Chapter 926 926 Developments at Home
"Princess Mrazivý, Prince Marcus, his majesty wishes to speak with you both immediately. Please follow me."
The moment that they returned to the castle in Borealia's royal capital, Marcus and Mrazivý were met by one of the king's attendants and given a request for a meeting.
Of course, it was only being presented as a request. This was most certainly an order.
'I am guessing your father is not happy about us sneaking out and leaving the country for our honeymoon.' Marcus said with telepathy.
'Yeah. I figured he would call us in fairly quickly, but I thought he would at least wait until tomorrow. We showed up in the middle of the night so that we could at least get a little time to rest.' Mrazivý responded with an internal sigh.
They had flown the final stretch of their journey all at once over a three-day period without rest. Physically they were still in fine condition, but mentally they were worn down and wanted to sleep in their own bed after being away for such a long time.
Nevertheless, they knew that they were going to have to meet with the other higherups of the kingdom. What they had discovered in Aezam needed to be disclosed by them even if Roxene had come in advance.
Without any delay the attendant brought them deep into the castle to the king's main office.
When the doors opened there were six people inside waiting for them.
Naturally the king was there along with Darius the knight commander who served as his guard, Aria, the nation's grand archmage, Frostine the crown princess, James, the leader of the sky knights and the oldest living prince, and Boreas, the founder and first king of Borealia.
Everyone here was among those that Marcus and Mrazivý expected to see, but there was someone that was missing.
Gwyneira was the guardian beast of Borealia and normally it would have been expected for her to be here alongside Boreas.
"Come in and take your seats. We have much to discuss." The king said with a stern expression on his face.
An instant after Marcus and Mrazivý walked into the room, the double doors that had been wide open slammed shut and the magic barriers that blocked sound from escaping and outside forces from looking in activated.
"Normally I would reprimand both of you for leaving the nation to who knows where without even informing me, but now is not the time for that. Your beast companion Roxene has already told us some about what occurred, but we want to hear it from the two of you as well. Tell us everything that happened in Aezam. Spare no details." The king said.
"Understood, but it will be a long story." Mrazivý said, taking the lead.
She then went on to explain why they ended up in Aezam and everything they did while there.
As she said it took a long time for her to relay everything, but by the time she was finished, everyone save for Boreas looked stunned.
What they had both done was practically outrageous and incredibly dangerous.
Going to Aezam alone carried with it some risk as Borealia had close ties to the adventurers guild which Aezam was hostile towards. Had their identities been found out, it was possible that they could have caused a massive incident or even been killed.
However, what attracted the most attention was their discovery of Vaughn and the group he was with. Everything else was far less important.
"To think he had traveled to the other end of the continent. No wonder we could not find him." Aria said, an enraged glint in her eyes.
Vaughn was her grandson just like the king, and out of everyone here, she had been the closest to him. Naturally she was livid when first finding out about his betrayal.
"I know that this might not be my place to say, since I long ago abdicated from the throne and was gone until recently, but I think it might be prudent to expand our search outside the kingdom. What Roxene told us was... disconcerting. She said she could not go into details about what she knows about this demon, but if it is what I think it is, stopping Vaughn and the others working with him is paramount." Boreas said, a rare look of concern on his face.
"You know what that thing is? Roxene told me when we first encountered it that it was something we absolutely should not get involved with." Marcus said, his gaze locked on Boreas.
"Truthfully, I am not sure. I have heard whispers of incredibly powerful demons that are called primeval. The original and strongest demons to exist. Whether this is true or not, or that this demon would be one, is just speculation. Still, it must be a powerful demon if it is taking this much effort to bring it into this world. We should do what we can to track down those working for it and stop them."
The current king of Borealia wore a pensive expression for a few moments before turning towards Boreas.
"I know that you cannot leave right now since your daughter was just born, but if you could ask Alexandra to personally take over the search, that would be of great help. She has done great work as the Head Royal Investigator, but she will not leave Borealia unless you ask her to. She has only stayed this long to keep her word to you to protect the kingdom that you founded." The king said.
"I will ask her, but she may not leave even if I do. Out of everyone in my original group, she is the one most attached to this place." Boreas responded.
Yet, as they were talking about who to send out to search for Vaughn, Marcus and Mrazivý latched onto something else.
"Wait, your daughter has been born! Does that mean Gwyneira has given birth?! Is that why she is not here right now!? Mrazivý nearly shouted.
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