The twelve heirs had been all announced.
They had entered and were already seated, but nobody was serving anything.
Murmurs starter do spread, could have something gone wrong?
Or was this just a prank of Disorder to set the mood.
Considering how the heir of Disorder was calm, they thought is really was just a prank, but when the heir of storm, Caelum, pointed at the empty seat at their table everyone went quiet.
"What is the meaning of this Yom? Who could be more important then us to be announced last?" -Juste
"It's not a question of importance really…"
"Then what could it be?" -Seraph
He clearly had a bone to pick with House Morvane and wanted to do everything to discredit them.
Never had someone had the galls to steal his first time with a beauty he had set his eyes on, and that bastard heir did just that.
For his own sanity, Yom decided not to answer, either way, the wait shouldn't be much longer.
"Ladies and Lords, it is with great pleasure that House Morvane-"
"Hahahahahaha…"
"Heheh…"
"Pffft"
"Ohhhhhmmagod"
A greenish mana with purple hues invaded the room from underneath the door diffusing sadness and a deep sense of loneliness to everyone receiving it, even the heirs weren't left uneffected.
But paired with the cold sadness were eerie echoes of laughter coming from multiple directions.
Maids all around strarted to talk in whispers, but everyone was able to hear them.
"It's him! He brought the ghosts with him!"
"So it was real… that orphan… such deep confusion mana."
The doors opened, but nobody was entering.
Until the chamberlain finished the introduction.
"As I was saying, House Morvane is glad to introduce his second Lord and adoptive son. Lord Crow Morvane!"
Everyone turned to the door again waiting for someone to show up, but the doors simply closed and the chamberlain left.
In the midst of the confusion, a deep but youthful voice echoed from the table where the 12 heirs were already sitting.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH GODS! YOM CAN YOU SEE THOSE FACES?! A MASTERPIECE I SWEAR, HEY RONALD! I WANT A PAINTING OF THIS SCENE, IT WILL SERVE AS GREAT INSPIRATION FOR FUTURE PRANKS!!!"
"Of course, young master Crow."
Every head in the room turned to look at the youth that appeared sitting right next to Seraph out of nowhere.
Long black hair, silky straight cascading on his back.
Elegant short but pointy ears, a mix between elven and human, wearing three earrings on his left ear alone. Each one with a mirror pendant reflecting distorted images.
His murky but shiny green eyes curled in crescent moons looking at everyone with clear amusement.
His snickering seemed infinite.
And instead of the family colors he was wearing black and green attire with silver embroidery that seemed to snake around his body.
"Brother, you should go and introduce yourself properly."
"What? That's absolutely boring and stupid, what can a poor orphan like me offer before these established Heirs?"
"You still should do it, you know… the noble bullshit and stuff."
I didn't respond for a second and just looked at Yom straight in the eyes, he was clearly having a hard time looking at me due to the curse, even if suppressed, the tall was heavy.
I then shifted my gaze to everyone else at the table and only softened my gaze when I looked at Seraph.
Completely ignoring the request made to me and still looking at Seraph I started to speak.
"Brother, how is it possible for someone to be so beautiful? Is it even legal to put the heavens to shame with your beauty?"
Seraph's ears got a little pink from the unexpected flattery, but everyone just exhaled thinking I was just another one of those suffering the charms of the heir of Love.
I then tapped twice to give the signal to my shadow.
It was always better to act as soon as possible without anyone having time to put up their defences.
And I spoke again.
Two voices, one for everyone and one only for Seraph.
"A creature as beautiful as you surely will forgive my brother for fucking your Virgin Mary, am I right?"
[Pretender] : "A beautiful being such as yourself will surely be the undisputed king of the entire Vinegrad academy, right?"
"Of course I will! Hahaha" -Seraph
As soon as those words left his mouth, everyone's eyes bulged out, nobody could even begin to fathom what had happened when Yom and I exploded in laughter, his resonance contagious for everyone, mine opposing his but just as strong and people found themselves in an existential crisis.
In all our splendor, Seraph seemed to finally notice that something was wrong and looked around himself to gather information.
"He literally asked you if you'd forgive his brother for fucking that girl in your harem and you gave your pardon like an enamoured fool? What's wrong with you?!" -Juste
"The fuck?! I didn't!"
Yom and I stood up together and each of us put an arm around Seraph's shoulder.
"Yes you did buddy, [mirror of the past]"
The silver mirror replayed the scene without illusions and Seraph's face went completely white.
"You will pay for this." -Seraph
"Man, forget it. I am a man who loves equality! Everyone will receive a prank tonight!" -Crow
While I was announcing that tonight's banquet would be filled with menace and chaos, my butler slapped his own face and the maid started to serve the food.
"You should not play with powers you don't understand, you might be part of House Morvane, but you're still a mutt from the streets." -Selan
"Oh high and mighty leaders of this world, forgive this poor dog for not knowing his place."
"Poor excuses will not save you." -Selan
"Watch your mouth."
"What?"
[Fraud's starvation]
Without even having time to think of what was happening, a feeling she had never imagined could even be possible possessed her.
She needed food. And she needed it now.
Her hands moved before her brain could even realise what was happening.
I released the spell only after 3 second of her chowing down food like a dog.
This time Seraph and Niven joined me and Yom laughing.
Selan instead came to herself only to realise what had happened without understanding how it happened.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
"What are you even hahahaha talking about? Calling me a mutt and then eating with your hands?"
Her face darkened and was ready to strike me, I knew it. But it was just so much fun.
She threw a punch at me, that I evaded at a hair distance but abused to fly myself out of the dead with a dramatic flare.
[deceiver's perfume]
A deep scent of blood engulfed the hall, Selan's face became aghast and even some of the heirs stood up abruptly to reach for me.
Auriel was the first to reach me, ready to heal me on the spot.
It also helped that this drama was caused by his house's opponent, and considering they would be staying in the land of Disorder for the foreseeable future, helping the adopted fool might bring him bonus points with the actual Heir.
"Are you okay Crow? Where do you need healing?"
I looked at him with pleading eyes, pointing to my lips that I broke thanks to [mirrormonger] but his healing seemed to have little effect.
[Pretender] "I heard healing with a kiss increases the effectiveness, could please help me your grace?"
My eyes still pleading, my voice barely above a whisper, clearly coming from a distressed poor soul.
What everyone heard however was completely different.
"if you kiss me hard enough I will make that rude girl eat like a dog again."
Selan was ready to jump on me, but everyone held her tight. They were all curious of what would happen, and they weren't disappointed.
As soon as Auriel's tongue started to dance with mine, Selan was once again prey to hunger and couldn't resist the urge to feed herself.
I kept the kiss going until I heard the sweet sweet notification from my system.
[detected bloodline of the Sun]
[would you like to extract the rune: divinity]
Yes.