Chapter 201 Chapter 201 - Lilia?
'Follow me? Does she want to leave the Nightshade family?' thought Aiden, unsure whether or not it was even possible.
However, if she had uttered such a thing then she must have a certain idea about how to achieve such a thing.
Nonetheless, before she could even ask Melinda about her joining, Emma was the one who was currently about many things.
She was clearly in a dilemma about joining the Emberbane family. On one side, it was a great idea because she would have access to a lot more resources which could help her become a lot more powerful.
Joining a founding family was the right choice if someone was in the quest for power like Aiden, however, Emma was also in search of more power, so shouldn't she join?
'But I can't abandon my mother, leave her all alone,' thought Emma, as she knew that the Emberbane territory wasn't anywhere close to the Nightshade one.
Then, Emma once again glanced at her mother and noticed that she still had a calm face as if not caring about the choice that Emma would make.
'Will she be mad if I follow Aiden?' she thought, unsure.
She didn't know if her mother was simply acting as if she didn't care.
"What would it mean to join your family?" asked Emma, trying to make sure that her choice would be the right one.
Aiden who was watching her being in a dilemma had to say that he had understood what she was currently going through because he had gone through one before joining the Emberbane family.
However, he dismissed his own thoughts as he was also interested in the answer that Melinda would mutter.
"Well, you would get many benefits, like access to our training facilities, a dorm and many more things. Oh, and depending on how you perform in the Otherworld you might be given some advantages," explained Melinda, not revealing everything yet it seemed.
However, Emma needed to know about those advantages.
"What sort of advantages?" immediately asked Emma.
"Um, well I can't tell you, but I must that they are really good," said Melinda, observing the reactions from around her.
Noticing that everyone seemed annoyed by this whole thing, she decided to at least reveal one.
"Well, one of the advantages you could get is a monthly training session with me and that's just one of them," she added, reluctantly, as she hadn't wanted to reveal anything.
Aiden hearing this nodded, not sure if this would be a good reward for him as Melinda was mostly focused on the Charm skills and stuff like that.
Nonetheless, the experience from someone as strong as her wasn't something that anyone could even refuse.
Emma, hearing that she could rewards like that was obviously interested, however, there was still one problem, and it was the same one that she had at the start.
Her mother.
"Mom, are you okay with this whole thing?" asked Emma once again wanting to know what she thought about this whole thing.
At the start, Maelis didn't open her mouth, but then she saw that Emma was truly hesitating like crazy.
"Do what you want, follow your heart and don't worry I won't hold it against you. I understand," she said, trying to push Emma in the right direction.
Maelis knew that joining a founding family was the right choice, her daughter would have access to so many things and she would also be with Aiden.
Maelis was also not dumb, she knew that Emma really liked Aiden, and that's why she said that she should follow her heart.
'Then, should I join?' thought Emma, for the final time.
'Follow my heart, huh?' she thought.
She had now made a decision and she was sure that it was the right one, there was not an ounce of doubt in her mind.
"So, are you going to join or not?" asked Melinda, tired of waiting for her answer.
Nonetheless, she wasn't dumb. She knew that it was a difficult decision which is why she let Emma think about it for minutes.
Emma hearing Melinda had no choice but to finally give her answer.
"Yes, I'll join it," uttered Emma as she glanced at her mother and then glanced at Aiden with a big smile on her face.
This whole opportunity had been because of him, after all.
So, she could only be grateful to him.
Melinda hearing that answer was happy.
'Finally, I can leave this place.'
But, then she thought about the Nightshades and she had a bigger headache.
Why did she have and get in the way of Sylas?
She knew that nothing good would come from that, she just knew it.
"Then, I guess we can leave this place," she muttered preparing herself to be teleported out of this place.
But as she was about to leave this place, someone else spoke up and without much surprise, it was Lilia, Lilia Nightshade.
"Wait, don't leave yet," she almost shouted, knowing that this would basically be her only opportunity to talk with her alone.
Melinda hearing the owner of that voice was tempted to continue what she doing and disappear from this place, however, she remained listening with one ear.
"What if I wanted to join your family, what would you say," proposed Lilia, wondering how Melinda would react.
Lilia was after all part of the Nightshade family which Melinda would probably have a lot of problems with in the near future, so why was she trying to join her family?
Did she want to be a spy?
"Why do you want to join it?" asked Melinda.
She knew how the Nightshades worked and she wouldn't be surprised if this were to be some kind of scheme organized by Sylas.
In fact, she was already thinking that was the case.
"Um..."
'Should I tell her that I want to follow Aiden?'
'No, that wouldn't be a good idea,' she thought.
Then, she tried to find a great excuse for Melinda to even consider her joining.
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