A Discussion With A King

After Boras told Heda about the identity of the group of people with him, Heda immediately said some pleasantries and tried inviting everyone inside the guild hall so that they can enjoy a warm meal or rest for a while.

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Hub Center, 1st floor of the guild hall...

"So good! Is this really a guild hall? It feels like I am in a 5 star restaurant!" One of the knights exclaimed as he ate a steak of beef.

"Hey guys, try this food I am eating." Another knight exclaimed while he slurped down on some noodles.

"Hahaha... I think we should talk somewhere else." King Xavier said while he felt a little embarrassed with how his men were acting.

"Sure. There's a library on the third floor." Heda said and activated the Free Space Movement ring to teleport herself and the king to the library.

"Okay then. Lead the way little lady."

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Library, 3rd floor of the guild hall...

The library was a bit small compared to the other rooms since there were only a few sets of tables and chairs, 8 tall bookshelves, and some kind of working area for whoever wanted to be the librarian of the guild. As for how the room was designed, it had the same wooden material from the interior of the guild hall and the floor was also covered in a red carpet.

"Oh? What an interesting tool you have there." King Xavier said while Heda gestured him to be seated at the nearby table.

After both of them sat down, Heda spoke up.

"King Xavier, forgive my rudeness earlier since I did not know who you were at that time." Heda apologized first just in case she caused some misunderstandings the moment she tried to stop the king's small group to enter the guild's courtyard a while ago.

"No worries. I suppose we should just get on with the matter at hand." King Xavier said as he took out stacks of papers and books from his storage ring.

"The adventurer's guild from Yellowleaf City wanted to give you these. I believe these are the different quests available all across the boundaries of Wildergreene. As for the books, I think those are some records or whatnot."

After saying that, King Xavier pushed these stack of papers and books away and spoke up again.

"As for the thing I needed why I personally came here, I wanted to give your guild a gift. A token of goodwill for saving Queen Auburn." King Xavier said happily and took out 5 medium-sized treasure chests, 3 magic scrolls, and a silver emblem with a yellow-colored leaf on it.

"The chests contain gold coins. The three magic scrolls will allow you to summon a random person to do your bidding. And the emblem will allow you to communicate with me if your guild needs any help in the future."

Heda was really shocked. These things that King Xavier gave was a nice addition for their guild supplies. But the thing that really shocked her was when King Xavier said something about saving Queen Auburn. She did not know what he meant by this so she asked.

"Oh? Your guild master did not tell you?" King Xavier was surprised and told Heda about the events that occurred a week ago, when Jay saved Queen Auburn from getting possessed by the souls of the former kings and queens of Wildergreene.

"...and after Queen Auburn woke up, news about Jay's actions spread throughout the different towns and cities of Wildergreene. The city I am ruling, Yellowleaf, is just one of those cities. I suppose the rest of the kings and queens of the other cities should also arrive here within the week to give their thanks and might also give some gifts like me." King Xavier said while feeling really proud that he was the first one who arrived here.

As for Heda, she had an incredulous look on her face and thought, "Master is really getting more mysterious every time I hear about his achievements. It looks like I made the right choice joining his guild."

"You can teleport me back now little lady. I believe me and my troops have already overstayed and might cause you guys unnecessary trouble." King Xavier said as he stood up.

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Hub center, 1st floor of the guild hall...

"For the prosperity of Golden Phoenix! Cheers!" Boras shouted loudly while holding a large mug of beer.

CHEERS!

The knights shouted in unison as they also held up their mugs of beer and drank.

Then after that, King Xavier and Heda returned to the Hub Center and was shocked with what they saw. The knights were really drunk and Boras was standing on the top of the bar counter chugging down a mug of beer.

"How the hell did they get drunk so fast? It has only been a few minutes since we left!" King Xavier exclaimed loudly before he saw Boras approaching him and putting his arm on around his shoulder.

"King Xavier! Come drink with us! Hahaha!!!" Boras said happily and handed over his mug of beer to King Xavier.

"No, I still have to attend to..." King Xavier wanted to decline but he saw his knights glaring at him coldly. Feeling pressured by the ambience, the way his men looked at him, and Boras' persistence, he decided to just go with it and drank with everyone else.

As for Heda, she was speechless when she saw Boras acting like this and thought, "It has only been a week and this introverted gunner of ours became a drunkard... oh boy..."

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After a few hours later, King Xavier and his knights bid farewell since they still had a long journey to take back towards Yellowleaf city.