"Where do you stand," she said, "on humanity's war against the new gods."
Andreas looked at her.
"..."
Minutes passed, and Marilyn started feeling annoyed by it.
A few more seconds passed as andreas continued to search his memories of Aldric's life and do his best to understand what he understood Aldric secret crush said.
A few more seconds passed, and he smiled
"That's a good question," he said as he remembered that ice cream didn't exist in aldric's life.
Marilyn straightened almost imperceptibly.
"That's a good question, but before I answer that," Andreas tilted his head, "could you tell me what I was doing in a torture room?"
He said flatly as his beats faster and faster.
Marilyn's slightly angry expression didn't change.
"That doesn't matter," she said. "Answer the question."
Andreas continued to look at her.
"Okay," he said, "sure." He looked briefly at the ceiling, then back at the group. "I guess I should be leaving then."
No one said anything.
Naxys and kihoko smiled and scoffed.
"Where can I get something to eat." He asked to no one.
Kihoko answered, " I you want some food let go to my place we have pizza and ice-cream there.
"What?" Andreas asked, confused why she said that combination of food items.
"Sure, I'd like some pizza." He says.
Kihoko hugged his arm and pulled his past Marilyn.
She looked her angry eyes with Andreas and allowed them to pass.
She waited to hear the closing of the door behind him and sighed, then grinned her teeth." How disappointing Aldric, you really did become our satan."
Andreas looked at Naxys first.
She was watching him for an unknown amount of time as they rode the carriage with the symbol af Kihoko's family.
Kihoko had both arms around his and was ry. She smelled like something warm.
Anat looked less like a ghost than she had before. More color, more years on her face somehow.
Katlego looked out the window.
Marcel looked visibly annoyed by whatever was outside the window.
Then he looked at Dang and Dongmei.
Dang was already looking at him, and he felt uncomfortable by the attention he was getting, and he almost frowned as he remembered her crushing his skull, but she smiled at him.
Feeling embarrassed, Andreas turned back at Naxys and then down on his cat, who was sleeping peacefully on his lap.
He thought about whether answering Marilyn would have been the better choice and whether or not he should speak to make the journey less quiet.
****
This is so cool, he thought as he stood in front of the largest mansion he had ever seen. I've never been in a mansion before. It must have room in the hundreds. No! maybe 30, probably.
Kihoko took his arm again immediately, which he felt awkward as he turned to Marcel's angry expression. He quickly looked away and let himself be pulled inside.
In the fireplace in the main room Andreas set on a leather couch next to the united fireplace and felt a warmth reach him and thought to himself that he must look like pompous priest, and decided spread his over the couch and cross legs, he looked up and quietly chuckled.
A maid appeared. Kihoko said something to her quietly. The maid left.
Kihoko turned to Andreas, stood behind him, and leaned over to kiss him.
Andreas did his best not to react just as he did with Naxys's kiss.
She pulled back and smiled at Marcel.
"I'm going to bathe," she said. "I'll be back."
Her footsteps crossed the room and found the stairs and disappeared upward.
The room was quiet till a maid came over and placed a tray with pizza chunks of stake and melted cheese on it, and one vanilla ice cream in a wine glass.
Andreas took a piece of pizza and felt slightly ashamed that no one was eating.
Marcel sat down heavily in the opposite couch,looked at the ceiling for a moment, and then looked at Andreas.
"What," he said, "is your relationship with Kihoko exactly?"
Miss Dang asked Naxys to sit in another room, and she agreed and told Anat to come with her.
Dongmei followed them silently.
Katlego, fearing the possibility that might arise, decides to leave and grab a glass of whiskey, "I am not dealing with that!"
"..."
"Well! Are you going to answer?"
"Give me a second. I'm trying to figure that out myself."
Andreas rubbed his chin and leaned over, and rested his arms on his laps.
"I don't know really, you should ask her... um, but I guess it is safe to consider her a friend."
"Really know that how you act with all your other female friends?" Marcel asked while trying his best to keep his poker face.
Andreas tilted his head and answered, " No...."
"Really? Why is that?"
" I don't have any female friends."
"Huh?"
"..."
"Also, why are you asking me? Are you her brother." Andreas said, faking a smile after picking his second piece of pizza.
Marcel raised his voice,"Fiancé. I'm her fiancé."
"Oh..." Andreas responded flately and ate his peace and, after finishing the piece and acting to look in deep thought, said, " Sorry for that, I'll do best to set some boundaries with her." He said while faking a smile again.
"I see... By the way andreas, do you know who I am?"
"No." Andreas responded while scratching the back of his head."
"I see, so you do have amnesia."
Andreas widened his eyes in shock as he remembered that he was technical aldric to people who were now him....
Wait, but he called me Andreas, so what up with that... Should I ask him? No, I've talked enough.
Marcel stood up and strolled around the room, " I am Prence Marcel of the family that owns this city and if I remember correctly we are above you di sangro family name, but its won't blame you for not knowing.
Andreas took his third piece and as he listened to Marcel thought to himself that he deserves to be glutton after the deaths he had.
" Andreas!"
"Yeah?"
"I hope you take this as an opportunity to not mess with a Prence in your next life."