BXBX NOVEL Chapter 18 Variant
Daimon calmed down before taking the material from Elizabeth's hand, he tried to pierce it with the claws and it was surprisingly easy for him to do it, the claws sink into the ore without any resistance which made Elizabeth feel surprised.
"Incredible, this ore should be easily resisting the claws of a peak apprentice rank werewolves or… maybe even those guys from the tiger tribe and you were able to pierce it as if it was butter!!!".
Even Daimon was surprised, the tiger tribe was the strongest force of the beast faction judging by the number of Arch ranks they had, but unlike the vampires who used the noble ranks system the beast faction was a democracy so each race that conformed it had a representative.
Still within the beast faction they were known for having the highest physical strength out of all the different races, their innate strong physiques made them perfectly suited to become knights.
To be sure this time Elaine took out a little dagger and handed it to Daimon.
"That is a one-star rank dagger, try to cut it with your claws little Daimon".
He did it and the sound of metals colliding echoed through the room, although the dagger showed some resistance and some sparks were produced due to the impact, he still split it in half easily before returning it to Elaine.
She inspected the now useless dagger and nodded.
"This is definitely above even the most talented tiger men… and just like them or the werewolves he doesn't seem to need mana to use his claws which is one of the advantages beast races have over other species".
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For a moment silence fell on the room while Elizabeth and Elaine exchanged a couple of gazes with Aisha, until Elizabeth patted Daimon's head before dragging him along and returning to their past position where he was sitting on her lap.
Elaine doubted for a moment but she still said what was on her mind.
"Aisha… will you allow little Daimon to marry with a girl from our twilight fox alluring clan?".
Aisha had an idea of what they were thinking but she still wanted to hear more details.
"The only one who can choose partners Daimon is himself… that being said I want to know why are you making such a proposal?".
This time Elizabeth was the one to answer.
"Our family is being pressed by the tiger men tribe to agree to a political marriage to "reinforce" the unity of the beast faction… of course the targets are Elaine and me, as for them the one being promoted as the male part of the deal is the youngest son of the current clan head an eight years old kid named Alexander Jolbaris".
Since Elaine was the one that managed all the political related things in the clan, she took over the explanation.
"The balance of power in the big four forces has been maintained thanks to the inner conflicts between the races that conform each force, for example in the black marsh galaxy although the undead and the demons are the ones that rule it, they tend to constantly fight each other and similar situations occur on every force".
"But that changed when the Naktis "allied" with the Silverheart family… thus becoming the only ones that had the full support of other ruler level family, the Jolbaris family has always been adamantly against vampires so to counter this new trend they also want to stablish a marriage relation with us".
Elizabeth interrupted her sister.
"When our mother told all about all this, I almost lost it, they are obviously trying to get their hands over us only because we are Archmages and they also want to humiliate us due to the guy you killed for us back then who was also a son of that old bastard patriarch of them… Arthur Jolbaris".
Her previously serious expression changed to a happy one before she rubbed her face against Daimon's.
"But now we have our own "champion" hehehe ♥, the reason as to why the Jolbaris family is becoming more arrogant lately is that the past year their previously supreme elder managed to become a half-step Magus emperor thus making them the only clan in the beast faction that has two ancestors guarding their fort".
"Luckily our mother is in good terms with matriarch of the werewolves the Argent family, and little Daimon has some of their characteristics so…".
Aisha interrupted this time.
"Basically, your plan is to make Daimon pass as a variant of a werewolf and that would make the Revy and Argent families be on the same page, right?".
Elaine nodded.
"There have been marriages between members of our family with the Argents before so we can use that as a premise to create a new identity for little Daimon, of course our mother needs to discuss it with their matriarch but I can guarantee she will accept it because his claws look the same as a werewolf's ones, not only that but we can hit two birds with one stone, because like this Daimon will be protected by us and the Argent".
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Aisha seemed to contemplate things for a moment but she couldn't find any negative thing on their plan, having the protection of two half Magus emperors for free and getting an identity which would allow her son to use a variety of his skills in public was practically the best outcome possible.
"Darling, what do you think… variants which result of the combination of two races tend to be normal as the strongest side of their blood usually dominates the other half, but there are some extremely rare cases where the child would develop special traits akin to both of the parents and even some unique new characteristics so that would be a good alibi for the skills you might need to show in public".
Daimon was half convinced, with the bracelet of the god of mischief and this identity they were suggesting he would be free to grow up stronger under the noses of the Naktis and Silverheart family, but there was one condition which worried him.
"I only have one doubt about all this mom… what about the marriage part...".
Elizabeth smiled.
"It will only be a marriage in name so there are only b-e-n-e-f-i-t-s for you in this plan… on the other hand little Daimon can always truly marry me or Elaine or even both in the future, that would be a good way the become actual family with Aisha too ♥ hehehe".
Aisha shook her head.
"It is up to you darling but I do certainly think is quite a good idea".
Daimon nodded, since the marriage thing was going to be feigned then this was practically a cake falling from the sky.
"Fine, I'm in".
As always Evangeline acted as a demon whispering in Daimon's ears.
"I swear you are one lucky bastard, just like that you got two new victims on the list and you will even get benefits from their family hehehe".
"I wonder if this is the effect of the title reward you got by having overcome a certain death situation".
Instead of discussing with Evangeline Daimon opened the tittles tab, with all that has happened he has actually not explored all the tabs from the system and the tittles were not his top priority back then, so far, he had only one tittle unlocked.
[The one who has overcome destiny]
[Only available for those who had managed to overcome a situation no one in his position has ever been able to before]
[There is no limit for you who have overcome destiny, the heavens and the earth revere your determination, the seas and mountains part to make way for you, no matter what situation you are in you will always have a chance of victory, you will have luck and prosperity as you have earned the right to (Blessing of the destiny)]
Daimon was in awe… "What the hell is that overpowered thing", he thought.
Evangeline proudly answered.
"I told you I'm the best... also I guess all that luck will come handy when you are "hunting", haizzz I feel bad for all the poor girls who will fall prey of you".
"Shut up, one day I will get a mute function for the system I swear".
Although they were enjoying the bath, now that it has been settled, they needed to do a lot of things, Elaine took out her lector and send a message to her mother to request an audience with her, after a moment she got permission so they dried off before leaving the bathroom.
Elizabeth and Elaine went to their respective rooms to dress up while Aisha and Daimon did the same, of course since they were sharing a room Aisha helped her son to put on a good set of clothes as he will be in presence of a half Magus emperor later.
While his mother was dressing him up, Daimon asked.
"Mom… are you sure we should show my skills to big sister's mother, it's not that I don't trust them but…".
Aisha smiled.
"Don't worry darling, Liz's mother is a good person unfortunately she wasn't the clan's head before but her father or Elaine would have not needed to cut off her ties with me, I'm pretty sure she will be happy to get to know you, in fact I'm sure she already knows we are here… half emperors are on a different league after all".