"What do you mean sir?" Liam spoke up, he felt insulted after hearing Otoyura's words as if he wanted to say that all the efforts that had been made had no significant results.
"Let me emphasize, this house you guys built isn't good enough to be considered a comfortable place for a leader!"
"What! So you mean Sir, we who have made this house failed?"
"Yeah, you could say it's like that! Let me ask you, do you think this Master Arzlan whom you consider to be the leader is worthy to live there?"
"Uh..." Liam was speechless. After he looked again, indeed the house was not worthy to be given to Arzlan. "But, how can we make a more decent house for Master Arzlan!" Liam clenched his fist tightly at the disappointment he felt.
"Enough!" Arzlan mediates their debate, his eyes are very sharp. "I don't mind if this is the house they gave me, after all I'll stay focused on the main goal. This house is probably still empty while I'm away, there's no need for a fancy house for me, you guys can live what you believe in without thinking about me!"
"Master, don't say that!"
Otoyura said, "I understand what Master Arzlan means, but we who as rescued creatures feel bad to have to see a leader's house not worth seeing!"
"You don't have to worry, this is enough for me!" Arzlan didn't want to hear them arguing anymore, he immediately stepped away.
***
Arzlan looked at the waterfall that kept ringing, he felt whether his aim had been right. Don't know why everything feels so far from his original goal.
"Why are you brooding here?"
Arzlan turned his head after hearing a soft voice from behind.
The woman wearing a green dress walked over to stand beside Arzlan.
"Is there any problem?" asked Arzlan.
"Nothing, I came here after seeing you who seemed confused about something!"
Arzlan looked up at the tip of the waterfall. "I just can't understand why destiny is now telling me to be a leader!"
"Destiny huh, it's something very complicated! This world always has its own mysteries, destiny is a line of fate created by the creator, all creatures can only surrender to the circumstances that happen!"
Arzlan lowered his gaze. "Are you okay if the forest is cut down to expand their lives?"
"It's okay, the spirits here are very happy with your presence, as long as Master knows this forest is very wide. At the end of the forest, there is a territory of very powerful illusionary creatures, they live on a different continent and far from other creatures! This forest is their barrier!"
"I see!" Arzlan was a little curious as to what kind of creature Mirseria was referring to.
***
The appearance of the Dwarves is truly a gift in itself, they are small creatures experts in making various kinds of crafts. All the houses that were once just wood now turned into tidier buildings, and everyone there could get more weapons to protect the village.
In the two weeks the village became so vast, Arzlan was really amazed by the performance of the Dwarves and Elves, the two races could understand each other and work very well.
"Somehow everything looks a lot different than before!"
Alisha suddenly came with her words to approach Arzlan.
"Yes, everyone can adapt!" His eyes narrowed sharply. "I think it's time to go!"
According to those murmurs, several people had gathered into the discussion room. The room was located in the mansion that belonged to the Elf building that had previously been a problem.
The building became an icon for the village, the building was made using soil that was treated using magical energy that made it hard, all of this was similar to the cement process, but a little more complicated because it required magic users who could control the earth element.
The building was made very grandly different from the others, those who made it purposely made it stand out to distinguish the place of a leader.
They were waiting for Arzlan's words, before the words out his mouth the atmosphere was already quite tense. They didn't know whether the room was heavy cause a feeling of tension or Arzlan was deliberately expending his energy to make the atmosphere more tense.
Arzlan's hands were brought together at the level of his mouth, his eyes glanced at everyone who was there. This was an official meeting from him, he was actually still not used to being thought of as a leader.
"Alright, I guess all of you are gathered here! I want to say a few things to all of you, first are you sure you want to make me a leader?"
They were silent for a moment until Liam spoke.
"Sir Arzlan, all of us here have agreed to become your subordinates, and bestow you with the title of a leader! We here feel indebted, all this time you have saved our lives, so don't question it. You are our leader no matter what!"
Everyone nodded in agreement with Liam's words, but it was a pretty heavy burden for Arzlan to carry. The leader's responsibility is not easy, Arzlan must consider them all important people for him. However, he is still bound by a grudge that must be resolved.
"I see!"
"Master Arzlan!" Ashahura spoke up. "We all understand that you are currently on important business, we don't mind waiting until it is over. We just want you to stay as our leader!"
"Okay, I understand now. I'll tell you guys about my true goal! I am a creature from a different world, I was accidentally summoned to this world along with the heroes. There are five people who were successfully summoned, of all the people who were summoned I was the only one who didn't have the power, so the royal party was planning to kill me! I was thrown into a river, there I found my true identity, I had to take revenge on the kingdom, whatever the consequences I would still do it. If you want to continue to think of me as the leader, it's possible that all creatures will regard you as evil beings, of course you will all become the target of various sides!"
The atmosphere was silent, they did not expect that Arzlan was one of the people in the legend. The legend says that there is a hero who comes from another world, the hero is believed to be able to bring peace to every creature living in this world.
__To Be Continued___