Chương 244: Chapter 227. Dinner Party

" It's a pleasure to meet you, Marquess Drake. Thank you so much for helping My Son yesterday morning." Once we all arrived at what we found out was a vacation home for the Sark family, a Demon woman with 3 pale-pink eyes and long black hair bowed her head to me and began to thank me. With her words serving as a clue, I assumed it was Lady Sark. I then responded to her thanks as best I could, considering I barely made it through the door, and I selfishly thought there would be food immediately served to us."

It was no issue at all, I'm just glad he's okay. It's nice to meet you, Lady Sark." She returned to standing straight and I noticed that she was even taller than Warrick. She must be... 9 FT tall? I guess it's fitting for someone who married that giant of a Demon, I guess. The woman smiled at us and began to speak again." Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kina Sark. You met My Husband, Phillip Sark, yesterday, correct?"" Ah." I place the bottom of my fist in my hand." So that was his name!" / Crack!

/ At my words, I heard a crack from somewhere... I looked at the source and it was hard to describe the look on Lady Kina's face." Are you okay?" At my words, Lady Kina seemed to be holding back something, but she answered my question still." Yes, Marquess Drake, it's just that I found the actions of My Husband.... Disheartening." /BANG! /" Honey! I'm home!"

And with what might be the worst timing I've seen, Count Sark walked in the door, followed shortly after by what looked like a younger version of him with 3 ears instead of 4. Then Max and Tana followed after him." Oh! Marquess Drake! What a surprise! Max, Tana, looks like you can talk to him like you've been asking for today! Isn't that great!? Hey, Simon! You should talk to him as well! Say, Honey, how did he find out where we liv-" / THUD! BANG!

/ And without even replying, Lady Kina ran and punched Lord Sark directly in his cheek and sent him flying. / Thud! Thud! Thud! /" You rudely attack the person who helped one of Our Babies! It takes Tana to get you to apologize and you don't even say your name!? And you do this to a MARQUESS!?" / Thud! Thud! Thud! / The beating did not stop for a while, it was only after the kid named Simon tapped his mother on the shoulder that she stopped punching their dad.

Once she had regained her wits, Lady Kina began to speak again." I apologize for that display, Marquess Drake. Don't worry about My Husband, he'll be fine. One of his most charming traits is his sturdiness. I'm sure a Paladin can understand. Please, let me walk you to the dining room along with your group, who I hope you'll introduce us to."" Sh- Should I heal him?"" Who? My Husband? He'll be fine. Let him wake up on his own, I only gave him a light punishment after all."" Th-That was a "light punishment"?"

Lady Kina just nodded her head and asked us to follow her. The kids followed their mother without much fanfare... Like this was a perfectly normal sight... I looked to Sarah and Anna, they just looked at me like it was a perfectly normal sight to see. Even Princess Alice wasn't shocked." Is something like this normal in Diablos?"" It depends on the house, I think?"" I see." We all walked into the dining room and in no time at all, Lord Sark also joined us.

After he sat down, I introduced everyone and checked to make sure that Wendy and Ellie eating here would be okay with the Sark family. Since at that point, Tana and the girls were getting along, there wasn't much protest from anyone." So, Marquess Drake-"" Please, I'm your guest, just call me Matthew, we're at the dinner table after all." If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it." Well, please do the same for us."" You're pretty good for a Human, Matthew.""

Sweetie, do I have to hit you again for being rude?" Everyone seemed to be enjoying the meal and with good reason. The Chefs definitely did a great job. The meat dish was some kind of chicken and a sweet and savory sauce that reminded me of Eastern foods back in my world. During the meal, I tried to make sure that Princess Alice, Wendy and Ellie didn't feel out of place and felt included, this seemed to go well. After I had wiped my mouth and finished eating, I remembered that Ms.

Kina had a question she wanted to ask me. I turned to her and decided to see if she still remembered what she wanted to ask me." Sorry about interrupting you, Ms. Kina, what was it that you wanted to ask me?"" I wanted to ask you about your companion. Why exactly are you hosting and bringing the Princess of Bestia with you on a trip?" I looked at Princess Alice and thought about it for a few moments."

Well, the first reason is that Princess Alice and Sarah are Old Friends, so I thought it would be nice for my Wife to catch up with her Friend after not seeing her for a while. The 2nd reason is... Well, maybe I should let you see it for yourself?"" Oh, what's this now?" I look at Sarah and Anna, who were sitting on either side of me." What do you both think? Should we let them try it for dessert?"" Hmm? Good question, My Love. I suppose it might be up to the children really?""

Yes, why not let the children decide this time?" I look at Tana and Max who were sitting across the table from me, along with their brother, Simon, who now that I get a good look at him, was most likely around the age of 9 or 10. Max seemed to be around 6 and Tana seemed to be around 4. They're the perfect age to give some ice cream to." Decide what!?" Max was the first to ask. Seems he's very curious." Well, you see...

One of the reasons I'm here, is because I wanted to debut a new product that I've made in Paradise. We call it ice cream."" Ice Cream? What's that?" Tana was also intrigued and while he didn't voice it, I could tell that Simon was interested as well." Well, it's a frozen dessert, it's very sweet and delicious. We've actually decided to cater the desserts for tomorrow's party as well, that's where we're going to debut it. But I don't see why it'd be a bad idea to let you try some of it.

You can ask Wendy and Ellie, they're big fans of it. Though I should mention that ice cream is made from Ashura Cattle milk. But we've found the way to make it edible."" Milk!?" Phillip freaked out at the mention of milk, I decided to try and allay his doubts. I should also mention that Kina just seemed puzzled, but curious about what I was talking about." Like I said, it's completely safe, pretty much everyone in Paradise eats it every day. We've also made other foods. Here, look, I'll eat some right now.""

Can I, Matthew!?" Ellie, without missing a beat, wanted to have some ice cream as well. I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Sarah, she nodded and then I checked for Wendy as well." Wendy, do you want a serving?"" Yes!" Wendy seemed joyful that I asked her. I guess she was uncomfortable with all of the strangers around her. With that, the Servants brought in bowls and spoons. I then started to serve the ice cream." A Marquess is serving his Maids!?" Simon spoke for the first time... And it was quite loud.

I turned to him and began to offer an answer." Well, I don't really mind doing this. Besides, Sarah brought the ice cream with her Mana Storage, so I think it's fair that I do the serving. As you can see, Wendy and Ellie are happily eating it. Would you like to try some?"" I want to!" Max was the first to answer. I looked at his parents and after a moment, they nodded their heads." No fair, Max! I want some too, Mr. Matthew!"" Mr. Matthew? Well, I guess it's better than "Human"? Here you both go, you're next up.

Simon, you want to try it?" Simon wasn't sure how to answer my question." Simon, it's okay. You can if you want to, Son." Phillip spoke to Simon, he then looked at me and nodded his head. In the end, all 3 of the Sark children that were here, had a bowl of ice cream in front of them." Wow!"" It's so cold!"" It's so sweet!" Simon, Max and Tana all had different reactions to their first bite, but they all went for a 2nd, then a 3rd. Seems they like it? Eventually, I even got their parents to try some as well.

They both enjoyed it quite a bit. I then told them that we'd be offering another dessert option at the party, the cheesecake. Even though the kids looked at me with teary eyes as they asked to try some, I told them that I would save them a slice for tomorrow. Before we all left for the night, Phillip and Kina pulled Sarah, Anna and I away from Princess Alice, Wendy and Ellie and asked us a question." So, Marquess Drake, you said that you were "debuting" this product tomorrow?""

Yes, we plan on selling this and other dairy products that we've made."" Exactly how much would it be to receive these products?"" There are different prices for each, but as I'm assuming most people would want to order them in bulk, we've been thinking up prices with select numbers of products, though, that's all for the day after the birthday party, I'll be staying an extra day to make Business Contracts with any Nobles that would like to do business with us."" What exactly are these prices?"" Well..."

Sarah, Anna and I began to explain our price points for the products, and it seemed to be a hit with the Sark couple." And you said you'll be making Business Deals the day after the birthday party, correct?"" Yes, would you like to make an appointment that best fits your schedule?"" Actually, yes that would be great, how's 8pm sound? We'll be staying till the end of the week. I want to see if I can help Franz break out of that shell of his."" Oh, yes, Lord Fracks. I take it you're both Friends then?""

Yes, we've been Friends since we were children. Our Fathers both learned from each other's Grandfathers for their Job Classes. And that repeated with our generation. We've always been close because of that, since we were both at each other's houses throughout our childhood till our early adulthood... But the job of a Town Lord keeps me busy, as well as Franz. Tomorrow will be the first time I've seen him since Cindra's Funeral...""

From what Lord Byron and Lady Cindy tells me, you'd probably do some good to be able to speak to him."" That's the plan..." After a few seconds, Kina began to speak to me." Thank you for sharing a meal with us. Again, I'm sorry for the problems My Family caused you yesterday, I hope that we can continue to have Friendly Relations in the future." With a nod of my head, we began to return home to the castle.

It seems Byron and Lady Cindy were cooped up in the office, still working on logistics, I offered a prayer before calling it a day and heading to bed.