While everyone is losing their minds, I look at Emilia, asking her non-verbally why she said that, but her smile reveals everything I need to know. She wanted to break the ice after the shift in mood caused by my own introduction. She’s thoughtful to the extreme, and I appreciate that.
“Hehe… that was my perfect excuse to proclaim your ownership of me, Lord Sirius.”
…Nevermind. Anyways, after the bomb Emilia dropped, the rest of the introductions continued without much incident.
Once we were all finished, we had a break, and that’s when Magna left and a bunch of people suddenly gathered around us, asking tons of questions and talking at the same time.
“Emilia, your hair is so beautiful. I’m so jealous right now, what did you do to groom it like that?”
“What did she mean by having
