Chapter 929 Praised As Heroes By The Whole Country
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"Not only my daughter and the previous heroes, but also all these young brave warriors. From Sylph, my granddaughter to her friends, Aquarina, Zack, Mist, Celeste, Celica, Lara, and Luck. All of you shall receive the honorary title of nobles as one of the many rewards for your accomplishments." He said.
"But my king…!"
Immediately, a group of nobles sitting around the entire throne room protested, interrupting the king's words. Some of them were his actual sons or grandsons, so they thought they had the authority to talk in this moment.
"You cannot simply give noble titles to those demons!"
"They're the very root of this problem to begin with!"
"W-Why have you called them here-"
"SILENCE!" The King immediately roared, hitting the floor with his sword. "If any of you dares to raise their voice while I am speaking, I shall strip away the titles from you. Because it is quite CLEAR that you do not deserve it!"
The nobles suddenly shut down, the elves furiously glared back at us as if we had the fault on this, when it was their own stupidity that provoked the rage of the King.
"Guards! Send them away, immediately." The King said nonchalantly, as the three nobles were instantly taken away by powerful paladins, they protested, but if they dared to fight back they would see the fury of the King.
"Sigh… Now I am beginning to regret having had so many children." He sighed. "It was good for the kingdom they said. More children means more nobility that can take care of the country they said…"
"Calm down dear." The Queen sighed, caressing his big arm. "It's alright, let's go back to the topic."
"Ah, yes." The King muttered, quickly glancing back at us with his gaze filled with authority and might. "As I said before, you shall be given titles. This special ceremony is being broadcast to the entire country to see through special magic devices, as you can see." He pointed at the many floating spheres. "So everyone can see what I am doing. I am well aware that some of you are Demons, but that does not mean anything to me."
The King then glanced at the floating crystals, broadcasting what was happening. Alice said they were like "cameras" or whatever, from Earth, the world she knew a bit too much about.
"I see all races of people as equals. Not all Demons possess vile hearts, and not all elves are pure of heart either. We've had our fair amount of traitors and villains, of vile witches and malicious sorcerers. Not to mention the Ancient Necromancer, or the Abyssal Witch, both which were born from our very country." He spoke. "None, and I say ABSOLUTELY NONE is absent of sins, and in this world where there are so many people of so many kinds of appearances, shapes, and forms, to discriminate others merely for how they look is foolish, and an act of pure hatred born out of ignorance, which does not befit us elves, who live long and therefore should be wise enough to see past superficial appearances."
I could feel with my senses as millions of peoples around the entire capital gasped in surprise before the King's words. But none seemed to protest, it felt as if the vast majority were told something they had never truly thought about too deeply.
"Father…" My mother smiled, as a small tear fell from her eyes. "Thank you for saying those words… You don't know how much it means to us…"
"Hmph." The King smiled slightly. "Anyways, now, my servants, give each of those deserving of one their titles. Once you sign them, you will become honorary nobles. You will be able to possess your own bank accounts, buy your own territories, and could even open your own companies with enough funds. For young honorary nobles, you will also receive a monthly allowance of one hundred thousand gold coins until you reach the age of 25."
"W-Wha…?!" Celeste was almost speechless.
"S-So much money?!" Mist cried.
"T-That's…" Zack was taken aback.
"Wow! Mommy will be happy with this for sure!" Celica was really happy.
"T-This is for real…?!" Luck was shocked.
"Nice! So cool!" Lara was very happy too.
I felt taken aback as well, I had no idea of this monthly allowance thingy, but I took it happily. I was already a noble, but adding on an honorary noble title was also possible, so I was a double noble? Does it gives me an even higher authority and benefits, maybe?
Well, whatever was the case, a dozen paladins walked downstairs from the throne, and handled us the papers, while a scribe gave us pens, which we all signed rather quickly. He even offered his help if someone didn't knew how to write, but everyone learned it a few years ago.
"Excellent. Very well then, we're done here. Let's go celebrate. The entire country shall celebrate this day as the day we've honored the heroes that saved our country from the clutches of Arachne, the Demon Lord and Lolth, the Evil Goddess! It shall be known as the Day of Unseen Heroes!"
"OOOOOHHHHH!"
The people all around the capital cheered, millions of people, not just elves, but there were demons, anima, humans, and many other kinds of people that had recently entered the country because the borders were opened once more.
Once the broadcast finished, the entire atmosphere calmed down and even the King sighed in relief. He quickly asked one of his right-hand men what had happened.
"Francois, how did it go? How was the reaction of the people?" He asked worriedly.
"It was surprisingly well taken. Some were amazed, but there were very few people that complained! Mostly just some unimportant, low-ranking nobles." The glasses-wearing young man laughed.
"Oooh! I shouldn't had expected less from my people." The King smiled proudly. "They know when someone speaks the truth! This is but the first step, the first step to change the world, what I've been working so hard for so long…" The King started to laugh happily.
"At long last, dear." The Queen giggled.
"Indeed, my King." Francois nodded.
Looks like grandpa was much more than I had originally thought… Aside from his scary and intimidating side, he was someone really good hearted, that only wanted the best for his people.
And also, to change the world too… I guess we shared a dream.
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