Chapter 100: Dinner With The Five Families

Marcus greeted the president. A respectful smile showed on his face. 

The president laughed. He was amused by the vermilion-haired teen's flattery. 

"You must be Marcus, right?" The President, although he already knew the answer, he still asked. 

Marcus nodded. "Yes, I am the son of Eva."

The President, Frieg Frey, looked at the woman beside Marcus. "This must be Eva's sister, am I right?" 

Marcus once again nodded.

"I heard that she's also your girlfriend, is that true?" The President asked. He didn't mean to pry, but this was not common in Estra.

Emily coughed. She turned to Marcus.

The vermilion haired teen chuckled. "Mister President as you've already noticed, my mother Eva and I don't look similar in any way possible. I do hope this makes things clear."

Marcus knew that Frieg was fishing for information, so he just gave it to him. However, the information that Frieg was trying to fish wasn't something that needed to be kept hidden.

'What a dangerous boy,' Frieg thought. "How rude of me, I haven't introduced you to my family yet."

The President then gestured to the individuals beside him. He held the waist of the woman beside and lovingly said. "This is my wife, Lovlie Frey."

Marcus greeted her and said a few pleasantries. Emily did too.

"Next, this is my son Luten, Luten Frey. He also studies at Estra University and is in his second year there." Frieg proudly introduced his son.

Luten Frey was somewhat fit, but not so much. He had blond hair and a somewhat mature bearing, like all the other children from the five big families.

"It's nice to meet you Marcus." Luten free extended his hand. 

Marcus shook his hand as they exchanged greetings.

Frieg and his family went in after a minute or so of talking. 

Marcus and Emily then went back to greet incoming guests. 

It didn't take long before the last family arrived. The Strongwald family brought 10 people, including the four known leaders of their family.

Led by Merts Strongwald, they strolled towards the gate and arrived in front of Marcus who was currently observing each and every one of them.

Senator Bong's eyes immediately darted towards Emily. He had never seen such a beautiful lady.

'I guess it's good that I'm single. Hehehe, you can take my wife Pald you bald bastard, but I'm taking this.' Senator Bong inwardly smiled.

He was the only one of the four who had those thoughts. Merts had his eyes set on business and getting to know who these people really are.

Although he felt that something was happening behind the scenes, he just couldn't put his finger on it. 

Pald already had a loving wife and he was already content with her. He did find the woman beside the vermilion haired teen beautiful, but that's it.

As for Vid, he didn't even want to come here. He had no interest in women, nor men. What he did want was to stay in his lab, get the resources that he needs, and continue with his experiments. 

"Good evening," Merts spoke first as he and the members of his family arrived close to the gate.

Marcus respectfully greeted. "Good evening Mister Vice President. Both my mother and father would be delighted to find out that a prestigious figure such as you came to attend."

'Respectful, either that or he's just acting' Merts, though doubtful, still had a smile on his face. "It seems like your parents raised you well."

Marcus nodded. "They did their best sir."

"You must be Emily, am I right?" It wasn't Merts who asked this question, but Senator Bong. He already knew the answer as he heard that Eva has a sister named Emily.

Emily nodded. She had already noticed his stares and was disgusted by them. 

"I'm Bong Strongwald, one of the spearheads of the Strongwald family." Bong extended his hand.

Emily, however, only smiled. "It's nice to meet you."

She said this, but what she truly felt was different. Emily wanted to strike this man down with lunar beams. Now that Emily has regained her memories she's no longer meek. 

Senator Bong froze. 

Vid chuckled and shook his head. He couldn't believe someone as old Bong would still try to do this.

Pald, however, didn't merely chuckle. He bawled out laughing. "Hahaha, You old bastard, do you even know shame?"

Senator Bong had black lines appear on his forehead as he dropped his hand and went behind Merts, his head slightly down to the ground.

Senator Bong's son who was also in the group of Strongwald's that came, looked weirdly at his father.

Merts cleared his throat. "I was about to introduce each and every one of them to you but looks like you've already met Bong."

Marcus just smiled. He didn't mind toads who lusted for swans flesh, as long as that toad knows how to keep his distance, a great distance and the said toad wouldn't go overboard, even if it's only slightly

"This is Vid Strongwald and that is Pald Strongwald" Merts introduced the two remaining leaders of Strongwald who were together with him.

Marcus exchanged pleasantries with them and soon the Strongwald family went in.

"Are you okay?" Marcus asked in a low voice.

Emily nodded. "You know how strong I can be."

Marcus chuckled. 

"Were those everyone? I don't see anyone coming anymore." Emily looked outside their gates. There were only cars neatly parked. No one else seemed to be arriving.

Marcus shook his head. "No, there's still one more. There were only 59 who arrived."

"Oh?" Emily tilted her head. "There's actually someone who would arrive later than the Strongwald's?"

Before Marcus could respond. A white car streaked in the air and landed outside their gate. 

"Speaking of, he's here." Marcus turned to his body, facing outside the gate.

A man exited the car and walked towards Marcus and Emily. He looks to be in his early forties. He has short black hair, bushy brows, long nose, and he stood around 6 feet tall.

"It's good to finally meet you Marcus." Owen, the head manager of Humanity Bank in the second rate countries walked closer to the gate.

"Have we met before, sir?" Marcus tried to sound respectful.

"Oh you don't know me, but I know you," Owen arrived in front of the two.

Marcus' brows scrunched. "What do you mean?"

Owen chuckled. He then explained the events that happened in the past. How he thought Marcus was someone from a first-rate state. He then told Marcus how he instructed the people who worked for 'Humanity Bank' to treat him with respect.

Marcus slowly nodded. He now understood why that incident at the bank ended that way. 

Marcus looked at Owen.

From the list of people who were coming, Marcus saw that there was someone coming here whose importance is on par with the five great families of Estra.

'Head managers of 'Humanity Bank' should be people from first-rate countries.' Marcus thought. 

"Welcome, you can come inside. Individuals who have no affiliations with the five big families will be led by someone to their table." Marcus gestured to go inside. He neither confirmed nor denied if he was someone from a first-rate country.

Owen wryly smiled. He could guess that Marcus was not open about discussing his origins. 

Owen nodded, thanked him, and went in.

"That's everyone." Marcus then closed the gates and proceeded to go inside.

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Eva and Nexus were inside the house. They waited for all the guests to arrive.

"Are you nervous?" Nexus asked.

"Facing a bunch of mortals? Nope." Eva shook her head.

Nexus chuckled. "Let's just hope that everything thing goes smoothly tonight."

Eva took a deep breath and fixed her white long dress. "Do we have any countermeasures if anything goes wrong?"

"The only real countermeasure we have against them right now is to go into the Destrucstone." Nexus sighed. 

"That doesn't sound so bad. We can go in, train, and come back out once we get stronger. Wait, Marcus still needs to find his second wife." Eva thought that going into seclusion inside the stone of destruction would give them an excellent boost in their cultivation as there would be no distractions of any kind.

Nexus fixed his black tux and peered outside. "Looks like they're all here. We should probably start as not to keep them from waiting any longer."

Nexus also wanted this party to start as soon as possible so it could end early. 

Eva nodded. She and Nexus walked out of the house together. Their feet touched the grass, and soon, everyone's gazes were on them.

Eva walked to a slightly elevated platform where there was a small floating circular microphone. 

She neared the circular microphone in her mouth and began to speak. "Everyone, thank you for coming here tonight. Being in the same place together with five of the greatest families in Estra is truly an honor."

She paused as she looked at each and every person in the room. "Aside from that I didn't prepare anything else to say to you. However, I know that you didn't come here to hear me speak about nonsense. So we'll talk about business, but not with our stomachs empty."