Chapter 221 The Calm Before The Storm

While the Risha sisters were trying to find a hole to hide, the reason of their embarrassment, in other words Daimon was calmly laying down on his bed using Erin's fluffy tail as his pillow, while Liz, Elaine and Aura were laying down on top of him, Aisha on the other hand was sitting next to her son with a slight pouting expression.

"I know I will be the only one going to the exploration, but I also want to cuddle with my darling", she mumbled.

Daimon who was caressing the girl's tails while he enjoyed Erin's silky fur, chuckled, previously when they returned to the mansion, Aura immediately clung to him followed by Liz and Elaine, their excuse was actually quite reasonable, since Aisha will have Daimon for herself, then it was only fair for them to hog him in for the rest of the week.

"Speaking of the exploration, besides Stella, who else will be accompanying us?", asked Daimon.

Aura who was rubbing her face against his chest a second ago, looked upwards before saying.

"To avoid unnecessary conflicts, only the teachers of the elite classes, the designated mage lord and the respective principal of each of the big four academies as well as the field marshal will be attending".

Erin's tail wagged a bit as she interrupted Aura.

"Besides Aura, probably only that guy from the army can detect my dark curtain, so I can go if you want some company during the travel~".

Daimon shook his head making Erin pout.

"Nop, you be a good girl and stay to guard the fort, who knows what trick can Arthur and that Lars guy try to pull, tomorrow is going to be a really bad day for them after all".

Erin giggled and then tightly wrapped her tail around Daimon's upper body.

Aisha softly snorted, a magic circle illuminated on the back of her hand and a little light red bat appeared above Daimon's face.

"You know I can also order the monster servants, right Mom?", said Daimon as he smirked, Aisha tried to get back at him for not giving her some attention by summoning the blood bad on top of his face, but Daimon changed the summoning place to the air above him.

Liz looked at the little thing which was exuding the aura of a nine-star mage and she sighed.

"That thing is a cheat you know, using blood to increase it's strength, without any cap but the realm of its owner, that means Aisha will have a peak level bodyguard regardless of her realm, not fair, Daimon I also want one", said Liz as her long eyelashes fluttered in a seductive way.

'Not anyone can get enough blood of magic beasts to feed that glutton thing', thought Daimon, despite the current size of the blood bat, the little thing drank the amount to fill about four Olympic pools with blood from nine-star magic beasts.

It took it about another 24 hours to finish digesting and now suddenly the blood bat was at the peak of the nine-star realm, it was ridiculous, on the other hand Daimon was happy because now his mother will have another layer of protection inside the magic ruin.

Although he didn't show it on the exterior, lately the scene in which Aisha self-destructed her magic core has been appearing in his mind from time to time, as if something was trying to make his resolution quiver.

The girls cuddled with Daimon and soon enough they fell asleep along with him, although it was barely past 9:00 PM, this night was especially cold so while enjoying each other's embrace, they naturally entered the land of dreams without realizing.

Meanwhile at the academic city most of the streets were filled with people drinking and eating while they observed the repetitions of the matches, the exceptions were those streets reserved for the guests, the Jolbaris and the other academies being one of them.

Lars which was paying a visit to Arthur, suddenly hit the table.

"Arthur, you told me your son's class was made out of the most talented people from a lot of families, then how come they were utterly destroyed in their fights, even those two from your family horribly lost to some girls from a family without a Half Emperor!".

Arthur frowned, he was being yelled at, at his own mansion, but on the other hand there were two Half Emperor level, Magus Kings asking for an explanation, so he remained calm on the surface, still he let out some of his mana pressure as he answered.

"Whirlwind king, don't forget who you are talking to, besides the only fight you need to care about is the one for the captain's position, my son will win and our deal will stand".

The normally stern Maxim interrupted Arthur, with a serious expression on his face.

"You say that, but didn't your nephew lost said match for the captain's position on the second year's team… we allied with you and if your son loses, that kid is going to make us pay a ridiculous price for a spot".

Lars gritted his teeth as he remembered how when he was leaving, he thought seeing Daimon mocking him.

'If the worst comes to happen, I'll let that brat think he won… but I will tell Rasor to fucking kill him inside the magic ruin, the resources of my Furious Whirlwind academy can't be stolen so easily humph!', he thought.

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The night went on without anything else happening, and when morning came, everyone in the academy and the academic city was welcomed by a snowy day, nothing too uncommon at Lykos but still slightly inconvenient for the event that was going to be upheld in a couple of hours.

Daimon slowly opened his eyes as he felt someone pressing her lips against his, when his eyes regained clarity the first thing he saw was Aura's pretty face up-close, he followed the flow and continued to kiss her until she had enough.

"Good morning~", she said in a happy voice while her tail caused waves on the blanket as it wagged.

Daimon smiled back at her, but was immediately made to look upwards by Erin's tail, still before getting to her, he needed to free his arms from Liz and Elaine so he woke up the sleeping fox sisters before going for the mother and last but not least, Aisha, whose mood was slightly bitter for being left "aside" for the past night.

Daimon laughed as he got up the bed while carrying his mother like a princess towards the bathroom, since they had some time before they needed to arrive at the classroom, some fun in the bath was a must.

After a small session of kisses and caresses a brightly smiling Aisha went ahead to prepare a light breakfast for them, since they will be fighting in a couple of hours.

Aura said goodbye to them as she used space shift to go at her office, while the rest of them went to the 1-S classroom, Liz and Elaine hid two of their tails while Erin used dark curtain to hide her presence like other days.

At this point Daimon noticed she didn't have the need to, but did it anyway just because she liked to tease him.

It didn't take them too long to arrive at the classroom, where surprisingly besides their classmates and Aleah who tagged along, Mireya, Solomon, Zein and even Richard who hasn't been present in the previous days of the tournament were all waiting while chatting with Aliya and Boris.

"Are those three not coming today?", asked Daimon noticing that Yvonne, Leslie and Lilia as well as their mothers weren't here, although they already fought, they still could to see the matches of the others from the skybox, like Loren who was shily talking with Mireya was going to do.

Richard approached Daimon and smacked his shoulder as he greeted him.

"Don't worry kid, they will just arrive a bit late, there is now ay they would miss the chance to see your match Hahaha".

Daimon raised an eyebrow feeling there was more to those three not arriving early, but since Yvonne already explained him that those spells took a toll on them, he just thought they were tired.

Besides the Risha sisters, Calvin also seemed to not be having a good morning so far, there some slight signs of bags under his eyes and his hair was a bit messy, but he was smiling from ear to ear, which made the others look at him as if he was weirdo.

"Don't tell me you did look for a chance to sneak into the room where Loren was sleeping?", asked Michael.

Calvin immediately shook his head with an offended expression and as he ignored Mireya's accusatory gaze, he said.

"Of course not, this young master is the most gentlemanly among the younger generation of the beast faction, I stayed awake to study my possible opponents for today's tournament".

Solomon laughed at her grandson as he took out a barrel of liqueur and drank it in one go, since Loren technically spent a night under the same roof with Calvin, he already started calling her granddaughter, which resulted in Loren furiously blushing while Calvin limited to nod and smile like an idiot.

Boris saw his students being so carefree despite the fact that today's matches were quite important and he shook his head.

"I hate to interrupt but we have to go, Aliya and instructor Richard will accompany those will be participating, while the others will come with me to the skybox".

Aleah also approached Daimon with an expectant expression on her face.

"I hope you give us a good show later", she said as she walked towards Boris.

After saying that, Boris and the other adults helped Loren and Aleah fly with them, while Richard did the same with Aliya, Daimon and the others who will be participating.

On the way they actually saw Alexander being escorted by Arthur and his gaze met with Daimon's as they arrived at the stadium at the same time.

There was a difference, while Alexander's were filled with hatred, Daimon didn't even look at him twice, something that didn't escape Arthur's eyes, but while normally he would have said something, he simply snorting while inwardly laughing.

'I would like to see you remaining so confident, when the matches start in a couple of hours'.