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Military King Sigismund was looking around the room with a clear distaste present on his face. "Look at them Jocasta, Animals the lot of them. They would rather distract themselves with inebriation, they should all be keeping there wits about them, what if there was a sudden attack? How would they defend themselves? They are more a threat to themselves with their own weapons then an intruder."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Jocasta scanned the room herself a moment before she replied. "Well, It is human nature to seek out ways to entertain ourselves. These people present are all of high standing in society and can rarely party this hard. Also, the entire palace is swarming with guards outside of the halls. Anyone that makes it this far deserves a chance to enact their plans. Besides, It is hypocritical of you to say these things about the nobles, when you allow your men to partake of such substances themselves."

Sigismund scoffed at his assistant. "Moderated drinking and what these drunkards are doing is completely different. My man face enemies both stronger and greater in number everyday, having something to take the edge of between active duty is paramount to their mental health. And I would gladly partake of a drink with any one of my men if asked. Sadly, no one in this hall fits my criteria."

Jocasta looked to her left after her King said that. "What about him?" She suggested. Sigismund looked towards one of Jocasta's back tendrils were pointing and saw Apollo walking towards him with a smile on his face and two mugs of beer in his hand. 'Hmm, maybe there is one after all.'

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"Hey there you two, I was over there with my friend when I noticed you glaring at everyone. Care to share a drink and talk about what's on your mind? Oh Jocasta if I am remembering correctly? I am sorry, I did not get you a drink as I see no way you can functionally intake liquid."

"It is fine, thank you for your consideration of my anatomy in your decision making." She said with a small head bow. I smiled at the woman before turning my attention to the older gentleman and extending my arm out for him to take the drink.

The man looked at the drink for a moment before he leered his eyes over towards Jocasta who was making an incomprehensible facial expression. Looking back at the drink, he smiled and said. "Oh why not? A talented young warrior offers me a drink? Who am I to say no?"

The man then took the cup and raised it silently as a toast before taking a large sip. Upon realising what he was drinking, he opened his eyes wide in surprise before looking at me shocked. "Son, I must ask. Have you been drinking this Beverage all night?"

I looked at the man confused for a moment before I realised. "Oh sorry, I know you are Psionic so I got you that. When the barman asked who the second drink was for, I pointed at you and he said it was fine and that you would like it. I can go and get you something else if you like?"

"What? Oh no, the drink is fine, what I am concerned about is that during my observations the past few hours. You, the Hyllus family and Centurion Hailey have been drinking this beverage and yet you still seem to be completely sober. How?"

I opened my mouth realising what he meant. "Oh right. Well one of my Psionic conditions is I am extremely resistant to poisons so I am only feeling slightly tipsy after all the drinks I have had." I explained to the gentleman.

The man looked at me perplexed for a moment before he began bellowing out loud in laughter, causing a lot of heads to turn his way, including the king and queen as witnessing King Sigismund laugh was more than a rare occurrence.

The man after his laughing fit placed his hand on my shoulder and took a deep breath. "Woow, That, I must say is quite the beneficial trait to have young one. You took me by surprise. 'Oh I have only had enough of this super potent drink that could knock out an entire ship of Spartari Phalanx to make me tipsy.' What a man! Don't you think Jocasta?"

"Interesting." She muttered before she forwent social boundaries and lifted up my shirt and placed her hand onto my stomach. After feeling something akin to vibrations through my body, she whispered. "Oh my." Before being pulling back by the scruff of her metallic tentacles.

"Sorry about that son, my assistant here forgets boundaries sometimes. Apologies Jocasta." He demanded, like he was disciplining a daughter. Jocasta hunched down, as though all the metal in and around her body finally weighed something as she spoke. "Apologies indeed are needed Apollo. I should have not invaded your privacy like that. I have forgotten my personal boundaries as I have recently lost my grant on human experimentation. I mean, error, error. Spartari does not condone experiment on humans, only alien lifeforms.

Sigismund grasped his glabella between his fingertips and sighed loudly before Jocasta continued. "I should also apologise for our introduction earlier. I acted strangely upon realising another could speak with machines without training, even among our order, to speak fluently to them, especially toaster, is quite a rare ordeal and I grew giddy. I promise when I meet your friend, I will train him with upmost professionalism."

I smiled warmly at the heavily augmented woman. "It is fine, I like a little bit of quirkiness in a women, its was quite cute how excited you got. Having no personality makes for a boring companion after all. Now I am curious, what is it that made you go 'Oh my' after vibrating my insides, or whatever you did?"

Jocasta let out some sort of binaric squawk from her mouth piece before she continued. "Wow, a natural flirt? I am flattered. Apologies, my processing speed took a dive for a moment at the compliment. If I still had my sexual organs I would probably be aroused by your compliment."

I was taken aback by Jocasta's statement and thought. 'What did I say that was flirtatious?' as she continued. "Anyway I digress, what caused my outburst of admiration was the condition of your body. Although you look do look in physical peak health from the outside, You tend to find issues internally on almost everyone. So to have witnessed such a well functioning body, that seems to work more efficiently then my own with all my augmentations, It caught me deeply of guard. Congratulations for having such an incredibly moulded Psionic vessel Apollo."

I looked at Jocasta and frowned a moment. 'Strange, I don't remember giving them my name? Oh well, they must have just heard it during the party.' I then thanked her and began chatting about less awkward things for a little while until the older gentleman looked over my shoulder and flashed a toothy smile.

"Forgive me son, an old friend has just joined the party late and I wish to say hello, would you excuse me?" Sigismund had long figured out Apollo did not know his identity and thought it would be a laugh to keep him in the dark for a while so he did not just order the young warrior to go away.

"Oh sure, no problem. I have felt my friends eyes staring at me for a short while anyway. Take care friend." I said and extended my arm out for a handshake. The man smirked and shook my hand with enough force that It would have broken If I was slightly weaker than I was.

'Wow, he is seriously strong. I wonder how far up in the Spartari Military he is?' I thought as I watched him and Jocasta walk over to the hulk of a man that entered the venue. 'Holy shit! Another person way taller than me!' I thought excitedly at the 8ft behemoth with the imposing presence. I did not dwell on him long though and went back to the drunken Hailey and Kathrine, who were both leaning against the column and chatting idly.

Meanwhile, Sigismund walked up to Hugo and spoke with a great deal of familiarity. "Hugo, you treacherous shit! How have you been?" The words were cruel, but the banter was evident as Hugo smiled and saluted. "My pleasure to see you again my King. And you know I am no traitor, I will fight you if you say that again." He said as the two of them began laughing.

"So you do still plan on coming back to my war room eventually?" Sigismund asked. "Of course my lord, I am only doing my work in Olympus until I figure out a way for my nanites to fix what that super elite Brain burster did to me. As soon as I am fit once more, I will be back at your side, taking the fight to the enemy instead of training my students." Hugo replied.

Sigismund laughed for the third time in front of all the nobles present, causing a great deal of unease from the surrounding drunkards. Witnessing a miracle event multiple times in one day was surely a poor omen.

After composing himself, he patted Hugo on the shoulder. "Atta man. Speaking of students, where is your purple haired nutjob? Princess Hailey is here tonight, I though she would be at her side? I also would not mind attempting to recruit her once more as her talent is wasted as a house guard."

Hugo's eyes went wide upon hearing that Hailey was here. As he looked around the room, he eventually spotted her talking to her aunt, Kathrine Hyllus, and an unconfirmed third party obstructed by a pillar. "Goodness, what did King Dickon promise to get her here?" He thought out loud before responding to Sigismund.

"Had I known Hailey would be here, I would have told Gabrielle in advance so she could be here. However, she has been unstable lately and is currently on another hunt..."