Author: M_W Cancer 

At this moment, Leo and the others were already sitting downstairs around the kitchen table, seemingly looking like in a meeting about something.

'Should I tell them the truth or not?'

Leo was debating in his mind about these two choices. 

These people were now like a family to him, so lying to them would just sound like he doesn't trust them and appreciate then. If he also tells them the truth, what would happen next?

'Should I just tell them about the Mischievous Lion organization, then?'

The moment he speaks about it, the only thing he could do was to tell them everything.

'But, doing so would endanger the organization!'

The Mischievous Lion organization was like a hidden thorn for the Silver Kingdom. And what should be done to a thorn? Of course to remove it!

Although the majority of the things the Mischievous Lion organization had been doing was good from the moment of their establishment in Silver Kingdom, that still doesn't mean that the Silver Kingdom could just trust them and let them run about, especially since the organization was hidden in the dark. No one knows about their real strength, and no one from the Silver royal family or even from the five major Noble Households could control them.

So, the moment he told them about the truth, Angel and Elizabeth would definitely report it to their respective organization and Noble Household. Hence, he would be endangering the Mischievous Lion organization.

'What a troublesome thing!'

Actually, Leo also realized something. If only he didn't lose his cool and didn't panic immediately the moment he saw the blue flames, then this situation wouldn't have happened.

It was really unusual for him to lose himself, but today was totally different. He was already trying to move forward and had already broken one of the chains that binds him to his past. And often times, Fate would strike the moment someone felt such a feeling. Hence, he was afraid that the strike would be losing his Master.

He was already extremely familiar with that kind of situation. When he lost his parents, he was really depressed at that time, but as soon as he knew about his older brother returning, he felt joy. However, it was quickly replaced with sadness and despair once again. It was like happiness would always be followed by sadness, so he'd rather not feel any of the two.

To be honest, this was a big trauma for him. Fate was something he can't fight as it was an invisible or maybe even a non-existing entity. But one thing was for sure, Fate would just strike whether a person expects it or not.

"Leo, who was that woman?" Cassandra suddenly said, which immediately pulled Leo out of his thoughts.

"Eh... I don't know how to explain, hehehe..." Leo could only say these words since he still doesn't know how to make his way out of his current situation, "How about let's wait for her to come down for a bit..."

Since he wasn't able to defend, then he could only pass this problem to his Master.

After a while, Olivia was finally seen going downstairs. She then walked towards the table as she observed everyone before she clasped her hand in delight.

"Eh, I wasn't informed that my disciple actually has so many women!" Olivia suddenly exclaimed in delight.

"Huh?" Everyone sounded in unison. 

"Aren't all of you my disciple's women?" Olivia said seemingly doubtful, "Of course, except for you! My discipline would definitely not pull a man in his harem, hmph!" She added as she pointed towards Alfred.

"Of course, Madam! I'm only one of his friends!" Alfred quickly added. Since this unknown woman wasn't mad at them or something, hence he quickly tried his best to get in the good books of this woman.

"Why aren't you girls responding? Are you perhaps feeling embarrassed?" Olivia said as she pulled Leo to her side, "He might not look that way, but Leo is actually a good kid!"

"Of course I am, hahaha!" Leo quickly understood his Master's real goal. Hiding anything would just make them suspect her even more, so she was definitely thinking that she might as well just accept the fact that she had been found out and continue with the role of Leo's Master and stepmother. In this case, they wouldn't be able to think of any more suspicious things about her since she wasn't hiding anything.

"Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. I'm Olivia, Leo's Master, and also his stepmother." Olivia quickly introduced herself. What Leo had thought was indeed her plan. Since things had already come to light, then she might as well continue walking in the light. Moreover, Cassandra and the others had only seen her being hugged by Leo like a child hugging his mother and also being called as 'Master'. So, continuing the role that they had seen was the best solution for the current situation.

"Ah! I'm Cassandra, Leo's... Woman..." Cassandra quickly introduced herself while feeling embarrassed. This was Leo's stepmother, hence she felt embarrassed calling herself Leo's woman, when in fact she's no more than a mere slave, and the word 'woman' was just their simple way to disguise it.

"I... I'm Elizabeth Snow..." Elizabeth also felt embarrassed about introducing herself.

"And you are Leo's...?" Olivia quickly followed up, obviously wanting to know what Elizabeth was to Leo.

"I'm... I'm..." Elizabeth can't continue her words as her brain seems to overheat due to the embarrassment.

"Hahaha! No need to explain, I already know that you are also his woman just from your burning hot red face, hahaha!" Olivia can't help but laugh at Elizabeth's reaction.

"I'm Angel, Leo's assigned, bodyguard!" Angel didn't felt embarrassed at all when she introduced herself. Well, there was indeed no need to. She doesn't feel anything to Leo, and she was also just his personal bodyguard assigned by Madam Silva.

"Oh, I thought you were also his woman. Maybe not yet at this moment, right?" Olivia said as she smiled mischievously.

"Ah?" Angel's face quickly redden. She might not have any feelings for Leo, but she was still feeling embarrassed about Olivia's really bold claim. After all, despite her character as a cold-girl, she was still a girl. And as a girl, she would naturally feel embarrassed being called as 'Leo's future woman', especially by his stepmother.

"Hahaha! I know you don't need to hide it from me!" Olivia said before letting out a laugh and turning her head towards Veronica.

"I'm Veronica! Leo is my benefactor since he saved me from those Black organization's men that planned to kidnap me." Veronica quickly introduced herself.

"Oh, so you are going to give your life to Leo as a payment for saving your life, is that right?" Olivia said with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Eh... I might... Ahhh! What am I even saying!!!" Veronica can't help it as she yelled out in embarrassment.

Unfortunately, no one was able to escape from Olivia's hand. The same as Leo, she was also a wise and smart woman. Anyone that falls into her hand wouldn't be able to easily escape.

"Okay, okay, you guys can continue with what you wanted to do!" Olivia said towards the 4 embarrassed girls as she then turned to look at Leo, "While you are coming with me!"

"Young man, you dare cause trouble without telling me, hmph! Let's go upstairs, I will punish you for not behaving yourself!" Olivia acted as she walked upstairs.

Hearing what his Master had said, Leo could only scratch his head as he quickly followed after.

'I still can't solve things as simply as my Master!'

What Olivia had done might be seen as her simply fooling around with the 4 girls. But actually, she was making them forget about any of those thoughts of suspicion. By making them feel embarrassed, they would forget about their suspicion for a moment, and because she was clarifying her identity, they wouldn't think about it any further afterwards as they would simply think of her as Leo's Master and also his stepmother.

There might still be some suspicion about Olivia, especially to Angel who was sent out by Madam Silva to protect and secretly investigate about Leo. But that isn't a problem anymore since Olivia has many more ways of excuses now.

If they asked why Olivia wasn't around, she could simply say, "I'm a powerful Mage, so most of the time I'm away doing some stuff!"

If they followed up with, "How did you meet Leo?", Olivia could simply say, "I meet him when I was passing by the Silver Kingdom. I have taken a liking of him, and hence I accepted him as my discipline. But, due to the fact that Leo had lost his parents, he also thought of me as his stepmother."

In conclusion, no matter what was going to come, Olivia could now make many more excuses to make her way out of it.