Chapter 398 - lchiro's Return.
''Ichiro?!'' Azumi covered her in shock.
*Tap*
The fork in Eiji's hand dropped with his mouth being wide open.
''Oh my.'' Iris covered her mouth in surprise.
''Tch.'' Luke clicked his tongue.
Cold sweat poured down Lucas' back, 'He is… Too strong…'
Leia's eyes sparkled.
''Mother, father.'' Ichiro nodded and tried to move forwards, but a certain little girl in the form of a koala kept clinging to him.
''W-Why are you here?'' Azumi asked with disbelief. She was pleased to see her son, but more questions kept assaulting her mind.
''Well…'' Ichiro glanced outside, ''Coldland isn't exactly the best place to be right now…''
''Ah…'' Azumi and every adult around the table instantly understood.
The crime rate had increased significantly, but Coldland was still fine, but that won't last forever.
Iris noticed two shadows outside the building from the window, ''Is there someone else outside?''
Ichiro smiled and motioned for two black-haired individuals to enter the building.
Alena straightened her back and entered the building.
Her looks instantly stunned everyone, especially her pale complexion, which is rarely seen in Irio.
It gave her a different kind of beauty that was almost impossible to see within Irio's residents.
And, it was a clear case that she would be incredibly popular everywhere she went.
Next, it was Azura's turn.
Her movements looked stiff, and a shy look was painted on her face. Her heart kept beating rapidly as she took the last step until everyone could see her.
Once her right foot touched the floor, the rest of her body soon became visible to everyone.
Another shock was ahead for them.
While Alena was mature beauty, Azura was a beauty that could mesmerize everyone, no matter what age someone was.
Azumi's eyes almost sparkled and felt like pinching her soft-looking cheeks.
In her eyes, Azura was like a bunny.
''Ichirooo!'' One person didn't care about them. Instead, a little girl with beautiful blue eyes rushed towards Ichiro and hugged his other leg.
Ichiro patted Leia's soft hair, 'Koalas keep increasing…' Looking at the two little girls hugging his legs, he couldn't even move without worrying about hurting them.
''Who are they?'' Azumi regained her senses and asked.
Ichiro was about to introduce them but felt a soft hand touching his elbow. After turning his head, he saw that the beautiful middle-aged woman wanted to introduce herself.
Alena smiled and bowed politely, ''My name is Alena Nightside; nice to meet you.''
Azumi and the rest looked surprised, even though they were already sure about her identity, but hearing her say it by herself was still a surreal experience.
Alena was somewhat celebrity in her own right; after all, she was the only woman. Abyss ever had, and many wondered what was so good about her that made him fall in love with her.
Everyone's attention was shifted to Azura, and her identity became clearer.
Especially towards Azumi, who had researched the Nightside family but couldn't find a proper picture about the daughter of the Nightside family, who was her son's girlfriend.
Only blurry and unrecognizable.
''M-My name is Azura Nightside.'' Azura politely introduced herself.
''Ah, nice to me—'' Before Azumi could reply back to her.
Azura continued, ''I-I am also Ichiro's girlfriend; nice to meet you.'' Her cheeks became hued with pink as she averted her gaze and noticed Ichiro's amused look.
Leia narrowed her eyes, 'So… She is the one… She is pretty… Hmm.'
Ayako also narrowed her eyes, ''You are pretty.'' Instead, she spoke her thoughts aloud.
''Hehe, thanks.'' Azura smiled, which caused both little girls to have pink cheeks.
''Ah, welcome.'' Azumi bowed with a stunning look.
''I hope you don't mind, but we might need to spend time here until things calm down,'' Ichiro said and patted his girlfriend's head.
''Of course.'' Azumi said with happiness and clapped her hands with excitement, ''I am going to get the guest rooms ready.''
''Thanks, mom.'' Ichiro then noticed another three individuals at the table.
Iris looked with amusement while Luke was eating his food.
Lucas, another hand, was… Showing thumbs up.
He was indeed impressed by the girlfriend Ichiro managed to achieve.
Ichiro showed thumbs up, which caused Azura to lower her head with embarrassment.
''Well…'' Eiji looked around, and after Azumi left, he should be the host, but he has often left it to his wife to entertain the guests.
Gladly for him, Ichiro was there, ''Well, let's eat, I guess.'' He dropped the bag on the ground and closed the door with his last remaining hand.
''Alright…'' He grabbed the two little girl's from their collars and separated them from his legs.
Ichiro sat down on Ayako's seat, which caused her to pout with anger.
''My seat!'' She shouted and pulled his sleeve.
''Oh, really,'' Ichiro said nonchalantly and grabbed a metallic fork from the table.
Ayako widened her mouth in shock and witnessed how her big brother started eating her food.
''My food!'' She screamed with shock, ''This means… War!''
She started swinging her arms around, but Ichiro simply put his palm on her forehead and kept her at bay.
''Mouuu!'' She tried to move forwards, but Ichiro's hand stopped her, and her arms couldn't reach him.
Azura and Alena saw the scene between two siblings and felt out of place.
''I will get two chairs,'' Iris said gently and went to the living room to take two chairs for them.
''Thanks,'' Alena said with gratitude after Iris returned with two chairs.
''No problem,'' Iris said with a gentle smile with her eyes curved.
Alena and Azura sat at the large table that, managed to with two of them.
Eiji served them two plates of food.
''This is… Christmas food is usually served in Irio; I hope you two like it.'' Eiji said while taking another glance at his assumed daughter-in-law.
He doesn't know what his wife thinks about her, but he is pleased with Ichiro's choice so far.
But then, his attention was shifted to two siblings fighting.
''Ichiro, Ayako, share the food!'' Eiji said sternly, with his father mode.
Ayako pouted and sat down on Ichiro's lap.
Ichiro also stopped fighting with his little sister and started eating while giving Ayako another fork.
Azura looked surprised at the scene.
As long as she has known Ichiro, he rarely listens to anyone's orders, and this was the first time for her to see him listening to anyone.
She even forgot about the fact that Ichiro has parents that gave birth to him.
First time in her life, in her eyes, Ichiro felt like ordinary youth and not like the god-like figure that had been printed on her mind.