Chapter 19: Spending time with family
The next morning, the Bartfort family was enjoying the oysters that Leon had brought. The atmosphere in the house was cheerful, as Leon had sent Zola away empty-handed.
"She's probably still fuming," Jenna said with a smile. "I bet we won't see her for a long time."
"I sure hope so," Leon replied with a smirk. "I worked really hard to make that happen."
"It shows," added Nix with a shrug. "You even earned your own title, not inherited it. Honestly, I'm a bit jealous. You'll have no trouble finding a wife — someone beautiful and normal."
"Hm, just like me, right?" Jenna interjected, narrowing her eyes playfully.
"You? Normal?" Leon scoffed. "If you're normal, then I must be wearing Zeus's stolen underwear right now! You're exactly the type of woman I can't stand!"
"Leon!" Lucy and Barcus exclaimed in unison, shocked at his words.
"How could you say such a thing?!" Finley added, glaring at him.
"And where am I wrong?" Leon replied, shrugging again. "She asked me for money to buy a sex slave not long ago! And then wanted a few hundred more to maintain him. She spoke as if I owed her that!"
The room fell silent. All eyes turned to Jenna.
Sweating under the weight of the silence, Jenna looked down, avoiding everyone's gaze. Lucy, fists clenched with determination, spoke firmly: