"Where was this brash audacity of yours when Roger was getting ready to bash all of your skulls in?" The kid asked while filling his stomach which was feeling emptier than the void itself!

Aria smugly raised her nose upwards and looked at her partner while giving him a proud look as if to say : "Even the kid admits that I have more balls than you!"

Aran looked at his partner and rolled his eyes as if to reply : "Balls are useless in battle just as they're useless in bed silly!" Before looking at the boy who's enjoying his meal while teasing them then saying : "My apologies," Afterwards he let go of his partner's waist and kneeled on a single knee while adding : "My name is Aran Cygnus, bastard son of Baron Atlas Cygnus who owns the territories North of Duke Dermoor Specter's Fallen-Moon Prefecture which is ruled by his 3rd Son Bertrand Specter the City-Lord of Meteor-City.

"Five years ago me and Aria were in one of Baron Atlas's Armies and following the orders of one of my many foolish brothers, our task was to attack a few Villages on the borders between the two Nobles and ended up losing the battle then getting captured after our commander and high ranking officers were killed.

"Given the choice to choose between two options we like many others choose to join the Specter Army instead of getting hanged, but I had to go through a lot of trouble to keep my friend Aria away from trouble since she's too cute! Right?"

*Snort*

Aria clicked her tongue once she saw the rest of their group giving her odd, strange, or weird looks.

Aaron looked between the two of them before nodding : "Your cousin can hold her own around the rest of beauties around here indeed."

Aria blushed before denying it while saying : "We might share the family name but we're very distant relatives at best, my father is a Knight of the Cygnus House and inherited the surname."

"Hey!" The kid looked seriously at the courageous woman before adding slowly : "I don't care about your past, so let's talk about the future.

"I'm only asking for information because I wish to know my followers better, now do you wish to stay or go back home?" He asked the two of them and waited to hear from them.

Aria looked at Aran and answered while blushing : "I'll go wherever he goes."

*Whistle*

"She's into you, lucky guy indeed but she does look like she'd stab you a thousand times with a blunt fork if you dare disappoint her trust in you." Aaron whistled and clapped after seeing this feminine and vulnerable expression from the woman but quickly his expression shifted from being joyful to being dead serious which amused the 3 Honorable Sisters which were quick to join his table and demand more Ginger Ale!

Aran thought the kid was kidding in the beginning and smiled lightheartedly before noticing that this isn't a joke, he looked at Aria and found her giving him an amused smile which he couldn't glean any meaning from and became even more confused.

Looking at the rest of the soldiers in their group he found most of them twisting their lips and shaking their heads to give him a hint that he's indeed in trouble if that scenario ever comes to life.

Or maybe they were disappointed in this companion of theirs which might be the reincarnation of stupidity itself.

Aaron skipped the topic and looked at this bastard of some Noble which he never heard of but at least he learned some new information about this world and this time it's somewhere nearby to his location, "Do you want to go back home? Yes or no!"

"Never! I don't want to go back there again, my only family was my mother and she died months after I was conscripted into my beloved Lord Father Baron Atlas Cygnus useless and corrupt Army." Aran immediately denied it without hesitation before shaking his head helplessly while smiling then added : "Me and Aria were practically still prisoners in the Specter Army but at least we felt a lot better than living in my father's territory.

"My mother and her father were the only family we had alive but both no longer live and now she's the only family I have.

"I was free of having to live while being on guard against my brothers and the jealous wives of my father.

"Please don't dismiss the two of us from your service young master Ron, give us the opportunity to prove our loyalty."

"But it wouldn't be true Freedom unless you don't have to serve anybody at all and only follow the principles and ideals which you truly believe in and approve." The kid explained his modern opinion of this topic before gesturing for the two lovebirds to stand aside while adding : "Anyway. You can follow me for now until you give it a bit further thought in the future.

"Also another piece of advice, learn to discuss everything with your woman before you really make up your mind.

"She might act like she doesn't care if you do but you'd be a fool if you took appearances for granted with a woman!"

"Hehe." Lucy smiled widely while nodding in approval before taking a hard swig from the bottle in her hand, Aaron frowned once he noticed the blue color within the pupils of her eyes intensifying further!

Aaron looked at the 3 Whispering Sisters and glared while growling like a young lion : "You three better mark my words when I say that I'll chase your sweet butts to whatever branch you try to hide in and spank you purple if you dare break one more thing in my house!

"I'm warning you not to go berserk in my house during your advancement because I'm experienced in that shit!

"I've already seen what Sera could do and the damage she did to the forest that day, take your crazy asses and get the fuck out of my house before I lose my cool."

Heena, Nina, and Lucy glared at the kid who's suddenly being rude after noticing that they're on the verge of achieving their advancement to the Exploration-Grade.

For a moment there these three Whispering Sisters had the urge to snatch the kid together and flip him on his tummy then pull his pants down and take turns slapping his butt until he screams sorry ten thousand times!

But their reason took over because they're not sure of being able to catch him since he's as slippery as an eel and can disappear faster than they blink.

None of their Soul-Techniques actually work on him, either because his Soul is already stronger than theirs or there's some sort of protective-layer shielding his Soul from them.

Recently all of them were starting to feel as if he's a living being which lacks a Soul, but that notion was dismissed last night when his Soul-Power erupted in an explosive show of pure force and wild physical might.

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That's funny because the first day they met about ten days ago Nina could feel his Soul-Waves and see their colors clearly but ever since she returned that fact was no longer available for any of them.

There's also the obvious reason which is they're in fact guests at his house yet they've been acting as if these rules are reversed and they're the hosts instead.

Not to mention that he's indeed true since it's common knowledge in their Sisterhoods'-Branch that whenever a sister is advancing from the Awareness-Grade to the Exploration-Grade they should be careful and seclude themselves away from mortals.

The kid's house has a few hundred of these plus a few candidates for their Sisterhood which means they most definitely need to relocate themselves!

"Let's go sisters." Surprisingly Lucy was the first one to get up from her seat but unlike going down the stairs she went up towards one of the Gold-Guards and as usual her footsteps were unsteady thanks to the Ale she enjoyed drinking.

Aaron looked at the leaving Whispering Sisters and shouted once he saw them ascend in the air thanks to three of his pets : "You better not harm Nephrite's Royal-Guards either!"

*Humph*

*Blurgh*

Heena scrunched her nose and patted the Wasp underneath her to leave before she lose her patience.

Lucy followed after her best friend but not after sticking her tongue out and giving the kid a childish yet funny expression.

Nina smiled helplessly while thinking : 'This brat's temper is so volatile but somehow I feel like he's intentionally dismissing us because he cares more about the safety of the people in his house than the building itself!' Afterwards she waved goodbye and followed her sisters.

"Tell me about yourselves, I guess we can all see that you two look too much alike which is why I guess you're twins." Aaron looked at two men in their late twenties or maybe early thirties and gestured for them do what Aran and Aria did earlier.

Both of them exchanged a glance and nodded while showing an identical smile before taking a knee while answering : "Baroq in your service young master Ron, I'm the oldest.

"Beryl in your service young master Ron, I'm the youngest.

"We were born in the Silver Carp Province and some officials of the Specter Duchy came knocking on our door someday and conscripted us and half the able men in our Village.

"Ever since that day we've been living in the Specter Army and getting transformed from one place in the Duchy to another and serving this Lord or this Lord until we ended up under Viscount Gerand a few months ago."

The kid nodded before asking them the same question, "What's your wish? Is going back home what you want?"

The twins looked at one another then shook their heads before Baroq the oldest of them answered : "Our Village was blundered then torched by bandits two years after our conscription."

Beryl added : "The bastards took advantage of the situation when almost all of the able men got conscripted by the Specter Army twice in a row in too little time."

Aaron stood up and patted their shoulders while saying : "I'm sorry for your loss. Do you wish for Weapons, Armor, and Horses to go have your revenge?"

Both men smiled sadly before shaking their heads, "We do not, where to even look? Everything happened years ago and the corrupt officials were too lazy to do their job and try to investigate what happened to our families, the news reached us a few years later when some soldiers from nearby Villages got conscripted and told us what happened!" Baroq said while Beryl balled his fists so hard until his knuckles turned white.

"We wish to serve you young master Ron, even if we do find these bandits someday while being on our own... we might not stand a chance and die in vain." The youngest twin said while looking at the kid directly in the eyes with fires of vengeance burning deep within his eyes.

"Alright then, go join these two lovebirds until I see what the rest have to say about themselves and what they really want to do with their lives." He said before gesturing to two more soldiers to come forward.

The two were women and one of them seemed like she's the oldest of all women in this group, "Honestly I mean no disrespect when I say this but what are you even doing in the Army? This shit must be exhausting for you to handle day in and day out!" The kid asked the oldest female in the group of soldiers.

*Sigh*

"Finally someone who can understand my difficulties!" The old lady smiled widely before kneeling on both legs while saying : "My name is Gri young master Ron, I might seem a bit older than I should because I've not been taking proper care of myself for more than a decade or so!

"But the fact is that I'm pretty sure that I'm the most experienced member in this group because I've been in the Specter Army for more than 25 years now."

Aaron raised an eyebrow because Gri looks like she's forty-something years old already which means she's been living in the Specter Army practically more than she's been living outside!

"Were you also conscripted by the Specter Duchy?" He asked while looking at Gri's rough hands and the traces of scars on her neck.

"I was three or four years older than you young master Ron when I woke up in the middle of the night to my father shouting at me and my sisters to hide before running outside the house with my big brothers." Gri paused for a minute and closed her eyes as if to recall the events of that day.

"Minutes later the sound of Swords clashing disappeared and silence took over our manor.

"Me and my sisters had already hid ourselves like we were told but these thieves stayed for too long in our manor and my youngest sister couldn't control herself and screamed once she saw someone kick the severed heads of our brothers.

"That was the darkest day of my life, even nowadays I still get nightmares where I'm forced by sick men while watching others do the same to every single woman in our manor.

"Even the youngest of my sisters kept screaming her lungs out until she died in the embrace of some Goblin which kept cackling like a demon from the depth of hell while chewing on her body.

"The Specter Army arrived I don't know how many days later and by that time I was barely alive but the soldiers took us with them just in case to make sure none of us give birth to Goblins, Orcs, Ogers, Trolls, or any other type of Beast-Kin.

"My mother and the rest of the maids were not fortunate like me and my old sister and ended up being pregnant with the offspring of some wicked creature which got them killed by the soldiers.

"My big sister took her own life shortly afterwards and I found myself adopted by the Specter Army, but it took years for my physical and emotional damage to heal.

"During that time I was transferred all the way from Fallen-Moon Prefecture up North to the far East of Lonesome-Moon Prefecture right under Viscount Gerand Specter where I kept hearing tales of him being worse than a Beast!

"Thank god I wasn't taking care of myself properly or he might've noticed me since I've served him for so many years." Gri crossed her hands then looked towards the sky and laughed maniacally.

'I bet there's a lot of psychological damage left, this one is definitely messed up in the head for sure!' Aaron's eyelids twitched before tossing Gri one of the All-Cure Potions to drink while asking : "If you don't mind me asking, How old are you and what do you wish to achieve in life?"

Gri made a quick estimation before answering : "I'm 37 by next month and I wish to use this wonderful Weapon young master Ron gave me to bash some skulls! It'd be wonderful if they were thieves! God I hate thieves!" Then she drank the Potion after removing the cork.

'Definitely messed up in the head indeed.' Aaron thought while nodding then said : "Damn! You're a lot younger than you look indeed, just... take care of yourself from now on! Alright?"

Gri nodded before walking towards Aran, Aria, Baroq, and Beryl who sympathized with this partner of theirs after hearing about her past.

The other woman was like Aria in her early twenties and kept scratching her head while hesitating where to begin her story after hearing what Gri just said earlier.

Aaron noticed her having difficulties and said : "Start with your name, that's usually the easiest way to introduce yourself!"

"Ah!" The woman gawked before hitting her forehead while blushing from embarrassment then said : "My name is Ilfia, I'm twenty years old.

"I come from a Village called Dwarf-Valley which is somewhere west of the Silver-Moon Prefecture within the Silver-Carp Province.

"My family are practically all soldiers, my father and three of my oldest brothers are soldiers.

"Someday I had an argument about some idiot man with my mother who kept insisting that he's the perfect match for me.

"I got so frustrated with her constant nagging day in and day out so I left and enlisted myself in the Specter Army while thinking : "Now I know why they all left you!"

"Anyway. After undergoing my rookie training I got transferred to the Lonesome-Moon Prefecture to serve Lord-Viscount Gerand Specter but her I am a few months later way West of the Dark Woods Kingdom and serving you young master Ron instead.

"Honestly your words back in Reapers-Fort moved me so much I was jumping up and down inside!" Ilfia said while smiling widely and her black eyes shone with excitement.

Afterwards she kneeled and saluted before getting up and walking to stand next to Gri.

'So far it's six out of six, lets see if I can keep this streak going.'