A SUGGESTION TO THE QUEEN OF DEMONS
"You know him? Does he know about our plans?" Lord Nomzene asked Yasidee.
"His father knows people inside the Church who told them that war is imminent, which is the reason they bought all the grains from the market, to profit from the war", Yasidee told Nomzenes.
"That is smart for a merchant. Do they have other plans besides buying all the grain? Perhaps I can learn a trick or two from these slick merchants and offer the advice to the Queen," Nomzenes asked Yasidee.
"Yes, actually they have. I heard Oriese bragging about stealing all the treasures of the Church", Yasidee told Nomzenes.
"This is interesting. Elaborate", Nomzenes asked Yasidee.
"The sources who told the Kaleons about the imminent war in Staari city, also told them that all the treasures and wealth of the church are now stored inside space artifacts, Faberge eggs, which are kept closely guarded", Yasidee told the Demonlord.
"Why didn't the Church send those treasures back to Elis by now?" Nomzenes asked him.
"The wealth is innumerable. The Church dare not move the treasure without a large escort of Apostles. I believe the Apostles are judging the situation in the frontlines, if they are losing the war, they will bring all the wealth of the Church back to Elis, otherwise the treasures stay in Staari city", Yasidee told Nomzenes.
"These merchants are truly cunning. Do they plan to steal from the church?" Nomzenes asked Yasidee.
"They couldn't possibly pull something like that. The Queen on the other hand may have the means to do it. All the treasures of the Church of All-seeing in the Ten-Kingdoms will help the Queen's glorious army greatly", Yasidee suggested to Lord Nomzenes.
"I will discuss this with the Queen's advisor. As for you, if this turns out to be true, it will be a merit to your family but if this is a waste of my time, I will have your head and the heads of your family", Lord Nomzenes told Yasidee as Yenen quickly knelt before the Demonlord to apologize.
"Why aren't you pleading for your life boy, like your father?" Nomzenes asked Yasidee.
"Why is there a need to plead if what I tell is the truth. I should await my merit from the Queen instead", Yasidee told the Demonlord.
"Hahaha, this is the type of character that our army needs. You have a good son, Yenen. Almost as good as the cunning son of the merchant who cornered the grains market", Lord Nomzenes told Lord Yenen.
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"You gave me a scare there with the master, Yasidee", Lord Yenen said to his son.
"The master is not scary if we give him what he wants", Yasidee told his father.
"You seem to be different today", Lord Yenen said to his son.
"I must be different. That Oriese became famous because he can help his father's business, I will be useful to you too, father", Yasidee told Lord Yenen.
"That is more like my son. And now that you have seen the master, you know where our loyalties lie. I will give you more responsibilities to shoulder", Lord Yenen said to Yasidee.
"Of course, father, anything for the family", Yasidee told Lord Yenen.
"You shall inspect and monitor our smith and factories. Make sure they produce the master's weapons on time", Lord Yenen told Yasidee.
"I will make sure the Demonlords will have the armor to kill those Eunuch Apostles", I told Lord Yenen.
"You are beginning to sound like that Nomzenes, cut it out will you. Remember, our loyalty lies with our family, not the demons or apostles", Lord Yenen told his son.
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"There's a demon conspiracy going on in the House of Ermane", Meera said to me when I returned to Yasidee's room after returning a replica of the Lamp of Blaze into the vault.
"You are lucky they didn't check the Lamp for authenticity", Ratatouilled said to me.
"They won't if it was the Lord's son who brought it back. Besides it was rather useless furniture unless you knew its worth which only the Lord knew", I replied to him.
"What is the Demonlord doing here in Ermane's family?" Cassandra asked us.
"You didn't hear them? They want to build Mithrium armors for the Demonlords", Ratatouille told Cassandra.
"Why would the demons need Mithrium armor for? The demons themselves are armed to the teeth with their own body armor?" Cassandra asked me.
"In their last battle in Haverly fortress, the High Apostles threatened the Demonlords with their long Mithrium swords. I believe that is the Demonlords' Achilles heels, their weakness", I said to them.
"So, Mithrium armor will help the Demonlords?" Cassandra asked me.
"It will probably be useful against the High Apostle's Mithrium Longsword. It doesn't guarantee they will block Mithrium sword attacks entirely, but it will block many strikes coming from the High Apostles", I explained to them.
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"Why are you here young master", the smith asked Yasidee.
"I came to look for some good armor. What are you making now, master smith?" Yasidee asked the smith.
"Ermm..the Lord made us keep this a secret", he told Yasidee.
"Oh, don't worry I already know it. It's the Mithrium armors, isn't it? My father asked me to check on your progress," Yasidee asked the smith.
"Oh, the Lord told you about it, young master", he replied to his young master, relieved that he didn't have to keep a secret from his young master who wasn't always nice to servants who refused to answer him.
"I want to have a look at the armor", Yasidee said to the smith as he was brought into the workshop to inspect the armors.
There were thousands of large armor and shields being made here and they were made for abnormally large humans.
"Who could fit in these large armors young master, do you know?" the smith asked Yasidee.
"That is not a question for you to ask", Yasidee replied to the smith who immediately kept his quiet.
The armor was designed to be worn by someone much bulkier than the average person. Only Demonlords were that huge in size.
"When would the armors be completed?" Yasidee asked the smith.
"They are almost done. In a month's time they would all be ready", the smith replied to Yasidee.
"What armor would you like to have young master?" The Smith asked the young master.
"The same as those, but for my size", Yasidee said to him.
"I'm sorry young master the Lord made all of them this large. We don't have enough materials to make another one for you", he said to Yasidee pointing at those oversized armors, a little afraid that he would be smacked on the face for refusing the young master.
"Fine", the young master replied to him before he left the workshop.
"Today is my lucky day", the smith said to himself in his mind.
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After leaving the Ermane's family workshop, I returned to the Kaleon family and waiting for me there was Oriese's father.
"Oriese, I've something for you. You have been a very good son recently and helped us a lot in our business. I want to reward you with something. Tell me what you would like?" Lord Orol asked his son.
"I don't know but can I choose?", Oriese asked him back in return.
"Of course, Hagar, bring the young master to the family vault to choose any armor or artifacts that he likes", Lord Orol instructed his loyal steward.
"Thanks, father", I told him.
So, I followed Hagar into the Kaleon family vault and there were many stuffs here, but I already took everything that I needed from the Ermanes, so there wasn't much that I needed from here.
"What do you think I should take?" I asked Ratatouille in my mind.
Ratatouille was always in my soul realm whenever I had a chance to pick treasures.
"Erm...Oh my goodness..that..the Orb of Alteration. They have another one here", Ratatouille told me.
"I'll have that Orb", I told Hagar.
"Young master, this is a rare magical artifact that is made in the land of the Supreme Mages. I am curious what do you want to do with it? Even we don't know what it does. It's been lying under dust in the family since forever," Hagar asked me.
"Father said I can have anything that I wanted. Isn't that, right, Hagar? It's rude not to take something," I asked him in return, and he kept quiet and gave the artifact to me wondering again what I would do with it.
Like the Lamp of the Blaze, the Orb of alteration was a rare and powerful artifact but useless to those who weren't aware of its use. After taking the Orb I was about to return when I sensed something that vibed with my magic.
"I'll have this as well", I told Hagar while pointing to the Shard of Light in the drawer.
"Is there anything else that you want, young master? We will be moving all these treasures to Tarah city soon", Hagar asked me.
"The Demon army will attack in a month's time. Make sure most of our properties are off-loaded by then", I told Hagar.
"Yes, young master", he replied to me.
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