Fireworks are about to start.

Three people were in a room as one of them relished the evening tea.

Noah was resting his head on Eve's lap as she tenderly stroked his purple hair. Adah was sitting on a couch opposite to them as she sipped on her tea.

"Where is my cute Ares?" Eve asked. Although she had been in contact with her via communication crystals, she has not met her face to face.

"I don't know sister...the last time I saw her she was moving towards the guest rooms."

Noah replied honestly. He didn't stalk people close to him. Although he had several countermeasures to protect them, they would only be triggered in case of emergencies.

"The guest rooms?" Curious, Eve asked.

"You don't know? Well, Seraphina and Princess Leah are staying in the Palace right now" Noah gave a brief detail of events excluding the fact that Leah was very strange.

"Oh!" Eve understood and didn't pry any further. It was not her place to involve herself in Ares's matters.

"Eve, you should focus on moving your adventurer guild from Delos Empire..." Adah spoke suddenly, which earned her the curious gaze of Eve. Eve was perplexed because she didn't know much about the rising undercurrents.

"Huh?" Eve was confused and didn't understand why her mother wanted her to focus on moving the guild outside of the Delos Empire.

"Lady is Adah is right...big sister"

"You should prepare your guild to move on a moment's notice if possible...I had found some interesting things during my travels to the Arda Kingdom and the Racada Kingdom." Noah responded as he didn't want Eve's hard work to be destroyed in the crossfire when the fireworks are launched.

Confused, Eve stopped stroking Noah's purple hair and looked deeply into his purple eyes as if demanding an explanation.

"What do you mean?" She asked in a puzzled tone.

"Indeed, things are not looking good for the Empire..." Adah responded as she knitted her brows, seemingly contemplating what she should do now.

"Can someone tell me what's going on?" Eve was feeling irritated as Noah and Adah kept talking in codes and didn't give her a single explanation.

That being said, Noah started his explanation of all the events that Eve had missed.

After a few minutes, when Eve understood the situation of the Empire, she fell into deep thought.

"It's very hard to manage a guild" She sighed softly as she spoke those words.

She alone was leading and managing the guild and it was getting increasingly difficult for her to handle everything.

"About that, I have a proposal!" Noah smiled confidently as he talked about his proposal with Eve.

A few minutes later, Eve was looking at Noah with the same affection that has always adorned her eyes whenever she looked at Noah. He always had a solution for her problems and she has never been able to repay him. As the elder sibling, she should have been the one solving her younger siblings' problems but it has always been the opposite with Noah.

"Sigh~...You don't have to do this Noah..." Eve felt complicated about hearing his solution. She felt like she was robbing Noah in one way or another and it caused her heart to clench.

"What is mine is also yours big sis...You don't have to be so reserved...at least not in front of me," Noah smiled wryly.

Eve had conflicting emotions but in the end, the resolution in Noah's eyes didn't waver. That being said, Eve agreed reluctantly as Noah continued to talk about the preparations for his and Ares's birthday. Noah had many plans and although he could protect them, Noah knew that Ares still considered, the Emperor as her 'father' and it may hurt her heart if something happens to him in front of her. Eve and Noah discussed many plans and Adah would chime in from time to time to let Eve and Noah know about her thoughts.

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2 weeks passed by, as the various royal and noble carriages entered the Delta city. It was a sight to behold as the entire Delta city was groomed like a beautiful bride. Delta city seemed to sail through the tough times even though many unnatural events occurred in the past months but the boat Delta city was sailing on was slightly shaking. The number of carriages that entered the city was higher than usual.

It was Prince Noah and Princess Ares's 18th birthday celebration. Although people in this world were considered adults when they turned 16, the official age when the coming of age ceremony was held was 18 years.

A particular carriage entered, it had the mark of the Royalty of Arda Kingdom. 5 people were sitting inside the carriage. Abbott, Caleb, Silia, Eula, and Zoe, Caleb's original fiance. As polygamy was acceptable in this world, Caleb had several plans to make Eula and Zoe his after the fireworks, but right now there was strange tension between Eula and Caleb.

Although Caleb enjoyed watching Eula indulging in debauchery with Noah, he still wanted Eula to be with him, but Eula refused to spread her legs like a whore. She wanted to talk things out with Noah first and only then think about the future. His divine rod made a 'huge' impact on her.

Silia on the other hand was satisfied with this development, her daughter is thinking about Noah, which meant more exciting moments for her as well. Her eyes glinted with lust and a strange feeling developed in her heart. Kale has been missing for at least a month by now, and Silia has completely forgotten about Kale and her thoughts were only filled by Noah. It was strange at first, but soon she realized that the second time she betrayed her husband, she truly cheated on her husband out of her own free will and it was hard to go back now. She understood her bizarre feelings, as she wanted to be with Eula and Noah at the same time.

Zoe, however, didn't know about Eula and Caleb. Zoe had brown eyes and auburn hair. She had a beautiful face and her chest was overly developed along with her perky and juicy ass. Zoe came from a rich noble household. She was wearing a blue dress similar to Eula and Silia who were wearing black dresses.

Soon the carriage reached the Palace but the atmosphere was filled with slight nervousness and panic as if the dark clouds were surrounding the Palace. Nevertheless, they stepped towards the Imperial Palace and entered as they were guided towards the banquet hall by some maids.

But-

Suddenly, a familiar figure stood in front of them with a smile.

It was Gina, and many people knew about her as she was the director of 'FashionX'.

"Lady Silia, Lady Eula, I hope you could accompany me for some personal talks..." Her smile was appealing and coupled with her beautiful face and S-rank aura surrounding her figure, she looked like a strong leader. In the past few weeks, Gina advanced by leaps and bounds and finally broke through the A-rank barrier and entered the ranks of S.

Eula and Silia's eyes lit up as they knew Gina worked for Noah and they could guess why she came to talk to them.

Although Abbott was slightly confused, yet he didn't stop them as he saw their figures vanish into the mansion, because he knew that Eula and Silia had no role in the upcoming showdown.

Caleb, on the other hand, was feeling conflicted, on one hand, he knew, his lover was going to get banged by that purple-haired man, and on the other, he felt his libido shoot up as he looked at Zoe from the corner of his eyes which were flickering with strange emotions.

.............

Sometime later, another carriage came, that had the royal mark of Racada kingdom.

David and Bryan were seated inside. David's eyes were hollow and lifeless, but Bryan was conflicted as now he knew why David was acting like this after David recalled all the events to Bryan.

Bryan's brows were furrowed and he kept cursing his sister in his mind. He didn't how she became like this, but he knew she would be here in the palace, and he was ready to confront her to ask for an explanation.

.................

The hall was majestic and exquisite. Shiny crystal chandeliers adorned the ceiling as they lit up the entire atmosphere magically. Several maids and servants of the Palace served refreshments, alcohol, and other drinks.

Many noble households were discussing something. Royalties on the other hand were relaxed and exchanged glances.

Caleb was sitting on a round table with his fiance Zoe and Abbott was ogling men. Abbott had a perverted grin on his face but Caleb was too troubled with his conflicted emotions.

Bryan and David were sitting at another table as Bryan kept looking around to find the person that have been missing, his sister.

"His Majesty, Emperor Ryan Irwin" A male voice resounded in the entire hall, nobles and royals alike looked at each other meaningfully as they prepared for the events that will change the history of the Delos Empire forever.