73 Chapter 73: Party Preparations (1/2)
Saturday morning arrived before I knew it, and after a grueling session of training in the dojo, I returned to my room, only to see that I had several missed calls on my phone.
”…what the hell?”
Picking my phone up, I studied the screen and was relieved to see that the calls were from Dong Fang Yue Chu. At least it wasn't some unknown number spamming me with robot calls or scams. You know, like the ones informing you that you had committed a federal offense and telling you to pay up immediately (often asking for your credit card or bank details). That would have been awful.
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Shaking my head, I hit the call back option and watched the holographic video call materialize in front of me, above my phone. Even though I could have just sent him an email or text message, I was curious as to why he was urgently trying to contact me.
”Bro!” Dong Fang Yue Chu's anxious expression showed up on the holographic screen, his brow creased in annoyance. ”I've been trying to find you for the whole day already! You're only picking up your phone now! Where have you been?!”
”The dojo,” I replied shortly, frowning in response. ”You know I don't bring my phone with me when I'm training. What's up?”
”What do you mean, 'what's up?'?” Dong Fang Yue Chu yelled, his eyes bulging. ”Bro, are you kidding me?! The dinner party! Don't tell me you've completely forgotten about the dinner party!”
I hadn't, but I couldn't help but tease him. Suppressing a grin, I cocked my head to the side and faked a puzzled expression.
”What dinner party?”
”ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!” Dong Fang Yue Chu roared. ”The one Alicia personally invited you to, of course!”
”She invited me to a party?” I repeated, still feigning bewilderment. ”Are you sure? When did that happen?”
”Are you serious?!” My friend looked as if he was going to collapse in tears. I was aware that he had pretty impure motives for coming along with me. One of the reasons why he was looking forward to this dinner party in particular was because of who organized it – the Black Roses. Just the thought of the beautiful girls in Black Roses Society making their appearance in elegant gowns was enough to cause Dong Fang Yue Chu to drool. He was probably praying fervently that I didn't do anything stupid and cause him to lose any chance of romancing any of those girls.
For example, by not showing up despite receiving a direct invitation from Alicia herself. That would potentially sour relations with Black Roses Society, and our little club could not afford to offend a great society like the Black Roses. Not that Alicia would be that petty, and I was sure Miranda would actually be happy if we didn't turn up, but that was still rude. In a way.
”Where are you? At home? Wait for me, I'm coming.” Dong Fang Yue Chu was holding up an expensive-looking suit. ”Take a shower and wash yourself up. This is a dinner party attended by elites. Not just any elites but the upper elites, you know! You need to dress for the occasion!”
”I already bought a new suit,” I said, annoyed, forgetting that I was supposed to forget about the party. ”You were the one who told me to get a new suit instead of wearing the previous one I used for the hotel ceremony thing.”
”Oh? You really went and bought a new suit?” Dong Fang Yue Chu's jaw dropped. If I could, I wanted to transport my hand across the other side of the screen and smack him in the face. Well, at least I trolled him hard earlier, so I should be satisfied with that. ”When did that happen?”
”Yesterday, after I got the monetary rewards from my mission.”
Dong Fang Yue Chu stared at me blankly. ”I didn't know that.”
”What, were you expecting me to devote an entire chapter detailing how I went about shopping in G2000 or something, searching for an appropriate suit? The readers will be screaming 'FILLER!' and raging about how the story is moving too slowly, never mind that I had just accomplished a mission last chapter.” I shook my head in disgust. ”Seems like most people throw the word 'filler' around without truly understanding what it means. Filler refers to non-canonical material that isn't part of the original story, used to fill out the airtimes of an anime when it has caught up to the manga. But now readers are just blindly using it for anything they find boring or don't like to read. Come on, if every chapter is about nothing but fight scenes, fight scenes and more fight scenes, then the plot will burn out. Linking a bunch of random fight scenes together doesn't make for a good story. You need to pace it out properly. Not every chapter or scene has to be about combat. Characters need some downtime, some peace and quiet, which can contribute to character development…”
”What the fuck are you talking about, bro?” Dong Fang Yue Chu was glaring at me. ”Stop rambling nonsense and get changed! Okay? We'll be meeting at the front of your house in thirty minutes. Make sure you shower!”
”Yeah, yeah.”
”Damn it, I originally planned on bringing you to a hair stylist…”
”Don't waste time and money,” I automatically interrupted. For cutting my hair, I was fine with going to a barber and trimming it short. The styling and curling and whatever nonsense was a total waste of time and money, in my opinion. Raising my hand to the red button on the screen, I cocked my head. ”If there's nothing else, then I'll hang up. See you in thirty.”
With that, I cut off the call and began my preparations for war. Not that kind of physical war, mind you. Social warfare where I had to engage in verbal sparring and maintain a low profile for as long as possible.
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