TBATE- A force to be reckoned with

The Helstea auction house

Instantly all of us were on our knees.

"I didn't know we would be sharing the space with guests Vincent," The King calmly remarked.

Vincent who was sweating bullets now replied, "Forgive me for being presumptuous your majesty. I remembered you wanting to meet my family again the last time you were here, so I thought today would be a good opportunity for that."

He then turned to us, "You remember my wife Tabitha, and my daughter Lilia; This is Alice Leywin, a close friends wife and their children, Arthur Leywin, Fayden Leywin and Eleanor Leywin."

"At ease! Please we're all important guests of the Helstea family here. Lets drop the formalities"

"Kyu?"

Sylvie poked her head out of Arthur's robe.

"Oh my! What a cute little mana beast!" Queen Priscilla makes her way towards us, her face losing a bit of its coldness.

"She just hatched a few months ago. Her name is Sylvie. Come out and say hi." He replied.

Might as well.

"Zeke, show yourself as well." I say

They are confused for a split second before Zeke came out from my shadow startling them and causing the guards to draw their weapons.

"Relax, he's harmless for the most part,"

The Queen recovered first, "That's quite a peculiar looking shadow wolf. Aren't they supposed to be completely black?"

Sheesh racist much?

"I don't know, maybe he's not pure shadow wolf."

"I assume they are your bonds," King Glayder came closer and kneeled down to their level.

"How fortunate you are to have a mana beast. Even infants are not easy to tame, yet it looks like they are very obedient."

"More like a mutual argument than obedience," I spoke up

"WHAT?! You mean to say you're under equals contract with the mana beasts?"

The hooded guard shouted.

"Uh I'm not sure what exactly that is, but she was the one that initiated it so maybe?"

He turned towards me, no doubt wanting to ask the same question but before he could do so the king interrupted, "Stop! This is neither the place nor the time to study someone's pet,"

We took our seats as the announcer declared that the auction would start soon.

From the corner of my eyes I see Zeke go back to my shadow.

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And so the auction began with the introduction of the King and Queen, followed by the Helstea family.

I could hear Vincent talking to Arthur about his sword, but I didn't pay it much mind, not until the masks were brought up, "You managed to find the voice altering masks?"

"Yeah, although it took a little longer than expected. I also got cloaks made from the fur of nightmare foxes, making you harder to perceive. I thought you'd like it." He said with a hint of pride.

"That's more than what I could ask."

"True, you went beyond our expectations Uncle, thank you."

I could see his face brighten a bit after hearing me call him Uncle, "Don't worry, just stay safe. I'm the one who will have to deal with your family if something happens to either of you."