Chapter 31: CH-29 Beating Maxtern's group[1]
"A magician never tells their secrets, my dear spouse." I replied to her with a naughty smile, leaving Amelia to wonder if I was actually a secret dance machine waiting to blow everyone's minds
"Ohhh!" Amelia's ebony eyes widening like a kid on a sugar rush as she stood before the cafeteria shop.
"Look at this smorgasbord of deliciousness!" I was eyeing the other free-for-all food like a hungry bear sizing up a honeycomb.
As we dutifully lined up to order our grub, I nudged her with my elbow. "You know what they say, right? There's no such thing as a free lunch! But, who am I to argue with a free buffet?"
Once we had our plates piled high with enough food to feed a small country, we scanned the cafeteria hall. It was as crowded as a clown car at the circus, with students packed tighter than sardines in a tin can.
"Looks like we'll be doing some extreme people dodging to find seats." I was mentally preparing myself for the obstacle to handle ahead.
Amelia merely shrugged with a neutral face. "Or we could just eat while standing. It may build some calf muscles for a change."
"Ah, that place is empty for us!" I pointed towards a table that was longer than a limousine stretch.
Amelia followed me like a puppy jumping after a juicy steak as we made our way to the coveted seating area.
We plopped down side by side, our chairs squeaked in protest, sounding like a chorus of flatulent mice. Nonetheless, we dug into our food with all the idols of starving hyenas.
"So... I learned a couple dance moves. Wanna dance together?" In between mouthfuls, I paused to say.
My knife twirling like a baton in finger-like pen spinner technique, nearly taking out an innocent bystander's eye.
Amelia merely grunted, "...Sure, sure!"
"I was curious why you talked so much after yesterday. Also, I still have this mark, and it's not healing." I swept my luscious locks aside to show a gnarly bite mark on my neck that looked like it belonged to a vampire victim.
"Told you, didn't I? That I'll be your best friend or your fiance~~" Amelia jerked my cheek with a greasy finger.
"You and your jokes," I muttered, shaking my head before shoving another forkful of meat into my mouth. Little did Amelia know, I was already planning my escape route, just in case her jokes took a turn for the worse.
"Your family comes under the top 5 rank in nobility. You shouldn't say things like this because it will lower your nobility rank and respect."
I gave her a code that if she says stuff like this... other nobles will try to lower her status and superior her family name.
Ah, yes, the dreaded code. It's a secret handshake, but instead of a silly gesture, it's an unwritten set of rules that dictates how to maintain your noble ranking.
In nobility, Heavens forbid you step out of line and express an opinion that goes against the grain!
That's a surefire way to get your family name dragged through the mud and your status downgraded to commoner scum.
Because what's life without a rigid, outdated system that determines your worth based on the family you were born into?
It's a game of life, but you start with a random number of advantages or disadvantages based on a genetic lottery you had no control over.
Fair? Absolutely not! And, that's just how we roll in the cutthroat world of noble hierarchies. As far as I know, this world has approved same-sex marriage and relationships.
But... There are still some old guys who don't approve of this. Top rank nobles are one of them, including the Mia's White family.
You see, these nobles are like fine wines – the older they get, the more stuck in their ways they become.
They're so set in their traditional beliefs that they make a brick wall look flexible.
Heck, if you tried to introduce them to modern concepts like equality and progress, their monocles would probably be right out of their eyes!
... Life is not fair for everyone. Some people thought, everyone is equal at birth, but that's not the case at all.
Equal at birth? Haaa… That's about as likely as a noble attending a commoner's birthday party; A strange hilarious movie.
Nope, in this world, you're either born with a silver spoon in your mouth or a rusty tin cup. where some kids hit the jackpot with a life of luxury, while others are left to fend for themselves on the streets.
There is no equality in every world.
When kids were born, some left orphans, some got a luxury life, some got birth by operation, some with usual methods.
Equality is a myth, a fairy tale told to keep the masses complacent. In reality, it's a wild, uneven playing field from the moment you take your first breath.
Some kids are born into lives of riches, with servants to cater to their every Action, while others are thrust into the harsh realities of poverty and struggle.
Even the method of Child's birth can be a determining factor… Whether you're ushered into the world through a fancy surgical procedure or the old fashioned way…
Hehe~~ Funny, Isn't it?
This world of ours is as many miracles of life can be accomplished through Se that would make a stork blush and leave a cabbage patch kid questioning its origins.
How? Huh!
We've gone and unlocked the cheat codes of reproduction, permitting females to bypass the way of making babies entirely.
Forget about the traditional mating routine – that's child's play compared to the magical mumbo-jumbo we've got going on here.
With a few well-placed incantations, blood, DNA or a sprinkling of fairy dust etc. You can conjure up a tiny life of a human or spirit(Anything is possible, Even dragon girl) straight into a willing womb, no sex required.
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