Hey there everyone! on the Mushoku Tensei Discord Server (discord .gg/mushokutensei) i held a little character popularity poll, and the outcome of it went a little something like this. 3 votes for none other than your favorite elf, Eleanor. And ended with 1 vote for Anastasius, Kyra, and Kathlyn. If you want to participate in more of these just leave a review saying who your favorite character is (you can add a reason why of course) or comment your favorite character is in the #mushoku-fanfic channel in the Mushoku Tensei Discord Server. I hope you all enjoy this nice little breather of a chapter and enjoy your day/night!

Chapter 28: Barbecue Night.

Hello there everyone. It's the myth, the legend, Everett Anemoi Asura and I'm finally back in Ranoa. The trip back wasn't long at all, and I wasn't cursed by Victoria on the ride back. There were definitely a couple of things that felt pretty weird about our trip back though. Anastasius was clinging onto me the whole time ever since he got the "Ok" to come along with us. Even when we were in the carriage, he was right beside me asking me all sorts of questions. I didn't really have an issue with it of course, but it looks like Eleanor and Kyra didn't like it as much…

Anastasius was asking me things like, "Hey, Evie, how old are you really? What's your favorite color? Why is your hair mostly blond with patches of red? Is there a reason why you're so talented with the sword or no?" This wasn't even the end of it either. It did get to a point where Eleanor and Kyra had to take Anas away from me. They realllllly don't like how high-energy he is. I don't really see it as an issue though, since I already have to deal with Leo and Kathlyn whenever she's not with Art.

So that's pretty much the gist of our nice trip back home. Right now though mostly everyone in No Name is sitting in the same room as one of the Seven Great World Powers, [Quagmire] Rudeus Greyrat. Also known as my grandpa of course. I should be thanking whoever is above because Grandpa Rudy is surprisingly in a good mood right now. So goodbye Serious Grandpa Rudy!

"Hello Grandpa. How has everything been so far?" I asked while getting up to make tea for everyone.

"Ah Everett! You don't have to get us tea you know, but if you want to get everyone tea go for it. Everything has been well though. I see that you have two new friends now? Or something like that?"

Anastasius raised his hand with excitement and waited for Grandpa Rudy to call on him. Grandpa actually played along with his little delusion surprisingly, saying this, "You with the big pink hair!"

I don't know if I'm finally going deaf, but did THE Anastasius fucking squeal like a ltitle girl when Grandpa called on him?

"I-It's a pleasure to finally meet you sir!" He got up from the couch only to get down on one knee and bow to Grandpa, "My name is Anastasius, I used to serve under the Death God Knight Sieghart Saladin, but I now serve under Everett sir."

"R-Really now? Well that's very interesting… Everett, can we talk in private later? There's some things I want to discuss with you."

I felt chills go down my spine as I heard his last sentence. That doesn't mean anything good can come from it, but there's almost nothing I can do about it now. I do hope that he ends up forgetting all about it. Anas on the other hand was just glad to finally proclaim that he serves under me. So I guess I'm not as scared or mad now.

"Sure thing Grandpa." I quietly made my way over to Anas and gave him a little punch at his side. He dramatically fell and acted dead for a split second.

Leo then took advantage of this situation and took Anas's spot on the couch. Gramps was making an "Oh no he didn't!" face when this whole ordeal happened. Maybe I should just kill the two of them right here and now… Then again I would have to deal with Victoria if I did anything to the two of them, hell I think she's glaring at me right now as we speak. Where is my brocon sister when I really need her?

"Well, while you're over there doing whatever Everett, why don't you tell me all about your trip to King Dragon Kingdom? You said that you saw Sieg while you were there right?" Gramps had a look of pain and regret on his face as he asked me about the trip, but it was also clear that he was just happy to hear that Uncle Sieg was doing fine.

I told him about most of the trip, leaving out the nice moments of me and my girls of course, and told him about my duels with Anas. He was really impressed with the fact that Anas is equal to me in terms of swordplay. It also looked like he was glad to hear that Sieg was doing good. For the rest of the day though we all were having some fun around the Greyrat Manor.

Now that night time is coming around, Grandpa has decided that we're going to throw this thing called a barbecue? Whatever that is, it sounds like lots of fun. I was setting up lights with the help of Titus while Leo, Anas, and Victoria were helping Gramps get the food for this said barbecue. Eleanor, Kyra, Kath, and Art are helping with drinks and are helping with decorations. It looks like this night will be a long and fun one. I just hope that everyone can take their liquor without getting too crazy if there's going to be any.

"Hey Titus, can you go and hang up that light over there? It's the last one."

My amazing white baby wyvern gave me a little squeal or whatever before doing what I told him. God he's just so cute!

"Oh. My. God. Everett, you have a pet wyvern!?" Anas yelled while running towards me and Titus.

"U-Uh yeah… El and I went on a trip through the Dragon Mountain ranges for this little fella, I can definitely tell you this though. It was 100% worth going on that trip."

I was going to pull the pink-haired idiot closer to me so I can talk to him about what happened on my amazing adventure but I forgot that whispering in his ears… gives him some type of weird pleasure.

"Look, I'll tell you more about it later when almost everyone is either asleep or is too drunk to pay attention to anyone or anything. Alright? Also please get some help for that weird pleasure spot of yours or whatever. I want to be able to tell you secrets and shit."

"You act like I can control that, i-idiot!" Anas yelled, his face was red like a strawberry… Was one of my best friends always that cute?

Titus gave me a small nudge before going over to his little house that I made for him and going to sleep. That little guy can surprisingly sleep through everything, and will only wake up when I need him. I feel like a father watching his child grow… It all happens so fast. Maybe this is how mom and dad feel when it comes to Kath, Big Sis Adele, and Me.

Once everything was all set up and the tables were all in place it was time to get this party going! That was what I thought of course, until none other than Leo White and Anastasius started to drink some wine. Just how can someone get so drunk when the celebration or whatever Gramps call this just started? If we can just ignore those two then let's get into the good stuff of tonight. The food that Gramps knew how to cook was surprisingly decent! Hell, even White Granny's cooking was spectacular like always! Red Granny was hanging around the old man like usual and Blue Granny was surprisingly having a full on conversation with Eleanor, which is something I found pretty strange since well… They seem like opposites to me. I do wonder about what the hell they are talking about though.

Anastasius and Leo were too busy bothering me while I was trying to eat some of the meat that was there, and Kyra did nothing but laugh at me! How could she let me suffer like this when all I want to do is just eat some food… Oh yeah. Both of them were also trying to kiss me whenever they got the chance. What better way to stop them than to shoot a stone bullet right at their forehead? Not a lethal one of course, but hey at least it got them to stop messing with me. I was being watched by Victoria for the rest of the night after I did that though of course. Not surprised since she doesn't really like me yet.

Once El and Blue Granny were done talking, my amazing elf girlfriend finally returned to me! Thank you god for watching over me for this one moment. When I was going to hug her, I was stopped by a drunk Kyra. Whenever she gets drunk I might as well start preparing for my funeral since she is unbelievably possessive over me in this state. It makes me question how El can even deal with her like this!

"It's not fair El~! Evie is always clinging onto you and praising you for how strong you are when I was the first person who was even able to stand by him as an equal and was able to beat him in a duel… So as compensation I'll be keeping him all to myself tonight!" Kyra announced while pulling me close to her chest.

Eleanor laughed a little bit before scooting closer to Kyra, "Oh don't worry Kyra, Everett relies on you and praises you too. The relationship you two share is far greater than the one he shares with me. It makes me a little bit jealous to be honest."

Hearing Eleanor say that caused my heart to ache a little bit. The reason as to why? Because I wasn't really expecting Eleanor of all people to have those types of feelings and thoughts lurking in her head sometimes. She is a person too so I guess I can't be too surprised. It's not like she's some omnipotent god who feels nothing and can only act out her emotions. I would say this makes her feel human, but well… She clearly isn't a human.

While the two were having a "conversation" I was enjoying my amazing pillow that was known as Kyra's chest. I was so comfortable to the point where I could fall asleep, and I honestly was about to until I heard Kathlyn and Arthur break out into laughter. It was almost like they were laughing over old memories or were laughing at the two drunk idiots. Really makes me wonder when those two got so close.

Guess you could say it's at times like this where I'm glad that I was able to bring No Name together. Especially as a team and family.