Chapter 158

The dinner went on pretty well, there was a spirit of joyfulness that most of the people present shared. Mason could understand why there was a spirit of camaraderie in the air.

So Mason sat on the sidelines and simply watched, he watched Scarlett mix in so freely with the other wives and she delighted in drawing out a deep belly from Lucy Martinez while the pretty wife of Azumabito just chewed her food and drank her wine with zest and a smile.

He found himself unable to join in the fun and merriment, how could he? He had arranged this whole thing for one reason only and had gotten his answer. The Elrics might have had something to do with his parents death, but just like his family, they had also handed over power to the two young men in front of him, and no matter how much he tried he could not see the monster in either of them.

“My my, your husband certainly looks displeased.” Lucy Martinez whispered, or thought to whisper, but due to her nearly drunken state, it was heard by every