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Guest Room:

Hours had passed since the surgery had begun. Much work had been done by Marco to keep the Fire King alive. On his own the task may have been a failure, but the maidens of Nigel had all been able to contribute in their own ways.

Marrion and Bulent, while never being in an operating room, have had proper training as maids to patch up the most severe wounds. That along with their knowledge of various medical tools and medicine, they waited on Marco's every command as full blown nurses.

Xuelan and Isabela waited at the ready. While the flailing was few and far in between, when it did happen, it came full force. The first it happened Marco's head was nearly knocked off of his body due to an unconscious Nigel. Despite his current state he remained a force to the reckoned with. The two maidens had to use all their strength to hold him down.

Thankfully things became alot easier once the remaining maidens had arrived. Thanks to Sirius a garden was grown in the blink of an eye but the speed of the growth ultimately sapped her of all her strength. The others took complete advantage of the new garden, picking up various herbs and plants that would had healing properties. Tumeric and ginger was gathered by the armfuls for it's anti-inflammatory properties. Aloe vera was also gathered as it would be very helpful for Nigel's burnt skin. Once they felt they had the necessary ingredients, Chocola and Vanilla used their senjutsu to dry out the various plants turning the mixture into a potpourri. Once back in the guest room, a natural flame was sparked thanks to a piece of flint Karlamine keeps on her person. With the incense in play the operation became smooth sailing.

The second son of the Phenex clan had seen to the major organs, using his blue flames to speed up the recovery. Internal bleeding had been stopped and his vitals had become stable. The effects of the dragon slaying magic was wearing off thanks to aid from the incense. Their combined efforts had brought the Fire King away from the edge of death. The maidens could all breath easier knowing their King was away from the brink.

"Raiser wishes for silence yet all he hear is a commotion!" The voice of the youngest son in the Phenex clan spoke on the other side of the door.

"It's nothing you need to concern yourself with just go back to your room and sulk- HEY!!! PUT ME DOWN!!!" The voice of Ravel said before being picked up and moved out of the way of the door.

Barging in Raiser recognizes everyone in the room. It is quite for the time as he looks around. Two individuals he gives his attention are the unconscious Nigel and the man he doesn't call a brother anymore.

"What is that filthy commoner doing on a bed in Raiser's home Ravel?" He ask calmly never once breaking his gaze from the two.

Ravel became upset by the words used to reference her boyfriend, "Don't call him a commoner! This home is mine too, and I will lay him on any bed I choose." She tells him with a stern look on her face.

Though almost as if completely ignoring his sister's comment he speaks again. "More importantly, what the hell do you think your doing back here?" Venom could be heard with every word he spoke.

Unfazed by his little brother's attempt at being threatening, Marco continues to work never looking away from Nigel's body.

"I can tell you what I didn't come back here to do..." He says loud enough only for the people closest to him to hear but not Raiser.

"Speak up! You robbed Raiser of a goodbye when you left the first time, so have some integrity and speak so Raiser can hear you!" He yells over to his older brother feeling himself get angrier by his presence.

Still Marco is unbothered, "Go be a rich bitch somewhere else Raiser, something more important than you is being seen to right now." He tells him off as he stitches up a wound.

Raiser balls his fist up at that pissed off that the man that ran away from his duty won't even look at him, " You are the absolute last person to talk about importance! Blessed with the ability to morph into the blue Phoenix, and you waste your time on this mundane simple being! The leader of the biggest media group in the entire underworld, and you trade it all for a life on a ball of dirt! What could be so special about the world above that you and Ruval would walk away from your own clan?!"

Done with hearing his brother's voice Marco finally snaps, "PURPOSE! Let's start with having a fucking purpose!" Marco yells at him stopping the stitching mid motion.

"What greater purpose could there be than carrying the Phenex name?" Raiser ask in a rhetorical manner.

Passing the stitching tools off to Bulent he moves towards Raiser slowly, "Everything! Anything is better than putting up with the bullshit of being the heir to this family!"

"Bullshit or did it reveal how weak you truly were?" He ask smugly taking a step forward.

"BULLSHIT! All of it was total bullshit! From the dialect training, to the business school, to the fucking arranged marriages! Father didn't want an heir, he wanted a clone, and you were the closet thing to it!" He yells out taking more steps forward. He could feel his temper getting the best of him.

"Ah yes blame father, truly he is to blame for all your shortcomings and failures. It was father that produced a whelp with flames that don't even burn." Raiser says mockingly to his older brother.

"Even without flames I've always been able to kick your ass." Marco snaps back the two face to face. At least it would have been if Marco wasn't so much taller.

Raiser simply smirks, "Perhaps, but Raiser has grown up since you ran away, do you think the results will be the same?"

Having seen enough and not wanting anything to happen to Nigel while he is still vulnerable Ravel steps in. "You both are acting like children right now! Raiser, leave the room, their is an operation being done! Marco get back to the operation!" She barks orders at the two. Being the shortest of the siblings her words fell on deaf ears as they continue to stare each other down.

The fire can be seen in both their eyes as both sets of fist ball up. Embers of red and blue beginning to permeate the vicinity.

In the background the maidens all watch as the tension grows with every passing second. Marion and Bulent both break a sweat unable to continue stitching as they witness the stand off. Xuelan also sweats slightly as she becomes worried of the fight possibly moving over to her King. Isabela had a look of genuine intrigue on her face, pulling out a bag of popcorn she opens it and begins eating ready to see what happens next.

Despite Ravel's best efforts of yelling and shoving, nothing seems to be able stop her older brothers. The situation was becoming frustrating for her as she hated being ignored. Bright orange embers appear around her as she feels her own temper now getting to her.

"Last chance, back down now and I won't have to handle you like I used to." Marco tells him trying one last time to de-escalate the situation.

"If you wish to run away again then simply do so. It is the only thing you are truly good at." Raiser says to him even more smug.

Tired of the slander Marco sighs. In the blink of an eye he swings a haymaker into Raiser's jaw, taking him off his feet and into the adjacent wall.

Dust and rubble covers any sight of Raiser. Stepping out of the debris he seems unscathed, as he dust off his clothing. "Was that supposed to hurt?" He ask slightly insulted by the soft punch.

"It used to hurt, I guess I don't have to pull my punches anymore." He says with a slight grin. Jetting him self forward he tries to tackle Raiser, only to find himself in a stalemate as Raiser jets himself in the opposite direction.

The two floated in midair neither able to advance. The two cock their fist as far back as they can ready to throw a punch, but both are stopped by an angry ravel.

Court Yard

Slapping them both in the face she knocks them out of the room through a pair of windows that led to the side of the house. Shaking the pain out of her hands she follows them out. "Are you both crazy?! Mom and dad will kill us all for wrecking the mansion! Both of you stop now!!!" Her flames became a dark red as she yelled at the two.

Still not worried about their little sister the two stand back up. Knowing that they don't want to risk her getting in the way of their fight, Marco takes the initiative. 'Diamond Palace' He says locking Ravel in a dome made completely of diamond. (1)

Raiser could care less about where Marco learned that spell from, but with Ravel out of harms way he could finally go crazy.

Tackling Marco, Raiser takes off flying upward, but before he could do anything else Marco boxes his brothers ears so hard blood squirts out.

Disoriented Raiser let's go and starts holding his head. Marco takes the time to get to a higher altitude, once high enough his legs begin to transform into bird legs with razor sharp talons at the end. Bringing his legs in he he yells 'PHENEX BRAND' before shooting them into his brother's face drop kicking him back to the ground.

Already back up to his feet Raiser tries his hand at another tactic to gain the upper hand. "They all laughed at you!" Jumping out the way of another kick he begins. "They heirs and heiresses, they laughed when Raiser told them about how you left to the human world!" An evil smirk was on his face seeing a twitch from his older brother.

Charging in for a punch Raiser dodges throwing an uppercut as punishment. "We all jested at how you chose to roll around in the mud." He says delivering a body shot that shoots Marco into the diamond dome. Unknowingly he causes a crack in in from the impact.

Back on his feet Marco charges in again this time flying forward to deliver a flying kick. "They were glad Raiser became the heir to the clan anyway. Unlike you or Ruval, Raiser acted like a proper noble." He leans to the left the kick barely missing him. Before Marco could pass all the way Raiser grabs him by the hair, slamming him into the ground.

Putting his knee into his older brothers chest Raiser continues, "Everyone was better off when you left! You should have stayed with the pigs!" He says punching him in the face. "Where you could all be useless together!" *PUNCH* "You could have been everyone else's burden for a change!" *PUNCH* "Didn't you put mother through enough when she gave birth to you?!" Another punch would have landed but it was stopped by Marco having heard enough from his youngest brother.

CRACK* Squeezing the fist he breaks it, the pain stunning Raiser and causing him to Yelp momentarily. Using the opportunity he does a palm thrust into Raiser's chest, causing him to gasp for air.

Pushing him off, Marco reverses the roles his knee now in his brother's chest. "Do you ever hear yourself talk?! Think Raiser! We lived in a society that tries to separate the rich from the poor with status! A bunch of old farts tell us how to act, what we do, and who to marry! On top of that we can only marry other pure blood devils. It's to few of us to stick to that way of thinking! THINK RAISER THINK! What will you actually have when the centuries have passed and your the patriarch of this clan?!" (2)

Letting the rant out of his system he just stares at his brother waiting for him to give him an answer.

Raiser though thought of anything to say but couldn't come up with it. He's never had to work hard for anything and anything he had done on his own was established by someone else. That made him upset and confused. He was taught that to be the heir of a clan was a great honor and duty, but he remembers how he never really had any sort of choice in his decisions. Even Rias was nothing more than order rather than a choice. The only reason he went along with the marriage was because her tits were big. Then Nigel had come along and convinced him otherwise.

"Am I truly that easily influenced?" The heir thought to himself as he had never given thought to this. He's never given much thought to anything really. But he wasn't about to show that in front of his brother or sister.

So instead he grabs Marco by the throat and begins to throw insults at him. "Pineapple headed buffoon!" Igniting his body in flames, he rockets away with Marco in tow. No longer worried about the fact his brother had returned, he was focused on beating his older brother in a fight for one, and Raiser was willing to tear the house down to do it.

Aiming for the mansion, Raiser puts Marco's body out to take the damage. Landing in the dining room they nearly crash into maids that were setting the table for dinner that night. The one maid in particular was the one Ravel had given the instructions to earlier. As Marco ignites his own flames and shoots jets them into another room, she had mentally noted to request for a really long vacation.

The brothers bounce all over the mansion crashing through walls, statues, and a fountain. Scorch marks being left thanks to Raiser's flames. All the while the two come up with new names to call each other.

These names include, "Stale end piece of white bread(3). Ass kissing prick. Flaming blue water fowl. Tacky trust fund baby." Just to name a few.

It all culminated when they ended up once again in the same spot. Ravel seeing them still squabbling caused her flame to change into a deep purple. In her frustration she throws a punch at the weak spot of the diamond dome. The force of her punch breaks her arm but also breaks the dome dissipating it entirely. With her arm healed up, and her flames returning to it's orange color, she makes her way over to the two so she can pull them apart and calm them down. The trio were bickering like school children, all too stubborn and prideful to relent. The ordeal could have gone on forever... until the were splashed by a large body of water.

All three now soaking wet as they look to see who did this to them. Standing in front of them was an agitated Sona Sitri.

"Now that I have your attention, what the hell is going on here?!" She says finally getting the commotion under control.

"This is a family matter, you need not be concerned with it." Raiser says still with hands around his throat.

"The better question is: why are you here Sona?" Ravel ask curiously.

Adjusting her glasses she answers, "I haven't seen or heard from my Nigel all day, I came to ask you if you knew his whereabouts." She says a longing in her voice from missing her boyfriend.

Ravel doesn't know how to answer the question. "Oh... umm... I think it's best if you came to see." She says solemnly.

Concerned by the tone in her answer she accepts, and the two make their way to her the Fire King.

Being that Marco is the doctor he gets up and follows them as his explanations will most likely be needed.

Raiser would have followed but decided not to. He chose to think deeper on the things that were said, he wanted to think about his life up until this moment.

Guest Room

Back in the guest room, the stitching had been completed. A majority of his body has been wrapped in bandages leaving only his eyes uncovered. Everything that could be done to help Nigel, has now been done and all that remains is to wait for him to regain consciousness.

The maidens simply sit and wait hoping their King awakens sooner rather than later.

Footsteps could be heard coming down the hall, once in front of the door it opens revealing Ravel and Sona. An audible gasp could be heard from Sona seeing Nigel layed in the bed.

Quickly walking over she sees him wrapped in bandages barely looking like the man she loves. Fighting back the urge to cry, she reaches out, with shaky hands, to his arm.

"W-what happened?" She asks her voice trembling unable to keep her normal composure.

The events led up to now we're recapped to the student council president, along with that she was told who the one responsible for this was.

"How long will he be like this?" She asked.

"Given that the dragon slaying magic is in his system, we simply don't know how long it will last. On a more positive note, the effects aren't as potent as when the operation began meaning it is wearing off. Slowly but surely. " He says trying to reassure the girl.

Sona nods in understanding, "You all... you all saved his life, as his maidens you did it out of love for your King. Regardless, I'm forever grateful to you all." She says to everyone in the room knowing if not for their efforts, her lover would be dead for sure.

"I would be grateful for a house house not completely ruined, but only one of us will get what they want today." A new voice says in a deadpan manner.

Getting everyone's attention the matriarch of the Phenex clan, Rachel Phenex, walks in. Coming from around the corner, in her right hand, is Raiser Phenex being pulled by the ear.His face contorted in a mix of fear and pain as tries his hardest to not let his ear get torn off.

Looking at her middle child she takes her free hand and beckons him over with a scowl.

Marco breaks out into a cold sweat knowing whatever was about to happen was going to hurt badly. Once over there he tries to mitigate his incoming punishment. "M-mom... heyyy you. Talk about a heck of a reunion am I r-right?" He says sheepishly. Looking his mother in the eye she simply cocks an eyebrow causing him to flinch.

"You look well. Have you been- *WHEEZE*" His sentence was stopped short by a gut punch delivered by his own mother.

Clutching at his stomach he tries to find some air again he hears his mother speak, "You up and disappear for what felt like an eternity, with no call or letter to your own mother; and the best you can do is try to flatter me?" She says, her voice never raising, but the anger was still evident in it.

"At least Raiser had enough decency to gift me with chocolate from my favorite shop in the human world." She says pulling Raiser in front of her giving him his own gut shot causing him to mimic his older brother involuntarily.

"I mean honestly, why did you two crash through the mansion? You both would heal up too fast for the damage to matter." A new voice emerges from behind a wall.

Walking from around the corner a slightly older version of Raiser appears. His presence has a regal and proper energy to it, making everyone in the room put their focus directly on him. His attire consist of a black designer suit with a burgundy dress shirt. The suit comes with three gold buttons and a on his finger is a platinum wedding band. Despite it's simplicity the man was quite eye catching.

"*Sigh* I fail to understand how how either of you gained the title of heir. I personally always believed if the future of the clan should be entrusted to anyone it should be dear Ravel." He says walking up to his younger brothers.

Both Marco and Raiser were only able to roll their eyes hearing their oldest brother comment.

"Ruval?!" Ravel shouts in surprise not expecting to see her brother here.

"Hello dearest sister, I would ask how you are doing, but I know for certain you currently suffer from a stress induced migraine." He says happily to his sister while taking shots at his brothers.

She giggles at the comments, "What are you doing here?" She ask through her laughter happy to see her oldest brother.

"Mother and I had met for weekly tea, as we do, until she received an urgent message from the maids and butlers. She insisted I come along despite my best protest." He explains with a sweat drop coming off his forehead.

"You just don't want dad to see you with that ring on your finger." Marco says the pain finally slowly subsiding.

"Why is Raiser still in pain?" Raiser ask his pain also now slowly subsiding.

"That my sons: was simply a fist of love. (4) All is forgiven now, but if I ever find my home in such a condition again; my love will become should deep~." She says with an eerie sweetness as a dark aura covers her being.

"Yes mother." The two respond in fear of the matriarch.

"Splendid!" Rachel says clapping her hands together. "Now everyone, please make your way to the living area, evening tea was interrupted and it shall resume with all that is present." She says happily walking out of the room.

"Wait but what about Nigel?" Mira speaks up not wanting to leave her king's side.

Before any other maiden could chime in Marco answers, "We've done all we can for him. As it stands he needs to rest, and as much as I'm sure you all want to stay with him he needs time to himself." He explains to them back onto his feet.

The maidens all look at each nodding to each other in agreement. One by one they all leave. Xuelan carrying away Mihae's body, while Isabela carrier both Shuriya and Luna over her shoulders.

Living Area

The room was quiet as everyone sipped their tea. Rachel and Ruval sat next to each other chatting about their busy week. Once that was over, the matriarch peered over to her daughter. "Dear Ravel you look like your going to have a break down." She says turning her body to face her daughter.

"Forgive me mother, so much has happened at one time, it feels as if the realization is just now setting in." She says she hands shaking.

"You mustn't worry my dear, as it will only make you feel worse. Think towards the positive. Like how all your brother's are under one roof again!" She says excitedly seeing her son's together again.

Marco and Raiser simply sip their tea as they had nothing nice to say to each other.

"Also you had the help of your boyfriend's maidens. If I know my daughter like I do you took charge of the situation." She says in an encouraging tone.

Ravel nods her head shyly blushing from the attention she was receiving.

Rachel smiles brightly at this. "I knew it, goodness I'm just so proud of you dear. One day you will make a superb Queen."

Instantly the rooms entire mood changes. Rather than the light hearted atmosphere, it was now replaced with a very ominous sensation.

"Respectfully Lady Phenex, A Queen is already established for Nigel, I respect and appreciate Ravel, but she simply never going to be his Queen." Sona says adjusting her glasses to where the light reflects off of them.

This got a rather loud reaction out of one maiden in particular, "Listen girly! If anyone's gonna be crowned Queens it's gonna be us!" Nelly shouts at Sona upset by her laying claim to the title of queen.

"It is pointless to make a claim so bold malyshka (5) our king decides who is queen, and I have faith in his judgement." Marrion says unbothered by Sona's words.

Ruval, Marco, and Raiser only sit quietly hearing the women bicker. They remained silent but for all three of them they're thoughts were the same, "You shall not corrupt my dear little sister!"Suddenly Marco feels his phone buzz. Looking at it he stands up and whistles loudly to get everyone's attention. "You're... King is awake. Now before you ru-" Before words could be said the room cleared out unable finish his instructions.

Guest Room"Hurts... everything still hurts." The now conscious young man thinks to himself as he regains his vision.

Memories flood back to his mind, his reunion in heaven, his split personalities, and his maidens coming into his mind to put his personalities at ease. The last set of memories were especially nice; no sexual activity took place, but the make out sessions and cuddling with his maidens took away any worry he had at that time.

Hearing various footsteps come into the room he knew it was his girls.

"My King!" The maidens all said coming into the room at various times. Happy to see him awake again. They all could have kissed and hugged him had it not been impossible due to his injuries and heavy bandaging.

"Meowster we were so worried about you!" Vanilla tells her King in a loud but monotone voice.

"Oui we almost went into a blind rage upon learning of your condition." Bulent chimes in.

Nigel just layed and listened to his maidens talk about what they did. It's funny really; I never knew what a dragon maiden was not too long ago, but now... damn is that how love really feels?" He thinks to himself.

GROOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLL*

A loud growl that fills the room is heard. Everyone stops what they are doing unsure of where the noise came from.

Without a second thought Marrion and Bulent became upset remembering their King's lack of nutrition.

"Well, well, well, it appears our King is hungry. For your belly to make such a noise, many meals must have been skipped. Would you agree Bulent darling?" The Russian maid looks to her french sister folding her arms.

"Oui, it would seem someone has refused to take our input on his mauvaise habitudes alimentaires (6). How shall we fix this?" Bulent ask folding her own arms giving Nigel a glare.

Marrion gains a smirk, "We must simply make sure he completes every meal we prepare for him, even if we must spoon feed him~." She says somewhat seductively looking at her King with desire in her eyes.

"Well if you two are seeing to his meals, then I'm going to be coming with him when ever he goes out on a job!" Xuelan interjects. "It may be hot when you do your solo investigator act, but I'll be damned if I have to find you like this again!" She says referencing the terrible condition they all saw him in when they got there.

"Well I think I should be helping him rehab. How are you going to be a bad ass King unless you're in the best possible shape when you recover?!" Isabela says not wanting to be left out.

The bombardment of statements was leaving Nigel dizzy. He simply needed food at the moment before he knocked out from being overwhelmed.

Thankfully the smell of food seemed to draw the attention of everyone. Coming into the room was 10 rolling trays covered with gold cloches.

"You'll have to pardon the interruption, while you were chewing the child out, I took the liberty of having the kitchen staff put together a meal." Lady Phenex says gesturing towards the covered food.

Servants lifted the covers of the trays revealing a spread of food, the likes of which, fit for a dinner party.

Steaks, chickens, various cuts of lamb, a whole roasted pig, fruits and vegetables. Those were only a few things Nigel saw at a glance feeling his mouth watering instinctively.

Ravel couldn't believe her eyes, her mother never simply request for such a banquet to be put together. "How did you get this together so fast?" Ravel asked looking at her mother suspiciously.

"Well, since you said you would be accompanying young Nigel to his destination and picking him up again, I figured you would have invited him over for dinner. No need to look at me like that. Is it wrong to want to want my newest son to have a dinner with his eventual in-laws?"

Ravel turns a bright red at the statement, "Mother! Not in front of everyone!" She whispers loudly embarrassed by her mother's bold prediction.

"Oh don't be coy dear. You blush up a storm every time his named is mentioned. Not to mention how you find a way to bring him up in a conversation. Your affection is common knowledge at this point dear." Rachel says in a matter of fact kind of tone.

Ravel could feel herself dying of embarrassment as her mother continued.

Ruval, Marco, and Raiser all stood their faces covered by shadows as tears streamed down their faces. They were currently cursing Nigel under their breath for digging his perv claws into their little sister.

Unknown Location (At the same time this is happening)

Somewhere in a meeting room in the underworld, Richard Phenex finds himself furious for some odd reason. Letting his flame flare they turn black in an instant.

A board member speaks up a sweat drop appearing on his forehead. "Richard, what has your temper flairing this time?"

Richard answers with a thousand yard stare, "My little princess is being taken away." He says calmly.

"That's terrible sir! I'll have the security team set out post haste!" Another board member says pulling out a phone.

"She has a boyfriend... and I think she loves him." Richard says once again tears rolling down his face now cursing the Nigel out loud.

All other board members just looked on relieved it was nothing serious.

Some were patting him on the back understanding that feeling of their daughters growing up before their eyes.

Guest Room

Ravel was practically glowing at this point with how red her face was. "That's not the point! I've only known Nigel for several months now! We haven't even had a proper first kiss!" Ravel replies trying to think of a way to end the conversation an her relationship with Nigel.

"Besides, you made all this food for Nigel, but he's too injured to eat solid food anyway. So you might want to have the entire meal moved to the dining area... where Nigel isn't." She says that last remark under her breath.

Rachel simply smirks at her daughter. "Really? He seems to be doing just fine from where I'm standing." She says smugly looking over to the injured young man.

Ravel turns her attention back to Nigel, who was currently devouring the the head of the roasted pig. With the head grasped in both hands, he bit through the skull as with no effort. If not for the loud crunch that comes with every bite one would question if it even was a pigs head.

He stops himself from biting off another piece of the head realizing he's being watched.

He sees an annoyed look on the face of Ravel, "It would be incredibly rude to waste all this food." He says in a very gravely voice, his throat still damaged badly despite the procedure.

Seeing their King eating and speaking puts his maidens at ease. Sona even let's out a small giggle seeing her lover's exchange with Ravel.

Marco is however astounded by what he was seeing, a couple hours ago he was barely clinging on to life. Now he was eating talking and sitting up right on his own.

Watching the young man eat he pays close attention, after consuming another piece he he watches as the boys skin slowly heals for a brief second. "Incredible! His body is converting the nutrients from food, almost instantly, and is using the energy to speed up his healing."

Taking a sigh, the second son simply decides to not worry about anything involving this man's health for right now. Taking a step forward he directs himself towards the pineapple, his favorite fruit, and indulges.

Rachel follows her second son's lead going right for a plate of steamed carrots.

Most of the maidens weren't hungry at this point, so they opted out of eating at this very moment. Karlamine and Isabela were not amongst that group. Isabela took a leg of the pig and ate it like a turkey leg. While Karlamine picked up a lamb chop blown away by the amazing flavor.

Ruval sighed thinking how his wife would kill him for spoiling his appetite but relented. Walking over he picks up a fresh roll feeling a sense of comfort and nostalgia in the bread.

Even Raiser joined in putting a roasted potato in his mouth.

Ravel simply gave up, rolling her eyes she walks over a blush creeping on her face. Despite how she was acting, she couldn't be more happy that Nigel was awake. Skipping the other food she picks up a plate with a slice of cake on it.

Going up to Nigel she says, "Don't scare us like that again you jerk." She made sure not to make eye contact with him, not wanting him to give her that smug grin again like the last time they were this close.

Wordlessly she cuts the cake and picks it up with a fork, "This cake is really good, so you should try some." She says in a commanding tone.

Having no problem wanting to eat something Nigel takes the fork full of cake in his mouth. Immediately Nigel reacted as the pastry was so fluffy and moist with the perfect amount of sweetness and richness.

"Whoever made it sure put alot of love into it. That tasted amazing." He says cracking a smile towards the Phenex daughter.

Unknown to everyone except her mother, that cake was made by Ravel. Originally she was going to give Nigel the cake once she picked him up from the Astaroth estate; but with everything that happened she thought that the entire thing was going to go to waste. That was until Lady Phenex put this last minute banquet together. With Ravel's cake being the only dessert option.

"W-well I'm... sure that will make the baker really happy!" She says putting the cake back down and just standing with her face turned away from everyone. There she stood smiling ear to ear out of view, elated that she made something that Nigel really liked. Yay!!!! He really liked it!" Jumping for joy in her head, she simply stands with her arms folded.

Nigel just smiles and resumes his eating having a good idea who the baker was. "I bet you are happy little Ms Baker.~"END

Good Lord! I spent way longer on this than I expected. I don't think I've done so many characters in the same scene at one time. Hopefully the end result isn't just a cluster of words and you all get some enjoyment out of the chapter as you did the last one. We went through a lot in this chapter. Ruval introduced (this was sudden for me too. But I can have fun with the character this way.More of Lady Phenex and her being super welcoming to Nigel.Raiser actually thinking about stuff.Little bit of action with Marco.Obviously I made changes with Ruval from the original canon. I did this for no other reason than I thought the character would be more entertaining this way. Hope everyone enjoyed this chapterThanks a bunch to everyone.Now for my fav part.Reference List:(1): Marco has a buddy that taught him some diamond based magic.

(2): It had to be done. That scene is great in both the invincible comic and cartoon.

(3): If you remember Ed, edd, n Eddy, you'll remember how funny that burn was. Or not who knows.

(4): Not much is known about Lady Phenex's past. I wonder if the name monkey meant anything to her.

(5): Malyshka is Russian for little girl. Marrion says this in a belittling way to Sona.

(6): Mauvaise habitudes alimentaires translates to bad eating habits. I honestly just like looking up these words and using them for Marrion and Bulent.