18 Chapter 18: The Mother of Beasts appears to be a monster herself

"We're here, esteemed guests," said Pete upon reaching the Cagino family mansion.

Upon hearing Pete, Akira opened the door and got off the carriage, following the others behind him.

When they descended, the group saw a bald, middle-aged man with a well-built body and elegant clothes, and next to him was a beautiful woman who seemed to be in her twenties. There was a child among them, whom the group was able to identify as Shido Kagino.

While Akira and the group were examining the Kagino family, the beautiful woman was examining Akira's group with narrowed eyes, in contrast to the bald one who looked at them stupidly and the apathetic Shido.

Akira and the group walked toward Kagino's family and bowed slightly with his hand on his chest and introduced himself - "Nice to meet you Miss Kagino and Mr. Kagino my name is Akira just Akira".

Akira introduced himself to Mrs. Kagino before Mr. Kagino on purpose because he could tell that the one who invited them to the mansion was Mrs. Kagino and not Mr. Kagino.

"These are my comrades Shin, Rimuru, Asuna and Touka" - Akira introduced the group that followed Akira as an example and bowed slightly towards the Kagino family.

" Ara , Ara , I see, it's nice to meet you, Akira. My name is Sara Kagino, and this is my husband, Jin Kagino, and this is my son, Shido Kagino." Sara introduced herself with a smile while bending slightly and lifting the hem of her dress, as Asuna and Alpha did earlier.

Jin and Shido both leaned towards Akira and his group with their hands on their chests when Sara introduced them.

"This isn't a good place to talk, why don't we go in first?" Sarah said, and the smile didn't leave her face from the start.

"After you" - Akira replied with a smile, ignoring Jin as he stared stupidly between them and Sarah without saying anything.

"Ara , Ara" - After saying this, Sarah led the way as everyone followed quietly behind her.

Akira was baffled by the absence of the Kagino family's daughter, Claire Kagino, but decided to ignore it because it didn't matter much.

Led by Shido's mother Sarah, everyone arrived at a large European-style room, and it was evident that it was a hall for receiving guests.

"Sit down, Akira, and you guys too," Sarah said, pointing to the sofas.

Akira sat down on the okhadia sofa and put foot on foot and put his cheek on his hand (the position of Gilgamesh when sitting on a throne) and looked at Sarah and spoke-"Why don't we get straight to the point, Mrs. Kagino, and tell us why you invited us even though you You don't know anything about me except our names."

"…" - Sarah stared at Akira so seriously that Jin looked at Akira in shock and disbelief.

He didn't know Akira, but at this moment, a royal and noble aura surrounded him, and he pressured the others with a hidden pressure.

Akira the Queen's aura and his hidden pressure were many times greater and heavier than the Midgar Kingdom's King's aura, which surprised the Kagino family couple.

"Well, as you wish, I just wanted to know who can enter the city despite the heavy security and his goal, and you should know that this is not a matter I can ignore as the rulers of this region," Sara said seriously, staring at Akira with half-open eyes.

"Well, I understand your concerns, but don't worry. If we had bad intentions towards this place, we wouldn't be able to enter, because there is a strong person who lives here quietly and doesn't want to be disturbed, and he helped us enter the city, because we will leave as soon as we achieve our goal." - said Akira, and He looked at Sarah seriously - "But I beg your pardon that I can't reveal our goal, but it certainly won't harm anyone in Baron Kagino's territory, or rather it will be useful to you."

"…" - Akira and Sara stared at each other silently under the worried looks of everyone.

"Well, it doesn't seem like you're lying, so I'm going to believe you this time and not ask about your goal, but if you try to do something, you have to be prepared for the consequences" - Sara said, looking at Akira with glowing eyes.

"Okay." Akira nodded towards Sarah, and the regal aura and hidden pressure disappeared, returning to the gentle young master's manner.

Also, Sarah is usually drawn to Mr.'s beautiful and graceful style.

'As expected of a mother of two beasts' - Akira thought to himself as he looked at Sara's gentle face.

"Excuse me, but can I walk around the mansion?" - asked Akira, smiling towards Sarah.

Akira knew that Sarah needed some time to digest the information he had given her and he also needed some time alone to think about some things.

"Go ahead and take your time" - Sarah said with a smile and did not mind Akira's request.

"I'll come with you" - Rimuru said as he got up from the sofa but stopped when he saw Akira nodding his head.

"Sorry, but I need some time on my own," said Akira, and walked out of the hall to walk around the palace to see the garden.

"Sigh~" - When Akira went out into the garden, he sighed with relief and relaxed his tense body.

It is true that Akira was nervous about Sarah because his instincts were warning him strongly of her, which caused him to enter battle mode as an instinctive reaction.

Of course, Sarah noticed this, so she accepted Akira's suggestion to go out to see the garden to calm their instincts that urge them to fight.

"I wonder how strong she really is" - Akira mumbled curiously as he felt that Sara was stronger than him right now.

Even though he felt that Sarah was stronger than him, Akira was sure of his ability to protect himself and others thanks to the treasures in Babel Gate. He was even sure of defeating Sarah if he used EA or equivalent weapons.

But Akira shook his head because Sara was Shido's mother and she didn't do anything against him so he didn't need to think about killing her at least for now.

"What a beautiful river" - muttered Akira upon reaching a small river while lost in his thoughts.

"Delicious" - muttered Akira upon tasting the pure air in this world. Unlike the air in the modern era, the air in this world is still fresh and unpolluted as much as the modern era. Vehicles and steam trains...etc.

Which will lead this world to another version of the modern era.

"Hmmm" - Akira hummed and looked towards the other bank of the river because he felt a magical power and heard the sound of a sword clash.

"…" - Akira stared blankly at the 12-year-old girl brandishing the sword so hard her hands bled, but she didn't seem to care and was relentlessly cutting through the rocks.

The girl was beautiful with long black hair, milky white skin, fiery red eyes, and a fierce expression on her cute face.

Akira was able to recognize the girl as Baron Kagino's eldest daughter and Shido's older sister, Claire Kagino.

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