Chapter 593: Take him
"That's strange. Normally, the only way to enter our world is through portals that randomly connect to other worlds. I don't think I've ever heard of someone waking up here without any portals."
Estelia was slightly intrigued by Eren's situation, as it was something that had never happened before.
Eren spoke the lie so convincingly, that she didn't even consider the possibility of him lying, since he himself looked confused about the entire situation.
Eren also didn't have to put much into this act and story, as he could simply talk about his true experience, where he just woke up on another day without any portals.
Unlike his daughter, Lysander didn't say anything. He was simply silent, a slight frown appearing on his forehead, as if he was thinking of something.
"Do you know something about it?" Estelia asked her father.
"If he didn't enter any portal, that means another external force was at play. There are only a few that I can think of," Lysander answered. "But even I can't be certain about it."
Even if he was the strongest person in this world, he couldn't do something like that. The only existences that could do this, were those from the upper realm. Even amongst them, only the strongest few could manipulate the laws of the world like this.
He wondered what reason they had in sending him here. It was clear that Eren didn't know about the reasons either, or he wouldn't be looking so confused about his own situation.
"Who was the person that you were fighting?" he asked Eren, thinking back to the scenes of carnage that he had seen when he found Eren.
"I have no idea. He simply attacked me out of nowhere. Maybe he thought that I was an enemy," Eren innocently answered. He didn't tell them that he knew that person from his previous world, since it was already a well known fact that the person wasn't from earth.
"It seems you were just unlucky." Lysander shook his head, and stopped thinking about it. Even if the gods wanted to mess with his son in law, he could always protect him. For now, his main priority was his daughter.
He started eating, and left the conversation, giving the two youngsters more time to talk with each other. The more they talked, the happier he became.
"Estelia, are you coming?" Suddenly, a melodious voice came from the communication jade that was wrapped around Estelia's waist.
She abruptly stood up, her eyes lighting up. "Ah, my friend is here. We planned to go to the Auction. I will be taking my leave."
She quickly ate what was in front of her, preparing to leave.
"Are you going to leave in the middle of dinner? Didn't we have a plan to eat together?" Lysander asked, his lips twitched at the voice of the girl that he hated the most.
Every time he heard her voice, he was frustrated since it was the girl that he was worried about stealing his daughter.
"I planned everything. It's you who was late. If you were on time, we would've finished dinner properly by now. Anyways, we can do it next time. The Auction can't wait!" She swiftly turned around, and walked away.
Eren didn't mind her leaving, since he could finally have a moment of peace. But Lysander didn't seem to accept it.
"Wait, Eren is new to this city. Why don't you take him with you? It would be a good experience for him as well."
He didn't even give Eren the time to eat properly before using his abilities to send him flying after Estelia.
"But father..." Estelia tried to say something against it, since Eren felt like a third wheel. Even if she didn't hate him, he was still a stranger to her friend. Moreover, he was an outsider. Even if she treated him normally, the others were definitely not going to do the same.
"Either you take him with you, or you aren't going anywhere either. It's final." Lysander was stubborn as well. Moreover, since he wasn't demanding too much, Estelia couldn't complain too much either.
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"Fine." She grabbed Eren's hand, and started flying, dragging him behind.
Eren was again being dragged, wondering what was this father and daughter's obsession with dragging him around. Then again, he didn't feel too bad, since it gave him an opportunity to leave this place and look around the Capital of Hell.
He was also quite interested in what they called an auction, wondering if there was something useful that might come in handy for him.
Even if he couldn't bid for that item, he could always steal it, as long as it wasn't bought by a Primordial directly. No one was going to doubt a weak little outsider after all.
Estelia brought Eren out of the Palace, letting Eren witness the true grandeur of Lysander's Palace. It was the Palace that belonged to the First Primordial, and it certainly wasn't lacking.
It looked much larger from the outside, than it felt from inside, as he had only been limited to the main hall and the dining hall inside the palace.
"Is this outsider your new slave? Why are you holding the hands of a slave?" Eren was distracted by the palace when he heard a woman's voice.
He looked back, and caught sight of the woman that Lysander was worried about. And looking at her, he finally understood why even the first Primordial was worried about his daughter's preference.
The woman was truly a seductive vixen, having a voluptuous body. She was wearing a tight fitting gown that highlighted all her curves, especially her breasts that were mostly revealed through the cleavage.
The woman saw Eren glancing at her, as if he was judging her. It made her frown, as anger flashed in her face.
"How dare a slave try to look at me with such a gaze!" She raised her hand in an attempt to slap Eren.
Eren also didn't like being slapped by a woman. Even if he was an outsider, he didn't give her an opportunity to touch him. He grabbed her wrist.