"Teleport" Lewis said and they both disappeared from the room.
One second later Lewis had arrived at the gate of Malvyn Imperial Palace, he could have teleported directly to the meeting room but Lewis still had the etiquette of a guest, barging in just like that was illegal and did not reflect a noble at all.
The gatekeeper who saw Lewis' sudden arrival became a little surprised but he soon came to his senses and allowed Lewis and Zee to enter the palace.
"Ah... Mr. Lewis you have come, please enter the palace, King Arthur is waiting for you."
"Thank you."
Lewis walked through the gate and began to enter King Arthur's palace, after a long journey, Lewis finally came to a large door with a dragon motif that added a luxurious impression to the door. Lewis immediately opened the door and when he entered he saw a large man with muscles that gave the impression of his strength he also had a short black beard and black eyes and hair as well, the man was wearing noble clothes that were no less good than Lewis. He smiled at Lewis' arrival while Lewis just sighed and turned his gaze in another direction.
"Hoho... look at this who came, aren't you the strongest wizard who has fast teleportation magic but why are you late at this meeting? Did you run out of mana?"
"Never mind William I'm not in the mood to talk right now," Lewis said as he walked and passed William unceremoniously.
"Your coldness still hasn't changed over the years," William said.
"You're the same too."
After saying that Lewis sat on his bench, there was a very large round table, and around the table, there were 5 luxurious benches and each bench had a different symbol, the symbol on each bench was the logo of each upper-class noble family in the Malvyn Empire. Lewis sat on the bench where there was a logo like a magic wand that was surrounded by thorny branches in the shape of a circle. William, on the other hand, immediately sat in his seat where there was a logo of two swords that formed the letter 'X' like two swords clashing with each other. When William had just sat down he looked back at the door as soon as he felt the presence of someone.
"Hah... walking here is so tiring, my legs will hurt later," said a woman who had just arrived.
The woman's name was Mira Albert who was the head of the Albert family. The Albert family is engaged in chemical ali or you could say as alchemists, they can make various kinds of potions ranging from healing potions, poisons, and others. Their ability as potion mixers is so great that even other kingdoms recognize the ability of the Albert family. And Mira Albert was the best alchemist in the world.
"Oh...Mira you just walked a little and your legs are already hurting, your physical strength is very weak you should diligently exercise like lifting an iron for example" William said with a chuckle.
"You crazy bastard better shut up, this is women's business Men love to interfere in women's problems," Mira said while turning her gaze in another direction with an annoyed expression.
"Hahaha.... I must admit you still look young, you look like a 20-year-old woman even though you're already 45 years old. Are you using the elixir of youth?"
Mira who heard William mention her age became very angry with William and she even gave off a very creepy aura, for women age is something that should not be mentioned in any conversation. It was a sensitive topic for women.
"What did you say huh... you want to die" Mira said annoyed and walked towards William.
"Ehh... I'm just kidding Mira don't take it to heart, if you get angry easily you will get old quickly"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!" Mira started to get angry and grabbed William's shirt and shook him very hard. While Lewis just sighed and said.
"How noisy," he said in an annoyed tone, while Zee decided to keep quiet and stood beside Lewis.
"Wow... what is this, looks like you guys are doing something interesting," said a man who just came into the meeting room.
"Ohh... hello Edward, how are you," William said.
The man named Edward Dimitry is the head of the family of Dimitry family, the dimitry family is a noble family engaged in forging weapons better known as blacksmiths. The Dimitry family is famous for its extraordinary weapon forging, they can make weapons of various qualities ranging from rare to legendary levels. They are the best weapon experts in the world.
"You don't have to interfere anymore, all men are the same" Mira said irritably.
"What? Where did I go wrong, I don't even know what happened but you're already scolding me" Edward said confused.
"Never mind why are you guys so noisy, just sit on your respective benches," Lewis said annoyed, and tried to hold back his emotions.
"Ohh... geez it turns out I made Lewis angry huh... you're still cool as ever Lewis... well I'll sit down now," Mira said with a smile.
"Cihh... Lewis's words were immediately heard" said Wiliam not accepting.
"Hahaha.... Lewis' popularity remains unchanged maybe that's why he has 5 wives" Edward said with a chuckle.
"There's nothing fun about having multiple wives, after all, I didn't marry them out of love"
"You're right, all of them are political marriages only one woman you married for love which is Bianca right" William said.
Lewis was silent and said nothing about it. A few moments later Mira started talking.
"Hi Lewis, how do you think I look now, I'm already prettier than Bianca, right?" Mira said.
Lewis just looked at Mira for a while and immediately said.
"No," Lewis said in a cold tone.
"W... what!!!" Mira said in shock.
"Pfftt..."
William who heard Lewis' response to Mira could only hold back his laughter, especially after he saw Mira's annoyed expression directed at him for laughing. But William didn't care and kept laughing.
"What are you laughing at hah... you want to die!!" Mira said irritably.
"Hahahaha..."
"You..."
"KING ARTHUR HAS ARRIVED"
Just as Mira was about to kick William's ass, a servant suddenly spoke in a loud enough tone to inform the other nobles that King Arthur had arrived at the meeting room. Lewis, Mira, Edward, and William immediately stood up from their seats to greet King Arthur.
King Arthur also entered the meeting room, he wore simple noble clothes but still displayed the elegant side of a king. He also wore a crown on his head.
"Welcome King Arthur," said Lewis, Mira, Edward, and William together.
"Hmm... you arrived first, I didn't take long," said King Arthur.
"Hahaha... of course not Your Majesty," said William.
"Ohh... William, it's been a long time since we met, you don't need to call me that. For someone I've known for a long time, saying it formally is a bit strange. So just call me by my name," said King Arthur.
"Ohh... Really, hahaha... Alright your Highness, I'll keep that in mind," said William who still called him by that title. King Arthur knew that William was a joker.
King Arthur ordered the nobles to sit on their respective benches and King Arthur started to sit on the bench that was bigger than the others and had a dragon logo on the back of the bench. King Arthur was silent for a moment as if he was thinking about something and then he began to speak.
"Well, where should we start?" King Arthur said with confusion.
"Aren't we here to discuss the demon invasion of our territory?" Edward said.
"Yes, but that's not the only problem"
"Is there another problem?" Lewis said.
"I got a letter from the Elf Kingdom, and in the contents of the letter, he asked for help from the Malvyn Empire, so which one shall we discuss first?"
"Hmm... how about we discuss the Elf Kingdom's letter first, I'm curious about the contents of the letter. Usually, the Elf kingdom is closed and rarely asks for help let alone allow someone to enter their territory without permission, especially to humans. Even though the Malvyn Empire and the Elf Kingdom have been allies for a long time, they still don't trust us humans" said William.
"Right, I don't know why they don't like the human race, but considering they are now asking for help from us it must be a problem they can't solve on their own," Mira said.
"You are right, they are currently in great trouble Victor will read the contents of the letter to bind time, you can do it Victor," said King Arthur.
Zee who was currently in disguise and wearing a lion mask, just nodded he took the letter from King Arthur and started reading it, after understanding the contents of the letter he immediately spoke.
"It says in this letter that they are asking Mira Albert to help them protect the Tree of Life," Victor said.
"What...I...but why?.... And why are they asking for my help to protect the tree of life?" Mira said confused.
"They said about 2 days ago the dark Elf race attacked their kingdom."
"Huh... they are at war again, even though they are from the same race but why are they always at war?" William said.
"It can't be helped that their wars have been going on for thousands of years, it's because they follow different goddesses. As long as the two goddesses are still enemies, Elf and Dark Elf will always be enemies," said Mira.
"Hmm... but why did they ask us for help when the dark Elf race attacked the Elf kingdom again? Isn't their war a natural thing and not the first time it has happened?" Lewis said.
"In that war, the dark Elf asked to receive help from the demons, and they tried to attack the Tree of Life. But the Elf queen Elisabeth who is the Guardian of the Tree of Life managed to stop it. But as a result of the attack Queen Elizabeth had to lose her life," Victor said.
"Huh... so you mean the Elf Queen is dead," William said.
"Yes, that is why they need our help. Since their queen is dead, there is no one to be the Guardian of the Tree of Life anymore" King Arthur said.
"It's not like they have a daughter, why not make her the new Guardian," Edward said.
"That can't be done, as we know if an Elf wants to be crowned as the new Guardian then the previous Guardian must perform a handover ritual to give his position to the next heir. But because Queen Elizabeth who was the previous Guardian died before giving her position to the next heir, no one can become the new Guardian to guard the Tree of Life"
"This is bad, the tree of life is the center of all plants in this world. If the Tree of Life dies then most likely the entire plant world will die too. And the whole world will experience a crisis because almost all life in this world requires plants," Lewis said.
The Tree of Life is the center of all plants in this world, the Elf follow the forest goddess Hera and the Tree of Life is the medium that connects the goddess Hera with this world. Goddess Hera who made plants in this world by using her divine power, turned the barren land in this world into a land filled with plants and shady trees, but with the tree of life, there are also many evil people and even demons who are eyeing the tree of life. That's why the Elf was assigned by the goddess Hera to guard the Tree of Life.
"So what should we do for now and what does this have to do with Mira?" Edward said.
"It's because Mira is a great alchemist, so they asked Mira to make a potion that can extend the life of the Tree of Life until they find a way to make the princess of the Elf kingdom the next Guardian," King Arthur said.
"So that's it, well I'll be there in a week."
"What took you so long, you could have left three days later," said William.
"There's no way I'm leaving now, our kingdom is still in trouble. Besides, I have to prepare first, by preparing all my alchemist equipment"
"Oh... I see... Okay"
"Well then let's get to the main topic," King Arthur said in a serious tone.
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Hi... readers, how are you doing? I'm sorry that I didn't upload a chapter for a very long time, I don't even remember the last time I uploaded it. Actually, for the past few weeks, I have been so busy that even writing novels is difficult plus a few days ago I was also sick. I'm sorry for making you wait too long, maybe many readers have left because I was on hiatus for too long. Once again I apologize, greetings from the author :)