Convincing

Zarius pulled Rio's shoulder to face him.

"What is this? Who are you guys?" Zarius asked, confused.

Rio then placed his right fist on his left chest and slightly bowed.

"Sorry to have confused you, my lord. I am Rio, who will guarantee your safety wherever you are," said Rio. Rio remembered his oath of allegiance when he was Zarius' servant. Only Rio was loyal to Zarius.

Then, Zarius turned to look at the stranger.

"If that's the case, do you know that strange stranger too?" said Zarius, lifting his chin, pointing at the stranger.

The foreign man seemed to hear what his master said.

"It has been decades since you visited this Earth, my lord. Perhaps you have forgotten about it. Let me introduce myself again, I am Ziev, your personal assistant when you first visited this Earth." The man who claimed to be named Ziev spoke.