Chapter 37
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Caesar and the rest moved through the palace gates, the beautiful white pillars and the marbled floor entered into their eyes as they walked in. A long red carpet stretched from the doors to the throne room.
"So this is our home now? Quite the upgrade compared to the last house" Caesar said slyly while looking at his father.
" *cough* all of this still doesn't feel real, I'm not sure I am fit for this position…" Crowley coughed awkwardly and replied to Caesar with a hesitant voice.
"Don't' worry father, even if you were to fall down you still have all of us to carry you " Caesar said in a soothing tone.
Surprise flashed in Crowley's eyes before he looked at Caesar with a lost expression "You have changed so much since that expedition to the northern forest my son… you have made me so proud." Crowley was choking on his words and tears were threatening to fall out of his eyes.
Caesar walked over and put his arm around Crowley with a smile on his face "no need to be sentimental my father, this is a happy occasion" Caesar chuckled and said to his father.
Crowley nodded his head and replaced his sad expression with a happy smile, "you're right. Come, the dining room is even more extravagant haha" Crowley said while laughing happily.
The group started to move again, while they were walking Joe walked up and whispered in Caesar's ear "I didn't know your dad was the king, I Want to change my condition to a gallon of ale at least once a day"
Caesar turned to look at Joe with a sly smile, "too late" Caesar abruptly quickened his footsteps so he didn't have to hear Joe's whining.
Suddenly Elizabeth went towards joe with a happy grin "everyone is so tall, I'm glad someone is my size around here now… nice to meet you my name is Elizabeth" she chuckled and put her hand out
Joe didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he slowly raised his right hand, but before he could shake hands with her a different pale hand with slender fingers grabbed her hand first and placed a glove on it.
"Remember darling, always put a glove on when shaking another man's hand," Caesar said with a serious face.
"Okay, daddy!" Elizabeth grinned widely and put her hand back out towards joe but this time the glove was on it.
"This bastard…" Joe grumbled as he shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Joe," Joe said with a twitching smile
"Uh huh, let's be friends!"
While the three of them were busy bantering with each other they finally arrived in front of a beautiful wooden door engraved with two white tigers brawling.
"Whoaa, those big cats look so real" Elizabeth let out a gasp in amazement
Crowley smiled with pride and opened the large doors, inside was a large table with a golden chandelier risen above it. Murals of different mythical animals surrounded the room making it look even more extravagant.
Sebastian and a few other butlers were already standing at the table while half-bowing, Sebastian opened his lips first.
"welcome your majesty and young master, today we have prepared flame bear steak, garlic mashed potatoes, And of course a light salad. For refreshments I have prepared red wine and liquor from Solace, the kingdom of ale"
Everyone opened up their mouths wide looking at the delicious looking food except Caesar of course, in his past life he had seen much more luxurious foods.
Caesar and the rest quickly sat down at the large table, Caesar sat on one end of the table while Crowley on the other… soon Ahri came and sat down on his right and Joe went to sit down on his left.
"no joe I want to sit next to daddy," Elizabeth said with a pouting expression.
Joe scratched his head and gestured to the seat "as you wish princess"
"Hehe, you're the best," Elizabeth said quickly and darted passed joe to sit down next to Caesar.
Caesar slightly glanced at Joe and showed him a mocking smile before changing back into his normally graceful look.
Joe caught glimpse of Caesar's mocking smile and a vein popped up above his right eye, "this bastard just because he is handsome…" Joe gnashed his teeth and sat down at one of the other seats.
Once Joe sat down everyone started to eat, Joe immediately started scooping the food into his mouth nonstop and guzzling the wine and liquor to help the food move down his throat faster.
"Oh my god, I've never eaten better food in my life," Joe said with food still in his mouth.
Caesar glared at him "eat slower and don't talk with food still in your mouth"
Crowley raised his hand "haha, don't worry about it… this is a happy occasion after all"
For the rest of the meal, everyone ate quietly, only the sound of chewing echoed throughout the dining room. Ahri kept stealing glances at Caesar while they were eating so Caesar turned to face her and asked: "what's wrong? You have been glancing at me all night"
Ahri adverted her eyes from Caesar "I was just wondering if you remembered our promise" she said quietly.
Caesar gently put his fork and knife down on the plate and turned towards Ahri "don't worry, I have not forgotten. I just need to do a few more thing in this kingdom before we can go"
A smile suddenly blossomed on Ahri's face "okay!" she said energetically and started eating her food quickly again.
Caesar also picked up his fork and continued eating again, as he was about to put food in his mouth he looked at Ahri with a curious look "I haven't seen Edward in a while, where is he?"
She chuckled softly "hehe, he has formed quite the connection with those knights… he trains them with the sword all day long"
Caesar nodded his head slowly in understanding "I see"
The food on the table was soon devoured and everyone at the table was stuffed, Joe was rubbing his stomach while finishing up all of the extra glasses of wine placed on the table.
"This is what heaven tastes like after all haha," Joe said with a satisfied smile
*clap*
Caesar soon clapped and stood up, "what do you say we go for a walk to digest the food we ate Joe?"
Joe looked at Caesar confused "alright I guess"
Caesar pushed his chair into the table and walked towards the doors… Joe pushed his chair in as well and guzzled the last bit of wine in the glass and rushed to follow Caesar.
*creak*
Caesar pushed open the doors and walked out, Joe naturally followed behind him "whats up Caesar, what do you need?"
Caesar glanced at him "your a dwarf so you should be a skilled crafter right?" Caesar asked him a question instead of answering him.
Joe nodded "Well yea, I don't make weapons and armors though. I make magic accessories"
Caesar looked at Joe with an inquiring look "what is a magic accessory?"
Joe puffed up his chest "they help your mana flow through your body or I can make a defensive accessory that helps block any magic based attacks"
Joe paused for a second and continued in a hushed tone.
"How do you think I knew you weren't human, some dwarves can see the mana flow in things… your mana is an abnormal red"
Caesar nodded his head in understanding "so that's how you knew? What is Ahri's mana color?" Caesar asked curiously
"It's a very dark blue" Joe replied
Caesar and Joe continued walking for a while before finally turning around and heading back towards the dining room "so what do you need to make these magic accessories that you speak of?"
Joe strokes his beard for a second and replied with a serious face "I need a very hard material and the person that wants the magic accessory to pump mana into it as I'm inscribing the accessory"
"Why do they need to implant their mana into it?" Caesar asked curiously
"A magic accessory can only be used by the person it's crafted for, it needs mana power to feed off of and naturally it uses the owners"
"I see, when can you start crafting one?" Caesar asked curiously
"Well, I can make one at any time. I just need my tools, but any normal blacksmith should carry them"
"I will get you those tools, I want you to make me one," Caesar thought for a second and said towards Joe
"Alright, I'll do it as thanks for the ale"
Caesar and Joe soon made it back to the dining room and entered, Ahri and Elizabeth were playing with each other while Sebastian and Crowley were just looking at them with smiles on their face.
All the people present turned their heads towards Caesar as he arrived, Crowley stepped forward with a smile on his face "my son, you had left so early earlier so I didn't get a chance to give you a gift"
Caesar walked over towards Elizabeth and put her on his shoulder while turned towards Crowley "a gift?"
Crowley dug in his robe and pulled out a large book "I had overheard that you have someone else training your knights with weapons because you don't have those skills so…"
Crowley presented the book towards Caesar...
"I bought the most expensive sword technique book on the market, I also got you two swords crafted from the best blacksmith in our kingdom"
As if Crowley's words were Sebastian's cue he brought a case towards Caesar and opened the lid, inside were two slender and silver rapiers, the handguard was extremely elegant and the grip was wrapped with a splendid red cloth.
Caesar looked up at his father and hugged him "thank you father" He said in a thankful voice.
"It is what you deserve, now I got a lot of paperwork to do… The other nobles, as well as the officials, aren't exactly going to let me become king while laying down" Crowley said as he walked away with Sebastian following him.
Caesar looked at Crowley's departing back for a second before shifting his attention back on the book… the title read "The noble art of swordsmanship"
Caesar's lips curved upwards as he turned the front page "looks like I have another thing to do before I make a trip"
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Caesar and the rest moved through the palace gates, the beautiful white pillars and the marbled floor entered into their eyes as they walked in. A long red carpet stretched from the doors to the throne room.
"So this is our home now? Quite the upgrade compared to the last house" Caesar said slyly while looking at his father.
" *cough* all of this still doesn't feel real, I'm not sure I am fit for this position…" Crowley coughed awkwardly and replied to Caesar with a hesitant voice.
"Don't' worry father, even if you were to fall down you still have all of us to carry you " Caesar said in a soothing tone.
Surprise flashed in Crowley's eyes before he looked at Caesar with a lost expression "You have changed so much since that expedition to the northern forest my son… you have made me so proud." Crowley was choking on his words and tears were threatening to fall out of his eyes.
Caesar walked over and put his arm around Crowley with a smile on his face "no need to be sentimental my father, this is a happy occasion" Caesar chuckled and said to his father.
Crowley nodded his head and replaced his sad expression with a happy smile, "you're right. Come, the dining room is even more extravagant haha" Crowley said while laughing happily.
The group started to move again, while they were walking Joe walked up and whispered in Caesar's ear "I didn't know your dad was the king, I Want to change my condition to a gallon of ale at least once a day"
Caesar turned to look at Joe with a sly smile, "too late" Caesar abruptly quickened his footsteps so he didn't have to hear Joe's whining.
Suddenly Elizabeth went towards joe with a happy grin "everyone is so tall, I'm glad someone is my size around here now… nice to meet you my name is Elizabeth" she chuckled and put her hand out
Joe didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he slowly raised his right hand, but before he could shake hands with her a different pale hand with slender fingers grabbed her hand first and placed a glove on it.
"Remember darling, always put a glove on when shaking another man's hand," Caesar said with a serious face.
"Okay, daddy!" Elizabeth grinned widely and put her hand back out towards joe but this time the glove was on it.
"This bastard…" Joe grumbled as he shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Joe," Joe said with a twitching smile
"Uh huh, let's be friends!"
While the three of them were busy bantering with each other they finally arrived in front of a beautiful wooden door engraved with two white tigers brawling.
"Whoaa, those big cats look so real" Elizabeth let out a gasp in amazement
Crowley smiled with pride and opened the large doors, inside was a large table with a golden chandelier risen above it. Murals of different mythical animals surrounded the room making it look even more extravagant.
Sebastian and a few other butlers were already standing at the table while half-bowing, Sebastian opened his lips first.
"welcome your majesty and young master, today we have prepared flame bear steak, garlic mashed potatoes, And of course a light salad. For refreshments I have prepared red wine and liquor from Solace, the kingdom of ale"
Everyone opened up their mouths wide looking at the delicious looking food except Caesar of course, in his past life he had seen much more luxurious foods.
Caesar and the rest quickly sat down at the large table, Caesar sat on one end of the table while Crowley on the other… soon Ahri came and sat down on his right and Joe went to sit down on his left.
"no joe I want to sit next to daddy," Elizabeth said with a pouting expression.
Joe scratched his head and gestured to the seat "as you wish princess"
"Hehe, you're the best," Elizabeth said quickly and darted passed joe to sit down next to Caesar.
Caesar slightly glanced at Joe and showed him a mocking smile before changing back into his normally graceful look.
Joe caught glimpse of Caesar's mocking smile and a vein popped up above his right eye, "this bastard just because he is handsome…" Joe gnashed his teeth and sat down at one of the other seats.
Once Joe sat down everyone started to eat, Joe immediately started scooping the food into his mouth nonstop and guzzling the wine and liquor to help the food move down his throat faster.
"Oh my god, I've never eaten better food in my life," Joe said with food still in his mouth.
Caesar glared at him "eat slower and don't talk with food still in your mouth"
Crowley raised his hand "haha, don't worry about it… this is a happy occasion after all"
For the rest of the meal, everyone ate quietly, only the sound of chewing echoed throughout the dining room. Ahri kept stealing glances at Caesar while they were eating so Caesar turned to face her and asked: "what's wrong? You have been glancing at me all night"
Ahri adverted her eyes from Caesar "I was just wondering if you remembered our promise" she said quietly.
Caesar gently put his fork and knife down on the plate and turned towards Ahri "don't worry, I have not forgotten. I just need to do a few more thing in this kingdom before we can go"
A smile suddenly blossomed on Ahri's face "okay!" she said energetically and started eating her food quickly again.
Caesar also picked up his fork and continued eating again, as he was about to put food in his mouth he looked at Ahri with a curious look "I haven't seen Edward in a while, where is he?"
She chuckled softly "hehe, he has formed quite the connection with those knights… he trains them with the sword all day long"
Caesar nodded his head slowly in understanding "I see"
The food on the table was soon devoured and everyone at the table was stuffed, Joe was rubbing his stomach while finishing up all of the extra glasses of wine placed on the table.
"This is what heaven tastes like after all haha," Joe said with a satisfied smile
*clap*
Caesar soon clapped and stood up, "what do you say we go for a walk to digest the food we ate Joe?"
Joe looked at Caesar confused "alright I guess"
Caesar pushed his chair into the table and walked towards the doors… Joe pushed his chair in as well and guzzled the last bit of wine in the glass and rushed to follow Caesar.
*creak*
Caesar pushed open the doors and walked out, Joe naturally followed behind him "whats up Caesar, what do you need?"
Caesar glanced at him "your a dwarf so you should be a skilled crafter right?" Caesar asked him a question instead of answering him.
Joe nodded "Well yea, I don't make weapons and armors though. I make magic accessories"
Caesar looked at Joe with an inquiring look "what is a magic accessory?"
Joe puffed up his chest "they help your mana flow through your body or I can make a defensive accessory that helps block any magic based attacks"
Joe paused for a second and continued in a hushed tone.
"How do you think I knew you weren't human, some dwarves can see the mana flow in things… your mana is an abnormal red"
Caesar nodded his head in understanding "so that's how you knew? What is Ahri's mana color?" Caesar asked curiously
"It's a very dark blue" Joe replied
Caesar and Joe continued walking for a while before finally turning around and heading back towards the dining room "so what do you need to make these magic accessories that you speak of?"
Joe strokes his beard for a second and replied with a serious face "I need a very hard material and the person that wants the magic accessory to pump mana into it as I'm inscribing the accessory"
"Why do they need to implant their mana into it?" Caesar asked curiously
"A magic accessory can only be used by the person it's crafted for, it needs mana power to feed off of and naturally it uses the owners"
"I see, when can you start crafting one?" Caesar asked curiously
"Well, I can make one at any time. I just need my tools, but any normal blacksmith should carry them"
"I will get you those tools, I want you to make me one," Caesar thought for a second and said towards Joe
"Alright, I'll do it as thanks for the ale"
Caesar and Joe soon made it back to the dining room and entered, Ahri and Elizabeth were playing with each other while Sebastian and Crowley were just looking at them with smiles on their face.
All the people present turned their heads towards Caesar as he arrived, Crowley stepped forward with a smile on his face "my son, you had left so early earlier so I didn't get a chance to give you a gift"
Caesar walked over towards Elizabeth and put her on his shoulder while turned towards Crowley "a gift?"
Crowley dug in his robe and pulled out a large book "I had overheard that you have someone else training your knights with weapons because you don't have those skills so…"
Crowley presented the book towards Caesar...
"I bought the most expensive sword technique book on the market, I also got you two swords crafted from the best blacksmith in our kingdom"
As if Crowley's words were Sebastian's cue he brought a case towards Caesar and opened the lid, inside were two slender and silver rapiers, the handguard was extremely elegant and the grip was wrapped with a splendid red cloth.
Caesar looked up at his father and hugged him "thank you father" He said in a thankful voice.
"It is what you deserve, now I got a lot of paperwork to do… The other nobles, as well as the officials, aren't exactly going to let me become king while laying down" Crowley said as he walked away with Sebastian following him.
Caesar looked at Crowley's departing back for a second before shifting his attention back on the book… the title read "The noble art of swordsmanship"
Caesar's lips curved upwards as he turned the front page "looks like I have another thing to do before I make a trip"
Caesar and the rest moved through the palace gates, the beautiful white pillars and the marbled floor entered into their eyes as they walked in. A long red carpet stretched from the doors to the throne room."So this is our home now? Quite the upgrade compared to the last house" Caesar said slyly while looking at his father." *cough* all of this still doesn't feel real, I'm not sure I am fit for this position" Crowley coughed awkwardly and replied to Caesar with a hesitant voice."Don't' worry father, even if you were to fall down you still have all of us to carry you " Caesar said in a soothing tone.Surprise flashed in Crowley's eyes before he looked at Caesar with a lost expression "You have changed so much since that expedition to the northern forest my son you have made me so proud." Crowley was choking on his words and tears were threatening to fall out of his eyes.Caesar walked over and put his arm around Crowley with a smile on his face "no need to be sentimental my father, this is a happy occasion" Caesar chuckled and said to his father.Crowley nodded his head and replaced his sad expression with a happy smile, "you're right. Come, the dining room is even more extravagant haha" Crowley said while laughing happily.The group started to move again, while they were walking Joe walked up and whispered in Caesar's ear "I didn't know your dad was the king, I Want to change my condition to a gallon of ale at least once a day"Caesar turned to look at Joe with a sly smile, "too late" Caesar abruptly quickened his footsteps so he didn't have to hear Joe's whining.Suddenly Elizabeth went towards joe with a happy grin "everyone is so tall, I'm glad someone is my size around here now nice to meet you my name is Elizabeth" she chuckled and put her hand outJoe didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he slowly raised his right hand, but before he could shake hands with her a different pale hand with slender fingers grabbed her hand first and placed a glove on it."Remember darling, always put a glove on when shaking another man's hand," Caesar said with a serious face."Okay, daddy!" Elizabeth grinned widely and put her hand back out towards joe but this time the glove was on it."This bastard" Joe grumbled as he shook her hand."Nice to meet you, I'm Joe," Joe said with a twitching smile"Uh huh, let's be friends!"While the three of them were busy bantering with each other they finally arrived in front of a beautiful wooden door engraved with two white tigers brawling."Whoaa, those big cats look so real" Elizabeth let out a gasp in amazementCrowley smiled with pride and opened the large doors, inside was a large table with a golden chandelier risen above it. Murals of different mythical animals surrounded the room making it look even more extravagant.Sebastian and a few other butlers were already standing at the table while half-bowing, Sebastian opened his lips first."welcome your majesty and young master, today we have prepared flame bear steak, garlic mashed potatoes, And of course a light salad. For refreshments I have prepared red wine and liquor from Solace, the kingdom of ale"Everyone opened up their mouths wide looking at the delicious looking food except Caesar of course, in his past life he had seen much more luxurious foods.Caesar and the rest quickly sat down at the large table, Caesar sat on one end of the table while Crowley on the other soon Ahri came and sat down on his right and Joe went to sit down on his left."no joe I want to sit next to daddy," Elizabeth said with a pouting expression.Joe scratched his head and gestured to the seat "as you wish princess""Hehe, you're the best," Elizabeth said quickly and darted passed joe to sit down next to Caesar.Caesar slightly glanced at Joe and showed him a mocking smile before changing back into his normally graceful look.Joe caught glimpse of Caesar's mocking smile and a vein popped up above his right eye, "this bastard just because he is handsome" Joe gnashed his teeth and sat down at one of the other seats.Once Joe sat down everyone started to eat, Joe immediately started scooping the food into his mouth nonstop and guzzling the wine and liquor to help the food move down his throat faster."Oh my god, I've never eaten better food in my life," Joe said with food still in his mouth.Caesar glared at him "eat slower and don't talk with food still in your mouth"Crowley raised his hand "haha, don't worry about it this is a happy occasion after all"For the rest of the meal, everyone ate quietly, only the sound of chewing echoed throughout the dining room. Ahri kept stealing glances at Caesar while they were eating so Caesar turned to face her and asked: "what's wrong? You have been glancing at me all night"Ahri adverted her eyes from Caesar "I was just wondering if you remembered our promise" she said quietly.Caesar gently put his fork and knife down on the plate and turned towards Ahri "don't worry, I have not forgotten. I just need to do a few more thing in this kingdom before we can go"A smile suddenly blossomed on Ahri's face "okay!" she said energetically and started eating her food quickly again.Caesar also picked up his fork and continued eating again, as he was about to put food in his mouth he looked at Ahri with a curious look "I haven't seen Edward in a while, where is he?"She chuckled softly "hehe, he has formed quite the connection with those knights he trains them with the sword all day long"Caesar nodded his head slowly in understanding "I see"The food on the table was soon devoured and everyone at the table was stuffed, Joe was rubbing his stomach while finishing up all of the extra glasses of wine placed on the table."This is what heaven tastes like after all haha," Joe said with a satisfied smile*clap*Caesar soon clapped and stood up, "what do you say we go for a walk to digest the food we ate Joe?"Joe looked at Caesar confused "alright I guess"Caesar pushed his chair into the table and walked towards the doors Joe pushed his chair in as well and guzzled the last bit of wine in the glass and rushed to follow Caesar.*creak*Caesar pushed open the doors and walked out, Joe naturally followed behind him "whats up Caesar, what do you need?"Caesar glanced at him "your a dwarf so you should be a skilled crafter right?" Caesar asked him a question instead of answering him.Joe nodded "Well yea, I don't make weapons and armors though. I make magic accessories"Caesar looked at Joe with an inquiring look "what is a magic accessory?"Joe puffed up his chest "they help your mana flow through your body or I can make a defensive accessory that helps block any magic based attacks"Joe paused for a second and continued in a hushed tone."How do you think I knew you weren't human, some dwarves can see the mana flow in things your mana is an abnormal red"Caesar nodded his head in understanding "so that's how you knew? What is Ahri's mana color?" Caesar asked curiously"It's a very dark blue" Joe repliedCaesar and Joe continued walking for a while before finally turning around and heading back towards the dining room "so what do you need to make these magic accessories that you speak of?"Joe strokes his beard for a second and replied with a serious face "I need a very hard material and the person that wants the magic accessory to pump mana into it as I'm inscribing the accessory""Why do they need to implant their mana into it?" Caesar asked curiously"A magic accessory can only be used by the person it's crafted for, it needs mana power to feed off of and naturally it uses the owners""I see, when can you start crafting one?" Caesar asked curiously"Well, I can make one at any time. I just need my tools, but any normal blacksmith should carry them""I will get you those tools, I want you to make me one," Caesar thought for a second and said towards Joe"Alright, I'll do it as thanks for the ale"Caesar and Joe soon made it back to the dining room and entered, Ahri and Elizabeth were playing with each other while Sebastian and Crowley were just looking at them with smiles on their face.All the people present turned their heads towards Caesar as he arrived, Crowley stepped forward with a smile on his face "my son, you had left so early earlier so I didn't get a chance to give you a gift"Caesar walked over towards Elizabeth and put her on his shoulder while turned towards Crowley "a gift?"Crowley dug in his robe and pulled out a large book "I had overheard that you have someone else training your knights with weapons because you don't have those skills so"Crowley presented the book towards Caesar..."I bought the most expensive sword technique book on the market, I also got you two swords crafted from the best blacksmith in our kingdom"As if Crowley's words were Sebastian's cue he brought a case towards Caesar and opened the lid, inside were two slender and silver rapiers, the handguard was extremely elegant and the grip was wrapped with a splendid red cloth.Caesar looked up at his father and hugged him "thank you father" He said in a thankful voice."It is what you deserve, now I got a lot of paperwork to do The other nobles, as well as the officials, aren't exactly going to let me become king while laying down" Crowley said as he walked away with Sebastian following him.Caesar looked at Crowley's departing back for a second before shifting his attention back on the book the title read "The noble art of swordsmanship"Caesar's lips curved upwards as he turned the front page "looks like I have another thing to do before I make a trip"
