Chapter 110: Reception Dinner
"Lias, it's great to see you're back, and you're healthy."
A young-looking woman stood in the middle of the living room, smiling at the crowd.
In addition to the color of her hair, this woman and Lias are almost carved out of the same mold, standing with Lias, and it is easy to misunderstand that she and Lias are twin sisters. However, her true identity is Vinielana Jimonri, Lias's biological mother.
This is not surprising, the lifespan of demons is almost permanent, and when they reach a certain age, they can use magic to change their appearance, and eternal youth is simply a breeze for demons. Of course, it's all up to personal wishes, and there are demons who want to make themselves look more mature, and deliberately make themselves middle-aged, and even old ones.
"Mother, I'm back."
Lias had a knowing smile on her face, there was nothing more joyful than seeing his parents when the wanderer returned.
"You are Your Excellency Zhou Xiaoning."
Venier Lana and Lias kept a few words, and then their eyes fell on Zhou Xiaoning.
"I've heard Sejack and my husband mention you, and now that I look at it, it's really a talent, and my daughter has been taken care of by you many times."
Veni Lana looked at Zhou Xiaoning's gaze, just like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became. Not only is the English who is long, but even the strength is at the level of a demon king, and Zhou Xiaoning is still young, there is still a lot of room for growth, which can be described as a promising future, plus he has extraordinary power in several worlds, which is almost a few streets away from the Phoenix family.
In fact, Veni Lana didn't know about the marriage contract in advance, and she didn't hear about it until a certain banquet, and everyone seemed to know about it at that time, and it was hard to imagine that if she hadn't gone to that banquet on a whim, I really don't know how long she would have been hidden.
After that, under her strong questioning, her husband, the current patriarch of the Jimonri family, Geotix Jimonri, finally confessed honestly.
The cause was a drinking banquet held by the Phoenix family, and it was not surprising that the pure-blood demon families held banquets with each other, and it was normal for them to invite each other to participate. But then Giotius drank too much, and somehow, in a vague way, agreed to the marriage of the Phoenix family. Originally, Giotix only thought it was a drunken joke, but who would have thought that the Phoenix family would take it seriously, and there were so many important tasks of the pure-blood demon family present to witness at that time, and he couldn't push it off if he wanted to.
At this point, the wood is done, no matter how reluctant Veni Lana is, for the sake of the reputation of the Jimonri family, she can only acquiesce. However, for this reason, she still fought a cold war with Giotix for almost a year.
The reason why Lias was able to own the Koma King Academy and that town as her territory in the human realm was that Giotius and Venilana wanted to compensate her for it, and that she had enough freedom before she became an adult and had to face a marriage contract.
Everyone in the Gimmonri family knew that Lias didn't want to marry that gentleman from Lesa Phoenix. As the elder brother of some sister control attributes, Sejack naturally didn't want to see Lias marry someone he didn't like, so he used his authority to make an exception and held a ranking game, so there were those things that happened before.
When Venier Lana learned that Lias had played a ranked game and successfully canceled her engagement, she was so happy that Zhou Xiaoning, who helped Lias win, also entered Venilana's sight for the first time.
Comparable to the strength of the Demon King, the current host of the God Destroyer [Red Dragon Emperor's Caged Hand], a new generation of Red Dragon Emperor, mysterious, but definitely deep enough background...... Either way, you have to care, and more importantly, Lias likes it.
A series of events that happened after that made Winy Lana have a great impression of Zhou Xiaoning, and she almost decided that he was the prospective son-in-law of the Jimonri family.
As for the rumors that the current Red Dragon Emperor is very attentive, Venier Lana doesn't care much, among demons, it is normal for a man with the ability to open a harem or something, after all, demons are a race that acts according to their own desires, as long as Zhou Xiaoning can be good to Lias, she has no opinion.
Judging from the current situation, Zhou Xiaoning has always done a very good job.
Zhou Xiaoning was stared at by Venier Lana's gaze very uncomfortably, and after careful calculation, this was the first time he had seen his mother-in-law.
It seems that Lias also thinks it is not good for her mother to stare at others like this, and immediately reminded: "Mother, are you just letting us stand idle like this?" ”
"Ah, I was negligent."
Veni Lana smiled apologetically, and then led the way ahead: "Everyone has worked hard along the way, come with me, the dinner is ready." ”
As I said before, the mansion of the Jimonri family is very large, and it takes more than ten minutes to walk from the living room to the banquet hall just by walking.
Giotius had been waiting in the banquet hall for a long time, and the huge banquet hall had only a long table in the middle that could accommodate a dozen people at the same time. At intervals on the table, a pot of flowers and plants unique to the underworld is placed, which is not only pleasing to the eye, but also exudes a faint aroma that makes people appetite.
Everyone sat down one after another, and behind everyone stood a waiter, ready to serve food, pour wine, or other services.
Sitting opposite Zhou Xiaoning is the Tacheng kitten, it stands to reason that with her foodie nature, this kind of banquet that can taste all kinds of delicacies should be her favorite, but at this time, she actually seems to be lacking in interest, there is a mouthful, not a bite to eat the food in front of her, and sometimes even if it is not for the waiter to remind her, she doesn't notice that the plate in front of her is empty.
This kind of kitten sauce is definitely not normal, just as Zhou Xiaoning wanted to ask a few words, Giotius suddenly looked at him.
"Speaking of which, Xiao Ning, it's okay for you to call me dad now."
"Huh?"
Zhou Xiaoning was a little confused by Geotyx's headless words, what does it mean to recognize relatives so suddenly.
"My dear, you're in too much of a hurry, you have to tell the order of everything."
Venier Lana said in a reproachful tone, you must know that now there is finally a prospective son-in-law that Lias likes, and they are also very satisfied, but they can't force it too hard, what if they scare people away.
"Bang!"
Lias slapped the table and stood up, looking at her blushing face, not like she was angry, but more embarrassed.
"That's true, my father and mother always talk to themselves like this!"
Lias left angrily, and didn't dare to look at Zhou Xiaoning from beginning to end, after all, her parents' words were too explicit, which made her embarrassed to stay here.
At this moment, even if Zhou Xiaoning is sluggish, he can probably guess what Giotius and Veni Lana mean.
is also an old man, Giotius and the ghost king are simply too different, one is eager to marry his daughter out quickly, and the other is after learning that Zhou Xiaoning abducted his baby daughter, he didn't bare at Zhou Xiaoning with a beard, the two of them are simply two extremes, I really don't know what kind of scene these two old fathers will be when they get together in the future, it should be full of joy.
"Lias is really, obviously when she was a child, she said so obediently, is it in the rebellious period...... Ah, sorry for making you laugh. ”
Giotius rubbed his eyebrows, as if he was no longer troubled by Lias's rebellion, and had no self-consciousness as the culprit who caused this incident.
In this regard, what else can everyone say, they can only smile, after all, this is Lias's family matter, and it is really inconvenient for them to talk more.
"By the way, Xiao Ning, I heard that you are preparing for a big battle, right? I can't help much, but I can send you a thousand private soldiers if you need to. ”
"Really?"
Zhou Xiaoning was a little flattered, on the train, he learned from Lias, don't look at the territory of the Jimonli family, the scope is not small, but the territory of the people is just over a million, and there are many other races mixed in it, and the real demons are less than 200,000. And as an important force to defend the territory, the Jimoni family has a private army of five thousand people composed of pure demons, don't look at the small number, but each private soldier is at least the strength of a medium demon, that is to say, this private team of five thousand people is actually a double cultivation of demons and martial arts, and it also has a super five-star class of flying ability, which is not much better than some weaker six-star troops.
The territory of the Gimmonri family is so large, there are many places that need to be defended by soldiers, and a thousand private soldiers is probably the largest number that Geotius can provide.
As for the reinforcements that Serjack promised, they were drawn from the resident armies of the various demon lords, and those armies were originally to guard against angels and fallen angels, and there were even some veterans who survived the three-room battle, which can be said to be the real elite of the demon side.
"Of course it's true, after all, you're ...... anyway"
Before Giotius could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a look from Venerana. Although there are some things that everyone already knows, now is not the time to find out.
"Then thank you uncle, I really don't know how to repay you."
Zhou Xiaoning was overjoyed, the role of a thousand demon soldiers was worth ten thousand human soldiers of the same level. For Yuan Lu Zhi's troops, Zhou Xiaoning only knows a rough idea, and there is no way to know what kind of backhand he has, so he is not too much to prepare for the battle, and only by making the most thorough preparations can he face the possible crisis more calmly.
"Hehe, I don't need your repayment, as long as you treat Lias well and don't make her sad."
Giotix suddenly put away his smile and looked at Zhou Xiaoning with a serious face, and the momentum of the supreme demon was naturally revealed.
The pinnacle of the sixth order, infinitely close to the seventh order!
Zhou Xiaoning instantly judged the strength of Geotics, but considering that he was the sect leader of the Jimonli family, it was difficult to guarantee that he did not have some powerful hole cards in his hand, I am afraid that ordinary seventh-order powerhouses might not be able to escape in his hands.
The person who can become the sect master is really not to be underestimated.
"Don't worry, uncle, even if you don't say it, I will do it."
Zhou Xiaoning nodded solemnly and made his own guarantee in front of everyone.