Part- I --1\3
"Raise your heads!"
Everyone lifts their heads slightly to look at their savior's marvelous figure. Please don't stare at me! I thought… No, I internally scream. Really! They are staring at me like a baby staring at his favourite toy. With so much anticipation!. Ohh yeah, I made a blunder just now, didn't I? When that Raymond guy told me some kingish etiquette in the carriage to our way here-of course, after I make some excuses like " I haven't been in a human nation for a long time." and blah blah.. -he always says when present in some meeting or discussion thingie or something but clearly it isn't a meeting or discussion place nor it seems like a discussion is about to be start here.
So,I guess this line wasn't meant to be use in this kind of situation and definitely not at this time. Like wrong line at wrong place in wrong time... Damn you Raymond guy!.. You should have told me about it… now they are giving me such terrifying stares… it;s all because of you!... ahhh now! I have to come up with something before this becomes even more awkward... I am in deep pain! I cried but no one heard it except my internal self.
"I am honoured to have receive such a warm welcome. However….. please don't bow your heads to me. There is no need for all of you to bow to me." luckly, I got some sense of kingish speech with my conversation with the Raymond guy in the carriage otherwise I was about to come up with something like "I appreciate that all of you came"-needless to say that this was exactly what I was about to say rather than only 'came up with'.- However, why do they seem so …. relieved?... I probably won't find the answer to it right away. so it's a waste of energy to think about it now. I'll 'probably' find its answer at some point in life anyway.
so, it wasn't a bad line. If it was a bad line then I should have seen perplexed and confused reactions rather than relieved reactions that I saw... That means.. I overthinked it... Ughhhh I still overthink stuff.. my this habit hasn't changed. My body changed, my mind changed even my whole world changed but my this habit hasn't changed...UGHH... I am now overthinking this.. *sigh
Well, now 'if' I am right then I should wait to let other party say something now. "If" my understanding of our conversation is correct.
In response to my statement, Six Miko Princesses and Cardinal Raymond step forward and stop just one step ahead of me and turn around in my direction with a 'very' bright smiles on their faces. Even though it was a smile, it was terrifyingly scary to look at.
I was trying to look at the middle of their forehead to avoid looking at their 'very' bright smiles.. it was that scary..
Did I screw up? That was the first thought that came flying in my head with another one following just a one tenth of a second later. But that was such a perfect line. You gotta be kidding me. The way they turned in my direction while wearing that scary expression on their faces made me think that I screwed it up again. But I don't know how such a good 'kingish' line is wrong in this situation. I don't see any problem in it.
"We are grateful to know that your exalt self likes the welcome which we all prepared in celebration for your summoning. But please don't ask us to not bow our heads to our saviour because by bowing our heads to you we display our loyalty and respect to you. We beg you to not ask of us to not show our loyalty and respect toward you."
One of the Six Miko Princesses said with a very polite and very respectful tone. And it seems that everyone agrees with her statement as everyone else nodded their heads slightly at the end of her statement.
So, I didn't screw it up again... But they had 'very' bright smiled that I overthink-ed it and potential scared myself... It their fault.. not mine... This time it's their fault that I overthink-ed it... I half convinced myself at that last thought that it really was their fault.
Well, if it's like some sort of symbol of respect or whatever, for them then who am I to reject them and take their right of bowing their heads to me. And besides I just said it to look polite or well-mannered or a gentleman. And if they really want to bow their heads to me that desperately then sure why not. It isn't like I dislike it or anything. I will gladly accept them bowing their heads to me as their 'symbol' of something.
And needless to say, It isn't like it would do me some kind of HP loss or any other kind of ability loss. And whether they bow head to me or not, shouldn't bother me just like that novel's genius main character always says 'What you do has nothing to do with me' or 'it's none of my business what you do or what you don't do'.
On the topic of genius…. Have I become some sort of genius? Because how I am able to think this much in less than a second….
"If it's like a symbol of respect and 'great' loyalty."- I stopped talking and bowed my head slightly- "then, I won't ask of you to not bow your heads to me as it is a symbol of respect and 'great' loyalty for 'you'. " I intentionally emphasize the words 'great' and 'you'.
By adding and emphasising the word 'great' before loyalty I made clear that only loyalty isn't enough. they would need something more than that to defeat whoever this "evil undead" is. But what I really want from all of this is servants. And for that exact purpose I intentionally say it the way I did.
And what I really want is for them to take my statement as an important fact or part which will come in need of 'us' in defeating this 'Evil Undead' person. And think that 'Our saviour uses the word 'great' before loyalty for a reason. And that reason is to tell us that we would need something more than only loyalty to defeat that 'evil undead'.. ' and devote themselves to me and I gain their undying loyalty. Once I get their leaders' devotion or undying loyalty, I'll gain the whole nation's devotion automatically. Of course, there are some chances for some foreseen events to happen and fail this plan of mine completely… no, chances are very high that something like that would happen. I don't even know the full extent of power of this 'Evil Undead' or even this nation at all.
And there is alway a chance of some incredibly powerful individual hiding somewhere and then coming at me and attacking me all of a sudden and saying some cheese line like "I am protector of this land and its people. And I see you as an evil being who must perish from this world to bring its peace back."... I internally and unintentionally sigh at the thought of it happening….. Really! you never know when some "self-proclaimed" hero appears with the sole purpose of defeating you-(which they all say but mean killing you. *sigh)-in every story-type game this kind of thing is common… just why but…. Why don't you just go and sleep and have fun with your 'harem'-which you decline to have or just that dense to release- really… why would you go killing people who have not even harm you yet…. *sigh I just wish that I don't come meeting this kind of being in my 'relax' time.
I have been thinking too far ahead... First, I have to check whether my message comes across their heads or not…
"We are most grateful," said the Miko Princess-who asked me that-with a very sincere and respectable tone and with a respectful bow which was followed by everyone present except me and my precious azeal, of course… but for some reason, azael have a smile on his face.. A sincere one in fact.. With that passing thought I continued with my analysis.
Well, this world is kind of slow when I start my analysis or it's just that I am that fast thinker while analysing….?...
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Sorry for the very bad chapter ending. but this chapter has already crossed 1.2k words and i don't want chapters on webnovel to contain more than 1.2k words.. so i had to finish it here.. but don't worry because i will publishing another part very soon.
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TO BE CONTINUED