Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army 232 Official Proposal

Dusk was already dying the sky red and orange when the members of the extended Debauchery family woke up, they found lady Mito having a refres.h.i.+ng tea time with emperor Hos.h.i.+ and guardian Hatsu, the three were waited upon by a single servant who stood there as if part of the scenery, if she did not move to inform the three sitting down that the 15 guests were now awake; some of the youngsters would have missed her.

Lady Mito has deemed her trainees fit for a royal banquet, a small and private one, but they still needed some manners to take part of it, unlike the other feast in Mar Sara city when Hos.h.i.+ was a commoner. Today Hos.h.i.+ was an emperor and Reina was an imperial princess, therefore, observing manners and etiquette was imperative.

When the members of Debauchery arrived at the small elegant gazebo* and got the gentle gaze and beautiful smile of lady Mito they all had a bad premonition and each of them used their rings to send a message to Balin and Dustan, "do not muck it up, any more of this training and I will kill you". Fortunately, both the orc and the dwarf were on their best behaviour and bowed deeply to greet the emperor and his consort and guardian.

Dinner went ahead as the complete opposite to the usually Debauchery feast, it was quiet and was only permeated with gentle voices saying warm words, complimenting the dishes or discussing the weather or the magnificent clothing, lady Mito was so impressed with Debauchery she could not stop smiling and sending proud looks towards her husband.

On the other hand, emperor Hos.h.i.+ and his guardian Hatsu were very disappointed to see the wild and unmatched Debauchery so tame and proper, it was really a red flag for both of them, they knew how effective lady Mito was when handling matters but taming Debauchery went beyond effective, they thought that maybe it was just Debauchery being nice and cooperative but they still did not take the possibility that lady Mito was that good.

Well, the truth was that even though Debauchery was not scared of lady Mito and could withstand her wrath, they could not go against Leader, especially when she was all prim and proper thus the fear of an angry mother mixed with the terror of a capable Leader who turned good all of a sudden. It just happened that Leader agreed with lady Mito about Debauchery needing a lesson in manners. An Arabic idiom is a perfect idiom for this occasion it translates roughly to "mayhaps a coincidence is choicier than a thousand arrangements"

After the formal dinner, Hos.h.i.+ and Hatsu were secretly invited into the sleeping quarters of Debauchery were more food and drink were prepared by the servants according to the wishes of Leader, the two brought Mito with them anyway because they wanted her to see how fun it can be to let go of the rules. When lady Mito entered the room where Debauchery were having their late dinner, there was silence on both ends, Dustan was the first to break the silence by standing up and lifting Mito off her feet and taking her to sit between him and Balin, and with that, the raucous started once more.

Since Mito was raised all her life in the palace, she could not understand at first, she was force-fed with fat greasy fingers that had different sauces on them, she did not know how her gla.s.s made it halfway through the table and into the mouths of half the people here before returning back to her, she winced when the jade plates and bowls flew between members, the gasped when the cat was used as a messenger and when the big bat was dipped in some sauce to enhance the taste.

She could not help but feel wrong when the food was eaten in minutes and the monsters were asking for more, she almost had a heart attack when a door opened in thin air and out of it came some servants with even more food that smelled heavenly and tasted even better, she watched as Debauchery ate and drank for hours on end, the food was so good and energetic she could not stop chewing, the honey and wine were beyond anything she ever had, and these vulgar people were having these delicacies as if it was so common and easy to find.

Well soon she too like her daughter, was absorbed in the fun and was especially vulnerable to the antiques of Dustan and Balin who were doing a very vulgar but hilarious rendition of a famous tale between a princess and her prince charming. The ugly prince was rather p.r.o.ne to touching where he shouldn't and the princess was rather eager to make a slave out of her newly found prince by doing anything she could.

Well the party kept on going until almost dawn, by then the kids were sent to sleep and the adults took the time to indulge in drinking and whatever adults groups did, it was not like the kids were not already adults, the fact that they did not like to drink alcoholic drinks just like Yunan marked them as children in the eyes of Debauchery party.

The children went back to the comfortable big bed back home where they took a good nap before morning where they would officially meet the emperor in the high court and make the proposal of marriage, Debauchery, as the teachers of Yunan the orphan, they would make the proposal on behalf of Yunan, although Yunan prefered his mother to do the honours, she was a member of an organization and would, therefore, be unable to take any political action even if it was proposing marriage for her son.

The ceremony was rather grand and uneventful, Debauchery behaved grandly under Leader, they made the proposal in a manner befitting their rank as adventurers and the teachers of a king. Emperor Hos.h.i.+ gracefully accepted the grand gifts brought out by Debauchery. Most of the gifts were jewellery and enamelled armours, all made from the items he got from the 30th floors.

Thanks to the craftsmans.h.i.+p of Balin and Yunan the gifts looked grander and worth more than they actually were, and as engagement gift go, they were rather fancy and grand, making the court officials and retainers feel jealousy and regretting that they did not have such girl that could bring back a king and a fortune in a few items that were only gifts to show the value they put on having the girl.

In reality those gifts were what was given as show for the officials and ma.s.ses, as for the private affair between the emperor, lady Mito and Yunan, there were no gifts nor any such things, Reina and Yunan were already a pair to them and all that was needed was making it known to the world, as for the wedding and the official ceremonies were left to the discretion of the lovebirds.