Sage sighed in relief, as it was pretty clear to him that Kyu would most like use him again as support for this task. She just seemed ALOT like the kind of girl who would do precisely this.

Seconds later Kyu picked up two of the pots and started distributing them on the different tables. Sage mimicked her behavior, same as she started to take small pots with a sprout-salad that Hlaya had prepared into the dining room, which slowly started to fill with guests. To Sage it seemed somewhat weird how almost everyone in this huge apartment complex was attending this dinner. It did not seem that anyone really had an interest in dining in privacy, although if there was someone, Sage would most likely not see him here. Instead, Sage heard an almost irritatingly loud layer of conversations, echoing through the dining room.

While Sage was still searching for a place to get some privacy, Kyu tugged his arm and dragged him along.

“Come and sit with the Gang...” she said, leading him ahead and practically dragging him to a somewhat lonelier corner of the 7th table in the hall. The seats here were not completely filled and obviously, whoever enjoyed some privacy during his breakfast would go here. Aside from some loners, there were three people sitting on the table. Two of them looked like sisters, with the older one having long, curly and red hair in addition to a bright skin-color and blue eyes, while the other, younger one had short, straight red hair in addition to a pale skin-color and turquoise eyes. The third one looked completely different from the other three, including Kyu. Even Sage, who did not actively know all that much about Elves, was legitimately surprised to see someone like her in this place.

The third Elf was clearly not a Woodelf. Instead of the slim, slender figure of the Woodelves, she had a tiny, yet somewhat stocky body type. Her head was disproportionately large with huge, black eyes in her skull and a tiny mouth, which upon opening revealed a line of razor-sharp teeth. She had long blue-ish hair and her skin-color had a gray, somewhat unhealthy tone. When she stretched her short fingers for the pudding bowl, Sage could see small webbed skins between her fingers. A Riverelf.

“Now... who's this?” the Riverelf asked with a blink of her large eyes. In a very, very weird way, all of this made her look somewhere between cute and creepy.

“Sage,” Kyu said. “The Human without memories... you know... that guy.”

“Of course we know.” the older redhead responded. “The entire Clan is barely talking about anything else in the recent days. But what is he doing on this table?”

“He owes me a favor, Titania.” said Kyu in response. “He agreed to help me with our mission today.”

A slight moan escaped the mouth of the redheads, while the Riverelf seemingly opted to stay quiet and listen for now.

“Really?” the younger redhead asked. “Another mission?”

“You could go to school, for a change.” the older one said. “Or at least let us go to school.”

Kyu shook her head. She was completely in her element right now, this was clearly visible.

“The revolution is right around the corner and you know it. Mum and Dad will both come back and when this happens, all of us need to be prepared.” she said in the tone of a General, motivating her troops for a battle. “We meet after dinner in our base! I'll bring “the Steaks”.”

Sage looked at the reactions of the redheads, but the redheads just looked back at him, scanning him. Then they all three turned to the Riverelf, giving her looks as if asking for her opinion. But the Riverelf didn't respond and instead quietly spooned the pudding from the bowl. And ultimately, no one responded, letting Kyu have her will.

Just why did Sage get the suspicion that this was not the first time things turned out this way?

(For chapter 2 please scroll down till Chapter 26 part 2. Due to editing and formatting problems the 2nd Chapter ended up in the wrong position. This will be fixed as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience)