"Phew! Finally gone."
The moment Bai Zhu let out that breath, Milluki patted him from behind.
"Don't relax. The dinner banquet is about to start."
"What dinner banquet?"
"A family dinner."
Bai Zhu turned to look at him.
Milluki was busy stuffing three models into a butler's arms. Only after confirming that every part was there did he add,
"Father and Mother are both attending. Great-Grandfather is too old, so he won't be coming."
Bai Zhu's shoulders, which had just relaxed, tensed again.
"Your family needs advance notice even to eat?"
"What else would we do?"
"I thought the butlers brought food to your rooms, and you put the plates outside when you were done."
"That's you."
Milluki set Kalluto down from his body and straightened the collar that had been pulled crooked.
"Father added a seat for you at the last minute today. Hurry up. If you're late, everyone will remember it."
"Who'll remember it?"
"Everyone."
Bai Zhu lowered his head and checked his clothes over, then raised a hand to smooth down his collar. After taking a few steps, he tugged at his cuffs again.
Milluki was getting annoyed watching him.
"Do you have bugs in your clothes?"
"No."
Bai Zhu lowered his hand, then touched his collar again a moment later.
"I'm just having dinner."
"Then why do you keep touching yourself?"
"This is called showing respect to your parents."
"When you met my great-grandfather, you used his fruit tray as a stool."
"That was an accident."
Bai Zhu did not slow down, but his mind had already begun considering a suitable gift.
Ordinary jewelry would definitely be beneath the Zoldyck family.
A knife would not work either. By the next day, Kaidō might end up beating him with it.
After thinking for a long time, Bai