Darius and Luther got back to the mansion; everywhere seemed cold at the moment. Luther was a bit surprised, knowing that there was something wrong with everything, and he couldn't get it out like that, knowing that it was bound to make them feel a bit off. “Strange, it's rather odd for the mansion to be like this…” Luther muttered, looking around, trying to see if he would spot anything that would give him a clear picture of what was going on. Darius had his eyes everywhere; the workers in the mansion were still there, but there was something else going on. “It's almost like someone came here, from what I can see…” He turned back to see the way the men were all looking startled. “Whoever it was had them in a chokehold…” Luther added. He could tell there was something about how they were acting that gave it off. “It was Elder Xaria; he came here looking for Lord Darius.” Luther turned his eyes to see Cho standing at the end of the room, his hands behind his back like a soldie

“Luther,” Darius spoke, sitting in the back seat of the car with Luther in the passenger seat in front. “Yes, Lord Darius?” Luther replied swiftly. “Please remind me to punch Meliodas in the stomach whenever we see him again.” Darius pouted, looking out the window, trying to keep his thoughts in one place. Luther chuckled a bit before he gave him another reply. “Will do, sir, but if I am to suggest, I would say that punches don't work well on him anymore.” “Now this is beyond annoying. How on earth am I going to present myself to people and say that I am here to marry their daughter?” Darius tried to keep himself from pulling his hair, knowing that he had been thrown in the middle of something far greater than they give it credit for. “Well, it isn't always that bad when you think of it. You need to—” “Luther, I will bite your ear off if you tell me to keep an open mind.” Luther couldn't help but let out a laugh; he saw how Darius felt, like he was trapped in something that

A black Bugatti La Voiture Noire drove into the Pendragon compound; Darius sat right behind it, and Luther was in front with the driver. His eyes went to the huge mansion, and it looked like they were entering a castle where some sort of power-crazed monarch resided. ‘This should be interesting…’ Darius and Luther got down from the car, turning to the building as Luther handed him a paper. “I don't know how prepared they are, but you my Liege are about to meet your future wife.” A vein bulged in Darius’s head as he tried to hold himself down, knowing that it was going to be done soon and there wasn't anything else aside from that that would come in the way of his quest. “Why hand me a piece of paper?” he stared at the paper, trying to make sense of it as he was looking at everything that was on it. “Oh that is what you are to say in front of the family, I know you have a clear idea that we are here to build a bridge and ensure that we can at least protect the Pendragon heiress.

Katilina was looking at Darius; there was something about the whole thing that didn't seem right to her. Normally, when her brothers spoke, the guests would turn to them, knowing that they were more capable and could give them what they wanted. But then… This man… Seemed to spite her brother in the same manner that she would, knowing that it was something that would relieve anyone who heard. “Yes, I am Katilina Pendragon, daughter of Yena Pendragon.” She bowed her head before Darius and Luther, knowing that there wasn't anything that would come from her being polite to Darius. There was something about the man that didn't seem to be like a normal human. “Pfft, you're giving pleasantries to a man who just threatened your own brother?!” Rossuo felt insulted; he was trying to get Katilina to see that it would be a mistake to take the side of the man who had insulted him. “This man might be the self-proclaimed heir of the Nine Heavens, but he is nothing but a vile fool who think

Urter couldn't believe his eyes; this man he knew nothing about was holding his hand back. ‘Who is this man?’ He wondered, turning to look at Darius as the grip on his arm increased. Darius didn't want to let go, and he didn't want to back down from hitting Katilina; both of them were looking each other in the eye, with Darius locking eyes with him like he was a child that needed beating. “Sir, I didn't come here to see something wrong being done to someone like her…” He spoke, slowly twisting Urter's arm away from Katilina and pushing him for the woman he had come in with. Olson, Gerald, and Russo were shocked to see someone standing up to a higher-up in the Pendragon family. The woman caught Urter before he lost his footing; the man gritted his teeth with rage as he turned to look at Darius. He stared at the white-haired man standing right in front of him, with Katilina and Amara by his side. Standing properly, he fixed his eyes on Darius and Luther; pure rage and anger see