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[Ceanu Reaves point of view]

I have arrived back at my homeland. The guards that saw me from afar are still grinning, celebrating my arrival

"It's been so long since we last saw you!"

"And with how many problems piling up, we will do our best to support you!"

"Let us go and drink dear Sir!"

"If I'm free, I'll see to it" [Ceanu]

"Yahoo!"

I stop by the adventure guild nearby, where Alice and the other quickly notice me. I'm quickly being overwhelmed by them. I'm glad they're all still a good hearted person

"You should inform us all regarding your arrival!" [Alice]

"True, we can welcome you, maybe even throw some party" [Spearman adventure]

"That won't be necessary. By the way, where is the guild master?" [Ceanu]

"He isn't here. Should I leave a massage for dad?" [Ram's daughter]

"Please do so. I would like to meet him, as well as..." [Ceanu]

I can't find anyone that match the description of The Guardian of children

"Alice, can I ask you to give my invitation to The Behemoth Slayer, of course with the others as well" [Ceanu]

"To Ash and the orphans? I will" [Alice]

"Should I ask mom and dad to come together with him?" [Ram's daughter]

"Please do so" [Ceanu]

"I will. You should go and rest first dear Sir" [Ram's daughter]

"That, I will" [Ceanu]

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Chatterbox. I don't know whether the people around the neighborhood are always a chatterbox or because of the magic core. Apparently, all these magic cores that we set up can also be used to make a call from one magic core to another, and thus, the neighborhood use it to chat with each other. Initially, it will go through Housey and Calypso Tree, but because of the overload of phone calls being made, Housey and Calypso Tree here decided to make use the Spawning block, take the drop magic core from the zombie being spawn and enhance it for the pure purpose of handling all the incoming calls. And not to mention, they did it all by themselves. Scary, but that's good then. Kinda like how AI that can self learn and solve their problems without the reliance on human

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At night, Rafiah, Claude and I see the result of our experimentation. The "empty treasure chest" that I got turn out to be a really legendary thing.

"We only put in one high grade mana potion, one elemental seed, one low grade magic core, one high grade magic core and one gold bar, but now

..." [Ash]

"Interesting, but there are some that are being produced in higher quantities as compared to other" [Claude]

"Guess we should experiment more on it" [Ash]

"Agree, and you might want to give the mana potion to Sir Ceanu Reaves tomorrow as a gift" [Rafiah]

"Sigh... I don't want to meet him. Plus, having to bring all of you to that Duke house is..." [Ash]

"Don't be like that. I'll prepare some food to give him as well, I'll give it to you after you fetch Bond and the other" [Claude]

"Fine..." [Ash]

After emptying out the treasure chest, we put in bunch of other different things, and now, we wait for the results. I wanted to sleep early for tomorrow, but given that there are few stalls owner that comes to ask for suggesting, I decided not to

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"Morning!" [Cupid]

"Morning" [Mahsuri]

"Come come, let us eat!" [Cupid]

"Let's go go go!" [Charlotte]

"..." [Mahsuri]

"We will move her, with FORCE!" [Savel]

"Together!" [Singa]

"Yes!" [Other]

Try as they might, Mahsuri didn't even bulge a bit, and understandably, they're left upset once more because once again, they're unsuccessful with their mission of making Mahsuri eat together with us. I'm impressed that they still have the energy and interest to keep ongoing. I have few moments where I just wanted to give up, but I'm still indebted to her, so let just try no matter how many times we need. All of us have our light breakfast together, where Bond tells us about what happened. I feel bad for not being able to save their families, but they ensure me I am not at fault. Thank you, all of you. I should pay a visit to their new house later on

After dressing up, I start the bus golem and drive to the Duke's mansion. Sigh... Alice, Diana and the other did mentioned he is a good hearted person, but going into this household brings nothing but bad memories for me. The Duke that I use my nightmare spell because he threatens the orphanage, the Duchess and the idiot noble son. Just how in the world should I believe he's a good person when others living with him is a pest, no pest is only putting it lightly here.

Once arrive, the mansion guard inspect us all, before allowing us to enter. I swear the guard look at me like looking at a predator. Guess I must have beaten him up at one point of time

"So pretty" [Elsa]

"My flower garden loss..." [Farhah]

"Now now, we should appreciate what we have" [Rafiah]

"The soil must be good in here" [Karon]

"And the mansion is way bigger than the orphanage" [Zerolith]

"Come, we are the last to arrive. Don't want to make them wait for any longer" [Bond]

"Agree" [Ash]

The maids, knight, butler etc all welcome us. There's no nasty eyes among them towards my siblings, so I'm glad. Maybe Ceanu figure that might happen and only ask the good staffs to come and greet us

The interior is also nice, it will not beat the castle but it's nice on its own. Same goes for the magic security being set up. It's quite well made, though I can strip it out any second that should I want.

~Knock knock~

The butler knocks on the door of Ceanu office, and

"Please come in" [Ceanu]

Ahh... he really is like a certain actor back on earth. Elsa, Elise and Kara here start to blush just by seeing him.

There's Diana, Qis, Crow, Ram, Gizzere, Alice, Liyana and Muse right now. My siblings and others started to bow and greet him but

"Ash!" [Diana]

"I know you have a "unique" manner, but Sir Ceanu here is a kind hearted person" [Crow]

(Brother Ash, please bow and show some respect) [Rean]

"Sigh... should I? I don't really feel like it..." [Ash]

Childish I know. Plus, I don't really felt any malice intention from him, but with the bad histories that the Duke's household had with me, I just couldn't bring myself to greet him properly. Crow keep on hinting at me to behave properly but

"It's fine, and it's understandable why he would be so upset. For that..." [Ceanu]

He get up, shake my hand and bow

"Please forgive my Family for what they have done to you and your family!" [Ceanu]

"!" [Ash]

That... really is unexpected, so much so that I panic a bit

"It's not me, it's them that you should ask for forgiveness" [Ash]

"Of course, I plan to do just that" [Ceanu]

And he did. They also have a brief moment of panic attack, not knowing what to do. I look really childish now as compared to the mature person in front of me

"Ash..." [Diana]

"Fine... To tell you the truth, the moment he bow, all my anger and frustration kinda like being blown away. It's simply unexpected, and for that, I'm Ash. Please forgive me for my rude behaviour" [Ash]

"Now that is rare" [Qis]

"Shut it" [Ash]

"It's fine. I can't ask for my family sins to be easily forgiven, but I do ask that will not interfere with our works in the future" [Ceanu]

"Sure, and may I call you Ceanu?" [Ash]

"""!!!""" [Crow, Muse, Liyana]

"Sure, and I can just call you Ash from here on out" [Ceanu]

"Is that really fine...?" [Mara]

"Well, he has been calling me by name all the time, so why not?" [Diana]

We then sit down together, discuss a few things and

"A tour? Sure, why not?" [Ash]

"Thank you very much" [Ceanu]

He ask me to show the neighborhood areas as well as the progress that has been made for the debutante party. I plan on doing it myself afterward, so there's no harm to bring him along as well, in fact, this will serve to deepen the bond between the residence and Ceanu here

Before we leave, I give him box of high grade mana potion, and he wanted to give something in return, for which I quickly decline

"Just be nice to my siblings in the future. That's all I need" [Ash]

"Sure" [Ceanu]