"Where are you taking me? If you're wondering, I'm not expecting anything fancy or over the top.", I asked Hinata, who was guiding me somewhere. Probably some palace to stay or something.
"It's a place you can stay while I talk to some people."
"That's fine, but what about my horse? He needs somewhere to stay.", I was fine, but Dun Stallion needed his space.
"What do you need?".
"He needs one and a half acres of land or a 12-foot by 12-foot stable. And that's the minimum. Can you provide that? I can consider other alternatives if you have any.", I told her and she stopped in her tracks and looked back at me with a face of mild confusion. "What?".
"It's not that I can't provide that, but how much room do you need again?"
"He needs at least one and a half acres of land or a 12-foot by 12-foot stable at the minimum. I give him a lot more at home, but for a temporary stay, that should be enough. Why?", I don't know why she seemed confused. This is pretty standard for a horse.
"How much is that in meters?", Oh yeah. I forgot she's also from Japan.
"I don't know. Just show me what's available. I can eyeball the land or space approximately."
"Alright."
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It took a few tries, but I eventually found something that I wanted. It was a small house that had a large field with pasture. It was perfect for Dun Stallion. I don't mind the small house. As long as I had a roof over my head, that was fine by me. Dun Stallion was already grazing on the land when I finished settling in.
"You can stay here. I'll be back.", Hinata was about to leave, but I told her one last thing before she left.
"You know, I would be careful around your group. Try not to let them run wild as soon as you tell them about me. I think you know some 'saints' in your group who only follow you cause they respect your strength and not you as a person. And don't get me started on those luminaries or whatever they're called. I know you're a smart person, Hinata, and I'm confident you know what I'm talking about."
Hinata stood there contemplating what I told her. I know she has suspicions about what I just told her. If I were her, the only person I would trust is Luminous. Those "great saints" spend more time bickering than actually doing anything. I find it amusing every time I think of them saying they're stronger than the demon lords.
"I'm leaving.", that's all she said. Oh man, I can only imagine what's going to happen now. Wait, I can totally listen in on their conversation. I just need to go into spirit form. The only one who could probably sense me would be Luminous, but she doesn't attend those saint meetings or whatever. Who was it? Roy? Or the other guy? I know one of them got killed by Laplace cause he was trying to find that coffin or something where Chloe or Chronoa is. Speaking of Laplace, is he still going to try and steal that? I hope he does, that way I can kill him and take care of another plan. I don't plan on any of them living. I'll make sure to destroy their physical, spiritual, and astral bodies, which is going to be very easy, barely an…you get the idea.
"Ah, I'll just wait and see if Laplace shows up. I'm not going to worry about those saints.", I decided not to worry too much about it. I'll just find something to do while I wait.
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Luminous, vampire and "goddess" of the Lubelious Kingdom. With white hair and heterochromatic eyes, she was a beauty that would turn heads. Unfortunately for her, at this moment she was troubled and confused by the chain of events that had been happening. Certain things that were supposed to happen have been happening, but they were either out of order, ahead or behind, done differently, had a different outcome, and other things. Simply put, things were out of wack.
"Lady Luminous, may I come in? I have important news to tell you.", Luminous was taken out of her contemplating when she heard Hinata's voice outside her door. Hinata, another thing that didn't go as she was told. She lost her fight against the slime. Not that it would've mattered anyway, since Falmuth's army might as well have been training and practice for the monster nation, now empire.
"You can come in, Hinata.", she gave permission to Hinata to enter. She needed some kind of news that could help her.
Hinata entered the room and stood at attention.
"Come on, Hinata, you don't need to act like that in front of me. Especially not when it's just us two alone in my room.", Luminous gave a sultry to Hinata. Hinata didn't respond to her, being used to things like this. "Alright, Hinata, what is it that you want to tell me?".
"Artoria Pendragon from the Tempest Empire is here and she wants to have a meeting with the ten saints.", Hinata was straightforward with the issue. She told it how it is without sugarcoating the issue.
Luminous sighed at what Hinatat told her. Things really didn't seem to be going at all how it was supposed to. And it was this Artoria Pendragon that seemed to be the cause of it. The only silver lining here was that at least she was following the path of events somewhat, but she had a feeling things were going to get out of hand soon.
"Is it just her? Surely she must've come with some kind of guard, even if this kingdom is extremely hostile to monsters."
"It's just her. She came alone. The only companion she brought is her horse."
"What?"
Luminous was surprised this time. To come alone to enemy territory was almost madness. She must either be very strong, confident, arrogant, or some kind of mix of all of them.
"I assume you've met her already. What do you make of her? Is she strong? Can you beat her? What does she look like and is she beautiful?", Luminous asked Hinata, who let out a small sigh at the last question she asked her.
"She's strong. Very strong. She has a sort of air around her that radiates royalty, majesty, authority, respect, and other things. When I interfered in a small conflict between our knights and her, I could see some kind of natural respect and reverence coming from our knights, like it was something that was meant to be. To be honest, I don't think I can win or at the very least, it would be very, very tough battle. As for your last question, she has long blond hair and green eyes. I think you would be attracted to her."
Her response was a bit long, but that told Luminous plenty. For Hinata to admit to not being able to win told her many things implicit about Artoria. Not just anyone could do this. She believed that if Veldora, that dumb lizard, were to revive, she would probably offer to go take him out herself and think she could win.
"Is there anything else you know?"
"Well, her name."
"We already know her name, Hinata.", Luminous replied sounding a bit annoyed.
"Sorry. Let me elaborate. Her name is very well known in my world. Specifically her last name. Pendragon. In my world, there's a story about a legendary king named Arthur Pendragon. He had a large kingdom, slayed many monsters, and led grand adventures. There are other things, but that is the very simplified version."
"Well, it seems that the King Arthur in your stories actually exists. And as a woman, it seems. Kind of funny. I wonder how many male figures in your world are actually women. Maybe this King Arthur was actually a woman and just hid it from everyone. Enough about that, where is she now?"
"She's staying in a house with a large field for now."
"Just give her the meeting the the saints. I trust you'll be able to control them. I doubt things will get too out of hand."
Just as Luminous finished talking a loud knock and shout was heard at her door.
"LADY LUMINOUS! LADY LUMINOUS! VERY BAD NEWS! I NEED TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW!"
"Louis? Hinata, open the door now. He wouldn't be like this."
Hinata hastily went and opened the door, letting, Louis Valentine, the Holy Emperor of Lubellious in. He was panting and clearly in panic.
"Luois what is happening. Tell me now.", Luminous wasted no time in getting the information from him.
"One of the luminaries has gone missing! The sun luminary is missing! We fear the worst!"
"WHAT!?", Hinata was shocked hearing this. She knew who the luminaries were. T the normal people they were something of a myth or legend, but they existed. She had to pass their trials to be where she is now. And as much as she had her suspicions or doubts about them, one of them don't just go missing.
"Damn it. Things are really not going as I thought.", Luminous muttered to herself. She didn't really care all that much for the luminaries. Not anymore at least, but she knew they still needed to be alive for now.
"How many people know?", Luminous asked Louis.
"Me, Roy, you two, and the other luminaries."
"Ok. Don't let this information spread around. I want you to keep this information concealed. Don't let anybody else know about this."
"Yes, Lady Luminous.", Louis responded and quickly left the room to settle the matter.
"Well, Hinata, at least your saints don't know about this. Just act like nothing happened. That's about all we can do."
"Understood, Lady Luminous."