Chapter CLXXIII - The King of Veldonia (part 2)

The elevator took a very long time taking us to the top, and it finally stopped on the highest level. The door was opened, showing us the room behind it.

From a glance, anyone can tell that this is the king's throne room. 

At the end of the room are three giant square glasses, where you can see the entire city from up here. The ceiling of the room is a giant glass dome, and the elevator stopped at this floor.

The throne is placed at the other side of the room from the lift. There are a few steps of long stairs that separate the king's area with our ground area.

We had to look up to face the short ass… how annoying.

There are others in this room besides the king. The two knights wearing the black and red armour next to the king's throne, his children standing a little bit close to us at the ground floor on the left side, the rankers and elite knights on the right side, and his wives sitting on the thrones on the right of the king's area.

The king lifted his hand, and the knight lady who was with us quickly joined the group of rankers on the right. Me and Lescia took a few steps forward to walk closer to him.

"Welcome, Princess! You have grown well."

The king said loudly towards Lescia, and Lescia bowed slightly as she replied to show courtesy.

He is rather short, and has a very chubby appearance. His clothes are filled to the brim with golden ornaments, making him a pretty shiny individual. He also has this short mustache, but so short it made him look like a certain German man, just chubby and short.

"Nice to see you too, uncle Mejon."

This guy's name is Mejon?

"Well, to be called uncle… I am flattered. A-And, who is this... red haired beautiful young lady?"

The king showed interest in me, but in his eyes there was only lust. I tried not to explode from disgust, but surprisingly it was rather easy to hold back.

Because… exploding now… 

That wouldn't be fun.

"Rize Violet, sir. An adventurer."

I bowed at him slightly while placing my hand on my chest. Seeing that this act is unfitting in front of the king, the people inside the room showed disgust.

"I see… adventurer, huh? You know you can be a member of my Rankers very easily, miss Rize. With your beauty-"

"I'm sorry, uncle. But I would like to continue-"

"Silence, buffoon!!"

The king barked so suddenly, surprising everyone in the room from the sudden shout. But his voice really is high pitched…

And, Lescia…? Why did she cut him off in the middle?

Was she trying to cover me?

Lescia cuts the king's sentence, but the king becomes pissed thanks to that. He fixed his sitting posture and pointed at one of his sons.

"Jeruma. Why don't you teach your... Fiance, how do you not talk when someone else is talking?"

"W-What?"

The poor prince can only look very confused. The king glared at him sharply, and this Jeruma could only cough. He turned to Lescia, and Lescia felt a lot of pain seeing him.

"M-My fiance, please don't cut my father's words."

So he's the fiance?

He doesn't seem our age. For a guy, he already has a long beard which makes his appearance look thirty.

Unlike his father, he is quite tall, though just as chubby.

"He was annoying my friend, I had to say something."

"B-But this is..."

Hearing that the princess is standing up against the king made everyone else's blood boil. 

And she is standing up for me… why?

"So you have learned to talk back to your husband, Lescia... How crude."

"King Mejon. I would like to talk about the kidnapping of the villagers-"

"Whoops! I talked while you were talking! Not very good, isn't it?"

The chubby king immediately cuts Lescia's words, but Lescia isn't giving up.

"Those villagers-"

"Whoops! I did it again!"

"-are a member of-"

"I can't hear you, I'm too busy talking!"

"-the Mazino kingdom.-"

"Haha!! She kept on talking!"

The king then stood up from his chair, and I was right, he is actually quite short. No, the word 'chibi' is more fitting for him. 

He walked slightly forward until one step away from the stairs, and stared down at us like an evil tyrant he is. The same grin was worn in his face as he approached us.

"Oh, Lescia… I was wondering why they sent you. They probably thought you were a hindrance, with that curse inside you and all."

The king said as he took a few steps down the stairs and approached us. He stopped at the final step and grinned at Lescia madly.

"Your father and mother must be stupid to send you here... That, or they are just too tired to deal with you anymore."

"My parents loved me. They loved me more than anything… And you promised them a cure for my curse. That is the deal, right?"

"Hmm, yes, that 'was' the deal. But now that you are here, I can see that you have grown... Very well..."

The king started walking around the princess and me. His eyes are studying our bodies. I feel annoyed, sure… but Lescia is already biting her lips.

She doesn't want to be here more than me.

The king kept on walking around us, and he stopped in front of us.

"King Mejon, I-"

"Hey, Jeruma!!"

The king called, and the Jeruma dude immediately straightened his posture.

"Is it fine if I have her?"

Lescia's words got cut off by the king suddenly shouting at his second son. Jeruma stepped forward and played with his hair.

"W-Well, I already… Go ahead, father."

They really are tossing Lescia like a toy…

Hearing that, the king began moving forward towards Lescia. On his face is a really wide grin, and his eyes are glimmering with lust.

"Oh, poor Lescia… Your husband has abandoned you! Now what will you do for your cure? Easy!! 

You can become… mine…"

The king said as he moved his hand to touch Lescia. Lescia stepped back, but the king was already moving in.

"I..."

Lescia muttered, and the king stopped to listen to her final words.

"Hmm?"

Lescia is still staring downwards, and she already had her eyes closed. From her expression, she is at the brink of exploding.

Meanwhile, the king's hand is already very close to her.

"I don't… want… Ah, screw this! 

I can't handle this anymore…!! 

Rize!!"

GRBB!!!!!

Hearing my name, I quickly moved forward just in time before the king's hand touches Lescia's chest. My hand gripped his hand really hard, and all the knights and rankers around us began to react.

"GAAHHH!!! Let me go!!!!"

While the king shouts and screams to let him go, I turn to Lescia. Surrounding us, the knights and rankers are closing in, but are unable to approach closer since I'm still holding the king's arm.

"Are you sure? We have gone this far in holding back."

I asked Lescia while the king was trying to punch and kick me in the face. Obviously they didn't do anything, so I'm simply ignoring him while waiting for Lescia's answer.

Lescia nodded grimly while crying, and she turned her tired grin towards me.

"I can't stand it anymore... Everything just hurts so bad that I could not think straight. Let's do this 'By Force'. My responsibility."

By force, huh?

"All right, then! I won't be holding back."

I said happily to her with a smile, and Lescia's mood seemed to brighten up.

Meanwhile, the king gave up in trying to release his hand.

"Guards! Help me out, here!!-"

I gripped the hand harder.

KRAKK!!!

BRAKKKK!!!!!!

"HUUUAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

The scream from the king can be heard, even to the bottom floor.

The sound of the king's hand, along with tons of his blood, falling to the ground can be heard in this wonderfully sound proofed wide room. Every single person around us became shocked to hell immediately the moment they saw the king's blood.

King Mejon fell to the ground while holding his ripped off arm, and I turned to face the guards and rankers coming at me. They are all taking their weapons out and casting their magic, but I simply grinned at them madly and unleashed my energy.

VWOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!

PRANNGG!!!!

The glasses on the room quickly shattered to pieces thanks to my pressure, and the air force from the outside pulled everything out. The tower is so high that the air pressure inside is much larger than the outside, hence everything in here is getting pulled out.

The knights and rankers got pulled back and fell to the ground while everyone else was holding on to something to stop their bodies from being pulled out of the tower.

I grabbed Lescia by the hips, and she quickly got shocked.

"Hua!--"

"Hold tight."

"D-Don't mind if I do…"

She said with a grin, and I replied with a chuckle. She hugged me quite tightly, and I held her in a princess carry as I began running up the stairs.

The guards and rankers could only watch as I went up the stairs to the king's throne and leaped forward straight to where the air was pulling me from the glass.

After seeing us exiting the window, the armored lady knight in the room quickly checked on the king. She then turned around and screamed towards the other rankers and guards.

"Call all the rankers and knights! Eliminate the princess, and all of her acquaintances!!

Capture her alive if you can!! She worth more alive!!!"

While the king was shouting painfully from losing a hand, the guards and rankers heeded the command of the lady knight and went to the elevator. The entire kingdom has been put on red alert, and all the rankers are aware of the battle happening.