{ Why did things turned out this way? }
Chhan thought to himself standing infront of a massive door that was the door to the audience chamber of the Elkanaian Castle, infront of him were 2 guards who stood there like steel statues with their armour as they held their spear with perfect postures
{Roughly 6th classes }
" Enter , Adventurer Saved !! "
The voice from inside called his name, feeling rather nervous he still entered as the door opened automatically revealing all the people on the inside
Nobles ,from their attire , appearance, attitude and magic powers they seemed like that ,and near the three thrones stood ten men ,five on the left and five on the right who seemed to be the very pinnacle of nobility
{All of these ten (tried his best to remain calm) are above the 6th class, they are leagues above that freak I killed in the town, 5th or 4th, I can't gauge them properly at all}
Chhan walked passed them and knelt down
Infront of the three thrones
" I greet the king and his family "
On the right throne sat Stephen dressed in his formal attire, he seemed even colder and stoic more than the usual times that I saw him last ,and on the left throne sat a beautiful woman with shoulder length blond glossy hair with a tiara on her head,like Stephen she too had light green eyes that shined like emerald, she wore a beautiful and formal white dress that didn't exactly suit her seductive figure,tall, having big breasts and an even bigger butt and thighs, black velvet would've suited her better, was what I thought, her gaze was warm and kind unlike Stephen who seemed to be her brother, she looked no older than 22 after all
And at the center throne sat the king , Gildaeus Elkana, emerald green eyes that shined with power constantly, blonde hair that shined like gold, having a big build and body ,he looked like a god straight out of the myths , moreover
Kneeling down not daring to raise my face ,I grew terrified feeling an unknow pressure coming from my own instinctual reaction, my body did not allow my to stand up right now at all, cold sweat came out and drenched my back,I wanted to run away right now but was also afraid to do that,
{ The king, (bit his lips to calm down) is he constantly exerting pressure or something?? }
" Rise young adventurer ."
Only with those words did my body allowed me to move, I could raise my face and slowly stood back up and faced the godlike being infront of me
Gildaeus looked at the young boy who looked no older than 20 shiver infront of him mentally, the boy hid it but Gildaeus could clearly see the boy's fear for him
" { He is still very inexperience as reported to me by my son ,but he manage to kill a 6th class demonic human even if roughly and barely while only being an 8th classed human, he did cause some casualties but, he saved many more lives by killing a feind like that }
An intrested gaze fell on the young boy
And I did not like the gaze at all
Gildaeus : " From words I got ,you performed an exceptional feat even if it was done roughly at cost of some lives, and for that I will reward you accordingly ,tell me ,what kind of reward to you wish ".
All the stares of the room fell on me then ,eyes filled with curiosity, jealousy, coldness and contempt,the only exceptions were the 10 higher nobles and the 3 royals
' I bet he'll ask for a property or something, really,I bet he was just lucky '
' Don't be rude Hranneth ,the boy is indeed a 7th class human ,he might've done it by luck but it's still a respectable deed he did killing those demonic vermins!! "
' Tch! '
' But I truly wonder ,where was such a talentel this entire time '
' The world is vast ,i wonder what reward he'll ask for '
' Let's hope he doesn't waste this chance by asking something unreasonable '
Feeling the group pressure, I closed my eyes for 2 seconds and began to ponder with my superhuman level thinking speed
{ Appropriately meant I should only ask a reward befitting the level of act that I did, a 6th class demonic human, from what Stephen said yesterday, demonic humans are stronger than the average humanoid species and are considered akinned to international terrorists, so then this should be acceptable atleast right? }
Making my decision I looked at the king who stared at me with a neutral gaze and stated
" I want informations about the demon worshippers "
' Informations about those animals?? '
' Does he want revenge or something? '
' Well I would too, I heard he nearly died getting attack, but alone? '
' Well I don't think he'll get the information though, isn't it only available to veteran linvestigators ?'
' I agree ,an unknown can't be handed such and information,what if it's get's leaked? '
' Yes I agree as well '
The nobles began to start a chatter making audible noises in the throne.
Chhan :{ I know people like them too well, now that I've killed one of their people I'm likely to get targeted along with the people i have gotten acquainted with }(felt afraid thinking about it){I can't do this alone}
Gildaeus :" Everyone, be quiet "
....
The small chattering noises stopped in an instant ,no soul dared to continue to talk , Gildaeus looked at me without a change in his expression and declared
" Granted ,you will be given all information the deed you did deserves —
{Huh? Just like that?}
— upto level - 4 information about the Demonic cult will all be handed to you by the prince, chief investigator Stephen Elkana after this ,but you will have to write a soul contract to never leak this out to outsiders ,can you accept that? "
" {Soul contract huh, it's probably something like a contract that kills you if you break the contract, well I have a tight lip so it should be fine} I accept the terms "
" Very well then, you will be handed the information (looks at Stephen,his son who nodded in agreement and then back to me) you may leave now"
" Thank you for your generosity your highness ( bowed) "
' H..huh? '
' Did..did the king just gave his permission?? To an outsider?? '
' But with the soul contract isn't it safe ,he can't break it unless he wants to die anyway '
' Well I suppose so but..'
With that I left the damn audience room in a hurry, the people at the place we're also dismissed however almost all of them were rather surprised seeing how easily their king agreed to such a request, a butler awaited me outside the room's door that closed gain automatically
" Who are you? "
I asked the butler who looked like he was in his 60s ,he had grey hair blue eyes, tall and slim brimming with discipline, etiquette and elegance, from the mana surrounding his body this butler was not weaker than the freakshow I killed at all
The butler bowed and replied
" I am here to escort you to the soul contract site young adventurer, would you please follow? ".
I pondered for a moment, I didn't trust the king right now at all but had no choice right now, I need the information about those typical villains with such an original organisation name ' Demonic cult '
{Straight out of a cultivation novel or something, haha Anyhow, even if the king can't be trusted,I trust Stephen to a certain extent}
So I agreed with a nod
" Follow me then "
I followed on and got a soul contract mark on my left hand , it didn't take long at all, I was taken to the castle's church room where a priest told me to make a vow to their god ' The spirit of Divinity '
Being a Christian this was a hard thing to do , I said what I was told to only half heartedly as I did not want to blasphemously betray my faith
" I Saved, swear to keep the information I know only to myself,to the king's trusted allies and the king himself , no one else shall be informed by me, if I do I shall have my soul stolen by the God of death "
Such was the vow I took and surprisingly I felt something wrapping itself on my chest for as second before the feeling disappeared, I got an explanation from the priest who told me the ancient languages vow and the contract was exactly what i thought it was
(He didn't even knew that he was speaking in ancient language due to his translation ability to understand all types of language)
And now infront of Stephen's room where I was guided to by the bulter who politely left , I took a deep breath and knocked the door
Knock knock knock
Stephen's voice responded
" Come in "
Walking inside I saw Stephen standing near his desk arranging a sheaf of papers ,Carmen was next to him as well
" Your highness the prince(kneeled down) ,I have come to take my reward"
Stephen :" I have the information here, I'll give to you Chhan, but before that , As an acquaintance I want ask you something (turned around and face me) not as a prince so stand up ".
Feeling a bit unsure I stood up and looked at him .
Stephen :" About this whole thing with the information on those demonic humans, tell me?(his indifferent gaze turned cold) Are you planning to get rid of them? "
....
It wasn't a hard question,I had a plan on how to make them forget about the adventurer Saved, that was my, I knew I couldn't just get rid of such a big organisation
Chhan :" I have a plan but I can't tell you about it yet Stephen, I'm sorry ".
Stephen paused for a moment and then took his right empty hand out and formed a sword, It was mine
"Umm"
Stephen :" Can you tell me now? " (stared at me blankly)
" I plan to attack them and cause them various and huge amounts of trouble while using a mask to hide my identity so that they have no time to be worried about a guy called 'Saved' {Wish I had a nation backing me up as well}(I had a sour expression and was displeased) ".
End of chapter