Chapter 31

A/N: I'm tryna up my description, so let me know if you guys can notice any difference in the writing quality.

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"That's..."

I looked at her, perplexed. What on earth was wrong with the name Joker? It suited me, I could create an infinite variety of tools and I had dark Magic, a rather unpredictable magic type. And I was wearing a mask and a full body cloak, so you couldn't discern much about me. And my long white hair didn't really help with that.

"Don't look at me like that, 'Joker' it's a bit... Corny."

I sighed, I couldn't be bothered with this anymore. I was considering using the name Reaper, but chose not to for one glaring reason. The possibility of another reincarnate. If there was someone who was a member of the Paragons or the Deities was here, I'd simply be telling them that I was here. Not because of the name, but because of my prowess coupled with my name.

I disregarded my earlier thoughts and toom a good look around me. The scenery here was normal apart from the annoyingly beautiful people with pointy ears walking around.

'Why are they so... pretty? Even the buildings are pretty.'

The buildings had trees intertwined with them, the city had this organic vibe. The Elven Empire was extremely fantastical, there was moss here and there but it somehow fit in. The sidewalks were filled to the brim with a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Claire looked at me with a faint smile.

"I know right, even I feel a bit out of place.'

She said so with her trademark monotonous voice and deadpan expression

I looked at Claire, she had a rather slender body but had flesh in all the right places. I looked at her well sculpted face and dark eyes, I was confused. Why on earth would she feel out of place?

"Is that because you look better than them?"

I was being honest, in my opinion, she looked better than those Elves. Honestly, she was being far too self conscious. I should have been the one who felt out of place, I looked unbelievably shady.

"Stop trying to flatter me, you're 8 years old, why in Gods name are you attempting to flatter a woman in her 20s?"

'AGAIN WITH THE MONOTONE VOICE?'

I didn't bother asking her any questions, she looked at me and gestured at me to follow her and I complied. She then took us to a limousine that had supposedly been waiting for us. We were then promptly driven to the castle.

The castle was... extravagant.

Gold and jade were the main building materials, the castle was also intertwined with many trees. The castle was lined with guards armed with swords, spears and bows. The castle was also built using a smooth stone that, like the jade and the gold, reflected the sun's light and made it look even more pristine.

The guards gave me some interesting stares, I allowed some of my killing intent to seep out. At first I had considered using my Draconic Intent but decided not to as that would've been overkill. My killing intent wasn't enough to ward off their stares, but it made it so I wouldn't be taken lightly.

The maids all bowed to Claire, they seemed to be familiar with her. I of course knew why, it was because the Sword Saint was meant to become the teacher of Iris Aegis. The Sword Saint was also well acquainted with the Aegis Empire and had worked with it's imperial family on several occasions. The servants had even witnessed interactions between Iris and Claire that indicated them to be In a sibling like relationship.

I was broken out of my thoughts as Claire tapped me on my shoulder.

"Listen, from now on, address me as "Master Claire" and make sure to be polite. Like you said, right now, you are merely 'The Joker.'"

Claire said, her hands forming exclamation marks to... actually I don't know why she's doing that. But it's rather amusing hearing her say that with her monotonous tone.

Maids led us into the main hall, the entire hall was filled to the brim with both human and noble Elves. They were clinking wine and doing whatever the fuck nobles did.

I was led by Claire to the front of the hall where an adorable girl with long silver hair and jade green eyes was sat down. She was wearing an extravagant white gown and was smiling gently at the people who were talking to her.

When she saw me and Claire she politely made her intentions clear and asked them to leave her for a few minutes. I prepared myself to kneel but before I did, Claire stopped me and smiled, as if telling me that there was no need.

Iris looked at me and said,

"Greetings, I am Irene Aegis, it's a pleasure to meet you, may I ask who you are? You must be important to be accompanying Elder sister Claire to my social debut."

She smiled at me, clearly annoyed that I wad impeding upon her time with her precious 'Elder Sister.'

I chuckled a bit and looked right at her, releasing a small amount of my Killing Intent just to be a but dramatic.

"I am the Sword Saint's disciple, you may call me 'The Joker.'"

A vein popped on Iris' forehead, she gripped her chair tightly and tilted her head slightly.

"Can. You. Repeat. That? I think I MISHEARD you."

I took a deep breath, I glared at her, I released a larger portion of my killing intent while still holding. The guards moved in to protect their master, relasing some of their own Mana to stop the killing intent.

"I believe that has answered your question."

I turned on my heel, and left, I headed to the balcony and sat on the railing. I formed a deck of playing cards in my right hand and started playing with them. The wind blew on my cloak making it dance with the wind.

"I wonder how she'll respond."