Character Information - Who is who?

Because I have created quite a variety of characters, I will now create little cheat sheets before a chapter for the characters who will appear in the chapter, but not for those who haven't. Please open the spoiler if you need some reminders. (Be careful, it can be a spoiler for the chapter!)

Marisia S. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* The third child of the Leonandra household

* A user of the wild-demon energy

* Golden eyes

* Crimson red fur and hair color

Salyna Leonandra (Swan-kin)

* Marisia's retainer and childhood friend

* Specialized in accounting, economy, and finance

* Blue eyes

* Snow-white feather and hair color

Kairoso (Wolf-kin)

* Leader of the mercenary troupe 'Fangs and Mittens'

* Druid

* Son of a failed woodworker

* Green eyes

* Black fur and hair color

...

"Kairoso, I need to talk to you."

"By the circle, can you sort the shit out before putting them inside? How the fuck should I know what we should sell or not?"

Marisia came closer and tried to be louder, "Kairos..."

Kairoso, on the other hand, screamed at a dolphin-kin before him, "Listen, we need to sell some stuff while the other is for us, get it? I don't want to sift through all of..." He pointed at the dozens of boxes around him, "...this when we dock. Got it?!"

The dolphin-kin was annoyed and showed it by his snarky attitude, "Got it, boss, but I think it is too late, you see..."

Kairoso came close and put his hand and some pressure on his shoulder while interrupting him, "You have time while we sail, right? So get it done!"

The dolphin-kin nodded, and after his boss let go, he went to work, mumbling under his breath insults. Marisia saw this as her chance and asked louder, "Kairoso!"

He turned around, and when he saw her, he smiled widely, "How can I help you, princess?"

She frowned briefly before pointing her thumb toward the captain's cabin, "I need to talk to you. Follow me."

He nodded, and they went toward the cabin. However, walking through the masses gathered on Marisia's ship took time. There was barely any free space left since they took all the refugees with them.

After the fight with the priest and the noble, Kairoso and his group ransacked all the resources from the humans and freed their kin. While Marisia saw this initially as a joyous occasion, it was partly too late.

The mercenaries found heavily mutilated men without any tails or ears and traumatized women, either raped, mutilated, or sometimes both. For some reason, she couldn't understand, humans saw the characteristics beast-kin had as beautiful, so if there were an equal pretty face to go with it, no mutilation would happen. Yet, if their fate was better was another question since sex slavery wasn't much more appealing than hard labor sometimes.

It also didn't matter if they went through their legacy or mating season. All of them went through the most horrendous of experiences. They were literally and mentally scarred. It was to be seen if they could even live a normal life again.

Seeing them like this, Kairosos and his troops didn't take it too well. Marisia needed to hold them back so they wouldn't go after the commoners who fled. She wanted to prioritize their kin, bring them back first, and ignore the ones who had nothing to do with it.

She understood that revenge would feel good, but there were priorities, and she wasn't too keen to risk another altercation without knowing what else was there on the island.

Otherwise, she would also let them stay there, but it would be too dangerous since the fled humans were there too, and she didn't have the numbers to secure the whole island while using her resources on the victims.

The killing spree on which Marisia was on was a big mistake. She went wild on everyone who had even the slightest idea about the overall situation and killed them. Searching for someone with any information would take too long and could be dangerous.

She decided to leave and return with a much stronger force later on or let someone else do it since she had all she needed.

The campaign for her was practically over. All the property of the noble and priest, like the corpses, were with her. She put them into her spatial bag, holding them fresh until they arrived at the estate. She also didn't forget the knights properties and bodies. Some she could even identify as the offspring of nobles. How much merits they would bring was unknown to her.

Kairoso's mercenaries, on the other hand, looked through the area they could and ransacked anything with worth. They now had two more ships and a lot of equipment that needed to be sorted out. She didn't ask if they found the humans, as she spent too much time decoding the letters from the noble and priest, sadly without much success.

The whole campaign was a mess, but her achievements should grant her more than enough merits in her mind. It would be unthinkable if she didn't at least could get the Di (II) Blood and Iron merit from the master of her household, Count Moorgrel.

However, right now, she needed to talk privately with the Kairoso.

Clank

As the door closed to Marisia's private cabin, she crossed her arms and looked at Kairoso sternly, who in turn became confused, "What is it? If there is something, just say it."

She sighed, "Fine. I need you to come back with me to the estate, and don't worry, I will pay you for your report and all that comes with it."

Kairoso only pondered briefly but shrugged, not caring, "Fine by me, but wouldn't be a written report enough?"

Marisia shook her head, "It's complicated. The whole campaign was a mess, and there could be things that I could forget. Finding you later would take too much time."

He scratched his head and shrugged again. Not knowing what to say, obviously accepting such a proposition. However, Marisia clenched her fists and wanted to say more but didn't. She just nodded back.

...

Later evening, Marisia's cabin

"You can't be serious?!"

"I... Saly... not now."

Salyna grabbed her childhood friend by the shoulders, "Mari, he is a barbarian! Uncultivated, dumb, dirty, he curses without a break..."

Marisia interrupted her, "Stop! You know he is loyal, honest, has great morals, and... he looks good."

The swan-kin's face distorted into disgust, "You are insane! Even if you like him, just wait for two months till mating season and have a fling with him. Should be enough, right?"

The young wolf-kin blushed, "I think it is more..."

"Please tell me you mean that you want him as a personal guard."

Marisia looked down and said nothing, while Salyna became baffled. She started walking around the cabin, thinking loudly, "So, if you want this moron... wait... does he actually want you?"

Marisia started to fiddle with her fingers while looking down, "I don't know."

Salyna looked at her sternly, "So..."

She looked down, "I really like him, Saly... I don't know what to do..."

Her retainer tapped her chin and nodded, "I have some ideas, so be at ease."

Marisia barely heard her. Since the campaign was on break, all her stress disappeared, and more mundane thoughts became more pronounced.

One of those was Kairoso. He was annoying beyond belief, but she could smell his honesty and unrestrainedness while he teased her. The roughness he showed would be for every Lady of noble descent, something they despised, but she found it intriguing and attractive. The courage and loyalty he showed while fighting, even though he was barely obliged to protect her, was something she admired him for. A steady will that held firm to the end.

While there was no real incentive for a druid to even risk his life for her since he could also let her die while taking protection behind the Temple against her family, it was intoxicating for her to be protected by him. Usually, she was rarely in a situation where she needed anything from anyone, but here, he was like her shield.

She didn't care if he was talented and intelligent. She wanted him to be there for her and give everything as she would. She wanted this dearly from a husband.

Marisia suddenly felt a flick on her forehead and looked at who had done it. She saw her confused retainer, "You are so far gone... love really changes someone."

Marisia suddenly smirked at her, "Oh really? Remember what happened two years ago?"

Salyna looked at her, confused, "What do you mean?"

Marisia's smile became wider, "One word: Xeros."

Salyna's wings opened slightly, and she crossed her arms, "What about my husband?"

Marisia opened her arms and looked up like a theater actor, "Oh, Mari! I can't live without him! He is soooo cute..." She suddenly grabbed the swan-kin's shoulder and changed her voice like it was a life and death situation, "...Mari! I need your help! I need him, and if not, I will die! I can't possibly live without him!"

Salyna frowned, "It wasn't that bad..."

Marisia made a swirl and held her hands together, "I would cut one of my wings off if I could have him for only myself!..." She looked at her friend in a panic, "...Mari! I can't sleep, eat or think of anything but him! You need to help me!"

Salyna blushed and stomped her foot, "Fine! I was worse and will do everything to help you, so stop this cringe!"

Marisia chuckled, "Hehe, don't worry, since I have a plan."

Salyna raised an eyebrow, "Do you want to imprison him or what?"

She shook her head while a rare and slight movement of her tail was seen, "No, but I want him to ask out at the estate after telling Mother and Father. I need to follow the etiquette."

Salyna frowned, "I don't think the lady will accept it."

Marisia waved her hand in dismissal, "She will. After getting Lisa out, I will be freer, and while I do that, I want Kairoso to be close to me. The last thing I want him to do is to find some bitch in heat."

Salyna raised an eyebrow and smirked, "You are quite jealous, huh?"

She looked sternly at her friend, "If he even dares to betray me, I will cut his head open even if I need to go against the Temple."

Salyna became confused, "Betray? He isn't even aware of yo..."

An aura of maliciousness poured out of Marisia, which interrupted Salyna, "As I said. If he betrays me, I will cut his balls off."

...

The dinner hall

Kairoso came in and was greeted by his people, who were already drunk or on other drugs. He looked to the side and saw Sarusos, his fox-kin disciple sitting alone on the ground and doing something weird.

He went to him and asked, "Hey, little mutt, what are you doing?"

Sarusos looked up at him and smiled, "Hello, master! I found this rat and thought how it would move without legs!"

Kairoso only now noticed that a rat was between his disciple's legs, whining and begging for death, while Sarusos held a small dagger in his hands, smeared with blood.

It wasn't the first time he saw him doing weird things. The last time, he slowly decapitated a cat to see when it would die. He wanted him to do more normal things, but Sarusos's life had no normalcy since the little fox-kin was born.

Bandits raided his village, and while they did it, he became a victim of them. Fox-kin were usually much more beautiful from the beginning than most beast-kin, and so was Sarusos. Thus, he was taken with them as a sex slave. He was drugged multiple times, so his pheromones would prematurely flare up, and then raped so many times, he couldn't recount it anymore to him.

He also told him when he killed his first one and how he felt exhilarated by doing so. After months of torture and rape, he was about to go through the same procedure as the day before but could hide a knife and stab the perpetrator while he did the act.

Afterward, he fled and lived on the streets of the first town he encountered. However, after months of hunger and coldness, monsters raided his town. It was probably the last nail in the coffin as he lived afterward in rubble and ate vermins while fighting off other scavengers.

Sarusos was on the verge of madness and barely alive when Kairoso found him. He was about to commit cannibalism on his kin, an unthinkable crime. However, Kairoso didn't ask him if he had done it already and ignored it.

What was important now was that he somehow brought him back to normalcy, and while what he saw here was strange, it was much more normal when Sarusos showed him his collection of tails and hearts, sorted by size in his hideout after he could calm him down when he found him.

Kairoso squatted down and slowly patted him, "Listen, pup, how about you throw this thing away and join the others?"

Sarusos pondered momentarily but nodded and stabbed the rat to the floor. He stood up and walked to the others. His master sighed but was happy that the little fox-kin was at least loyal and listened to him. He hoped that he would change with time.

He straightened himself and thought about what to do next, but something came to mind, 'Why was she so weird?'

The talk with Marisia was strange, and he had an inkling why, 'Does she want me as a soldier? No way. She should know how much gold I make, but what could...'

From the side came suddenly a hug, "Hey boss! Let's have some fun, hehe!"

It was one of his scouts, a rabbit-kin. She pressed her breasts against his sides while trying to grab his private parts, "You need to apologize to us for running away all alooooone, hehe."

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Usually, Kairoso would give in and have some fun, but somehow, he started to shiver, like someone held a blade at his neck. Such a feeling made his balls shrink.

He looked down at her and smiled, "Listen, Brenda, I was almost one with the inner circle and need some rest now. Try to fight a priest with a crazy demonic energy-wielding noble, then talk to me again."

Brenda pouted but let go and ran to her next victim while swirling her hips from side to side, "Hey, John! I need some fun, how about you, me and your sister? If you want, I can get my brother, too!"

As Brenda went away, he suddenly felt that the feeling was gone. He scratched his head and decided to rest for a few days, 'Must be my imagination, but after some nights, it should be fine.'

...

Two weeks later, at the Leonandra estate

Marisia sat together with Kairoso inside the carriage that went to her estate. It was two weeks where she wanted to say what lay in her heart but couldn't. First, she needed to talk with her mother, and afterward, she would do it.

Her feelings became even stronger in the two weeks when she talked with all the other mercenaries who told her their horror stories and how Kairoso saved them. Afterward, he gave them a purpose and a stable job, from victims of undescribable crimes to mass murderers who had an unlucky and violent [Divinity Line] which only could be controlled by him, as he gave them what they thirsted for the most and stopped the endangerment of innocent commoners.

She admired him increasingly since he lived by the same ideals as she did, not just out of cold logic but out of his pure heart. Her opinion of him improved as he took responsibility for his people and didn't care if others considered them worse than trash. She wanted him even more.

"We arrived!"

The coachman brought her out of her thoughts, and she stood up, not caring to wait for a servant to open the door. But as she went out, she turned to Kairoso, "Wait in one of the guest rooms. Salyna will show you."

Before he could say anything, she was already on the way to her parents. She ignored all the servants who bowed down to her as she went to her father's office.

As she opened the door without knocking, the first thing she saw was her brother. In front of her stood an almost 1.8m (5.9ft) jackal-kin with red hair like she had and golden eyes. He wore a nicely sewn suit with a sword strapped to his side.

She had no real relationship with him, but they were on good terms. Since he was young, he showed great talent in the sword arts, so their father sent him early on away to the Cold-Snouts before Marisia was born, his side of the family, to learn it more thoroughly. The distance made them unable to build a stronger bond.

She wanted to change this practice with her family and not separate her puppies from each other till much later in their life. She saw how great she had a relationship with her sister and wanted them to have one too.

However, she was impatient and forgot her manners, "Hello, brother, and what business do you have with Father?"

He smiled at her, "Hello to you too, and yes, I am fine..." He became slightly sarcastic, "...it is always so nice to have a caring sister who is happy to see her blood."

She frowned and rubbed the place between her temples, "I am sorry. I am just exhausted and need to talk to Father about something important."

He chuckled and waved his hand in dismissal, "Don't worry. I was on some campaigns, too, so I understand you. I am here because I got a letter from Dad to come back and welcome you."

Marisia smiled at him, "Thank you very much for coming. However, I recommend you stay as far from me as possible..." She chuckled suddenly, "... hehe, sorry, it shouldn't sound like a threat, but what I am about to announce to our parents will be a tad problematic."

He wanted to say something but stopped and suddenly smelled the air. After contemplating, he looked at his sister and smiled mischievously, "Oh my, I know this smell very well. All my three wives had it, and the worst was from Cecilia. You remember her from our wedding, right?"

Marisia frowned but nodded. Her brother was a great swordsman and a great womanizer with a lot of charm. The moment he stepped into the Cold-Snout estate, all their cousins were his. His aura was not overwhelming but showed softness and approachability. Very soothing till he drew his blade and exuded an aura of death.

Yet, even though he was a womanizer, she only heard that he was sincere with each of his wives and affairs. He never lied or disregarded any of them, so she had no problems with his personality.

Before she could answer, behind her came a rough throat clearing. She turned around and saw her father. Her brother looked the same as he did, except for the brown hair, blue eyes, and two inches or so more in height. He was from the Cold-Snout family and a Jackal-kin.

However, what distinguished him from her brother, who was very meticulous in his look, was that instead of a suit or other noble clothing, her father loved wearing a shirt with the upper two buttons open, showing part of his chest. He also had the sleeves rolled up and messy hair. Sometimes she didn't know if he ever cared about something like his looks.

He smiled at her and immediately came for a hug, "Oh, Mari! I missed you so much! How are you?"

When he welcomed her, Marisia remembered how strong her father was since he was not on the larger side and that his passionate hugs always hurt her, "Urgh! I am okay, Father!"

He let go and held her by the shoulders while smiling, "Look at you! You look as accomplished as ever!"

Marisia nodded towards him with a slight smile, "Thank you, Father."

He looked over her shoulder to her brother, "Brutus, what are you doing there? Standing and not saying hello! Come here!"

Since the Lord came from the Cold-Snout household, he also brought their traditions with him. One of them was the intense closeness between each family member.

Brutus came over with a smile and wanted to join the hug session. He also didn't know it differently since he had lived basically only in the north at the Cold-Snout estate since he was young.

Such behavior made their noble conduct, at best, rudimentary and despised by other noble households. However, what they lacked in etiquette, they had in strength, which was on another level, and their contacts. Since they were a highly sociable and approachable household, they had many connections around the empire with influential commoners.

A soft female voice came from behind her father before the group hug lasted longer. This voice had elegance but also a certain roughness one heard from soldiers after decades on the battlefield, "Honey, please let her first make herself fresh."

Her mother was almost a copy of Marisia, only older: Wolf-kin, golden eyes, and red fur. The name Scarlett she had was almost too perfect for her since her hair was bright and her personality was like that of fire. Sometimes it would warm the poor and downtrodden. Other times, it would burn everything to ashes.

The Lord turned to his wife and smiled, "Oh, honey! Why? We are one family, and a hug should be fine, never mind the circumstances, right?..." He turned around to his puppies, "...what do you think, pups?"

Marisia liked the closeness, but it was a little weird since she wanted to get it over with what she was about to say and thus looked uncomfortable. Brutus wasn't much better since he liked cleanliness to an unhealthy degree, and Marisia's smell was terrible, which she knew.

The silence was broken by the Lady, "See?..." She came from behind her heartbroken husband and let her tail hug him around the waist, "...don't worry. We can repeat it later, right Mari and Brutu?"

They both nodded, and the Lord only recovered a little. The Lady clapped her hands, "How about we drink some tea with sweets while you tell us what happened in more detail? You are also probably exhausted from all the dried meat, am I right?"

The Lady leaned close to her husband while Marisia nodded, thinking she could make it quick.

...

Some hours later

"...this was all that happened, and as I have written, their corpses are in one of my space bags."

The Lord and Lady were baffled and liked what they heard. It wasn't exactly what they had planned, but it was great that her daughter went through it.

Though, they didn't expect the priestess and the noble youth, which were eliminated and would later be examined, to conduce the merits she achieved, which should be much more than what they anticipated.

On the other hand, Brutus was clearly downtrodden and looked emptily into the space. He told them about his campaign to the east, and they expected their daughter's campaign to look similar to his.

While a demon run was ongoing, it was a very small one, and Brutus had barely anything to do but kill some stronger demons besides the minimal organizing. Even when he told everything, he tried to sound excited, but his parents knew he was bored beyond belief as they also went through their fair share of demon runs.

The Lady leaned back while crossing one leg over the other, smiling at her daughter, "So, let's first talk about rewards and start with you..." She pointed at her daughter, her hand palm showing upwards while pointing at her with her index finger, "...what do you wish for, Mar..."

Before ending her sentence, Marisia answered unrestrainedly, "I want Lisa and..."

The Lady expected this, but the Lord stared at his wife, not thinking too well about her, and she knew about this as it was no secret. This whole campaign was her idea to train their most talented daughter.

Scarlett had often fought with her husband about this, which ended in compromises. Marisia would go to an undangerous campaign with almost unlimited use of their treasury. In the first place, Scarlett wanted her to have barely any funds, so she would learn to handle herself economically, but that was a point he wouldn't even budge.

"...I brought the commander of the mercenary troupe with me. I want him..."

Before she could end her sentence, the Lady interrupted her, thinking she knew what this was all about, "Make him your personal protector and future commander? Great idea! Even though he would need some training on decorum, it should be fine."

Marisia shook her head, "No. I want him for myself."

The Lord suddenly smiled, knowing what this was all about, and had no qualms about it. His household had nothing against commoners, and since he was a druid, they would get a connection into the Temple, which was even better.

However, the Lady didn't understand and looked confused at her daughter, "What do you mean?"

Marisia blushed and answered her mother honestly, "I want him to become my lover and future husband."

A sudden surge of demonic energy went through the tea room.

...

Outside in the garden

"And here we have more flowers, not like you really care."

"I am a druid, you know? Flowers are my specialty."

Salyna looked at him and frowned as if every second was torture, "Yeah, sure, how about we try and end this stupid tour as qui... what is it?"

Kairoso turned toward the main mansion and felt incredible bloodlust. He smiled widely, "The little princess is about to have a fight. You should run."

Salyna also looked toward the mansion but felt nothing. She turned back to Kairoso and was about to scream at him to stop such jokes. However, before she could do it, the window towards them suddenly exploded, and flying out came Marisia.

Kairoso, without a second thought, conjured some vines, which grabbed Salyna and threw her far away into some bushes. He jumped up and turned into a sparling, only to turn back mid-air to catch her and land safely, but the force with which Marisia was flying was so powerful that she crashed into him, and they flew head-on toward the ground.

Boom!

After the dust settled, Marisia tried to feel what was under her. She looked confused since she felt something wobbly and soft. She looked down and saw a walrus lying under her, who slowly turned to Kairoso, who took the brunt of her fall.

Marisia blushed, "Th... thanks, Kairo."

Kairoso smiled widely at her, "No problem, but could you stand up?"

She nodded and stood up with him, who immediately asked, "How about you tell me why someone th..."

Before he could end the sentence, two more incredibly high-dense demonic energy users flew out, but one attacked the other for some reason. This energy was on another level than what Marisia had.

"Are you fucking insane, Scarlett?!"

"So what?! Does she want to marry some dirty druid after all the work I have done? I will beat sense into her!"

"No, you will not!"

"Don't stop me, Roland!"

As both jumped out, they already attacked each other mid-air. Scarlett had a vicious demonic energy. With every hit and kick she did, its residue alone destroyed everything that came close to it.

At the same time, Roland pulled his sword and, with every swing, deflected his wife's attacks. Every time he made a move with his sword, he created gigantic craters under him. The energy left on the craters created more gashes and destroyed everything around them.

As Kairoso looked at them, his survival instinct was screaming at him to run, 'Two who went at least through the first body modification. I am so dead if I even try to fight them.'

The first body modification was the first threshold to true power. It brought not only strength but also a much longer lifespan with it. If the average lifespan of a beast-kin was around 200 years after the body modification, it would double in the best of cases. Stepping over this threshold of power meant, in turn, that those monsters would become even more powerful over time, and the two in front of him looked very young.

It didn't matter to Kairoso, though, as even someone fresh to their first body modification could pummel the life out of him almost immediately. He knew some druids personally who went through their first or second one, and they were nothing short of in the higher ranks in the circle and could ravage whole cities solo.

As they landed, Roland immediately flashed toward Marisia and Kairoso. He stood before them with his sword pulled out, trying to protect them, "Scarlett, you need to calm down..." He suddenly remembered something, "...oh right, nice to meet you, Kairoso. My daughter said that she is in love with you, so worry not. This old hag..."

A vein popped on Scarlett's forehead as she heard it and saw the barbarian her daughter had brought. Her energy went haywire, "No need for introductions. For the next years, her home will be the prison!"

She flashed immediately, and in answer, Roland too. The crash of those was like an explosion that rocked the garden. Their clash produced a gigantic crater, and as the demonic energy dispersed in all directions, all plants died immediately, and the ground became infested.

Kairoso took Marisia immediately into his arms and bit into one of his dog tags which was also an amulet. The Temple gave him this token that granted him double all his attributes for a short time. He felt he had become much lighter and dashed as fast away as possible.

While dashing away, he looked at Marisia in his arms and smirked, thinking it was a stupid joke, "Marry me? Oy, do I have a say in this?"

Marisia looked at him while in his arms and, like it was already decided, said with full confidence, even though Kairoso could feel her heart beating like crazy, "I want you, so you are mine."

Kairoso looked at her, baffled, and laughed at how ridiculous this situation was, "Guhahahaha! You are really something else!"

He stopped somewhere far away and looked at how those two giants were about to demolish the whole estate. Every attack of them produced either craters or gashed the ground.

He wanted to let her down, but she held on to him even stronger and didn't let go. She looked at him seriously, "Why not? I really... love you, and I know from your troupe that you never acted like this to someone else. Tell me, will you really reject me?"

Kairoso frowned and was about to do what she said: To reject her as he found it ridiculous to marry a noble. Yet, when he thought about her, he liked her. He couldn't put it in words or thoughts since he was a man of instinct and never really thought about anything before doing it if it came to relationships.

He chose all his troupe and Sarusos because he felt it was right, and his instinct never let him down. Right now, it felt the same. It told him to do it.

"Listen, can we talk about this later? Right now, someone is about to kill us."

She smiled at him, relieved, and her voice tried to reassure him, "Don't worry, Mother will become exhausted after a fight with Father. It happens sometimes."

He looked back at her parents and saw how his maybe-future in-laws cut a part of the mansion, almost missing his mother in-law, who created something akin to multiple living beasts made out of energy that went wild and attacked everything in sight.

"Your family is crazy."

Marisia giggled, "Hehe, you didn't agree, but if you say yes, they will also be your family."

He looked at her more directly and saw an insanity he only knew from his people. The ones scarred to no end and looked for a place to be themselves. He was the same and longed just to be whoever he was.

After a life with an abusive father, a village that despised him, and the Temple training grounds for druids, he was always told who he could and couldn't be.

Now this wolf-kin girl fell in love with him after seeing the worst of him. Rude, drunk, on drugs, and doing what he knew best: Commanding troops and killing others. A far cry from what a noble lady should want.

He became annoyed as thinking about such things was never something he did. So, he gave in to his instincts as they screamed that she was the right one, 'Damn it! I really like her.'

Suddenly someone flashed toward them, and Kairoso took another dog tag into his mouth. Whoever it was, he was dangerous but stopped shortly before them with a smile, "Woah there, big guy! I am Brutus and her brother. Nice to meet'cha!..." He looked at Marisia, "...this is how commoners talk, right? Never had much socialization apart from the servants from balls."

She frowned, "He is also a druid, so don't be so disrespectful..." She turned her head to Kairoso, "...this is Brutus, my brother, and sword prodigeé. He is only visiting us as he lives at the Cold-Snout estate."

Kairoso nodded to him, "It is nice to meet you... Mr..."

Before ending the sentence, Brutus waved his hand in dismissal, interrupting him with a smile, "Stop this. Call me Brutus. Not like we will be strangers for long, right?"

"Sure, Brutus, nice to meet you."

Kairoso felt like he was a mouse while surrounded by cats. He was the weakest beside Marisia, who was still in his arms. Even though her brother was friendly, his danger sense was nothing short of warning him that he had no chance against him.

Brutus rubbed his neck and looked elated, "Well, I hope you don't take us for barbarians..." He shrugged, "...see it like the typical bar brawl maybe, you commoners should..."

He suddenly stopped as Marisia stared daggers at him. He immediately understood and changed the topic, "Mari, you really did something fun, hehe..." He turned to their parents, "...look at them go. It is almost the same as with the time with Lisa."

Luckily, they went further away from them, but suddenly a gigantic energy bolt rushed toward them and was about to hit. Brutus took a little step forward and, with a single slash, deflected the bolt. However, even Kairoso could feel the immense energy density and weight from it. The bolt flew to a nearby storage hall and crashed into it.

Boom!

It was immediately destroyed, and all that was left was an enormous crater. Brutus rubbed his neck again and smiled at them sheepishly, "Well, sorry about that."

Marisia shook her head, "Don't worry, it was only an old shack."

Kairoso's instincts alarmed him suddenly as the fight stopped, "Well, it is over. What now?"

Brutus shrugged, "Nothing much... oh right, I got Lisa out, and she is already on the way to Wolfsteeth with my guards, so don't worry about her."

Marisia smiled at him, "Thanks!"

Out of the dust cloud came a shadow. As it came closer, the youths could see a smiling lord with his wife thrown over his shoulder, unconscious.

As he took one step, he suddenly flashed and stood before them, beaming with a smile, "Sorry about that, hehe."

He analyzed all of them, and his smile became more pronounced, "Well, look at this! Like I say, no time like the present!"

Marisia blushed and became flustered, "Father, please don't be like this."

Kairoso was the only one who was dumbstruck, 'They are all fucking insane.'

For him, this whole family was beyond over the top. He looked at what they did with their fight, and he couldn't believe the damage done. There were giant craters and gashes around the estate, and part of the mansion was just gone.

Even the demonic energy left could take out greenhorn mercenaries since it was much more potent than what Marisia showed him in her little massacre.

'Why are these morons smiling?'

They were acting like it was the most normal thing on Obis. However, even though it was ridiculous, the moment he looked at Marisia, who was clinging to him in his arms, he put the alarm that went off in his head on hold. He felt he didn't want to let go of her, 'Damn it... so I am about to get involved with this madness...'

"Hello?"

Kairoso came out of his stupor when his new brother-in-law waved his hand in front of him. Brutus looked at Marisia and asked her, "Is he alright? He looks stupified."

Marisia chuckled at that, "Give him some time. We are a little weird, hehe."

Roland interrupted the talk between youths, "Well, let's stop this happy reunion and go to our rooms. For now, we will call it a day, ok, pups?..." He looked at his daughter and smiled mischievously, "...hm, I don't know how far you are in the relationship, but you can have room for yourself. Take the minor mansion..."

Before he could end the sentence, a big rock fell from far above and crashed into the minor mansion. He looked toward the building and back at his daughter, "...well, never mind that. Haha! Take the second one."