Next Move

"...I-I understand, sorry for showing you such an unpleasant sight." Brother said in apologetic tone as Allan get up from his seat and started to leave. Before he left, he said something thing that made everyone even more suspicious about him. We were all surprised by what he just said.

"It's alright. I can understand why you're getting so much hyperactive. After all... divinity is not something that can be obtain so easily, but you don't have to worry about 𝙞𝙩."

He left those words behind as he walked out of the room with that genuine smile on his face.

We were all frozen, looking at each other like we don't understand what he just said.

"... Just as I thought, he know something about it!" My brother spoke up.

"Lucia, did you tell him about it?"

"N-No no, no way brother. Why would I leak such an important information?!"

𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨!

"Laren, there is no need for you to doubt Lucia."

"I'm extremely sorry father. But right now, I can't help but doubt everyone who is related to internal affairs of kingdom and Allan at the same time."

"I understand you're suspicion, but from what we have seen so far. I don't think he is a ordinary man... The way he speak; that confidence he has on his abilities; and his mindset, there is no way he can be an average person. So I don't think it would be impossible for him to find out that you have blessing of our God..."

"... Yes, you are right father. He is much more then he show himself as."

"Hmm... He can be a big aid for our kingdom. No matter what, we have to convince him to stay here. With someone like him, there is no one who can lay a finger on the kingdom..." Father stated.

𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, '𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮...'

𝘏𝘶𝘩, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢.

I can imagine him blowing up the whole castle and yelling, "You dare to betray me! That's what you got for messing with me ha ha ha ha ha!"

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

"Lucia, you're making a weird face do you have any idea?" My brother snapped out me from my weird imagination as he asked for my opinion.

"H-Huh?! N-No, I don't have any idea."

Shoot, I didn't even realize that I was making a weird face.

"Prince, can I say something? I have a great idea!"

Neulon asked in excitement.

What kind of idea did he got in that stupid mind of his that can force Allan to stay here?

"Go ahead Neulon, what idea do you have?"

He pouted his chest, cleared his throat.

"How about we set up a girl on his bed with tattered clothes at night when he is sleeping. Then in the morning of the next day, we can set up an act presenting him as a rapist and then black mail him that if he didn't work for us, we will put him in locker!" We said with a proud smile.

𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘱! 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢.

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴...

We were all starring at Neulon.

"Why are you all silent? Did I actually suggest a great idea." He smiled even more.

We all sighed at the same time.

"H-Hey, what's that sigh for?!"

"Neulon, do understand what did you just said?" Leon said to Neulon.

"Huh?"

My brother got up from his seat and moved closer to Neulon. He putted both his hands on his shoulder.

"...Neulon, I told you to stop reading too much novels."

"P-P-Prince, w-what are you saying?!"

"Do you really think we can do something like that? Do you really think that Allan will allow us to black mail him or let us force him? He will destroy our whole kingdom if we try to do something so horrible with him."

"Eek, I didn't thought about that!"

"That's why Neulon, stop reading novels."

"P-Prince! I don't read novels."

"Alright, you all can leave now. I will think what to do next." My father permit us to leave. We all started to leave.

𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵... 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭...

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴... 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦...

𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯! 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰.

"Nerisa... There is something I'd like to talk to you in private."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

My father asked Nerisa to stay. What is he planing to do.

I left the room with others...

"Hm, what should I do now? I think I should pay a visit to Allan!"

"Princess!" I turned around and saw a maid.

"You have a letter."

"Huh, a letter from whom?" I tilted my head, thinking who can be the sender.

"It's from Sir Raion."

"From Raion?" I opened the letter and read it's content.

𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘴... 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.

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Somewhere, in the dark room,

"...Milord, our army which was assigned to capture Capital of Renhard is defeat." A demon kneeling said to the demon who was sitting on the throne.

"Hmm, I didn't expected that those bugs are capable of my demons. It's a quite bit of a surprise."

"Milord, our whole army was wiped out only a hand full of them surprised."

"What are you waiting for, kill them already! Here is no place for cowards who run away with there tails between there legs from battlefield."

"As you wish milord."

The Demon who was sitting on the throne, take a sip of the wine.

"Milord, there is more thing that I need to inform you!"

"?"

"Our whole army, it was annihilated by a single person!"

"What?! Are you telling me that a bug killed more then 5000 soldiers of ours!"

"Yes. The survivers said that he also took away the artifact that you give to our army to make them invisible."

"Who dare to that?!"

"Milord, survivers said that he asked them to told us that, 'You caught my pretty much interest 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙'."

"Raghh."

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙉𝙉𝙉

Demon Lord throw the wine glass on the flower as the sound of it's shattering echoed in the whole room.

"Who fuck did he think he is?! What's his name?"

"The survivers said that he called himself 'Allan'"

"Allan, hah... I don't know who the fuck is this Allan, but I want his head at my feets no matter what!"

"As you wish milord. He will surely be punished for what he did. After all, now one can defeat the great Demon Lord."

Demon looked up at Demon Lord and smiled.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, You are right Vernon! He will surely regret for messing with me, The Mighty Demon Lord!"

He laughed out loud...