As Phyricos said this, I saw that he really stood up and was about to Storm out of the place, I already expected something like this to happen, in fact I was the one who pushed it to happen, but I thought that I would need to taunt the King with my words a bit more to get this desired results .
Family Head Phyricos was weirdly in sync with what I had in mind and directly jumbed to actions, I couldn't help but size that Man with a fiery hair up and down, since my clash with the Levern Family that guy was acting quite strangely, it wouldn't be incorrect to say that he had completely transformed into someone else completely .
The reason to his transformation was still vague to me, but this kind of development was in my favor, so I could have time to ask about this later .
I deliberately said that I heard the members of the Monster Race being the ones who were spreading these rumours, wanting to make the gap between the two sides Demons and Monsters to widen even more and from the look of things, it seemed that it was working, the King's expression was enough to tell me that .
The cold smile that he had earlier vanished and instead he returned to grit his teeth while squinting his eyes and looking at me first, then at Phyricos, I looked back at him without any problem, but Phyricos wasn't responding like me, that guy lowered his head as he was was stared at by the King, yet he still said :
Anyone who would insult our Demon race efforts will be dealt with accordingly .
His words held a deep meaning inside of them, the tone was shaky but the intent in it was strong, strong enough to even make the King say :
As you said Phyricos, we can't let anyone go around saying a nonsense like that, but I would also like to remind you of the fact that this was happening because you guys were still unable to achieve the task assigned to you, if you had already done this, we wouldn't have been hearing about these kinds of stuff .
Phyricos at the words of the King, couldn't help but clenching his fist, the King said something that he shouldn't have just now, he was saying the same thing that Phyricos was angry at just now, making him one of those who ridicule the efforts of the Demon race in this war .
Seeing this unfolding in front of me, I couldn't help but wonder where will this be going, but after a few seconds, there was no more words that were exchanged between the two of them, no, in fact there wasn't even no more talks about this matter at all, the King sensing the tension in the air, he couldn't help but again shift the topic of conversation toward something else .
That something else was actually the business with us in the Dorell family, he said :
Dorax, am I correct about assuming that you will make young Callen the next head of the two family, you will be choosing another successor for yourself, if I recalled correctly, the current heir to the family is the boy that used to join us on the meeting here, his name was.... .
" Loger your majesty, the guy's you are talking about name is Loger and he is in the guest room waiting for the meeting to finish, if the King would like to meet him, I can go and call him for you, he would be more than shocked to know that the King had asked about him .
" Unlike me, he seemed to have put the regards and the interests of the King over the interest of the family, he was even one of those who strongly in favor of turning me over to the guards, for the sake of appeasing you your majesty, it pain me a little, but I kind of able to see why he was trying to do this now .
I said all this on behalf of the man that was given the question, even though I didn't gave a specific answer, acting mysterious and was shifting the topic too, just so that I could provoke him a bit more .
At my answer, the King seemed to be a bit skeptical at my response and was still intent on getting a clear answer but not from me, he wanted the family head to be the one who answer him, but seeing the Dorax was silent and was just nodding his head at my words and then he said :
So was it safe to assume that you don't have any interest in becoming the next family head ? .
I shook my head and said :
" That wasn't what I'm trying to say, what I'm trying to say with that I didn't had the intention before, but now that I sensed the King's appreciation for me, I'm really beginning to think that it won't be bad to try and become the family's heir, but I will need to discuss this matter with Loger first .
After hearing my words, the guy in front of me was almost like an erupting volcano, not only was he angry, but he was also once again quite triggered by my words, at any second now, he should be going berserk at long last .
Hahahahaha .
I was taken aback by the laughter that he fell into, seeing my reaction, he laughed even more heartily, I almost become the one who went berserk after seeing him laughing at me like that, but luckily the King looked and Dorax and said :
So Dorax, since you should be changing the family's successor after you, shouldn't have you told me about this the first thing after I had appeared, the Demon Emperor will need to know about the person who would become his son-in-law, don't you think the same ? .
At this new shift in the topic of conversation, the family head wasn't able to come in terms with the sudden shift in time and me replaying for him actually saved him out of falling into an unfavorable situation .
But now hearing what I had said and what the King was saying . he was momentarily stunned at this and was unable to find the words he needed to say, seeing him like that I wanted to help him out again, but this time, family head Dorax actually gestured to me with his hand and signaled to me that I should stay out of this .
Wanting to see what kind of answer he was able to come up with on his own, I did as told and stayed silent, the family head then started to say :
Apologies for that your majesty, but I couldn't tell you to do something like that without confirming whether there will be a need to do that or not, young Callen here can have interest in becoming the new family head, but this was still not set in stone .
I and the Dorell family still have no intention on being hasty regarding this kind of change, so by default, the family won't need to send any kind of message to his Majesty the Emperor, until we come to a decision, so rest sure your majesty, once we came to a decision, I will be sure to report it to you and you can then report it to the Emperor .
His answer was decisive and so was his decision, he was refusing to say what the King wanted him to say, after hearing his answer King Devo looked a bit unconvinced by the response he got, but as for me I was caught completely off guard by the fact that the Dorell family was in a direct marital relationship with the Demon Emperor himself .
And from the King's word, it seemed that the heir if the family will need to marry the daughter of Demon Emperor, according to Ludo's words, the girl should be staying here in this area and not staying in the Real World, that mean she can get a sniff about what was happening here, but it was really shocking to know who the identity was the family's heir was going to marry .
But after knowing the situation became even worse than before, becoming the family's successor meant that I would have to marry the princess of the Demon race, who was miraculously engaged to a branch family and with the approval of none other than the Demon Emperor himself .
That was beyond weird, I for a long time after hearing that, wasn't able to come back to my senses, but once I cane back to my senses, I heard something that almost made me transform into my Demon Form and destroy this place completely, the words were :
Well, if you were to decide to make him the heir, then I would be proposing that our two families become allies through marriage, I will be marrying my daughter and tell her to accept the position of his second mistress .
As I came back to my senses, I wasn't already feeling well, but as I heard what Phyricos said, I almost lost my temper and almost transformed into my Demon Form, which might end up with me destroying the meeting Hall, but luckily, I still was able to hold this back .
I looked at Phyricos with a questioning look on my face wanting to know what exactly was going on here, but the other party seemed to misunderstood my intention and was actually smiling awfully warmly at me as if we were close to me or something like that .
I looked at the man and was about to refuse directly, I neither have the mind nor the heart to do something like that, but just as I opened my mouth, I heard Dorax say :
I guess we will just have to wait and see how Will it go, until then family head Phyricos have my best regards .
The Demon Phyricos was smiling from an ear to eare and Family head Dorax was doing the same, then he turned to me and nodded, seeing the expression of relief on Dorax face, I become aware that there was some plot being set here, I also understood that those two guys were likely to have already become allies since a while ago .
The King's try to make Dorax feel nervous about the arrangements he made with the Demon Emperor ended up failing and from seeing the expression on his face, I can already tell that he hadn't expected this to happen, but he was forced to accept the results whether he liked it or not .
I forgot about the marriage proposal that was just given to me, thinking the two were trying to warn the King about doing something to either of the two, normally even if the two were to openly state that they have become allies .
For the King that would have meant almost nothing, but now that I'm a factor that need to be taken into consideration, I can tell that the King will now think twice before attacking any of the two families, if he still have time to do something like that of course .
The scene after this news were published fell into silent, I was able to see that some people were shocked, while some others were completely unfazed by something like this happening and those were the majority of people here .
I sensing that there was no more matters to be discussed at this point, I looked at the dying with displeasure king and said :
" So is there any other matter to discuss, your majesty ? .
My question seemed to be coursing through the mind of many people present, but I was the only one to have enough courage to state it, I thought that he would dismiss us directly, but instead he asked me a question, he said :
So Callen, I heard that you have gained a lot of strength and lost your memories as a cost, so do you remember where that exchange you made took place .
I expected this question to have come a little bit sooner, I already have an answer ready for that question, I said :
" I'm not sure whether his Majesty like my answer, I had indeed remembered waking up and finding that I was in a cave in the outskirts close to the border .
" As for what exactly happened before that, I currently unable to recall, all that I'm able to recall was that I felt everything that my eyes fell on seem both new experience to me and not in the same time, then I saw somo guys heading to this city and I followed them .
" Once I had arrived, I felt an urge to enter, the guards tried to stop me, but they were unable to do so, the barrier tried to obstruct me as well forcing me to spend the Mana I had left, this resulted in me blacking out, then I woke up and one thing led to another and I found myself standing in front of his Majesty .
After I finished saying this, the King directly asked about where that cave was and I told him exactly where to go if he wish to look for it, he said that he will inspect it a little when he have some free time, he seemed to be quite excited for no reason .
But I didn't care much about this, I expected this meeting to finally come to an end after this, but as if reminding all of them of their duty, the King said :
In the decree that I had received from his Majesty, I will have to tell you some bad news for all of you here but the Dorell family, the Emperor mentioned in his last decree that until you are able to show him that you are taking your task seriously, every family except for the Dorell family will need to pay more Mana Stones monthly from now on .
All of you might be thinking about the amount of increase, well the decree mentioned that the current amount you are paying which is 10,000 Mana Stones will double every two months that went by without any results getting achieved .
Those who will be able to achieve something, anything in regard of the task assigned to all of you, those will be exempted from the increase in the two months period, then if they were to laze again in their duty, then they will need to pay quadruple the original amount that was being paid, this will be in work from the day this decree arrive .
This decree arrived a few days ago, meaning that you all still have time to think what would be the best course of action that you can choose, either to pay the new tax or get your forces ready for the expansion campaign, this all I have to say, you can make up your own decisions .
THIS MEETING IS NOW OVER .