“So we are expected to die a dog’s death, huh?”Alex put in his closing commentary after the lengthy reprimand of Desmon to his young. He faced the iVint Plus with a somehow exaggerated sad expression, which didn’t look clear whether it was calling for sympathy or laughters.King Romeus who had proven himself as the loyal viewer of the show from the start, felt awkward. The entire scene, he could feel that his anger was slowly built up, only to be smashed by a sudden arrival of apologetical sentiments, thanks to Desmond’s story and Alex’s last remark.“No!”The King denied the soft accusation of sending his vassals to death. Weird, he was not supposed to be this panic if he really didn’t mean it. His reaction was way over the top for someone innocent. Of course, Alex was the only one who couldn’t hear his defense.“That explains a lot, like why we always got urged to go quickly to Tiryag continent....”Alex continued his supposed-to-be monologue, although it sounded more like a gaslig
“Father?” Horat couldn’t believe what his ears heard. “Whatever do you mean?”Desmond looked at his son with pitiful gaze. He shook his head and turned his attention back to the King.“As you can see, Your Majesty. My son wasn’t even aware of what he was just doing,” sighed Desmond. “And his friend over there was no better. Even with their heads combined, they couldn’t understand the gravity of their situation.”King Romeus combed his grey beard, digesting his advisor’s words one by one, carefully as ever. His majestic pose was the one he always used when he was being unsure of what to do. Desmond, as his trusted aide and closest advisor, knew so well about this habit of the King. He knew he was on the right path, all he needed was just a little bit more push, or so he thought.“Desmond, you’re an excellent public speaker, I must give you that! The way you lead the listeners to your favor is something else,” countered the King. “If I were my old self, for sure I would be swallowed by
Part 1Just when they were having their nostalgic yet not so pleasant banter, the footsteps of a guard could be heard. Soon, he showed himself in front of them, rattling the iron bars as a sign of intimidation.“Hey, criminals! Pipe it down, will you? It’s already past your bedtime now!” scolded the sentry.Desmond, still lying on top of his stomach due to his back pain, saw the guard’s arrival as a chance. He squirmed a little bit to face him, feeling excruciating pain in each of his every movement.“You! I, Desmond, the Royal Advisor, command you to take me to have an audience with the king, pronto!” ordered Desmond, still oblivious to the state he was in.“Uh, Sir? Can you even move with your injury?” asked Hektor innocently. “You don’t wanna inflict another damage to your aged body, do you?”It was hard for Desmond to rebuke, so he only glared at his son’s friend so viciously. Realizing his words had offended the advisor, Hektor squeaked and went back to his place, staring at the
“Mommy, what is that?”A small boy was tugging his mother’s dress, his finger pointed at a giant screen hung over at the plaza.“I have no idea, my son. This is also Mommy’s first time to see that kind of thing.”Turned out they were looking at the latest invention of Vincent. Not exactly new, though. Basically it’s just an oversized and dumbed down version of iVint Plus. Just acting as the receiver from the signal transmitted from the authentic iVint Plus.“Hmm, so basically that’s just a huge screencast,” mumbled Alex to himself, reminded of the technological advance in his original world.Below the screen, there was a makeshift stage, inhabited by the three prisoners who just spent the night in the dungeon. Their expressions were various at first, but once the screen played their record, they looked somehow humiliated.“Oh my! I never thought the hot studs I was fangirling all over were the culprit behind Princess Remina’s illness!” A random young lass gasped in disbelief.“I know,
The next morning, Alex woke up early. He had a lot of things to do for the day. But first, he needed to announce their departure to his team members, so they had them gathered in their headquarters courtyard.“Morning, guys! Glad to have you all here!” greeted Alex. “Huh? Gremio, why do you look so beaten up? Did you sneak out of the party and decided to do some monster hunting?”Gremio paused for a bit, glancing at Salieri with bloodshot eyes. "Listen here, laddie, let me tell ye a tale of betrayal and deceit! It was all thanks tae tha' stupid bard's idea! He thought it was funny tae make fun o' Rasheed, and I wouldn't mind it even for a bit as long as he stood up his ground. But tha' damn sissy played his dirty trick with his violin and casted a melody that made Rasheed target me instead of him! Me blood was boilin' and me fists were clenched, but I couldn't do a thing. If I get me hands on that lousy bard, I'll make him wish he never picked up a lute in his life! And mark me words,
It was a beautiful morning by the forest that lay on the Nousant Kingdom’s outer limit. Both humans and elves sometimes crossed paths in the area with peace, like this precise day. An elf who was also the king’s messenger was just minding his own business, strolling in the forest when he overheard a group of fishermen talking about something just by the crystal clear creek.“Have you heard the news? Alex and his hero party will soon be sent on their suicide mission next week,” one of the fishermen started the conversation, which caught the commoner elf’s attention. As the chattering began growing, the elf decided to walk toward the group and ask the truth.“Excuse me.” he waved his hand and made the whole group of fishermen turn their heads toward him. “I overheard your talk about the hero party. Is that true?”The fisherman nodded and replied, “yes, as sure as eggs are eggs. Our king has prepared a farewell party for the group. It seems like the kingdom gives everything to them, in c
Late in the evening, the dwarfs winded down at their lodging after a long day of mining and welling. A gleeful chatter could be heard as they enjoyed their beers and listened to folk music played by other fellow dwarfs, and danced for a moment to cheer their weary bodies."Hey, does any of you know?" one dwarf named Bargor opened a conversation after gulping his drink down, "I heard the elves just visited the castle this evening."“Huh, it’s unusual for them.” his friend, Glovion, tapped his fingers on the wooden table following the joyful rhythm and asked, “what business do they have there?”“No clue,” Dradin replied, “why don’t we just enjoy the music? Let’s not think about what those snobbish elves doing at the castle.”Everyone shrugged and back to their drinks. It wasn’t too long before Lucius arrived with big news. He exclaimed out loud, “hear me, my dwarf brethren! I have something to inform you regarding Alex and his hero party.”Every single dwarf at the lodging then paid att
On the next day, Alex woke up earlier than usual and then set off to the Magic Tower. The sun wasn't rising and the surrounding was quietly silent. As he strolled outside the residence, the rooster's crow could be heard clearly in the hero's ears. The chilling wind didn’t stop Alex from walking to his destination which was just close by. Alex paced his feet to climb the spiral staircase to the room where Vincent worked.Arrived upstairs where the inventor’s workplace was located, the hero knocked on the door. “Vincent? Are you there?”For a while, Alex heard a loud thump from the room followed by some footsteps that came closer to the door. Soon after the rustling key was twisted from the inside, the wooden door creaked open, revealing Vincent who looked like a mess and hadn’t slept for days.“Oh, Alex!” he uttered suddenly, quickly wiped his dirty hands off, and greeted the hero awkwardly, “I-I’m sorry, I should’ve come to your farewell banquet yesterday but I haven’t finished the ma