continental Congress

I remember when Aeris used to be a general in the Empire's army, the emperor told me his power rivaled that of dragons but yet a man single handedly defeated him without a scratch or even breaking a sweat, this man his power could be on per with the hero herself, with his help I could take back my stolen land, I could get my revenge on the winsberg nation." The king thought to himself as he quickly thought of ways to win him over.

"Now that's enough Elias, you've won, you'll have to wait till when he wakes up to ask what you want from him, since the party has come to an end why don't you stay for the night there's plenty of room to spare." The king swallowed up his pride yo invite Elias to the royal palace.

Elias who had not yet found a place to stay in the capital considered the offer and decided to accept. " I humbly accept." Slowly but surely the party came to an End, Elias was now the new talk of the day, his whole idea of a promise to the guild master to keep a low profile was unfortunately not working.

Elias was introduced to the palace, he and lilly was given a separate room, after all...he had no choice but to act descent In presence of royalty. The room was pretty big in the eyes of Elias as he glaced through the room with a satisfied smile on his face. "Living the life of royalty for a single night, for some reason it doesn't freak me out!" Elias thought to himself as he watched how the servants efficiently responded to his demands, he didn't find it in him to continue his little game of master and servant and decided to go to bed.

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The next morning, Elias woke up due to the knocking on his door. "Come in!" Elias said with a sleepy tone as he yawned uncontrollably, The door gently opened revealing the princess who was wearing a purple long silk gown and a tiara on her head.

"Yo! princess...How may I help you?" Elias asked turning his whole body to the left as his hand fell on something round, soft and bouncy. "When did lilly get here?" Elias asked himself as he looked at the confused look on the princess face.

"My father wishes to speak to you, I'll be waiting at the corridor to take you to him!" The princess said hurriedly leaving the room with a red outline on her cheeks.

"I probably know what he wants to talk about, let's just see the details.".... Elias quickly freshened up as he wore a simple leather pant while exposing his chest. He went out of the room only to see the princess waiting at the corridor staring at him with a piercing gaze. "Why is he wearing only pants, doesn't he realize he isn't putting on a shirt." The princess thought to herself as she immediately looked away, shortly after lilly came out of the room, wearing a green transparent silk night gown. "Good morning " she greeted as Elias planted a kiss on her fore head before interlocking his hands with hers.

"Lead the way!" He told the princess who was putting on a pretended serious face. They walked down the hall way arriving at the throne room, it looked more like an office, it had a desk, several chairs an paperwork on the desk, the king who was sitting on the right side of the desk asked Elias to seat on the left while Lilly and the princess Stood close to the door.

"Good day your majesty?" Elias greeted with a slight bowing of the head. "The king stared at Elias before letting out a wild laugh. "You're a fine capable young man, what would you think about the idea of staying in the Palace?" The king asked as Elias took a deep breath before saying something. "I know what you want, but I don't want to be bound by any four walls, if you ever need my help you can always call and I'll be there, I wish not to stay in one place but instead explore the vast secrets of this world." Elias said with a smile which made the king realize that Elias was not only strong but wise.

"I know it is too soon for me to ask, but every year the continental Congress is held, during that time all three rulers of the three countries must gather at a particular location and discuss business, the continental Congress was formed twenty years ago after the peace treaty of all three kingdom, The silver heart kingdom, winsberg nation and the Riza Monarchy.

The winsberg nation has been fighting behind the scene stealing our lands, The winsberg nation force is by far stronger than my kingdom's force so they'll continue to steal land from us, the Riza Monarchy says they don't want another war so they chose to remain neutral in our conflicts." The king explained their situation to Elias with sincerity as Elias paid close attention to the king.

"So you want me to follow you to the continental Congress to intimidate the winsberg nation.... I can do that, but I want something in return....I've decided to build my influence!" Elias said to the king who was surprised to hear that. "So you want to become a noble?" The king asked with a voice of certainty as Elias just laughed saying that would be the last thing he wanted.

"All I want is a shop, a public meeting with all the nobles as well as few influential then lastly I want 100 percent shares and right to my shop with no noble in charge, cause there definitely no way I'll give tax to any body." Elias said as the king sighed, This would be difficult but I'm sure the nobles would come to reasoning after all they've witnessed your own strength."

Everywhere became silent as Elias gently stood up with a smile on his face. "Thank you... and take this as a little gift of mine, the medicine Aeris gives you is only to reduce the pain for one year, after that the magic would take effect, It's probably the work of a mage that uses dark magic." Elias said to the king giving him a bottle of potion created from his crest.

"Happy birthday princess." Elias said giving her a purple necklace to match with her amulet. "Well, see y'all later...come on Lilly let's go."