Lawrend’s group finally arrived at the royal capital of the Undrasil Kingdom. His babies particularly enjoyed the journey.
They deserved to be his children. None of them felt fear from the high altitude. All of them gazed down below with unrelenting curiosity. It made him wonder how they would grow in the future.
Curiosity made man a man. Without it, no innovation would have been made in his previous world. It was such a powerful thing that talent would falter before it.
Clova flew inside the capital city without any care.
The mont the city guards saw her figure, their faces turned pale from fear. They rembered her glorious form more than a year ago. She beca famous together with Lawrend’s grand achievents.
The Combat Maid King riding the divine white bird to fight against the evil empire! It was such a beautiful scene that ignited the courage within oneself.
In the end, none of the city guards dared to do anything. The captain sighed as he gazed at them, entering deeper and deeper into the city.
“Wait, there are people on her back!” a city guard suddenly shouted.
All of them focused their gazes and saw Lawrend’s group riding Clova’s back.
“They’re too far. I can’t see them.”
“Could it be…”
“He’s the only one that can ride the Guardian Beast of the Undrasil Monster Forest!”
“The Combat Maid King is back!”
Joyous shouts resounded among the crowd of city guards. The news quickly spread even before Lawrend arrived at the royal castle.
Shortly after, Lawrend’s group arrived at the royal castle. They alard the royal guards standing above the castle walls.
Clova ignored them and landed in the garden.
…
A figure burst inside Verkoli’s royal office. He was a young royal guard wearing shiny armor.
“Your Highness!”
“What happened!?” Verkoli asked in a panic.
Seeing the hasty appearance of the royal guard made Verkoli and his attendant tense. They imdiately assud that the empire sent people to overthrow him.
“H-He is back!”
The royal guard stuttered. He himself was in disbelief when he saw Lawrend’s group land through a window. Without thinking about it, he imdiately ran here to inform the king.
“Let’s go!”
Verkoli’s form turned into a purple shadow. He zapped through the hall in extre haste.
The attendant and the young royal guard looked at each other and followed after him.
…
Lawrend jumped down from Clova’s back with a relaxed smile on his face. It was good to be back in his holand. Living in another continent with unfamiliar culture was really different.
The royal guards surrounded them, but they didn’t raise their weapons. Verkoli spread the word about Lawrend’s deeds and how he was the greatest talent the kingdom ever made.
He killed the previous king because he wanted to separate him and his daughter. It was the truth, and it made everyone see him as a heroic and romantic man.
So of the royal guards present were even familiar with him. They all stared at him with eyes full of respect.
One of them stepped forward. He was a man brimming with vitality and an aura of power.
“I’m the General of the Royal Guards. Combat Maid King, we celebrate your return!”
He half-kneeled with full respect. He didn’t dare to act arrogant in front of Lawrend.
“Rise. Why are you calling Combat Maid King?” Lawrend curiously asked.
The general smiled wryly and stood up. He then explained to Lawrend how Verkoli revealed the evil plans of the empire.
Lawrend looked at him with amazent. Verkoli was really a smart man. He knew what to do to gather the support of the masses. It was expected of a Grand Mage in a kingdom.
Suddenly, a flash of purple lightning ran out of the royal castle and stopped a few ters in front of Lawrend.
“Lawrend!” Verkoli exclaid.
He stared at Lawrend. He was still the sa, albeit a little taller and slightly more handso. He had grown in the past year or so.
He then looked behind Lawrend and widened his eyes in amazent at his children. It was no-joke that he deserved the title of the Combat Maid King. In fact, he even thought at the mont that it wasn’t enough to describe him.
“Combat Maid Harem King!” Verkoli exclaid again.
“…Are you trying to insult ?” Lawrend asked with a slight smile on his face.
“No! It’s my praise! You conquered geniuses, demons, beasts, and other races to beco your maids. I’m rely stating facts!”
Verkoli was filled with excitent. Seeing Lawrend back made him guess a few things in his mind.
“Ahahahaha! I’m rely teasing you, Uncle Verkoli. I heard about your deeds,” Lawrend replied with a sonorous laugh.
“Uncle?”
Verkoli looked at him in confusion. Since when did he beco an uncle?
“You did so much for . I owe you one. Calling you Uncle is my form of showing you respect,” Lawrend replied.
“Is that so? I’m glad you’re back. We can finally fight back against the empire. Without you, I’m hopeless. Sooner or later, they will co after my head,” Verkoli said.
He was filled with sorrow and unconfidence when he talked about the empire. Who could fight against such a behemoth? Without Lawrend, he can’t do anything.
“Thank you. With your achievents, you can be the new Pri Minister if you want,” Lawrend said.
“Pri Minister?”
Verkoli carefully considered his offer. After a year of managing the kingdom, he found out that he liked being in power. It gave him a sense of pride and duty. He wanted to lead the kingdom to prosperity.
Lawrend’s words that day still resounded inside his mind. With great power cos great responsibility. They must beco an empire no matter what!
“If you don’t want to, I can still give you my Arch Mage spell,” Lawrend said.
Before he entered closed practice, he gave Verkoli his spells from Beginner Mage all the way to High Mage. It was only natural that he would want his Arch Mage spell too.
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