Dinner preparations

''I am sorry mother I should have thought of that earlier'' lyra apologized and her mother's temper subsided immediately.

''that was too easy'' renjiro thought to himself. elysia eventually noticed his presence and grabbed onto his cheeks, tugging at them.

''zephyrus it's been so long, for a while I thought you were avoiding us'' elysia said with a smile

Renjiro having noting to say just smiled and rubbed on his head, elysia grabbed him by the arm and led him through the corridors lyra following behind morosely, she knew her mother might not have been totally welcoming to the idea of her bringing in a stranger but she didn't also think she would get yelled at.

''since you are here zephyrus, you can join us for dinner and I am sure lyra wouldn't mind it if you slept here'' from what renjiro knew elysia had always been trying to get zephyrus and lyra to be together, he never understood the woman's intentions since he thought a mother was supposed to protect her daughter from things of that sort.

''that wouldn't be a problem but I'd have to inform my mother of my location so she doesn't get anxious'' renjiro replied, lyra heard her mothers request and had her head bowed in embarrassment, she also knew what her mother was trying to do.

Elysia might look serious but during her time as a teenager she was known as one of the most perverted women in the whole continent, it was no wonder she became best of friends with caelia seeing that they had equal interests.

''the room you always stay in whenever you come around is still available, and I am sure you still have a few clothes there, so you can go clean up and get ready for dinner'' she said intending to dispatch him so she could have a discussion with lyra, renjiro being intuitive understood this and went on his way.

''did you deliver the package'' elysia asked

''yes I did, but there were a few issues after I did'' lyra replied

''we have some time before we head to the dining area for dinner so you can tell me about all that happened after you dispatched my package including how you met with Melora''

Lyra recounted all that happened while elysia listened attentively not wanting to miss any detail, normally whenever she needed something dispatched to the smuggler she had someone who did the job but she wanted to bring lyra into the world of the nobles slowly so she decided to entrust lyra with this particular assignment, she was not disappointed with the result except the fact that lyra brought a stranger home without giving her prior information.

''does that mean that the smuggler is now involved in human trafficking, I thought I instructed him not to engage in such a business in my kingdom'' elysia though and rubbed her chin, she made a mental note to talk to him about it.

''go get ready so we can have dinner, I haven't met with Melora yet so she can come down for dinner too so I can get to know her'' elysia said waving lyra off

Lyra pushed open her room doors and jumped back in fright, Melora was sitting on her bed wearing only a small sized bra and she was rummaging through one of her bags, lyra's belongings were scattered all around the room, Melora was completely oblivious to the fact that lyra had entered into the room.

''what are you doing'' lyra asked shaking with anger

''lyra!!'' melora's eyes lit up with joy as soon as she saw lyra and she ran towards lyra giving her a tight hug

''for a moment I thought you sent me somewhere else and then I had nothing to do so I decided to explore the castle and the first room in entered into happened to be yours….''

''why are you going through my bags and why is my room in this state'' lyra said interrupting Melora, her frustration growing with melora's increasing excitement.

''well I had nothing to wear asides what I was wearing when you found me and the maid asked me to take it off but didn't give me anything else to wear, so I came here and saw a bunch of clothes and decided to search through it'' Melora said her eyes tearing up

''that alright you don't have to cry'' lyra said patting Melora on the head, she was beginning to feel guilty for raising her voice at her, Melora sniffled and wiped her tears outwardly she put out the image of sadness but deep down she was celebrating the fact that lyra had once again fallen for her antics. Using her child like appearance she had been able to deceive people into sympathizing with her and people always forgot that she was eighteen.

A maid was passing by and saw the disorderly state of lyra's room and rushed in. ''is there anything I can do my lady'' the maid bowed

''don't worry about me just get Melora dressed for dinner, I will handle the rest of it myself'' lyra said pushing Melora towards the maid.

She had to hurry up with cleaning up the room so she could be available for dinner on time, Melora sulked as the maid led her away she stayed in lyra's room with the intentions of having a bath with her, she spent most of her time there sniffing lyra's clothes and rubbing them on her face.

Renjiro walked Into the room, it was spacious enough, there was a neatly laid bed at the end of the room and a small shelf where he saw a few neatly folded clothes, the last time zephyrus was here he left over a few clothes, he took off his clothes and walked into the bathroom to clean up, as he walked into the bathtub a few erotic images flashed in his head and he grabbed his rod in his hand but after a second thought he decided not to considering the fact that dinner was in a few minutes and he didn't want someone barging in to look for him and seeing him in such a situation.