Aslan...! Aslaaan??
Seeing that Aslan suddenly fell I call his name
He's not dying right??
Snoring out loud!!
Me lord, I think he's so exahousted from the long battle after the long chase!
Am so worried that I need to check his vitalities mine self, so I put mine hand on his chest...
His heart beat seems normal to me
What about his temperature??
Also normal, I think..
Sigh~
Will check on him again after some rest, for now I cover him with mine cape, so he doesn't become vulnerable to cold, sleeping at his right side, I sit down close enough so he use mine thigh as a pillow and stop snoring.
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Me lord??
Call the guests head here
Yes me lord
I won't get anything from the sleepy head, most likely not before tomorrow morning, so I want to at least hear the guests themselves.
I want to know
Can I trust them?
Not as allies, I can't decide whether they're friends or foes this instant, it's way too soon to decide that
But I must see for me self if they're hostile
If not, then I can sleep without worries...
Shadee! Why that many?
I asked for one person to come, yet he brought a group of people??
Like for example, I can guess that man might be the army commander, but what's with this woman?? And that elder who might be a mere servant? Or is he with that woman and kid??
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Me sincerest apologies lord, Adnan suggested these people to meet me lord as the representatives...
So it was Adnan's idea Huh!!
I am Hadz De. Purifier the EMPEROR...
Hmm?!
Why most of them took mine words as a joke?
Had I said something funny?
Uhh!? Even Shadee!!
What are you waiting for? Present yourselves.
So he express a serious tone after the chuckle, I will ask him about it later.
Your majesty, I'm Nazar, the first personal of the late duke Megalo M. Of the house Sven..
The wise elder in black suite introduce himself in a respectful manner, but...!
What is your role coming here?
Rather than first aid or personal, he looks like a servant, am not trying to belittle him, but this is how his suite tells about him.
Ahem, me lord!! A first personal is the one to take the lead after the head, this happens when there's no heir, as this little kid can't replace his deceased father...
Shadee interfere to explain, so this kid is illegal heir of sort??
Then I assume that would be his mother, maybe the hidden lover of the said late duke!!
I won't ask about a family matter, unless it's something important, might as well they mention it themselves.
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So the next four...
Each is a head of his people
Like that one, as expected, he represent the knights of the sven house, though I don't get why he's not that Nazar underling
To his right side is the woman that represent the mercenary guild
She's not cute at all by the way..!!
The last two brothers are fatties, one of them is the merchant who manage the logistic matters, while his one year older brother support and protect him...
What a combination we have here
With this I assume the late sven duke been betrayed or something
Now that each of them introduced themselves, where to start??
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May I speak your majesty?
The grey head asks for permission
Let's hear what he have to say first!
Speak.
My thanks to your majesty...
Regarding our destination, we were marching to the west, to settle down in the Marajang kingdom, the reason simply because the ruined family have no place in our home country to stay after the big coup...
Why stopped now?? Speak your mind.
Shadee ask the man to continue
It's not wise of him to stop at this point
My deepest apology your majesty, I'm getting older and older, an old man's wish is to live the rest of his life peacefully, and after all that happened after the late duke, I find myself not suitable at all to reestablish the house...
Hold your horse right there old Nazar!! What are you implying here? Haah!?
The knights' head interrupted Nazar in a mad tone, so this is why he's not Nazar's underling, their relationship is not the best
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Know your place pleb...
Shadee shout and rise his spear
And so the rest of mine clones alerted
But... Pfffts
He called him pleb!! haha
I chuckled a bit, almost laughed out
Strangers, you're not to fight here about family matters, and you mr Nazar!! Did you misunderstand why you've been called here??
Although I act calm and serious
Please let's calm down, is what me heart scream...
Your majesty want to know what we were doing in the Dark Forest and what are we going to do later on, I assume..!!
So?
The thing is that we don't have the means to continue the sven blood line elsewhere...
Nazar...!
The knights' head shout again in denial
Our goal was to achieve milord's last wish, but nothing went as planned, at first we had to run, then again changed the plan to cross the deadly dark forest as our last resort, but then again we barely managed to survive at the middle, needless to say.. going to the other side of the forest, even if we achieve that!! what's next??
So the old man ignored his knight and kept talking about the endless struggles, without details at all.
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Hmpf, we the mercenary guild, will get the big gold next.., nothing changes either way!
The mercenary guild representative answer imply that the sven family will declare bankruptcy, or so I assume..!!
I will be so glad to stop here and achieve my old friend's will, as it might be a safer place than the Marajang kingdom.
The eldest fattie happily declare in agreement with mr. Nazar, perhaps the idea of the sven house settling here would lessen the financial burden on him, or his young brother!!
Let's assume that everyone here including me agreed on the idea at hand, okey!!
What would this mean to me??
What about the knight's faction?
I ask the knights' head, because whatever decision I come to, it means nothing if he's the hostile kind..
What's in it for me? For us, the knights?
Whoa... there!?
What an unexpected reaction
Rather than on spot opposition, he asks about the benefits for the knights faction??
Should I say "no wonder that the sven house went in ruin"..?