Chapter 101: Epic Battle

One of the things that caught most of the interest of Zach's family members was the Underworld. Leonidas, Leonia, and Lexi had heard of it but never come into contact with it or any creatures from the Underworld.

If the Duke and Calserra hadn't already been shocked by Zach's close encounters with the Underworld, that alone would have surprised them, even if not as much. It wasn't easy to learn about the Underworld since they only did something when they were absolutely certain no one would discover anything.

It also wasn't something the Duke and Calserra could freely talk about unless the time came when their children needed to know about it.

Now, however, their youngest was having conversations with the leader of the Underworld and some of his closest subordinates. What was the world coming to?

When Victoria came back with the better stuff, which ended up being fancy alcohol that Zach was too young to drink, the questions became a little more scattered and while Zach still got a lot of them, his siblings also caught up with each other and their parents, whom they might not have seen much of lately.

It was a nice family dinner. Looking at it, no one would suspect the power and influence gathered in the room, nor how much responsibility there was. For the evening, no one cared about anything like that. They were family who were seeing each other for the first time since morning or since more than a year ago.

The only things that mattered were who had accomplished the most, seen the strangest things, or could drink the most, except Zach of course. He got hit with the juice as soon as he tried to sneak a sip.

It wasn't even illegal according to the Empire's laws. His family was just being annoying. The only one on Zach's side was Lexi, who occasionally tried to give Zach some of the better stuff in her cup under the table.

Unfortunately, while she was talented in many things, holding her liquor was not one of them. Her whispers ended up being louder than the conversations taking place around them, and Zach couldn't even pretend like nothing was going on.

It was fun times but after a while, the better stuff was corked up and brought away. The powerful bodies of the Evandiels eventually made them sober up before the night was over, and the conversations, while still light, weren't as free and flimsy as before.

It did look like some of the children needed to go to bed soon since they had early starts.

"What are you doing tomorrow, Zach? And how are you planning to spend your break?" Lexi was not one of those who had an early morning, however, and she happily indulged in more conversation as their father, Leonidas, Leonia, and Lily took their leave. Searᴄh the Novelƒire(.)ne*t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Zach hesitated.

"Tomorrow…I think I'm going to sleep. After that, I think I'm headed to the Labyrinth."

"What?" questioned Leana.

"Alone?" asked Lilo.

"Bring your sister with you," said Calserra.

"I'm not alone. I have Yanael. I was also planning on bringing Nora." Zach glanced at his mother and the silver-haired maid next to her as he mentioned Nora.

Victoria gave a golden standard etiquette smile and bowed fifteen degrees to show that she accepted that he was bringing Nora with him.

"And when you say sister, Mother…"

"Lexi."

"Yeah, I can tag along. I've been curious about the Labyrinth for a while now anyway."

"Good. I hope you don't mind, Zach."

Zach had a feeling it wouldn't have changed anything even if he did mind it, which he didn't. He was looking forward to heading into the Labyrinth with his big sister. It was extra comforting since it was Lexi.

Lexi wrapped an arm around his shoulders and pulled him in close before grinding his head with her knuckles again.

"Of course, he doesn't mind! He gets to go into the Labyrinth with three beautiful women clinging to his arms! It's every boy's wish."

Zach jabbed Lexi's side with an unavoidable, quick, devastating tickle attack, forcing her to let go of him.

"Two beautiful women, at least, and one hobo." Lexi forcefully regained her composure and ignored Zach's fingers pressing against her abs and the side of her stomach.

"Who you callin' a hobo, hobo?"

Zach shrugged.

"If the shoe fits…"

"Okay, now you're getting it! I'm going to show you everything I've learned living on the streets, you little shit!"

Lexi launched at Zach. Zach defended himself and counterattacked.

The results of the epic battle of Lexi Evandiel and Zacharia Evandiel are a tightly kept secret guarded by the few witnesses of the rectangular table.

Zach slept off the travel weariness, the staying-up-late fatigue, and the fighting exhaustion the next day. There wasn't much else for him to do. His parents and siblings were busy mostly.

After another family dinner but a much calmer one this time, Zach simply returned to his room to sleep. And when morning finally came, he saw Nora again for the first time since their arrival.

"Damn, did you feel left out and decided to die as well?" Zach couldn't help but voice his honest thoughts when he saw Nora's tired, exhausted, fatigued, worn, and weary appearance. Her clothes and hair were pristine, though.

"No…Young Master." She couldn't even be bothered to retort as she began helping Zach prepare a bag of useful equipment and food for his and Lexi's trip to the Labyrinth.

Nora didn't want to talk about the wringer her mother had put her through, and Zach didn't want to hear about it. Without wasting much time, they set out to the main entrance, where Lexi was already waiting for them.

"Are you ready, my dear little brother?"

"Always. Since you're coming with, I won't have to do anything, right?"

"Fat chance. What's the point of tagging along if I'm the one doing everything. And didn't you go on and on and on last night about how you were going to overtake all of us and become the king of the world?"

"Okay, I didn't go on and on and on about it. And that's a matter for the future. In the present, I'm still your adorable little brother who will happily let you take care of everything in the Labyrinth."

"Keep dreaming." Lexi turned around and walked out.

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Zach glanced around. There weren't any carriages waiting for them. He looked at Lexi.

"If you had time to come early, why didn't get get a carriage ready?"

"Carriage? No way. We're running." Without waiting for an answer, Lexi began jogging toward the city.

"Yanael, do you want to carry me?"

"No."

Zach sighed.