Hestia hearing my answer made a surprised expression for a moment it only lasted for a few seconds replaced by a look of deep thinking and slight pity after this she didn't say anything and just watched the beginning of the celebration.

I also didn't bother and just watched this family walk down the stairs and slowly make their way towards the main table that was different from everyone else's their graceful and perfect demeanor made them out to be pretty perfect family the 2 daughters were evenly as beautiful as their mother clearly following her traits with long black hair and brown eyes followed by red lips and olive skin.

While walking down the path one of the girls in that family looked at our table at me specifically the gaze only lasted for a few seconds,but it gave me a strong impression on her because of the way she looked at me which was interest and small amount of mystery her gaze was so fast that it didn't even seem like she glanced at me and maybe even could have been just a fluke,but it wasn't that I knew of course.

From appearance I could deduce that she was the eldest child of this family...quinn I believe...why was she looking at me I wonder..

Nonetheless they quickly made their way towards the table and sat down one by one joseph sat at the middle in the seat of honor and his father aiden grabbed onto a cordless microphone finally doing the opening speech.

-Welcome everyone I am thankful that you are all present in this wonderful day where my son is turning 16 years old getting closer to the age where he is soon going to replace me when the time comes and until then you wonderful people will be the witness to this day that my son grows up and becomes the man of this family we deserve...

Aidens wife who was standing by his side suddenly elbowed him indicating that he was trailing off topic for a moment,I also glanced at joseph for a moment and noticed that he seemed to be uncomfortable on how his father was glorifying him so much which was understandable.

-Ahem...anyways lets stop with my useless blabber and instead begin the celebration...lets eat everyone shall we can't go without an empty stomach of course...

With those words aiden snapped his finger and like so magically the table in front of us was filled with all kinds of dishes and different sweets or fruits it was astound what magic could do sometimes and also a bit fearful since stella would shot these things a lot in the future I could tell...

Anyways the party had started and with that the whole room rushed in a wave of conversations and laughter the lights above constantly moved making a small show above us and the food was plentiful the taste magnificent and also very satisfying encouraging to eat more.

My appetite was strong so was cecilias looking across the table the two silva sisters weren't so much enthusiastic about the food as we were and only sipping the light soup without a second word loren actually just watched me while alexis stared at leraje without a pause.

Feeling that it was kinda awkward I stopped eating for a moment wanting to start a conversation,but as I raised my head to do so I saw a shadow cover me from the right confused I looked at my side and realized that aidan was standing there with a big smile on his face...behind him stood his whole family...

Seeing them made me kind of speechless on the other hand cecilia reacted and turned towards aiden with her own courteous smile.

-I see that you have really graced us with your appearance your parents on the other hand seem to be a bit busy at the moment isn't it ?

Aiden asked not meaning any harm in his sentence which cecilia understood.

-They will come a bit late,but they will arrive

Cecilia was confident and it showed in the way she spoke even aiden acknowledged such confidence bringing his attention forward towards the 2 silva sisters asking them if their parents were busy or something,they answered with a yes and that they were the only ones who could attend tonight which aiden understood finally aiden brought his attention towards me which I expected really.

I stood up form my seat to be a little more proper the people around us also watching this with curiosity as both me and aiden met face to face...there was still this uncomfortable feeling of familiarity from somewhere now even more stronger then before,but I still ignored it.

Aiden looked at leraje for a moment when both leraje and aiden met eyes it made aiden really surprised and amazed for a moment,but he quickly caught himself and turned his attention back to me the other members of the family also looked at me and leraje disregarding hestia who just stood there with a indifferent demeanor.

-It is great that you came today I feel honored that you accepted the invitation and came and from what I can see you also brought your two subordinates with you which I am also pleased about...

Aidens wife once again elbowed her husband he quickly caught himself and cleared his throat and started introducing me to everyone which was a bit odd,but alright.

-ahh where are my manners let me introduce you to my family...this is aria and quinn my two prized daughters...

The two girls stepped forward and nodded towards me both of them giving me a hand to shake which I accepted at the same time shaking it as I did so I could feel a wave of energy immediately rush through one my hands that I was shaking with...looking up I realized that it was quinns had that it was coming from..

I wasn't the only one who had noticed both leraje and hestia did hestia even jumped into action and ignited the flame in her eyes she grabbed onto quinns had in sound speed and stared at her threatening.

-What are you doing ?

Her voice was low and murderous giving an immediate chill to this sweet and fun atmosphere the people also looked at this with a surprised expression on their own which turned the whole room into a instant silence..

Aiden only just now realized what was happening so did the other people who were close by quinn especially felt surprised and a bit frightened by hestias sudden cold behavior.

Aiden had a very solemn look on his face showing that he didn't want to start anything out of normal or ruin mood instead he looked at quinn a bit hard.

I also took action and just laughed my laughter was also instantly caught by the people and the senjin family as they all looked at me with a very confused expression.

-Sorry about this hestia tends to be a bit distrusting sometimes she probably miss interpreted this action just now it is her first time working as a guard so forgive her please...

Aiden immediately understood where I was going with this and also started smiling.

-yes,of course I am also sorry on my part my daughter clearly showed a sign of magic going through her finger tips she was probably excited and couldn't bring it under control...

-hahaha

-hahaha

Our laughter immediately increased the mood of the party as everyone else also started to laugh and smile both quinn and hestia on the other hand had slight insulted expressions on their faces and looked the other way almost scoffing,but not showing it.

Quinn still looked at me for a moment that glint of curiosity was still there and it didn't seem like she gave up just yet...

Aiden then continued to introduce me to his remaining family with his son next who just gave me a small hello and a weak handshake he seemed to be intimidated by leraje and didn't say much.

-And this here is my beautiful wife...you know what they say the best thing comes the last of course..her name is joanna

Joanna smiled from the flattering and just came forward showing giving me her own hand to shake looking at her I could feel my heart beat for a moment it was strange It wasn't that I felt very attracted to her even though she was indeed a very attractive mature woman my feelings were confused it was something different nagging me on top of my head.

-Its nice to meet you dawn...I you forgive my husband he tends to get off topic very quickly and thankful that you handled the situation earlier like this my daughter tends to be very curious about things sometimes and aiden had already talked about you non-stop in a very crazy way so it can't be helped...

She said he voice was sweet and very soothing it made me smile for some reason as I agreed to her...when I shook her hand though another bizarre event took place while I shook her hand the ring that had that sky blue gem attached to it started to glow a mysterious light blue color the shine was very obvious looking at it made joanna very confused at first,but then it made her wide eyed and also shocked for some reason...

-Is anything wrong miss joanna ?

I asked a bit worried seeing her sudden change of expression.The other members of the family were evenly as confused and stared towards the glowing ring with a clueless look.

Joanna immediately snapped out of her thoughts hearing my voice she answered a bit cracking.

-I...yes its alright the ring is broken actually I was just surprised that it started glowing out of nowhere...if you don't mind we should now move on and greet the other guests aiden we are leaving...

Joanna was in a hurry and pulled her husband and left in a quick pace the others followed suit hestia and quinn gave each other a challenging look before they parted...really good impression there hestia !

I thought sarcastically in my mind not really daring to say it out loud to not hurt her feelings anymore.

-Well that was weird...

Cecilia commented while gulping down a cup of soda..

-You don't say...

I said shaking my head and while I was doing this I noticed leraje who was motionless the whole time being suddenly so tense for a moment his eyes also showed signs of small shock as he pointed them towards the opposite side of the room...looking at someone ?

Feeling confused I followed his line of sight and discovered that he was looking at a woman with raven black hair and blood red lips she also had pale white skin with light brown eyes....her appearance was beautiful without a doubt and another to add was that this woman was also directly staring at leraje for some reason...

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