Ruler Vol 1 Chapter 3
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Author: Anit666
【Sam’s POV】
Just like sheep following their shepherd, we followed Alicia out of that room and entered a hallway. Following her in silence with the knights from before behind us, I noticed that the hallway was lined up with a lot of paintings. Most of them were portraits, perhaps of the rulers of this kingdom, while some were the depictions of heroic deed of knights and Heroes fighting monsters and demons.
After some time, we reached the end of the hallways. On my left were double doors, decorated by intricated carvings. Alicia opened them and entered. Without any choice, we followed, but the knights didn’t.
The room was decorated with gorgeous paintings hanging on the walls. The walls were predominantly white, with intricate carvings to bring out it’s beauty. A multicoloured chandelier, probably made of precious stones and gold, was suspended from the centre of the ceiling. The furniture looked expensive, and very comfortable.
Looks like this is a waiting room. That would explain all these decorations.
“Please wait here as we make the necessary arrangements for the meeting with the king. It would probably take about an hour.” (Alicia)
Alicia’s voice brought me back from my reveries.
“Understood.” (Sam)
“Oh, and please wear these rings. They work as translators.” (Alicia)
She said as she passed three silver rings to me.
I almost forgot in my confusion but now that I think about it, why were we able converse normally with Azell and Alicia?
When I asked her, she told us that English is one of the languages used in this world. The one who introduced English to them was of course one of the previous Heroes. I asked her to talk in her native language but it was just incomprehensible so we obediently wore the rings. Let’s hope that there are no booby traps placed on it.
Then Alicia left the room, leaving us alone. After checking around to make sure that no one was around who could overhear our conversation, I settled down on the sofa comfortably.
“Anyway, shall we discuss our current situation?” (Sam)
“Yes!” (Chloe)
Why is she so energetic?
“I would like to hear your opinions about our future course of actions.” (Sam)
“I think we should help them! It’s our only way of going back after all. (Chloe)
Chloe declared excitedly.
“Yeah I agree with her. Though there’s a possibility that they are lying to us, it still would be disadvantageous to go against them right now. The best course of action would be to know about this new world with the help of The Holy Kingdom, and then figure out what to do.” (Jack)
Looks like this is the only choice. Good grief. I already had many troubles of my own, and now that Phiria has dragged me in this.
“Then I guess it’s decided what we have to do from now on. With that said, I’m going to sleep so please don’t disturb me.” (Sam)
“Although I have many things to say about you sleeping right now, but I guess you must have been stressed out. Ok, I shall allow it!” (Chloe)
Allow it? What are you, my manager? And how naive. She thinks that I’m sleeping cause of stress? Haha this foolish mortal.
After about an hour, I was woken up by Jack. A moment later, someone knocked on the door. I opened the door and found that it was Alicia.
“Thank you for waiting. The king is now ready to see you. Please follow me.” (Alicia)
The king, huh. The supreme ruler who rules over this kingdom. I wonder what kind of person is he. To begin with, as a king, would he not fear our, the Heroes’, power? It’s in a human’s nature to fear the unknown and the powerful.
Well, if he decides to go against me then I’ll be left with no choice other than destroying him.
We followed her through a different hallway, but it was still lined up with various paintings. Does the king like paintings that much?
What faced us upon reaching the end of the Hallways were another sable double-doors, albeit they were huge. Stunning carvings in gold created beautiful goddesses and angels on both the sides of the door.
Beyond these doors is the king.
“We’ll part here. All the best, everyone!” (Alicia)
She tried to encourage us, but frankly speaking, I already want to run away.
“Thanks.” (Sam)
The guards in front of the door opened it, and we stepped inside. In front of us lay a crimson carpet, flanked by knights in golden armour on both the sides. The ceiling was lined with multiple grand golden chandeliers, while the walls were decorated with paintings and carvings, the work of a master artisan which even modern technology cannot reproduce. At the end of the carpet lay the throne of the king. At his sides were Alicia and an elderly man that looked to be in his 60s.
Wait, Alicia? She was with us just 20 seconds ago!
We walked down the carpet while taking on the curious gazes of everyone present there, stopped 10 steps before the throne, and kneeled, as instructed by Alicia beforehand. The king, a man in his mid-30s spoke in a gentle yet assertive tone.
“Good evening, O esteemed Heroes. I am Riktor Von Vetto, the current king of The Holy Kingdom, and I welcome you to this world. I would first of all like to apologise for suddenly summoning you here. But we had no choice. This world is in dire straits due to the birth of the Demon King, and without your help mankind will perish. To save the mankind, we need you to defeat the Demon King.” (Riktor)
Phew, the king seems like a good guy. But it would be bad to form an opinion just from the first meeting. It would be better to keep my guard up just in case.
The king then spoke some more about what Alicia and Azell had already explained to us earlier, and once again requested us to help mankind. As we had discussed beforehand, we agreed. By the way, I was made to act as the representative. Those two…… Do these kinds of things yourself goddamnit!
The audience with the king ended with that. After we left the throne room, we were guided back to the waiting room. Surprisingly, Alicia and the old man who had just been at the side of the king were waiting for us in the room.
Do they have something like a teleportation device? Has Science in this world already progressed that far?
The old man spoke.
“Hello, I’m Reygus Ataturk. I have been assigned as your mentor.” (Reygus)
“Mentor?” (Chloe)
“Yes. You’ve just been summoned into this world. It would be foolish of us to ask the newly made heroes to go and defeat the Demon King. That’s why the Kingdom has prepared the best possible teachers for you who will guide you to become the best possible Heroes.” (Alicia)
“Teachers?” (Sam)
How many teachers do we have?
“Yes. There are three teachers. One to teach you magic, one to teach you martial arts and the last one to teach you about this world. Quite interestingly, all three of them were the part of first hero party.” (Alicia)
“The first hero party?” (Jack)
“Yes. The hero party that was formed when the first Demon King appeared. It was around 5000 years ago.” (Alicia)
The previous one, huh…. And it was around 5000 years ago too.
……
Wait. Did she just say 5000 years? Not 50, or 500, but 5000? The math doesn’t add up here.
By the time I realised it and was glaring at Alicia for making such a bad joke, Reygus spoke
“Yes, you heard it right. The previous party was formed exactly 5003 years ago, and I was a part of it.” (Reygus)
“““What?!””” (All three)
What the fuck? He has to be lying. Yeah he has to be lying.
Before we could voice out our doubts, Reygus, as if having read our mind brought out his status plate and motioned us three to check it. We did as we were told and…..
It’s true! This ultra-old-man is really 5023 years old! Though I couldn’t see his other statuses. But then how the fuck is he still alive?! And wait, our plates didn’t show our age. Why?
As if he had read our mind once again, Reygus spoke.
“We in the heroes party got immortality as a reward for defeating the then Demon King. And the one who rewarded us was none other than our goddess Phiria.” (Reygus)
“““!””” (All three)
Phiria rewarded them with immortality? Wow. If we consider defeating the demon king as a quest, then the rewards for completing that quest are just as grandiloquent as the quest itself.
“You may have now understood the weight of the duty of defeating the demon king, and that the rewards are good enough to compensate for that weight. Anyway, I’m the one who’s in charge of teaching you three magic. But you have just been summoned into this world, so we’ll start tomorrow.” (Reygus)
After saying this Reygus left the room. But magic, huh….. This really drives home that we have actually been isekai’d.
“Now let me guide you three to your rooms. You must have been tired with all that’s happened. Dinner will be ready in around 3 hours.” (Alicia)
Perfect. I was getting tired anyway. It’s time to get a nice little nap.
And so, we three were guided to our rooms. The rooms themselves were simple, at least simpler than that waiting room. My room had a king-sized bed, a study desk, with a chandelier and a lamp for lighting. The floor itself was carpeted.
However, just when I was about to dive in my bed, Chloe barged into my room with Jack following after her.
Hey, you shouldn’t enter someone’s room without permission, ya know.
Three hours passed without anything of note happening, and we were called for dinner.
I just hope it’s not some large-scale party that all the nobles of the Kingdom would attend. That would be a pain in the ass.
Fortunately, my worries were for naught. It was a normal dinner, provided that you can call dining with royalty normal. Aside from us three were the king, Alicia, the queen Fana von Vetto and Alicia’s little sister i.e. the third princess Komi von Vetto. Just like her sister and mother, she also had silver blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. She was only 12 years old, but was so cute and lovely that it was overwhelming. I almost became a lolicon myself. Gotta be careful. All of them were quite interested in the world that we came from, and riddled us with questions upon questions. We were allowed to leave only at midnight.
After coming back to my room, I started to ponder about my future course of actions, which I continued till morning.
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