I was in a meeting together with the Dragon Emperor of Light Luminus, who is said to lead a part of the Dragons of Light to move away from the Church of Light, and Dark Elf King Heston, who leads this village and protects the World Tree.
Luminus arrived together with a Fairy of Light, he looked anxious as he looked at the Dark Elf King, he was acting very different from the way full of confidence and arrogance during the barbecue on my ship.
Luminus strangely also showed relief when he saw me, I don't know what goes through his head, but I'm certain now that everything that happened in the Haffes Kingdom was not his fault.
"I think I already explained in the message why I called you to this meeting." (King Heston)
"I know you think it's my fault and you're not completely wrong." (Luminus)
"I wanted to call you here at the beginning to find out who that bastard was who dared to bring a Titan of Nature here." (King Heston)
The Elf King looked calm in appearance, but the killing intent pouring out of his body caused my body to start shaking as it left Luminus and his Fairy friend in position to respond to any attacks.
"We are not here to fight." (Hest)
"I know." (King Heston)
"This young Vampire Patriarch told me what happened, he told me the identity of that bold Dragon and a few other things." (King Heston)
"I already know the answers to those things." (Luminus)
"So you know the name of this Dragon?" (King Heston)
"It was my second in command, someone I believed to be trustworthy, his name is Shiro." (Luminus)
The Dark Elf King looks at Luminus and then at me before nodding as if confirming something.
"The same name the boy gave me, I wasn't suspecting the information, but hearing the same information from two different sides confirms the culprit." (King Heston)
"He may have been the cause of this situation, but that doesn't change his guilt." (King Heston)
"I know, I'm not going to make excuses for my incompetence." (Luminus)
I'm not following the conversation well, but I'm also not participating very much since these people are far above me.
"Do you know why I'm having you here?" (King Heston)
"Why here your wounds won't stop you if you need to fight." (Luminus)
"Yes, but that's not all, I wanted to confirm your response to this whole situation without half-truths." (King Heston)
"As a Ruler of your Race, you failed to judge those around you, you failed to lead by failing to make your subordinates understand your ideals, and you failed to see the big picture." (King Heston)
"I understand and accept what you say, my faults in this matter are many for not seeing a traitor so close to me, but I don't understand your last words." (Luminus)
"As a Warrior, I know another when I see one, the way he moves, his appearance, his Aura, the way he scans his surroundings out of habit." (King Heston)
"You are proud of your Race and that's why you wear your Dragon's head even in human form." (Hest)
"I consider myself a Warrior before I am a Ruler, but that doesn't change the fact of what I am and stand for, but you are a Warrior pretending to be a ruler." (King Heston)
"I admit my mistakes about Shiro, but I won't take mockery, not even from an Elf King." (Luminus)
"Strong words for someone who arrived here with such an uncertain look on her face." (King Heston)
From my point of view, it doesn't look like the Dark Elf King is mocking, he is analyzing Luminus, and he is teasing him to see how he reacts.
"I know my mistakes, I already have Dragons and subordinates looking for Shiro's hiding place, even if I suspect where it might be." (Luminus)
"Church of Light?" (Hest)
"Probably, that coward emptied his subordinates and fled before they found out what he had done." (Lux)
"Shiro was someone I trusted because he saw through the Church of Light's mistakes against our race in the past, his desire for the safety of the Dragons of Light was always true, and more than twice I've seen how hard he strove for it." (Luminus)
"But as I investigated those close to him who didn't leave, I found that he doesn't believe me, he doesn't think I'm capable of protecting our people." (Luminus)
"It seems he has been talking about how the Church of Light would be able to protect our people with other Dragons, Fairies, and Spirits of the light element, trying to take others away with him." (Lux)
"I was so focused on our relationship with other races and nations that I forgot to look inward, to look at those who were following me." (Luminus)
"These are your problems, take care of them yourself." (King Heston)
"What I want is that Dragon, I want his location." (King Heston)
"I don't know where exactly he is." (Luminus)
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The next few hours were a discussion of compensation, concessions, and liability.
I didn't understand why I was there, I was sitting between them, but I had no place to speak, my presence in the room was as important as the chairs we were sitting on.
The others also kept quiet, at least listening and seeing everything from the outside I had the time and impartiality to understand what was happening.
King Heston was pitting himself against Luminus as he pointed out every mistake he made, he was acting with a bit of false hostility, it was easy to see that his real intentions were to teach Luminus the right way to rule.
But instead of telling him what he needed to do, he was showing the flaws, mistakes, and problems left behind by Luminus, he wanted Luminus to learn on his own from what I can tell.
In the end, it was decided that the compensation paid by Luminus would be a large pile the size of a mountain of True Dragon materials.
Other than that, nothing else was discussed, but it was clear that the Fairy Queen of the light element noticed King Heston's true intentions, I imagine Luminus will also notice when thinking about this meeting later.
But even helping Luminus, King Heston still didn't make any alliance with the Dragons of Light.
Also, strangely I was called at the end of the conversation where Luminus apologized for Shiro's betrayal and promised me compensation later, he also asked me to continue serving as a mediator between him and other races.
I accepted only to go against the plans of that bastard who destroyed that city.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺