Chương 188: Chapter 171. Dinner With The Nyx Royal Family 1

It was a Dark Elf Maid that knocked at the door to the room we were in." His and Her Royal Majesty wish for Marquess Drake and his wives to join them, Prince Delcan and Princess Charlotte for dinner. Would you like me to lead you to them?" The Maid spoke to us, with that same look as the crowd had in their eyes. It seems the Royal Family wished to have dinner with us though? I looked at Sarah and Anna after the Maid spoke, they nodded their heads, and I asked the maid to lead us to the dining room.

Walking through the long halls again, the intricate carvings really do demand a person's attention, I wish I could've brought George Bronzebone with us so he could study these carvings and improve his craft. The Maid never tried to speak to us, so the walk would've been in silence, if not for the fact that Sarah and Anna realized the Maid wouldn't look back at us, so they sneakily started to grab my hands and blow into my ears as we walked." We've arrived, Marquess Drake."

The Maid, with her monotone voice, announced that the giant double-sided door with 2 Guards standing at attention as we rounded the corner was our destination. Again, like magic, Sarah and Anna presented themselves as perfect Noblewomen. Perhaps it's a skill learned from Aqua?" Please open the door, His and Her Majesty requested for their guests to join them." The Maid directed the 2 slim, brown-skinned and armored Guards to open the door." Understood!"

The Guards did as the Maid commanded and they proceeded to open the door with Magic instead of their hands. Within no time at all, the door opened to show a lavish brown hall with glass ceilings. There were chandeliers hanging from the translucent ceiling, it took in the light from the moon and stars and amplified it to cover the whole hall in light.

The light went to the walls that seemed to have had chunks of the tree taken out so you could see the townhouses with lights showing that everyone else in the town were currently having dinner as well. It all seemed wholesome in a way, a Royal Family making sure their citizens are enjoying their night with family or friends." Ah! Marquess Drake! Lady Sarah, Lady Anna! Welcome!" The Queen was the first to greet us." Welcome." The King greeted us conservatively. I have a feeling I know whose idea this was."

Marquess Drake! Welcome!" Delcan was happy to see us." Good evening." And Charlotte greeted us! Progress. It might be slow, but it seems she's willing to communicate. Maybe the Queen or Delcan spoke to her about us? Who's to say? Regardless, Sarah, Anna and I, all returned their greeting and sat down at the.... Actually, somewhat intimate table. It was around the size of my dining room table." You look confused, Marquess Drake?""

I was wondering why, in a Royal Dining Hall, such an intimate table was here, instead of something... Longer?" Delcan saw the look on my face, I thought I'd answer the question. Little did I know there was such an easy answer to it." It's because the table's length is controllable, here watch." Delcan put his hand on the table and poured his mana into it, the table grew twice its size." Cool."" The Dark Elves are known as good Magical Tool Makers. Something like this, even Dark Elf Children can make it."" Hmph."

To Delcan's words, Charlotte reacted. It was quiet and fast, but I saw it. As we sat at the table, I noticed the food hadn't been brought out yet. It seems we were early. I decided to look at the King and pretend it was his idea to bring us here as I spoke." So, Your Majesty, what made you decide to invite my Wives and I to dinner?" Before the King could even answer my question, it was interrupted by a somewhat happy voice. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road.

Please report it." Now, now! We're at a dinner table, there's no need to be so formal!"" Mom!"" It's fine, Charlotte, don't you think it would be boring to use Formal Titles as we eat? I think it would feel "stuffy". It might even ruin the food the Chefs worked so hard on." Mother and daughter seemed to disagree. I went to speak, but I was beaten to the punch." Well then, Lady Crystal-"" Just "Crystal", Sarah." The Queen stared intensely at Sarah, she seemed to pressure her enough."

C-Crystal, why did you want us to join your family for dinner?"" Why not, Sarah? I thought our issues were mostly worked out this afternoon. Why not enjoy each other's company? It's so rare for new people to show up in Darkheim, why not enjoy some conversation with new faces over dinner!? Isn't that right, Sweetie?" The Queen looked over at the King who seemed to have a few thoughts about this whole "dinner party" idea of his wife." Yes, Honey, I don't see a reason why not. Honestly...

I know I said this before, but I am sorry for making it so awkward earlier. I... was looking for anything strange that might point to something being "off". I misjudged you, and for that, I really am sorry, Marqu... Matthew."" Well, like I said before, K-""Hmmm...?"" Leonard, I accept your apology. Its water under the bridge, I promise."" Thank you, Mar-"" Hmmm...?"" Matthew!" The Queen... She's surprisingly... Stubborn." Well then, Matthew.

The reason why I invited yourself and your wives, is that I was hoping to make amends over some good food. Our Royal Chefs are the best cooks in the Shadow Forest."" You're raising my expectations, Leonard."" Good, I'm quite a fan of my Chefs' work as a matter of fact!" The King seems happy. I guess he really does like food?" Matthew, I've been meaning to ask, why exactly did you agree to come here?" Delcan asked a question to me. Well, it's not a hard one to answer, so why not?" At first, I was going to say no.""

Why is that?" Delcan is just full of questions." Well, I'm the Lord of Paradise currently."" Paradise?"" Yes, Paradise, it's a somewhat large town actually, but its better days were behind it... At least until I arrived, or at least I hope that's how the story will go from here on out. I seem to be moving in the right direction so far for that."" How so?" Delcan asked me how I knew I was making progress." Well to start with, the population jumped by a wide margin.

It went from around 30 Demons and 1 Human when I first arrived, to now having around 3000 Demons and about 101 and Humans. Myself included."" Humans and Demons are living together in a town!? And they're not killing each other!?" This information got Charlotte interested." Yes, I even have a Human working as my Secretary and a Demon working as her Bodyguard."" How did you get them to get along?"" I didn't do much if I'm being honest.

I was busy fighting a Wyvern when the actual progress was made between the 2 Peoples."" A Wyvern!?" Delcan was shocked at us fighting a Wyvern." It was an unfortunate event, but we killed the Wyvern, and it didn't cause much damage, so we got off extremely lucky. Delcan was surprised at my nonchalance to the Wyvern. Charlotte, however, was more interested in something else." So, you let 3000 Demons come into your town even though they disliked you?"

Charlotte seemed to have taken over the conversation at this point." No, the 3000 Demons were actually quite friendly to me." The Royal Family seemed confused." Let me explain, as I said before, I was brought to Diablos because I could heal Sarah, right?" The Royal Family nodded together." Well, during the year I was in Blackstone, I visited hospitals and healed anyone I could find. From doing that, the Demons felt indebted to me, and they decided to move into Paradise when I arrived, to repay their debts to me.""

So, you got them to work for you from healing them?"" More or less. Granted, I had no idea that they would do that, the fact that Demons place such a high importance on debts is something that was explained to me when the 3000 Demons arrived."" Your face when you found out was quite something in that moment, My Love." Sarah decided to tease me. Charlotte's curiosity seemed to be satisfied from my answer, so that was good at least. Delcan, however, had more questions."

So, you didn't want to leave your town because it was currently chaotic?"" No, not really, if anything, it was finally getting controlled due to my plans paying off. I just didn't want to leave since the sooner they were done, the sooner I could relax and only concern myself with paperwork instead of... Well, everything."" What plans exactly?" The King was interested in my answer to Delcan." Yes, not to go into them very deeply, but there were food, wildlife and defensive operation issues.

I was able to find solutions and now the town is on its way to being completed. Also, I had an ace in the hole."" An ace in the hole?" The Queen seemed confused." Oh sorry, that's a saying from where I'm from."" Oh no, I know what it means, we have card games here in Gaia. I'm just shocked that you were able to find solutions to the 3 most pressing issues and even have time to have a trump card."" To say I've been working "hard" is an understatement."" You can say that again."

Sarah spoke with a tone of annoyance in her voice. I continued on since I was going to explain her bad mood." As you can tell from Sarah, it's been eating up a lot of my time. However, I've finally reached a point where my work was finally decreasing, instead of increasing. And my trump card had some immediate results. However, it will still take some time and hard work from me to completely finish everything."" Even your trump card?"" No, Crystal, that's done!

As a matter of fact, if you'd all like, you can try my trump card tonight. Sarah has some in her Mana Storage."" What is your trump card exactly, Matthew?"" It's a dessert! From where I'm from."" A dessert!?" The King's interest was piqued with my words. /RUMBLE! / With the King's words, the food finally arrived. The waiters served the food as the Royal Family's curiosity was growing from my words.