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Is it wrong to seek answers?

Chapter 35: secret couple

CORRIDORS OF THE IVY MANSION – EVENING

As they started to look Ravus, Prima said that while she looks around the empty rooms of the corridors, Noct just followed her, watching around the rather dark corridor, where the only small light was the moonlight, which rays from the large window at the end of the corridor.

When Noct thought he was about to get bored, he suddenly saw a rather scary silhouette staying at the end of the current corridor, inhibiting the moonlight from the large window.

(OPENING: Sawano Hiroyuki nZK: Mizuki – e of s)

Prima closing the door caused the previous Prince to look towards Prima again.

"Something wrong ? " Prima asked, noticed the anxious expression on Noct's face.

"What ? oh … no … nothing" Noct said, not trying to make her afraid as him, "I just forgot how scary dark corridors can be sometimes." he said while also remembering how he sometimes sneaked out of his bed when he woke up in his palace back in eos.

"yeah, but living in a Mansion for about 4 years, I got used to it, so … anyway, let's continue, we need to find big bro Ravus as soon as possible" Prima suggested.

When they continue going towards the corridor towards the point where Noct saw the silhouette, he saw that outside of the large clear windows is a large balcony, where Noct could see the nightlights of Orario. Noct looked around until he saw the door leading outside but then noticed that he and Prima still had something to do.

While she continues looking for her 'big bro', as Prima calls Ravus and the other Executives of their Familia, Noct remembered to ask her something.

"Uhm Prima, " he asked her, which made her look towards him, "you mentioned certain two lords of the Freya Familia appeared, and Pelna called them Kings … "

Prima then looked rather irritated, wondering why someone like Noct doesn't know about Lord Selland and Lord Ragnar. Noct of course noticed her irritation.

"The town I come from only had humans, and it was only recently that I encountered other races like Elves you know." Noct told his 'origin-story' towards Prima in a nutshell.

Now she remembered how Goddess Dia mentioned that Noct, Ravus, Nick, Crowe, and Pelna came from the same town.

At this point, Prima started to shortly explain about the Elves, since they had no time for a longer explanation.

The first thing she explained was that the elves consist of three elven subraces: the white elves (also called wood-elves), the high-elves, and the dark elves.

Prima herself is a white elf, but she herself prefers the term 'wood-elves'. And while her people are considered to be the largest elven subspecies, they consider the high elf as their superior allies, while they despise the dark elves.

'that sounds so cliche ' Noct thought while remembering that storyline he played on his mobile game 'King's Knight'.

Then, she explained that, as far as she knows, that Lord Selland was the previous King of the White elves while Lord Ragnar was the previous King of the Dark Elves, and that at some point, which is considered to be a historic landmark in elven history, they abdicated their royal title so that they can join Goddess Freya, which made all Elven forests politically independent from each other since that date.

"But despite the abdication, both dark and white elves still respect both of them." Prima finally said.

"and the high-elves? " Noct wondered since Prima didn't explain about them.

"they prefer to live more isolated from around the world and are always on high alert when someone dares to enter their forests. It's still a wonder that Lady Riveria managed to leave" Prima explained.

Noct then stopped, "Lady Riveria? you mean that Lady Riveria from recently ?"

"that's right, she's a high elf, and since she's of noble birth as well, she's also truly respected by all elves around the world, what's more, she's even considered to be the strongest high-elf right now." Prima explained.

"so let me get this straight, not only there are 3 elven subraces, but also that the, possibly, 3 most famous representants of each one of them are right now here at this party? "

Prima then suddenly became very proud and happy, proved by her expression right now, „that's correct, now you can see the fame and influence of OUR great familia. And that's especially thanks to big bro Ravus." Prima declared since she is very proud of being in this familia.

The two suddenly saw a glowing area on the floor coming out under one of the doors in the corridor. Noct could also feel some energy coming from this room, which felt like it belonged to Ravus, but something was strange.

Anyway, Noct and Prima both looked at each other for a moment, nodding before going towards that particular door.

ROOM – IVY MANSION – ORARIO - EVENING

As soon as they opened the door, Noct and Prima experienced a shocking revelation in front of their dear eyes. Prima even more than Noct.

"b-bi-bro Ravus, wh-h-ha..." Prima is stuttering right now, not only because of her big bro but also because of the person who is staying right by his side.

Noct also couldn't believe it, 'WTF', Noct couldn't believe his eyes.

Prima and Noct then looked towards the other person, who was a very famous person among all Elves in the whole world.

"L-Lady R-R-Riveria ?" Prima shockingly wondered.

It didn't take long for Noct to understand what's going on.

As for Prima, she for some reason remembered what she told Noct everything about the Elves and also Riveria being a High-Elf.

But now, the sight in front of her.

She deeply hopes that she's seeing things, but as she looks at their arms embracing with each other, she realizes that she isn't dreaming at all.

…...

Ravus and Riveria were passionately kissing with each other while sitting on the couch, their eyes closed. What's more, Ravus' tie was on the floor, and it seemed that he was about to put down more parts of his clothes. As for Riveria, she also has put down her heels.

What's more, Ravus and Riveria weren't just kissing with their lips to each other, but also they were biting on their necks with each other as well.

…...

And what's more, they didn't seem to realize that Noct and Prima entered just now.

While Noct himself had a rather irritated look at this 'sight' in front of him since he never ever expected to see Ravus THAT way, Prima looked like she was about to shockingly cry, big time.

Ravus, who for a moment opened his eyes to look towards Riveria, some noticed something unusual in this room.

"YOUUUU !?" Ravus suddenly called, with a beet red expression, after he finally noticed that they weren't alone in this room.

It was at this moment, that Noct saw how Prima suddenly fell.

She would have hit the floor if Noct didn't catch her, that was for sure.

5 MINUTES LATER

After Prima got unconscious, Noct, along with Ravus, put her on the sofa in the room, right where Ravus and Riveria kissed with each other.

"Seem's we've overrun a little bit, didn't we? " Ravus admitted towards Riveria.

"YOU THINK ?" Riveria asked with a rather loud and upset voice, which seemed somehow unusual for Noct, who never expected to see her this way. Ravus on the other hand, seemed used to her upset personality, as Noct realized by his 'not so surprised' behavior.

"Why didn't you just lock the door as I suggested before ?" Riveria asked Ravus, still with her loud and upset tone.

"I thought that no one would bother us here, and I couldn't take it anymore to be separated from you, and the same goes for you too, soo … " Ravus explained towards Riveria honestly.

But for Ravus' 'honesty', Riveria used her right elbow to hit Ravus on his stomach, making Ravus feeling hurt.

"don't give me that nonsense, Prima there wouldn't be unconscious otherwise. " Riveria confirmed, which Ravus only could agree, since, from all people from his Familia, he deeply hoped that Prima would be the very least to find out about what he and Riveria were doing just now.

Noct, who meanwhile remained silent, still could not believe it. Not only were Ravus and Riveria just kissing like a couple, but now they were arguing like a couple.

After they put a blanket on the unconscious Prima, Noct looked towards Ravus and Riveria.

"What did you two want anyway ? " he asked while looking towards Noct now.

Noct, at first still irritated because of what happened minutes ago, then pointed towards Prima, "she wanted to tell you that a certain Selland and Ragnar from the Freya Familia will arrive soon, and Pelna then gave us a clue where to find you, which brought us here … "

This shocked both, Ravus and Riveria, at the same time.

"those two of all people? " Ravus shockingly asked while putting his stretched left hand in front of his face.

"so that means that Freya herself won't be present I guess" Ravus concluded.

"I should've known that this was a Bad Idea, especially now, " Riveria remarked while accusing herself because she couldn't hold it to see Ravus after such a long time again.

"but Alicia and that other girl are still not suspicious about us, right ?" Ravus asked towards Riveria in a concerned voice.

"does not mean they won't be suspicious for me to stay away for a longer time, " Riveria remarked, still with a slightly angry tone.

There was a short silence inside the room.

"so 'that' supposed to be a secret ?" Noct asked while pointing with his right finger towards them both, still wondering if they were really just making out.

"It is indeed, …." Ravus said before he looked towards Prima, "but now I wonder for how long ? " Ravus wondered what will happen when Prima wakes up.

Riveria then came closer to Prima, "I would love for her to think that she just dreamed that, but I never counted on luck, to be honest."

Ravus then looked at his clock "well, at least we still have about 15 minutes"

"And what do we do now ?, we cannot just disappear as if nothing happened, " Noct said with a nervous expression.

"Don't worry, I have an idea." Ravus suggested.

5 MINUTES LATER

Noct, trying to be as calm as possible, came to the stairs, leading him to the main hall with the many people.

MAIN HALL – IVY MANSION - EVENING

Noct went as slowly and cool as possible towards the hall full of people. Noct noticed that many of them were staring towards him.

What's more, Noct noticed two large masses of people around the hall, the first one consisted, as Noct observed, of while Elves while the other of dark elves. Then he remembered those two mentioned elven kings and wondered if no one will get suspicious.

But thank heavens Dia was right in front of him, along with Bell.

"Hello, Goddess Dia, I'm back" Noct greeted her again.

"well hello Noct, I hope you could talk about everything with Ravus, Nick, and the others, " Dia asked about his meeting with her Familia's Executives.

"I did, but there's something else, well …" he didn't know how to say it, since he couldn't just say that her Familia's Captain and the most famous female high-elf were kissing with each other, " Prima … " Noct wanted to continue, but then Dia put her finger in front of Noct.

" … overworked again ?" she said towards Noct, who just nodded before she turned towards Bell, "seems I have to go for a while, I hope you all don't mind ?"

"y-yes, uh I mean no" Bell said while he and Noct saw how she disappeared towards the stairs leading to the upper floor of the mansion.

"Did I miss something else? " Noct asked Bell if the current situation changed.

"Welf is here too, along with Tsubaki and Goddess Hephaestus, I also saw Mikoto with God Takemikazuchi." Bell said while pointing with his fingers in a certain direction.

Noct saw that Welf, Tsubaki, and Hephaestus were talking with Nick and Crowe, along with Emma and Lowe. With them also were Mikoto and God Takemikazuchi.

Nearby them was also Shakti, who talked with Pelna, who somehow looked rather nervous while Shakti had a serious and upset expression for some reason. Noct wondered what is going on between them. There was also another man, who for some reason carried an elephant-like mask, staying along with them.

Also not far away, The members of the Loki Familia were talking to the other members of the Dia Familia and certain other guests. But something was missing for Noct.

"where are Goddess and Lily? " Noct asked, to which Bell pointed towards a certain direction.

On the other side, where the dishes were standing, he saw how Hestia grabbed as much as possible and put it inside some bag along with Lily.

While Bell had a rather nervous expression about what Hestia and Lily did, Noct made a rather dumbfounded expression.

"and Goddess Dia doesn't mind? " Noct asked Bell if Hestia and Lily did this without permission.

"well, actually, Goddess asked her and she then told Gina to bring them some bags where they could give the food inside since Goddess Dia claimed that they might have 'bought too much', but recommended to wait when the party is over so that there is still for other guests " Bell explained with a nervous expression.

"seems they two forgot that last part," Noct remarked, still with a dumbfounded expression.

"hehe" Bell nervously laughed.

MEANWHILE - ROOM – IVY MANSION – ORARIO

"you two are really impossible, you know that? " Dia said rather angrily since she's obviously upset right now because of Ravus and Riveria making out on an important evening like today.

"I'm really sorry about that … " Ravus tried to apologize, still feeling the shame that they were discovered.

"me too, Goddess Dia" Riveria apologized, also with a nervous expression.

"couldn't you two just wait after everything is over ? or were you really that desperate, seriously … " Dia didn't seem to listen since she watched over another of her children, who was still unconscious about what happened recently.

" I already said I'm sorry- … " Ravus tried to apologize again.

For that comment, Dia hit Ravus with her right foot on his right knee, which was as painful as Riveria's hit on his stomach, which also still hurt.

"shut up and let's get over with the update, we don't have much time, you'll be punished anyway." Dia stated disappointedly before looking towards Riveria, „and you Riveria, please take this." Dia said while giving River a small bottle of potion.

"I don't think it's a good idea too … " Riveria was about to say that she shouldn't take too many potions since too much potion is toxic.

"Just take it, it's a small bottle, after all, it will help you with your distress, trust me … " Dia stated while 'smiling', which immediately terrified Ravus and her. She then immediately drunk the small bottle of potion.

Ravus immediately put down his upper clothes before sitting on the floor, since the sofa was occupied by an unconscious Prima, who apparently got slightly conscious again.

After Riveria left, Dia put some of her blood on Ravus's bareback, which then started to glow bright, showing Ravus' status.

(ENDING: FM-84 - Running In The Night (feat. Ollie Wride))