Delegations

After that shocking revelations, The count explained further by telling Edith her brother reasons. He was given a task by his knight order to escort the noble from our delegations to secure their safety when the agreements between the two nations reach a satisfactory result.

"But father, Isn't it strange ? Brother must be deliberately seeking that position !" She remarked, with scrunched face. Her eyes stare accusingly to her brother meanwhile the older brother himself shrugged.

"Why would I even do that ? Silly sister." Adam said.

Cough-cough!

The count fake coughing himself, he was in fact worried at his own daughter safety. Just in case something bad happened, he personally asked Adam to tag along for a while. Moreover, His daughter behaviour began to change for the better and he wants to pampering her more.

"I hardly believe it as well, but now I am at ease to send you there. I've already bought a mansion near the Durham Capital, so both of you could settle there. My friends of mine are around, They will come to see you. Make sure to asks for their help if you need anything." The Count finishing his words and dismissing both of them. Therefore, Edith will depart alongside Durham and Glacia Delegations by ship.

A few days passed after their discussion, and Durham kingdom delegations already moved onwards to the Capitol. They had tree carriages with six knight mounted on a horse and six other knight along with a guide prepared by the Glacia Empire.

"Ragnar, make sure you stand around me as my attendant. Does my order clear ?" Said a man with brown truffle hair color to the black haired man in front of him. The man in authoritative tone sounds amused by his reaction, The knight who plastered his smug looking smile only giving him a light nodd to his prince.

"As you wish, My Lord." Ragnar stated, erasing his arrogance.

Both of them seemingly had similar build with the same air face but different, and both had masculine vibes around them. The man called Ragnar wears an oven v-line clothes with the patterned embroidery on the neck part. A long coat covering his left shoulder, pinned by a golden emblem to show that he was an attendant while the man in front of him wearing a much more delicate layer of clothes, he looks majestic and dashing in that attire.

"Don't go around flirting with the noble lady, it would be difficult if some pests clinging their way onto you." he said sternly.

"I won't, Your highness Hayden."

Hayden looks satisfied by his answer and resuming on to read his documents. They didn't talk much after that, until they passed Silendria Town and in two hours they will arrive at Capitol Gateway. The guard knight checking their identity and rashly informing the palace.

The pair of black eyes examining the guard ability, "They indeed strong." he said to themselves when he sees the guard knight level. "But not everyone in that level." He could see that most of the guard are in intermediate categories based on their Aether auras. Some of them already reaching an early stage of master level, They sure had strong force and human resources, good allies.

When they arrived at the Glacia empire front gate, The crown prince, Ferael von Cassius along with the important figures in the capitol lined to welcoming their arrival such as the grand duke Salvatore and the two other dukes like Orthos and Harrison. Some of them are important figures inside the court, they mostly men with cultured appearance. Inside the whole pack full of mens, there's stood a woman. Seemingly lost but not, not when her palm circling around the crown prince hand like a knot. She was Beatrice, the well-known fiancée.

Everyone likely emitted serious vibes at the atmosphere when the crown prince Durham Kingdom comes out from the carriage, except the current Grand Duke Salvatore that the only ones who had a nonchalant expression painted on his countenance. His dark reddish long hair swayed by the wind was ablaze under the sun making him look intimidating with his clear golden eyes.

He was just bored.

The crown prince moved to greet them followed by the other nobles. His strikingly platinum blonde hair and his golden eyes making him radiant, holy, and majestic. On the other hand, the ones that intimidated most noble aside from the Crown prince Glacia Empire, and The Grand duke Salvatore was the pitch black haired man with an endless abyss lurking inside his blackened eyes.

Seemingly aware of confrontation, he was closing his eyes deliberately.

"Prince Hayden I. (Ignatius) Hirsch. I am crown prince Ferael von Cassius pleased to meet you." Ferael introducing himself to the crown prince who stand in front of his black haired knight. He had a strange hunch about the knight but shrugged it aside.

"Pleased to meet you, Prince Ferael v. Cassius. I can't wait to prolong our conversations but let me introduce you my fellow noble men." Hayden stated, motioning his hand and began to introducing all of his people.

The crown prince humbly accepted their greetings, He then did the same. The grand duke took the first initiative as the second strongest household in the empire.

"Isaac Heraldius Salvatore, greet his highness Hayden I. Hirsch. May your stay in here blessed by our goddess Gaia." He spoke carefully while eyeing the black haired knight behind him. Hayden realize his eye line sight which ends up to his knight escort.

"Thank you, Lord Isaac." Hayden smiled, "He is Sir Ragnar, My personal knight." He continued, Ragnar himself bowing at Isaac directions.

"Pleased to meet you, Your Grace." He stated calmly after bowing his head. His black eyes and Isaac golden eyes met in the air, both of them tried to learn each other character and ability. They stood still for a few moments, made some of the noble appear confuse at their staring.

"Sure, Lets spar sometimes." Isaac said smiling, and back to his usual nonchalant vibes.

"It's my pleasure, Your Grace."

Ferael himself didn't mind too much at his uncle behavior, he looks at him like at his big brother because of their age aren't far from each other. He simply thinks that Isaac saw the black haired man as a strong knight, and an eye-catching individual.

That's it.

Everyone got to know each other, along with Beatrice who was introduced as Ferael fiancée. They went inside the palace and informed about their welcoming banquet for tomorrow. Ferael told them to rest, he assigned maids for them.

After a light conversation, Durham kingdom delegations went to their assigned chamber and directed by the maids.

Hayden rooms was magnificent, a king-size bed, a long plated gold sofa with embroidered pattern in every fabric. A huge clock along with natural-realism painting hanging on the white dove painted wall, a vase full of magnolias and lilies in every corner of the room made a perfect combination.

The maids placing his luggage and tidying it up. Hayden dismissed them and left alone inside the rooms after they have done their jobs. He was taking off his cuff, feeling comfy at no ones gaze.

"Your Highness..." a male voice rang behind him made him immediately turn around. He was Ragnar in his uniform, He was in full spirit, his energetic face could be read like an open book. So much alike with a face of children whenever they got a new plaything.

"You can go strolling around in the capital, make sure to come back before dinner." Hayden stated, sternly. But the man in front of him was in fact elated. He can't help but grin, Hayden himself couldn't become strict to him because of his relations.

"His Majesty the emperor asks us for dinner, we can't be late. Make sure to be careful, I know you don't want me to accompany you. Right ?"

"You jest, your highness. Why would I need to be accompanied by your highness, It would be rude. Isn't it ?" Said Ragnar still smiling.

Hayden snorted at his answer. "Sure, sure. Buy me something for me then, A special one because I am your childhood friends !?" He said, almost rolling his eyes. Leaving his friend at the central room, amused by him. He left the room and went straight into the town.

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Later at the afternoon, the dinner went smoothly with the emperor and empress joining the table. Hayden along with the other dukes seems pleased by the tranquil atmosphere while Ragnar standing behind Hayden, lined between the servants watching their feast.

He did a mental note, to not let his own stomach eats air before accompanying them. Suppressing the building grumble inside his digestion organ, he remembers the reason as to why a hunger strike him.