Chương 184: Chapter 167. Introductions In Darkheim

The crowd of people all evacuated to another room that was to the right of the Throne Room. /BANG! / After they all left, the girl who tried to attack me tried to stand up, but the effects of Deacceleration caused her to fall onto her face again.

"... Say... Marquess Drake, could you release my Little Sister from whatever Spell you used on her?" Prince Delcan awkwardly asked if I could release the Spell." She's a Princess?"" Is it really that surprising?" My eyes naturally went to the girl currently trying to crawl on all fours to somehow tackle me. Once her fingers got close to my ankles, I move a few feet to the left. I looked back up to see Delcan and the Queen with somewhat tired expressions on their faces.

The King was currently being calmed down by the Queen who was also keeping an eye on Delcan and me as we spoke." I'll release her. But can you come here and stop her from trying to attack me again, Prince Delcan?" Delcan nodded his head and came down the stairs and grabbed his sister by her shoulders. I released the Deacceleration Magic on her." How dare you!" The Princess, who was obviously angry at what my Spell had done to her, yelled in anger." Char! Calm down!"" How can I be calm!? A Human is here!"

Seems that whole "Humans aren't our favorite guests" thing wasn't for show? The Princess was still struggling in Delcan's arms." He's a Guest that Father asked to come here! Calm yourself down, Char!"" Then why were they about to attack him!? Tell me that, Del!"" Because your father misread my words. I see you take after your father in terms of your tempers. If you both would calm down and listen to me, I can explain how this was all based on a misunderstanding."

The girl seemed to hear my words and seemed to realize that I wasn't trying to start a fight." If I don't buy your excuse, I'll kill you myself!"" Charlotte!" Delcan was shocked by the words of his sister. I take a look at the siblings and their parents. The relationships of the family were beginning to become clearer to me. The Queen and Delcan seemed to have cooler heads that calmed down the short-tempered, and what seems to be somewhat biased, King and Princess."

Try to harm Our Husband and I'll show you why the Humans fear us, Princess of the Dark Elves." I sighed as I heard Sarah's voice coming from behind me. Despite the lack of her voice, I could tell Anna was thinking something similar to Sarah. I coughed before speaking as I wanted everyone to hear me speak." I'd like to again, remind everyone, that My Wives and I are here to discuss the Elf attack against us, as well as to show that we bear no ill will towards the Dark Elves.

I expect us all to be working in support of that goal." Once I confirmed the King and Princess heard my words, I then turned to Delcan." Are there any other siblings I should be concerned will come and try to attack me?" Delcan looked at me confused for a moment and then thought about his answer." No, Big Brother and Big Sis are currently in other places, so they shouldn't arrive here." I nodded to Delcan's words." Shall we take this conversation to another room, Marquess Drake?"

You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. The Queen asked to move us to another room." If the Queen feels it's best to do that, by all means, please lead the way." With my words, the Queen and King began to walk to the left side of the Throne Room. They entered a big green wooden door. Sarah, Anna and I followed Delcan and his sister as they led us to the room as well. Charlotte was the first to enter into the room, followed quickly by her brother.

Once we made it into the room, there was a giant round table with what seemed to be around 30 seats placed all around it. The King and Queen sat down, and their children followed suit, Delcan sat beside the King and Charlotte sat beside the Queen. I felt it was strange that the similar child and parent were separated, but I decided not to say anything about it. I sat opposite the King and Sarah and Anna sat down next to me." You mentioned a "secret" that would allay My Husband's concerns, Marquess Drake?""

Yes, I did." I nodded to the Queen's words." Before that, I think it'd be best to start this conversation with a fresh start. So, I'd like to start with introducing ourselves." The Queen turned to the King and gave him a smile every husband is familiar with. The smile that means "go along with this or we're going to be arguing a lot after this!", I thought about how Sarah and Anna had only used that look on me twice before today. pinch! pinch!

I then used my best poker face to hide the fact that Sarah and Anna were pinching me. How do they know what I'm thinking? I didn't mean that made them bad wives! I was thinking how lucky I was! Honest!" Nice to meet you, my name is Leonard Nyx, I am the King of the Dark Elves." The King introduced himself as I was slowly panicking about my Wives' ability to read my thoughts. I mean, how the hell do they do it?... Wait, I need to pay attention.

Regardless, unlike when we arrived, the King's eyes were filled with annoyance at me. Strange, I guess since I know if I needed to, I could get away from here with Sarah and Anna, I'm not that worried about the King being up in arms because of something he decided to assume. Honestly, his actions remind me of a child acting out. Considering that his wife and son acted the way they did, that temper of his seems to be a matter of course for him.

Maybe the Queen is the one really responsible for keeping the King of the Dark Elves so mysterious and isolated from the world? In other words, she knows there's a high chance he would blow up at something minor or from misreading the intent behind someone's words like he did mine." My name is Crystal Nyx, I'm the Queen of the Dark Elves." The Queen smiled at us after she introduced herself." My name is Charlotte Nyx. I'm the 2nd Princess of Darkheim... Hmph."

Charlotte introduced herself and looked away from me with what looked like annoyance in her eyes. Now that I get a good look at her, Charlotte is definitely fitting for the title of Princess of the Dark Elves. Her long white hair reminded me of Sarah when I first saw her standing up after I healed her. It brought a smile to my face as I remembered that day from almost a year ago. I hope when I get back to Paradise, I can complete that idea I had after I found those gems and metals with Gil.

As I thought about that plan with Gil, I noticed the Princess glancing at me to see if I had looked away. Her dark-golden eyes seemed to have a touch of worry in them for some reason. To the point her face was reminiscent of her Mother when she shoed worry over the King's reaction to my question somewhat. I guess she thought I was mad at her? I was annoyed, sure, but I don't really find her to be at fault.

Her father was the one who started the problem, then Sarah and Anna's actions caused her to misread the situation when she was close enough to sense the mana and killing intent bursting out of those 3." As I said before, I'm Delcan Nyx. 2nd Prince of Darkheim." Delcan had an awkward smile on his face. I guess he didn't expect the conversation to veer this far off topic when we arrived here.... Or that his sister would try to attack me.

Once the Royal Family finished introducing themselves, I wondered how to go about this. My Wives waited for me to speak first. The Royal Family watched every move I made as I thought for a moment. I guess I should just go for it?" As I said, my name is Matthew Drake..." I stopped speaking. I looked up at the ceiling for a brief moment as I thought about what I was going to do. I hope this is the right thing to do. I don't want this information getting out yet since I'm not in a stable position currently."

It will be fine, My Love."" Yes, it will be. We're here for you after all, Darling. Just like you were for us." press... press.. Sarah and Anna placed their hands on mine quite gently as they both smiled at me in a way that made me think this will all work out after all." Yeah, I guess it will be okay as long as we're together, won't it?" They nodded to my words. The Royal Family were intrigued by our words and actions.

I guess the anticipation is mounting to them as they wondered what the secret was that I was willing to share. Even Charlotte had gained some interest in it as she looked our way with curiosity. I guess I should stop making them wait..." Sarah, Anna, you can let go of my hands. I know it will be okay now." release... release... They did as I asked, and I looked the King in his eyes as he looked back at me. Now, seeing the same look in their eyes, I can really tell that the King and Princess were parent and child.

I thought it was time to tell them my secret." My real name isn't Matthew Drake. I'm an Otherworlder. And my real name is John Ericsson." Each of the Royal Family had a different reaction to my announcement. The King was confused, The Queen was puzzled why this was something worth being called a secret. The Princess had a happy look for some reason. Delcan had a look as if something had finally connected the dots for him. To be honest, I now noticed that the family...

All kind of looked similar to each other now, with their faces showing somewhat similar expressions from their... Let's just call it "surprise"? I felt a bit of a weight lift off my shoulders as I thought about what to say next.