Meeting with Trouble

Previously on What If A Thief Got Reincarnated.

Then soon I arrived at the door of the lion's den.

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I have arrived.

Here I am at my aunt's house.

Not for a vacation but for a deadly meeting.

The mansion where my aunt resides is magnificent.

It looks glorious.

I walk alongside Blade into the lion's den.

The guards open the gate.

The moment I step in I am instantaneously drawn by its beauty.

I see rose bushes decorating the pathway.

The garden is wonderful.

The most creepy thing about it is the fact that everything in the garden (except the leaves and stem) is blood red.

All the flowers and the fruits.Red!!!

I am okay with crazy and freaky stuff since I am the embodiment of it.

But psychopaths with an obsession over the colour of blood red.Not okay.

Since,I have a similar obsession over this colour.

I know how dangerous this person is.

I look over to Blade who is disgusted by the atmosphere.

'What's with the obsession over roses?'

B-'Did you read the file which I have you?'

S-'Nope'

Blade cursed under his breath.

B-'If you have read it you would have known'

S-'known what?'

B- '(sighing) It is the emblem of the house.'

Oh that explains the obsession.

I was escorted by Blade, imperial guards and the guards into the mansion.

The inside of the mansion was as magnificent as it's outside.

Inside the main hall everything was themed with the colours of red and black.

The interior was decorated in such a way that people would be able to fall in love with the walls.

The beauty was incomparable.

The decorations of the imperial palace would swoon for this building.

Smack in the middle of the hall there was a large family portrait.

It contained the family emblem which was a bouquet of roses enclosed in a crown of thorns.

It seems like the Jaud family consists of my aunt,my uncle and my cousin.

I sat down on the sofa which was literally decorated with gold.

The table in front of me held a vase with blood red roses.

Blade was standing next to me.

The guards were standing at the door.

I gestured to Blade to sit next to me.

Blade denied.

This was probably because of a stupid tradition they have in this kingdom.

When you sit next to someone it means that your power and influence is equal to theirs.

It doesn't matter at meals with others but when having meetings like this Blade seems to stick to the rules.

I mean it's really stupid if you ask me.

I open my mouth to argue.

Before I could, the venomous Belladonna arrived.

She looked like the incarnation of the goddess of death .

Releasing an aura filled with dominance and poison.

She looks like a queen.(she is trying to become one by killing me).

She took her seat in front of me and ordered everyone besides us to leave the room.

All the guards left except Blade.

Belladonna gestured to Blade to leave.

When he took the first step I said 'stay advisor,king's orders'(That felt really cool).

My aunt was truly irritated by it.

She threw a look of disgust at Blade.

I really hated that.

She smiled at me and said

'You have really changed Steve, it seems like the visit to the spirit world had an effect on you'

S-'Well the visit enlightened me'

BR-'But it seems like you are not enlightened enough, having a lowly peasant instead of a noble as your advisor not forgetting the fact that he is a thief'

See, that got on my nerves.

Try to kill me, destroy the kingdom and don't give me money but disrespect me and my allies,that I hate.

Desmond was definitely an ally of my aunt.

I don't know how he came to the conclusion that making only the peasants pay taxes instead of the nobles would benefit the kingdom.

That nincompoop did not know that if the nobles didn't pay taxes it would affect the economy.

She probably enjoyed playing with that idiot.

Probably angry that I fired him.

S-'oh aunty, I did not come here to talk about my walk in the spirit realm or about my advisor and his origins'.

Her eyebrows twitched when I referred to her as aunty.

(Blade: Aunty is definitely not the definition of overflowing with respect.He never listens)

I ignored it and continued.

S-'I came here to talk about the things which you owe me'

BR-'I don't think I owe anything to you'

S-'yeah,that's what you think but the truth is different'

BR-'The truth,(ha)it seems like an interesting topic,let's discuss this over tea, shall we'

I nodded my head.

She clapped her hands twice and two maids came with an array of assortments.

They laid the food on the table along with a pot of tea.

I put my hand out and Blade handed me a scroll.

S-'Shall we begin?'(evil smile)

To be Continued...