Right now, I was sitting in the front of King in his office as he wanted to discuss something to me.
"So, what is it? What do you want to discuss?"
"Sir Allan, in tonight's banquet, I was thinking to introduce you to all the nobles and high ranked officers of the kingdom whose going to join us tonight."
"Is it necessary? I thought the banquet was just to thank me."
"Yeah it is. But also want to introduce you as a hero."
"Hero...?"
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘢𝘮 𝘐? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤.
"Yes, let me explain it." Laren said.
"You defeated an whole army of demons and save the capital. You save Lucia, The Princess of The Kingdom Of Renhard... And you even helped us to capture the raider of village which was about to get destroyed!"
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥? 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥?! 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺!
"That's why we thought of honouring you by introducing you as a hero who saved us from the crisis." Laren said.
"Oh, I understand now. But, wait? When did you get here, Laren?!" I said in surprise. I didn't saw Laren coming then how did he get here.
"Huh, you didn't noticed the Prince?! He was here before you, waiting for your arrival...Tch, why are we doing all this for such a rude guy?" Red hairs, who was standing beside Laren, said.
"Red hairs, even you are here?!" I said. Wow, I didn't noticed him either.
"What? You realize it now?! And I'm not 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨! Neulon is my given name so call me by that!"
So Laren and Red Hairs were both here before we arrived, huh. I really didn't noticed them...
𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰... 𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵!
"So what you're saying is, that you want to tag me as a hero who saved the kingdom, right?"
"Yes, exactly!" Laren said.
"Then there is no need for you to do it."
"Huh, what? Why!?" Laren asked as if confused by what I said, so was the king and others as they looked at me with the same confused look.
"What I am saying is, that you don't have to reward me for the things I didn't even done..." I turned my face to king.
"Wasn't it our brave Prince who saved the capital." I said to the king with a smile.
At first, he gave me a dumbfounded look but after few moments he realized what I meant as he smiled back.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?
"I see, so that's what you're saying. Ho ho, you're such a humble man, Sir Allan." King said.
"Father, what does Mr. Allan meant to say? I can't understand at all." Laren asked king as if he had no idea what I said. Red hairs and Leon looked at king to.
"Sir Allan, would you please enlighten these kids." He said with a gentle smile, but I can clear see few bullets of sweat on the corner of his face.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯?! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵! 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.
I sighed and said.
"You see, I don't want all this fame and also it would be better if you tell others that it was Laren who defeated a whole army of 5000 demons and protected the royal capital. That way, you will get a support for sure to cover your back and other nations or your enemies will also be afraid to scheme against the kingdom!" I said.
Understanding my explanation, king wore a wry smile still pretending that he already know everything and, Laren and other two also give me a praise smile as Laren said.
"You really are genius, Mr. Allan! But... are you sure about this. Do you really want to give all the credit to me...?"
"Of course I'm fine with that! Just as I told you that I have no interest in getting this fame and attention."
"But still..." Laren, who seemed to be unsatisfied, tried to answer back but didn't find any word to do so.
"And, don't you be afraid that more people will start to approach me if you told everyone about me." The moment I said those words, expression on the face of everyone become somewhat troubled. They didn't said anything but they do understand what that mean.
𝘐𝘧 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴... 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧... 𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵... 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮.
"Well, if you say so then we'll do as you say... I am really great-full of you fir that." Laren said.
I nodded.
"So, is that all you wanted to discuss?" I asked the king.
"Yes, thank you for coming. Now then, how about you choose the dress for yourself to wore at banquet."
Dress, huh... Well, maybe he is right. I should decide on what to wear at banquet, I simply can't attend it with my usual clothes as it will reflect a poor impression on other.
Though don't need to dress up all good and handsome since it would be even an honour for these mortals to get a chance for a view of my feet so to see me, it will be nothing less than to have a real heaven for them no matter how I look...
But still. It gives a 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 when you're dressed properly so maybe I will give it a try.
"Alright, let's give it try."
"Ok then, Leon, if you may." King asked Leon to escort me. I still don't understand why he always ask Leon to go with me... Does he had something in his head.
I can read his thoughts with my enlightenment to know what he is after but I prefer not to cause it would be amusing if I got a surprise...
With that, Leon and I left for dressing room...
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In the room of Lucia, the Princess of Kingdom Renhard.
"Nerisa, tell me which one is better. Pink or white?"
"Hmm, pink is like... what a some small princess use to wear, on the hand, white is one which is usually wore by my queens or noble ladies."
"Nor I am a kid, neither am I an old lady!"
"So... How about that one?!"
"Huh, which one? Blue?"
"Yeah, I think will suit you better, Princess Lu-ci-a."
"Why did you said it in that way? Moreover, I don't think blue really suit me that much. It doesn't goes well with my hairs."
"Then I think you should go with pink. It would be better."
"Right?! I think so too. Alright then, I will go with pink."
Lucia took the pink dress and put it on her, looking at the mirror, checking how she look by examining it from different-different angles.
𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵!
"You're are daydreaming again Lucia, aren't you? You are making a weird face."
"Huh, ah, what? No! I'm not daydreaming!"
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