Welcome to Ikrel

The road to Ikrel is closing in. Me, Hana, and Fumiko got out of the carriage and looked around at the entrance to the city of Ikrel."Halt, state your reason for entering."- The guards have their spears drawn at us.

"We are here on a decree from the local from Welcia. We are here to discuss something with your lord"- I showed the paper that Fumiko gave me.

"Ok, you may pass"- They lowered their spears and we passed

"So this is Ikrel"- Fumiko looked around in awe.

The city is big, bigger than Welcia at least, this city has more shops, more houses and far more people than Welcia, now I know why the local lord wants to rid of the other lord.

!Correct, he wants to own Ikrel as well as Welcia, it will give him more power the more territory he has. I also deduced that there is a high chance of both Lords betraying you. I suggest you kill both of them. I need to appraise the local lord of Ikrel as well before we make any rash decisions!

"I think Sia is right, maybe the Lord of Ikrel might be more friendly to us than the Lord of Welcia."- Hana spoke via the telepathic link.

"I doubt that, but we will see it when we are there"- We moved rapidly from the streets and we reached the house of the local lord.

We can see guards in front of his house.

"Halt there, monsters!"- We had our disguises off since Fumiko advised us to go there without any disguise since there is a magical device that can detect disguises.

! Negative, that device can't detect a disguise formed by a Primordial Skill such as Lucifer!

"So you say, that it can only detect up to Legendary skills?"

!Correct!

"We are here by the decree of the lord of Welcia. We want to talk to the Lord Ikrel"- Lord Ikrel, don't these people have names? I didn't get the name of the lord of Welcia either.

!The name of the lord is Welcia, they call him Lord Welcia. Lords get a new name after they become lords they are named after their region!

"You must be Fumiko, the daughter of the other lord, what would he want with lord Ikrel?"- One of the guards looked at the documents.

"Especially with a demon and an Orc at their side, this can't be a good sign"- The 2 guards still won't let us pass.

"You mean these things on our head, we are merely using a disguise spell so that we can scare low-level monsters away, we are human"

*Use Primordial Skill: Lord of Deceit and Lies Lucifer*- We changed to a human form.

"Ohhh, that was smart, we are sorry for calling you monsters."- The guards let us pass onto the mansion of the lord.

!Smart move Hikaru, you aren't that stupid anymore I assume. Humans can have 1 moment of brilliance and then be stupid for the rest of their lives, I hope you aren't the same Hikaru!- Sia began giggling.

"Did you think lying was a good idea?"- Hana interrupted Sia.

"Yes, it was the only way we could get into his house Hana"

We reached the door of the house, a wooden door painted green, we knocked on it and a maid greeted us. A peculiar thing about the maid, she is a demi-human, an Orc just like Hana to be exact, she looks at us with a smile.

"How did you get in here?"- She whispered to us.

"Through the front door, the guards let us pass. I am here on official decree from my dad, these 2 are my advisors and guards"- Fumiko spoke before us, and then she pointed towards the 2 of us

"Oh, you are here. Well, I hope you enjoy yourself here. Mind if I talk to the 2 of them in private?"- Fumiko nodded and the maid dragged us into a small chamber.

"What did you want to talk to us about?"- She sat on a chair, we did the same and looked her straight in the eyes.

"I am wondering, how did 2 monsters manage to get in here, you are using a disguise skill aren't you?"- How did she figure it out?

!The answer lies in her Legendary skill, Mystic Eye, which allows you to see the surrounding mana that comes out of a person, normally no one can see mana that comes out of a person and you will need a device or skill. She figured it out because humans don't have much mana to begin with, your mana levels are through the roof since you are monsters!

"So, you have Mystic Eye. Well, we are here with an official decree from Lord Welcia. We don't mean any harm"- Me and Hana got up from the chair and left the room.

"So, your dad wants to have good relations with me again? It's nice to hear that"- Lord Ikrel leaned down to Fumiko and patted her head.

"Sorry for the long wait Fumiko. We are her advisors on this journey"- We bowed and presented ourselves

"You 2 must be the people disguised as monsters, smart trick. I almost got a heart attack thinking that there might be monsters in my house"- Lord Ikrel started to laugh along with Fumiko.

Fumiko looked at us confused.

"Yes, that is right, we disguise ourselves as monsters. We can even fake the mana that is in the air to make it look like we are monsters"- I continued to stroke the lord's ego.

"That sure is interesting. How do you do that?"- He stopped and looked at us

"Well, we use the mana around us, gather it for some time, and make it look like I am emanating it"

"Sia helped me with this a bit"

!Sure!

With Sia's help, I managed to keep true to what I said. The lord used a device to see the mana around us, Sia suppressed the mana we had and then we gathered the mana around us and made it look like it is emanating from us.

"That sure is a fantastic power to have, it sure took you a few years to master it, didn't it?"- We followed the lord 1 floor up.

"Ok, now we need to discuss the serious matter, ok?"- We sat down in a room, where we can talk in private.

"Well, yes, what is the matter that you want to talk about?"- Lord Ikrel sat down sipping on a cup of tea.

"Well, Lord Welcia wants to patch things up with us, are you willing to come with us and solve all of your problems?"- I reached out my hands towards him.

"Sia, your analysis?"

!Complete, this individual can't be trusted, he plans to kill Lord Welcia!

"Well, why not. We'll go tomorrow at dawn, in the meantime, you 2 can go around the city, take this. It's a pass from me, you will be allowed anywhere you go"- Lord Ikrel handed us a pass with his name on it.

"Thank you for your cooperation"- We shook hands with Ikrel and then we went outside in the city of Ikrel...