It was a bit—no, who am I kidding? Extrely—awkward.
I simply stood there, watching as the siblings smothered themselves with love, not caring about those who watched.
The Prince was wearing silver armor, similar to what his sister had on. The design was intricate, and I could tell that it was ant for Royalty.
Behind the Prince, was the army my Automatons spotted.
I could see the uncomfortable and impatient looks on their faces. The General—a woman—was especially not very thrilled by this developnt.
Her brown hair and sharply earnest looks reminded of that deputy I saw back when our group was talking with Freya.
Her emotion, sa as that of the other Elf Soldiers, was seething.
I could understand why.
‘They’re worried about what happened to the Eastern Territory.’
The fact the Princess was here ant that she either abandoned the Borders, or that it had been obliterated.
I found it hard that soone with Freya’s personality would abandon anything in her care, and I was sure the other Elves shared my sentint.
But, fear and anxiety could often make a person think the worst of another.
In this case, it was more plausible that Freya fled.
At least, that would give the army so hope that there was still an Eastern Border to rescue… as well as soone to direct their negative emotions to.
‘Many of them should have families, friends, or acquaintances there. It’s no wonder that they readily mobilized even though they would be fighting Demon Beasts…’
Watching both brother and sister snuggle it up must have been quite agitating for the other Elves.
‘Then… should I interfere?’
Fortunately, I didn’t need to. The General beat to the ga.
She approached the reunited Elven Royalty and spoke up.
“Prince Claudius, Princess Freya. I think it’s best to ascertain what exactly has happened to the Eastern Border.” She bowed respectfully as she spoke.
As expected of the poise of an Elf. It never ceased to amaze .
“O-Oh, that’s true…” The Prince, addressed as Claudius, finally detached himself from his sister.
Freya too, realizing how thoughtless both their actions had been, took a few steps backward.
For so reason, she even looked at with an embarrassed expression.
Like, what was my business with their family reunion?
‘Don’t drag into this!’ Was the stance I strictly took.
“What happened, Freya? The Demon Beasts. The danger… how are you here? What about… him?” Claudius shot a glance, as though telling he hadn’t forgotten about my existence.
As expected of Elves. This discrimination is just a bit…
“A-ah, yes. Don’t worry, the Eastern Border issue has been completely resolved. In fact, that’s one of the reasons we ca here…” Freya said, signaling to draw closer to her.
‘Aye, aye, captain.’ I thought to myself, swiftly obeying her.
I stood a little behind her, bowing to both the Prince and the General behind him.
“May the Spirits bless our eting.”
They nodded, hiding their surprise at my etiquette.
“This man is a human from the Eastern Kingdom. He was sent alongside an Envoy to deliver a ssage of goodwill. They rescued our people from the Demon Beasts and even purified the entire area.”
At this point, the General and Claudius couldn’t hide their surprise.
They both knew better than to doubt Freya, so they could only stare at with shock and awe.
“We teleported here to inform you about this, and also to resolve so pertinent matters.”
As she rushed them with a lot of information, Claudius changed his gaze when staring at .
Even the hardened General’s face softened up once she realized that everything was fine.
It was supposed so ti to explain to them, but thanks to Freya’s articulate speech, she summarized the incident.
The whole thing didn’t even last ten minutes.
Of course, the Princess made sure to omit so sensitive matters that could only be heard by Royalty, or those of importance.
Since the whole Army was present, it wasn’t exactly the right ti to divulge matters concerning the proposed Alliance.
Claudius and the General understood this, so they didn’t ask about the several holes in Freya’s story.
By the ti she was done, everyone was looking at differently.
Their gazes, initially filled with slight skepticism and suspicion, morphed into gratitude.
Claudius and the General especially thanked , even going as far as bowing to express their gratitude.
“Please, don’t do that. As we are still on existing protocol, let us et sowhere more private to have an informal conversation.” I smiled.
Both were surprised by my consistent utilization of manners, granting more prestige.
Having no choice but to agree with , the Prince and General decided to trust Freya’s words and my judgnt.
“Since Freya has demanded that the Backup Force reached the Eastern Border before any further action on your part is made, I will be ensuring you arrive there as soon as possible.”
“H-hold on, you still think you can teleport this many people?!”
The mont Freya asked this question, I stared at her with a confident expression playing on my face.
“After spending so long with , do you still believe any of my words are empty?”
“That… I just…”
She was at a loss for words.
Common sense and even advanced logic made it blatantly clear that it was impossible to achieve such Mass Teleportation.
It wasn’t that she didn’t believe , but it was just beyond understanding; which was why I had to show her concept of what was possible and impossible was flawed.
“Then… show .” She smiled defiantly, gazing at with a piercing gaze.
“Prove wrong!”
A part of her appeared to be hopeful, excited even, to see what kind of miracle I would pull off.
That part was plenty for to work on.
“Very well. Let’s do this.”
The other Elves probably thought I was crazy, but they couldn’t refute Freya’s words and my unhindered confidence.
So, they just fell silent and watched.
Their eyes were fixated on , ready to witness a miracle.
‘A hundred thousand, uh? I’ve never transported so many before…’ A smile ford on my face as I glanced around.
‘… Is that what they think?’
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