"You have a visitor!."
"oh someones here for me already." I say expectingly
I made quite a scene around the gate, roughing up guardmen and knights wasn't something a hero should have done and if you ask me if I'd regretted what i done, the answer is no. Which leaves me to the results I've been apprehended by the Queens elite knights and now i lay in a cold dungeon underneath her majesty's castle.
"You stand before her majesty Princess Reifa and her guard Flin behave yourself Dragonkin." Said the guard in a scornful tone.
"Ah , the noble blooded Princess Reifa its a pleasure to meet you." I say as I curtsey a bow towards her
"your flattery gets you nowhere adventurer." Said Reifa hissing
While the entire Elven race are renowned for their beauty the Princess Reifa stood out among her race with her illustrious body , her above average height, her beautiful porcelain skin tone, her silky silver hair, her clear azure eyes , and her green tunic outfitted with a skirt in the same pattern i find myself gawking stupified at her presence.
Not that she'd realize from my impeccable mannerism.
"Why have you disintegrated our Elfheim?" Reifa is glaring as she folds her arms and looks disapprovingly.
She gets straight to the point like the charmer she is
"Saying it was an accident would be an excuse, truth be told I was provoked and everything happened so quick I lost control."
"You lost control??!!!, you injured 30 of our guardsmen and 1 of our elite knights!!. Thats hardly anything to scoff at!!!."
"I know but my prowess should prove that I'm Zephyr." I say dismissing the hissing Princess
"What you are is a buffoon, and a capable one at that. *sigh* you've causing trouble the moment you set your foot in our town. You're lucky I haven't ordered for an execution. Hero or not I'll still have you pay for desecrating our city yet I'm inclined to ask you for help, how about it your freedom in return of assistance."
"Is that a Quest your highness?." I ask feeling jittery
"Something like that." Said Reifa flashing a busniess-like smile captivating me
"I'm all ears your majesty." I said to the beautiful princess
-Royal hall-
Reifa with all her glory now stands before me, I should say she fits well into her surroundings being a Princess and all, her mother the Queen Merciline died in the war against the XIII leaving her as the sole heir as to why she's still a Princess well this might have something to do with the expansion, I think I should leave at that. The hall I'm in is seriously lavish white marble walls with similarly white marble pillars on either side it melds in perfectly with the green vines meshed into them nature and masonry always been Elfheim strong point.
"Are you done admiring the hall?"
"Oh ah yes your majesty."
"Good now lets get to the matter at hand."
"Mr. Zephyr we ask of you to vanquish a dragon."
"A dragon? Are they still wreaking havoc after the err... calamity happened." I ended up saying it, the calamity must be a sore point for Reifa seeing her grimace like that.I mean she just lost her parents, way to go me and my stupid mouth.
"Its fine, I'm not so weak as to avert my eye from the past. My mother is gone and I rule in her stead and as such.."
She takes to one knee bowing in my presence, conviction paints her azure eyes.
"Zephyr the acclaimed hero, we need your help Oraia is in deep peril. An ancient Dragon threatens our kingdom suing havoc accross our fields it had smite quarters of the East and with the yield season approaching we can't have him continue any longer. Bring me his head and you get to keep yours intact, i take that you're up to accept my offer needless to say we will reward you handsomely once the deed is done."
"Ofcourse I'm in however I require something more valuable than gold."
"And what would that be?." She cocked her head inquusitively at my words and i can't help but find her gestures adorable
"Your companionship."
Words can't describe how I feel seeing my favorite waifu come to life, ofcourse i can't say this out in the loud lest she starts berating me I mean look at her she's just sooo freaking cute.
"Hahaha, most adventurers would gladly take to our coffers but you'd choose my company over gold. What an odd fellow." She chuckled at my words its the 1st time I seen her face look so delighted since I arrived in the castle the scowl in her face and her dead eyes brought back to life.
"What do you say your majesty?." I reach out my hand and gesture for a handshake
"Its a deal." She gets up my hand in hers and with it we established our contract.
"You're facing a fire type dragon, it made its layer in eastern oraia in particular the village of Marsche. Its fire breath is something we haven't seen since the calamity, with the XIII on the move we spared no personnel to look into how they correlate but we've come short I can't dwell my thoughts on the XIII when that monster continues burning our crops and killing our farmers. So there you have it, I'll be assigning you a squadron for you to command if you wish I shall spare every resource to my avail to see the mission succeed just name it and you'll have my entire army to aid you."
"There's no need for that princess, I'm more than capable besides tussling with dragons I've done it too many times to count."
"I'll vanquish your dragon, so you can rest at ease , Princess Reifa." I said as I locked into her eyes with mine determined.
Elsewhere...
-Marsche Village-
"Dragon why do you keep resisting your nature, to trample upon the weak is how you're made to be it is your kind's legacy and you're trampling over it."
In a lair past Marsche spoke a man clad in a hooded robe the colour black melded into the darkness adorning his face was a white masquerade mask with protruding horns.
"Havoc I seek naught destruction nor do I wish to trample on mortals, sate your tongue lest you forgot it is my hatchlings that made me kneel to you Belial the demon sorcerer."
"your hatchlings are in safe hands worry not Dragon , their safety however depends on your cooperation."
With a snap of his fingers as if queued a transparent spacial rift came forth splitting the air wide and with it 3 hatchlings Dragon spawns are seen dwadling around a house surrounded by 6 thugs each armed with clubs and swords.
"Tch, you've got what you want mortal."
"Excellent, now just wait a bit more for our 'hero' to arrive."
To be continued