Chapter 300: Meeting King Henry
"Sonia, tell the king that we have arrived." I spoke to Sonia as soon as she appeared.
Right now, we are right above the royal castle of Varadis Kingdom. High in the sky, we are riding on top of Spot"s head. A Giant Serpent who have destroyed and killed a lot of people in the last one thousand years, while being extremely friendly toward me wand my friends as soon as he found out that I"m an Aura user. Good thing he has become our friend now.
And now thanks to his children, some areas of the sea are safe to travel. I just hope they won"t cause trouble to the fishermen. But while we"re on the way, we had a chat and Spot told me that his children only satisfied by eating deep sea monsters. Which is difficult for any fishermen to catch. I guess it will be fine then.
"Whoa! So fast!" Sonia is impressed seeing that we"re already in Varadis.
"Yeah. Can you tell the king for me? Right now, he"s all alone. So, it should be fine for you to go to his location. If he said that he can"t meet us right away, we"ll play around in the capital first." I said.
"I see. I"ll go to him right away." Sonia disappeared after she said that.
"So, are we going to get him into our alliance against the Evil Cult?" Spot asked.
"He"s already in. But he doesn"t know me yet. Since that self-proclaimed Evil G.o.d killed all Aura users in the past, there are no one else other than me who can use Aura. At least from everyone I met. Which is why I"m the most important person in this alliance. And I don"t have anyone who has a talent in awakening their Aura around me. I have told many people how to do it, but none of them are capable yet." I explained.
"Oh. My Master was barely awakened his Aura a few days after he summoned me for the first time. He said that he practiced how to do it for over ten years already at the time. Which is why he"s very happy. And I was happy with him even though I still don"t understand anything about Aura yet. I came to know later that awakening Aura is so difficult." Spot said.
"And yet this guy awakened his Aura just after a few months." Victoria interrupted our talk.
"It was because I have experienced it in my past life. Once my physical strength is about as strong as in my previous life, I can use Aura instantly since I have experienced the feeling of using Aura. And now, I"m way stronger than I am in my past life." I said proudly.
While chatting, Sonia returned back to us.
"How is it, Sonia?" I asked.
"We can go in right away. He also said that he will introduce us to someone who will be his heir." Sonia said.
"Oh! Old man has decided already? He"s going to retire soon?" Albert asked.
"Yes. His heir is his son called Keith. He"s calling him now."
"Then we"ll wait until that guy entered the room." Albert said.
No one noticed that I used a slightly serious tone when I said that. Why? It"s because after we stopped here, I can see that there are a lot of people here who has explosive devices in their mouth. While we were flying, I can"t see much because we are going too fast. But now we stopped, I can see everything clearly.
If it like this, it should be soon when the fate of this kingdom will be similar to Arturo where the king is replaced by a fake.
Good thing we arrived here quickly. It"s thanks to Spot.
From now, until I met the king of Arturo, I won"t stop in any other place other than for resting. Or maybe doing some clean up as well.
I have been doing this mission lightly from the start. Just like how we ended up in the hot spring and retrieving the diamond mine to the Empire. I guess I should be more serious about this mission.
The king"s heir entered the room, and I waited until the king seems to have finished explaining things.
While the king down there is explaining things to his heir, we in the sky also discussing something.
And now, it"s finally time to meet the king. And while doing so, all of us are wearing black robe of Blobbies to make us feel mysterious.
"Ready?" Spot asked.
"Yeah. Just bring us down. Once we"re in front of the window, you can turn smaller while I take everyone with me entering his chamber." I said.
"Let"s go!" Spot said.
Quickly, all of us entered the king"s chamber through the window, and see two people in it. The king of Varadis, Henry, and his son, Keith.
As soon as we entered, Albert quickly grabbed King Henry and put him down.
"What is the meaning of this!?" King Henry shouted, but I already used Air Barrier around the chamber to not let any sound out of the chamber. No one can hear us from the outside.
"Play along, old man." Albert whispered in a low voice to not let his son heard him.
King Henry jolted when he recognized Albert"s voice.
"Who the h.e.l.l are you people!?" This time, it"s Keith who shouted.
"Don"t you remember me?" Celestine asked as she showed him her face.
"Lady Celestine! I thought you died!" Keith said.
How rude! Not thinking that Celestine died of course. But recognizing her from her b.r.e.a.s.t.s instead of her face.
And that is the proof that he"s a member of the cult. One of Celestine"s worshipper. Well, other than the explosive device in his mouth.
"I"m still alive. I played dead because of Veronica. I"m looking for her to kill her so it will be best if she thinks that I"m dead." Celestine said.
Turns out, Celestine"s real goal in coming here is because she knows that the prince of this kingdom is her worshipper. I just found out about it while we"re still in the sky when I told everyone that this guy is a cult member. Well, as long as she"s still on our side, everything should be okay.
"It"s good to see you well! But seems like we will have some guests arriving soon." Keith said.
"No problem. They"re already dead. We killed them on the way here." Celestine lied.
"I see! By the way, some of us already decided to find another person to sub in for your position. But I refused since there"s only you who can do it!"
Do what exactly? She"s a faction leader just because of her b.o.o.bs! Do what? Jiggle-jiggle?
"What is the meaning of this, Keith!?" King Henry who realized what happened shouted in anger.
"It"s like this, father. You have been sitting on the throne for a long time without announcing your heir, so I asked for help. And finally, soon, this kingdom will be mine! While I"m at it, Lady Celestine, if you don"t mind, you can be the queen of this kingdom." Keith shamelessly proposed to Celestine.
"You already rejected me once though?" Celestine said.
"…what?"
"Oh! So, it"s really you! You have grown up into a beautiful lady." King Henry said calmly despite the position he"s currently in.
"Huh?"
"So… the play is over?" I asked.
"What?"
Keith is confused with our conversation. Though I didn"t expect that King Henry still remembers that Celestine was the princess of the Empire who was almost became his daughter-in-law.
In his confusion, I quickly run toward him, grabbed his jaw with my left hand while my right hand is inside his mouth to pluck out the explosive device.
I quickly threw the explosive device to Albert who caught it as soon as he released King Henry from his hold. Then I grabbed the Magic Restriction Collar in my pocket that I have prepared before and wrap it on Keith"s neck.
"d.a.m.n! I was just here for a greeting, but the first person I met is already a cult member! Old man, you almost give your kingdom to the cult." I said.
"Sorry. You"re Roy, right? Nice to meet you in this not so nice situation. But thanks to you, my kingdom is saved. Though about that Celestine… you"re really the former princess of Consenza, right? I thought you were dead. And Keith also thought you were dead. You played dead twice?" King Henry asked.
"We"ll explain later. For now, we have something more important, Old man." Albert said as he removed the hood covering his face.
"You! You"re the King of Tatrama! Lady Celestine, what is the meaning of this!?" Keith shouted.
"It means both Veronica and I played dead and betrayed the cult. I always hated it when you tried to use any means to get close to me in the past, but thanks to that, you stupidly told me who you are. That"s why I come up with this plan to make you told your father everything." Celestine said.
Well, that"s not really everything. But if his goal is just to ask for help to get the throne, I guess you can call it everything.
"Keith, I"m disappointed in you. You"re no longer fit to be the king of this country anymore. I"ll continue ruling this kingdom until I find the right heir." King Henry said.
What a way to have our first meeting. But seeing his reaction, I think King Henry is someone we can trust.
But still, this city has too many cultists around. It must be thanks to Keith"s power that he let those people in. It will take a while for me to clean up everything. But for now, we need to have a discussion first.