59th day.
King Edmund is at a meeting that is meant to discuss the unrest that has plagued the capital for a week. A woman is loudly walking towards the meeting room, and once the woman is at the door, you can hear the guard say "Mam, the meeting is in session. You can't…" But the woman ignores the guard and slams the door open.
Her mane of cascading waves, flowing like molten gold with streaks of fiery red, exuding both ethereal beauty and fierce intensity.
Her eyes the color of shimmering sapphire, with flickers of molten gold within, conveying wisdom, compassion, and a hint of smoldering determination.
Her lithe and powerful, her figure possesses the graceful fluidity of a dancer and the commanding presence of a leader. Her movements are a mesmerizing blend of strength and elegance, drawing the eye with every step.
She is draped in robes of iridescent silk, each thread woven with strands of shimmering ember, her attire embodies both regal majesty and celestial grace. Adorned with armor forged from the strongest alloys, etched with symbols of phoenix lore, she is both a beacon of hope and a formidable guardian.
She shouts "Ssharith'vok, shorith esshith thoor, uthirinar reshhal esshish thaladarin kiishar esshith thaladruv eshal thalashaar! Esshith thaladruv uthirinar reshhal esshish thaladarin uthi tisharin eshal thaladruv esshith thaladarin rulinar esshish thalavil! Shith'vok esshith ool esshish shael'shthir shonar esshith shor! Shith'vok esshith ool esshish shael'shthir shonar esshith rulinar esshish shor! Riirith esshish shonar resharin shonarar?"
A dwarf runs after the woman and translates it to "King of the short ones, for millennia I have provided your kin fires for your forges as per our contract. For separate millennia I have given your kin the same service out of the goodness of my heart. Now all I get are nightmares night after night thanks to this curse that was brought upon the mountain after your mistake. For what reason should I toil longer in your service? For what reason should I continue to be kind?! What say you in your defense?"
King Edmund rubs his head for a moment and then says "We are grateful for your contributions as always, Shalaphinar Embershthir. We are currently working on the issue at hand and we are looking for curse experts around the middle realm to solve this problem."
The same dwarf who translated before, says to the Aurora "Shalith'vok rulinar esshish thaladarin thalashaar Shalaphinar Embershthir. Thalashith'vok tish'vok uthirinar tharinar tish'reth esshith shathurin shonar esshith tish'reth esshith thalashaar esshith thaladruv."
Shalaphinar says "Shalith'vok esshish shathurin tish'vok resharin shonarar rulinar tharinar'khoor esshith arar uthirin shonar esshith shathurin tish'reth esshith shathurin shonar esshith thaladarin esshith thalashaar."
And then the translator says "She says "You have had time to do so for a week with no results. Give me one more reason to grant you my time and services.""
Then king Edmund says "Tell her that if she leaves now, then wouldn't it leave a taint in your pride if you leave us in our time of need." And the translator says to Shalaphinar "Shonar esshith shathurin, shonarar esshith rulinar esshish thalashaar shal'vok riirith'vok shal'vok tharinar esshith thaladarin esshith thalashaar shonar esshith thalashaar."
Selaphinar responds in an angry tone "Shalthar esshish shor esshith thalashaar. Shith'vok ool esshish shael'shthir shonar esshith riirith'vok arar esshish shael'shthir shonar esshith shor riirith'vok rulinar tharinar esshith thaladarin esshith shor. Esshith thaladarin esshish shorar riirith'vok tish'vok arar esshith thaladarin esshith shor, shith'vok shonar esshish thalashaar esshith rulinar shonar esshith shor esshith thaladruv esshith shor esshith thalashaar."
The translator says "She asks how dare we use her pride as a bargaining chip when she already has done her part of the contract. She continues with, and I quote, "You still fail to have given me your part of the contract, so why don't I just burn you all to the ground as payment?" End quote."
Then king Edmund smirks a little and says "Tell her that "If you do that, then all the time you spend here would be wasted, wouldn't it? Besides, your wish for "everlasting sanctum" is a hard one to fulfill since you haven't accepted any of them.""
The translator says to Shalaphinar "Shonar esshith shathurin, shal'vok esshith rulinar shonarar'khoor esshith thaladarin shal'vok arar esshith thaladarin shonar esshith thalashaar. Shathurin esshith thalavil'vok esshith "shondalashan rulinar esshish shondalashan" esshith shalathar esshith rulinar tharinar esshith thalavil shonar esshith shorar esshith shor."
To this, Shalaphinar scoffs and says "Esshith thaladarin esshith shorar'vok arar esshith rulinar esshish shondalashan esshith shondalashan shalathar esshith rulinar shonar shal'vok. Shalathar esshith tish'reth, shalathar esshith rulinar shonar esshith arar shonar esshith thalashaar. Shalith'vok." And with that, she leaves.
The translator says in a hurry "S-she said that you haven't given her a place that can be called everlasting or sanctum so she accepts this time as something she wasted and leaves with goodbye."
This made the others panic a little and one of them said "Should we send guards to detain her?" To which king Edmund said "No need. There is no way we can match a full blooded phoenix. And a noble one at that. Fuck. We already have problems with people wanting to leave and now our forgefire walks away."
King Edmund gives a heavy sigh and then says to the ministers "Let's make leaving Kingjewel illegal if they don't have permission from us higher ups. Anyone who promotes leaving will be put in the dark zone until they have served their time."
The ministers look at each other for a moment, until king Edmund asks "Is there a problem?" To which one of the ministers says "No, but…" and another minister says after the first one hesitates "What about the morale of the soldiers who will uphold this new law?"
King Edmund scoffs and says "Just raise their pay and instill fear of fate worse than death in them in case they think of disobeying. Any other questions?" The ministers stood silent and king Edmund said in response "That will conclude our meeting. Dismissed."
Meanwhile, Shalaphinar flies in the skies and is headed towards the gate that'll take her to the higher realm. She mutters to herself how refreshing it is to breathe fresh air for a long time and how she missed flying like this. She also was fearful of her not being able to fly because of the long stay in the mountain.
And meanwhile in Elysium, a white raven is sitting on a tree inside the castle. The white raven can see the window that is connected to Lud's office. Some of the guards are debating whether or not it is an actual raven or some other kind of bird.
Lud is doing some paperwork, preparing to depart to Vortias. The queen has sent a message that they'll be holding a summit between the three demon countries and she requested that Lud would be present. Lud had discussed this in detail with others and the conclusion is that while there are some ulterior motives behind it, the queen herself doesn't seem to be hostile.
Lud had few applications from people who wanted to come with him, but when he saw Sarah's application, he got curious about her progress in containing her bloodlust. In Sarah's application, Sarah had mentioned that she has gotten better at staying calm and that Li also agrees with her.
Coincidentally, Li also sent a letter of confirmation about Sarah's progress. He even placed his signature on the letter to make it an official statement. This made Lud decide to take Sarah with him, but there was another thing that he got curious about.
Li also sent an application, but not for him. Instead, he wrote that Serene would like to come with them this time around, or at least that is what he thought she wanted.
Lud thought about it for a moment and ultimately decided to take her with him. Strangely, he had a hard time to think of the reasons why not to take her, but he dismissed these thoughts.
Liz also was one of the applicants and it was a quick decision on Lud's part to take her with him. The reason for this is as simple as Liz being a demon herself.
While Lud was confident that this was enough people, he couldn't help but to accept another application on top of the other tree. The extra person Lud decided to take along was Xu. Not any of the fingers, but Xu himself.
The reason Xu gave Lud was, in his words "I have been too idle during our arrival in Lutah. I have seen and appreciated all the beauty that the ladies of Elysium has to offer like the gentleman I am, so now, I want to look further beyond. Yes, to be a gentleman, I must have more opportunities to see the beauty of this world's people. I must be there to witness the way of a matriarchal society. Yes! I must test how to be submissive! I have to test how to be a bottom! To appreciate the hierarchy of women and their…" and a few pages of similar rant that basically consist of "appreciating" a lot of things. In one of the pages, he also ranted about how he must be without his fingers this time.
Out of pity, Lud decided to take Xu with him.
When the paperwork was done, Lud called people to gather and prepare for the departure to the neutral city state of Irlitias. Irlitias exist inside the current Lastias's borders and it has autonomy over their own affairs. Irlitias was once known to be the capital of the demon kind long ago, but when the split happened, the city became something like a symbol of the great unified era. Now it's primary function is to be one of the hot spots for adventurers, since there were a lot for adventurers to do around the area. The war has made things a bit complicated, but so far the city state has seen quite a bit of traffic.
Soon the time came to be teleported to Irlitias via Altair's magic, which was easier compared to the visit to Kingjewel since Altair was fully awake now. Altair was a bit reminiscent of how things were during the unified demon era, since she was around that time. She quickly stopped speaking when she realized she was talking too much.
What Lud and the others gathered from Altair's words, the unified demon country's name was Togthertias and its rulers, while still racist against humans, generally were able to tolerate them and their presence at the time. The economy was booming during its midpoint, but at the end of its lifespan, it began to stagnate a little, which caused factions to become a bit greedy. Or that the stagnation was caused by the greed of some demons, Altair wasn't quite sure about which way around it was since it has been ages.
A detail that Altair remembered was that during most of its lifespan, Togthertias' culture was heavily centered around the horns. Different horn shapes meant something different like how flowers have their own language. People would paint and shave their horns as a form of expression and some even tried to make the horns grow in certain ways when they were growing. There was even an ointment made that made a horn grow if you applied it to skin close to bones.
The culture around horns dwindled near the end of Togthertias' lifespan and the magical horn growing ointment's recipe has been lost. The only places that still practice this type of culture are around some parts in Lastias and in a few families in Irlitias. As far as Altair's sources say, at least.
Then Altair says "Anyways. It is time to go. Do ya'll know where you need to go?" To which Liz says "We have been given instructions to where we need to go and when."
Altair responds with "Fantastic. Now next stop, Irlitias." and snaps her fingers and just like that, they appear near the gate.
The guards ask about the group's business and Liz explains "We are from Elysium and we are here for the summit." One of the guards says "Ah, we've been expecting you. Please go to the city hall. It is in the noble district on the north side and it is the biggest building besides the castle. Also…"
The guard stares at Lud for a moment and turns back to speak to Liz "We advise that you hide the human with a hood." Xu responds with "That doesn't sound like a gentleman thing to do. Hiding his majesty's face is a tad rude, don't you think?"
Then another guard says "You are free to do what you like with that advise. It is just what we recommend. Also, be sure to not let loose of this machine with you." And Xu says "Rude. I follow the path of a gentleman and you think I would do something ungentlemanly."
Sarah says "I mean, you ARE a big warmachine, are you not?" To which Xu says "True, but it is the path that I follow that counts."
The previous guard says "In any case, welcome to Irlitias." And the guards let the group pass.
For some reason, the guards don't comment anything about Serene, who looks like a human child. The group doesn't question it after the first thought. At the moment, Serene is riding Xu's shoulder, which makes the "warmachine" happy. Serene stays there for most of their stay in Irlitias.
The group walks their way to the city hall while gathering looks from the bystanders. Most of the weird looks were because of Xu, but once they noticed Lud, they focused on him instead.
Lud goes to the guard who is guarding the entrance to the city hall and asks for directions. The guard is reluctant to help the group at first because it was Lud who asked, but once the guard looked at Serene, they became weirdly complacent, going as far as to ask someone free to guide them to the right place.
The person who the guard found lazing around, guided the group to the meeting room. The atmosphere was tense in the city hall because the three rulers haven't met each other like this in years. This made Lud ask the guard "How on earth do you find time to sleep?" To which the one guiding them said "Skill cretin. Skill." This made Liz become agitated because of this, but Sarah barely budged. "It seems that the training has really calmed her down by the looks of it." Lud thought.
The group reached their destination and they saw that Eleanor was there together with her mother, the queen. Eleanor recognised Sarah and came to greet them.
Eleanor says "So you did decide to come. It is nice to see you again Sarah." and Sarah responds with "I can't say that I completely share the sentiment, but it is nice to see you are in good health."
Eleanor says "That's a bit rude. And these are?" And Sarah introduces the group "The other demon is Liz, the robot is Xu, the girl on his shoulder is Serene and this…" Sarah taps Lud on the back and says "This is our king, Faust."
Eleanor is a bit hesitant to talk to Lud, but she says "So it is you. Thank you for accepting our invitation. I'm sure we need it in today's summit." And Lud says "I may be a bit inexperienced, but I'll do my best to mediate between the three nations."
Then the queen says "No wonder that you managed to make things move in the middle realm. If any inexperienced person had the means to destroy the world, then I'm sure most would cause havoc like you have."
The queen has a black and purple dress and she exudes a strong aura that would make most people kneel by reflex. She mostly keeps her eyes shut to make sure to have even stronger air of superiority on her. When she opens her eyes briefly, she has reddish orange eyes.
The queen has mostly black hair, but it has a tinge of orange around it. Her hair is neatly kept, but you can see that she has long hair. She has four horns on the sides of her head and she wears a crown that is custom made to fit alongside those horns. The crown is primarily made from metal known as ebony because of it, it has a black color. The crown is gilded with gold in different areas and it has three red gems attached to the front.
Lud says "I try my best to keep my subordinates at bay, but they tend to get a tad bit emotional when it comes to the legacy of Elysium." The queen of Vortias says "A good master knows how to treat their hounds, but it seems that the hounds have weight to pull their master along." Liz gives a dirty look to the queen and even Sarah starts to get a little annoyed.
The queen continues "No matter though. People have to start somewhere. And while it irks me that a human has reign over such a force, I can sense the respect that the human's hounds have for their master. Thus, I'll act courtual for now as long as you do the same." Lud says "Thank you, queen Riana Altras, for your kind words. I'll do my best to not disappoint." Riana nods in approval and says "You may sit. The other two have yet to arrive."
After waiting a half an hour, the two kings come to the meeting room with their trusted companions. The two kings were bickering even before entering the meeting room and it could be heard with the door closed, but the two men had no shame when they were in that sort of mood.
The two kings sit around the table and one of them comments "I really don't understand what reason we have for a human king to come and join us. They have no right to judge us." Riana responds by saying "He is here because I asked him to come, and if I recall, the last time we held this meeting Charles, you brought one of Rucksta's ministers here without even saying a word in advance, so you have no place to ridicule my decision."
Charles scoffs and the other king says "While I hate to agree with him, I also don't see a valid reason why we allow a human led nation to come here." To which Riana says "They have earned their place on this table by assisting us to keep our borders as per our agreements suggests."
Charles says "They only helped you when we tried to take some of your territory. In my opinion, they clearly have a biased opinion." Riana is about to say something, but Lud opens his mouth first and says "While I admit that so far we have assisted Vortias to keep their borders as they are, neither of you have tried to contact me or my people to negotiate similar terms."
The other king says "You wouldn't have listened to us anyways because you think that we have no right to try and expand our territory." Charles says "I hate to agree, but that is true. How else would we show our superiority if we don't compete with who has the most territory."
The other king scoffs and says "Superiority you say? You were the one that brought beastkin into this by allying with them. Me on the other hand, I have been only using my own armies and look at where we are now. I still have more territory than you, not to mention, the spiritual capital is surrounded by my territory and you haven't been able to change that in years."
Charles also scoffs and says "You say that, but wasn't there a leak that gave solid proof that your men have been taking drugs developed by the dark elves in Rusteror? Drugs, that I may add, that have severe side effects if taken in long periods of time? What do you say to that, Ronald?"
Ronald scoffs again and says "Those are only studies that have been made by the high elves. We can't trust what their doctors say since their clear dislike of dark elves. Besides, we don't force the soldiers to take any drugs during their time on the front lines. Some of our nobles just happen to have that stuff at hand from time to time. It is all up to the individual soldiers if they want to take it or not."
Riana shouts "Enough! We came here to negotiate, not to bicker!" The two kings go silent and Riana continues in much calmer voice "You two haven't introduced yourselves to the king of Elysium yet. Why don't we go with that first."
Charles says indictantly "Why should we introduce ourselves to a human when he hasn't even greeted us properly? He shouldn't be sitting here when he…" Then Ronald says "My name is Ronald Maclevan Lorem II and I'm the king of Lastias."
Charles then smirks and says "Sucking up to a human now, are we? Oh how low have you fallen." To this, Ronald responds with "Wasn't it thanks to them that your forces were annihilated that one time? That time was supposed to strengthen your relationship with the new king of Rucksta?"
Charles becomes furious and shouts "It's not like yours haven't also been cleared out by them! Now you are licking their boots so that you may get an upper hand here! At least SOMEONE has dignity to not lower themselves to a human!" Riana retorts "You speak of dignity, when it was you who brought foreigners in our lands first and the one that is now shouting."
Charles shouts "You wrench! You think you are much higher than the rest of us since you play passively! But I am not going to fall for your tricks! I see what you truly are! You…" And then Lud rises up from his seat and all people start to look at him for a moment. Then he puts his right hand near his heart and says "My name is Faust Ilumnos, the second king of Elysium. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance your royal highness'."
This calms Charles strangely down, so he just crosses his arms and says reluctantly "My name is Charles Diatrich Julian Mich and I am the king of Restias." Lud smiles and Riana says "Good, now we are getting somewhere."
Then Lud sits down and Riana says "Once again, I am Riana Altras and I'm the queen of Vortias. And now that we have done the formalities, let's get on with the meeting."
Riana turns to look at Lud and says "Mister Faust, have you tried to put your hand into the problem at hand?" To this, Lud answers "The true ruler issue? I have thought of a solution to it, if you'd like to hear it."
Riana says "You have my permission." Lud says "Right." Then pulls out a few papers and continues "The matter of which one of you should be the one ruling over all the demon land, I have thought long and hard and I have come up with an idea or two. The first one is to sign a non aggression pact where all three countries promise to not take over other people's territory by force. This rule only applies to the three countries and the one who can be proven to break this pact will lose the right to hold any territory and thus lose their right as the ruler of the united demon country. What do you say."
Riana takes a thinking pose, when as Charles shouts "That is absurd! Why would we sign anything like that when we know the other parties will frame us with false documents?!" Ronald says in a strict tone "Unfortunately I have to agree with Charles. If we sign this, the little trust that our people have to one another will dwindle more than it already has.
Lud says "In regards to that, I have thought that if Elysium would be permitted to send a few of our people to keep an eye out for any attempts of espionage and foul play." Charles scoffs and says "And what if the other side manages to buy off one of your people and submit false claims to you? What then, human?"
Lud simply says "Xu" and Xu responds with "Yes. If it is one of my fingers, they will adhere to the contract word to word if that is what has been agreed to. You two may look like gentlemen, but your senses clearly lack the nose to sense the amount of loyalty we of the Elysium have to our country."
Ronald then raises a point "But what if your king gets bought off? He is a human after all. The worst of the intelligent people in Lutah. How can we be sure to trust that he won't succumb to bribes?"
Xu is about to answer, but Sarah says first "If you think you can buy off Faust, then you will have a rough road ahead of you. The stuff that we have far outclasses what you people have. If you have stuff that will be able to change Faust's mind, then you could have easily bought off one another already."
Charles scoffs and says, "You say that, but he is still a human. Stupid, greedy and ugly being." To this, Sarah says "Oh yeah? Then why didn't we become vassals of Aquila?" Charles asks "What? You have made contact with the star elves?"
Ronald gives a chuckle and says "Hah! Is this how bad your intelligence gathering is? We knew of this ages ago." And Charles retorts "You mackerel eating… since when have they made contact with them?"
Lud answers "A week or two ago, I think." And Charles says "You… And you are still independent?" To which Lud says "Their leader is one of my people now actually."
Charles is bewildered by this and thinks for a moment. Then Ronald says "Well we have made good deals with the Lyra guild. They have given us plenty of information about other countries."
Charles scoffs and says "You say that, but aren't they the guild that prioritizes gathering stories above all else? I'm sure the information they have given you is mostly fictional or long irrelevant. Restias, on the other hand, has made connections with the Gemini guild."
Ronald scoffs also and says "You say that, but don't they lowkey promote incest? Or more specifically, gay incest?" This makes Charles make a face of someone who was majorly offended. Then Charles shouts "That is just a slander made by the other star elf guilds! Reina! You must also see that this is clearly slander, don't you?!" And Reina says "Vortias has made contact with both of these star elf guilds, so I'm going to stay out of it."
Charles shouts "At least my guild appreciates bonds between people and not spit out on feelings like in those nasty comedies!" Ronald responds with "At least we have some damn culture in our lands."
Charles shouts "You drug consuming addict knows NOTHING of what art is since you guys are constantly high on something made in Rusteror!"
Ronald now also decides to shout "You guys should learn to look for partners farther from the family tree! How is it like to be child of a cousin fucker?!"
Charles shouts back "At least my mother is from a noble family, you bastard child!"
Ronald is about to shout something back, but then Sarah raises her voice and says "Ok, that's it! We are doing this now!" Then she looks at Xu and asks "You brought the thing?" To which Xu says "I did as you asked." Sarah says "Excellent." And then she shows a wristband to everyone.
Sarah says "Since you guys are so keen to compete between who's bigger, I brought this device that will tell you your body's information to everyone. Especially your private part sizes."
Charles says "What on Lutah are you talking about? Why do you even have that sort of thing ready?" To this, Sarah says "You see, our previous king had this rule where, if an official fight would commence between people, they would have to give their body's information to the other party to know. Don't ask why he decided that he wanted that, but that was what our king wanted back then and now it has become part of Elysium's culture to say their information to our opponents we deem worthy of giving it to. And to make sure there were no lies, our fourth battalion developed wristbands to people who would've wanted it. It became a popular item and now almost all civilians have these on them."
Lud has a hand on his face to hide his embarrassment and the other people in the room who aren't from Elysium look dumbfounded at Sarah. Sarah then says "Here, I show you that it works"
Sarah puts the wristband on her hand and presses the button and it says in a female voice the following information.
"Name: Sarah Ylfianos Rosten Ech Alifana Setto Livendig"
"Gender: female"
"Title: Commander of the tenth battalion of Elysium"
"Age: 21"
"Blood type: AB-"
"Height: 164 cm (+1 cm with horn)"
"Birthday: 21st of Bloom"
"Breast size: Medium A"
"Vaginal depth: 7 cm"
"Tail size: 4 cm
"Virgin and single."
Then Sarah removes it before anyone says anything and hands it to Liz, who then puts it on to her hand as well and the wristband says in a female voice the following information.
"Name: Lizbeth Cardigan"
"Gender: female"
"Title: Commander of the first battalion of Elysium"
"Age: 24"
"Blood type: A-"
"Height: 170 cm (+ 2 cm with horns)"
"Birthday: 30th of Darkmonth"
"Breast size: Small B"
"Vaginal depth: 8 cm"
"Tail size: 274 cm"
"Virgin and single."
Everyone but those from Elysium looked at Liz and Sarah dumbfounded. Liz gives the wristband back to Sarah, and Sarah says "So… Who is the first one to try this on besides us?"
No one volunteered, until Riana raised her hand reluctantly and Sarah went to her side happily and handed it to her. She instructed how to activate it, and once Riana pressed it, the voice in the wristband said:
"Name: Riana Altras"
"Gender: female"
"Title: Queen of Vortias"
"Age: 51"
"Blood type: O+"
"Height: 172 cm (+ 1 cm with horns)"
"Birthday: 1st of January"
"Breast size: Medium C"
"Vaginal depth: 10 cm"
"Tail size: 21 cm"
"non-virgin and widow"
Riana commented "So it even knows I'm a widow huh. I wonder if it would say "remarried" if I did so?" Then Riana removes the wristband and hands it to Sarah.
Then Sarah smiles and looks at the two kings. Then she says "So which of you will be next?" Both kings look awkwardly away in an attempt to not get picked first. For some reason, both kings knew that it was inevitable and they didn't feel like protesting in any other way.
Eventually Sarah goes to Ronald since he is sitting closest to Riana. Ronald doesn't dare to refuse for some reason and accepts his fate. The wristband says the following.
"Name: Ronald Maclevan Lorem II"
"Gender: male"
"Title: King of Lastias"
"Age: 20"
"Blood type: A+"
"Height: 166 cm (+ 1 cm with horns)"
"Weight: 66 kg"
"Birthday: 32nd of February"
"Penis size: 9 cm"
"Tail size: 15 cm"
"non-virgin and engaged"
Charles begins to laugh at Roland heavily after hearing all of Ronald's information. Ronald is in near tears, but pushes forward and says "Now it's your turn, damnit." He hands the wristband over Sarah, who in turn walks towards Charles. Charles begins to sweat heavily because of what is to come.
Charles offers his hand and looks away as Sarah is putting the wristband on him. The wristband says the following:
"Name: Charles Diatrich Julian Mich"
"Gender: male"
"Title: King of Restias"
"Age: 41"
"Blood type: A+"
"Height: 175 cm (+ 3 cm with horns)"
"Weight: 91 kg"
"Birthday: 22nd of June"
"Penis size: 10 cm"
"Tail size: 21 cm"
"Virgin and married"
Charles does not dare to open his eyes, as now Ronald forgets all courtesy and shouts at Charles with the words "The fuck were you laughing at me when yours is barely bigger than mine?!"
Charles, also forgetting all courtesy, shouts at Ronald "Fuck you! At least mine is factually bigger than yours!" Ronald shouts back "And the fuck do you mean you are a virgin?! You are 41 and you have been married for over 20 years and you have kids! The fuck you are still a virgin for?!"
Charles shouts "It… It is wrong! The device is wrong! I do have two kids of my own and that is true!" For some reason, everyone has a clear feeling that Charles is lying, including the servants and Charles feels that no one is buying it. Charles then shouts "It's complicated! That's it! Human! Your turn!"
Lud immediately asks "Me? Why do I need to prove anything?! And Ronald says "Since it was one of your servants, then you must also participate in this." Charles, forgetting who he is agreeing with this time, just says "Yes, yes. I agree. Now put this damn device on you so we can laugh at you."
Lud says "I think I rather not…" But Ronald says "If you don't do it, then I won't even consider this non aggression pact thing." Charles, again forgetting who he is agreeing with, says "Same here. Now do it you lowly human."
The stares Lud is getting are excruciating, and eventually Lud relents and says "Fine, give it to me." Sarah brings the wristband over to Lud, who then says before pressing the button "Just so you know, even if this may have been right so far, doesn't mean it will give accurate results this time." Ronald just says "Yes, yes. Just do it already."
Lud takes a deep breath and says "Here we go then." And presses the button. Then the voice in the wristband says the following:
"Name: Faust Ilumnos (??)"
"Gender: male"
"Title: King of Elysium (??)"
"Age: 15 (??)"
"Blood type: O-(??)"
"Height: 187 cm (??)"
"Weight: 81 kg (??)"
"Birthday: 12th of Melting (24th of December)"
"Penis size: 29 cm (??)"
"Virgin and single (??)"
Everyone but the people of Elysium look stunned and Lud just awkwardly laughs and says "Haha, weird, it sure gave a lot of errors. And some of the numbers must have been wrong. Haha. Oh boy, it sure is weird. Hahaha… Haha… ha."
Sarah then comments "No, it is accurate. The only parts it couldn't get were the ones you had in your past life." Lud, still in denial, says "What do you mean Sarah? Clearly it was wrong. I mean some of it is clearly…"
Then Charles says with a defeated look on his face to Ronald "I think it is time for us to shut our mouths, don't you think so too, Ronald?" Ronald, also with a defeated face "Yeah. Let's do what the scum says. We don't have anything on those kinds of numbers."
Lud desperately says "I tell you. Those numbers aren't true in the slightest. Let's all agree that everyone's numbers were wrong and let's move on then, right?"
Ronald says "Sure buddy. Sure. So about that non aggression pact." The meeting moved forward where they designated territories to the one who had more claims on it and as equally as possible. When Lud made a counterpoint to any of Charles' or Ronald's claims, both kings folded and let it be whatever Lud said. Both kings were in such a defeated mood whenever Lud opposed them.
There was some bickering along the way and the meeting took ten hours in total when you count the breaks. Official papers were signed to prove who owns what, and the official non aggression pact was signed by all four parties involved. This summit would be later known as "The great demon measuring summit".
When it was all over, Lud and his group went outside so that they could teleport away discreetly. But before they could do that, a giant bird flew on the skies above and soon landed on the nobles district. The giant bird was none other than Shalaphinar. She said in her own language
"Shaalithar shonarar esshith rulinar eshith'khoor shael irar. An esshith resshan... shael irar'vok shael irar eshith arin. Thal, essh, shael ith'vok eshith arin. Esshith thalithar shalith eshith reshar shonar ressar thalathar thaladar ithar esshith shanir. Tharinar eshith, riirith eshith shor an shonar eshith arar eshith thalashaar shonar eshith thaladarin?"
("So these are the powerful ones that I felt. And this mana... I feel like I have felt it before. Um, yes, I am certain of it. This human man was there the day before the great nightmares began to befall that mountain. Tell me, who are you and why did you curse that land?")
Strangely, even though they didn't know the language, Lud and the others around knew what this big bird was trying to convey.
Then Lud said to this mighty bird of flame "My name is Faust Ilumnos and I'm the king of Elysium. Since you are talking about a mountain and a curse, I'm sure you mean the dwarven capital Kingjewel, correct? The reason why we did what we did was because our lives were threatened and our pride was being put into question. True, that may have been going a little overboard, but we of the Elysium want to make clear that we will retaliate if you threaten us. That was the reason. I'm sorry that we had to ruin your home in the process. What is your name?"
The giant flaming bird was astonished that not only did they understand what she said, but also that she could understand them as well. Shalaphinar looked at each individual closely, and once her eyes met Serene, she knew the reason behind it and said
"Shael irar'vok eshith thal ithith esshith thalithar tharir eshith shael ith'khoor esshith irar shonar an reshar. An, thal eshith'khoor thalithar eshith riirith eshith shalar shael irar. Shaalithar shonarar arith shael irar esshith tharil, shael ith'khoor eshith tharinar esshith thalithar an reshar'khoor esshith thalithar an shael ith'khoor. Shael irar'khoor shanar eshith thalithar arin esshith shathar eshith irith'khoor an esshith shonar irith. Thalithar eshith reshar ar esshith thalithar irar'khoor eshith ressh esshith shael irith."
Shalaphinar flaps her wings aggressively while she speaks.
("I see that you have a peculiar person amongst you that can transmit thoughts and feelings so fluidly. Then again, none of you are simple people in my eyes. So instead of apologizing to me, I should be the one to apologize for those dwarves and their putrid actions. I can already guess the reason why they acted hostile towards you and it makes my blood boil like a raging flame. How dare those dwarves look down on a human with such a massive amount of mana inside them.")
"Shael ith'khoor eshith shalathar'vok an shael irar esshith reshar ar eshith thalar. Thal, shael ithar'vok shal eshith shael irith an shael itharin, shael ithar'khoor, eshith shor: Shael ithar'khoor Shalaphinar Embershthir an shael ithar'khoor shonaleth shal. Arin eshith shonaril shonar esshith shalithar arith esshith shalithar."
("I should go right back where I came from and teach them a lesson. Oh, I almost forgot since I was so outraged, my name is Shalaphinar Embershthir and I am a mighty phoenix. Born from the primordial flames of the previous mes.")
Lud says "It is great to meet you Shalaphinar. What are you doing here exactly?" To which Shalaphinar says
"Shael ithar'khoor eshith irar shael ithar'khoor eshith thalar arin esshith shonar'vok an shael irar arin esshith shael ithar'khoor shanith. Shalithar shael irar shonar eshith shael ithar eshith shonaleth thalathar arin esshith shael ithar'khoor eshith, shael ithar'khoor eshith thalar arin eshith shael irar arin shael ithar. Sshh Shael irar'khoor esshith eshith arin an reshaalin arin eshith ithar arith."
("I simply was going to fly to the gate that lets me go back to the higher realm. Since my previous efforts on getting my beautiful everlasting sanctum fell apart, I need to go find someone new to make it for me. *Sigh* So much time has been wasted and the day of rebirth is coming ever nearer.")
Lud then asks "What are the qualifications for this "everlasting sanctum" and what is the prize?"
To this, Shalaphinar says
"Eshith'khoor eshith arith eshith resshar arin an eshith arin eshith esshal. Eshith'khoor eshith arith eshith shal arin reshar eshith ar eshith ressh aurar arin. Eshith'khoor eshith arith eshith shalar an eshith shonaleth arin esshith esshal'esh ithar. An shanar shael ithar'khoor thalar, shael irar eshith arin an shael irar arin esshith shael ithar'khoor eshith shalithar arin.
Tharil shael'khoor arin eshith shonar'khoor shael. Shalithar shael irar eshith arin eshith thalithar eshith resshar eshith thalithar eshith arin an eshith arin arin. Shael irar arin an shael'khoor eshith arin shael'khoor eshith arin eshith shael ar an shael ithar'khoor eshith irar an arith. Shael irar'vok eshith thalithar shor eshith reshar. An shael'khoor eshith thalar arin esshith itharin shael irar arith'khoor eshith thalithar shalar an arin eshith thalar ar esshith arar shonaleth an eshith shael irar arin."
("It has to be able to withstand the hottest of flames and the movements of time. It has to be able to stand tall even amidst when the world has been swallowed by the sun itself. It has to be a glorious and outstanding achievement of engineering so that I can rest on it eternally in all of my lifetimes. And should I ever have children, I could lay my nest in it and raise them until that life cycle ends.
But as for the prize I'm willing to pay. Previously I have offered to heat those dwarven furnaces for them and keep the heat just right. I can do that and I also can offer some of my feathers and tears if need be. I heard that they are quite sought after items. Though I hope that the next people in charge of building that sanctum know better than try to achieve immortality with the materials I give, or else I have to look for another person to build the everlasting sanctum")
Lud thinks for a moment and then says "If you'd like, we can give it a go." To this, Shalaphinar says "Riiar? Shael ithar'khoor an arith eshith ar?" ("Really? You think you can do that?")
And Lud says "I can ask our manufacturing team. Do you want to come with us?" And Shalaphinar says "Shalar shael irar'khoor an ar. Shael ithar'khoor arith eshith thal?" ("Might as well give it a go. Where are we headed?") And Lud simply says "Follow us. We don't want many people to see how we move. But first, do you have a more inconspicuous form you can take?
Shalaphinar says "Shael ithar'khoor arin shael ithar'khoor thalithar arin. Thalar shanar." ("I can change into my human form. Wait a moment.") And then Shalaphinar is surrounded by flames for a moment, until the flames subside and out comes glamorous Shalaphinar. Sarah even gives a little whistle of astonishment.
Then Shalaphinar says "Rulith eshith ar." ("Lead the way") and then they go to a place where not many people can see them.
Then Lud calls Altair, who then teleports everyone back to Elysium.
Once they are there, Shalaphinar looks around in astonishment at the beauty of the building they are in and the concentration of mana around them.
Altair comes to the group saying "Hey. Looks like you got a new friend with you, care to introduce…" And when Altair looks at Shalaphinar, she says "Shali, shael ithar'khoor esshal reshar ar. Shael ithar'khoor arin? Shael ithar'khoor eshith ar an eshith thalithar eshith shalithar an shael ithar'khoor arar shonaleth arin?" ("Shali, it sure has been a long time. How have you been? Are you here to ask these guys to build that sanctum of yours?")
Shalaphinar looks confused and says "Shael irar. Shael ithar'khoor ar?" ("Hi. Do I know you?") This comes as a shock to Altair, who then mutters with a sad look "Ah right. It's been that long and you must have… So she really meant it back then, huh."
Then Altair turns all cheery and says "Eshith arith eshith. Shael ithar'khoor esshal'khoor eshith ar eshith shael arin shael irar." ("Don't worry about it. I'm sure these guys will help you get what you want") And then Altair leaves before further questions are asked.
Lud says "What was that all about?" To which Xu says "Since phoenixes can be reborn, Miss Altair may have known the previous incarnation of Shalaphinar." To which Shalaphinar says
"Shael irar'ssen eshith ar an. An shael irar'ssen eshith shalithar arith shael ithar'khoor shanithar, eshith shalithar ar shael ithar'khoor shanithar ithar an arin eshith ar? Shael ithar'khoor shanithar eshith arin ar? Shael ithar'khoor irar'ssen eshith an, an shael ithar'khoor irar an reshar. Shael ithar'khoor thalar ar eshith arar itharin eshith shael ar."
("I suspect that to be so. And I further suspect that she was rather close to the previous me, but why didn't the previous me record anything about her? What was the previous me thinking? I must investigate this further, but let's leave that for later. Let's go meet this person who might be able to fulfill my wish")
Lud then says "Right. I'll call the person who might be able to help. One moment." Lud makes a call to Illi while Shalaphinar is deep in thought about Altair's and the previous her's history.
Meanwhile in the town of Lostwood, Li is meeting up with an old "friend" Brinnie. Brinnie had prepared a room with Li and the, and this is the real title, "actual guild master of the middle realm". This actual guild master is an angel named Lotus Bloom and now she and Li were having a nice chat over tea.
Li says to Lotus "So… I have come to the understanding that your guild wants to open a branch in Elysium, correct?" To this, the woman with long white hair and four angel wings says while keeping her eyes closed "Yes. You are indeed about to receive the benefit of having an adventurers guild in that human infested city you call Elysium."
Li is smiling and says "What benefits do your guild offer that isn't done by the Elysium military? We already take care of the monsters around the forest and our connections to the outside world are in good hands." To this Lotus says "If you receive a branch of our guild in your city, you'll have to spend less on the military and pay less."
Li sips his tea and then says "You say that, but aren't most of the adventurers racist towards humans? As you very well should know, our country is governed by a human king and humans are welcomed in our country. Do you think that money comes on top of our citizens' safety?"
Lotus says "I'm sure you need to save up money as much as you can since you are a developing city." To which Li retorts "You say that, but our crime rate is much lower than it is on the outside."
Lotus says "Alas, it would only bring benefits to your city. You would get a wider range of connections to the rest of the middle realm, should you receive a branch there." Li sips some of his tea and says "You say that, but just now we have made a great connection to the territory controlled by demons, the phoenix race and not to mention the Aquila guild. I'd say we are doing quite fine by ourselves."
Lotus says "Don't flatter yourselves. There is no way that a phoenix would lower themselves to talk to a measly human." To this, Li says "I digress. In any case, if you wish to have a guild branch in Elysium, there are certain criteria that must be met by the adventurers and the staff that work inside that guild."
Lotus says "You are giving criteria to us? Quite bold of you to say for a representative of a city state." And Li responds with "It was you who wanted to make connections to Elysium, not the other way around. So if I may be a little bold, I'd say that you should read this paper that I have and sign it if you want that branch to exist in Elysium."
Li hands Lotus a paper and Lotus finally opens her eyes that are golden. She reads it carefully, places it back to the table and says "This is ridiculous. Why should we take extra steps to please your little city state when we have much bigger fish who are begging to have our branch in their cities?"
Li just says "We aren't the ones asking you to come. Feel free to not do so."
Then Li raises up from his seat and starts to walk away. Before he leaves, he asks Brinnie "Was it you who brewed the tea?" To which Brinnie answers "Yeah. It was me who made it."
Then Li says "It was one of the better brews I've had in my life. And trust me, that is high praise." Li then leaves the room.
Brinnie says to Lotus "I'm sorry it didn't work out the way you wanted. Perhaps we can arrange other talks with them in the future in case they change their minds." And Lotus replied while smiling "We'll see if that is necessary. I'm sure that they will be the ones begging for us to extend our generosity in the end."
Brinnie said "Sure" but she had a feeling that Elysium had its bases covered.
When Li came back to Elysium, he gave out a sigh and said "While I dislike the idea of religion, seeing an angel who is supposed to be the closest race to gods still irks me. And while I could feel the gods' gazes in that meeting, I feel that they heavily disliked Ms. Bloom for reasons unknown to me. Then again, if I recall correctly, the angels in the middle realm are called the fallen angels. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that their mindset is similar to other inhabitants of the middle realm. But whatever the case, I'm glad that I could end it as soon as I could."
Li's little corner here again.
This is to make a few things clear on how the wristband works and how the months in Lutah work.
Since some of us feel like we were born to a wrong gender, the details that the wristband can give can be disheartening to some. This is why, when the wearer is trans, the details of what the wristband gives are made gender neutral.
Then there is the thing that the most sharp people had noticed when the wristband gave out information in this chapter. You see, when the wristband's user is male, it will tell the person's weight. On the other hand, when the user is female, the wristband leaves that out in exchange for breast size.
And if we go back to trans people, the wristband gives out a few options to what information the user wants to be shown. Of course, non-trans people can also do so, but it needs more manual work than when a trans person does it.
And since the topic of months came up in this chapter, I'll guide you through how it works in Lutah. You see, in the middle realm, the year is exactly 400 days long, so the concept of year is a little different to what you might be used to. In the lower realm, the year is the usual 365 days long, and in the higher realm, the year is around 446 days long, give or take.
But how it works on the middle realm goes as follows:
January has 33 days.
February has 33 days.
March has 33 days.
April has 34 days.
May has 33 days.
June has 34 days.
July has 33 days.
August has 33 days.
September has 34 days.
October has 33 days.
November has 34 days.
December has 33 days.
Each season has been given around 100 days, though it can change depending on many factors in the planet and its orbit.
This is how it works on the middle realm, and I presume that I don't have to explain how it works on the lower realm. Higher realm however, well, we'll leave that to be explained in the future. Perhaps, some of you might go and try to figure it out for yourselves, but trust me, it is a little more complicated than it is in the lower and the middle realms.
As for how months worked on Odysseium, well each month has its own meaning in its name. There are also multiple variations of months in Odysseium, so people from two different cultures might name them differently, but the general consensus is that there are 13 months in Odysseium.
That's it for now. See you in the future chapters. Bye.