*Bing-Bong*
Oh, hey! Got over that food poisoning?
$Let it be known, never get sushi from an inland gas station.$
Ah...anyways...
We interrupt this chapter to inform the reader that the travel scenes between Pearl Tusk and Erald Eye has been removed due to being incredibly boring.
There are only so many ways one can write random ass flirting in the middle of a desert road trip and not get bored with it...or at least not vomit over the fact that you’ll never get a relationship that healt-
|THE FUCK DID I SAY ABOUT GOING OFF SCRIPT?!|
Okay, fine...back to the script, the scenes involving Zhen Liu and his clan heading to Erald Eye were removed because nothing happened.
However, while the Zhen Clan was staying at Erald Eye City, they decided to go and et up with the Goldshire Family since it had been so ti since they last caught up with them.
During this short exchange between familial friends though, Zhen Liu made a rather surprising discovery.
As it turned out, while the Zhen Clan were travelling and dealing with their issues over in Roaring Tide, his fiancees had ended up spending ti together and beca close friends.
In other words, all three of Zhen Liu’s fiancees, and both of his girlfriends, had ended up eting with one another due to a simple pit stop.
Instead of leaving too much to the imagination though, we’re just going to pick up the story at this scene.
Well, right after this short conversation between the kaijin.
Thank you for your ti, we now return to your regularly scheduled chapter.
*Bing-Bong*
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[So... we’re all in agreent that we’re not going to say shit for the duration of this tea ti so we can enjoy watching the maestro getting teased like this?]
[I wouldn’t put it that way, but sure.]
[I...guess...]
[It’s been long enough, I can now enjoy the romantic woes of other people again.]
[I’m personally against it, but I have no compelling reason to refuse.]
[Yahtzee.]
[Wait...,] Screamira interjected. [Just to be clear, Nepherage’s core co from that redheaded girl over there, Alicia, right?]
[That is correct,] Nepherage confird. [I was born from her desire from a hero.]
[Does that technically make you her daughter?]
[This has actually been asked before, no. Logos and Pathos explained that while our lord likes to treat us kids, we are not related in any manner to him not or desire sources that would imply a parent child relationship other than emotional.]
[A bit wordy, but yeah,] Hurricroak agreed. [That’s more or less the case.]
[Ah, so does that an you’re aware of Alicia’s mild levels of lust directed towards you?]
[...say what?]
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"So...just to get things straight, you decided to marry Zhen Liu because he was one of the few people willing to fight you...," Alicia asked with a surprised tone.
"And because you thought it was the best way to end the feud between the branch clan’s patriarch and your older brother?," Bellona added.
"Yup, well not exactly like that. Believe ,I know there is a hilarious parallel between the fact that our future grandfather-in-law eloped with my brother’s fiancee, only for to marry his grandson so many years later, but if there’s one thing I learned from my father, is that love waits for no one. That it’s always better to at least try and get rejected then to never try at all. Then again, that might be why I have siblings in the double digits...well, siblings that I know of," Jinju Ren mused. "The plight of royalty and having a horndog of an emperor for a father..."
"I can relate to that," Bellona said with legitimate sympathy in her voice. "Nothing says ’pain’ like a succession war."
"You know, I used to muse on the idea on being a princess and all the perks that ca with it, but hearing how much of a pain it is from you two, kind of kills that fantasy of mine," Alicia freely admitted.
"Yeah-wait a minute, Bellona, are you by any chance related to another sheep bloodliner by the na of Iona? She participated in the Zhen Clan competition."
"She’s my cousin!
"Oh really?"
"H-hey girls? It’s great that you’re getting along, but can you let go of my cheeks? They’re starting to get numb," Zhen Liu pleaded.
"Not until we feel that you’ve been sufficiently punished for your infidelity," Bellona and Alicia said in surprising unison, in a tone that suggested that they weren’t actually angry, they just loved teasing the poor boy.
"Oh, I can already tell we’re going to get along great," Jinju Ren mused while sipping from her cup of Stampeding Bison style tea, completely aware as to why they enjoyed teasing him.
The man had the deanor of a puppy dog and face like one too, it felt wrong not to tease him.
Anyways, shortly after the Zhen Clan arrived to Erald Eye City and made contact with the Goldshire Family, Zhen Liu was sent off to go and et up with his fiancee, Alicia Goldshire.
While he was able to keep in contact with her and Bellona via the usage of letters, there was nothing that could replace proper face-to-face interactions.
However, at the ti of coming to this decision, Jinju Ren decided that she wanted to tag along because she wanted to know what one of her future sister-wives looked and acted like. After all, the key to any healthy relationship was communication and understanding, especially when it ca to sothing as complicated as polygamy.
However, much to her surprise and Zhen Liu’s chagrin, Jinju Ren wasn’t going to just et Alicia this day.
When Zhen Liu went to the courtyard where Alicia was enjoying an afternoon tea with a friend, he learned in that exact sa mont that Bellona Ecaredies was that aforentioned friend.
Which is why, after all three of these won in Zhen Liu’s life t up with each other, they decided to continue their tea ti to better understand each other. Granted, Bellona and Alicia also agreed that in order to "punish" Zhen Liu for his "infidelity", that they would simultaneously pull on his cheeks like sothing out of an ani.
When asked where they learned about this particular behavior, they ntioned that Pathos had shown them so things.
...
’When I get back to the library, I am going to strangle you.’
∆Oh, I’d like to see you try.∆
=Please stop antagonize our lord, Pathos.=
∆But it’s fun!∆
...
Off to the side of all of this though, Jin Fang and Rianna were simply watching these events unfold with semi-formal expressions on their faces.
The reason for their non-participation was twofold, one practical and obvious while the other was a bit more...personal.
On a public level, Jin Fang and Rianna were known as Zhen Liu’s attendants and his fellow disciple, respectively. The only ones who knew that there was a level of romance involved were Zhen Liu’s family mbers, and Zhen Liu’s fiancees. When asked as to why they insisted on maintaining this secrecy, the two of them gave a weirdly coordinated answer that sumd up as, "there was sothing exciting about maintaining an air of secrecy and immorality to their relationship".
After receiving an answer like that, much of their curiosity about the matter died.
As for the personal level, well...it’s better to hear it from the source itself.
"So... we’re not actively participating in the teasing of Xiao Liu, because it gives us an opportunity to get closer with him?," Rianna asked.
"Sothing like that," Jin Fang began to explain. "To put it in other words, did you ever read up on those books Logos recomnded?"
"A few of them," Rianna replied while scratching the back of her head. "But a lot of them were filled with big words that caused my eyes to hurt."
"Understandable, but did you read up on that guy nad Pavlov?"
"Uhh...I think so, he was the guy who got dogs to drool over the sound of a bell, right?"
"Yeah, so similar concept to that. Right now, Xiao Liu is being subjugated to a lot of teasing from the others and will be more or less in a negative mood. Not necessarily angry or sad, but not happy either. You get so far?"
"Yes...?"
"Good. So assuming, Xiao Liu is still in this negative mood, the two of us can swoop in and provide a level of comfort that makes him more appreciative of us on a level deeper than those three," Jin Fang explained. "It’s kind of like how a dog will actively be aggressive towards everyone except the people who pet and feed them."
"That...is surprisingly devious of you," Rianna pointed out."Did you actually co up with this from that book about Pavlov or did you learn this from elsewhere."
"Would you believe when I say that Madam Daria told that this was how she managed charm Master Zhen Yan?"
"That...explains a lot actually..."
"I know, right?"
As this mont of levity was happening though, a slightly more serious conversation was happening not too far away.
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"I’m sorry, you’re telling that Aranea was the one who said I gave the go-ahead?"
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