Chapter 147: Matchmakers can suck my-!
After deciding to head back to the Library of Nowhere, Zhen Liu then decided to postpone it till the next day.
His family had just returned from a long trip to another city, and recuperation between trips is important, especially when his ride was a giant hippopotamus mama that could spit lighting. However, everything was thrown out the window when he went to go talk to his mother about going on his short training trip.
“I’m sorry Xiao Liu, but father-in-law requests(demands) that all of the core family members stay in Stone Claw for the next five days,” his mother informed him out of the blue.
‘This is becoming a trend, this is becoming a god(s)damn trend,{sodomy would be preferred}’ Zhen Liu cursed as he was denied yet another plan of action. At this point, he couldn’t help but think he was cursed, since this was the third time he got shanghaied into doing something he didn’t want to do.
‘Okay…no use crying over spilled milk{bodily fluids}, might as well find out why I’m stuck {and gagged}.’
As if sensing her son’s thoughts, Daria answered him before he could even verbalize his question.
“Your grandfather, father and uncles managed to finish butchering that dragon last night and were all set to just drop it off at the nobleman’s doorstep and be on their merry way,” Daria explained, “but as it turns out, your Second Uncle knew who the customer was. In fact, they used to be traveling companions.”
‘Of course they were friends{with benefits},’ Zhen Liu mentally commented as he rolled his eyes.
“The two of them got to talking and they remembered an old promise they made about having their respective children marry each other and uniting their families through matrimony.”
‘Why the fuck are they-wait…right…this place is like… a medieval insert country here magic world… marriage is done for partially political reasons as opposed to just love {and sexual compatibility.}
[Concubine.]
[Mistress!]
[Sex…slave…]
{SEX! RECEPTACLE!}
“Weird question: what prevented them from having their children tie the knot sooner? Did the friend not have any sons or something?,” Zhen Liu asked.
Due to the Zhen Clan being technically an offshoot of a much larger power from another continent, some traditions from said larger power got brought along with them. Although, some minor change did occur over the years due to exposure to Stampeding Bison culture and the integration of people into the clan from the aforementioned culture.
While the clan’s policy when it came to training and raising the next generation was surprisingly egalitarian and meritocracy based, when it came to certain matters, such as relationship and spouses, they were hardline traditionalist. This meant that the sons were paired off with daughters, while the daughters were paired off with sons.
His uncle, Zhen Hou, was blessed with about four children. However, the three eldest ones, who were all girls ages twenty-one, sixteen and fourteen, with the youngest being the only boy, about age six.
“Actually, your uncle’s old friend happens to have a son around Zhen Yue’s age. Only issue is that he wasn’t the child he brought with him on this hunting expedition of his, that privilege went to his daughter who’s about two years younger than you,” Daria answered. That little tidbit of information told Zhen Liu everything he needed to hear, since on a related note, nobody in his generation had officially tied the knot or had planned to…yet.
“A letter has been sent to summon the son here so that he and Zhen Yue can meet, mingle and possibly become engaged. But in the mean time, you and your cousins are to keep the nobleman’s daughter…entertained as it were.”
‘{Carnally?} So we’re just gonna matchmaker/”Pride and Prejudice” {and BDSM} this shit? Great…wait a minute the daughter of a nobleman, especially one who’s daddy is loaded, should have proposals and suitors up the ass,{giggity}. Why come to us?’
[ I says she’s in the closet.]
[My money’s on childhood friend of lower status.]
[Forbidden…romance…]
{SHE’S KINKY AS FUCK.}
While Zhen Liu wasn’t entirely sure why this mysterious noble girl was still single and unengaged, he was going to find out why incredibly soon.
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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Stone Claw City, the sound of bones being broken and asses getting kicked in were echoing throughout the area.
A local gang of bandits known as the Desert Worms had attempted to jump what they had assumed to be an easy target, a young lady dressed like in a poofy dress done in a style reminsicent of the Victorian Era, who was just walking around like she didn’t have a care in the world.
“Gah…”
“My legs…”
“Fucking..bitch…”
They did not however expect her to not only anticipate their arrival, dodge literally all of their attacks, but also kick in their teeth with surprisingly minimal movements and aether involved.
[Flowing River Nail]
An intermediate Corporeal art that allowed the user to concentrate their aether into a single point on their fingers, allowing them to deal devasting damage on a single point, and could be used in succession assuming each hit landed it’s mark.
This was the single move she used to annihilate these bandits, worst still, she was straight up announcing to them what weakness they had and why.
“One with the eye patch has a bum leg due to falling off a balcony, a crime of passion, the fat guy has a sensitive stomach after eating something he was allergic to but loved, ironic, and the big musclur one has an infection from…six prostitutes? Gross.”
And if she wasn’t pointing out weakspots, it was calling out dirty secrets.
“You have a drug addiction, you’re in love with the flower shop owner’s daughter and you’re in love with that guy. Oh that’s sweet and heartbreaking to hear.”
It was one thing to have your ass kicked in, it was another to have someone drag out your dirty secrets while in the process of beating your ass.
Eventually, all of the bandits were defeated and left incapacitated in one way or the other. Most people would be rather relieved after going through such an ordeal, the cause of this ass whooping however just looked bored.
“Not even this brawl was stimulating enough…how dull,” she sighed. The young lady was about to keep walking, maybe find another group of bandits to fight, when the voice of a rather stressed attendant called out to her.
“Lady Bellona! There you are!” /You fucking adrenaline junkie! Please stop ditching me!/
‘Thoughts still polite even while cursing me, no wonder I keep you around,’ Bellona thought to herself as she stood there and watched the attendant run up to her position.
It took a minute or two for the attendant to catch his breath, but once he did, he immediately went into the reason why he was there.
“Milady, your father requests your presence. We’re meeting with the Zhen Clan in an hour.” /Maybe we can finally someone who can tolerate your tongue./
‘I very much doubt that,’ Bellona thought to herself, but said: “Oh right, very well then. Let us be off.”
Without further ado, not even to give the bandits a second glance, Bellona and her attendant left to go meet with the Zhen Clan.
‘I do hope this clan of beast keepers can at least provide me some level of amusement,’ Bellona thought to herself, ‘there has to be one interesting mind among them.’
