Heavenly Dao Child

Ryuu sighed for the hundredth time as he checked his attire his clothes that used very rare and precious materials like the strings were made from the whiskers of the Five Clawed Golden Dragon, it used wool from the carnivorous Heiðrún sheep, not to mention the various rare and precious stones covering it.

'This is too expensive and gaudy for my taste, and I doubt that even with all the earnings of the auction would be put together it would barely be near about a percent of the cost of this clothes, I don't know what to say about it.'

Over the years Ryuu has been gifted by his teachers various incredibly expensive things like the pen his teacher had gifted him when he was seven years old, a pen that would have easily fetched a few million dollars in his previous life, a pen that is now gathering dust since he rarely uses it, and now this dress he was given so he could attend a party on some planet and spend a couple of hours looking good.

If it were before he had received the memories of his previous life he would not felt anything because he was used to but these memories more often than nought made him compare to his knowledge as an inhabitant of Earth.

A knock at his door brought him out of his musings and as he gave his permission Yamamoto strolled in, he studied Ryuu for a moment before he spoke with a frown, "My Prince you look dashing though could you reveal a tiny bit of you true face, your clothing is otherwise suffocating your looks."

Ryuu closed his eyes as a ripple went past his face and he looked even more handsome than before, and upon seeing it Yamamoto gave a nod of approval as he spoke with a smile, "Now you look every bit like a Prince from some fairy tale."

"Thank you, advisor Yamamoto though you look quite heroic yourself."

Yamamoto simply grinned back as he spoke, "Then let us get going the guests should be arriving soon."

With a nod, Ryuu left his room with Yamamoto trailing after him and soon he found himself nearing the Grand hall where the workers of Shangri-la Kuvosie branch were extremely busy working nonstop doing last-minute checks to ensure that the event would be successful, and Ryuu soon spotted Yu Wu who was busy giving out orders with a stern look on her face.

"Is everything alright Sister Yu Wu?"

Yu Wu looked towards the speaker as she was stunned into silence for a moment while Ryuu simply looked at her with one of his bro raised.

Yu Wu quickly reigned in her wits as she spoke, "Yes, everything is fine and thank you for supplying us with wine, and also you look really handsome boss."

Ryuu simply smiled back as he spoke, "There is no need to thank me it is the least I could do to preserve Shangri-La's honor, also thank you for the compliment and Sister Yu Wu you look rather beautiful as well."

Yu Wu smiled back as her eyes roamed over Ryuu's dress for a moment, a dress that would fir royalty but then her eyes fell on the red shoulder cape that only covered his left shoulder and stopping just below his elbow, but more importantly it fell on the Coat of Arms that it bore, and seeing it a frown formed on her face.

"Boss, I do not wish to sound rude but that Coat of Arm I have never seen before, should it not be like us."

As she spoke she pointed at the Coat of Arms on her right, her coat of arms consisted of the symbol of Shangri-La in silver colour with the words Kuvosie and West on top and under it respectively, even the Coat of Arms on Yamamoto resembled her except his looked a bit more precious and had the words South and Central on it.

Unlike them, Ryuu's was golden coloured, with the creatures in the symbol being cast in a manner that they looked alive, but what separated him from others was the fact that he bore a Crown at the top with twin dragons one black the other white stood guarding the sigil of Shangri-La.

Ryuu took a small glance at his Coat of Arms as he spoke, "This is a very rare Coat of Arms that belongs to a select few and I am blessed to don it."

Yu Wu blinked owlishly for a moment while musing inwardly, 'I will have to consult the manuals over Coat of Arms, boss is becoming more and more mysterious, and it is going beyond my tolerance level either I find it out by myself or commit a severe faux pas.'

"How big is the queue?"

"Pretty big boss, even if the entire hall has been filled to the brim there is a large queue outside and I fear it might get a bit rowdy."

Ryuu nodded as he spoke, "Of course it would as I have no doubt a few idiots would cause needless trouble for one thing or other I hope the guards would be able to cope with it."

"Of course they would."

"Even then if the situation deteriorates make sure to send me a message immediately, and I would deal with it personally as I refuse to allow anyone to besmirch Shangri-la's honor."

Ryuu watched quietly as the guests who had purchased tickets to enter and participate in the auction poured in one by one.

He stood behind the hidden section near the stage as Yu Wu slowly filled him in with the important members of various sects that were attending but have failed to acquire the private balcony, and as such, they had taken over the balcony, while others had taken over the common sitting area.

As Yu Wu filled him in, Ryuu committed to memory each person that he was being pointed out to, except those in the private balcony as they were shielded from his view, but that did not stop him from knowing the identities of those who have occupied those private balconies even if he had not been able to see them.

Ryuu closed his eyes going over every array that he had added to increase the security of the area and seeing his arrays working perfectly a small smile graced his lips while half-listening to Yu Wu who was giving off her reports.

"Splendid, Sister Yu Wu you have done rather well."

Yu Wu beamed back as she spoke, "Thank you boss, though I will have to take my leave the auction would begin soon and I have still some work left to do."

Ryuu gave her a nod as she left soon, while Yamamoto spoke with a small frown on his face, "So My Prince, are you ready for your speech."

The proud prince let out a groan as he visibly wilted, making Yamamoto shake his head as he desperately tried to stifle his laugh seeing Ryuu's antics.

'It seems at least in one respect he is normal.'

"My Prince there is nothing to fear as the feeling is normal, and in fact everyone has felt similar once in their life whenever they are forced to face a large crowd."

As Ryuu sighed Yamamoto continued with a smile, "But let me share a secret with you, you see the best way to deal with this is not to focus on the faces of the audience but in some place like a column or a wall or an empty chair but make sure to change the target of your focus every now and then."

Ryuu gave him a nod of thanks as he spoke, "I have led armies gave them speech to rouse their morals yet this simple though of giving speech is making my knees shake."

"That is as I said happens to best of us, now soon you will be called and just give your best and I know you will manage it well."

As Ryuu gave a nod he was called upon the stage to give a speech as the new General Manager of the Kuvosie.

Inside one of the private booth, a certain lady took a sip from the wine provided as a content sigh escaped her lips as she spoke out loud, "Never did I imagine I will get to taste this exquisite wine again."

As she spoke she took another sip only to spit out the contents of her goblet as her companions squawked of indignation, but the woman did not pay any heed to her as her complete attention was on the person who stood on the stage as she spoke out in disbelief, "What is he doing here?"

Meanwhile, inside another private booth, the occupants eyed Ryuu carefully as one of them spoke with a small smile, "It seems you were right he indeed is rather handsome."

Jacklin blushed as she turned her head as she spoke with a huff, "But he is a rascal."

Her parents simply smiled at her before trying to watch Ryuu while Yu Jie who had accompanied them had his eyes open as he stared towards Ryuu as he whispered out low so low that even his family members were unable to hear, "That is him, after so many years I found him, but still him being the General manager what is his level.", he closed his eyes as he tried to feel and sense Ryuu's level.

As Ryuu was about to finish his speech he felt a subtle probe that made his brow twitch as his rather humble smile morphed into a sickly sweet as he spoke, "Before I conclude I would like to point out that we are civilized beings as such please stop trying to probe my strength as I feel such a behavior amazingly unappealing and putrid, thank you."

With that, he simply walked off the stage handing over the torch to the auctioneer a low murmur arose within the crowd discussing his last words while a certain old man blushed in embarrassment.