Novel Full Chapter 678 …Before…
Meanwhile, Evan brought up her ‘Zero-Damage’ punch which her Uncle taught her to use on him and stated that he would not do that if the man didn’t hate him.
“Your uncle doesn’t like me much, so that’s one of the men in your family against me.
Then there’re your parents who may or may not have a few things to say about our relationship.”
Eliza put down her fork and narrowed her eyes when she heard Evan’s words before posing a question.
“And what would they have to say about our relationship?”
Evan could swear that Eliza seemed to be a bit miffed, but he still said what was on his mind anyway.
“Did you know that some places in Vathax frown on Women being with men younger than them?”
When she heard this, Eliza clicked her tongue as she remembered that a few places in her home country did have that silly ‘tradition’.
‘With the way he acts, sometimes I forget he’s younger and sometimes he just reminds me of the fact he IS younger.
He does act like he barely takes anything seriously, after all.’
“Don’t worry, my parents have Zero problems with you being younger.”
“That’s cool, but that’s not the only thing on my mind.”
The waiter came over with their drinks and dessert and they paused their conversation to take a piece before continuing.
“Just asking, but what do you think your reaction would be if your parents wanted us to break up?”
Evan was completely serious when he asked this, but Eliza’s reaction was quite unexpected, to say the least.
“Hahahahaha!”
Eliza laughed as if she just heard the joke of the millennium, but her laughter suddenly stopped and she looked Evan right in the eyes before replying.
“That’s never gonna happen.”
“You can never tell.
From interactions I’ve seen you have with people who know your dad—Duchess Cerul, King Kolvar and the others—he seems to be the doting type.
That’s why I said he may have objections to anyone coming after his cute daughter.”
Eliza shook her head when she heard Evan’s words, before picking up her fork and replying.
“You mistook my meaning.
My Dad having an issue with me dating someone is something I can see happening. Us splitting up, is what I meant that’s ‘never gonna happen’.”
Hearing her reply, Evan paused for a moment and looked up at Eliza who went back to her dessert, to see if she understood exactly what her statement had just implied.
But after seeing her act without a care in the world, Evan concluded that she didn’t. He wasn’t gonna tell her though, he was sure she’d be embarrassed to no end and while he would like to see that, they still had the rest of their date ahead of them so he’d postpone it for later.
“Guess I have to work on getting your dad to like me then.”
“Yours was fine with me, mine can shut the hell up. My mother on the other hand would have zero problems with you.”
Hearing her speak, Evan anticipated a live father-daughter interaction between Eliza and her father.
“What about your brothers?”
“Ah, those two brats. For starters, you’d get along with my first brother. I mean, the both of you are strawberry lovers.”
“I see. A kindred spi-!”
Evan paused mid-speech when he suddenly realised something was odd. He looked up at Eliza and took in her features, particularly, her golden blonde hair and sapphire eyes.
He then remembered the boy whom he had just spoken with a few minutes ago, who also happened to have golden blonde hair and light blue eyes.
There was also the fact that the boy seemed like he was running away when he left, Eliza’s strange actions when she came back and her suddenly bringing up her brother earlier in the conversation.
‘What are the odds?’Looking at Eliza who was picking up her glass, he spoke.
“So, Liz.
Does this brother of yours happen to be called Khristian?”
“Pfft!”
Eliza almost spilling her drink was pretty much all the confirmation that Evan needed at this point. He held up a napkin for her to clean her lips before she finally regained her composure and asked.
“I don’t think I told you his name was actually Khristian, did I?”
Just like she used ‘Eliza’ in place of ‘Elizabella’ and he used ‘Evan’ in place of ‘Evankhell’, her brother used ‘Khris’ in place of ‘Khristian’.
When she had told Evan about her family before, she mentioned her younger brother was called ‘Khris’.
Evan did think she meant ‘Chris’ but that’s not the point.
“You certainly didn’t tell me he was actually ‘Khristian’. He told me himself.”
“Wha-?”
“I was speaking with someone who left a few moments before you stepped out and It didn’t hit me until you mentioned the strawberries again.”
Hearing this, Eliza finally realised that she wasn’t mistaken when she thought the residual aura on the chair opposite Evan was familiar.
This then begged the question of how she didn’t sense him when she scanned the area but she remembered her Uncle who just so happened to be skilled enough to obscure her life force sensing from spotting him.
“He didn’t say anything weird, did he?”
“Nope. I do think he came to probe me a bit because he kept asking questions related to relationships.”
“I’m gonna smack that boy next time I see him.”
Just as Eliza said that, Khris who was getting into a train to leave the GEE suddenly shivered as he felt a chill down his spine.
“Fuck, I think big sis figured it was me!”
Leaving aside the other teenage blonde, Eliza and Evan’s conversation topic shifted to that of their siblings for the remainder of the time they spent in the restaurant.
Afterwards, they got up and moved on to their next location, enjoying their date all the way down till evening, before they finally returned to their hotel.
Roselia was still at the library burying herself in books, Nadarus was still at the casino using his new fortune to make more money, while Evan honestly had no idea where the Spirit quartet were.
He could tell if he used his link with them, but he didn’t bother since he wanted to be alone with Eliza for a while.
They chatted for a while, then entered their suite kitchen to cook together, making their dinner which they ended up eating with Eliza sitting on Evan’s lap while they fed each other.
When they were done with their dinner and were washing the pots and pans they had used, the doorbell rang and Evan walked up to get it while he cleaned his hand with a towel.
Opening the door, he was met with the figure of a tall black-
haired man wearing a black hat with a trench coat. He was holding up a pocket watch and turned it towards Evan whose lips contorted into a frown.
“Why are you here already?”
“You’re the one who told me to pick you up early!”
The man in the trench coat, Duke Beluar Sarxina of the GEE, shot back when he saw Evan’s displeased expression.
“Who’s that, Evan?”
When he heard Eliza’s voice come in from further into the suite, he realised the reason why Evan was pissed and heaved a sigh of light exasperation.
“Oh, Duke Beluar.
Care to come in for a drink?”
“Good evening, Miss Eliza. I appreciate the offer but we’re pressed for time.
I’d like to borrow your partner for a bit.”
The Duke greeted Eliza with a light smile, before looking at Evan and muttering something about her acting like a wife already.
Evan used magic to mute his voice and prevented Eliza from hearing his words as he walked up to the girl who was holding a glass of orange juice.
He took a sip out of the juice she was holding, before pulling her into a short, but deep kiss while Beluar rolled his eyes and closed the door to give them some privacy.
“I’ve made arrangements for you guys to go to Askal, so when the others come back at night, you guys can pack up and head there tomorrow.
Only Kuro would not be joining you as he’s to move a team of people that I asked Roselia to get for me.”
“What about you? Where’re you going?”
From Beluar’s presence here and Evan’s phrasing, it was clear that the boy was not going to be travelling to the GEE’s Capital city of Askal alongside them.
“I have a few hostile takeovers planned.”
That was all Evan said in reply before kissing Eliza again, and then walking out the door behind him.
The moment the door closed, the smile on his face disappeared and he turned to Beluar who was leaning on the wall and spoke.
“Alright, let’s go.”
“Finally.”
The Duke snapped his fingers and a four-ringed spatial magic circle manifested underneath their feet, wreathing them in a spatial light before their figures were whisked through space- time, out of Egraiby, and the GEE as a whole.