Persuading Elsa

Emma was feeling very nervous, after all she was in the presence of her lord grandmother, a heroic figure who was renowned all over the world for her knowledge, beauty and grace. 

"Don't be so tense, you're my granddaughter, " Whispered Hikari fondly while taking hold of Emma's hand. 

"Y-Yes.. " Said Emma. 

"Don't make noise, Alex is resting... " Hikari's eyes turned stern now. 

"S-Sorry... " Whispered Emma while looking at Alex's handsome visage asleep on Hikari's lap. 

"Hmm, so tell me, what do you think about Alex? " Asked Hikari in curiosity.

"He's a nice person and he helped me, " Replied Emma genuinely. 

"Not that way... do you like him? " Asked Hikari with a teasing expression.

"W-What? " Emma was surprised hearing Hikari talking so frankly with her. 

The conversation went on until Hikari forced Emma to say that she liked Alex. 

"Good, you can become Alex's women, I approve of you, " Hikari acted as if she was giving away too much to Emma and she was lucky to become Alex's women. 

Now after talking with Hikari, Emma's image of Hikari had shattered... 

She wasn't at all like how she imagined her to be. 

But still she nodded with red face feeling embarrassed and shy. 

"Sigh... Don't tease her so much mom, " Said Alex waking up from Hikari's lap, he had woken up for a while. 

"I'm not teasing her, this is recruitment... RECRUITMENT, " Said Hikari while holding Emma closer. 

"Whatever, " Alex rolled his eyes, as he looked at Emma. 

"You seem to have brought some things... Let me try my hand on them, " Said Alex taking an ink brush in his hand. 

Just then teary eyed Kitsune came back. 

"Alex... I lost the ball, " She cried. 

"Ohh, seems I deactivated my skill when I fell asleep, it must have disappeared then... Sad for you Kitsune, " Laughed Alex.

But next second Kitsune pounced on him while pouting, " I searched for it for so much time, you are too much, " She cried in anger. 

She was naive but not a fool. Alex had used that ball to get rid of her for some time. 

Emma was shocked once again to see a cute talking fox... She wanted to caress its tail. 

She asked Hikari who was now her friend, " Who is that? " 

"Oh, she is Kitsune, you will know about her, " Replied Hikari as she then said to Alex. 

"Alex, we need to visit father as well, get done soon okay? " She said. 

"Okay mom! " Replied Alex while subduing the fox in his hand. 

Kitsune moaned in pleasure as Alex held her tail and caressed it, " Ah~ just like that~ touch my ears, as well... Ah~"

Emma as well wanted to touch Kitsune, but this cute fox was very prideful, she won't let anyone except Alex even touch her. 

After that Alex tried some Calligraphy alongside Emma and Kitsune... 

Hikari looked at Alex's work with shining eyes. 

"As expected of my son!" Praised Hikari. 

"Hehe, you are judge tomorrow right? " Asked Alex. 

"Yeah, you are going to win anyhow... " Said Hikari with twinkling eyes. 

Emma as well nodded. 

"Guess so, actually I don't need to win, but still to make tomorrow interesting..." Smiled Alex as he told his plan to Hikari. 

After that everyone visited the old man who was Hikari's father. 

Alex quickly made some arrangements, so that he could cut this man's life-line as he needs. 

But there was still some time for that, as first he needed to unite Yamamoto Clan under his banner. 

After the meeting, Emma went away, as he had to talk with Hikari about important personal things. 

"I have already managed those things you need, this is the list of people who support Kazuya secretly... Many of them are just on the fence looking for which side will win, while most have chosen Kazuya's side completely... Should we delete them? " Asked Hikari with a sharp intent in her eyes. 

Alex was now in Hikari's room, it was hundred percent safe so he could talk here freely without any problems. 

" I see... Seems I need to visit these people personally for once, " Said Alex. 

" Okay, I will arrange that... And also these women are pillars of my faction, they are loyal to me... But still I will like to have you look over them once..." Said Hikari showing Alex another list. 

After the betrayal of Airi, Hikari had lost her belief in her subordinates. 

She believed that only she herself and Alex were trustable. 

Yeah, it's another matter if the women is brainwashed by Alex... That time she can be trusted. 

Hikari was in awe every time she saw Alex subduing those females forcefully. 

Alex went through all of lists and said, " Not bad, they look good, but first tell me who is your spy in Kazuya's harem? "

Alex knew that Hikari wouldn't leave her son alone to do as he pleases. 

"... Machida Lisa, Madoka Hori and Nagisa Nanase, they all are Kazuya's concubines and now hold the surname Yamamoto, they are from second rate families around the country. You saw them in the morning, among them Lisa and Hori are close to Kazuya as they both have given birth to beautiful daughters who are doted on by Kazuya, unfortunately Nanase is childless and this is the reason why she's most loyal to me, " Explained Hikari. 

Alex wasn't surprised hearing that three of Kazuya's women were actually spies, as per Hikari Kazuya had shoved his thing in too many places after not getting Hina to be his. 

He had at least dozen concubines except Hina who was his main wife. 

Alex took the file regarding all of Kazuya's wives, which included their all information. 

There was even information about their daughters including their photos, so that Alex could recognize them easily to target them. 

Emma and Minami as well were in the information provided. 

Emma was a year younger than Alex while Minami was older than Alex by a year. 

19 year old Minami had already taken over one of the businesses of her father, she had great talent and was studying in the same university where Alex was going to take admission in the final year of highschool.

Emma was in second year of high school, she was mentioned as a non-socializing girl who stayed alone. 

Alex looked at the information of women attached to Emma's status. 

Elsa Yamamoto.... 

Her information showed that she was actually from central continent and was bought by Kazuya as a slave. 

She had very low status in Kazuya's harem, but was very good-natured, timid and kind women. 

After that Alex quickly went through, everything Hikari provided. 

His understanding speed was very high, as he in just some time learned everything about insides of Yamamoto Clan. 

After that he discussed some plans with Hikari. 

It was already evening when the discussion stopped and it was time for dinner soon. 

"We'll be having our dinner at dining hall, you don't have any problem with that right, son? " Asked Hikari to Alex as she sat on his lap. 

Her head was resting on Alex's chest, as she felt safe hearing his rythmic heartbeat and feeling comfortable in his arms. 

"No, I am rather glad to be able to know everyone, but first we need to visit someone," Replied Alex while smiling. 

At the same time in the mansion... 

"Emma, what do you think about Alex? " Asked the mature women with blonde hair, and voluptuous figure. 

She looked at Emma with her sharp brown eyes, her features picturesque of charm and beauty. 

Her words carried not only elegance but also aura of confidence and stubbornness. 

If Alex had seen her now, he would have thought that information he was provided with really was wrong. 

This women rather than being timid looked like a cunning fox who will not hesitate to rip apart her prey without a second's notice. 

She was Elsa, Emma's birth mother. 

Emma looked at her mother in respect as she said nervously, " Mom. Alex is very kind, he helped me and. He also... " Emma's face turned red as she said, " He said... That he liked me. "

"Sigh, don't be deceived my daughter. His kind front is just a mirage to lure you into his trap, he has very high aspirations... To even go against Kazuya, " Said Elsa trying to educate her naive girl. 

"No mom, he really is a good person... He also is very close to Hikari-Sama... I as well became friends with her today, " Smiled Emma pridefully. 

Elsa was shocked, as she asked few more questions. 

She had thought that Alex was just a pawn of Hikari to make things difficult for her husband. 

But now it seemed that Hikari really held some affection for him. 

"Emma, my daughter, I don't care about Kazuya... Rather if he or Hikari-Sama destroy each other then it will only benefit us, but you make sure that you won't regret your decision, " Said Elsa while looking into Emma's eyes meaningfully. 

Emma remembered how fondly Hikari talked with her some time ago, she felt that her and her mother's previous perception of Hikari was wrong. 

But still she didn't go against her mother, as she for her whole life was here due to a specific mission. 

Just as there were talking someone knocked on their door. 

Emma looked at her mother, asking if Kazuya was coming here.. 

But Elsa shook her head in denial. 

Emma opened the door and was pleasantly surprised to see Alex standing outside. 

Alex quickly went inside as if he was afraid that someone will see him. 

After forcefully entering the room, Alex was given a weird glance by both Emma and Elsa for a moment. 

But then Elsa slowly courtesized and introduced herself. 

But when she looked up, she saw Alex looking at her face without looking away. 

Elsa herself knew that she was enough of a beauty to make a soldier change sides on battlefield, but now this was becoming awkward. 

Elsa was truly beautiful, she was actually a mature version of Emma. Shr had medium length blonde hair. She was wearing a white one piece gown that went upto her legs. She had an voluptuous curvy body with good figure, her milky white skin only complimented her white dress. 

But Alex wasn't looking at Elsa's Features but rather he was seeing her status. 

It was truly interesting. 

"So, you seduced Kazuya to kill him right? " Asked Alex. 

"W-What are you saying Alex-Sama... Is this some joke? That's pure slander, I never will even dream about something like that, " Said Elsa quickly without a single beat missing.

But on the inside she was sweating buckets, she couldn't believe how Alex knew this. 

"Mom is saying the truth, why are you saying bad things about her Alex? " Said Emma in displeasure. 

"These are not bad things, rather I want to kill Kazuya as well... Just like you do, " Said Alex without hiding anything. 

"Or... Have you already forgotten about your family? ... For whom you decided to take revenge against Kazuya?... Have you Elsa Stark? " Asked Alex.

"H-How do you know my family name? " Asked Elsa while trembling not in fear but in rage. 

She remembered how her family was tormented before being exterminated by people of Yamamoto Clan just because her big brother offended Kazuya somewhere. 

Not even a corpse of her mother or father was left behind as Elsa's family was literally deleted. 

That summer Elsa and her family had come to Sakura country due to some business trip. 

Back in their home country they had a small business which they hoped to expand but things went wrong just because of Yamamoto Kazuya. 

This cruel man killed off all of her family on his whim. 

"Actually Kazuya wasn't the only one who was the reason for your family's murder... I can help you take complete revenge, by destroying everyone who harmed you, " Promised Alex, his voice confident and firm. 

Seeing that Alex didn't say how he knew this, Elsa didn't ask him again. 

But now her heart was beating fast, in nervousness and fear... 

She hadn't even told Emma about this all, as this was evident from seeing her expression. 

Emma was flabbergasted, she loved her mother and had never asked her about why she was always so much in pain. 

But today she found out about this because of Alex... 

"Mom... Is it true? " She asked hesitantly. 

Elsa closed her eyes and nodded. 

" What do you want from me? " Asked Elsa, she knew she didn't have much value herself. 

Kazuya had even stopped spending time with her, so she had less and less of a contact with him and now she was just like a forgotten trophy. 

" As I said... I want to kill Kazuya... But that won't be interesting, I want to humiliate him before destroying him... So I want you to become my women, " Said Alex straightforwardly. 

"A-Alex! What do you mean? " Cried out Emma, she had a crush on Alex and couldn't believe that now he was asking for her mother to become his women. 

"I have my own reasons for doing this, I got close to you so that I can know more about your mother, I'm sorry... I'm a bad person... Someone like me will only taint your pure heart, " Said Alex while looking into Emma's eyes. 

Emma almost teared up hearing this, for the first time ever someone had talked to her nicely and now that someone as well didn't like her really. 

" Don't play with us poor women like this Alex-Sama, if I wanted revenge so badly then I could have it already, I have had uncountable chances to kill Kazuya peacefully. But I didn't... " Said Elsa. 

In start she craved for revenge, but she never got a chance... But as she got chances she was afraid of destroying this new lifestyle where she could live with her daughter. 

She was afraid about what will happen to Emma, if she wasn't around or if she was declared a criminal. 

She didn't wish for her daughter to lead a life like she did, she wanted her to find someone who she could love, then get married and then have children and live in happiness. 

"You're worried about Emma right? Then that's the more of a reason why you should join me, do you even know what your daughter is going through everyday? " Asked Alex sharply. 

Alex had found out how miserable Emma was, she wouldn't even say a word of that to her mother so that she won't be worried. 

"She gets bullied by her sisters, she has no friends, she stays all alone, if you help me, I promise that I won't let you or Emma down... Think about it... You will see my sincerity tomorrow, I will contact you then, " Said Alex as he left directly without looking at Emma. 

Seeing Alex leaving, Elsa had a complicated expression, she didn't know what to do... 

She wanted to have revenge, but she was afraid that their lives which were bad might turn into a hell. 

It would have been alright if she were alone, but her daughter as well would suffer with her. 

Emma looked at her mother and didn't say anything, everything she had known today about her mother's past had a big impact on her, she didn't know what to say to her mother. 

After leaving Elsa's room, Alex went back to his room. 

Hikari had left, as after coming back she had too much of a work. 

It wasn't like Hikari couldn't let someone else handle her work, but rather after the betrayal of Airi she couldn't believe in anyone. 

So, Alex decided to help her out... 

He took out the list of women who belonged to Hikari's faction and held considerable talent and position. 

He chose his first target for tonight.