Aiden and i looked at each other staring into one another's eyes both very different in color.Aidan narrowed his eyes slightly as we shook hands while looking into my eyes i instinctively did the same and after a few seconds both of us released our hand shake..something on the back of my head wouldn't want to drop the issue as my words came out involuntarily.

-Did we ever meet each other ?

I already knew that it was impossible to have met with this guys since i lived all my life in the prison and only saw a few people which weren't close to his appearance.

Being asked by this question aiden also made a fairly confused face,but still it could be seen that he was debating the question maybe wondering if he had also the same thought as me,but in the end he just shook his head not sure about the answer.

-I don't think so why ?

He asked genuinely curious my answer which i already shook of the moment he said he didn't.

-No,its nothing maybe i am just seeing the wrong person

Hearing my reply aiden nodded,but i could see that he didn't quiet drop the issues as his eyes radiated a look of thought into it until he faced steward with a light smile on his face.

The man for a few moments looked at hestia who was standing behind me and gave her a thoughtful look as i could see him show caution and alert his gaze only lasted for a 2 seconds but was quickly noticed by hestia who didn't say anything and just took the chair next to the door sitting on it and waiting for me to end this...i was thankful for her thoughtfulness towards me for not making a rude appearance.

Aiden returned to his actual goal as he said to steward.

-Alright since you brought him here should we start our discussion i came for..

Steward didn't say anything when i asked aiden a question no,for some reason steward seemed very intrigued at first and he probably thought that i didn't notice it as he quickly calmed down making a straight face...what was going on ?

I was confused but i didn't voice it out loud so far i didn't have any problem or trouble that may be connected to steward so everything was alright...right ? There was also the question of why i was here why was aiden senjin the head of the aiden house currently present in this little lobby located in the school..

With those question on my mind steward started to prepare tea as he always would while aiden offered me a seat next to the round table..there were a total of 3 seats for me,steward and aiden.

Steward quickly finished his preparation and brought in a silver plater with 3 cups of tea place on top of them balancing them skillfully without shaking the contents and then presenting it to us as he sat down on his own seat and took a sip from his tea.

Aiden waited for steward to finish not touching his own cup me neither as i just stared into the dark brown hot fluid smelling the bitter-sweet contents of it.

Aiden seeing steward putting down his cup smiled for a moment as he began speaking pulling both my and his attention towards him.

-alright lets begin shall we...the reason i called you two today was to basically invite both of you to the party formally and not by invitation letters as i fear that the greenwood family may become paranoid if i start talking with two of their more powerful personal in their house and having some conflict out of nothing doesn't attract me a lot as i like to stay clear every organization of course...

I was confused for a moment as i heard him say "Powerful personal" as his sentence basically included me which was odd as i don't remember to be someone big in this family other than having the job of protecting their heir in a set time line i had never shown any extraordinary feats to the public other than defeating a dragon barely.The only people who know that i was stronger than i seem to be are steward and some of the other protectors in the greenwood family,steward,cecilia and the school head alexis are also the only people who know that i have a working relationship with a archfiend demon which they basically don't share with other people since steward told me that he would handle the issue with alexis i was sure that he was able to do something about it.

In and all i didn't question aiden why he called me one of the more "powerful personal" because steward did it for me instead.

He also noticed the phrase and stopped his cup placing it back onto the table as he asked aiden.

-Aiden i do believe that you have some kind of misconception towards dawn here...indeed he is strong and also reliable i trust him a lot when it comes to protecting the heiress,but i wouldn't call him one of the most powerful personal in the house...

Steward denied smoothly but aiden just continued to smile as he explained his reasoning.

-Really ? i heard a lot of things of him actually like he had single-handedly defeated a vampire overlord or that he had an arch-fiend level demon under his control...there was even one story in particular which stated that he won against you in a fight,but i can't seem to remember who told me about those...

Aiden said a bit absentminded in his way of speech taking his cup of tea and starting to sip from it.Steward hearing the last line didn't seem to be particularly moved as a normal person should be his heart rate was also very normal which was impressive,but nothing unexpected from this guy after all.

When it came to me i was slightly wide eyed,but not too astound about the fact that he figured out those things as he could have simply investigated me what really sort of moved me was that he knew something about the fight steward and i had when we first met me knocking him out temporarily and personally speaking this kind of information was impossible to get out of the house only the people who were there would know that meaning...a spy ?

I considered the possibility for a moment i also looked at steward to see if he had the same thoughts as me with no success as steward replied.

-These things are just stories with no proof backing it up maybe someone in your department wanted to play a prank on you...

Steward easily dismissed the whole deal as a prank making aiden's smile crack for a bit as he couldn't refute or proof anything which would expose him to have investigated me before hand which in its own kind of way seemed very creepy...

-anyways lets get back on track here are the invitations to the party use them when you enter

Aiden quickly got the conversation back to topic as he snapped his finger summoned 2 pieces of paper from somewhere and giving it to both me and steward...the invitation was handwritten and my name was officially stated to be invited to this party...the person who was going to be celebrated in this party was joseph senjin the eldest son who was going to turn 16 this year which was actually tomorrow...saturday.

Steward had told me the basic knowledge about the family heads who they were and what they looked like he never told me anything concerning the their family or other connections which now was a first to me as i remembered the name of the aidens son on the invitation paper.

-I don' t think this will be needed mr.aiden since both dawn and me are going to attend the party regardless ,but as security personal of course..

Steward used his logic to lightly refuse the offer without actually saying it,i also considered my work foremost when seeing the invitation doing the same action as steward giving it to aiden only to see him raise his palm stopping me with a light smile on his face.

-Keep it boy...you are really young probably the same age as my son actually making me feel admiration towards young working folk like you...i swear if my son was half as hard working as you then he would be probably one of the more impressive mages in his year...seeing you work like this also makes me feel bad as boring security shifts are often times tiresome especially for young kids like you which could be relatively brutal so to say...

Through his words i knew that he had just indirectly insulted the greenwood family and steward combined..keeping my calm i took a small glance towards steward who was a bit frozen in place looking aiden considering something...he didn't seem to be angry,but i could feel his heart rate quicken for a millisecond just to calm down again as he turned towards me with his blank look.

-Its alright keep it you can act as madams escort tomorrow which should make her feel more comfortable going...

Steward said as he smiled towards aiden not obviously mocking but lightly laughing internally...ouch steward knew how to fight back without clear insults too...

Aiden hearing that didn't have a change of facial expression as he just kept smiling getting up from his seat.

-It seems like this is all the time i have today...it was nice to have met you dawn and i was glad to see you once steward i hope i see you both in the party...

Both steward and me stood up from our seats evenly smiling at him and giving him a hand for a handshake as steward replied.

-Me too aiden it was nice to have seen you again..

-sir..

Both of us took a few seconds to shake hands with the 10th rank mage in front of us giving him our goodbyes as he finally left the room without looking back...hestia saw him off lightly as she inspected him out of the door while seated on the chair next it.

Seeing him leave i looked at the handwritten invitation in my hand slightly confused on what to do with it now...

-Keep it i didn't joke when i said you would be madam's escort having you go with her seems far more suitable as she doesn't really like these kinds of events herself...

Steward assured me as i nodded to him putting the invitation back into my breast pocket still seated onto the seat looking at the cup of tea finally taking a sip from the luke warm substance as steward seat on my opposite side looking at me and waiting for something.

It took me a few seconds to realize what he was waiting for because i forgot about it when we began talking with aiden about the party...

Being a bit rude i finished the cup of tea with one gulp and wiped the wet remains on my lips with my hand as i properly got into position looking at steward who was all ears on what i was about to say...

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