Chapter 99: President Of Estra

Days passed, and soon Saturday night came.

Everything was now prepared. Both Eva and Emily worked together to make sure that everything wasd perfect. Nexus upgraded the formations around the house, but it was only improved a bit due to his cultivation being low.

Emily, who retained most of her memories happily bonded with Eva and they could now talk more openly. There were no more topics that Eva needed to avoid.

Emily was also looking forward to this party as she would be able to see an old friend of hers.

The tables were set outside under the illuminated dark sky. Grasses were of course, properly trimmed. They hired the best people to both cook and serve the food. 

They made sure that this party would fit the occasion where all the big names of Estra would come. 

Emily stood beside Marcus as they waited near the gate for the guests to arrive. Eva was inside together with Nexus. 

As the 'son', Marcus should be the one to greet the people first.

As the clock on Marcus' watch hit 8, a grey-colored car landed in front of the gate.

Marcus fixed his black-colored tux and Emily fixed her long dark blue dress.

Leo and Maya came out of the. Leo wore a grey-colored suit while Maya wore a green-colored cocktail dress.

"Welcome," Marcus greeted. "You two are the first ones here."

Leo chuckled. "Maya wanted to come here early, I had no choice. My family is close behind."

"I see," Marcus told him to look for the Flavus family sign placed on top of the tables and sit at one of them.

Leo and Maya went inside and walked towards the area where the tables were located.

Next to arrive was the Flavus family led by Ronald Flavus, the father of Leo. There were only 8 of them including Krey Flavus who sat on a floating wheelchair.

Krey stared at Marcus as his wheelchair moved closer to him. Marcus' face was not new to him. He had also learned who Marcus really was. 

Krey also suspects Marcus for his sickness. He could hardly sleep at night, no, he doesn't want to sleep at all. The reason he's sitting in a wheelchair is that his body could hardly support itself. If ever he stands up and takes a few steps, he'd just fall back to the ground.

Marcus greeted Ronald first. He smiled at him and shook his hand. "Good evening sir. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you came to attend."

Marcus' flattery didn't go uselessly down the drain as it made Ronald laugh. "Good kid, your mother raised you well!"

Ronald then turned to Emily. "This must be your woman."

"Yes," Marcus replied.

Ronald nodded. "You two are perfect for each other."

Emily just gave a small smile. Now that she has recovered her memories, a mortal's compliment hardly matters to her anymore.

The others also greeted Marcus. A few of them had their eyes on Emily the whole time, but they did try to avoid staring. The few would look at her then shift their eyes away and land it on her again after a second or two.

However, there was a set of eyes that never looked at Emily as they were locked in on Marcus.

After the short greeting, Ronald and his lackeys walked inside leaving Krey behind.

Marcus went forward and extended his hand. Krey too did the same. 

As they shook, Marcus leaned closer and whispered. "How are the nightmares treating you?"

Marcus stood up straight, fixed his suit, and turned to his side to greet the arriving gates.

Krey's eyes widened. He was about to say something, but before he could do so, Ronald called him out and told him to hurry.

Krey listened to his father. He slightly bent his downwards, his hands balled into a fist. 

For the past two weeks or so, he had nightmares, horrifying nightmares. Due to this, he lacked sleep, then it led to a lack of concentration, and soon he had lost a lot of people who once sided with him. They all thought that he had turned into an incompetent person. 

Around 60 percent of those who sided with him, left. They saw no more future in him. 

Marcus greeted a few more important people whom he hadn't met. He just smiled at them and exchanged typical pleasantries.

A black-colored FutureX car stopped right outside of the gate. Zoey came out of it together with her father, Rey Xalia.

Emily smiled as she saw her, Marcus too.

The Xalia father and daughter walked towards Marcus and Emily. 

Rey greeted Marcus. "You must be the boy named Marcus."

"Yes," Marcus then greeted, "Good evening sir. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you came to attend."

Emily lightly chuckled, but Rey genuinely smiled as he heard this.

They exchanged greetings and soon went in. However, Zoey stayed behind for a while as Emily called her out.

Zoey looked dazzling under the dark sky with her long red dress.

Zoey had a puzzled look on her face. "Hi?"

She and Emily weren't that close. They've interacted a few times, but they still could not be considered as friends, more like acquaintances. 

All kinds of thoughts began racing in Zoey's mind. 'Is this because Marcus and I have gotten friendlier with each other?'

Over the past week, the interaction between Zoey and Marcus greatly increased. They soon started talking a lot more casually than before, but they were, of course, only friends. 

Marcus glanced at the two but looked away as more guests started to arrive.

Rey Xalia was of course followed by members of his family. They greeted Marcus and went in.

As Marcus was greeting different people. Emily stared at Zoey. She then pulled her into a tight hug.

Zoey's eyes widened. Nonetheless, she hugged Emily back. That's when she started to feel a connection like they've known each other for a long time. Emily backed away and then nodded at her. After that, Emily didn't mind her anymore as she began looking in Marcus' direction.

Zoey also turned his head towards Marcus, but Marcus just raised his shoulders pretending that he didn't know.

Emily also didn't say anything, but she already concocted a plan for this friend of hers.

Zoey walked away, confused as hell.

"Are you planning on bringing her with us?" Marcus found the opportunity to ask as there were no guests who passed by.

Emily nodded.

Marcus turned towards her "What if she won't be able to regain her memories?"

Emily stayed silent.

"What if she's happy here?" Marcus once again asked.

"Then we should just make sure that she'd be safe." Emily softly finally spoke.

Marcus smiled, nodded, and went back to greet incoming guests.

"You're not thinking of leaving her behind and not even trying to get her memories back are you?" Emily's voice, soft. 

"You got that from me asking you those questions?" Marcus chuckled. Of course, he wouldn't leave Zoey behind, if he could do anything about it. He has grown quite close to her these past couple of weeks, and he was thankful for her being Emily's confidant in the past.

"Looks like the round man is coming." Emily noticed that a big figure came out of the car.

Marcus lightly chuckled as he turned towards Loo Minser who was walking towards him. In front  of Loo was a thin man who looked to be around 50 years old. 

"I believe this is the first time we've met." The thin man who looked like an older version of Loo spoke.

"I believe so too." Marcus looked at him.

"My name is Doo Minser, I'm Loo's father," Doo announced. 

Marcus nodded and then greeted. "Good evening sir. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you came to attend."

He also greeted Loo right after.

Doo smiled, satisfied with the flattery. 

Marcus didn't want to construct something new. He'd rather say these things over and over again.

Doo went in together with Loo, followed by people from their family.

A few seconds after the Minsers got in, a bunch of cars arrived.

Four people who wore black and white came out of a car. One of which opened the door of another car that was in front of theirs. The other three hastily lined up behind the person who opened the door.

A middle-aged man who had blond hair with a few white streaks came out of the car. He wore a white-colored tux. A middle-aged woman came out after him together with a man who looked to be around 20 years old.

Soon people were coming out of the cars near theirs. 

The middle-aged man with blond hair led the way as they all walked towards the gate. Beside him were the middle-aged woman who also had blond hair, and the twenty-year-old man. 

Marcus smiled as he turned his head towards the group.

He looked at the middle-aged man and greeted him. "Good evening Mister President. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you came to attend."

This was the President of Estra, Frieg Frey.