"Hmm?" Orion let out as his eyes slowly opened.
He seemed to have been having the strangest of dreams, one where he was struck by lightning, met an old bastard that claimed to be god and then got reincarnated in a summoning world.
He even got to summon a cat that turned out to have yandere tendencies.
"Mm..." A small sound was heard beside him and that when he noticed that there was a strange feeling of something soft wrapped around him, and it definitely wasn't some type of pillow.
His eyes open and he noticed that he was still in bed, but there was some type of bulge under his covers.
He slowly lifted them before letting out a sigh as he could already feel a headache coming.
Under it, was a completely naked Luna wrapped around him, blissfully asleep.
The dream he thought he had, was definitely not a dream.
"Why is this my life."
It wasn't as if he hated it, no, it was quite the opposite actually. But this was just punishment to him and his little brother down below.
So the best course of action for the both of them was to slowly move away from her, but the moment he tried that, Luna shifted slightly, tightening her hold around his waist as if reacting to his movement even in sleep.
"Master…" she mumbled softly, her voice muffled, "Mm… don't move, master…"
A moment after her words, his thoughts immediately went down the gutter and he had to physically pull himself back.
"Nope. Bad Orion. Bad thoughts. Focus."
Fortunately for him, a knock on the door was enough to wake her up.
Knock! Knock!
"G-good morning young master," a familiar voice greeting from outside the door, "m-may I come in."
It was the maid from yesterday, well, it was not that Orion expected any other servant, after all, she was the only one that worked here.
"Mmm.." Luna let out as her eyes opened and she looked up at him, "good morning, master."
"Hmm," he nodded and added, "do you mind getting off and putting on some clothes?"
"Young master?" The maid's voice came again.
"Get dressed," Orion muttered under his breath, lowering his voice, "we have company."
"Mmm… but I like it like this," Luna replied sleepily, tightening her hold slightly as she nuzzled against him.
Knock! Knock!
"Y-young master?" the maid's voice came again, a bit more hesitant this time. "I-I was sent with a message…"
Orion's eye twitched.
"Luna."
"Yes, master?"
"Clothes. Now."
There was a brief pause.
"…Fine," she muttered reluctantly, finally loosening her grip on him.
Orion wasted no time. He quickly rolled out of bed, grabbing a random shirt and tossing it toward her before turning his back.
"Wear that."
"Hehe… master is shy."
"I'm not shy, I just don't want to deal with more problems this early in the morning."
Luna giggled softly but didn't argue further and within a few seconds, the sound of rustling fabric filled the room.
"Done."
Orion let out a sigh of relief before walking toward the door and opening it.
The maid stood there, head lowered as usual, but this time she seemed even more nervous than before.
"I-I apologize for disturbing you, young master," she said quickly, "but… you've been summoned."
"Summoned?" Orion frowned slightly. "By who?"
The maid hesitated for a moment before answering.
"T-The Duke… and the rest of the main family."
"…."
Orion went silent as he heard the maid's words.
Behind him, Luna's ears twitched slightly.
"Oh?" she muttered softly, her tone carrying a faint hint of interest. "Master's family?"
Orion ignored her for a second, his gaze still fixed on the maid.
"Did they say why?"
"N-no, young master… only that you are to present yourself immediately."
"Of course," Orion muttered under his breath.
Though he had a suspicion as to why he was summoned, after all, he had ended up hurting his older brother, so he,as a failure would definitely be questioned.
If it was the previous Orion, he'd have been a nervous wreck by now, but this one was calm, after all, from what he observed so far, he was certain that he wasn't in trouble.
"Give me a few minutes," he said as he closed the door again and changed into more presentable clothes, so did Luna.
The moment they were done, he opened the door again and said to the maid,
"Lead the way."
"Y-yes young master."
***
The walk towards the main Mansion was not a long one, and by the time they reached the main mansion, the difference in treatment was obvious.
The servants that usually ignored his presence bowed in greeting, but it wasn't as if Orion cared about them all.
He just continued walking forward with Luna by his side, and the guards immediately opened the door when they spotted.
The interior of the main Mansion was exactly what you'd expect from a ducal family.
It had high ceilings, olished marble floors and expensive decorations that screamed wealth and authority.
Hanging on the side walls were portraits of the previous heads of clans up to the current one.
But again, Orion paid no mind to a bunch of dead old men.
Instead he looked ahead, and at the very end of the hall was fhe main chamber.
The maid stopped at the entrance.
"T-the Duke is inside."
Orion didn't respond.
He simply pushed the doors open and walked in, Luna followed right behind him.
The moment they walked in, the entire hall fell quiet as all eyes turned toward him.
Orion also took note of all that was present in the hall.
At the very center, on an elevated seat, sat a middle-aged man with sharp features and cold eyes.
The Duke of the Ashbourne family.
Beside him were a few elders… and standing slightly to the side, his arm wrapped in bandages, was Seth.
He had a dark expression on his face as he spotted both Luna and Orion but he controlled himself, least he risked embarrassing himself in front of the grand Duke.
One of the elders looked at Orion with barely concealed disgust before saying,
"Let's begin."