Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Red Tower meets the Elven Royalty
"I'm sorry for showing you both such a sight. Please come with us where you can relax and explain the situation." I can see he is trying to town down his arrogance around me since I can make portals but he's still ordering me around, and I have a bad relationship with kings so I'm not quite happy about this, but I understand his concern comes from being a father, so I'll let it slide.
After a short carriage ride, I found myself in front of a large pure white building made of the same tree type of material as the rest of the houses in this city but immeasurably fancier than the rest with plenty of decorations and art pieces worthy of royalty dotted around the mansion. Since I have seen plenty of fancy buildings during my time in the tower it didn't look too impressive to me but Arthur? He looked quite amazed but the difference in culture.
It's amazing how merging his soul with that of a child changed his attitude so much. He was most likely a battle-hardened warrior in his past life but now he is acting his own age sometimes, it is quite interesting to see the merging process. In the tower people could steal people's souls but they generally didn't merge with them and even then, only the stronger soul survived so seeing them merge perfectly is interesting, it's most likely because the soul he is merging with is that of an infant and doesn't have any thoughts and the affinity between the two, but I may be incorrect.
Sitting down at a large round table with the royal family at one side and us a the other I look towards Arthur with the look of 'You'll do all the talking'. I don't know how he understood since my face didn't change but perhaps it's similar to those 'woman intuition' and 'twin telepathy' I heard some people mentioning in the tower when I was exploring around in hiding. I don't know if those truly are things, or they just know the other so well it works that way it's an interesting topic.
Well enough about my random thoughts this discussion is my main priority. It seems Arthur introduced us both so giving a small bow I sat back down in my seat while listening silently. I don't particularly like bowing. Even if I am not a prideful person, I still have pride and to a normal person a lot of it due to my strength. Even those so-called Gods I've seen snooping around in this world can't compare to me when I'm closer to my peak let alone this barely a warrior king and his queen. It makes it quite hard to deal with something like this, but respect should always be given while trust should be earned is something I've been living by in recent years. It was Arlen who taught me that after all.
"You defeated a group of slave traders? I find it hard to believe you due to your age." Wanting the conversation to speed up due to my boredom and slightly depressing thoughts I summon a red spear in front of the throat of every guard here. As a by-product the Shinsu and 'mana' in the air went under my control and the surrounding area turned a blood red. Of course, since we were inside it had a lesser effect, but it still showed my strength to the royal family in front of me.
Dismissing my spears, they turn into particles of red light before disappearing along with the blood red coloring in the air. "I apologize but I would like to rest soon. I believe returning your princess is enough to ignore this little scuffle with no problems?"
"Cough. Yes, that will be enough for today. I'll send somebody to send you to your rooms so feel free to spend the night and rest. As for you Arthur we'll have some guards take you back to Sapin by tomorrow morning. You can feel free to do whatever you wish with caution in mind in the meantime." The King seems respectable enough. Maybe all kings aren't fools.
"Art, En you're leaving?!" Giving a short nod I let Arthur explain and calm his princess companion while I watch from the sidelines along with that Virion brat. By the way, when did she give me a nickname? "Don't worry Tess it's not like we won't see each other again, but we can't be in this kingdom for very long or we'll cause problems."
"Aw… I know! Why don't I show you two around then! I'm sure you'll love it!" With another nod of my head, this time joined by Arthur, we both follow Tess around seeing all the sights to see some of which had historic value while some Tess herself found interesting or funny.
She even told us of the time she was running when she was little and bumped her head onto a pedestal and her parents rearranged the entire castle so she would get hurt or damage the art pieces. Seeing the childish innocence of Tess was quite regressive, I was always used to people betray each other over small things and petty reasons, it's what took Arlen and V away after all.
However, everything changed once we reached the garden. I could sense the maids that were following us silently backtracked and left the area while that Virion brat was hiding somewhere with some toy knife in his hands aimed at Arthur. Giving him a look, I could see the shock on Virion's face, but I turned away and ignored him. If he isn't going to hurt Arthur, I have no reason to interfere in their matters, unless asked of course.
It didn't take long for Arthur to get distracted and a toy knife was sent flying at fairly high speed through the air charging straight towards Tess in an area where Arthur would easily be able to grab it with no problem if he could react.
Grabbing hold of the knife while subsequently standing in front of Tess he did a small twirl and threw the blunt blade back towards Virion's head; however, it wasn't quick enough and was easily dodged and grabbed out of the air. This entire process only took a few seconds and Tess didn't even turn around fast enough to see what happened.
"What was that for! You could have killed Tess!" Arthur seems angry but I can understand. From what I can tell he somehow had the time to make a deep bond with Tess so seeing her own Grandfather try to injure her sent him over the edge. "Calm down brat. It may leave a bump, but she would be fine. Just look at what you're holding next time." Tossing the toy to Arthur, he just wiggled it in surprise making the knife blade jiggle back and forth.
"Your reaction speed was good, but your usage of mana was beginner at best. By the way, brown haired brat, have you been having pain in your mana core recently?" Virion seems unexpectedly serious, I guess this is important for whatever reason, most likely because of the Dragon trying to merge with Arthur.
"How did you know?!" With a shocked look on his face Arthur quickly glared at the old man as if demanding information however his glare was completely ignored. "It seems I was right. Brat become my disciple."
"Hah?"
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