Chapter 176 - 2.56 What Just Happened? (2)
Xander and Diana quickly pulled away, both embarrassed.
"Sorry you two! Carry on." Brie yelled as she walked away. "Shit, sorry babe I didn’t mean to call him out like that."
Sora laughed. "It’s fine. That look on their faces was priceless. Look now, they’re just both standing there awkwardly."
"What happened?" Diana’s father asked.
"Brie accidentally yelled too loud for me to look and I’m pretty sure we just embarrassed them pretty badly. They were definitely having their first kiss. They even bumped heads!" Sora laughed.
"Aw, that’s sweet. I’m glad to know our daughter hasn’t kissed anyone yet." Her mother said.
"Well, if it was going to be anyone, I’m glad to know it’s such an outstanding young man." she continued.
"You’re too kind, but thank you. Your daughter is pretty special herself," Brie added.
Sora laughed and shouted out the window. "We’re leaving, just pretend we never saw anything!"
Xander finally laughed. "Sorry, I didn’t think my mom would yell like that."
Diana gave in and laughed too. "At least we have a memorable first kiss."
Xander nodded and kissed her one more time, which Diana appreciated.
"Ok, I should probably get going. I’ll see you for the wedding?"
"Yeah, that’ll be nice. Wait! Are you still going to talk to my dad?"
"After all of that? You seriously want me too?"
"Yeah he is super nice. He might be King, but he’s the coolest, most chill man I know. I mean Levi’s pretty cool, so is Julius. Honestly, I have the best party you could ask for."
"Wait, what do you mean party?"
Xander flashed the seal on his hand. "Savior party my dad made with my mom when they met."
"Not going to invite me?" Diana pouted. "That’s sweet your mom fell in love at first sight, though."
Xander smiled. "Yeah, they really did. I guess it took them awhile and Levi, Sasha and Jubelle used to tease them about being silly little love birds."
"That’s cute. Well... still not inviting me?" Diana pretended to complain.
"You’re kind of cute when you have those pouty eyes. We’re going to talk to my dad, so I’ll leave it up to you!"
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Xander and Diana walked in holding hands. Sora, Brie and her parents were sitting in the living area, happily chatting. Diana’s parents went to stand up, but didn’t when they heard Xander.
"Hey dad, so, Diana has that really cool ability I told you about and she saw something she wants to talk to you about, if that’s ok?"
"Yeah, sure. What’s on your mind Diana?" Sora asked with a friendly smile.
"Well, someone bad shows up at Sasha and Levi’s wedding. You and the bad guy talk for a little bit and then you both disappear. It was really, really strange."
"Thank you for letting me know. Do you mind if I ask a few questions about it?" Sora asked calmly.
Diana turned to her parents, then Xander, and they all gave her a friendly nod.
"Go ahead cutie," Xander said.
Diana blushed and Xander noticed her parents were still smiling.
’Well, at least they’re happy and not mad. That would have sucked.’
"Um, he was like 10 feet tall, kind of looked human but had demon eyes. Oh! He had this weird metallic looking skin. It almost looked like armor." Diana said, tapping her finger on her chin trying to remember all the details.
"Did you over-hear what we were talking about?" Sora asked calmly.
"Something about unfinished business and some sort of deal you two worked out in order to not ruin the wedding. Then you both disappeared."
"Interesting, thank you Diana. You saw the Demon sin Pride. He probably made an agreement not to cause a scene at the wedding if I agreed to go somewhere to fight him. Thank you very much, that was brave of you." Sora said kindly.
"Um, I have one more question if that’s ok?" Diana asked.
"Sure, what’s up?"
"Can I join your party?" She smiled.
"Don’t you already know the answer sweetie?" Her mom asked.
"No, I don’t actually. Remember how I told you Xander helped me with that? Because he’s involved I don’t know."
"Oh, that’s right." Her mother said, snapping her fingers, disappointed in herself for not remembering.
"Do you think Brie and I can talk for a moment?" Sora asked.
"Nah, it’s fine. Let her join." Brie said. "She should still live with her parents though, make that a condition babe."
"Xander, are you ok with this?" Sora asked.
Xander looked at Diana and saw her emotions swirling. She was too happy and filled with love to say no.
"Add an extra condition that I’m to protect her no matter what, please." Xander said proudly.
"Ok, this might be a little weird." Sora warned before casting his sealing magic effortlessly.
Diana listened to the conditions and read them out loud for her parents to hear.
You are not to betray or reveal the members of the party to anyone other than your family.In the event you are in immediate danger, teleport away and make sure to let the adults handle the situationXander will protect you at all timesYou are an equal partner of the party and will receive a split of any dungeon you clearYou are able to know the location of any party member at any time and can teleport to them as suchIf you wish to leave, simply ask Xander, Sora or Brie and you can safely leaveYou are to live with your parents, but are welcome to teleport anywhere in the mansion, other than Xander’s room.
In order to confirm or deny, simply think ’accept’ or ’refuse.’
’I accept,’ she thought, as she noticed her parents were smiling and her dad was giving her a thumbs up.
"Thanks for making that last clause. I trust our daughter and I trust your son, but that was a very wise thing to add." Diana’s mom thanked Sora sincerely.
"Of course! You two are welcome anytime as well. You can teleport with her."
"Can we try it?" Diana asked happily.
"Sure, I’ll be out back." Xander said as he drew open a portal, stepped through it and closed.
Sora and Brie quickly teleported, each putting an arm around their nearly 5`8 tall son.
To the delight of Diana, she appeared right in front of Xander, holding each of her parents’ hands. Sora stabilized Diana’s father as Brie caught her mother.
"Oh my, that’s certainly an experience!" They laughed.
"Thanks again Mr. and Mrs. Lockheart!" Diana said.
"Sora and Brie, please." Brie corrected politely.
"Thanks a lot Sora and Brie!"
She ran up to Xander, gave him a quick kiss, hugged him, and said, "See you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I’d like that."