Chapter 276: Need More Crazy

Julius did his best to explain what had happened during the mission, only omitting a few things that had no real importance. He also briefly talked about his relationship with Derek and Lily.

“So let me get this straight, two of the heirs of some of the most powerful Houses are really good friends and they decided to send out these two to bring you back?”

He gave a shrug at the man. “Kind of, yeah.”

“What about Grace then? Do they know about her?” The Marquis asked in an odd tone.

“We know all about ‘Grace’,” Stella said with a shake of her head. “It is sort of a delicate situation, but House Zenith has a plan for how they want to handle it.”

Julius looked between the two of them. “Wait? Do you know?” He asked the Marquis, a little taken aback by Stella’s willingness to openly share sensitive information and also that the man didn’t seem that surprised by it.

“Yeah, we figured it out a little while ago. We were just going to ignore it for now, we thought it was better than getting mixed in with the Royal Family. They have always been a pain in our backside,” he said with a sad shake of his head.

He opened his mouth but nothing came out. He hadn’t really expected them to find out about her so easily. Then again, who knew what kind of resources they had access to?

“So you don’t mind if we take the two of them back to Heston after this is finished?”

“Not at all, as long as they are both willing to go along with you guys, then I won’t argue.”

“Perfect, in that case, we have three people who were a part of the attack, including the Tier 5 locked up in one of my family’s residences. I will organize the transfer over to you guys as long as you are willing to share any information that might be of help to us.”

The three of them, excluding Julius, talked for a while, discussing the details of how they were going to plan things out. It would seem that knowing that Derek and Lily were his friends made the man much more willing to work with them.

As they did so, he just sat around twiddling his thumbs aimlessly, not having much to offer them now that he had done his part.

He even took a snack from his storage ring as he waited for them. There was a lot of negotiating about what each House would give to the others and a lot of promises about future dealings were made. There were times when things got a little heated but in the end, everyone seemed pleased with how it went.

After they were done, the attention was back to Julius.

The Marquis turned to Julius with a frown on his face. “I really thought the princess would have been the most trouble but then somehow you end up being more problematic than her. I must say, that is quite impressive.”

“Problems which you and your House are directly responsible for I might add. Problems that I am obligated to report to my lady once I return,” Marcus commented with a dark look.

The Marquis gave a conceding wince. “Of course, we are as much to blame as anyone. Julius will be properly rewarded for his contributions to House Easten, you have my word.”

“I will make sure that you do,” Marcus nodded firmly and looked at Julius. “Are we all good now? Can we take you back with us?”

He shook his head. “I still have to say some goodbyes to some people.”

“That’s fine. Take a day to say your goodbyes and we can leave tomorrow evening. In the meantime, I will be staying on property and settling the details on a few more things such as examining the list you procured and any other information these Conclave members might have.”

“Hey! What about me? What am I going to do?” Stella asked.

“I thought you said you had other duties to take care of?”

“Yeah, but that should only take a little bit. I was thinking we could go eat somewhere and relax before we head back,” she said hopefully.

Marcus shook his head. “My lady has already made her impatience quite clear to me. She wants her friend back and nothing is going to stop me from getting her that. If you want to face Lady Lily’s wrath, by all means, go and explain to her why you wish to delay such an important moment for her.”

Stella actually flinched.

“No no. We don’t need to go that far. Your plan sounds wonderful, I will just go on and handle the transfer,” she said already walking away from Marcus in haste. However just before she walked out of the door, she turned to Marquis Easten. “If you don’t mind Casidus, I would like to get some permissions to use some spatial magic on the property.”

“Of course, let me show you where you can put them,” the man said while standing up and walking with Stella out of the door.

Stella hastily followed the man, making Julius chuckle at her sudden willingness to get away from him and Marcus.

“Is Lily that terrifying?” He asked Marcus once it was just the two of them.

The man gave him a meaningful look. “You’re friends with her right?”

“Of course.”

“Then do you really need me to answer that question?” The one-armed Tier 5 said while walking away, reviewing the copy of the list Julius had made.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

Julius cocked his head as he recalled all of the times Lily had gotten angry at him or the others.

Yeah, that was a dumb question.

He jogged to catch up to Marcus. “Have you told her yet?”

The man shook his head. “Not yet, no.”

“Why not?” He asked with a worried look on his face. They were just talking about how scary Lily could be when she was mad. But now this man was admitting that he hadn’t told Lily about them finding Julius. That seemed like a sure way to earn her ire.

“I am hoping to surprise her. I already asked Stella to refrain from telling House Zenith as well,” the Tier 5 said to Julius’s surprise.

“Won’t she be mad about you not sharing this with her? That sounds like a recipe for disaster,” he noted with a tense look toward Marcus.

The man actually chuckled at that. “Oh, definitely.”

“Then why do it?” He asked with a confused look.

“Because it will be worth it,” the man said with a loving smile as he gave Julius a soft glance.

Ahh, I understand, he thought to himself with a grin blooming on his face.

“You are actually quite the teddy bear aren’t you?” He said to Marcus with a small bump to the larger man’s shoulder.

“What’s a teddy bear?” Marcus asked with crinkled eyebrows.