【Dimiris】The Lost Heir of Cyros

Summary: Byreth learns more about the Seros family through the Faerghus branch and meets Dimitri's close ally.

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Beles returned to the greenhouse and found Dimitri standing next to Du Du, covering his eyes with his right hand, and pressing his mobile phone firmly to his left ear, listening to the chatter of the person on the phone.Looking stressed, Byreth figured he must have heard some very bad news.

Du Du noticed her, straightened his body and bowed slightly to greet her, "Miss."

This sound made Dimitri drop his hand suddenly and stare at Byles.Byles returned with a silent gaze, waiting for Dimitri to say something.

"You're back." Dimitri choked out, and his stupid look made Surtis laugh out loud from behind Beles.

"Yeah, I'm back." Byles replied while nodding, and at the same time the person on the phone shouted: "Impossible!"

"W-why?" Dimitri asked, with a face that was sure that Byles would never come back.

Surtis grinned, and Byreth knew her imaginary friend ("Hey!") wanted her to fool Dimitri, but Berece always felt bad and replied bluntly, "I decided to go with you." Let's go." Suthis was greatly disappointed.

"You chose me?" Dimitri was puzzled, and the tone of the last word went up to the sky.Suthis looked back at Beles, and Beles heard the call from the other end of the phone: "What?!!"

"Are we sure we want to choose this one?" Byles slapped Suthis on the buttocks when she was speechless, causing her to scream.Byleth continued to cover up her behavior, making it look like she was just trying to tuck her hair back behind her ears.

Dimitri stared at her fiercely, and Byles confirmed, "That's right, I want to go back to Faerghus with you, if you're willing."

"Yes, I couldn't be more happy!" Dimitri agreed, and the people on the phone couldn't help laughing, and then he shouted to the others: "My God! Hey! Ingrid! You must come Listen to this!"

Byles didn't know what happened next because Dimitri hung up the phone.She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Isn't this call very important?"

"Huh?" Dimitri blinked, and it took him a long time to understand what Beles meant.His phone vibrated and he immediately pressed the mute button and replied with a smile: "Please don't worry. It's just a friend of mine... that's all."

The phone rang again, he hung up quickly and continued to smile at Byles, and said, "Miss, I'm really glad you chose me. With my life-"

His phone vibrated, then fell silent, and Dimitri said without a pause, "I swear to Bredade's honor, you won't be disappointed."

Another jolt caused Dimitri to conditionally hit the reject button, but the jolt continued.Dimitri and Beles realized that it was not their phone, so they looked at Du Du.Du Du patted his trouser legs before taking out his phone, picked up the phone, put it to his ear and said, "Sir."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say something that made Du Du nod his head continuously, and replied: "Okay, I'm very sorry, sir. Master Dimitri is just busy, I'll let him answer the phone now."

Du Du handed the mobile phone to Dimitri and told him, "It's Mr. Rodriguez."

"Oh!" Dimitri took the phone but didn't answer it, but turned to Beles to apologize: "Please forgive me, miss. I have to answer this call."

"It's okay, I understand." Byles nodded to him, and Dimitri returned a grateful smile before putting the phone to his ear.

Dimitri walked out of the conservatory while talking to the person on the phone, "I'm sorry, Rodriguez. I accidentally hung up on you, I thought it was Hi-"

When Dimitri walked out of the greenhouse, Beles couldn't hear him, and could only stare at his back, watching him quietly talking with a man named Rodriguez outside.

"That person seems to want to talk to you," Surtees said to Byles, crossing his arms.Beles faced Du Du, her hair tilted and she asked a silent question.

Du Du bowed and said, "I want to express my thanks to you. Thank you for saving Master Dimitri."

Du Du raised his head and continued: "And... choose to accompany him back to Ferdia."

"No need to thank you for what happened last night." Byles said matter-of-factly, "Father ordered me to kill those people with them, that's all."

"Is that all?" Du Du silently stared at Beles, who also stared at him.

Surtis watched the two of them back and forth, her silent gaze continued, and she stomped on Beles' feet impatiently.

"Okay. Nothing. Let's talk." Suthis gritted his teeth and glared at Beles.Beles ignored her, which made Suthis very disappointed.

"Excuse me..." Du Du started again, and Suthis finally let out a long sigh of relief. "Why did you choose Master Dimitri?"

"Hmm." Byles snorted softly, putting her hands behind her back and tilting her head.That's a really good question.

Why did she choose Dimitri?

She didn't choose Edelgard because her dialogue with her was too failed.Edelgard looks so... icy?Or out of reach?Maybe it's a little bit of both, since they had gotten along well when they first met.

"That vampire butler is too scary." Suthis added.

Speaking of Claude...

yes?Claude is good.The young man was charming and amusing, and Hilda was easy to talk to.

"Much more approachable than the big, scary vampire butler."

So why didn't she choose Claude?

Suthis stared at Beles, and suddenly fell silent.Byles looked her in the eyes. Her closest friend knew everything and would show it off whenever something happened.She'd tell Bylace the answer.

But this time, Suthis didn't say anything.

what happened?

Suthis raised his eyes and asked silently.

She wanted Byleth to answer for herself.

"To be honest, I don't know anything about these three people." Beles started, organizing appropriate words.She never showed it, and whenever she needed to talk to someone, she was always straightforward and terse.Of course, she is also good at lying, which is a job requirement.Open up and express yourself?There is no need to do this.The only person she can keep communicating with other than Suthis (who doesn't count because she lives in her head, "Hey!!") is his father.And her father taught her that most of the time there is no need to talk too much.

"They let me be the next leader on their own, and choose one of the three people they met just last night." Beles explained the reason, turned away from Suthis and turned to Du Du, "I don't know anyone well, including the emperor. Mitori. The conversation just now was the longest we've ever talked."

"So I chose him..." Byreth bowed her head and thought silently, "I chose him because I admired his answer. He listened to my voice and tried to understand what I wanted to say. What was reflected in his eyes was I, not Cyrus, nor a puzzle to be solved, but myself."

A slight smile curled up Beles' lips and said bluntly: "I like his sincerity."

Du Du stared at her for a while, and then asked: "Is it also including the fact that he admitted to staring at your... naked lower body?"

Suthis giggled again, and Beles nodded, and the laughter even covered her: "Yes, it's really cute that he is willing to tell the truth."

Du Du looked like he wanted to say something more, but he gave up after a while and let out a helpless sigh.He didn't say anything, and Beles didn't bring up any topics, and maybe a minute or two passed before Dimitri came back ("Waiting for 2 years!") Dimitri put Dudu He returned the call and apologized to Beles again: "I'm sorry to interrupt our conversation."

"Anyway, you can't say anything." Suthis was amused, and saved Beles the effort to dislike him personally.

"It's Rodriguez calling. He's an old friend of mine and a member of the Faggus branch." Dimitri explained, and Du Du put the phone back in his pocket and walked away. "It appears that Thetis has informed my uncle of your decision, the leader of Faerghus. He has asked us to return to Ferdia immediately."

Du Du came back with their suits and ties and stood behind Dimitri.All the while Dimitri rolled his sleeves back, he said to Byreth, "I know this is sudden, but I'm afraid we have to move now."

He buttoned his shirt as he apologized, "I'm really sorry, miss. I know you want more with Mr. Geralt-"

"We've already talked." Beres interrupted him, watching Dudu help him put on his suit.

"I want to wear it." Suthis whispered behind Beles.

"Father and I have discussed it." Even if it is relatively reluctant.

"We want to wear it." Suthis corrected when Dudu handed Dimitri the tie.As Dimitri put on his tie, he was still watching Byles. "Wow, maybe the maid version of him is super cute and sexy."

Byleth gave Surtees a light poke to curb her whims, and said to Dimitri, "You don't have to worry about whether I'm ready."

Hearing what Byles said, Dimitri was really relieved. "That would be great, it was quite sudden and I'm sorry. I promise I'll make it up to you later."

Byles shrugged and replied, "It's really not necessary."

"I insist on it." Dimitri twisted his tie slightly after he put it on.

Byles stared at the tie and nodded, giving up: "Okay, as you like."

Dimitri smiled happily, nodded and said, "Thank you."

He stretched out his hand to the door and asked, "Shall we go?"

Beles hummed a ditty and approached Dimitri, without warning, took out Dimitri's tie and re-knotted it, ignoring his "little-ah-wow."

She stepped back, nodding in satisfaction at the no-wrinkle tie. "Okay, lead the way."

Dimitri's cheeks were rosy, and he stared at Byles with his mouth slightly open.Du Du tidied up his suit and tie, cleared his throat from behind, and pulled Dimitri back from his own world.He nodded and said hastily, "Of course! Yes! Thank you!"

Byles blinked, but decided to accommodate his careless honorifics and replied, "You're welcome?"

Suthis, who was behind her, kept laughing until he couldn't breathe.

Dimitri led her away from the conservatory, and the three of them headed for the driveway.Unlike when they went to the conference room, this time Dimitri walked beside Beles side by side, and Du Du followed behind them.When they passed the lawn, Claude and Hilda were no longer there, but Byreth noticed Edelgard and Hubert watching them drive away from the first-floor room.Dimitri and Dudu didn't say hello, as if they didn't notice them, and Beles didn't say goodbye either.During the journey to Ferdia, sometimes by car and sometimes on foot, Dimitri briefly introduced the situation of the Seiros family to Beles.

As Byleth already knew, the Cyrus family was the official name they used.In fact, this group consists of a core and three main branches.The core is the pedigree of the Seros family members and their private security team ("that is, the dog legs.") The current head is Leia, and her cousin Thetis Serros has served as the core and branch since she took office. main communication bridge.When Beleth's mother and Leia's sister were still alive, she had a deep friendship with Faerghus and Lesta, while Adrestia was mainly dealt with by Thetis.

Byreth speculates that her father met her mother as a member of the Faerghus before being promoted to head of security at the Selos House.

The three branches have different missions.Adrestia is at the top of the list, they are mainly for Cyros PR and legal affairs, and Dimitri confirmed that they do have relationships with several political/entertainment bigwigs.They also hired Aegir and Bestra Law Firm as consultants.It is said that Hubert came from Bestra? ("Anything related to him feels full of darkness!") Aegir and Bestella's legal department are well-known to everyone. Whenever the case they handle, when the gavel is struck, the client can not only Freedom and possibly even compensation.Another well-known name under Adestia is Mittelfrank Opera House.Among them, the popular singer Dorothea Yarnold seems to have a close relationship with Edelgard.

Lesta chapters are made up of gangs, large and small, and are usually organizations or cliques passed down from generation to generation.Many of its members have been influx since the internal turmoil of Faerghus generations ago, so Faerghus' and Lesta's affairs inevitably overlap slightly.The Leista branch mainly ensures the smooth turnover of "commodities" and strives for business opportunities for Seros.But the more important task is to monitor a group of rivals in Palmyra, the neighboring city of Fordola, and provide the driving force for maintaining stability between the two families.No one has ever met the leader of that organization, only that he is regarded as "King".The only clue is that Nadal, or Nadal (two conflicting messages from Dimitri from Leista), may be the man behind the title.

"Is that why you seem to be more familiar with Claude?" Byles asked Dimitri while riding in the car.

Dimitri smiled slightly: "Actually, I always played with Edelgard when I was a child. But, um, Edelgard and I have to play different roles in the branch and speak for our own interests. Gradually estranged. Claude naturally bears many responsibilities of Lesta, but he has been living freely. He has a characteristic, he comes and goes like the wind in the whole of Fudora, including when we are executing operations. It can be said that we The bond between them is tempered by gunpowder smoke and blood."

Dimitri grinned and added: "I don't know if he was accidentally injured by someone in our family, because he always appeared there without warning, and said in his usual tone, 'Let's see the situation'."

The Faerghus branch is the shadow of House Seros.They handle the family's dishonorable deals and anyone who might threaten Cyros.

"I think it would be better for you to witness our actions with your own eyes." Byles heard Dimitri say this.After the car pulled into an underground parking lot and they got out of the car, Dimitri was still thinking about something.She was led to an apartment in the central area of ​​Ferdia and stepped into the elevator. "Honestly, our operations management is a bit of a mess. We tried planning a week in advance, but ugh..."

Dimitri took a card from the inside of his suit pocket and pressed it against the card reader next to the elevator handrail.Then Dimitri pressed "20," and Byreth heard the machine ding. "Most of the time we're out on call, dealing with emergencies where there's no advance notice."

The elevator began to ascend, and Dimitri added: "Even being hunted down, or...well, something like last night could be very dangerous."

"Not bad," Byreth responded as Surtees lay on top of her. "I'm used to dangerous situations."

Dimitri looked at her silently for a while, and Byles knew that Du Du, who was standing in front of her, had been watching her through the reflection of the elevator door.Dimitri tilted his head slightly and asked, "May I ask what happened?"

Byles looked back at Dimitri to express her puzzlement, and silently asked him to speak more clearly.Dimitri understood, and further said: "I mean, I have already experienced the methods of you and Mr. Geralt last night. I know that Mr. Gerald was the security director before leaving Cyros, but Claude did not mention his life with you afterwards."

"We are working as professional killers." Beles said bluntly, speaking without thinking too much, Suthis sighed unbearably.Dimitri's eyes widened at her words.

"Professional...killer..." Dimitri repeated, squinting his eyes.At this moment, the elevator doors opened.

"Welcome!" A thick male voice greeted them.Before Byleth could understand what was happening, an older blond man put a hand on her back and pulled her out of the elevator.She could smell the strong cologne on the man who was too close to her, and found him somewhat similar to Dimitri. "Lord Sutis! Your arrival really makes Fajas shine!"

"This must be Dimitri's uncle. I know he wants to show off, but." Surtis' annoyed voice came from behind her, "Tell him to stay away from you, or you'll break his arm."

Bailes was almost dragged by this man into the spacious office, and was placed in a comfortable armchair in front of the desk half-forcibly while holding his hands and leaning on his shoulders. "Please sit down please, would you like something to drink? Something to eat?"

Byles was about to grab the hand on her shoulder and wring it apart as Surtees expected, but Dimitri moved faster and grabbed his uncle's hand from behind Byles.Beles turned his head to look at Dimitri, and Suthis described Dimitri's gaze extremely penetratingly, and he said to his uncle in a gloomy tone with both chill and anger: "Uncle, you have overstepped."

Byles heard the clatter of Dimitri's clenched hands: "Please leave her some private space."

His uncle shuddered, but instead of shouting, he gave a nervous dry laugh and took his other hand off Bylace's shoulder.As soon as Dimitri let go, his uncle quickly backed away, put his hand behind his back, and said in a brisk tone: "Oh, yes. Nephew, you are as sensible as ever. I'm sorry, Lord Surtis."

"It's been a long time since I've seen someone as beautiful as you." Dimitri's uncle said as he leaned against Byles' chair.Surtis was burning with rage, and Byles narrowed her eyes dangerously.She felt Dimitri wrap his arms around the back of the chair, fingertips lightly brushing her shoulders, and she didn't need to turn her head to confirm that Dimitri was still glaring at his uncle.

"If you don't press this pig's face against the wall, I'll figure it out myself." Behind her, on the right side of Dimitri, Surtis' eyes showed killing intent.

"Rufus." A middle-aged man with dark blue curly hair hinted him politely: "If Geralt knows that you flirt with his daughter, he will be happy to talk to you."

She didn't even notice him, the man was leaning against the wall, on the side of her blind spot.

Under this advice, the man named Rufus turned pale obviously, and stayed away from Beles.The dark-haired, middle-aged man approached Beles, and held out his hand as he introduced himself: "I've loved you for a long time, Dimitri told me a lot about you-"

"Rodrigo!" Dimitri yelled, as if afraid that something would come out of him.

The middle-aged man named Rodrigo just smiled and continued, "It's our honor to be with you...Miss Beles. Do you prefer others to be called that?"

"Yes." Beles stood up, took Rodligo's hand and replied, "Nice to meet you, Rodligo."

Rodriguez sincerely held her hand and looked at her, unlike Ruphas's gaudy satin shirt that was beyond Beles' imagination, he was wearing a clean sky blue under a plain black suit, with a The collar of the cyan lion.

Gradually, Beles realized that Roderick was not just looking at her, but was looking at her and Dimitri together.

"Roderigo?" Dimitri reminded, and Rodliu collected himself and put his hand down.

"I'm really sorry, Miss Beles." Rodriguez explained with a lonely smile, "When I saw you standing with Dimitri, I remembered the past. Lord Roselin often visited Farghus , Lambert is always by his side."

Rodriguez said with a smile: "When Lambert kidnapped Roseline without Geralt's permission, he was going crazy."

Roseline Theros... her father never mentioned her mother's name.She first heard it in the car, when Dimitri told her.

As far as Beles is concerned, Roseline Serros is just a stranger who looks a lot like her and is related by blood.

"Do you know my father?" Beles cared more about this, she noticed that Rodriguez mentioned the name with a lot of meaning.Rufus crossed his arms, scoffed at the subject, but remained silent.

"I, Dimitri's father, grew up with Geralt." Rodriguez explained with a smile: "Since graduating from high school, I have paid them more bail money than I can count. "

"You never told me that you knew Mr. Gerald." Dimitri said, frowning slightly.Rodriguez's eyes softened, "It's hard for Lambert to digest Gerald's disappearance, and it's hard for everyone in Farghus to accept it."

Rufus stared at Rodriguez as if saying that he was the exception.Rodlicourt continued: "Overall we're delighted to have him back, and we'll be sure to prepare a big welcome party for you and Gerald before the end of the week."

Byles was about to say that her father would do anything as long as she had a drink, when someone knocked on the door.Rodrigo nodded and said, "It's just in time, come in!"

The door opened and a young blonde woman walked in.Behind her, was a red-haired young man with teasing eyes on Dimitri and the biggest smile Byleth had ever seen.Dimitri covered his eyes in despair.

"Miss Beles, this is Ingrid." Rodriguez greeted the blond woman first, and she bowed to Beles. "She is a valuable talent in our Faerghus. I hope she can protect you at all times."

"Roderigo, I have already promised my lady that I will be by her side and sacrifice my life." Dimitri interrupted him, as if he thought Rodligo's arrangement was that he was not qualified.

Ingrid quickly elbowed the red-haired man who was about to open his mouth, but she was obviously trying to suppress her smile.

Roderick was amused by Dimitri's protest, and he comforted him: "Dimitri, I know you are very good, but it doesn't hurt to have an extra helper. Besides, Ingrid is a qualified driver who can Provide more choices for your travel."

"And—" the red-haired man dodged Ingrid's arm, and continued: "You can't guarantee her safety in the shower, Dimitri, or do you want to stay in the women's bathroom too? "

"Sylvain!" Ingrid yelled loudly, kicking his calf violently, and the red-haired man cried out in pain.

Byleth hesitates to remind everyone that she is capable of taking care of herself.

"Forget it, leave the troubles to them." Suthis ordered, and Beles was speechless.

Dimitri pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed helplessly: "Sylvain, if your dog can't spit out ivory, shut up."

However, no one missed his red ears.

Rodriguez rescued Dimitri from the embarrassing atmosphere, and began to introduce this idle man: "This is Sylvain, the successor of the Gaudier family. As you know, they are in charge of the red-light district of Fodora. "

Sylvain winked at Byreth and said flirtatiously, "Call me if you want to have fun, and I'll make it memorable for the rest of your life."

Ingrid feebly pushed Sylvain with her arms again, and this time, he didn't dodge. (Did he ask for a beating on purpose?) Ingrid went on to say: "Please don't take Sylvain to heart, he is a frivolous rotten person. Miss, I am here to ask for your forgiveness and understanding on behalf of Fargas. .”

"Don't be so mean." Hill said pouted, "I'm always interested in girls."

Before Ingrid got serious, Roderick intervened skillfully: "Of course, I didn't call him here to introduce Sylvain to you. We do have something to talk about."

He said to Byles with a look of sincerity, "I'm very sorry, miss, I ask you to leave for a while. I'm afraid this meeting can only be held among members of Farghus."

Byles shrugged: "I don't mind."

"Thank you very much for your understanding." Roderick bowed.

Beside Dimitri, Surtis sneered and sniffled: "Oh, we don't care, we don't care."

"Ingrid, why don't you take Miss Byres around?" Rodrigo further suggested, "Show her the room?"

"Okay, sir!" Ingrid turned around and smiled at Beles, "Miss, please follow me."

Byles nodded and was about to follow Ingrid when she noticed Dimitri walking towards her.She tilted her head at Dimitri, and Dimitri asked politely, "Miss, may I walk with you for a while?"

Just as Ingrid was about to answer, Shirvan cleared her throat and stopped her.They looked at each other silently, Sylvain made strange faces, but Ingrid understood.Sylvan grinned, while Ingrid smiled at Beles and said, "Then I'll wait for you at the elevator, miss."

She left the room without waiting for an answer, and the others remained silent, waiting for Byleth's answer.

Byles had no reason to refuse Dimitri (Sutis laughed sourly) nodded and said, "Why not."

Dimitri's smile widened and they left the room.Dimitri stepped sideways at the door, asking Beles to go first.When Beles left, she caught a glimpse of Sylvain giving Dimitri a thumbs up from the corner of her eye, and even Du Du smiled a bit, but she couldn't be sure because Dimitri immediately closed the door with his backhand.

They walked towards the elevator silently, unexpectedly, Suthis did not dislike the quiet atmosphere.With no more interference from the glib man, Byreth finally had a chance to look around.Walking in the simple corridor, there is a dark blue carpet between the floor and the wall.Equally spaced dark wood doors imply that each room is the same size.The elevator was at the end of the corridor, and Ingrid was already waiting with her back to them.

When they were three doors away from the elevator, Dimitri turned to look at Byles.

"It seems that our father was close in the past," Dimitri said decisively. "If Mr. Geralt hadn't taken you away, maybe the future would be different. Maybe we could...grow up together."

"If Mr. Gerald chooses to stay, maybe..." Dimitri's next sentence is more friendly and colder: "They won't..."

Dimitri stood in front of a door not far from the elevator, staring at the floor, with his head lowered, his fists trembling slightly.Byles stopped to observe Dimitri, her brows were furrowed, and she noticed that Dimitri closed his eyes tightly and exhaled deeply, as if he was trying to block out some kind of sound.

"Dimitri?" She shouted, raising her hand to touch Dimitri's shoulder.

Dimitri suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Byles.Byleth's hand stopped, hanging in the air, inches from actually touching Dimitri's shoulder.Dimitri took a step back, Beles put down his hand, and said with an apologetic smile, "Sorry, miss. I had a headache just now, but I'm fine now. I'll go find you as soon as the meeting is over."

Byles stared at his polite smile, wondering if she should press on.Dimitri obviously hesitated to speak, does she have the right to ask the bottom line?

She didn't.

Byles just nodded and looked at the elevator in front of her.Dimitri watched silently as Byles walked towards Ingrid.

【Chapter4TBC】

Author's note: So eisne Riegan and I were discussing what we should name Belace's mother and settled on "Rhosyn" because... a lot of girls are called that.