Leo coughed as he said, "That's really a funny joke, sister Tifa," 

Sometimes, it is much better to just treat a confession as a joke. In such a way, he wouldn't cause any trouble to himself from Angel and at the same time not hurt sister Tila's feelings for him. Even if in the end the latter still gets hurt with him treating her confession as a joke, at least it wouldn't be that bad compared to bluntly rejecting her. 

If it was any other ordinary person, he would have definitely chosen to bluntly reject them, but since sister Tila is one of the princesses of the Emerald Tree Kingdom, doing so might just cause him to get into trouble. 

He really doesn't want to attract trouble from one of the princesses of the Emerald Tree Kingdom. At the same time, he also doesn't want to cause any trouble to himself from Angel. 

That's why this is the only way he could do and hope that it would work out...

"That wasn't a-" Tifa wanted to say something, but her mouth was immediately covered by Tila's hand as she said, "That was a joke, hahahaha!"

But deep inside, Tila was a bit hurt deep inside by Leo's words. But she can't do anything about it. She was also a woman, so she quickly understood what Angel was feeling beside her right now after hearing her older sister Tifa confessing her feelings to Leo. The majority of women would definitely dislike it hearing that another woman likes their man, and she's not an exception to that as well. The only difference in her case right now is that she's the one who receives that dislike. 

"Oh, I didn't expect that little brother Leo here is actually the Guild Leader of the Mischievous Lion Guild," Brother Elmore quickly interrupted to change the topic. He wasn't so stupid to not see what is going on. So, rather than the conversation getting awkward, it's much better to divert it to another topic. 

"Oh, so he's actually the Guild Leader of that Guild I always hear about. I didn't expect that brother Leo and that Guild Leader Loki is the same exact person," Brother Elfin said in astonishment. He was also trying to help his second brother Elmore to change the topic. 

Unlike the two of them though, Elmont was really shocked about Leo's real identity. 

"What?!" Elmont exclaimed. He turned to look at Leo by his side as he continued, "You're really that Guild Leader Loki?"

"The one and only," Leo replied while inwardly sighing in relief. Fortunately, brother Elmont's reaction completely broke that awkward ice.

It wasn't only Leo who was feeling relief, everyone else except for Sister Tifa and Angel was also feeling the same way. If such awkwardness was to continue, then it would have seriously leave them all in silence while waiting for their lunch to finally be served. Such a situation is really not something that they want to happen. 

"Ummm," Brother Elmont said while fidgeting his hands, showing how he was a bit hesitant about what he wanted to say. But after a few seconds, he braved himself as he asked, "Is it alright if I visit the base of the Mischievous Lion Guild?"

"You want to visit the Smiling Lion Village?" Leo asked in doubt. 

"Yes," Brother Elmont nodded, he frowned a bit as he asked, "Is it because only members of the Mischievous Lion Guild are allowed to visit the Smiling Lion Village?"

"It's okay though, I fully understand that some Guilds doesn't want outsiders to-"

"No, brother Elmont," Leo quickly shook his head, "It would be an honor for one of the princes of the Emerald Tree Kingdom to visit the Smiling Lion Village,"

Brother Elmont's eyes immediately shone as he asked, "So, I'm allowed to visit?"

"Yes," Leo immediately agreed in fear that Brother Elmont might immediately get depressed again. But he still can't help but asked, "But there's really nothing special that the Mischievous Lion Guild can show to you. Honestly, the Evergreen royal family is much better than the Mischievous Lion Guild,"

"I know about that, but it's just that... I want to really see how the members of the Mischievous Lion Guild trains," Brother Elmont explained the reason why he wanted to visit. 

It wasn't really that hard for Leo to guess why brother Elmont wanted to do such a thing. Looking at his appearance right now, this prince is obviously someone who really likes to train to become a lot more stronger. The reason why he was a bit dirty right now should most likely be because he had just finished training and had completely forgotten to clean himself before coming to the dining room. 

"You definitely don't know this, Leo. My seventh son Elmont here is actually a battle fanatic. From the moment he wakes up until the evening, he does nothing else aside from training and fighting. You could even say that the training grounds and the arena is his second home, hahahaha!" Uncle Elfin said with a laugh.

"Let me tell you this, brother Leo. One time, my little brother Elmont here invited someone to fight, which that person naturally accepted. But during the fight, because of how strong he is, he completely suppressed his opponent to the point that the latter wasn't able to fight back to him. What's really hilarious though, every time he hits his opponent with his Magic spell, he would actually apologize, hahahaha!" Brother Elfin said while laughing loudly. 

Well, that's exactly what one should expect from a shy-type battle fanatic.

"I also heard about that story," Brother Elmore quickly added. He continued, "It was even said that his opponent was completely rendered speechless to the point that he was unable to say anything bad to little brother Elmont after the fight because he had already received dozens of apologies during the fight. If he really dares to say something bad, it would have certainly reflected badly on himself, hahaha!" 

"Hehehe," Brother Elmont could only laugh in embarrassment. 

"Wait," Leo suddenly realized something really crucial. He turned to look at Brother Elmont as he can't help but asked, "Don't tell me what you meant about watching the members of the Mischievous Lion Guild trains is actually to challenge them to a fight?" 

Hearing Leo's question, Brother Elmont immediately acted innocent as he asked, "I'm really sorry that I didn't tell you the truth. Can you please still let me visit the Smiling Lion Village? Please!"

"..." Leo finally understood how Brother Elmont's opponent at that time felt like during and after the fight. If he was in that person's shoes, he might even end up coughing out blood as he really doesn't know how he should handle a shy-type battle fanatic. 

At the side, the four-woman immediately let out a laugh while listening to the boys' conversation, especially at Leo being rendered speechless by Brother Elmont.

Leo can't help but exclaimed inwardly, "If this continues on, my dignity as the Guild Leader of the Mischievous Lion Guild would definitely turn into nothing,"

In just a short span of less than a day, he had already been defeated in an argument by his Uncle Elfin and Brother Elmont. Any more than this and he would definitely ask if his Uncle Elfin and his entire family were actually born to cause him trouble. 

In the next moment, a few maids and butler finally arrived inside the dining room while pushing trays of food and beverages. 

"Thank goodness," Leo immediately thought in relief inwardly. If they had continued their conversation, then there's definitely no telling if Queen Tina, Brother Elfin, and Brother Elmore would not cause him trouble next. 

All of a sudden though, at Leo's peripheral vision, he quickly noticed a black-colored String of Fate, specifically enemy, from the brown-haired butler currently pouring drinks to Uncle Elfin's cup. 

His brows immediately raise up as he observes closely all the action of the brown-haired butler's action.

From the moment he entered the dining room until now, his unique capability to see the String of Fate has always been activated. This was mainly because he also wanted to know if Uncle Elfin's family are his allies as well... or his enemies...

There's always a possibility, however big or small, that one of the members of the Evergreen royal family would turn out to be his enemy. That's why he didn't let his guard down on them, especially considering their powerful status in the Emerald Tree Kingdom. If any of them would turn out to be his enemy, he could at least be able to prepare himself against them. 

Fortunately, despite all of those troublesome situations he had just been through a moment ago, he discovered that none of his Uncle Elfin's family turned out to be his enemy. 

Instead, who turned out to be his enemy is actually one of the people that work for them, which honestly speaking, is something that he at least had been expecting about. After all, with so many people working for the Evergreen royal family, it wouldn't be strange for one of them to turn out to be his enemy.

The only question though; is that brown-haired butler his enemy in the coming future? Or is it in the present?

These two questions completely meant a different story. 

If this brown-haired butler would turn out to be his enemy in the coming future, then it would mean that he would do something against him that would make him into his enemy. The fortunate thing for this though, is that he could still change this kind of Fate. 

As long as he prevent that bad thing from happening, then his black-colored String of Fate would change. As to what color? That would entirely depend on the brown-haired butler.

However, if this brown-haired butler turns out to be his enemy in the present, then this means that he is someone related to one of his enemies. This would also mean that it would be next to impossible to change their Fate. 

As for who exactly are his so-called enemies? Who else would that be aside from the Gods of the Celestial World!