63 – Meeting (5)
The Emperor narrowed his eyes at Kael’s words.
“Are you saying you’re leaving that child as a professor at the academy?”
“Okay. “Because that was Liza’s choice.”
“Are you going to let that child’s strength rot like that?”
He slowly raises his magic power.
I feel a huge heavy pressure in the room.
Normally, you wouldn’t be able to hold on properly.
However, Kael stares at him as if nothing had happened.
“I’m sorry, but Lisa is not an object.”
“Whoa.”
In response to Kael, he gathers his magic power.
Soon, he nods his head.
“Okay. That’s right. But, wouldn’t it be dangerous if that kid went to the academy as a professor?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. “I’m there anyway.”
Kael answers with a confident face.
If someone else said something like that in front of you, you would feel arrogant.
However, the man in front of me is a being called the pinnacle of the continent.
Because of this, it is not arrogance but a fact.
“I guess you plan on continuing as a professor?”
“Okay. “I got a little interested.”
As he says that, he smiles sincerely.
The emperor looked somewhat surprised when he saw Kael’s smile.
“I never knew you would make that kind of expression. “What are you interested in?”
“It was rewarding to teach my students. “Including Ellie.”
Kael gives a creepy smile at those words.
I heard they are going through a hard time, but it looks like they are going through intense training.
The emperor cleared his throat and changed the topic.
“Hmm. Okay. Anyway, back to the main topic.”
“Bottom line?”
Wasn’t the conversation up to now the main topic?
When Kael questioned, the emperor narrowed his eyes as if asking what he was talking about.
“Didn’t I ask you earlier? “What is your relationship with that child?”
“Ah.”
“It looks like we’ve known each other for a long time.”
“Well, to put it simply, we are childhood friends.”
“Childhood friend?”
“Okay. “We stayed together in the village where Lisa was running away from the prince.”
For a moment, Ram and the emperor were truly shocked.
When I found out Lisa’s real name, I thought we had something together, but I never imagined that it would be a childhood friend.
The emperor touches his chin and laughs as if he is dumbfounded.
“Once again, the world feels small. Isn’t that right, Ram?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Phew, but are we really childhood friends?”
“Hmm? “What does it mean?”
When Kael tilts his head, the emperor looks at him suspiciously.
“The daughters, including Lisa, look at you strangely.”
“It’s an illusion.”
“Hmm. “It’s an illusion.”
“Okay. Anyway, let me ask you something too.”
Cael was afraid of being misunderstood for no reason, so he quickly changed the topic.
It was so blatant that it was suspicious, but the emperor decided to overlook it for now.
“Then we won’t have a second meeting?”
“Shouldn’t that be the case? “I think the story about Liza is over.”
“Then let’s just do it.”
“Hmm? “Is there a reason?”
“This time, I have something to say. “To everyone, including you.”
“?”
At that moment, Kael said that with a serious face that she had never shown before.
Looking at the expression, it seems like there is some unusual news.
“Okay. I get it. “Then let’s continue.”
With those words, Kael leisurely left her room.
***
Approximately an hour has passed since then.
After the break, all the VIPs gathered in the conference room.
“······.”
“······.”
An awkward silence flows in the conference room.
Soon, Urf, known as the great messenger of the Earth Mother, broke the silence first.
“So, what is the reason for the second meeting? “I think I’m done talking now?”
“Hmm.”
Instead of answering, the Emperor looked at Kael.
Then, Kael quietly stands up.
And then, he answered for me.
“I’m sorry, but I asked you to handle the second meeting.”
“Are you saying that?”
“Yes.”
No one complained about what the Archmage, who was no one else, said.
Rather than that, I just looked at him as if I was more interested.
“Okay. “Why are you having doubts?”
“That’s because I have something to talk about about the monsters of this world.”
“A monster from another world?”
Everyone has a question mark on the top of their head with a puzzled expression.
Kael explained the monsters from the other world that he had encountered before.
After finishing all the explanations, the companions looked in disbelief for a moment.
I never thought there would be multiple beings like the Demon King.
“Just in case, is there anyone other than you who saw it?”
“I was there too.”
Ellie, who had been listening to the question, raises her hand.
This is the claim of the princess, not anyone else.
In other words, it’s not a lie.
“It’s a monster from another world. “I never thought such a thing would exist.”
“Grand Wizard, what level do you think they were?”
Urf asks a question as if he is interested.
At that question, all the attention of the people around him focused on Kael.
Kael thought deeply.
Then, he opened his mouth.
“I can’t be sure because he’s not in perfect condition, but if he’s in perfect condition, I’d say he’s on the same level as you.”
“?!”
For a moment, everyone except Kael was shocked.
Urf, called the Great Master, is a being with overwhelming power that can be counted among the few on the continent.
However, it is said that people similar to him appear in groups.
For the people here, it is natural not to be shocked.
“It is said by an archmage and not by anyone else, so it cannot be a lie.”
“Then why did you say this?”
“Everyone is told to prepare. “You never know when they will appear on the continent.”
“Well, can I ask one question?”
Then, Hylon, the elven elder, raises his hand.
When Kael nodded his head as if asking him to speak, he asked directly.
“They say the Demon King is preparing to be summoned, aren’t you guys enough to defeat him?”
Everyone nodded as if they agreed with that question.
Like I said, I can definitely kill the devil.
I can roughly guess the extent of the devil’s power.
But.
“I don’t know where he is.”
“What?”
“When I was subduing the Immortal Lich, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, I cast a spell to get information, but it turned out that the Demon King himself was not in the Demon Territory.”
“Then what rules the devil’s army?”
“You can think of it as being ruled by the Four Heavenly Kings now.”
“······.”
There was silence once again at the unexpected answer.
Then, Kael opened her mouth.
“So, it would be better to prepare for those who will come later.”
With those words, it was the moment when the meeting came to a complete end.
***
After the meeting was over, everyone went back to their homes.
Like that, Kael also tried to leave the royal capital.
But at that moment.
“Kael! “Going already?”
“Go already?”
“It’s been a while since we met?”
The warrior party approaches here and says hello.
Kael leisurely shrugged his shoulders at that question.
“I have to go to work tomorrow.”
“Ah. That’s right, he was a professor.”
“I never thought Kael would have been an archmage.”
At that moment, Sylvia’s eyes sparkle.
Kael gave her a puzzled look at those words.
“Is it that surprising?”
“Of course. Speaking of Archmage Sara, he is someone who contributed so much to the continent.”
“That’s right. In fact, the continent was completely different before and after the Great Mage existed.”
“I’m truly surprised that it’s Kael.”
Well, if you think about it, that reaction is natural.
From their perspective, their former colleague later became an archmage.
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“Then let’s go.”
As he said that, Kael tried to leave the imperial castle with Riza.
At that time.
“See you in a few days. Kael!”
“?”
Livia waves her hand with a bright smile.
‘What is it? See you in a few days?’
Kael returned to her academy with doubts in her mind.
***
That time.
There was a being quietly drinking human blood in the dark underground.
She was Giselle, one of the candidates for commander of the Demon King’s Army.
“I didn’t know that all the traitors were dead.”
All the traitors who fed themselves with their blood died.
The plan was distorted due to a sudden variable.
He frowned and threw the human body on the floor.
“Tsk, thinking about it makes me lose my appetite.”
-Well, plans can fail, right?
“But even though I’ve been preparing for it for years, I still feel bad.”
-It wasn’t a plan with great expectations. Honestly, the probability of failure was higher. Rather than that, let’s focus on assassinating the saint.
Gichel tasted her mouth at those words.
‘I wonder what the saint’s blood tastes like.’
With that thought in mind, I quickly waited for the day to come to plan.
***
Approximately a few days have passed since the imperial meeting ended.
In the meantime, nothing major happened.
In fact, the misunderstanding has been resolved, so in a way it is natural.
But, looking at the person in front of me, I couldn’t help but ask.
“So, why are you here?”
Livia waves her hand with a shy smile.
In order to explain this situation for a moment, it seems necessary to go back a day.