Chapter 27

" Julius, what was that? What did that boy do to you?"the girl asked the newly identified Julius.

Julius bowed his head and spoke"I am sorry Princess Elsa for I cannot help you and failed to fulfil the command King Escanor gave me."

"Don't be so down. I know if it wasn't something big you won't fail me. So what happened just now?"Elsa asked her companion as well as guard, Julius.

" I too don't know what it was, your Highness. But I am sure about one thing, he is dangerous and we cannot enter his bad books." Julius looked at the direction alex walked away and remembered what advisor Sebastian has warned him about.

Flashback

After being ordered by King Escanor, His advisor Sebastian has walked away from the royal family restroom and heads for the guard residence I the castle.

As he walks by the guards standing at different places of the castle responsible for the security and protection of the castle and the Royal Family bows to him as he walks by. He just nods at them minutely.

After arriving in the section where the royal guards reside, he turns to the massive door leading to the practice room where sounds of grunts and clashing of metals can be heard.

As soon as he enters the room, he sees in the center of the room a single person clashes with three people.

The single blunette man is the only one who used shield while others uses broadsword against him. The first one swept his broadsword towards the blunette who ducks under the blow, he readies to swept his sword at his opponent but his other two opponent don't give him any opportunity to attack.

They attacked at the same time and he uses his longsword and shield to defend. They attacks while he defends with his sword, shield or ducks and moves around to dodge the attack.

Their attack was frequent for some time but after that their speed decreases giving the blunette enough time to subvert the opponent.

He swept his leg and made one of his opponent fall down. They jumped back or tried to jump back but he wasn't going to give them the chance and he bashed another with the shield making him fall on the ground as he tripped over the fallen fighter.

This action startled the last standing opponent and gave the blunette the opportunity to make him drop the broadsword and he rested his own longsword on his neck.

He relished at his victory but clapping sound brought him out of his thoughts.

He turns to see the advisor of the king and one of the most powerful man in Almia clapping and showing appreciation towards his victory.

The brunette showed a smile," I aim to please father." Yes, the brunette is the son of advisor, Sebastian.

But his father doesn't like his overconfidence very much and knocked him on his head, "Don't be full of yourself. Just because you managed to beat three fully grown man in a duel means nothing in the real world.

For the real monsters, you are just an ant who can be crushed at any moment, don't ever forget it, Julius." As he scolded his son.

" But father...." He tried to argue. While the opponents and other people slowly left the practice room to give the father-son duo some space to talk.

" No further arguments. The princess is going to the Hoenn region for a ruin exploration so she can meet people of her age and find how big the world really is.

You will be joining her so you can learn more about the world. You will also be her guardian and protect her from every threat. Our family has served the royal family for generation and I don't want you to break that chain, am I understood?" He leveled him a glare to stress his view.

Knowing his father wasn't going to take no for an answer, he agreed.

After that Sebastian turned to leave, but he remembered something and said to his son," Take about six guards with you for extra protection and don't cause any problem. You must never forget that you are at the very bottom in terms of personal strength.

Alex Bart, Cynthia Shirona, Steve stone, Wallace, these are the names of monsters among monster while Alex is someone even above them.

You can meet them on this trip, so you better remember their face and try not to anger them, because if you do, we cannot protect you. We can do nothing for you after that. " And he walks away.

Just as he passes the door, Julius asks," Why, why can't you protect us? Are you just going to ignore the princess safety?"

Sebastian held the doors handle and spoke," It is not about whether we can do anything or not. If you offend them, you cannot survive long enough for help to arrive. Even if they cripple you or even kill you, we can do nothing...." And he walks away leaving only a soft whispers remains behind.

" For behind them stand the real monsters of the league who can crush us any moment they wish for."

Julius didn't feel much about the words back then and thought that his father was overthinking.

Flashback ends

But today he knows what he meant. The sheer amount of helplessness he felt under his gaze is something he experienced for the first time.

The terror and the death which hovered over him was something he still remembers. He knows now if he wants to crush him he can do so any moment he wishes for.

He looked at the direction the boy went away. Constant shaking from Elsa brought Julius out of his shock and she asked, "What was that? Do you know him? Did that boy do something to you? That boy better never meets me again or I will bash him so hard that he will remember it forever. "Elsa continue her tirade while Julius was in deep thoughts.

" No princess. I don't know him, but I feel we should not provoke him." He said to her but thought,'That was the person the monster who was at the top of monsters, Alex. Yet, I feel that it wasn't his full force. I see why father told me to be careful. I must make sure that the Princess doesn't provoke him.'

" Princess, we have to meet with others at the hotel, we cannot let them wait for long." Julius tried to distract her from Alex's thoughts and it did work.

This made Elsa stop and then she calmly said," Ok. We will deal with the boy later. Now we need to head back."

The duo boy and girl left for their hotel.

As for the woman who has sold the crystal to Alex, she has packed get things long ago and ran away. She doesn't want to return the money sge cheated from Alex so she escaped.

Meanwhile with Alex,

After Alex left the duo, he was in deep thoughts and the prodding of Dratini brought him to reality. After reaching the Pokemon center, he reveals the matter to them

" Sorry boy. Just thinking about the last encounter.They someone you will meet again in the near future."

He told the Pokemons who only become more confused.

"They are from the Almia royal family that professor oak told us about who joined the campaign in the last moment like us.

You are most probably confused by my previous actions. But what can I do, the professor asked me to teach them not to be too arrogant." This only increased their confusion for why the kind old man asked for something like this.

"Ever since Almia joined the league, every ruler of Almia tries to get back Almia under their control, that has been the way of the Almians. But after knowing the true strength of the league they stop their attempts, but this doesn't stop the future rulers from trying again.

They are very persistent, so when a new ruler of Almia rises and tries to get the things their way, it falls upon the string trainers of the league to curb those tendencies.

And this time, it falls on my lap." Alex explained and the Pokemons just shook their head thinking this was way too easy for Alex.

Although Dratini doesn't know how strong some of Alex's pokemons were he has met some powerful people and Pokemon, so he can decern whether they are strong or weak.

Dratini feels she wasn't so strong for Alex to worry about her so he did not put attention to her.

Alex noticed their dull look and said, "Hey don't be like that. Isn't it more interesting for all of you." This got their attention

" You all could do some pranks or naughty things and try to drag her into them. She will most probably challenge me to a fight, then all we have to do is crush her completely. And our job is done. So you have complete freedom to have fun, even you Gengar." He said the last sentence while eyeing his shadow.

After hearing this a sinister laugh echoed the room and a bipedal dark purple Pokemon rise from the shadows. " Keke Keke"

" You must enjoy your freedom. Who knows when you will get such an opportunity." Alex told them. And he went to the washroom to refresh himself.

As Alex leaves, he could hear some muttering from his pokemon, this Mischievous group has huddled together to make their future plan.

Alex almost felt sorry for them.