BXBX NOVEL Chapter 109: Audience With The Queen
Chapter 109: Audience With The Queen
[ Name: Ren Arken
Age: 14
Race: Human
Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])
Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])
Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])
Mana: ~~~
Spiritual: ~~~
Intellect: 700, 000
Unique Skills:
-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]
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“I heard that you seek an audience with me, who are you?” The clear voice of the queen sounded inside the royal palace of the Grandaria kingdom.
“I’m the ambassador of the great Tarot empire that rules the magical forest of Everdeen, Slime Tarot. I’m here by the great emperor’s order. I’m instructed to make ties to the great Grandaria kingdom and to make sure to help the future ally of our great empire that seems to be in a pinch. It’s a great honor to meet you, your majesty,” said a white-haired man that is kneeling in front of the Grandaria’s queen.
“It’s my honor to meet you, Mr. Slime. Please let the Tarot empire’s emperor know that I’m grateful for your help against the demons. We manage to survive because of the help of your empire’s heroes. What kind of compensation do the Tarot empire and your heroes want for helping our kingdom?” (Grandaria’s Queen)
When the queen mentioned that she will compensate the empire with something, the ministers that support other kingdoms like Gracefield kingdom and Potterland kingdom got startled. As now, the influence of the queen has decreased, it will be troublesome if an unknown empire that possesses great military power to ask the Grandaria kingdom to be a vassal kingdom under its banner.
“Y-your majesty…” One of the ministers called out the queen.
“What is it, minister Warren?” (The Queen)
“A show of gratitude is enough to give them since we never even request their help, to begin with. Giving them compensation is a little bit too much since our soldiers and the reinforcements from the Gracefield kingdom are enough to handle the demons,”
“I agree for the first part of minister Warren’s words, but the Potterland kingdom had also marched to back the capital up and help us, your majesty. Different from an unknown empire, the Potterland kingdom has ties with us, if you compensate them not the Potterland kingdom, it will harm our relationship with the Potterland kingdom,” Another minister followed.
(T-those traitors…) (Sera)
Oxius, Sera, Albus, Alfred, Sen, and Azaline watched the meeting of the queen and the representatives from the so-called Tarot empire. They couldn’t help but get pissed when they saw the ministers of their kingdom is humiliating their kingdom in front of a foreigner and the queen.
“Oxius, did you see the reinforcements from the Gracefield kingdom or the Potterland kingdom at the battle?” (The Queen)
“No, your majesty,” (Oxius)
“But your majesty, they just haven’t arrived at the place yet. If they knew earlier about the attack, the Gracefield kingdom will quickly send reinforcements for us,” (Minister Warren)
“And that reason is enough for me to compensate the Tarot empire reinforcement that had arrived quicker than both Gracefield kingdom and the Potterland kingdom. Despite never have any political ties with us, the still helped us fend off the demons. I believe that reason is reasonable enough. So Mr. Tarot, what kind of compensation did you want? Or you may relay this message to your emperor first together with my gratitude if you haven’t know what to decide,” (The Queen)
“Oioi, we haven’t even know whether they’re good eggs or not. If they suddenly asked us to be their vassal kingdom, we won’t have many options or even power to refuse them, right?” At the corner, Albus commented with a small voice, making sure that only his group will hear his words. Little does he know that the white-haired man got a smile imprinted on his face because of his words.
“That’s why the queen does that, kid. She’s betting in them. Since it’s just a matter of time whether we will get devoured by the Gracefield kingdom or the Potterland kingdom, the queen is thinking that it might be better to be under the flag of an unknown but powerful empire that the most things they will do are only extorting money from the kingdom. But if they reject the compensation from the queen, then…” (Oxius)
“Then?” (Albus)
“Then it’s whether they will be a good ally or a future enemy that seek to take over the kingdom completely and seize the throne just like the Gracefield kingdom and the Potterland kingdom,” Sera continued Oxius’s explanation while her eyes stare the white-haired man from the Tarot empire sharply, only to get surprised by what she saw.
“Good guess,”
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(H-he heard our conversation!?) (Sera)
“It’s fine, your majesty. We don’t request anything from the Grandaria kingdom, you can just consider what we did as a token of friendship,” said the white-haired man.
“I apologize Mr. Slime. I’ve already considered your empire as our ally, But not giving any compensation to you could be considered as a rude thing to your emperor. I dislike the concept of taking without giving, It will be in our pleasure to have something to compensate your empire,” (The Queen)
“Hm… Then your majesty, as the symbol of friendship between our country, how about permitting us to make our legation in the Grandaria kingdom? Since we didn’t know if there will be another attack from the demons, we’ll gladly station our soldiers at the kingdom to help your safety,” said the white-haired man with an innocent smile.
His words are just like a bomb, it shocked and attacked everyone without batting an eye.
(T-to think he’s able to manipulate the queen in such a short moment. With this, the queen will lose her face if she rejects it. But will gain complaints and displeasure from Potterland kingdom and Gracefield kingdom… Is he that cunning and fearless… Or is he just bold but reckless?) (Oxius)
At this moment, the queen is considering whether it’s a trap, or whether it’s a sincere request. She had heard the report that there is a possibility that the man and the army behind me are the heavenly knights from the rumors that spread wide at the continent.
At first, she’s confident that taking a step towards the unknown empire that has mighty soldiers with a holy name like the heavenly knights is the safest step to take. But when she saw the man before her, she couldn’t help but worry one thing.
(Is this really the safest step, or did I just chose the worst step that will lead us to our demise?) (The Queen)
Looking at the man before him once more, she decides to trust her intuition whether the decision she takes will lead her to her kingdom’s demise, or to her kingdom’s salvation.
“I’m happy to hear your request, Mr. Slime. It’s our pleasure to have your empire’s legation in our kingdom, and we’ll feel very safe to have your heavenly knights protecting us,” The queen finally chose a decision.
It might sound like a safe decision since the request doesn’t sound too much, but not for the Tarot empire. Tarot empire’s soldiers have powerful soldiers that even a man could be considered as an army.
“Even if they only station 500 of their man inside our kingdom, isn’t it’s similar like letting a tiger in and live inside our house?” Sera muttered to herself.
“I’m very grateful for your kindness, your majesty. The emperor will be delighted by your kindness, we will assure you that you won’t regret your decision,” The white-haired man smiled as he said those words.
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“Looks like everything went smoothly and perfectly according to your plan,” said a figure that appears from the shadow of the room.
“Looks like you’re getting more and more accustomed to the shadow, Brad,” said Slime Oz. He had already sensed Brad’s presence even before he arrived at the place.
“Well, I couldn’t help but get accustomed to it since a certain someone asked me to do so, right? Since I want to get paid and don’t want to get any punishment, especially mockery, I don’t have many choices other than getting used to it, ain’t I?” Said Brad as he shrugged.
“Hahaha!” A burst of laughter appear from behind the room’s door
“That’s true, Brad! I believe you’ve also realized how demonic the ruler we’ve chosen is!” said Aegir as he opened the imperial palace’s library door.
“Don’t say that. I’m doing all of this for our people. I do plan on controlling the Grandaria kingdom indirectly, but it’s necessary in order to control the situation since that it seems a lot of countries strangely targeting the kingdom. So? How is the report?” (Slime Oz)
“It’s all went perfectly according to your plan. How many knights should we send there?” (Brad)
“Hm… I think 100 is enough,” (Slime Oz)