As they walked towards the surface, Lyra couldn't help but steal g Drabsp;

  There was an undeniable curiosity burning within her, and she seemed determio uhe mysteries that surrounded him.

  Ryuu, too, appeared intrigued by Drad his familia members, but she remained silent, the iions unfold.

  Uo ignore Lyra’s inquisitive gaze, Draco finally addressed her.

  “Is there something you wish to ask?” he inquired, his tone smooth and measured.

  Lyra a bit startled by him speaking first, cleared her throat, summoning her posure.

  “I was simply curious about your names,” she replied, adding a hint of bashfulo her voice.

  Draco sidered her request for a moment, weighing the merits of indulging her curiosity.

  “Hmm, I suppose we are not quite that close yet, but no harm in a simple introdu,” he mused.

  “My name is Draco, and these are my familia members – Cir, Michalis, Eleni, Nikoos, Dimitra, Vasileios, and Vasiliki.” he introduced, gesturing to each of his panions.

  “Draco, an intriguing name,” Lyra remarked, her brow furrowing in ption.

  “Are you, by ce, an elf?” she ventured, her gaze drawn to the subtle features visible through Draco’s cloak, remi of the elven race.

  Ryuu’s ears perked up at the mention of elves, and she found herself tuning in more closely to the versation.

  Draco shook his head. “No, I am not an elf,” he replied, his expression unreadable.

  Lyra’s expression shifted to one of mild frustration.

  “Then what are you?” she pressed, her curiosity refusing to be quelled.

  Draco’s lips curled into a enigmatic smile. “Well, I am something that you would not believe existed,” he responded, his words ced with a hint of mystery.

  Lyra’s expression shifted to one of annoyanbsp;

  “If you don’t wish to tell me, just say so. There’s o speak in riddles,” she huffed, her tone almost petunt.

  Ryuu, too, felt a slight sense of disappoi at Draco’s evasive response, but she remained silent, the exge with a curious gaze.

  Draco was aware that revealing his existeoo soon could have unintended sequences.

  Uerred, Lyra pressed on with her queries.

  “Anyway, that aside, what familia are you from? What is ye? Your level? And what was that skill you used on us earlier?” she rapid-fired, her curiosity insatiable.

  Draained silent, refusing to answer any of her questions.

  Frustrated by Draco’s retice, Lyra decided to take a different approabsp;

  ‘Tsk, I will have to use that’ Lyra thought.

  Stepping closer, she reached out and grasped his arm firmly beh his cloak, her small frame pressing against him.

  “Why won’t you answer me, Onii-?” she asked, her voice dripping with false sweetness and her eyes sparkling with mischief.

  Alise, who had been walking ahead, struggled to suppress a ugh at the se unfolding behind her, while Ryuu simply averted her gaze, feeling a pang of embarrassment on Lyra’s behalf, clearly unfortable with her antics.

  Both Alise and Ryuu uood Lyra’s personality.

  She had a mantra which she applied to her everyday life which was to learn and use everything, so they could somewhat uand why she was trying to gain information from Draco.

  Aware about this, Draco's lips curled into a sly smile as he responded.

  "Well, my dear little sister, whom I never knew I had until now," he purred, his voice low aig.

  "It's not wise to pry into Onii-'s secrets, but if my Imouto insists, Onii- might have to... spank her." he replied.

  Alise, Ryuu, Cir, Eleni, Dimitra and Vasiliki’s faces flushed with a mixture of embarrassment and surprise at Draco's ued response, while Michalis, Nikoos and Vasileios gave a thumbs up.

  Lyra was a bit startled by his response, but she still pushed on.

  "But what if your Imouto gets spanked?" she tered, her voice surprisingly steady.

  "Will Onii- then tell her everything?" Lyra asked.

  Draco paused in his steps, turning to face Lyra fully.

  With a geouch, he tilted her upwards, his crimson eyes burning into hers.

  "Well, Imouto will have to let Onii- do a bit more than just spanking if she wants to know Onii-'s secrets," he whispered, his breath tig her ear.

  "If you know what I mean." he added.

  Lyra's eyes widened, and she quickly released Draco's arm, stepping babsp;

  'Tsk, what's with this person?' she wondered, realizing that her attempts to extraformation had been futile.

  Ryuu, witnessing the exge, quied her pace to catch up with Alise, feeling a strong sense of embarrassment and disfort.

  'I hought that I would meet someone more vulgar than Lyra,' she thought, shaking her head.

  Lyra, realizing that she would be uo extray meaningful information from Dracned herself to the back of the group, her frustration palpable.

  The hallway soon fell into an unfortable sileil, the sound of Michalis' ughter broke the tense silence, as he struggled to tain his amusement at the ued exge.

  "Pfff, hahahahaha!" he chuckled, earning a disapproving gre from Lyra.

  The lihat came out from the mouths of both Drad Lyra were just too embarrassing to endure.

  The same se was shared by the rest of the Bahamut familia members - Cir, Eleni, Nikoos, Dimitra, Vasileios, and Vasiliki - but they mao hold it in.

  Thwack !

  "Shh, stop being loud!" Nikoos hit Michalis on the head, pointing at the gring Lyra from behind.

  Michalis quickly shut his mouth, and silence again reigned between both groups.

  It didn't take long to return to the surface with the Astraea familia esc them.

  The rest of the journey was made in silence, with tension visible between the Bahamut familia and Astraea familia members.

  As soon as they reached the surface, the Astraea familia led them straight to the guild.

  The walk to the guild wasn't long, but the attention drawhey arrived was something Draco didn't like.

  He could hear hushed whispers of the other adventurers in the guild.

  "Hey, who are those people with the Astraea familia?" a person whispered nearby.

  "I don't know, but they must be important for the Astraea familia to be with them," another replied.

  "I think I know that cloaked person. Remember what happened around a week ago in the guild?" a third person whispered.

  “Whie, there are two of them” another asked, referring to both Drad Ryuu.

  "Oh, you mean the fight?" another replied.

  "You 't call that a fight, the other person got beat with a gre by that cloaked person," yet another said, pointing at Draco.

  “Ooooh, then he must be strong” another responded.

  Draco, unfortable with the attention, couldn't help but try tuning them out.

  Lyra, his disfort, couldn't resist the opportunity to poke at him.

  "Seems like you don't like attention," Lyra said, a hint of amusement in her voice.

  "Well, being an attention whore isn't necessarily a good thing," Draco replied, his tone slightly defensive.

  'That's what got your familia killed iure,' Draco thought to himself.

  "Tsk," Lyra muttered, ign him once again.

  Quickly spotting Rose, Draco walked up to her booth and requested a private room to duct the interrogation.

  Rose was a bit skeptical at first, but as their guild advisor, she felt responsible for them, so she pulled some strings to get a truth device.

  In no time, Drad his familia were decred i, and Elias' custody was handed over to the Astraea familia.

  Sihey were in the guild, Draco also sold their magic stones, a bit disappointed with the earnings of the day.

  As they exited the guild, Alise, Ryuu, and Lyra stopped them to apologize for their mistake.

  "It's okay, misuandings happen all the time," Draco replied.

  "To think that you were all just level one's," Lyra muttered in disbelief, gring menagly at Drabsp;

  She had found out from Rose that the Bahamut familia had only been dungeon diving for a little over a week.

  "I never said that I wasn't a level 1," Draco tered, his expression unreadable.

  "Ahem," Alise interjected, "If you ever he help of the Astraea familia, just look for me," she offered, her voice sincere and her gaze warm.

  Draco sidered the offer, not showing how ecstatic he was f a e with the Astraea familia.

  The Astraea familia were known to be capable and trustworthy, and he couldn't deny that their assistance would be invaluable iure.

  "Thank you, Alise," Draco replied, his lips curving into a warm smile.

  "We might take you up on that offer soohan you think," he added, his tone ced with a hint of amusement.

  Draew that their paths were likely to cross again, and he relished the opportunity to eh the Astraea familia further.

  Lyra, still gring at Draco, couldn't help but feel a twinge ing respebsp;

  Despite his young age and apparent level of experience, he had navigated the teuation with a surprising degree of maturity and finesse.

  Lyra couldn't help but aowledge the shrewd intelligend quick-wittedhat he dispyed, even if she was loath to admit it openly.

  Notig Lyra's intense gaze, Draply couldn't resist the urge to tease her o time before their departure.

  A mischievous glint danced in his eyes as he addressed her.

  "My dear Imouto, your Onii- will be leaving now," Draco said, raising a fio dramatically wipe away a fake tear.

  "Take care of yourself until we meet again. Onii- will always love you." he said.

  Lyra's face sched into a scowl, and she promptly spat on the ground in response.

  "Ptui," she growled, the annoyance evident in her voice.

  'I take everything back,' Lyra thought, her initial respect for Draco quickly evaporating in the face of his pyful antics.

  Draco couldn't help but chuckle at Lyra's rea, finding amusement in the way she reverted to her, feisty self.

  'It's funny when you know Lyra is around 16 years old,' he mused inwardly, the trast between her outward demeanor and her actual age not ceasing to eain him.

  "Well, I suppose we should be on our way," Draco said, turning to his familia.

  The Bahamut familia began to make their way through the bustling streets of Orario, their footsteps eg in the distance as they departed.

  The Astraea familia watched in silence as the young group disappeared from view, their curiosity piqued by the intriguing enter.

  Alise couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation and intrigue about the Bahamut familia.

  Their potential and their story had captured her attention, and she was certain that their paths would cross again.

  "I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of them," Alise murmured to Ryuu, her gaze fixed on the dire the Bahamut familia had taken.

  Ryuu nodded in agreement, her eyes thoughtful and ptive.

  As the Bahamut familia made their way back to their home, their minds were ed by the events of the day.