In a room full of mysterious magic artifacts, there's a round table where the center of it has a floating magic book that's casting an ethereal glow over the entire room.
This book was so powerful that simply holding it would allow whoever wields it to become the world's most deadly sorcerer in the history.
The book exuded an aura of power and magic, and just being in its presence felt like gazing upon the pinnacle of magical knowledge and ability.
The book name is "Lament" a forbidden magical book owned by Arthazia, the king of Solomon Kingdom, the Forbidden Arch-Sage.
It was said to have been used by Arthazia to cast a devastating spell that brought down ten dwarf cities at once a few years ago. The power of the spell was so immense that only someone of his caliber could have wielded it.
"Ma'am were arrived.. "
"What are we going to do? "
"Master has gone, so I'm going to called the 4 dukes to talk about this matter. "
"g-gone? What do you mean?"
"Forgive my incomptence ma'am, I didn't know about that for now."
Igor moved towards a dark orb-like artifact that located around the table, his focus fixed on it. Then, he began to cast a spell as his eyes closed. The surrounding area were filled with a darkish energy as igor pour his mana into the blackish orb.
"Projectura"
Suddenly, within the swirling black energy, the image of four human appeared. Their forms were somewhat blurry and hard to make out, but they all seemed to be sitting at a table. It was not clear who these human were, but it felt like they were somehow connected to the artifact and the spell Igor was casting.
"Your majesty.. These are the four dukes, please.. Have a seat over here"
Rose nodded her head as she sitting at the tops chair.
"Four dukes.. Please present yourself to the Queen of Solomon, Queen Roses..."
Hearing this, they bowed their heads in acknowledgement and began to rise from their seats, preparing to present themselves to the Queen as requested.
"I present my self to your majesty, my name is Dmitry Vladimir the dukes of Arch-Pantheon from the north, you can just call me Vladimir your majesty.."
"Your majesty... I'm the dukes of the South, the Dukes of Arch-Bringer, Barbatos"
"Your majesty... Excuse for my rudeness, my name is Ashoka Patalitarma, The Dukes of the West. "
"Your majesty, I present my self to thee, Dukes of East, Yuuten-Shibaraki, it's an honor to finally meet you"
"I-its an honor to meets the 4 dukes.. " Roses said with nervousness.
"Please take the seat.."
"Yes... Your majesty" The 4 dukes answer an then take the seat.
The Queen Rose and the four dukes remained in the room, the atmosphere is heavy with tension and uncertainty. Rose, who usually never involves with political affair or wars. Realized she wasn't belong here, she wanted to see it end as quickly as possible.
She knew that the longer they remained there, the more tense and uncomfortable the atmosphere would become.
"Your majesty... May I ask something? Where is our king? Arthazia-sama? " Vladimir ask politely.
"That.. I don't know, I was here because Mr igor ask me to followed him"
"So... In that case, Arthazia-sama wasnt being found after that spell? "
"h-how do you know?"
"Us, the 4 dukes would realize that sudden magic outburst, I think it require a tremendous amount of mana to cast that spell" The Vladimir further explains what he knows.
"W-what kinda spell is that? "
"Maybe to awaken something inside of you... Turning your majesty into the new Queen"
"New me? "
"Your majesty... Do thee felt sume power within thee self? " Yuuten ask while making a gesture of an orb.
"Come to think of it.. I do, I felt something different within me.. "
"Thee has awoken thee powers, Arthazia-sama would happy thee spell haz success"
"Felt free thee ask me something thee wanna know, tho shalt know remember who thee are"
"E-excuse me? I didn't quite get it.. "
"For now... It's fine, time shalt answr everythingz"
"HEEYY!!! DIDNT WE COME HERE TO TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING WAR!? I'M SICK TO HEARD THIS CONVERSATION"Barbatos shout cutting their conversation.
"Sir Barbatos... Your being rude in front of the majesty" Vladimir said with a stern voice.
"I DON'T CARE! I SWEAR MY LOYALTY TOWARDS LORD ARTHAZIA, AND THE WAR IS ALREADY IN FRONT OF OUR EYES"
"War?? Didnt the war already over? "
"HAAA!? THE WAR WERE NEVER OVER... THE DARWIN KINGDOM ALREADY IN FRONT OF OUR DOOR, I CAN'T WAIT TO CRUSH THEM"
"N-no... We should send envoy to stop the war, let's try to send an Envoy of peace"
"Peace? "
"Yes.. I didn't want people suffering because of the wars again.. "
"KU-HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHA! " Barbatos laugh as if he heard something really ridiculous.
"W-what so funny with that? We must stop that from happening.."
"Your majesty... I'm afraid we can't do that.. Peace was never an option" Vladimir said with his serious look.
"Why??"
"DO YOU THINK THOSE DARWIN SCUM WILL EVER FORGIVE US? IN THE PAST ARTHAZIA-SAMA CRUSHED THEIR CITY AND KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, WITH HIS METEORA SPELL"
"AND I NEVER FORGOT HOW ARTHAZIA-SAMA CALL A HUNDREDS THOUSAND OF UNDEADS TO DEVASTATE THE AXIS EMPIRE"
"U-undeads? "
"Yes.. Because of that event, the Axis deemed us a Heretic your majesty" Vladimir answer furthering explains things.
"I shalt ask thee sumething..How far thee memory has recover your majesty? "
"I never heard of this before... What I know my husband killed many people, but I didn't know he killed this many"
"Tho shalt remembers how much thee past, but.. Indeed, I shalt harbor no hatred feeling tho our enemy, but peace was never an option"
"Yes your majesty.. It's either us, or them. There is no more... Peace" Ashoka the dukes of West said while omitting mysterious prayers from his mouth.
Hearing this rose was overwhelmed by a tragic truth that peace was never an option, she know how cruel the war is, because that is the sole reason why her kingdom was destroyed. But, she still filled with a determination that somehow she could stop the war from happening.
"It's been years since I was being abused by my husband, not knowing the wars were still far from over, I thoughts the war already over when my beloved kingdom were destroyed" Rose thought, thinking about the past that happened while she was in the castle.
"Not to mention.. Why does he keep mentioning about the past? All I remember was a constant abuse he gave me.. "
Rose's eyes start to swelled up with tears, overwhelmed by her lack of understanding.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding her husband's spell and the secret about the war he kept hidden from her, furthering her with distress and confusion.
She felt a deep sense of betrayal and hurt, struggling to make sense of the situation that seemed to have spiraled out of her control. The weight of the unknown weighed heavily upon her, leaving her overwhelmed by these truths.
"Where is the salvation I ask for? "
"This isn't what your promise, all I want is death, A simple death, and now knowing the truth.. I'm no longer had a ways to escape"
Rose couldn't stop the tears anymore, her emotions overwhelming her as she realized the depth of the deception she had endured.
The knowledge that she had been kept in the dark about the truth for so long added even more pain to her already heavy heart. She felt betrayed and hurt, unable to hold back the overwhelming sadness that filled her soul.
"Barbatos.. Good job, your making your majesty cry.." Vladimir said while pointing at barbatos.
"NOOO!! THIS ISN'T MY FAULT"
"Yes indeed.. Thee shalt felt ashamed what thee did tho majesty"
The room fell into a silence as Rose continued to cry softly. The discussion about the war was temporarily suspended, as each member waited patiently for her to compose herself.
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