Akasha shrugged hearing this and then spoke.
"Nothing in particular. You see, I have a bit of free time on my hands, so I decided to go on a little vacation." As he said this, he turned to Yonna again and continued
"And I met this lovely Phoenix inside of a secret realm a few years ago and decided to pay her a visit."
The emperor began to ponder for a moment as he heard these words. He then spoke.
"Everyone aside from Jean, Yonna, and Torrin leave. The meeting is now over, and we will depart for the gathering of talents in two days."
Hearing this the others nodded and cleared the room.
Now left in the room were Felix, Elaine, Jean, Yonna, Torrin, and Akasha. Once everyone cleared out Felix spoke again.
"What force do you come from.... and what are you exactly?" These were important questions he needed to know. If this was some foreign force, he had no knowledge about then things could get a bit complicated. Then he remembered the form he took earlier, it was something he had never seen before.
He was a man who had lived for several million years and had seen all sorts of things. However, this young man in front of him was something he could hardly imagine.
Akasha grinned lightly and spoke.
"My force is me and few of my friend. And I am Akasha, the one and only Anan."
"Akasha, that's a cute name, isn't it?" Jean spoke out as she was still ogling Akasha.
"Tsk, stop staring at that freak." Torrin scoffed at Jean.
Felix and Elaine on the other hand frowned a bit.
"Anan? I have never heard of such a race. Where did you come from?" Felix spoke again.
Akasha sighed hearing all these questions. He then spoke.
"Look, I won't tell you every single detail about me, alright? Unless you plan on being my allies, the most you will know is what you've already heard."
Hearing him Felix eyes flashed for a moment.
"That was your goal, huh? To be allies?"
"Hmm, partially. I mean you know about this Supreme Golden Age bullshit, right? I'm sure extra friends won't hurt." Akasha said.
Felix took a moment to think before speaking again. Everyone else quietly listened attentively to the conversation between the two. They all knew the incoming dangers so none of this was particularly a surprise. However, the fact Felix was even thinking about it was what surprised them.
This is because the Phoenixes had never allied with outside forces ever since their fallout with the Dragons. But now seeing the emperor himself actually thinking of it caused them to raise an eyebrow.
Felix then spoke.
"I agree with being allies, but only under two conditions. One, you must offer something in value that would help us and in return we will do the same. Secondly, you must marry into our Clan."
*Silence*
The empress, Jean, Yonna, and even Torrin were all shocked to the core right now. To marry into their clan? What kind of bullshit is that and besides who the hell would he marry?
Torrin wasted no time and objected the idea out right.
"FATHER!! You can't be serious!"
Felix glanced at Torrin and shook his head.
"Silence. This is not up for debate, at least not with you." He then looked back towards Akasha who was still looking the exact same. He had no reaction whatsoever well, outwardly he didn't, but inwardly he was trying to comprehend what he just heard.
'Eh, is this guy alright in the head? He literally just met me.... I know things can move quickly, but what if I was some devil or something...'
His thought was of course contradictory because aside from Luna and Elysia, didn't his other women become glued to him within weeks?
Hell, Raven didn't even wait a whole day.
Thinking this he said
"Wrong. First of all, I already have 6 lovers and secondly, I will not marry into any clan. In fact, I won't get married at all, but I will accept a new friend or two and see where things go." Akasha spoke and as he said his last words he winked at Jean and Yonna.
The two girls blushed a bit seeing this. However, the empress finally spoke out.
"You have six lovers, and you don't plan to marry.... why is that?" Her question caught Akasha off guard a bit, but he still answered it, nonetheless.
"Because me and my lovers are connected with a bond much stronger than any marriage. So, therefore I don't see the reasoning, technically we are already married." He said while shrugging.
Hearing this Felix nodded and spoke again.
"Alright I will think about this. For the meantime Yonna and Jean can show you around. In two days', time you can also travel to the gathering with us also."
When they heard that they nodded and Akasha followed the two women out. Torrin left and went his separate ways from the three, he would rather prepare for the gathering.
Once they left Elaine asked a question.
"Why would you propose something like that?" Her tone was cold, and her eyes flickered with blue flames.
Felix sighed and spoke
"Because something is different about him. Think, if he was also inside the secret realm 16 years ago then he should be about the same age and rank as Yonna. But instead, he is at the Peak of the Mythical rank.... It took even the most supreme talents at least 800-900 years to reach this.
Yet, he did it before reaching 100..."
Elaine heard this and her flames flickered even more. The room began to chill and even ice began to cover the walls.
"Who the fuck cares?! Are you just going to sell your daughters to a random?"
She exclaimed and to this Felix didn't respond. Instead, he simply looked off into the distance as if he was thinking of something. Seeing this Elaine grew even more pissed and decided to leave. As she left, she spoke again.
"Hmph, I will go and see what kind of person he is. And if even thinks to harm my girls I will make him wish for death...."