora was tugging at the elastic fabric of Aaron's Grey T-Shirt while nagging like a spoilt little girl.
"Flora! Stop being naughty and let little Ron eat his breakfast in peace." Ria reprimanded.
"Listen to your mother, you never finish your meals little Flora. Look at how young master Ron is eating, that's an exemplary behavior from a person who's certainly going to remain healthy in the future." Lucas mediated while patting his daughter's head gently.
"Fat you mean, he ate three-times my portion and doesn't seem satisfied yet! Where does all that food go on that small body of his I wonder?" Shane muttered while inspecting Aaron's unique clothes with a keen pair of eyes, clearly interested.
Aaron shrugged his shoulders and smiled mysteriously without reply.
"Humph. That's because he trains ten-times harder than yourself! I'd be walking side-ways all over this Pine-Breeze Village with my nose facing the sky if you were the same." Lucas glared at his glib-tongued son before smacking him on the back of the head while saying : "Now shut up and eat your food before you say anything that all of us might regret."
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Flora giggled when she saw her brother shrinking in his seat then the little girl felt like someone held her by the throat when her mother glared at her, Flora puckered her lips and looked away from Ria while munching on her food in silence after getting the message : "Your mouth is also leaking noise, remember that little naughty girls also get spanked in this house."
Aaron just ignored the family drama and ate until he was full before saying : "Thanks for the meal, now it's time for me to go. Goodbye lady Ria, it's nice to meet you."
"You too little Ron, do come visit often and don't be a stranger." Ria said while snatching Aaron in a tight embrace.
Even Lucas wasn't expecting that move from his wife and anxiously waited for the kid's head to surface from his woman's bountiful breasts to see what kind of expression is currently on his face after what she did, after all his young master Ron was never hugged by any woman in front of him before... not even by Honorable Sister Sera!
'Damn they're extremely soft! My hands keep sinking and I can't generate enough momentum to push myself away from her, is her plan to suffocate me to death?' Aaron thought while trying to wiggle himself free from Ria's hug.
*Gasp*
Aaron inhaled deeply with a wide open mouth to suck the fresh air once his face got separated from the fabric on the mellow surface of Ria's chest before taking a hurried step backwards to distance himself from the beauty, "O-of course!" He said before taking a side-glance at Lucas and his two kids, clearly feeling embarrassed once he saw the completely different expressions on their faces.
Flora was smiling happily because she felt like her mother accepted Ron and they can now live together in the future as a one big happy family.
Shane was squinting his eyes towards Aaron and he seemed to be sending hidden challenges to the kid whom his own father earlier on put him on a pedestal and hinted to his own inferiority in comparison.
Lucas had an awkward look on his face and was practically pleading with his eyes for the boy to forgive his foolish wife for what she did just earlier!
"I'll be at the construction site of my house, don't be late." Aaron practically escaped the scene after saying that.
Ria giggled faintly when she remembered how embarrassed and shy Aaron was after she hugged him, especially how he kept struggling in a weak manner that didn't fit his personality at all.
If Ria wasn't sure that he's a kid of a similar age like her daughter, then she would've said that he was feeling her body judging by the way he touched her breasts.
'This Ron boy is naughty beyond his age or he did see others do it before which makes him a little pervert, either way he's certain to be bad news for little Flora in the future if I don't prepare her for what's to come her way.' Ria thought while running her fingers slowly through her daughter's silky raven hair.
Meanwhile outside Lucas's house.
Aaron fixed his clothes and pulled the gate shut behind him while releasing a deep sigh of relief he thought to himself : 'That woman is one of the worst opponents I've had so far in this life, she's like Sera in a unique way! But thankfully I got away before she ruined the invincible image that I've been trying to make myself be in front of Lucas. Now all I need to do is keep my distance from her house and forget about the whole thing all-together.'
"Young master Ron. I was just about to go find you."
A familiar feminine voice pulled Aaron from his thoughts and he looked to the side, there he found Cassandra waving towards him before making her way through the crowd of people walking the busiest street in Pine-Breeze Village.
"Good morning Cassandra." Aaron said when they met in the middle of the street then both of them walked towards the construction site.
"Uh. Good morning to you too young master Ron, I've got a few ideas for the design of your house." Cassandra made a polite gesture before expressing her excitement when she mentioned the designs, her smile was beautiful indeed.
"Oh! Already? Did you get these ideas in a dream or something?" Aaron asked while looking at her face.
'Judging by her eyes, it doesn't seem like she spent the night designing my future house.' He thought.
"H-how did you know?" Cassandra was amazed while giving Aaron an expression of surprise.
Aaron just rolled his eyes at this silly woman before saying : "You were told to get some sleep, remember?"
"Uh... so that's how." Cassandra blushed slightly from embarrassment before scrunching her nose and sticking her tongue out.
"There's also a lack of signs entailing sleep depravation on your face like black circles, irritated sclera, lethargy, buffy and red cheeks, pale and sallow skin."
"Are you picking a fight with with lady? How dare you say my skin is pale and sallow? I've always been told that I'm envied by others because my cheeks are a healthy shade of rose!"
Aaron took a step away from the woman when she swung her hand to hit his shoulder while retorting : "Didn't you hear me say that there's a lack of all these signs?"
Cassandra held her waist and argued : "Well. You also said that my cheeks are not red!"
"Would you rather if they were but the rest of your skin is pale and sallow then?" Aaron asked while retrieving his wooden Staff from his Inventory Space because this might evolve into a brawl or something with this silly woman, he'd certainly need to protect himself with a weapon in that situation because she's much bigger than him and already towering over him as they spoke.
Once Cassandra saw the curved Cane appear in Aaron's hand she remembered what happened yesterday and she felt like someone tossed a bucket of cold water on the fire welling inside her chest!
Cassandra took a careful step backward from the boy while saying : "N-no... of course not! Hehehe... why are we arguing about something so silly in the first place." Even she could tell that her laughter was awkward and fake but she had to swallow all of these feelings of embarrassment and frustration to make peace with her savior.
Aaron smiled before saying : "You really should never lose that confidence, just be yourself all the time and I assure you that's the most beautiful version you could ever be."
"Really?" Cassandra's expression shifted from being apprehensive to glowing with a wide smile on her face when she asked, she even began twirling a lock of her hair with a finger while shifting from side to side.
"Why would I lie to you?" Aaron shrugged before continuing to say : "Now tell me about these designs of yours, I hope you didn't forget to include my requests in these designs of yours." He walked ahead after changing the subject.
"Humph. Who do you think I am? Of course I included the basement, gardens, and that swimming pool of yours to my designs!" Cassandra smiled wider before retrieving a few leather scrolls from her sleeves, "Here. Check these designs and see for yourself. That sewage-system is going to be troublesome to install, I really don't know why you insist on installing it. Why should we link it to that big swimming pool? Can't we fill or empty it manually whenever you feel like it? Also the matter of ensuring as much access as possible of natural light made it much harder for me to finish these designs, it'd have been such a pain in my ass to finish them if I didn't have a good memory. You better remember to thank this lady properly when you get a chance."
'Damn! The these designs do indeed look smooth and seem inspired by nature, they're symmetrical, well-proportioned, and harmonious. Just by looking at these beautiful drawings I could instantly tell how talented she's, and I'm not an expert or even a fan of geometry.' Aaron thought while unfurling the different leather scrolls.
"I believe you did good for now, maybe we're going to have to make certain adjustments along the way but we're going to deal with them one by one when the time comes." Aaron said while giving the designs back to the woman who nodded repeatedly while smiling.
Cassandra felt so grateful when she received a pat on the back of her hand from the kid, the sense of achievement once she received that gesture of approval filled her chest with pride and Cassandra had to hold herself back from giving Aaron a tight hug.
She wanted to pick him up and dance with him in her embrace.
Thankfully Cassandra didn't do anything "reckless" or poor Aaron would've fainted from embarrassment just there and then.