Year: 1203 AD,
I am feeling quite dizzy.
Yes, I was unconscious for sometime and I don't know how the events unfolded later.
I can guess that Blue was unleashed and he transported he here.
I see myself on the throne in comfortable way.
This is surprising but I have many other matters to deal with. Moreover I am getting dreams about my curse lately.
Well I guess whatever my curse is , not important for now.
I tried to move myself but it was hard so I just remained there .
Suddenly I sensed many people heading towards the courtroom. It's highly possible that we won but I should be more cautious.
In reality, they were all familiar faces.
Many adventurers who teamed with us were here. Fuji was walking infront of them like he is leading them. That looked reassuring.
They stood before me down in the hall glancing at me with eyes full of admiration.
[Fuji]: We have won Derono! Now how about rebuilding this place? Let's build our country.
Phew, that sounds like him. We won. Atleast this was a short win for now. Real war is still far ahead.
Before I can say something, another two figures teleported in the court.
Their Aura was immense. This is supposed to be their compressed Aura and it still feels heavy.
Obviously those who have keen sense will know it's absurdity.
Those two figures were Rel and ...Wait? A Blue haired human? I never saw him before. Who is he?
I glanced at the blue balloon (Blue haired man i.e Cosmo).
He saw me staring at him and just giggled lowering his head.
Rel and others too lowered their head as greetings to me.
This is getting slightly weird for me but I cast my uneasiness away for now.
[Blue]: My Lord, I am your most loyal servant, Blue.
Most loyal servant? Servant? What does that mean? When did that happen? Looks like a lot things happened while I was asleep.
" I see...so you are free right? Now you will serve me since I freed you."
To my words he nodded happily.
I was frightened but washed my hands in the flowing river (phrase).
He is a strong and reliable person if he becomes ally and most scary one of becomes enemy.
I just used his words so I can have him side with me for now.
Fuji wasn't quite happy about it. Looks like even he can sense the insane Aura emitting from Blue.
[Rel]: We brought the newborn Demon Lord with us as gift Derono.
[Blue]: Indeed, he can serve you well my Lord. He didn't look too fond of demon rule.
Those words completely silenced everyone in the courtroom. Everyone was stunned in shock.
A kid and a Blue haired young man defeating a newborn Demon Lord? It sounds absurd.
Fuji already knew the power of Rel but he don't know anything about Blue.
I can read what Fuji was thinking in his mind by just looking at his face.
{Bronze Knight< Mayor<< Newborn Demon Lord} This is the power order that Fuji was thinking about and he wasn't completely wrong.
Suddenly whispers started taking place among adventurers and it sure caused a lot of confusion between them.
I think I should make things more clear.
"Everyone here...the small kid is Rel and he is actually a Supreme Spirit . The other one is one of the most powerful Earthen Knights, known as Blue."
Rel was looking at me like he wanted to say 'YOU ARE A KID YOURSELF AND ATLEAST I AM 4 TIMES OLDER THAN YOU.'
I ignored it.
I introduced Blue as Earthen Knight to minimise shock value. If they learn that he his one of the GODLY KNIGHTS then it will throw everyone into chaos.
[Fuji]: I see so why isn't he having any armour? Earthen Knights are cursed ancient humans whose soul is bounded with armour right?
Many nodded to Fuji's doubt.
"You are true indeed, however I managed to make contract with him and also lifted his curse significantly without disturbing his power and that's how it is."
Blue was just smiling in the corner with Rel.
Looks like Blue already deduced the reason I am doing so.
Rel was smiling along with Blue because Rel sees it as competition.
Fuji looked satisfied with my answer. He should be since I did many miracles before him knowing it will come handy someday.
"Ahm.."
I coughed to grab everyone's attention.
Everyone was having their eyes on me.
" As we know now that Mayor was serving under Great Demon Lord, we fought against him and won. We faced many casualties and loses ourselves so it was bittersweet. Now what truly matters is the future that we can still carve by our present actions."
Everyone was listening to me with all their attention.
"Therefore I am taking control of whole ROYAL EMPIRE as the new ruler. Few may object it but many will agree. This was a small win against our real enemy, our real enemy is Great Demon Lord and we shall prepare ourselves no matter what. I will bring all civilians back and restore ROYAL EMPIRE. This will become a place to start rebellion against Great Demon Lord. I hope you will all support me."
Hearing my speech everyone agreed in a loud confident voice.
I am introvert and saying those words really tired me.
Rightman will arrive with civilians tomorrow. I hope my letter reached him.
Next day,
I was having a chat with Fuji , Jerius and Blue.
" We need a large army to counter higher demons. We can't solely rely on adventurers."
[Fuji]: You are right. Fighting normal demons is at a place and fighting higher demons is completely at other. There will also be thousands of superior demons, many demon lords too. Even I with my current power can only take down superior demons.
[Jerius]: Why can't we contract with more Earthen Knights like Sir Blue?
[Blue]: That is indeed true however finding a gate to Earthen (a world inside Earth's crust, it has environment similar to outer world) is hard. Also making contract is not possible if the other party refuses.
Blue is really giving perfect excuses to make sure my little lie is safe. But adding Earthen Knights is indeed a great idea.
"We will search for Earthen Gates. It will surely be hard but not impossible."
I was determined. There are many things that are needed to be done before.
Rightman and civilians will reach ROYAL EMPIRE today evening according to my predictions.
I must think o...
Sudden loud explosions in nearby Basilicas (large public buildings) grab everyone's attention.
All of us left our discussion and headed out just to see two women with green hairs emitting enormous black Aura.
It was comparable to that of Rel and Blue's.
[Urike]: Looks like we made our appearance too early Irine.
[Irine]: What?! Even though we just left after talking with Ajantal? Looks like that rat Rightman still has luck with him.
Their glance fell on me and others. The younger one is Irine. Both are spirits that evolved under Demon hierarchy.
Blue wasn't making any moves to avoid attention from Fuji and Jerius.
The older one neared us still in air.
[Urike]: Tell my little brother that we are serving under Great Demon Lord Gleno and he has no chance of victory. He should side with us and I will forgive his mistakes.
Little brother? Who is she talking about?
After saying those words she flies away destroying many buildings with her younger sister. Laughing and enjoying the destruction they are causing.
They left.
It happened too fast.
Urike: That will serve as warning. He may reconsider his course of actions.
Irine: That was fun. Entering in enemy's territory, threatening them and leaving while destroying it. We shall do it again sometime.
Urike: Yes, you are right. However we should also be patient.
Yes, this time, we will punish lil brother more harshly to make sure it will never dare to stand opposite to us.
Flying at high speed we left ROYAL EMPIRE back.