The SPR Team with addition of Akira was sitting at the parlor.

"Akira-san." The lady flinched at Naru's stern voice.

"Yes, Oliver?" She almost cried in fear at the look on his eyes. "I'm so sorry! But I promised that I will keep her secret! I'm so sorry!"

Gene hugged her "Its okay. It's okay. No harm done, we were just shocked. That's all."

"So, that's really jou-chan?!" Bou-san exclaimed.

"Since when did you know about her identity, Yukimura-san?" John softly asked

"On her twentieth birthday. It was Erik who gave her that car."

"You mean, he's the delivery guy?!" Ayako asked in shocked "But how did you know that it was him? He perfectly disguised himself."

"Oh, because he went to Mai's apartment after that." She glared at Masako, who seems still in dazed. She smirked at her.

"So Akira-san, why are you here? It seems that Mai-chan didn't expect you either." Madoka asked.

Gene felt her stiffen, and then relaxed on his arms "I wanted to surprise her."

She's hiding something. Gene thought.

"Noll, what about the case?" Madoka asked the young scientist

"You meant if there's a real case going on?" Naru glared at her.

"Right." She mumbled.

Felix strides in and bowed. "His Majesty called for you, lunch is ready."

At the dining table, they are all waiting for Mai.

"Felix." King Gustaf called her daughter's footman.

"Yes, Your Majesty?"

"I want you call Madeleine form her room."

"No need. My apologies for being late, father." They all looked at source of the voice.

Mai was wearing a blue above-the-knee, turtle neck, sleeveless dress, followed by Hannah and Amelia. She went and kissed her father on his cheeks.

"Welcome home, Maddie." Her father greeted.

"Thanks." She simply answered.

She raised her eyebrow when she saw where her plate was placed. She narrowed her eyes at her grinning brother. She rolled her eyes in response, and went to her seat beside Naru.

Felix pulled the seat for her, she smiled at him and softly thanked the young man.

Mai felt Naru took her hand under the table. She softly squeezed it.

I'm sorry. I will explain to you later.

Naru squeezed it back.

I understand.

Erik hold his self not to tease his sister. He felt that there's something going on under the table.

"So father, care to tell me why the SPR is here right now?" Mai glanced at her father.

The chefs prepared the food on their plate as they listened to them.

"I called them for a case." He innocently answered.

Mai let an 'un-lady' like snort. "Ridiculous."

"What do you mean, Mai?" Yasu asked.

"My brother is a medium and PK user, and my father is an exorcist, he's teaching Erik on how to exorcise ghosts, and my late mother is a latent psychic."

The team gaped at her statement.

"You're a family of ghost hunters!" Bou-san exclaimed.

"So now, why did you call them all the way from Japan father?" She asked him again.

King Gustaf, sighed and placed his fork down on his plate "Fine. I wanted to invite them in your upcoming engagement party."

Everyone gasped, and looked at Mai.

"You mean, in my birthday party?" She stressed out the word birthday.

"In your birthday and engagement party."

"I won't get engage, father!"

"Don't be so stubborn, young lady! This is our agreement when I let you leave the house three years ago."

That's it! Mai slammed the knife and fork on the table, and stood up. "Hannah, Amelia, please bring that to my room."

"Yes, Your Highness." The two said in unison.

"Where are you going?" He asked when he saw her leaving the room.

"Back to my room."

"We are not yet done. Is this what you get for being in Japan? Being disrespectful to your parent?"

Mai stopped on her tracks and turned to face him "Being in Japan was the best years of my life." Then she stomped as she left.

"With all due respect Your Majesty, but why are we really here?" Yasuhara was bold enough to asked.

There was an uncomfortable silence during their lunch.

"I told you that the case involved my daughter." He continue when he saw them nodded "This is what I'm talking about. I want you to convince her to agree to the engagement."

"What?!" most of them exclaimed.

"That's not our line of work, Your Majesty." Naru simply stated.

"I don't care. She worked for you for three –"

"Two." Naru corrected.

"– two years. Then, there's a chance that you know why she change her mind, and refused the engagement. Tell me, is she seeing someone?" He bluntly asked them.

All of them, except Masako, glanced at Naru.

"She's not seeing anyone, but I think she's in love with someone." Erik mumbled, when no one tried to answer his father.

"In love? With who?!" The king exclaimed, and then he sipped his tea.

Erik shrugged "With a jerk."

The king almost choked from his tea. Everyone tried not to laugh, as they smirked at Naru.

"Excuse me?" The king asked.

"Mai is in love with a jerk." The young prince stated bluntly, and he made a side glance at Naru. "That's how Mai always described him to me."

"How can she fall in love with a jerk?"

Erik snorted "It runs in the family, father. Mom used to tell us how a big jerk you were during your younger days."

"I beg your pardon, young man?!"

Erik softly laugh. The king cleared his throat and composed his self. "Anyway, that's the reason why I called your team here, Oliver. You said that you will not fail my expectations, the prove it." He wipes the corner of his mouth with the table napkin, and stood up, leaving them with his son.

"Hannah, Amelia." Erik called Mai's two personal handmaids.

"Yes, Your Highness?"

Erik smirked "Come here for a moment, I have something to instruct. Let's commence the plan."

The two ladies beamed at each other, and went inside his room.

Mai was reading a file on her office, when Hannah approached her. She curtsied before her, then she spoke.

"Your Highness, His Majesty called you in his office."

Mai sighed and put the file down. "Thank you."

She stood up and Felix followed her, he opened the door for her. Mai's eyes almost bulged out when she saw the SPR team reluctantly took their seats on her living room, looking round the portraits hanging on the wall.

Akira gasped when she noticed the sky blue, long sleeve dress on the mannequin, it was embedded with rhinestones, and it has ruffles on the lower part to make it more elegant.

"Is the design looks familiar to you Akira?"

They turned around at the source of the voice, Mai was smiling at them.

"Mai-chan!" Akira ran to hug her.

"Jou-chan!" Bou-san hugged her too, but only to be thrown by Felix.

"Please refrain from doing that scandalous gesture." He sternly said.

Bou-san pouted and went back to his seat. Ayako patted his back in comfort.

"Mai, the dress!" Akira exclaimed "It's... It's..."

She grinned at her friend "Yes, it's your design and I will wear that dress on my birthday."

"EH?!" The team exclaimed.

"Akira-san, you are a designer?" Ayako asked in disbelief.

"It's so beautiful!" Madoka exclaimed.

The woman sheepishly smiled at them "Thanks, but I'm not that good yet."

Before anyone can say anything, the door slammed open.

"Your Highness."

"Ingrid, what happen?" She asked at the dishevel look on her secretary

"Prince Ren already made his official statement from Buckingham Palace, regarding at the leaked photo of the two of you." She switched on the flat screen TV.

Naru widened her eyes at the photo on the screen, while Masako only smirked.

"It seems that Mai also has that kind of reputation." The medium stated.

Ingrid glared at medium, which made her pale. "Anyway Your Highness, the press are going crazy outside the palace. They wanted to hear your official statement."

Mai glared at the screen. She instructed her personal secretary to deliver her official statement on her behalf. After getting an instruction from her, she excused herself to face the press.

"I love to catch up with guys, but I have to see my father first." She slightly bowed to apologized.

A chorus of 'it's alright, we understand' was heard. She smiled and left the room.

"Madeleine, I wanted to remind you about your dinner meeting with the Prime Minister and the Legislative Bodies tonight." The King formally stated.

Mai mentally sighed, she's tired of this. "Yes, father."

Her father looked at her when he heard her monotonous voice "And about your engagement, we all set everything."

"Father –"

"You're dismissed."

She clenched her fist on her dress, and pushed her tears not to fall. "Yes, father."

When his youngest child left the room, he heaved a sigh. "Forgive me Maddie, I'm only doing this for your own good." he whispered.

"You are being unusually hard on her, Your Majesty." The King heard his butler said as he entered his office "It seems that Oliver Davis is good guy."

"But I can't hand my precious daughter in a gold platter to him, can I?" The King retorted. "Where's Erik?" He asked to change the subject.

"In his room. It seems that he already gave them an instruction."

The King smirked "If Oliver can overcome the things that will happen tomorrow, I might reconsider. I wanted to see on how he will handle big issues first."

Carl sighed and mentally apologized to the young scientist.

[A/N]

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