Chương 249: Chapter 232. Counts And Cycles

" It's nice to meet you, Countess Diana Gorse. Your husband has been instructing me about Etiquette. It's nice to find someone who is so wise and calm about my inexperience."" Your praise is good for me to hear, Marquess Drake. I do hope you can forgive My Children for anything rude they may have said?"" There's nothing to forgive, I understand that my being a Human is a strange thing in this Country. Besides, at the end of the day, kids will be kids.

I just hope I didn't scare your daughter too much, Countess Gorse."" I wasn't scared at all!"" You're shaking and backing away from him says otherwise, Gasha."" Shut up, Gwaid!" The Gorse kids began to argue with themselves. It seems the siblings were close, I thought that was pretty nice. Since I was an only child, I didn't ever have the chance to argue with a sibling like this. Now that I think about it, I never really argued with anyone I would consider "close to me"?

Unless I would count the argument I had with Laura... But sometimes I would wonder were we ever really close at all? I guess it wouldn't really matter now, since I'll probably never run into her again, since we live in different Countries and Promethia has its own set of issues to fix, oh well, I guess..." Gasha! Gwaid! Settle down! You're in front of a Marquess! Act like proper Noble Children!"" Oh, Husband, you're asking for too much from a 10 and 8-year-old.

Besides, the Marquess doesn't truly seem upset with the children. Today is a day of Celebration after all, let the children play for the night." Husband and wife seemed to be speaking privately to each other after that. The faces that Count Gorse made from whatever Lady Diana said in his ear were something to behold. Seems he's not so stoic and serious when it comes to his wife?" I can relate to him a bit now."

I muttered my thoughts about what I was seeing, I mean, Count Gorse isn't the first man to bow down to his wife's suggestion. Gods know I've done it... Who knows how many times in this year alone from being Married?" Wives tend to know when to reign in their husbands, My Love."" It's definitely a good skill to have. Aqua taught us that, as well as many other things. So, don't worry, Darling,"" I shudder to think what exactly my Mother-In-Law taught you both."" Oh, a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Completely normal things for a Wife and of course, some Spells here and there to help with daily life and household chores. Granted, since we have Maids and Butlers, we haven't really been able to use those Spells yet. Maybe later in life, My Love?" I wondered why there was a distinction between these "normal things for a Wife" and "chores" being in separate categories, but Sarah and Anna seemed to be confident in Aqua's teaching.

Well, I can't complain, it's not like I've ever regretted Marrying them since the day I signed and the papers and said, "I do". tug... While I was lost in my own thoughts, I felt another tugging on the suit jacket that I was wearing. I turned to see 2 familiar faces." Max, Tana, you both are dressed to the nines I see."" Dressed to the nines?" Tana was confused by my words. I guess that idiom doesn't exist over here?

Max was dressed similar to me, in a black suit, but instead of a tie like me, he had a red bowtie that helped show the fact that he was still young. His brown eyes and hair contrasted with the black of the suit. Tana was dressed like I'd imagine a young Princess would dress for a ball. She was in a pink dress that matched the color of her eyes. Now that I think about it, she looks like a younger version of her mother. The kids waited for an answer for their confusion as they looked at me.

This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings." Sorry, "dressed to the nines" means that you look good... I think the exact meaning is that you look as close to prefect as possible. Anyways, what's the matter? You tugged on my jacket, right? Did something happen? Does your mother need to speak to your father?"" No, nothing like that, Marquess Drake. They just wanted your attention. The entire time on the way here, they wanted to know if you would be attending the party.

And since we made it here, they were looking for you nonstop! Now they've found you, but some other kids got to talk to you first. Seems they got a bit competitive?"" Mom..." Tana seemed to grow a little embarrassed at her mother's explanation. I thought it was kind of cute. The kids wanting to find and talk to me sure beats the glaring and jeering of the other Demons sitting at the other tables." Well, what did you guys want to talk abou-"" Ah! Tana! Long time no see!" / Woosh!

/ Gasha seemingly launched herself at Tana to hug her. I... I think I heard a gust of wind pass by my left ear too?" Gasha, I don't think my sister wants to be hugged that strongly."" Sorry about that, Max." While Tana seemed to be struggling to break Gasha's grip around her, as Gasha rubbed her cheek on Tana's, Gwaid only could offer an apology to Max." Gasha... Let go..."" "Big Sis Gasha"! Right?"" N... O..." A struggle was going on in front of us.

I looked to the mothers of both of the girls, and they seemed to think nonintervention was the way to go. I suppose I shouldn't intrude on something the mothers had already seemed to work out." Ah! Free!"" Ah! Tana!" Tana was able to break the grasp of Gasha after a little while. This seemed to cause some disappointment in Gasha's eyes. Countess Gorse seemed to want to offer some words of comfort to Gasha." No, Gasha, when you grab someone, you need to use this kind of grip for a bear hug..."

Never mind, she was offering advice instead." Now, now, Diana, you should let her figure it out herself, just like I did when we were young."" And then Tana will eventually learn to escape like I did..." Seems there's a viscous cycle in these 2 families?" So, you both knew each other when you were children?" The Countesses both nodded their heads. Countess Gorse responded to my words." Our Fathers are quite wealthy Barons, so we ended up going to many social events since we were young.

That even included getting Married to Counts when we became of age. Well, I think we can both agree that Our Husbands needed to make us fall for them first. My Dear confessed to me on a cold winter night just like tonight actually." While Countess Gorse began to remember her romance, Countess Sark wasn't very far behind." My Husband proposed to me after meeting me for the first time when we were children. He's always been straightforward to a fault.

It didn't take much time before I ended up following him with my eyes before I could even recognize that was what I was doing. We Married not long after we both came of age. What about yourselves, Lady Sarah, Lady Anna?" Sarah and Anna's faces both lit up at the question. I slowly backed away from the girls as it seemed like I had lost my place in that conversation. Apparently, I wasn't the only one, Gwaid and Max quickly joined me and followed my trail on the ground.

Surprisingly, both Gasha and Tana both stayed to listen to Sarah and Anna's stories. Strange though, considering both of their reactions when they first saw me? Maybe the girls are just attracted to tales of romance? No matter the Race or Species?" So, what now, Marquess Drake?"" Good question, Max. Maybe we should see what your dads are doing for now? Does that sound good to you, Gwaid?"" Sure, but I think I know what they're talking about. Dad's already been talked into drinking with Uncle Phil.""

What does that mean?"" You'll see." With Gwaid's words, we moved over to the Counts." And then she hit me right in front of Marquess Matthew. Just because in the confusion of trying to protect My Kids, I forgot to introduce myself. Granted, Marquess Matthew was only trying to help Max and Tana... But it still made an impact on my image as a Count, you know what I mean, Gordon? Ed?"" Why did you let him drink so much, Ed? You know he gets like this!"" He snuck in the wine, Gordon. What was I supposed to do?

Besides, I was busy dealing with Marquess Drake. I don't know if you remember or not, but I said I had to show him that even though we're Counts, we need to be Respected! Otherwise, he'll walk all over us! It'll be like Viscount Meryl with our Great Grandpas all over again!"" Marquess Matthew isn't like that, Ed, he jumped out of his carriage and healed my Max without missing a beat. He even forgave me for letting the blood rush to my head and trying to rush him down. He's a good man.

Even if he is a Human, I think he's going to be Loyal to Diablos for the rest of his life. When he was over our house, it was clear to me that he loves his Wives more than himself. He even spoke about King Warrick and Queen Aqua with respect and reverence in his eyes. You can't look like that if you're planning to betray someone after the fact." Seems I snuck into a deeper conversation than I thought would be happening? Having overheard all of that, I'm still not forgiving Count Tye for what he tried to do!

Maybe we should see what Simon was up to? He was the only Sark kid that wasn't here after all.