Strategic Shifts: Negotiations, Competitions, and Personal Moments

"Raiya are we going to delay the date?, it seems you're busy!"

"that's not necessary I can leave it to Farian and Valthorian for the job, they are capable so let them cover me for a day or two."

"really, then when are we going out and where?"

"it's a surprise we have a change of plan, be ready we will go on a date 2 days from now."

"ok then, I will bring food on our date so we can eat lunch on our date together, Are there any requests, Raiya?"

"I will leave it to you, anything you make taste good."

"he he he.... Thank you for the praise Raiya."

she came closer towards my side and gave me a kiss on my cheek.

"a reward for being nice and complimenting me, now I will go back and do the preparation."

after saying that she exit the room while humming a tune.

***

outside the mansion Auriel was walking and met with Valthorian who is entering the mansion.

"hello, Valthorian are you going to look for Raiya?"

"ahh Lady Auriel, is master in the room?"

"yes, you can find Raiya in the work room."

"Lady Auriel it seems you're more cheerful than usual, is there any good news?"

"Raiya and I will have a date in 2 days, he promised he won't delay the date even if he is busy."

"that is a wonderful news, it will give master a relaxing moment, it seems master is quite stress because of all the event happening and it will be good to ease His nerve."

"right, and I'm worried about the competition that will be held soon."

"Lady Auriel, what do you mean by competition?"

"ah right, I forgot to tell Raiya, usually a Dungeon Master won't be so active this early."

"should I tell the master for you Lady Auriel?"

"yes, please tell there's a competition for the dungeon master and heroes, so ask him to be prepared, it can vary from a Dungeon Master and Heroes personal strength to normal troops or even dungeon protection and invasion."

"ok, I will inform master about it."

"ok bye Valthorian."

Valthorian then said goodbye to Auriel and enter the mansion, arriving at the door he knocked on the door and entered after hearing my permission to enter the room.

"sir, I have a report from myself and Lady Auriel, I already sent one of the bone dragon to carry one of the skeleton soldiers as a messenger and for the report from Lady Auriel, there's seems to be a competition event soon."

"what do you mean?"

he started to recount all the explanation he got from Auriel, she hasn't explain it in detail but it seems this competition can bring huge benefit, I need to visit the Nexus maybe there I can buy more information, but I can also ask Auriel first for more information.

"ok then we will put that aside for a moment let's focus on the new agreement for the alliance, have you send any demand for the alliance?"

"I haven't send any demands sir but I already prepare a couple of condition but I don't think they will agree to this alliance, sir I have heard from Sir Soulrelus, you acknowledge that we have information on the ambush, most likely they will think twice."

"it is fine I hope to have a good relation, but if must I can use force to conquer the area, to consolidate my territory."

"then why don't we just use force right away?"

"at first I want to use that plan too, but since someone want to offer peace I accept them, because I'm still not powerful enough to rule the area without heavy loss, a single city is fine for us to take, but 3 is quite a heavy toll on us."

"then sir do you hope for a long lasting peace with the 3 city surrounding us."

"I do hope so, but I am not naive enough to believe it will happen, and because of that I sent Mark to gather influence in his own city."

"Sir you mature too fast, it may be good to other, but to us undead it is the worst thing that can happen, after all your mind has not mature and this can burden your mental health."

"are you acting as my therapist now?"

"no Sir, I was stating a fact, your soul is very tired and quite weak now, so I suggest you leave all the job to us for the next 4 days, starting today all your job will be done by us."

"what about the the preparation for the competition?"

"you can leave it to Sir Soulrelus, after all he used to be a Dungeon Master, don't worry I will watch over him and record his decision and send the report to Lady Auriel so Master can also learn from Sir Soulrelus decision."

"fine, I will ask him to do the preparation, and you don't need to follow him all the time just focus on the discussion, you must report every day to me directly about this matter, I won't hand over this task since we are in a delicate balance, so fast and decisive decision is a must."

"As you wish Sir."

"ok then, you can excuse yourself."

Valthorian then exit the room.

seeing that the room now become empty again and seeing that there is no work on my table I decide to return to my room and take a shower, after the shower I wore my normal clothes.

laying down at my bed, I decided just to sleep and rest for a while before having lunch with Auriel like usual.