Daimon contemplated things for a moment, his future plans will go smoother if he has the support of other families, that's why he used the carrot and the stick method with Yvonne's father.
Evangeline judged the situation and she offered her opinion, "This isn't necessarily a bad idea, the enemy of your enemy is your ally".
"I guess you are right, besides having ears in the Jolbaris family would for sure be helpful for Erin and Aura".
"And the fact that you like to see those two's tails wagging doesn't have anything to do with your decision of course", said Evangeline as she chuckled.
Narasha also laughed, but she on the inside she thought.
"I wonder if my physical form will be that of a beast race girl".
Ignoring Evangeline's jokes, Daimon nodded.
"Fine I will listen to what you have to say, do you guys want to come?".
Gabriel let out a sigh of relief seeing that his invitation was accepted, he turned to see the others and only recognized a girl from the Revy family which looked somewhat familiar but her couldn't pinpoint who she was, the others didn't have any beast characteristics and, on his urge to find Daimon, he didn't have time to investigate their names and backgrounds.
A member of the twilight alluring fox clan that has become an Archmage has some control over his body, Liz didn't want to stand out that much so she kept two or her tails hidden, that's why others thought she is a student or a lover, brought by the demon of the elite class.
The members of the Revy family grow their first tail after reaching the novice mage realm, and that repeats with each big advance, meaning that two tails are equal to being in the star ranks, three tails are for the lord realms and four means an Archmage.
Daimon felt curious about this, but when he asked Erin why she only has one tail, she explained that it happened when she became a half emperor, and since there is no records of a Magus Emperor in the Revy family no one knows the reason of that change.
Since no one had any objection the next would be for them to decide where the reunion would take place.
Calvin shrugged.
"Let's go to the happy wanderer, it's not a secret that it belongs to my family anyway".
Daimon nodded and they all departed, Gabriel was surprised, if what he knows is correct then, the guy that just talked is a member of the Ghrish family.
"It's not necessary the case but if Daimon Licht gets this guy to join him, then there will be three half emperors allied, uncle Arthur always brags about Alexander, but that idiot just because of a childish tantrum, lost the chance to get a powerful ally".
It didn't take them too much time to leave the campus behind and reach the city, once they arrived at the happy wanderer Calvin proved his identity and they were allowed to enter.
Just like the previous time they came, the barman greeted Calvin as soon as he saw him.
"I thought you would come, miss Mireya isn't here, but she told me that if you dropped by without your classmates, I had to kick your ass out of this place".
Calvin sighed, "I swear she's got something against me… whatever I came here to discuss a few things, just prepare some good drinks and send them to the second floor".
Lucas nodded and they all went upstairs, while Daimon and Gabriel sat in a table, Yvonne, Leslie, Liliana, Calvin and Michael just sat on the couch to wait for the drinks, the only one which was going to talk with Gabriel was Daimon after all.
Or at least that's what Gabriel thought until he saw Aisha and Liz sitting next to Daimon in front of him, but seeing that Daimon didn't mind he just put it on the back of his mind and instead focused on what he wanted to talk about.
"I'll be frank, I know you have the good habit of protecting those in your same classroom… or in the worst-case scenario you take others targeting your classmates as an insult, whichever might be the case, I need you to accept someone in your class".
Gabriel stole a couple of gazes at Loren and then continued.
"According to what I heard each elite class will have fifteen members, I know that girl from the Lefay family wasn't originally a part of your class, that guy from the Ghrish family stole her in the face of Alexander lackey's… and one of my henchmen".
Gabriel took out a storage ring and a photo out of his pocked and handed it to Daimon.
"Of course, I'm not here to ask a favor but to negotiate, I'm not asking you to help the person of the photo, just accept it in your class and the things in the storage ring are yours, also I as the president of the student council and as the son of a half emperor… will owe you a favor".
Daimon looked at the contents of the ring and the photo and he was genuinely surprised, the things he was being bribed for weren't something someone from the young generation, son of a half emperor or not could give away so freely.
Still, he wasn't interested in accepting someone he had no relation with or which doesn't have a decent talent to apport to the team, in Loren's case Calvin was the one that spoke on her behalf, and Aura also seconded the motion due to her rare affinity.
Daimon placed the ring and the photo on the table and then leaned his back against the chair, Aisha and Liz leaned their heads against his shoulders as he spoke.
"I wonder why do you think I can help someone the son of a half emperor like you can't, also as "cruel" as it might sound for you, I don't need baggage in my team, everyone one of them has something on which they specialize… well maybe Calvin doesn't but he is funny enough to make up for it".
Gabriel was speechless, the things on that spatial ring were enough to hire an Archmage as a bodyguard for a month, and the kid guy in front of him just looked at them and didn't seem impressed, even he would need to save for a couple of years to get that much resources.
"Fine you win, publicly I can't go against the one that has been chose as the heir of the Jolbaris family so Alexander doesn't respect me… but there is no one among the first years that isn't afraid of you".
…
Daimon shook his head, "Unfortunately for you I don't like to be used, so if you want a favor from me, you will have to it better than this, I have two ruler families backing me so why would I need the resources of the Jolbaris or being in the good books of the student council?".
Gabriel gritted his teeth, he had nothing else to offer and normally he would have gotten angry, but the hard way didn't work with the person in front of him, and the last ones who tried… were peeing through a hose according to his information sources of the light faction.
He took his cup and gulped the drink Lucas previously brought to the room in one go, the slightly bitter but refreshing taste make him relax.
"Since the things on the ring are not fit to your liking, then tell me what do you need as a sing of goodwill from me?".
Daimon smiled, but for Gabriel it was like the grin of a demon which was about to make him give up his own soul.
"Well, since I'm going to do something that you, a second generation of a half emperor can't, then the price is of course on the same level of difficulty, a "request" in my terms from the one that gave you that ring, of course a contract will be signed because I like formality in this kind of things".
"Cough!!!", Gabriel nearly choked with his drink when he heard Daimon's words.
"I knew you were crazy, but this is something else, you want a free favor from a half…".
Gabriel reacted a bit late, when he noticed he just spilled the beans, he felt a headache coming his way, the kid in front of him made him voluntarily accept that the one that gave him the things which with he was trying to bribe him, was none other than the other half emperor from the Jolbaris family.
"Sigh, I don't have the authority to agree with that, can't you ask for something else, I can get you a peak Archmage as your personal bodyguard for the rest of your stay in the academy, you can even choose from a group which I'm sure will find "eye catching".
Daimon smiled and two tails Liz was hiding appeared behind of her, they were long enough to be seen and of course Gabriel immediately noticed them, as if something made click on his mind, he finally understood why she looked familiar… the strongest Archmage of the Revy family and also one of the bests magic smiths of the whole stellar chart.
"Elizabeth Revy", he said as he took a deep breath of cold air realizing that if he lied or tried to trick Daimon, with her mana sense she would have noticed it thanks to his heart beat and although he would have probably lived… the result wouldn't have been exactly good.
Daimon nodded seeing the reaction he expected.
"As you can see, I don't need an Archmage from your family, but I do appreciate the offer, also it is not me the one that is asking for help but you, still I recognize you are different to Alexander so I will give you the chance to go and talk it with that half emperor".
He took out a onetime sigil lector from his storage ring and gave the contact to Gabriel, basically it was something like a disposable cell phone, after one use it will be trash.
"In three days, I will be back at the Revy family for the weekend, if you agree to my terms then go with that half emperor to see me there, call first of course and I trust you had a way to get at our door without being noticed".
Gabriel had a complex expression, he was led by the nose by someone younger than him, and the worst part is that… there is a big chance Daimon's request is accepted.
He nodded and the stood up to leave the room and return to the academy but he stopped near the door before saying.
"Just by curiosity, would things have gone different if the one that wanted the favor would have come personally to ask instead of me?".
Daimon shrugged, "The price would have probably been the same, but I guess we could have seen each other in a neutral place instead of the Revy family".
For a half emperor to go all the way to the territory of other and then ask for a favor, it was a bit humiliating, not enough to cause a problem, but it would set the said half emperor in a lower moral position, people with high statuses tend to pay attention to things like that after all.
