Chapter 26

DL is not mine and etc. I like writing stories but I can't say that I'm expereinced. I'm not sure if the pace is right or this is all interesting enough. Anyways another tide is about to come. Enjoy!

Marie took another bite of the carbonara spaghetti. "You are a good cook! So it wasn't the drugs," she said sarcastically. Reiji ignored her, but she knew it bothered him.

Reiji had cooked another meal for them, as the dinner prepared for them earlier where all drugged. Not that it would have affected girls, thanks to Zane's protection potion, but it still bothered them.

Azura nodded in agreement, "Tasty, indeed." Esme and Zane weren't up for anything creamy that night, and where eating some Ceasar salads instead.

Esme took noticed of the new set of silverware they were using. Apparently, the silverware were poisoned as well. "Ah, a Queen Victoria special addition, I see. How did you get these?"

"Another tableware-otaku, just great!" cried Ayato in a muffled voice. He was holding an ice pack to his nose. Marie had been careful not to break it too hard.

Esme smirked, "What's wrong with that?" She pointed the tip of her fork at Ayato and pretended to aim at his head. Ayato growled as he wrapped his arms around Yui's waist. Marie couldn't help but roll her eyes at the sight.

"Don't you think you should be telling us about yourself about now?" said Laito. He now didn't have his usual easy-going flirtatious smile. The expression on his face was apathetic and slightly malicious.

Despite the situation, Marie couldn't help but smile faintly.

Zane, Esme, and Azura all looked at Marie. Marie slowly finished chewing and swallowed her food and wiped her mouth with a napkin. "What do you want to know?" Marie asked back.

Reiji pointed at them all, "Start with yourselves. You clearly know us, but we don't know you. It's not a fair-play."

Marie narrowed her eyes, " This isn't a game. And you of all being of this world shouldn't bring up the word 'fair' at all. It's not fair, and it's unjust."

Marie had an as easy-going expression, but the aura she emitted was so overpowering that none of the Sakamaki brothers dared to talk-back to her. The six brothers all thought of it as outrageous, because to their knowledge, the only one who could make them feel inferior was their father, Karlheinz, only.

The three girls, Zane, Esme, and Azura, who were all used to Marie being the domineering figure from time to time, all sat leisurely as they finished their food.

Zane tapped Marie on her shoulder, "You're scaring them, " and said in as she chuckled.

At Zane's statement, the six brothers woke up from their fear trance and glared at Zane. Ayato and Reiji were especially annoyed. "Yours-Truly is not afraid of anything! And I am certainly not afraid of some we-," he paused for a second and finished his sentence with, "women." Azura chuckled at the sight.

Reiji looked annoyed just as much as Ayato, but he kept his cool facade. Shu had his eyes open, and Kanato and Laito were both eyeing Marie with caution. Subaru on the other hand, being the hot-headed youngest, cracked his knuckles as he muttered, " There's no way you'll out-do us in battle. Bring it on, if you're so confident."

Esme scoffed, "Yeah, and I didn't pin you to the wall with no effort."

Subaru snarled at her, "You had the element of surprise in your favor then. Now that we're all aware of what you are capable of, we're not going down easily."

"So you're admitting that you will fall?" said Zane as she raised an eyebrow.

Subaru's face flushed red with anger and embarrassment, "No! I mean -,"

"Stop teasing them girls," Marie had finally spoken. She no longer oozed off the domineering attitude and was smiling at them, but she still looked stern.

"So, you want to know about us?" Marie asked Reiji again. Reiji nodded curtly.

Maire gave him a crooked grin, "This is going to be a long story."

She looked towards Yui and sighed. "Let's start with me and Yui first then."