◈ 442. [Side Story] All The Kings (2)
“Father… .”
Kellibey’s youngest son, Kellison, the dwarf king, walked out of the banquet hall with a drunken face.
The face, such as the bushy beard and the beaky eyes, resembled my father’s, but there was a crucial difference.
challang challang.
It was abundant.
Head.
Kellison sighed as she brushed back her golden curls. In his hand, a broken bottle of wine glowed menacingly.
“They called me a fool… By the way, do you know what immoral means exactly?”
“uh?”
Kelly Bay, hiding behind Belldandy, groped.
“Isn’t that what you are doing now?”
“’Breaking one’s duty’. That is the reason for immorality.”
Kellison growled viciously.
“I abandoned my family and ran away because I didn’t want to receive the throne, but after a few decades, they came back and brought me here without any explanation… He didn’t do what he was supposed to do as a royal son or father.”
Kellison shook menacingly the broken bottle in his hand.
“Do you think the real immorality was done by your father?”
“Oh, okay, let’s put that down and talk! huh?”
“My dream was to buy a small, cozy cave and dig it down until I could no longer sell it… It was a simple life like that of a dwarf.”
Kellison, gritting his teeth, approached Kelly Bay.
“In the end, I was forced to take the kingship that everyone said they didn’t want to do, so I flew away forever… My dream is big breasts ruined by my father!”
“Instead of you, I’m making it happen! Instead, I’m digging a hole!”
“Your son should make your father’s dream come true! Why are you doing this the other way around!”
Kellison grabbed his wavy hair and held it up.
“I had to be king from the age of thirteen! I was even forced to marry! Already four mourners! Wang Yu’s stress is causing her hair to fall out! Can’t you see that my forehead has widened?!”
“Are you saying something in front of me?!”
Kelly Bay squealed and poked her greasy bald head.
“And after all, did I give you the throne?! Everyone didn’t want to do it, so they turned the bomb, so you, the youngest, didn’t have the strength, so you took it by force! Don’t just blame me, blame your other relatives and your brothers and sisters!”
“I already asked! Except for my father, all my other relatives hit me hard one by one!”
“… Oh that was… … ?”
“I’m a father now, but the remaining big breasts! So, just one! Please let me hit just one!”
“No matter how you try to hit your father… No, this shit! hey! Put it in!”
Like that, the dwarf father and son screamed at each other and ran around the banquet hall.
The Fairy Queen, Skuld, watched this hideous scene and clicked her tongue.
“It’s so nice to see such a low-key fistfight… The dwarves do not change even after a long time.”
“No, who is this?”
Only then did Kellison discover Skuld and smiled as he fixed his crown.
“Isn’t our little queen pretending to be a queen despite living confined in the autonomous district?”
“Who said who was a kid! You goddamn shorty!”
Tendons immediately sprouted from Skuld’s forehead.
“Hey Dwarf King! I’ve lived many times longer than you. Be careful with your words, okay?!”
Kellison clicked his tongue.
“Listen. I am forty-six now.”
“So what?”
“Even if a dwarf lives long, he will be five hundred years old. therefore… Let’s look at it on a human basis. Since humans live to be 100 years old, does that mean I am roughly 10 years old in human terms?”
“… What about it?”
“How old do elves live?”
“If you don’t die in an accident, you live forever… They usually don’t live forever and die. The longest-lived elf in the literature was 10,000 years old… … ?”
“Then let’s set the ten thousand year old standard. Are you about three hundred years old now?
“uh… .”
“Then aren’t you about three human years old?”
“… uh?”
“Because I am 10 years old in human terms, and you are 3 years old. Are you younger than me?”
“No, what bullshit is that… !”
Skuld’s face went blank in front of the miraculous logic.
As those who claim to be the king of a race fought childishly like this, those who watched only shed cold sweat.
It was then.
“King Poseidon XIII, the king of the mermaids, is entering!”
The mermaid King Poseidon XIII entered the banquet hall.
While soaking the body in a portable bathtub.
It had been a few weeks since he had left Crossroads and was back. The reason, of course, was to officially visit Crossroads and have a meeting this time.
Unlike the previous appearance (?), the appearance of the mermaid king properly equipped was gorgeous.
The entire body was decorated with pearls and shell jewels, and the bathtub in which the body was soaked was also adorned with all kinds of jewels. Above her azure hair was a crown of pearls.
Skuld was taken aback by his appearance.
“King Poseidon XIII… ?! Didn’t all the mermaids go to another continent?”
“How can I abandon my hometown so easily… he says.”
Serenade interpreted the sign language next to the mermaid king.
Then Kellison asked, stroking his beard.
“King Poseidon the thirteenth… ? Then why do you mean thirteen years old?”
“… ?”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Kellison, the dwarf king, and I am forty-six years old. Since you’re thirteen years old, you can say I’m a bit older, right?”
Then, King Poseidon, who had only been using sign language, threw away the sign language and opened his mouth.
“It’s crazy and it’s crazy. Little boys the size of X are trying to match this grandpa… … Hey do you guys know how old I am?”
“… He says that it is really nice to meet you like this.”
The serenade next to me was sweating profusely, so I translated (?) it, but no one listened to it.
It was about the time when the three kings of different races calmed down after arguing with each other about their age. Skuld let out a long breath and looked around.
“Therefore, three of the four races that inherited the blessings of the great ancient gods gathered… I can’t see the last race. Are there any beasts?”
“The Beast Tribe has no one to call a king. Even during the Tribal Wars, we fought as a tribal coalition.”
“Why don’t we start a meeting by ourselves without having to wait… … says King Poseidon.”
It was then.
thud!
The door to the banquet hall opened violently, and a gigantic man entered.
Long braided red hair and an X-shaped scar on his forehead. A silver leather cloak on his back.
There was no crown, but instead appeared with the symbols of all kinds of beast tribes tied to the forearm – it was Quylan.
“Oh, am I a little late? I was in a real hurry.”
Quylan, who looked at the kings of other tribes waiting for him first, scratched the back of his head shyly.
“My name is Kuilan. I’m from the Dandyulang tribe, and this time I gathered all the other beastmen tribes and beat them up. So from today onwards, you can call me the beastman king.”
He appeared out of nowhere and introduced himself as the Beast King, but the other three kings immediately agreed to his words.
The reason he tied it to his arm was the representative symbol of each beast tribe, but it was because he felt it intuitively before that.
The fighting spirit emanating from Quylan’s whole body.
The Beasts are a tribe that worships martial arts. The strongest person represents the tribe.
The man in front of me was undoubtedly exuding the power of a strong man. That’s why he was qualified as the beast king.
Kellison approached Quylan and immediately asked.
“How old are you?”
“yes?”
Quylan, embarrassed, folded his fingers and frowned.
“uh… how old am i I’m not even thirty yet.”
“Then, since I’m forty-six, you’re my brother. Call me brother.”
“Oh is that so? older brother!”
“Hey, this guy is cool!”
Kellison, who liked Quylan, chuckled, slapped him on the back, and handed him a cold drink from the table next to him.
“Well, anyway, it was difficult for everyone to come together, but let’s talk comfortably!”
So the four kings started talking about each other.
Only then did Kelly Bay, Belldandy, and Serenade escape from the scene of some pressure and hide in the corner of the banquet hall to breathe.
“I feel like I’m 10 years older… .”
“I feel like 100 years old… .”
“… I can’t grow old like you two. Please look.”
The three of them looked around the inside of the banquet hall, each drinking a drink set in the banquet hall.
The four kings of the different races were the ones who received the most attention, but besides these, several other kings and leaders were coming from all over the world.
During the previous war with the goblins, the chiefs of the neighboring small countries and city-states who had supported the Crossroads continued to enter.
And even if they didn’t participate in the war at that time, those who were interested in Ash’s invitation were also coming from afar.
“I see a lot of great people. In the frontier, there are only leaders who have made a name for themselves… … .”
“joy. Yeah, they’re the ones who were kicked out to the surrounding area because there was no way to penetrate the center of the continent that the empire ate. What the hell is Ash going to do with all these chaffs… … .”
“… Please lower your voice. I want others to hear it.”
The three looked at the faces of the kings and had a good conversation.
It was then.
“I don’t know if everyone is enjoying their drinks.”
Tboob. Tboob.
The host of this meeting appeared with a clear shoe sound.
Black hair, black eyes.
A young man dressed in a neat and comfortable suit.
It was the 3rd prince of the Everblack Empire – Ash ‘Bonehater’ Everblack.
He didn’t wear any special jewelry decorations or even a common crown on this occasion, but behind the back of the young man laughing leisurely, there was no less than any other king… … No, there seemed to be a flash of majesty beyond that.
At the appearance of such Ash, many people in the banquet hall swallowed dry saliva.
Skuld opened his fan and covered the bottom of his nose, deep in thought.
‘It’s different again from last time.’
Right after the war with the goblins, Ash was in great danger.
But now it seemed extremely stable. If the appearance at that time was like a tree branch shaking in the wind, should I say that it is like a giant tree deeply rooted in the earth now?
‘At that time, I had the taste of a boy who seemed to be crumbling at any moment, but now… … .’
… I felt such charisma that it would not be awkward to sit in any seat of honor.
Was it innate because he inherited the bloodline of the imperial family?
or not… .
“I am Ash ‘Bonehater’ Everblack, Lord of the Crossroads, who invited you here. Thank you for taking the long way.”
Ash, who showed a respectful manner, smiled softly.
“It will still take a few more days for all the invited people to gather, so we plan to wait a bit longer before holding the full-scale meeting. Until then, it would be nice if you could relax.”
I knew that would be the case in the first place, so everyone left their schedules empty and visited.
It would be more of a loss to destroy the gathering of this many leaders in a day or two.
“Relax… .”
However, Dwarf King Kellison seemed to have a different idea.
“I don’t think that’s the situation right now, Everblack’s 3rd Prince.”
Ash bowed slightly as Kellyson stepped forward.
“Tell me, Dwarf King Kellison.”
“The world is collapsing. It’s not a figurative expression, it’s actually the reason for the situation.”
Tak-
After arriving here, he put down the glass he had always held in his hand. Kellyson continued.
“After the battle for the throne, the capital of the empire was locked, and logistics and industry around the world stopped. In the meantime, all kinds of vicious rumors are floating around the world.”
“What kind of rumor is that?”
“A harbinger of destruction.”
Kellison shrugged.
“Actually, the end of the world is a topic that the hooligans always talk about. Even though I am a young Dwarf, only forty-six years old, the apocalypse theory spreads about once every five years and makes a lot of noise.”
There were always nasty rumors.
Every time pestilence circulated, famine broke out, and war broke out, people trembled with anxiety. But the world did not perish.
Until now.
“But this time is different. Everyone gathered here must have come running here because they felt that ominous feeling as well.”
In this world where civilization has been built with magic, intuition is sometimes more accurate than any other criterion.
And everyone in the world was feeling it.
Something – something absurdly huge and ominous is about to happen.
The princes here all had a gut feeling.
That’s why, instead of the 2nd prince of the ecliptic, who closed the door and locked himself away, he responded to the call of the 3rd prince, who gathered people even from the southern tip of the country.
“The big breasts that brought us together for what? If there is an agenda to talk about anyway, let’s clarify it in advance.”
At Kellyson’s question, Ash smiled and then,
without hesitation, uttered it coolly.
“There is one reason why we have gathered you all here… Lend me your lives.”
Kellyson frowned.
“To the war with Fernandez? Are you going to claim the throne as well?”
“Until then.”
Ash was unstoppable.
“The one who rules the monsters – until the final showdown with the demon king.”
“therefore… Please lend me a hand not only in the fight to occupy the center of the world, but also in the fight to defeat the monsters in the far south here?”
“That’s right.”
Kellison clicked his tongue.
“Why should we?”
“Otherwise, we will all die anyway.”
Ash was laughing.
However, the young man’s eyes, drawing soft arcs, were extremely cold.
“First, let me be clear. This is not an offer.”
Ash looked around not only Kellison, but all the other kings gathered here.
“This is a threat, everyone.”
“… !”
“Cooperate with me if you want to protect your own life and the lives of all those you rule.”
Immediately after, Ash smiled playfully and shrugged his shoulders.
“Or we all die together.”
