Their gazes were locked as Jack entered into the room, her eyes following him up untill the point he sat on his chair.
"And this is my first son, and my next successor Asriel, a very shy boy" Aldermond laughed cheerfully as he introduced the two.
Jack clicked his tongue as he heard Aldermond words.
'Tch, I'm not shy.' Jack thought as he took his sit.
The sight was no longer new to him, the grand walls of the palace and the exquisite design of the table...Truly royalty.
Several dishes were placed all over the table, the smell of grilled meat filled the air along with cooked vegetables, steaming hot from the white bowls on which they were placed.
'This is it, the life of a true prince...Not worrying over your life for every second' Jack sighed weakly at the thought.
He pulled a bowl of meatballs to his side, helping himself out.
His tongue was watched with grease as he savored the wonderful taste of freshly grilled meat filled with mana, high quality.
Something only true royals could enjoy.
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"An easier way to earn free mana points" The refreshing feeling went through his entire body, making him momentarily forget his troubles.
"So, my lady. I herd of the demise if your mom, is this true?" Aldermond took the initiative, entering with a heated topic.
The lady apparently was not interested in eating anything, she merely watched in her own thoughts as she scanned her eyes around at the family.
The guards who sat by her side also refrained from touching anything, as though it was an automatic command.
"Indeed, the previous lady has passed on, and her soul has entered into the realm of souls. We pray for her successful entry into the heavens." She calmly replied as she sat.
Jack stared daggers at her, hoping to see through the veil that covered her face.
He calmly listened in on the conversation, hoping it would stray them away from the actual reason for their arrival.
"I won't like to waste too much time, so I'll get straight to the point with the actual reason why I'm here." She said, her tone as sharp as ever.
She was really in for the business, it made Jack wonder if she was really a little kid, or another sould trapped in a toddlers body, just like he was.
'I guess she did pick a lot from her mother,' Aldermond smiled wryly at the thought of this.
"So what is it that you want to speak of, please let me know?"Aldermond forced a smile as he asked.
"The peace treaty we signed with Kingdom Avalonia... Those unholy pigs cannot be trusted. They can always try to pull some strings in the back" Her tone steamed with disgust as she said these words.
"But it was under your mom's orders that we decided to sign peace with them, so far they do not interfer with our country matters" Aldermond replied, his forehead creased.
"As you can see, my mom has passed away and recently our forces along the borders have informed me of recent trends that the Avalonians have been pulling. They seem to be preparing fir something."
"I understand your concern, little one, but we cannot go against the contract, we have been at peace for too long to suddenly start preparing for a war and the other two Kingdoms are yet to chose sides." Aldermond quickly declined her request.
The request wasn't something he could carry out just oj a short notice. They currently had no powerful forces or foothold against the Avalonian Kingdom, the kingdom of swords.
Although, as mages they could have the advantage of distance, but ultimately the number of soldiers amassed by the kingdom in question was far too frightening.
Hughiner the kingdom of beast and Eloria the kingdom of alchemist had refrained from giving any helping hands to the long strife between the two kingdoms.
They didn't want to be involved, and they simply helped the two nations equally, so far it involved multiple sums of money being paid for the service.
Aldermond was married to the daughter of the kingdom of Eloria, and that was his second wife Hera.
But if that was to be considered an advantage, the rogue king of the kingdom of swords was equally smart enough to get married to the daughter of the kingdom of beast Gwenneta.
Jack listened carefully on their discussion, he was already aware of the long strife between the two kingdoms and he knew this was all because of the church.
The kingdom of Swords was yet to swear their allegiance to the church, and they simply killed off any member of the church that trespassed their terrains.
However, the church already had a strong foothold in the country before they were chased away.
With them they adopted several more children of which now worked solely for the church.
Carrying the emblem in their hearts.
Because of the way they acted towards the church, they were considered as enemies to the churches progress and unbelievers as well.
But Jack of course already knew the reason behind the action of the Rogue king of swords.
The church was gathering too much of an influence on all four kingdoms, adopting people from each kingdom as their own.
Slowly they were growing into a formidable force that perhaps couldn't be matched by any of the other kingdoms.
The Rogue king was simply afraid of what effects thei would have on his kingdom as a whole, and the fear of being completely overruled by the church.
As such he made drastic actions to chase the church away from his kingdom completely.
'The bro was simply smart, I mean it's quite clear what the church is ploting' Jack thought to himself as he watched calmly, waiting for the reply from the lady.
"Very well, I'll watch as you have said, I have no right to disrespect my elders. But our actions will be determined after the conventional academy has been created as planned. There, we will note their actions and determine if they pose no threat to us... But do not say I didn't warn" Alisha said, with a sigh of resignation.
"That aside, I have also come on my mother's behalf to bless the two royals, I'm sorry that we took so much time. Too much needed to be arranged and put in place. Please may they come forward." She added as she looked towards Jack and Arin.
Jack swallowed, this was what he had been trying to avoid, but at this point their was no running away.
Arwen confused his worried face with that of shyness as she came forward offering him a hand.
Seeing the hand Jack didn't know whether to cry or just laugh it out.
'You really need a spank in the butt right now! I guess old man over there is doing a bad work' Jack cursed inwardly, holding the urge to curse out loudly.
"Don't worry I'll go by myself" Jack said with a forced smile as he left her hands hanging, walking past her.
He walked calmly towards the lady.
'I guess this is it'