"Oh hey you people!"
Ursula exclaimed and ran down towards the stairs, her cute face peeked the interest of Avery who was waiting in the lobby for her, her cheeks glittered and her soft vibrant skin made him stare at her longer.
"Is dinner ready Notomi?"
She spoke to her normally.
"Yes, Mistress."
She nodded and headed towards the dinner table directly, and the group followed her. As they approach the table, Avery and Aoife saw new faces that sat on the table. There were three table spots available ahead for Teila, Avery, and Aoife. The other side of the table was filled with unique people, specifically three people sitting there with two empty chairs.
"Why don't you guys sit first?"
Teila asked them politely, her voice charmed Avery and Aoife as if they obeyed her order, it allured them to sit down gracefully. But, as Avery and Aoife sat down fear crept into their face from anxiety, their fingers tremble as each second pass, their shoulders began to falter and fidget as dread kept on digging in their chests. They were shy from the people that sat infront of them for dinner, Teila looked concerned for them, her heart fell down as she saw the intense feeling of being timid and worried of Aoife and Avery.
"What's wrong guys...?"
She whispered to them while she sat down next to them, Aoife and Avery looked into her with their eyes shuffling from their uneasiness.
"We're just shy... Haha..."
They laughed nervously, their voice cracked from their fear of embarrassment. After they have spoken, they still felt relentless pressure of shame that they anticipated towards them.
"This is a special evening tonight! Please respect our new peeps over here!"
Ursula stood on top of her chair, she exclaimed with power and beauty, her body flashed with cuteness and entitlement. Her high-pitched tone brought delight to the people's ears as they listened to her. She sat back down in her chair peacefully, she smirked at Avery and Aoife to confirm they were comforted.
"Mhm, are you two the ones who saw me earlier?"
The browned haired girl spoke to them with glee, she smiled delicately as her joyful words reached to them.
"Uhh- Yes!"
Aoife and Avery exclaimed to her with slight shame and anxiety, their fingers tend to calm down for a while after they said that.
"Peculiar creatures you guys are! Nice to meet you! My name is Karasse, the cousin of Ursula!"
Her frilled dress flapped as she jumped again out of happiness, her curly hair bounced to her skin. Another person stood up from his chair, he looked pretty serious trying to introduce himself, his short purple hair remained lively, he wore an eccentric attire more described as a flamboyant or a theatrical style, it was purple and red. His eyes radiated with his left eye as red and the right eye as purple.
"Hello newcomers, my name is Neven, the sibling of Ursula!"
He spoke in a mighty voice, Aoife's concentration was focused on him, his attractive voice and quirky personality had her attention, she tried to gaze on him longer than anyone in the room. Until, another individual stood up after Neven, her blue hair was strikingly long that her bangs had hid her eyes. She wore long sleeves that her hand wasn't seen, her dress was was longer than her legs, her ears were pointy it signified to Avery's eyes that she could be an elf like the games he played online before.
"Hi... I'm Asena, a strong and close friend since childhood with Ursula..."
Her voice trembled, she ate her words as she struggled from dread after she spoke to them. She was quite anxious like Aoife before, her breath became dense as fear punched her in the guts. She sat quietly as the silence was loud after she said that.
"Erhm~ I hope people enjoy this dinner tonight! It appears that the other two special people around this house isn't here yet."
Ursula yelled again, her voice broke the silence that echoed around the room. The kitchen doors opened with a large bang, there were two maids pulling a food cart filled with the familiar food that Aoife and Avery noticed. As they continued to pull the cart towards the table, Notomi grabbed some food in a tray with no hesitation.
"Mistress, I'll bring these food to the other two special guests upstairs."
Her nonchalant tone struck Ursula's ears, as she brings the food outside the dinner room.
"Notomi, be cheerful somtimes okay?"
Notomi glanced back at Ursula, she grinned slightly and nodded to confirm her response. As she leaves the room, the unknown maids grabbed the trays filled with many layers of food, Aoife and Avery smelled the smooth and soothing fragrance, as the maids place the trays in the middle of the table, they opened the stainless cloche food cover. The eyes of Avery and Avery shined with overwhelming emotions as they saw the delicious food prepared.
It was perfectly roasted chicken, a high-end steak, seared potatoes, basically anything they could imagine for a rich family. They grabbed the food carefully, they truly want to appreciate what it means to live atleast for two weeks in the mind blowing mansion.
"Enjoy what you can! Relax like it's your home."
Neven laughed cheerfully, he poked the steak with his fork as he grabbed to place it in his plate. The people around the room eat their food with well manners, Avery kept on holding off his disrespectful thoughts as he continued to eat the food. He had an urge to violate the food but couldn't due to the pressure of everyone eating at the table.
"There's something we must tell you before you guys sleep tonight!"
Ursula exclaimed to Avery and Aoife, she grabbed their attention as their eyes focused on her face.
"This isn't a normal gathering after all... I had a purpose for you guys to stay here for two weeks, but I'm going to reveal that tomorrow, I must introduce what is our purpose first. We are the Elarion party candidate for Flares of Ash senate! Election is about to start tomorrow in the middle of the day."
Ursula spoke in strength, her tone reached deep inside Aoife and Avery, it sank deep inside their heart. They gulped saliva out of her menacing message towards them. Avery raised his hand out of curiosity, he wanted to know more about this information.
"Is it the reason why you guys summoned us here to help you win...?"
After he spoke the sentence, silence broke out across the room. Fear swam inside his mouth as no one made a sound to reply to him, Ursula grinned playfully, her tongue curled around as she began to speak to him.
"Kinda... You'll find out soon tomorrow. Fufufu~"
She giggled in amusement, she sat back down at her chair to eat the remaining dish that was prepared to her. As minutes pass around this evening, everyone had finished their meal, their bellies was satisfied, Aoife licked her lips trying to scrape off the remaining flavor from her food.
"Dessert time!"
Ursula exclaimed playfully, she snapped her fingers with a pop, tiny plates of white slices of cake was summoned in their table. The small plates slowly swished in the air as it prepared itself to be infront of the guest's placemat. Aoife gazed upon it, she admired how delicate it looked, it was bright and the scent was out of this world.
She took a teaspoon to scoop out the cake, the cake curled around the spoon, she slowly eats it as the intense of sweet taste rampage around her mouth. It was perfectly creamy, it was soft that it already melted inside her mouth. She finished the cake without remnants around the plate, it was fully cleaned.
Aoife took the napkin and wiped her mouth peacefully, she was in relief that this dinner had savored her mind and body. The maids grabbed all of the plates and place it on the food cart, they drove it slowly into the kitchen door.
"Goodnight!"
Ursula yelled again to break the tranquility around the room, everyone smiled at her jolly face, her teeth remained white and shined bright with a nice smile to everyone.
"Do you guys still remember where your room is?"
She spoke casually to Avery and Aoife.
"Erhm- Yes we do now, is it late we're gonna sleep now."
Everyone walked out of the dinner area, they approach the grand staircase again as they climbed with a peaceful mind of going to sleep. Avery and Aoife said their goodnights to the new people they had met around dinner, they walked again the endless hallway until they stumble upon their room.
Avery and Aoife came across their door, they opened it and they spread around the room. Avery jumped on his bed, his face lay flat in the sheets, he was tired as he make his body embrace the soft pillows of the bed.
Aoife slowly climb up into her bed, she lay there effortlessly thinking on what will happen to her journey tomorrow. Regardless, it wasn't so bad as she expected it to be.