It's been 3 months since I came back to this world and I'm happy I've got to see my brother, Clutter one last time but...
"Clattanoia, let's go! The King granted us an audience."
The King won't let me go back to another world. I don't know why, It's been 3 months and the King still won't let me. More to that, he's granting the audience to Paranoia, me, and Clutter every single day. What's happening here?
"Coming!"
I don't have any choice but to abide, It's the King after all. One wrong move and... my head will come rolling at the floor. I intensely gulped, imagining the image of my corpse. U want to go back as soon as possible but... I need to be careful at the same time.
We're now walking inside the palace as always. Despite coming here day by day for 3 months, I still can't get used to the Dark Atmosphere this place has. Like, everything is colored black for Pete's sake! That pot is black, the ornaments are black, the carpet is black! It's almost like the King has some weird fascination with the color Black! Is he emo or an edgy man?!
Before I knew It, we already arrived at the Meeting Chamber. The Meeting Chamber is where all the meetings take place. The King, the palace, and Neburisha have been weird these past three months. But the reigning king of weirdness is the fact that at these past 3 months, the King has been calling us yet he doesn't say anything. Is he trolling with us?! I don't have any idea!
I hope I have my brother's calmness in this kind of situation, he still has a straight face despite all this being an irritating turn of events.
"Of course, don't belittle Clutter."
Oh, I forgot about her. Honestly, I just don't care that she's here. She's here right now, walking beside me, while Clutter is at the front.
"But I kind of understand why you're irritated, It's been a hectic three months of literally nothing. The War has been in a state of a ceasefire, and the King is always calling us. I don't see the point of everything that is happening here."
I see now, Paranoia is also on edge. Then, does that mean Clutter is also confused at these turn of events? He just doesn't show It probably but I think he's also confused.
"By the way, Paranoia! Have you tried to read His Majesty's mind?!"
Paranoia just looked at me for a while then finally opened her mouth.
"Not really."
"Huh?"
It's been three months and you haven't found anything?! What? Does he also has a secret to his mind?! Some kind of lock? Or even doesn't know what's happening here?!
"It's really weird. His mind, that is. He doesn't think of anything else besides reading Shonen Jump. Sometimes, It's Coke... Sometimes, It's Potato Chips, His Majesty's mind is so random I can't make out anything useful. What the hell are those anyway?"
Shonen Jump? Coke? Potato Chips? Those things... Those things are objects not available here! They're from the other world? How did His Majesty know about them?
Paranoia looked at me once and seems to be surprised. I guess she read my mind and found out those things are from another world. That information turned out to be crucial. It just means that His Majesty at some point has also arrived in another world. The mystery behind His Majesty is getting clearer and clearer.
"Clattanoia, Paranoia. You should stop talking now, we're already here."
Well, this is It, I guess? We're now going to enter the Meeting's Chamber. Well, It's not like something new will happen. It's still the same. The gloomy atmosphere and the aura of nothingness will be here once again.
With that, Clutter opened the gates and... For once, It's not the same as usual.
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What the hell is happening? Besides the King's escorts, there are other people here?! More to that, they're not just "other people"...
They're Kings and Prime Ministers from the other Kingdoms! What's going on here?!
The Meeting Chamber has a very long table that has an estimated length of 12 meters. The one sitting at the front with an arrogant face, The King of Neburisha, Chazuke Touya.
The one beside him, the King of Emberchain, our Kingdom's arch-enemy... Winrar! The one in front of him is the Prime Minister of Dragonchain, Iwao! Last but not the least, the State Of Aegaeon's Prime Minister, Achilles!
All of the four leaders are gathering here!? The atmosphere we once thought to be empty turned out to be darker than we initially suspected.
"Oh, you three are already here? Have a seat at the table."
We did what we asked and made sure to sit at the very back of the table, as to not disturb the four leaders of this world. There's an immense aura that covers the whole place. It's so disturbing... It's like they're ready to grab each other's throats.
"Hey hey hey, the atmosphere at this place is kind of heavy! Let's have some rap, yow!"
"..."
Despite His Majesty trying to lighten up the mood... It was met with silence. The remaining three leaders are now staring at him like he's the dumbest man on Earth. What did you do that for? You only made everything worse, you stupid King!
"Oi, I don't know what's gotten to you all of a sudden. But If you don't start talking soon, your head will come rolling, yeah!"
Someone played along! Someone actually dropped some bars?! What the fuck?! And It's unexpectedly the Prime Minister of Aegaeon, Achilles!
"Don't worry about It, Achilles! I have my purpose for calling the committees, break It down yow!"
His Majesty fought back with another bar! What's going on here?! How did It turn into a rap battle all of sudden?! While everyone is dumbfounded at what they're seeing, all of that attention was shifted to another man. It was the King of Emberchain. I forgot our archenemy is here. Why is he even here? He suddenly slammed the table, stood up, and said with a strong and threatening voice.
"You guys are getting dumber. You better say your intention or else, I'll hit you with my hammer."
You also joined?! You're going to fight our Kingdom even in Rap Battles?! You don't want to lose at all, don't you?!
"I also don't have any idea why I'm here, but you better make It quick or else I'll disappear."
The Prime Minister of Dragonchain also joined. Yeah, why am I not surprised? At this point, is there something that will surprise me? When everybody already said their piece, the turn came back to Our Majesty and he started to speak, or more like rap
"Well, I called you here for one reason. I'm here to suggest cohesion! My Kingdom just discovered a new world, tried to conquer It alone but didn't work! So here we are, negotiating with every kingdom, to conquer the other world and increase our income."
It's supposed to be just a dumb rap but for some reason... the words that contain that rap holds a meaning no one else can't believe. The King... is asking for a Coalition Army... to conquer the other world. And here I thought nothing would surprise me anymore... What the fuck...
END OF CHAPTER 25