Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 177 True Moon Party

At the Foaming Drink Inn.

The door opened with a chime.

"Welcome~" Raquel greeted, and after seeing who entered, her eyes brightened. "Kiernan!"

Kiernan stepped through the door with a bag in hand and a freshly cut haircut that showed off his handsome, sharp features.

When he heard Raquel's voice, she was already walking towards him and hugged him tightly and warmly.

"Glad to see you alright." Kiernan said with a smile.

They visited the inn about an hour and a half ago, but Raquel and Thegan were still sleeping, so they didn't have their long-awaited reunion, but now they were fully awake.

Thegan came from the backroom and also couldn't help but smile. They were very worried for Kiernan's well-being as he got severely injured for trying to help his daughter.

"Yo." Julian came through the door and asked. "Raquel, you got your dress ready?"

"Yep~" Raquel said with a sweet smile. "I went shopping with my father yesterday."

"You're also coming to the party?" Kiernan asked with a raised eyebrow.

Raquel nodded with a smile.

"We're able to bring our dates." Julian said. "Raquel had always wanted to visit the castle, so I invited her to come with me."

"Ok." Kiernan nodded and then walked to Thegan. "About the payment of our room, I'll be forfeiting our room tomorrow."

"Ah?" Thegan looked surprised. "Well, I haven't been keeping up with your payments. How could I after you saved my daughter? The room's free as long as you want, but you're leaving tomorrow?"

"Why tomorrow?" Raquel asked with a sad voice.

"I must go back home." Kiernan said with a smile.

"Is that so..." Thegan nodded and shook his hand. "Once more, thank you. I can't thank you enough. I don't know what I would've done if I lost my daughter too."

Kiernan nodded and then headed to his room to hang his suit so that it would be ready for tonight's party.

"Are you also leaving?" Raquel turned to Julian and asked with her round eyes moistening with tears.

"I don't know..." Julian whispered as he was lost in his thoughts. "I am not quite sure what I am supposed to do."

...

While looking around, he noticed the dining tables. There were mostly people of his age there, and one of the tables looked fairly empty.

There was just one person sitting there.

'Well, I am hungry, and this gives me a chance to socialize.' Kiernan thought and walked to the table.

"Hello, is the table occupied?" He asked from the only person sitting at the table.

"Go ahead," the young man lazily waved his hand without taking his stare off the phone.

'Great, his gaze is stuck in that phone; good luck socializing with someone like that. Shit!'

Kiernan shrugged his shoulders and sat down across from the young man. There was food right in the middle of the table.

He took some food for himself and began to eat, not bothering to engage in conversation with the young man.

'Black hair. Red eyes,' Kiernan thought as he looked around the ballroom. 'That narrows it down... slightly. Why do so many Abracadabra family members have black hair as well?'

"Swipe... swipe... swipe... swipe..."

The young man muttered as he swiped his thumb across the phone screen. He looked so immensely bored that it was a surprise he wasn't falling asleep yet.

"You're a foreigner, right?" He suddenly said, and turned his red eyes at Kiernan.

'Red eyes... another Abracadabra child.'

"Yes." Kiernan nodded.

"Are there better women out there?"

The young man crossed his legs and showed the phone screen.

The screen showed a dating app.

"I've been using this app for the past week, and all matches are from uglies. I'm starting to lose hope; I guess I am forced to go back to brothels, shit!"

"Uhh, can't tell you, never used it." Kiernan said.

"I hate this place." The young man pocketed his phone. "All good-looking people in this shithole of a place are someone from my family. That sucks, y'know, because I am not into incest, y'know.

"Anyways, my name is Zeus. What's yours?"

'Zeus?' Kiernan's eyes widened in surprise. 'Wasn't he at the top of the rankings in the Game?'