It was the day after all that debacle and today was the day for our appointment to meet up with the King to give an update about the Demon Realm and also for the tournament and details about DevilKin.
We both wear our formal clothes and go to Opera's room to check up on her to see whether she is alright but she still hasn't woken up so I just cast another recover on her as we close the door to her room and leave to meet up with the King.
I open a gate to the outside of the castle and hold up the token which we received from the King earlier to expedite our entry. We were then led to a meeting room where after waiting for some time the King arrives with the Duke. After we greet each other the King asks us to sit as we begin the discussion about the condition of the DevilKin. We gave our report regarding it that they have completely dispersed now that their Chief is killed and most of them who are alive are those who surrendered and were arrested as prisoners of war and will work in the mine's till they can buy their freedoms but the others who didn't surrender and were captured will work as prisoners of war doing hard labor till the time they die. Although it may seem cruel the DevilKin army have destroyed multiple kingdoms and made their regular citizen's into prisoners and playthings. Their citizens are mostly left untouched as the King will send some representatives in order to deal with them and either rehabilitate them or if they form a new Country they pay tribute to Dracrys Kingdom.
The Demon Realm is mostly unified and Abberon's brother is the new King with a set of capable minister's to assist him, he is also interested in coming personally and discuss about the Alliance here personally but is currently stumped with being a new King so he will be able to come after resolving the problems with taking back the Country and reestablishing his rule in the Demon Realm. He has also invited you to the demon realm for a vacation during the 6th month if you want to take a break there. Here is a letter he has sent for you.
We also discussed about what happened with Opera and her true identity as well as what we did to the military base of Resou Empire and us killing their prince who was torturing her and us 'confiscating' all of their weapons and gear as a way to show them the consequences of messing with us.
The King's face kept changing throughout the story of what all happened and what all we did as a response to things, first was an understanding and appreciative look, the next was a kind and understanding look, while next was anger and the last one was look of surprise and of giving up. While the Duke emulated most of what the King did except for the look of giving up, he looked proud for some reason. Being the King of Dracrys Kingdom he shared an enormous amount of hate against the Resou Empire who for the past 120 years has been attacking us and trying to steal our land.
Their relentless conquest has lead to the demise of more than a handful of our Kingdom's excellent soldier's and their massive army which would resort to anything to achieve victory has led it in becoming the most feared as well as hated Country. With its size spanning through the entire Southern Continent and its constant attempts to conquer us but we are gifted with some of the greatest talent's and my family has always been on the forefront in the battle against them resisting them and forcing them to retreat.
Another factor that plays to our benefit is the natural barriers, our great relationships with neighbouring countries and the size of our Kingdom. If they want to capture a Country the size of Dracrys Kingdom it needs to employ a majority of their manpower which they have been hesitant in doing considering the fact that they are always at war against another country in the Southern Country who despise them and have some of the best magical-engineering in this world which helps keep them at bay.
Listening to which the King sighed and then took a deep breath, he then looked at us and thanked us for our biggest victory against the Resou Kingdom which resulted in us not facing any casualty from our side but also this was the first time we weren't just resisting heir attack we were leading the offensive to their base and cause a complete defeat on their side which not only resulted in killing one of their Prince which is a great achievement but also completely humiliate them enough so that they won't have any face when they see us next time.
So he asked us about what we wanted, which included something from the Royal Treasury to pieces of land to Nobility and servant's, although something from the Royal Treasury is interesting but since I have promised Raine that I would ask the King next time I meet him, that is what I did and he agreed instantly after asking the Prime Minister about the location and what mansion it was and then he called upon a servant and told him to bring something. After about 10 minutes the servant appear's back and is holding a tray on which are placed a key and two pouches.
Then the King handed me one of the pouches and the key while he put the other pouch on Abberon's hand and whispered something to her which made her expression beam with brightness as she nodded. When I opened the pouch I saw 10 Continental Aurum just as I checked it the King told me that it was a gift for my marriage with Abberon and to use it and the Key is for the Mansion. He then asked us that if we wanted he could employ a Senior Bishop from the Church to purify and exorcise any undead who might have started living there.
That Mansion which I told him about was an old place where a Hero from a long time ago used to live in but after his death it was acquired by a very wealthy merchant whose entire family was killed in it and since then whoever goes in either never comes out or is never the same again and was then acquired by the Kingdom and closed as a forbidden location which because of the class of priests required to exorcise would require quite a lot of expenses was just left like that.
I told him that we have already dealt with the Ghost and there is no need to worry, the ghost is not harmful. We then thank him and the Duke who forcefully invited themselves for our wedding until they dropped the bombshell, my parents sent a letter stating that they are calling me to head back home to give me something and to visit them and apparently they sounded angry in the letter they have sent to the King. I sigh and excuse ourselves from the King who giggled and after going out of the room I tell Abberon while I open a gate to go back home a lot earlier than I had expected.
"Abberon, looks like I will introduce you to my parents a lot sooner than I thought."