Chapter 80 - A Strange Development Leading To An Intense Quarrel

'W-Wedding? Wait, who even is this guy?'

Ayami could not recognize the man no matter how deep she dug her memories. That meant that she did not meet this guy in the past.

Kayden let out a hollow chuckle as he responded back to the man. "Sorry, you're not invited."

The man was dismayed at that. "What a shame." The man glanced at Ayami and smiled widely. "Won't you introduce me to your dear lover?"

"You're not worthy to know her name." Kayden smiled, though his eyes were as sharp as a dagger. Then, he casually introduced the man. "This stupid looking guy is Klein Silverfang."

I thought that you were here to negotiate, why are you being mean to him? Though I do admit, he looks stupid.

"Little miss lover, your dearest is bullying me." Klein pouted like a child. Seeing a grown adult act like that, she couldn't help but frown in disgust. A man-child is what they call.

Klein put his hand on his chest and acted like he was hurt. "Ahh~ I'm hurt. Even your lover is looking at me like I'm worse than trash." 

"Isn't that the truth?" Kayden looked at him like he was stupid. He casually sat down beside them, while dragging along Ayami. The two sat side by side, sticking closely to each other. Kayden's hand was on her waist to make it more believable.

"Well then, let's continue our talk."

They started their tedious talk. Her eyes darted around in boredom. 

The room they were in was filled with luxurious things. There was a small golden statue at the corner. Behind the place they were sitting, a floor to ceiling was there and the garden could be seen. Only one red curtain was drawn for a bit making the outside scenery only be seen in a half-view. There was nothing notable and everything was extremely ordinary for the wealthy.

After observing the room, her gaze then started looking at the people. She could not recognize any of them but there was something she noticed. All of them were staring at the two of them. They were talking with each other but their eyes were discreetly looking at them.

For some reason, she had a bad feeling as she felt shivers down her spine. Ayami glanced at Kayden, who was too absorbed in their talk, seemingly not noticing anything.

Her gaze then landed on Klein and his eyes were also staring at her. Their eyes met and Klein smiled. 

"Your little lover seems bored, why don't you let her go for a bit? The others here are easy to talk to and could entertain here."

Kayden glanced at the people with an unreadable expression, before shaking his head. "I don't want to be separated from my dear. And she also doesn't want to be separated from me, right?" 

Ayami noticed his grip tightening around her waist, before nodding her head. 

"See? We're stuck together 24/7."

"That's so romantic~" Klein clasped his hands and rubbed them on his cheeks. His gaze felt like it was burning with passion as it stared at the two.

"Hey, just having this kind of talk is boring. Why don't you tell me the story you two first met? Hm, how about it?"

"The story of when we first met…" Kayden looked at the window. He narrowed his eyes for a second before smiling. His expression was still unreadable. As their gazes were on his face, they didn't notice the small gesture he made. Even if they did notice, they would think nothing of it. 

"I still remember that one faithful day… It was winter at that time. The land was filled with pure white snow. Everywhere was white as I walked down the road. That was when I noticed a girl balling her eyes out…"

Why are you reciting a story that seems like it came from a novel? Did you freaking memorize a backstory?

Ayami looked at him with disbelief, although her expression wasn't really noticeable. 

"I—"

BOOM!

Kayden hadn't finished what he was saying when an explosion happened. Ayami heard the people screaming in terror while the people in the room started to be vigilant, their eyes still on the two of them.

"Oh my, I wonder who did that?" Klein didn't look panicked at all, instead his lips were curved upwards as if he was enjoying this. He sat back and relaxed, as if waiting for the enemy to come and barge inside the room. 

A few minutes passed, and nobody came. The reason? Because the rat had already entered. More specifically, two of them have already entered.

"Mr. K, I could not believe that you would be a rat. It doesn't suit you at all." Klein said with his arms raised, while a gun was pointed at him. The one who was holding the gun was, of course, Kayden, while half of the people were pointing their guns at Kayden, the others stayed neutral and observed the situation. Ayami was one of them as she was not yet needed. She did not expect this kind of development. 

Hey! What about negotiating? 

Ayami fidgeted around, her eyes darting around, not because she was nervous or anything like that. In fact, she was calm. She was just acting to lower the enemies' guard as per Kayden's instructions. 

Earlier, while they were distracted by the sudden explosion, Kayden whispered into her ears to act like a naive and innocent maiden. Though she wondered why, she didn't question him. In the eyes of the other people, Kayden was calming down his lover so nobody thought anything out of it. Everything was fine until Kayden suddenly stood up and pointed a gun at Klein.

"It's unfortunate but I can't come to terms with you. I guess we are just not meant to be 'business partners'." There was a devilish grin on Kayden's face. He looked quite scary with that face on, yet he looked handsome on Ayami's eyes. She couldn't help but be drawn to this unexpected side of him.

And here I thought he was just a gentle prince, turns out he was capable of being a ruthless tyrant.

"Aren't you putting your little lover in danger?" Klein glanced at the 'scared' Ayami, his smile widened after seeing her panic stricken from the guns. Kayden glanced at her and uttered his next words in a calm manner. "Well, truthfully, we broke up a couple of seconds ago."

Her eyes reddened as Ayami covered her mouth. For the first time since she came here, she spoke, "Y-You… are tossing me aside!?" It was evident in her voice that she was trying her best not to sob, which in reality was her trying her best not to laugh.

Klein shook his head and looked at Ayami with an annoying pitying gaze. "Oh really? What a pity. Kill her first, then. Since you said that you broke up, then you don't care about her anymore, right?" 

After Klein finished speaking, the guns that were pointed at Kayden turned to her. 

Where's your pity?

Her legs turned into jelly and soon, she collapsed on the floor. Ayami wailed and begged for her life, which she thought was really disgusting.

If the girl is really important to him, then he would gain his weakness. On the other hand, if the girl was deemed useless then it was fine to get rid of some waste. So there was nothing to lose. Though he may look stupid, he at least has some brain but unfortunately, his opponents were not his match.

"I-I'll do anything…*sobs* just let me live…"

The complete sentence was: 'I'll do anything to kill you. Just let me live and you'll never see the light of the day.'

"So noisy, why don't you just kill her already?" It was Kayden who said that, not Klein. Ayami looked at him with wide-eyes, resentment grew as she looked at him with bloodshot eyes.

"Why am I first? Ah!? Damn it! He has a gun while I don't. Don't you think you should remove the threat first? Why did you have to drag me in this place! This is all your fault!" Ayami pointed at Kayden, aggrieved. It looked like she was doing this out of revenge.

"Having a lover's quarrel? There, there. Why don't we mend our relationships? It's normal to have lover's quarrel when you love each other too much."

Truthfully, he also wanted the negotiation to be a success as it was beneficial to both sides. Sadly, there won't be anymore negotiations in the future.

Clang!

Just then, a small black can was dropped on the floor towards the center of the room where Ayami, Kayden and Klein was. It was a smoke bomb that released a gray smoke. It created a smoke screen between them. Kayden, with his fast speed, dashed towards Klein, grabbed his neck and slammed him down on the ground before the smoke could completely swallow them. 

Various smoke bomb also magically appeared throughout the room. The room was now filled with smoke and the people could discern who was who.

And so, another night of chaos…