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Chapter 101: Chapter 101 The Palace
Inside the palace, and around a large rectangular table sat different individuals, each of them representing their households. The Queen called for a gathering of all the Noble families.
The Queen started the conversation, and before long, it already went downhill with all the families having different thoughts, but a large percentage of them didn’t like the fact that the Queen was going to accept Roman attending the academy.
Most of them wanted the Queen to give Roman no choice, it wasn’t like Roman could do anything if the Queen gave him no choice.
"Silence," One of the advisors spoke.
"So you want me to lock him in a room, forcing him to have sex with females, isn’t that the same as having a slave?" The Queen asked, her face frighteningly calm even with all the shouting.
"I already told you what would happen; he’ll attend the academy and then come to the palace. Is there a way for a male to survive a fight against females who have the same level of training as he does?" The Queen asked.
"No," They all answered the same. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
"I called all of you here as a courtesy, then you come here to shouts and question my decision-making."
"We didn’t question your decision, Your Majesty, we just felt maybe the male is given too much freedom," one of them spoke.
"He could refuse to come back to the palace and go back to his village, we can’t bring him back."
"Yes, we can. This was a deal made, and he’ll have no choice but to honor it," One of the Queen’s advisors spoke.
The Queen stood up the next moment, and all the nobles and the Queen’s advisors stood up too as the Queen walked out.
As the Queen walked out of the room, the large doors shut behind her with a heavy thud, leaving behind a silence that felt heavier than all the shouting from before.
Some of the nobles exchanged glances, their faces tight with irritation. A few of them clearly wanted to say more but held their tongues. No one dared speak against the Queen openly.
"Why is the Queen considering that?" a woman in red muttered under her breath.
"It’s already decided," said another, adjusting the ring on her finger. "The male would attend the academy first, after that, then we’ll see if he’s fitted for the academy or not, at least we’ll get to see a male mage," The woman chuckled as she said it.
"It’s funny to you because your family has no young daughters to mate with the male."
One of the Queen’s advisors remained seated, fingers tapping on the table. "And you think talking like this would change anything?" she said calmly.
Another noble leaned back in her chair. "And what if he does win the tournament?"
"Impossible, it doesn’t matter what rank he awakened as, all the A-rank should be able to win easily against him, unless they are poorly trained," One of them said.
"There are also two S-rank apart from the male, it is impossible for him to win the tournament, also the second princess is also participating, I’m sure."
Some of the families there didn’t utter a single word, the Helmsworth and Aldenworth didn’t speak, they neither had young daughters who were up to the age of mating, so it didn’t matter to them what the crown does with the male.
The conversation thinned out as the nobles began to rise from their seats. One by one, they left the room, some with smug smiles, others with quiet worry.
The most worried families were the ones who had daughters that just turning 18, since females already in the academy wouldn’t qualify to mate with Roman, new mages just joining the academy would qualify since they hadn’t been trained a lot.
"Call Aurelia to my room," the Queen said as she walked to her chambers, and the Royal knights following her quickly turned around, walking towards the princess’s room.
*Knock!*
"Princess, the Queen requests your presence in her chambers," the knight spoke, and immediately Aurelia opened the door and stepped out.
Outside the palace, the nobles were heading to their carriages, still whispering among themselves about the Queen’s decision. Some looked pleased, others annoyed. No one said much out loud.
Just then, two horses arrived fast. Victoria and Evelyn got down quickly, both looking serious. The nobles paused, some turning to watch.
"They’re in a hurry, and what happened to their clothes?" one of the nobles muttered.
Evelyn didn’t stop to greet anyone, even her family members. She walked straight into the palace with Victoria close behind.
"Was there a meeting?" Evelyn asked Selene, the guard followed them in.
Selene had served under Evelyn and Victoria before becoming a Royal knight, and seeing them like this, she knew they were in a fight and not just training, a real fight.
For the strongest mages in the kingdom to come out of a fight like this, they knew it was trouble. If it was in he frontline, they would have heard and sent reinforcement to them, but it wasn’t.
"The Queen just left the meeting," she said, stepping forward.
"She’s in her chambers?" Victoria asked.
Selene nodded and stopped.
Without another word, the two of them headed down the hall, going to the Queen’s chambers.
They arrived at the Queen’s door, and there were two maids and a Royal knight who was shocked after seeing them.
Without speaking, the knight knocked on the Queen’s door.
"Your Majesty, Miss Evelyn and Miss Victoria are here to see you, it seems urgent," the knight said.
"Urgent, send them in," the Queen spoke, surprised as to why both of them had urgent news until the door was pushed open.
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Roman eyes fluttered open and a smile formed on his face, this was the bed sleep he’s had since arriving in this world, it felt like the bed was sucking him in.
Amelia and Anya were still asleep as he sat up, yawning and stretching his body. He wasn’t sure if he had slept for long since the sun wasn’t out, so he couldn’t tell.
Roman stretched again, rubbed his eyes, and slipped out of the bed; he was close to the edge, so he didn’t wake any of them as he stood up.
’That was the best nap I’ve ever had, and now I have nothing to do, this is exactly the reason I won’t stay at the palace, I’m sure as hell won’t be let outside to sightsee the kingdom’
’Also Amelia and Anya are asleep, this is like the best time to bang, and on this bed...maybe I should go after the princess, hmmm...that’s a challenge worth taking’ Roman decided.
Roman went into the bathroom and washed his face, after that he stepped out of the room and the maids werestill outside his door.
"Hi, can we get you anything?"
"No, I’m just going to walk around" Roman said.
"I’ll escort you then, I can take you to anywhere you want to" the maid said.
’Shit...that right, I have no idea where anything is in the palace, I don’t even know where WThe princess’s room is, all I know is that she turned that corner, I can’t tell the maid to take me there’
"Take me to the library, I’m sure there’s a library here" Roman spoke.
"Yes, the Royal library, follow me" the maid spoke as she walked forward.
Roman followed the maid through the halls of the palace, it was so quiet he could hear their footsteps long.
The maid knew where he library was so she walked straight there while, Roman, on the other hand, was slow as he kept looking around, trying to remember the paths they took.
They took a different path so he could see the princess’s room, but still the palace was just too beautiful, everything looked fancy—tall ceilings, gold decorations, and clean walls.
"The Royal Library is not far," the maid said, glancing back at him with a smile on her face.
"It’s one of the most peaceful places in the palace."
Roman nodded. ’The library was the best thing I could think of, but now I think it’s a good idea, I’m sure they’ll be good books in the Royal library’
After a few turns and a walk past several rooms and guards, they reached a large door with carvings of books and magical symbols on it.
The maid opened it slowly, revealing a wide room filled with rows and rows of bookshelves. The smell of old paper filled the air, and soft light came from floating crystals hanging in the air.
Roman’s eyes widened a little. "Wow. This is way bigger than I expected."
The maid smiled. "You’re free to read anything. There are books about magic, history, and even past tournaments, the library is usually empty most of the time"
"Ohh," Roman muttered as he stepped inside.
There were so many books he wasn’t sure if he could make up his mind, then he remembered, spell books were definitely going to be here.
