Inside a room located within the royal palace a meeting was taking place. all the most influential figures within the Kingdom were gathered together. The room was filled with knights who were guarding the exit, and some were standing by at the corner of the room.
The room was the largest place within the royal palace a red carpet was spread from the throne to the large wooden door. The ceiling was design with beautiful square tiles that glowed with the room lights giving it a lustrous look.
From the royal family there was king Almous sitting in a comfy position, Queen Annie was seated next to him sitting elegantly in her chair. Princess Scarlett was seated next to her; however, there were two empty seats on her right.
The nobles all had a tensed look on their face as they bowed to the royal family respectfully.
The topic of the meeting is of course princess Scarlett getting mugged in the back alley and her recent Spy. The nobles are not fully aware of the details of those events, as they were only told that there was a spy following the princess in the capital.
The nobles were extremely angered by the fact that a fool had laid their hands on the kingdom's princess this could easily triggered a war under normal circumstance however since they had no idea who or why the princess was a target of a spy, they couldn't just declare war without any legitimate prove.
The nations were all at peace right now and they couldn't just accuse a nation without evidence as they would put the kingdom in danger of making enemies with the neighbouring kingdoms.
The room became silent as they waited for the king to speak.
"Thank you for coming today, we have some troubling topics to discuss."
The king said with a troubled look on his face as if he was holding back a headache.
"First let me say this I believe that the spy was from the demon race."
The King said in a stiff tone.
Once the King had uttered those words the room was filled with tension each noble had a dreadful look on their face.
After all, had they not had the heroes on their side three hundred years ago the human race would have been enslaved or at worse gone extinct by the ruthless demons.
The demons had become a nightmare for every child even adults would sweat whenever they heard the stories of the demons. after all hundreds of lives were lost and there are still scars left on the world yet to be healed. so, the King could understand their worries in a world like this that no longer had the heroes if the demons really have been freed then humanity is in great danger.
"I can understand your feelings honestly even I hope it's not true, but if it really is the truth, we are all in grave danger of extinction."
The king said with a bit of hesitation in his voice.
"We also speculate that someone or one of our neighbouring kingdoms have been working with the demon race, though we still have no prove of that."
The King said with a frown on his face.
It wasn't wise to accuse a kingdom especially when you have no prove.
One noble then walked to the front and raise his hand to speak.
He was a handsome young man in his early thirties and had short blond hair and green eyes, he is the duke of the kingdom the one who holds the second highest power only to the royal family.
"Your majesty if you would allow me to speak?"
He said with a slight raise of his hand.
The King nod allowing him to speak his mind.
"The Kingdom of Alberta has been rather suspicious lately."
He said fluently.
The Kingdom of Alberta is located right next to the kingdom of Watanabe as their closest neighbour the two kingdoms had form a close friendship With each other, however recently the Alberta Kingdom had cut its ties with the surrounding Kingdoms the King had actually sent his daughters to the kingdom of Alberta to investigate what had happened in that nation. Since they had other relatives that are staying in the kingdom, they could stay their while investigating.
Though it was a dangerous mission he had faith his daughter would be able to bring back good result.
Though the Kingdom of Alberta has cut its ties with the surrounding nations the Alberta Kingdom is still one of the biggest and most advanced nation in the continent of Enosh. so, cutting ties doesn't really hurt the kingdom itself.
(Now that they have cut ties with us not only does the Alberta Kingdom lose most of their supplies, but we also lose as much as the Alberta Kingdom)
Duke Beckett thought with a pained expression.
Not only does the Kingdom of Watanabe depends on the Kingdom of Alberta for their supplies but also for military power. the Watanabe Kingdom doesn't have much battle power, so they depend on the Alberta Kingdom in the hand of military support. it's not like the Watanabe Kingdom doesn't have their own military power it's just that the other Kingdoms has much more in the hand of military.
"I have to agree with Sir Beckett. the Alberta Kingdom gets some of their goods from our nation, for the king to cut ties with us... honestly I don't know what is going through that kings head."
The noble said with a slight twitch of his brow.
He was a young man in his early twenties he holds the position of count in the kingdom, he had dark brown hair that reaches his brow and light brown eyes.
"Count Wesley please mind your Tongue while it's true we have no idea what is running through that old man's head, he is still the king be careful what you say."
Duke Beckett warned him in a strong tone. However, count Wesley simply shrugs his shoulders in response.
"Hmph, I don't see what's wrong with my earlier statement. I'm simply speaking the truth you know? don't you think those other nations look down on us a bit too much?"
Count Wesley said nonchalantly in a relax manner.
"Even so we still need their support with the development of our nation am I wrong?"
"That's the problem with you; you depend too much on the other nations. that's weakness it would be for better if we make a better future our self."
The count said retorted on Duke Beckett earlier statement. while glaring at him. However, Duke Beckett kept a calm face as he narrowed his gaze at Count Wesley.
The two factions had been in disputative with each other for years always arguing with each other when their ideals or goals contradicts the other. the disputatious between the two factions always end up giving the King and headache with no way of the two seeing eye to eye.
Of course, Duke Beckett is mostly responsible for the kingdom's military, so he knows very well that they need the kingdom of Alberta's support in order to increase their military power, however, Count Wesley believe that they should increase their own military power on their own the two factions had the opposite way of thinking which is why they are at constant odds with one another.
The King wore annoyed expression where he was seated.
(I guess somethings will never change huh? they keep saying their doing this for the sake of the Kingdom but they're only doing this to increase the influence of their own noble household)
Scarlett thought. She had an exasperated look on her face as she watched the quarrel between the two.
"Alright that's enough."
The King said in a humble tone. though there was a certain power in his voice which caught the attention on the nobles present.
The other nobles all had troubled look on their faces there was a lot of problems that they had not proved of, that is what made it more difficult to resolves the situations.
The King then brought his hand under his chin and went into deep thought for a moment.
The nobles then waited for him to speak.
"If the demon race really has been released, we need to contact the neighbouring Kingdoms to come up with a way to deal with them."
He said in a light tone.
"Yes, will contact them at Once, of course will also remain vigilant."
"Even if we contact them won't we need the power of the great heroes?"
The Queen suddenly asks.
Even if the kingdoms are aware of the demon's existence the only one who can actually defeat the demon army are the heroes while the ritual had been pass down through generations, the kingdoms had to all agree to it first before anyone can summoned them.
"Yes, we will definitely need the hero's power to fight against the demon army."
The ritual takes up to ten people since it acquires a massive amount of mana.
An old man then calmly walked to the front and bowed to the king; he had been silently listening to the conversation until now. There was a unique aura surrounding his body that showed dominance. He had a long white moustache and had hazel eyes he looks to be in his late sixties.
"Your majesty if you would allow me to ask what about the boy?"
He inquires curiously.
The nobles then turn their gazed to the old man.
The king for a moment gave him a puzzled look when he heard the word "boy" but immediately understand the meaning of his word.
"You mean young Haruto right Hugo Marquis?"
The King asks.
"Yes, there are a lot of things we don't know about that boy; I've been secretly watching him this pass, few days I'm sure he's aware that I'm watching him, yet he decided not to do anything and pretend not to notice."
He said with a frown.
For a commoner to be so close to the princess many of the nobles were extremely bothered by that fact.
They all frown their brow in displeasure by the mere fact.
"Yes, he is an impressive boy even I Once had the idea he was a spy however so far; he has not done anything to be suspicious over."
The King said with a slight smile on his face. ignoring their displeasure.
To be honest he had expected some nobles would come to him about their suspicious over Haruto, considering his background had still not been cleared however Haruto had saved his daughter many times now because of that he instinctively didn't want to be suspicious of Haruto, though he isn't naïve enough to think that there isn't any possibility of him being a spy sent by one of the surrounding kingdoms that's why he had left Scarlett to keep on watchful eye on him. However, Scarlett seems to have put her trust in him completely, so it was fine for him as the king to trust him as well.
"The boy had not done anything wrong he have even saved Scarlett not Once but twice, so there is no reason to be suspicious of him isn't that right Scarlett?"
The King suddenly asks Scarlett who decided not to take part in the discussion until now. Hearing her name suddenly mention Scarlett flinches slightly.
"Y-Yes Haruto is my Savior and also my friend I can assure you he isn't a spy."
Scarlett said with a smile. Though she was slightly flustered by the sudden spotlight.
Though some of the nobles were still not convince. But they couldn't go against the words of the princess, so they had to swallow their doubt.
"Now then we will wrap up this discussion I will be counting on you all to carry out your task understand?"
The King said while gazing at everyone present in the room.
The nobles all nodded their head in response.
"Now let's get ready for their return."
The Queen said happily.
"Yes, I can't wait."
Scarlett beamed with a bright smile.