Pepin supplied him with a massive bag of gold. Kai sighed. “however if I begin throwing them around, aren’t all of them going to try to get as many as they are able to?” He gestured across the room.

“this is the way you always do.”

“honestly? And how many fatalities are registered every year?”

Pepin didn’t seem able to knowledge the query.

“by no means thoughts. Minstrel,” he gestured for Wadeki to return nearer, “here’s your praise.” He grabbed a handful of cash nonchalantly and positioned them within the guy’s palm.

The appearance of best astonishment within the man’s eyes was humorous. Kai started out snickering.

“What? Too little?”

“No, no, Your Majesty. I’m grateful.” Wadeki threw himself at his feet.

“All right, this is getting awkward,” Kai stated slowly and pulled his ft faraway from the minstrel’s grabbing fingers. “Are we in the end accomplished here?” he asked Pepin again. “just train whoever you need to educate to provide all of us foods and drinks. Is that the way it’s performed, right?”

Pepin seemed at least 1/2 as astonished as the minstrel who hadn’t but gotten to his toes. “i will see to it right away, Your Majesty.”

“while you’re finished, just come to my room,” Kai ordered. He needed to ask Pepin approximately the dragon cave he was alleged to go to the following day. As overpowered as he became, it may be that he wasn’t completely invincible. And seeing how he become taking place his first quest, he didn’t want to grow to be as dragon meals.

And he turned into beat. He had in no way labored so much in a day in his complete existence. however it didn’t experience that bad. except for his royal backside that were given a bit numb for sitting in that throne for hours and that stupid track that became also about his backside, he turned into feeling pretty damned accurate approximately himself. He had helped fanatics get married, pals keep away from cutting their throats over wandering goats, and a minstrel earn his keep for any other day. nicely, the closing bit had been awful, but reputedly best for him.

but, the tune became quite catchy.

His royal shape

particularly from at the back of

is no flatscape…

He hummed as he walked towards his room. Or chamber? Did they call it a chamber? He needed to brush on his vocabulary. Having Pepin blink, frown, and grimace at him whenever he said some thing bizarre become getting older. He had to sound extra royally.

***

Kai walked down an extended corridor while checking the location for any available corners where he may want to turn. It turned into a chunk funny that he had ended wandering the hallways and getting misplaced. He had no concept wherein his room – the royal chambers – turned into, and it wasn’t like he should just ask a person. Pepin positioned up with his weirdness, maximum possibly due to the fact he became head over heels with Sebastian – for unexplainable reasons except that the fellow turned into a complete hunk and this become a BL display. however others may get suspicious over their leader having changed into a senile in a single day and no longer understanding where his room became.

A hooded determine seemed at the other end of the hallway. at least, there was an cease, Kai idea. there was something ordinary in how the hooded determine moved, although, like he was floating over the polished ground. Hmm, that become bizarre. Wait, he nonetheless needed to discern out who had summoned him to this global. Suspicious hooded figures needed to be handled with care.

Kai moved quickly towards the mysterious person. The hooded determine stopped, waiting for him.

“whats up, I recognize this may sound crazy, but did you summon me?” Kai requested.

the robe opened, and Kai barely had time to step returned. The sight of a metal glint bouncing off a blade become enough warning for his body to react. He jumped back, and the blade slashed via the air. What the hell? become that an assassination strive?

but he changed into an overpowered…

“whats up, reduce it out,” he warned, because the mysterious figure rushed to him with the apparent rationale to stab him.

He jumped out of the way just in time. Ah, he ought to just use his ice magic and flip that murderer right into a popsicle. Yeah, that was an awesome concept. How did he do that, once more? Ah, proper, he needed to cognizance, simplest that it turned into a bit hard to do that even as jumping round to shield himself from that nasty-looking blade.

Didn’t he have a sword? He touched his belt and unsheathed an extended saber.

“Yeah, noob, come at me now,” he said and pointed his sword on the assailant.

If he changed into overpowered, then he had to be a grasp swordsman. The murderer needed to comprehend it, too, because he hesitated.

“thought so,” Kai stated cheerfully. “Now flavor my metallic or some thing.”

He grabbed his sword with both arms, but simply as he dashed in the direction of the hooded determine, a person came from in the back of and pushed the assassin to the aspect, smashing him against a wall. The crimson coat turned into a giveaway.

Now, why become Conrad coming to the rescue? Didn’t he hate him? Kai watched as Conrad fought the assassin, attempting to find a gap. His first sword combat – all proper, sword versus dagger – and someone had to break it for him. nonetheless, he didn’t need to become slashing Conrad thru by using accident.

Conrad grabbed the gown, and a dark-clad figure slid far from it, making the opposite fall face first. The assassin ran and disappeared on the give up of the hallway in a break up second. Kai considered dashing after him, however then he observed Conrad slumped to one aspect and protecting one surrender his stomach. His coat changed into purple but not purple sufficient to now not allow the blood show.

“Oh, shit,” Kai stated in a noncommittal voice. “Why the hell did you need to get among me and that guy?”

Conrad grimaced, and his face became all sweaty. Oh, no, this wasn’t properly. Kai knelt by means of Conrad’s aspect.