Chapter 78 Dinner

After Lilly and Morgan collected themselves, they both went separate ways. Morgan headed back to her room while Lilly went over to the kitchen to prepare dinner, since it was too late to have lunch.

Miya was already waiting in the kitchen and had prepared most of the ingredients already. She noticed something with Lilly as she walked in, so she decided to ask. "Lilly, are you happy about something?"

Lilly looked over and asked. "What do you mean?"

Miya pointed at her own face before saying. "You have a huge smile on your face right now."

Lilly's eyes widened before she placed her hand on her own face. She noticed that she is making a bright smile.

She let out a little giggle before saying. "Yes, Miya. I am happy. Thank you for noticing."

Miya gave her a little smile before they both went back to doing their own role in the kitchen.

After a few hours, Morgan came in the dining room with her bow in her hand. She gave the inside of the kitchen a little peek as she passed by.

After seeing that Lilly and Miya are happily talking to each other, Morgan took her emotionless eyes away from them. She sat down on her chair silently as more people began to come in.

Hela with Loki on her shoulder was the second one to come in. She placed Loki onto her chair before she went ahead and readied the table. She placed a plate, utensils, and a couple of mugs in front of every chair.

After doing that, she waited patiently on her chair. She had an innocent smile while waiting, like a child who knew nothing but happiness.

Next came Chrys. Noticing him entering, Morgan gave him a quick glance before she returned to waiting.

Chrys noticed Morgan's action, causing a small smile on his face to appear as he sat down on his chair opposite to Morgan.

After Chrys, Amber and Rose soon came in. They chatted their way in, continuing even after they sat down.

Next came a group of three. The still bandaged-wrapped Set, who is currently dragging an unconsious V, who has an extremely elaborate clay jar placed on top of his body.

Celine soon followed them in, making sure to not get too close to them. She had this extremely annoyed expression on her face.

Set placed V on his chair while taking the jar off of him. He then sat down on his chair, right between V's and Miya's.

He placed the jar on the table infront of him, but didn't removed the lid.

Meanwhile, Celine walked over to the chair between Lilly's and Hela's. She let out a "Hmph!" before she pulled the chair with the intention of leaving.

But then, she was met with a bit of resistance. She then grunted while inspecting the cause while looking extremely pissed. "Huh?!!!"

When she looked down, a chain is attached from her chair and into the ground just underneath it.

A vein popped in her head as she turned to look at every person in the room, but none of them seem very interested, as they showed no reaction.

Celine gritted her teeth before lifting one of her legs and covering it with Lucile. She then stomped on the chain in an attempt to break it.

A loud clanging resounded in the room, gathering everyone's attention. But something baffled Celine.

The chain that received an unguarded kick from her, remained unbroken. Her mind then rewound to the moment of the impact.

She saw a faint golden aura eminate from the chain which then blocked her attack. She immediately knew who was responsible for this, and looked at this person immediately.

She looked at the man with the golden eyes, who is staring back at her with his arms crossed and a smug smile on his face.

"You son of a bitch!" Celine cursed him as her face looked like she was about to lunge at him.

While everyone else returned to what they were doing without much care for what's happening, Celine formed an angry expression.

She furiously gritted her teeth before taking her gaze off of the arrogant looking Chrys, and proceeding to stomp onto the chain multiple times, but each of her kicks were blocked by the golden aura around it.

After seeing her attacks fail, Celine formed a massive frown. She gave everyone in the room a strong glare, especially Chrys, before sitting down on her chair crossed arms with her face still frowning.

Chrys let out a little giggle, making Celine's forehead pop another vein, but she did nothing about it.

Meanwhile a seat over from Celine, Morgan is sitting on her chair silently. But for a very brief moment, a satisfied grin appeared on her face.

It was only for a split second, but it was enough time for Chrys to notice. But in the end, he did nothing about it.

After a few more minutes of waiting, food was ready. Lilly and Miya then took their respective seats, with Miya feeling a bit awkward having a living mummy named Set sitting right next to her.

Everyone did not immediately went for the food, but instead waited silently. Lilly then clapped her hands together, bowed her head slightly before saying. "Thanks for the food."

After saying that, like the ones before it, chaos immediately broke loose.

Hela was overfilling her plate, Loki was eating right out of the serving platter, the three girls are chatting with each other, seemingly used to the chaos by now.

Morgan is silently eating her food without letting go off her bow. V is arguing about something with Chrys. And things occasionally being thrown.

Meanwhile, Set, like Morgan, is eating his food quietly, but the decorated jar is right next to his person even while eating.

On the opposite side from him, Lilly is casually getting food and placing it on a plate. But the plate she was placing it on was not her's, it was Celine's.

While Lilly happily towered food onto her plate, Celine is just sitting crossed armed with an extremely displeased expression on her face.

Then, Celine decided enough was enough. Celine pulled her plate away just as Lilly was about to put a chicken drumstick on it.

Lilly gave Celine a look of blankness before attempting to place the drumstick onto her plate, which Celine prevented by moving it once more.

This happened multiple times, with Celine moving her plate and Lilly attempting to place more on it.

It only ended when Celine decided to grab the plate, place it on her lap, and turn her back on Lilly. She is now sat sideways on her chair with her legs hanging from the arm of the chair.

Lilly, seeing Celine's actions, went back on her seat. But not after giving the back of Celine's head an innocent, happy smile.

Although she wasn't looking, Celine felt Lilly's smile as if she was smiling in front of her face. As a sweat rolled down her cheek, Celine fixed her seating position, to Lilly's delight.

But suddenly, she stood up carrying her plate, causing Lilly to look at her with a child-like expression. Celine meanwhile was unfazed by Lilly's begging gaze.

As another sweat dropped down her cheek, she tried to take a step away from the table. But the chain that was previously attached to her chair, somehow managed to wrap around her leg.

She immediately realized what was going on.

She gave Chrys a death stare, as she knew he was the one behind this. But Chrys was unfazed, and was casually eating his food like there's no one wanting to kill him right now.

Celine formed a frown as she raised her other foot to stomp at the chain. But she lost her balance, as something pulled her backwards.

Fortunately, her plate landed back on the table as she landed perfectly back onto her chair. She looked at the cause of the pulling motion.

She then saw the culprit caught in the act, and the culprit was Lilly. Lilly is currently smiling at her with her hand holding onto her newly worn clothes.

Celine proceeded to give Lilly the same death stare that she gave Chrys a moment ago.

Lilly then proceeded to let go of Celine before she raised her arms in the air, but the smile didn't leave her face, making Celine frown even more.

As Celine ate her food while slouching on her chair, Lilly is putting more food onto her plate in every chance she gets.

After a few minutes of eating, a strong smell permeated the room. Everyone followed the smell which led them to the cause.

It was the clay jar that Set brought. Set is currently drinking the liquid that came from the jar.

As his face began to redden, he noticed that everyone was looking at it, but they soon went back to what they were doing.

All except one. He turned to his side, looking at the little girl beside him before asking with a strong smell coming from his mouth. "...Miya, is it?"

Hearing her name get called, Miya, who is sat right next to Set, looked at him with a feeling of intimidation, due to his large stature that towered over her. She then said. "Yes, that's me."

Set gave her a nod before filling an empty cup with the liquid from the clay jar. Miya and the other two girls, Amber and Rose, looked at him curiously.

After having filled the cup, Set picked it up and offered it to Miya while saying. "You want some?"

Miya looked extremely panicked as she waved her hands infront of her while saying. "N-no I-I... I'm fi..."

"Oi!" A voice suddenly called before Miya could reply properly.

Set looked at the opposite side from Miya and met Chrys's gaze, who then continued. "What do you think you're doing? She can't handle those at her age."

Set looked at the filled cup that was still in his hands before saying. "Why not?"

"Because there's a rule about it." Chrys replied.

Set glared at him before saying. "Rules? And who's going to punish us if we break them?"

Chrys then calmly replied. "Rules are there for a reason, Set."

"Hmm..." Set then looked at his reflection on the cup in his hand, seemingly in thought.

Set then extended his hand forward, past V, who yelled. "Hey, watch it!" And toward Chrys as Set said. "Well, your of age, aren't you?"

Chrys pushed Set's hand away as he said. "No, thank you."

Set formed a curious expression as he asked. "Why?"

"I don't like the taste of alcohol."

"What are you? A child?"

V, who is in between Chrys and Set, giggled as he said. "Hehe, what a child."

"You're the only child here, bush head."

"What did you say, Goldie?!!"

Set then pushed the mug towards Chrys once more as he said. "Come on."

Chrys looked at Set's face, which is slowly turning red.

Finally, he gave in, saying. "Fine, just a sip and also... your face is starting to get red."

"My face always feels like it's on fire."

Chrys looked at his reflection on the cup for a second before taking a small sip.

As he placed the mug on the table beside the other mugs, Chrys formed a little smile before saying with a nostalgic feeling in his voice. "Still as bitter as I remember it."

"Aww, come on!" A loud voice suddenly roared.

Everyone looked at the direction of the yell, but unbeknowst to them, someone grabbed the alcohol-filled mug from the pile of mugs on the table.

The source of the roar from earlier was Set, who's face is entirely red. He then continued to shout. "What was that puny attempt?!!! What are a mosquito?!! Drink some more!!"

But before anybody could say anything, Set's faceplanted on the table as he lost conciousness. But he is still breathing, suggesting that he might still alive.

Chrys let out a sigh before saying. "Hela, can you take Set to his room after you finish eating?"

Hela immediately stood up from his chair while saying. "I'm done." She picked up the napping Loki from the table and jumped over the table with a single leap.

She grabbed Set without much difficulty, but the way she is carrying him is very clumsy.

And as she was walking out of the room, Chrys then added. "Someone go after them to make sure she doesn't drop him."

"On it!" Rose then stood up from her chair and she ran out of the room.

Then suddenly, something slammed hard into the table, gathering everyone's attention. The source was at the other end of the table.

More specifically, it was a beautiful young woman with blue sapphire-like eyes. It was Morgan, and her face is beat red.

"Oh no." Lilly exclaimed.

Morgan then yelled with a drowsy voice. "What are you looking at?! Want a fight?!" And without a second to spare, Morgan's red face slammed onto table like Set did.

As Morgan fell asleep, Chrys commented with a smile on his face. "Well, that was entertaining."

V then grabbed the clay jar that held the rest of the alcohol. V then grabbed a handful of the liquid, causing Lilly, who was assisting Morgan, to yell. "Bush head! Use a cup or something! That's disgusting!"

"Shut it, Whitey!" V shouted before taking a little sip of the alchohol in his hand.

After taking a small sip, he immediately spilled the liquid off of his hand as his face began to turn red.

He then turned to Chrys as he said. "That's too strong! You could have atleast told us it was that strong!"

To which Chrys casually replied. "Well, it's only my second time tasting alcohol, what do you want from me?"

V then handed the jar to Chrys as he stood up while saying. "I'm going back to my room before I collapse like these idiots."

As V left the room, Chrys, who doesn't seem affected by the alcohol at all, closed the jar with the lid.

Celine, who was quiet the whole time, looked at Lilly caring for the sleeping Morgan for a single moment.

She then released an amused smile as she extended her hand towards Chrys as she said. "Give me some of that, Goldie."

Chrys looked at her and said. "This is not a competition, Celine."

"Shut it! Just give it to me! Your not going to drink it anyway!"

Chrys let a chuckle as a mischievious smile formed on his face. He threw the closed jar towards Celine while saying. "You can have it... if you can open it."

Celine caught the jar without much effort. She then immediately tried to pry the jar open, but her fingers were blocked by a golden aura.

Celine then looked at Chrys, saying with a deadpan face. "Are you serious?"

She then raised her fist and covered it with her Lucile.

She then punched the lid of the jar without holding back, crushing the entire jar and spilling it's contents in the process.

Seeing the alcohol spill out, Celine looked at Chrys with an angry glare before saying. "You son of a bitch!"

Chrys, with a mischievious smile on his face, then replied. "Well, will you look at that! It seems you won this competition, Celine!"

Celine then gritted her teeth as she stomped on the chain on her legs multiple times, causing it to break even with the help of the golden aura.

Celine then began stomping her way out of the room.

Just as she was about to leave, Chrys shouted. "Oh, it seems like I lost two competitions of power today."

Celine then replied by giving Chrys a middle finger as she left the room.

After a few seconds, Miya looked at Morgan before she said. "Alcohol? Is it something to help you sleep?"

The remaining okay people in the room which was, Lilly, Amber and Chrys, who all simultaneously replied. "No, Miya. Alcohol is bad."

Miya freaked out a bit, looking very shocked at everyone's determined reply.

She then let out a forced smile as she forged this thought into her mind. "Alcohol. Bad."

^End of volume 2-The Southern Powers^