Exploring the Royal Castle

We return to our 'hotel' after enjoying ourselves in the trading district, with me being happy for meeting a fox woman although she runs away from embarrassment.

Not like I can blame her she just accidentally confess to me which I don't really care as there are too many who confess to me that I just ignored.

Anyway, the time here really messed us up a bit as we are mentally tired after exploring different shops.

When we return we immediately slept until we woke up only to discover it was nighttime and still 8 hours before morning and most of the things outside are still close so we just return to our room and find something to pass time.

Lala, Evergreen, Mikan and Yami who were pulled decided to play in the meantime.

As for me and Raikou, you know what happens when a man and a woman are alone in their room.

So we practice baby-making for the future for studies, it's for science.

After a few hours, Lala come back and decided to join in our study with a genius mind with us we explore the art of baby making until it was daytime.

I must say that was a quite enjoyable learning experience, if only the school was as fun as this then there should be a lot with good grades on their card.

Anyway, we prepared ourselves while, I, Raikou and Lala took an extra wash as there are lots of people here with a powerful nose.

After making sure we are prepared we called Sean as he was our tour guide.

He was here after a few minutes with a Hyzer as he already knows that we are going to the Royal castle although it's said only the outer layer but I feel like we are going to enter the inner as it's cliche already with my situation.

We enter the car although I wanted to try my Hyzer bike I heard they have a policy similar to a driving licence, although I think I will be ok, I decided to follow their rules.

It didn't take long for us to see a large castle from afar although a more futuristic version.

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We enter with the guards checking our Identities and when they heard our names they look surprised before letting us proceed with respect in their tone.

After we left the guards, who reported our appearance that I saw, as he is not good at hiding when reporting.

We enter the palace, and Sean led us around introducing us to the place like the area where statues of the rulers in the past of their country.

We around the place until we found a large garden.

We then walk to the garden which is quite large with various types of plants that is unique to this planet Lala and Mikan like a kid run while pulling Yami and Evergreen around.

They play around the place while Yami was trying to hide the smile on her face, I am glad that she is starting to let loose.

Although she likes to read and relax, she is still tense and like was ready for a fight everywhere she goes.

Since it looks like they enjoy themselves I decided to sit in the hut that was near from us, Raikou decided to stay and watch over them although she was also pulled by them.

I watched this beautiful scene alone.

Sean waited outside the garden so as to not be a bother, which I took nicely, this guy doesn't try to get close to us and know his place.

While watching them I hear some voice on the other side and it sounds familiar so I decided to take a look.

And what I saw was the fox woman from the previous day, there is also a cat woman beside her like her servant. Looks like she was some high-ranking people here.

I decided to walk over to greet but I heard her speaking to the cat woman about meeting last time.

"Do you know what I feel right now akasia?! I feel so embarrassed that I want to open a hole and buried myself in there!"

"Please don't, and princess I don't think he would have minded you running away, but I don't know about your unintentional confession"

"Now you said that, I don't even know if I was rejected or accepted.."

"I think it was rejected as he has already a fiance"

"Your cruel Akasia can't you let me at least have some hope! And why did fate have to be so cruel, when I finally found someone I like he was already taken, and when I already accepted it and try to be at least his, my meeting with him was also messed up, is someone joking with me"

She started to complain to the woman called Akasia who just listen like she was used to it.

"...(sigh) I wonder when I will meet him again"

"Not so far"

"Hmm, did I just hear his voice? maybe it's just my imagination but since I heard your voice on my mind so I love you!"

"Sorry I got a fiance"

"Eh! Even my imagination is being cruel to me, why is everything playing with me!"

"Ummm, your highness..."

She was on the verge of crying when akasia her servant pointed behind her, she stiffly turned her head and saw me again watching her with a smile.

Her mind blanks and did something familiar as her body turned on the autopilot.

She runs.

"Eh! Your Highness wait for me!"

Akasia bowed to me before trying to catch up to her running princess as fast as she could.

While I was watching everything unfold amused by what was happening, I never expected to see her again and she was even a princess at that, I wanted to shout that's cliche.

Anyway, I return to others, I have a feeling this is not the last time we will meet.

When I return they were with a woman with a respectful posture when they see me they wave at me to get closer.

The woman bowed to me.

"It's an honour to meet Errol-sama, I am Ernestia the servant of the Queen of this country, she heard of your visit and would like to invite you to dinner with your companions if you don't mind"

Mikan looked at me eagerly and I already expected this so.

"Sure we would love to"

"Thank you, please follow me"

She lead us out of the garden I told Sean to go back and we will just call him when we needed him.

We passed a lot of rooms as we enter the centre of the castle, Lala and Evergreen look around curiously but were not impressed as they also live in something like this.

While me, Mikan and Raikou look in awe at the castle, as for Yami she just looks around and didn't care.

We passed a long hallway before reaching a room, she opened the door and what is inside was a large dining room just like when I visited planet plantas and enter the castle of evergreen.

In front of us was a Fox woman different from the one I met as she was similar to other Animians having an animal face.

(No idea how to explain so here just look at her image)

"It's an honour to meet you Princess Lala and Errol-sama, I am Aliciana Von Foxiria the Queen of Foxiria and I welcome you to our planet, I am also happy to see you Princess Evergreen"

Evergreen looks surprised that she was known compared to me who was shown his face to the whole galaxy or Lala's identity as the galaxy princess, she was just a princess of one planet which made her surprised to be known outside of her planet as she rarely goes to space.

"I have prepared a feast after hearing of you guys coming here so please take a seat"

She invited us which we took gladly Mikan kinda looks nervous being here but being part of the family who just accepted an alien being real as if it was a normal thing she got a hold of herself in no time.

We took our seats as we kinda made small talk before being comfortable and dropping the formalities as we eat.

"It's an honour to meet your majesty but how do you know me?"

Evergreen couldn't help but asked her.

"Fufu, your mother sometimes comes here to talk although rare, you see we are actually friends, we met each other at a party held in the Deviluke and got along since then"

Evergreen nodded as we just listen Queen Aliciana then turned towards me and Lala before chuckling.

"You know Errol-kun I can't help but feel your similar to Lala-sama's mother without the pink hair"

Well if you were troubled by your own beauty then you will really connect us both although I am still far from her level.

We just talk, familiarizing ourselves with each other but suddenly the door was open.

"One-chan I need your hel-"

She looks at the scene with me and the others eating together while talking comfortably.

She didn't know what to do right now but her sister saw her predicament so like a good sister she help her out.

"Iliana you need to knock before the opening door as we had an important guess right now, so that's rude your in your 30s so you need to act like your age sometimes"

Sadly the way she saved her sounds more like mocking her for her age which is a sensitive thing to her and normally would fight back but right now the love of her life is watching her.

She didn't know what to do, luckily she was saved by the one she likes.

"So your name was Iliana, it's good that I know cause you always run after seeing me"

She was embarrassed by my words and for the others to look at me wondering when I met her as we are always together.

"Anyway Iliana take a seat and eat with us and you still yet to properly introduce yourself from Errol-kun words"

Hearing the way her One-chan calls her crush almost want to make her go on her and choke her, how can she be closer to him first than her.

She took a seat and took a deep breath calming herself down and releasing and now looks like a proper woman.

"Forgive me for my rude behaviour earlier, I am Iliana Vins Foxiria the second princess of this country"

We look at her all thinking isn't she too old a to be princess already' which she might have noticed as she released some scary aura before holding it back, woman's intuition is really too OP.

"So when did you meet Er-ni princess-San?"

Mikan ask curiously but her questions broke Iliana's calm face and started to blush.

"I-I.."

She didn't know what to say, and I understand her so I decided to help her.

"I met her at the tower where we decided to relax, and met her again in the garden but we forgot to introduce ourselves as she has something to do urgently"

Iliana looks at me like her saviour although she still can't look at me in the eyes.

Except for Lala who is eating, everyone notices that something has happened to them but didn't pursue it.

Evergreen just look at me for a moment before eating and I don't understand what that stare means.

Anyway, it was awkward at first since Iliana started to blush when I talked to her, which my group just ignored although as they already know what she feels.

It's not the first time someone acted like her around me so they just accepted it.

But it's different from the Queen's perspective as her little sister has zero interest in men which made her single to this day.

Now it looks like she finally found someone who could move her but it looks like the level is a bit quite high.

"By the way, Errol-kun can I ask you what's your relationship with this girls?"

She asks like a neighbour Aunt who likes to gossip.

"Lala's my fiance, Raikou's my girlfriend, Mikan is my little sister, Yami is a friend and bodyguard and Evergreen is my arc nemesis but can also consider my friend"

"What do you mean to consider your friend!?"

She look at me with a tickmark on her head which I ignored.

"Friend?"

Yami muttered silently, she felt something within her but she didn't know what to feel about that word and just hid it.

Queen Aliciana look happy about something as she claps her hands.

"So you have two girls already and it looks like you guys are happy in your relationship"

"Yep being with everyone is fun so I would be happier if they married Errol so we could be always together"

Aliciana look at Lala like she was her favourite girl.

"Then would you please also take my sister, she was single all her life even till this day and it looks like she was in love with you Errol-kun"

"O-On-One-chan what are you saying!?"

"Yeah I know, she unintentionally confesses to me twice and also runs away twice from me"

"Eh! Errol-sama I thought you will hide it!"

She blushed when the others stare at her with shame.

"Well, it's not like they didn't notice that something happens it's just they don't know the details that's all"

"Even still..."

She looks down from embarrassment not daring to meet the eyes of others.

As for me I look at this woman and can't help but feel this woman is really cute for her age.

Queen Aliciana who was watching on the side can't help but smile at this.

"So?"

"Hmm my answer is no"

""Eh?""

They both thought that I will accept so they were surprised, Queen Aliciana just has the look of regret, while Iliana...

She looks like she was about to leave this world as I see her soul flying away leaving her desolating body.

"Well what do you expect, we only meet two or three times and she also runs twice of those three times, and I don't plan on just marrying anyone, I want to marry at least those people that I know well instead of marrying anyone just because she was beautiful so Iliana-san try your best to make me fall during my time here"

The soul that was flying away return back to the body in a swish and look at me with determination.

While the others look at me blankly and Yami's views of me have changed again.

Well, I decided to give her a chance and yes she will be the one courting me as I already have two girls and don't really need more so I let her do the work to make me fall for her.

It's gender equality my friend so they also do that instead of just guys.

And so the Fox Princess got a chance to court his dream husband, will he manage to touch his heart let's find out in the next chapter.