48 Chapter 48: Business

Caesar placed his forehead in the palm of his hands and ground his teeth, he slowly stood up and walked towards the door.

"Is everything okay?" Ahri's worried voice came from behind the door.

*creak*

Caesar opened the door and smiled lightly, "of course, let's get some rest" he said gently

Ahri studied Caesar with doubt flashing in her eyes, after staring for a few more seconds she walked past him and headed towards the bed.

*slam*

Caesar closed the door and also walked towards the bed, Ahri slowly crawled on one side of the bed and put a large pillow down the middle… "No trespassing, you hear me?" Ahri said with asmile.

"Yea, yea, whatever you say," Caesar said sarcastically and climbed on to the other side of the bed.

Once they got into bed Caesar turned around and faced the other way, if one looked closely, you could see sweat trail down his face.

"Are you really okay?" Ahri's worried voice passed into Caesar's ear once again.

"I'm fine, why do you ask?"

"Hmph, don't underestimate a women's intuition, If you don't want to tell me that's fine" Ahri harumphed and turned away from Caesar.

Caesar shook his head with a wry smiled and massaged the temples of his forehead. He started to hear barely discernable whispers inside of his head.

"All races have weaknesses, even the strongest ones" a dull voice echoed inside of his head…

"You can hide it, run from it, try to destroy it… but it will always exist" this time a woman's voice called out.

Caesar could feel the blood in his body boil and feelings of resentment and loss filled his heart…

Suddenly Caesar felt a warm touch on his forehead, as if the dark feelings were abruptly washed away, his headache and his blood started to feel normal again.

"Hmm, are you really okay?" he heard a sweet voice next to his ear.

Caesar opened his eyes and wrapped his arms around Ahri, he put his chin on her forehead and locked her in his embrace.

"W-what are you doing? I said no trespassing…" Ahri said quickly.

"Sleep" Caesar replied with a whisper.

Ahri continued resisting for a few seconds before, finally, giving in and just closing her eyes, Caesar could feel her quickened heart by his chest.

10 minutes later two pairs of calm and rhythmic breathing could be the only things heard within the room.

The next morning, Caesar felt something soft on his body causing him to open his eyes… his sight landed on Ahri that was nestled on his chest, she had a wide smile on her face as she drooled all over him.

The corner of Caesar's lips twitched and he closed his eyes once again, he rubbed her hair gently and went back to bed.

*knock*

*knock*

"Young master, breakfast is ready and… The merchant's guild has asked to meet you once again." Sebastian called out from behind the door.

"Mmm" Ahri slowly got up and stretched her limbs, she blinked her beautiful eyelashes and was greeted by Caesar's smiling face.

"Haha, if you hadn't told me you were a fox-kin I would have thought you were a cat" Caesar teased after seeing Ahri's sleepy figure.

"It's not as though I wanted to sleep on your chest, it's your fault for trespassing the line last night in the first place" Ahri grumbled and started to get off the bed.

Caesar wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back to his chest "what's your rush?" he whispered into her ear.

"Y-your going to make your father and Elizabeth wait at the dining table" Ahri blushed and tried breaking free from his grip.

"Haha, I wouldn't mind making the whole world wait" Caesar chuckled and whispered slyly into her ear.

Ahri's mind went blank for a second "shut up, you idiot" she said quietly and broke free from his clutches, although she called him an idiot, the smile on her face didn't betray her feelings.

Caesar got of bed and dressed in a simple black and white striped suit, he put on a pair of white gloves and black dress shoes. Ahri dressed in a long violet dress that had a slit down the side that crawled up to her thigh.

"Are you trying to tempt me?" Caesar teased while looking at her sexy legs.

Ahri rolled her eyes and walked out of the room first, Caesar smiled and followed behind her. Ahri walked in front of Caesar down the hallways and purposely shook her hips provocatively.

She glanced at Caesar's groin area and once she saw a reaction she smiled confidently and continued shaking her hips all the way to the dining room.

"Is this her way of getting revenge for all of my teasing?" Caesar thought inwardly while keeping his eyes peeled on her back.

They soon reached the dining room doors and walked inside, once Ahri entered the room all of the butlers present couldn't take their eyes off of her.

Joe glanced at Ahri but once he saw what was behind her he quickly averted his gaze and went back to eating.

The butlers felt as if the room went to freezing temperatures as they were glared at by Caesar, they gulped audibly and shifted their gaze off of Ahri.

"Ahem, come, sit" Crowley cleared his throat and said with a worn out tone.

Both Caesar and Ahri sat down and they all started eating, breakfast consisted of yogurts, fruits, salads, and toast.

Sebastian walked behind Caesar and whispered in his ear "young master, Veronica has arrived at the palace and is waiting for your arrival"

Ahri's ears perked up and she glared at Caesar with suspicion, she stabbed a small fruit with unnecessary force causing Caesar to raise his eyes and look at her.

"Whos Veronica?" Ahri asked, her voice containing a cold killing intent.

"Haha, just a business partner" Caesar chuckled and continued eating his breakfast.

Ahri squinted her eyes and smiled lightly "Than you wouldn't mind if I tagged along, would you?" she asked slyly.

Caesar stroked his chin in contemplation "I can definitely see a problem arising" Caesar replied after thinking for a second.

"What do you mean?" Ahri blinked her eyes cutely and looked at Caesar with curiosity.

"Hmm, I think I'm going to pass on your offer…" Caesar said after he finished eating his breakfast.

*creak*

Caesar stood up and straightened his collar, he walked out of the dining room and turned around to glance at Ahri "I will see you in a bit" he called out.

*slam*

The door closed and everyone in the dining room didn't dare make a sound, Ahri stared at Crowley with a curiosity "who is he meeting with?"

Crowley scratched his head with a bashful smile "I'm not certain, I'm sure Sebastian knows, however," Crowley quickly passed all of the responsibilities to Sebastian and left the dining room.

Ahri shifted her attention towards Sebastian and tilted her head curiously

"Hmm, he's meeting with a merchants guild representative… He is business partners with them" Sebastian bowed and calmly explained

Ahri nodded her head in understanding "I see, but why did he not want me to tag along with him?" Ahri muttered to herself.

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Caesar quickly walked through the hallways and made it into the main palace hall… Veronica was already standing there waiting for him, she was wearing a long black skirt and a white button-up shirt.

Once Veronica caught sight of Caesar she smiled and put her hand forward "nice to see you again"

Caesar shook her hand and replied: "likewise"

"I'm going to get straight to the point, we have already made contact with the rebel alabastians… they are willing to purchase our weapons and spread word about our business as long as they win the war" Veronica said with a serious expression.

Caesar nodded his head "excellent, I will order some of the workers to disassemble the ballista's and get them ready for transportation" Caesar replied

"Okay, I will give them word that we are going to start transporting… have you already decided how we are going to camouflage the business?"

Caesar shook his head "not yet, it shouldn't be much of a problem until we make a large number of funds"

Veronica nodded her head in acceptance and brought out a piece of paper from her bosom, she handed it towards Caesar.

Caesar grabbed the piece of paper and scanned through it, "this is acceptable" he commented and grabbed a quil pin from his suit pocket.

He elegantly signed his name on the paper and handed it back to Veronica…

"Thank you" Veronica said sweetly and walked away.

Caesar didn't stay either and immediately started walking back towards the dining room "I am afraid my fox is going to show her claws If I don't get back soon haha" he chuckled loudly.