The Audience of Death

2- Progressing

Once Star arrived home...

"Hm..? You shouldn't leave your daddy waiting my dear. Especially on a day where I'm willing to spend time with my precious baby." Star's father chuckled while cutting Star's steak and occasionally stealing some bites from her.

"Aww, c'mon. I was bored. Wouldn't you do that too if you were trapped in a place stuffed with middle aged men like you?" Star frowned slightly as she then sat back on her chair while realizing that her dad was eating her dinner which made her mutter some stuff. "Fatty."

"Aww... don't call your own father a fatty. I'm at my prime, so it's normal to have an intentional body. Hah.."

"Well, we know it's true." Star frowned while crossing her arms and pushing her dinner towards her father. "You can eat this. I'll have an açaí bowl instead."

Star's behavior had made him chuckle slightly. Then smiling while sitting back on his chair while eating more. "You're too kind babe- ah.. my dear." He then started nervously scratching his neck while smirking. "You look a lot like your mother y'know. I'm almost convinced she's been reincarnated into you.."

That made her blush slightly, such stuff had haunted the girl. First her father calling her babe, then saying she looked like her mother that she had never met? "You.. you should calm down and keep stuff to yourself. Especially when talking to me." Star had started glaring at her father with her violet eyes, but then stopping as she knew he would beat her if she had continued.

"You're funny.." Her father then finished her food as well as she barely started getting her açaí bowl. "Maybe you're right... I should diet." He said with a soft voice while placing a hand over his soft gut, slightly disgusted but enjoying it.

"..And maybe you can hire some girl workers around here. As you can see, I'm not completely comfortable living in a place with basically all men and like 10 maids. 1 of them though is a guy so he doesn't count!" Star spoke with a slight frown while leaning in forward and then sighing while sitting back.

He looked away while thinking a bit, then smiling at his daughter while leaning in forward. "Women are scarce nowadays. Basically only 40% of the population are female.. ah. They're much more expensive to hire than men. Also I feel like men in the castle might do you well. Who knows? You might gain a tiny crush on them!!" He then chuckled again while laying against his chair while smirking.

"This is why you're a fatass." Her açaí bowl finally arrived which she had started eating. Thinking about something... but then!~

Ring... ring~ dingalin!~

"Oh... I need to take this." He had stood up while walking out of the room. What the heck?

Why'd he do that..? Must've been something he didn't want Star to hear, huh? She was quite curious about what it was about though, so she started listening.

"Sir Iku- I-I mean T..." (Unknown servant)

"Talk." - Iku (Star's Father)

"I-uh... Khaos wants you down here. They want to talk about Lara from the other world. Your daughter. It's urgent."

*Grumbles* "Alright... I'll be there in 5."

Iku also known as Star's father, hanged up. Then feeling someone nearby him which made his stomach tingle.

"Hm..."

Star immediately sat back down where she was sitting while smiling nervously. Thankfully to her surprise, Iku shrugged and he started chugging the rest of his wine.

"My darling... I'm sorry we haven't had a proper dinner but my employee called me. We have a code red in the lab." Filthy liar. He wasn't gonna go to his lab.

Star had then shrugged while looking up at her dad, then sighing as she ate her açaí bowl. "You're so boring y'know..." Unfortunately, her father wasn't gonna leave her without any company! Sooooooooo...

"Koutarou's here to have fun with you. Isn't that great?" Iku smiled as he gave Star a small kiss on her forehead. "I'll be back. Love you babe." Once he had left, Star pushed her açaí bowl aside while getting on Koutarou's back.

"Can we play piggy back together?" With a soft mutter, the 10 year old said while holding her butler tightly. "Then can we play dress up? Heh... I wanna see you in a funny suit."

Koutarou chuckled softly at the girl's playful antics. So innocent and young. He had wondered if she would stay like that forever... "—hey Koutarou..."

His eyes then widened while sighing and placing her down on the couch. "Mrs, I was hired to follow specific orders. Not to play-" He had then felt a sharp pain in his chest. Hearing various whispers saying... "Obey, obey... if not then you'll be in dismay."

"Ugh.. C'mon kid.." Koutarou mumbled, not wanting to comply but he had to. Star didn't notice though, so she smiled at him while bringing the 21 year old to her room.

"Yayyy! Then we can have you do kissy with one of the cute maids!" She was obviously joking but she thought it would be funny if Koutarou had finally gotten a girlfriend or something. Like the man could've probably pulled if he wanted but he's too focused on work to care about girls.

W/ Iku~~~~~

"...So. Let me get this straight." Iku gazed back at Khaos, then sitting down on his chair while placing a hand on his head. Sighing deeply. "Lara's getting worshipped, her kids are too? Well I can't say im not happy for her, but then again..." He slowly gazed back towards the eyeball while chuckling and then facepalming. "Tsk, tsk. I wonder how the Almone's doing right now..."

Khaos smiled with it's eye, then it leaned in forward while ruffling his hair. "Well you're going to wanna step up your game. 800 years is a bit steep, isn't it? Remember about our contract. 200 more years to come up with your 'plan.' Alright?"

Iku grumbled gently, then grabbing Khaos as a smirk appeared on his face. "Calm down. It's almost done." The man slowly got up as he walked up to a big blanket..? Slowly removing that big blanket to reveal a massive machine. "The Mind, Soul, and Heart..." He slowly looked down to his hands while kissing them and smiling. "I just need the 2 Minds, 3 Souls and that heart... it'll be mine soon enough."

"Oh no."