After Vanessa and Diana managed to sort out the problem of everyone in the room by kneeling to us, the King and Queen invited us to another room at the back where just the two of them, Prince Wagner, and my group entered.
It was a beautiful comfortable marble room with marble walls, light brown wooden floors, lush decor, and a large window from where you can see the city, the sea, and the various types of ships coming in and out of the harbor, we can see everything. this at the same time from this window.
"Please have a seat." (Queen Sheila)
"This was the informal place that I wanted to welcome you from the beginning, but Gareth insisted on keeping the formalities." (Queen Sheila)
"As King, I have some formalities to follow dear." (King Gareth)
We sit on sofas, I sit with Diana on one side and Vanessa on the other while the others stand behind me, not forgetting that Layla is being held by my lines in Sakura's hands.
The King sits opposite us with the Queen beside him while Prince Wagner sits alone in a chair that looks more like an armchair.
"Son, please." (King Gareth)
"Yes father." (Wagner)
Soon the luxurious and comfortable room reveals several magic circles and glowing Runes, I noticed that Irina became very interested looking back and forth at this powerful barrier around us.
"With this, without the spies inside the Palace they will be able to spy on what happens here, and we can talk freely." (King Gareth)
"Do you know there are spies in your house?" (Diana)
"Every existing nation at some point faces espionage crises, for commercial or very large nations, these things are very frequent." (King Gareth)
"We can say that it's impossible to keep the house squeaky clean, but we can use that to our advantage if we play well." (King Gareth)
"Disinformation, a counter-espionage move." (I)
"You're smart, it took my son a few months to realize that." (King Gareth)
"If you had told me that directly instead of leaving me hanging around the entire Palace always looking at my back in fear, it would have been better." (Wagner)
"But what fun would that be?" (King Gareth)
"Stop teasing our son in front of guests, plus you wanted to teach him a lesson." (Queen Sheila)
I know the King is acting in this relaxed way to attract our goodwill seeing that we don't like formalities, we've been tested since we came in here, maybe even before that, they might be watching how we've acted since we arrived to know the best approach to the matter. meet with our group.
"I think we can talk about the reason for all this, right Your Majesty?" (I)
"Yes, I think being invited to the Palace in this forced way might have been a little rude of us, but I hope you understand the situation after I explain." (King Gareth)
"I understand that I've made some enemies on Cyrion Isle, I also understand that it may have been a mistake to provoke some of them and that's why they're coming after me, but I don't fully understand why a Royal Family like yours would help me." (I)
"In a nutshell, I'm helping because my wife asked." (King Gareth)
"At least what I thought before I started investigating your group." (King Gareth)
"What's the point of the Queen helping me? I don't think we've met before." (I)
"I'm doing this out of selfishness, I must admit I didn't have a clear understanding of your identity or the people accompanying you when I asked my husband to help." (Queen Sheila)
"Your son said something about the Fertility Church." (I)
"My Husband and I are great devotees of the Goddess Asya." (Queen Sheila)
"One of the problems with belonging to a Royal Family, you can be attacked in infinite ways, sometimes before you are born." (King Gareth)
"I was born infertile because of a curse placed on my mother during her pregnancy, as I myself am not cursed, I have no way of recovering from this condition." (King Gareth)
"But your son..." (me)
"I see, so you are the Queen." (Vanessa)
"Yes, my husband and I are good friends, we also have a good life together, but we were never in love with each other, unfortunately." (Queen Sheila)
"Due to my lineage, I might be able to impregnate anyone, so my mother introduced me to Gareth who was looking for a way to sire offspring." (Queen Sheila)
Their story is a little interesting, but I don't understand why they're telling this to a stranger like me, what does that have to do with me?
"I understand your story, but why tell us this?" (I)
"To understand that we don't want to be your enemy, I know that our actions can seem suspicious, and sometimes showing a little vulnerability or sincerity can make everything clear for everyone to understand each other." (King Gareth)
"I would take my wife's advice to help you get out of this Kingdom quickly just to avoid confusion within my city." (King Gareth)
"But I figured you'd be a good friend if I treated you honestly." (King Gareth)
"You say that because of Vanessa and Diana." (I)
"Actually the son of the Blood Goddess who has a Saint daughter and a wife as a Champion." (King Gareth)
"You are someone with a bright future ahead of you, you would be a great business partner." (King Gareth)
"I just hope you protect my mother well." (Queen Sheila)
"My mother is the saint of the Church of Fertility, so I wanted to help you because you are going to help my mother for what the Church of Fertility warned me about." (Queen Sheila)
So she is the daughter of one of the three Saints I have to allow to stay in my Dungeon, that explains why they help.
But I didn't expect to find a daughter of one of these Santas, in fact, they didn't even tell me who these Santas are knowing that I could avoid them if I knew who they are, something I really thought about doing.
"I appreciate your help." (I)
"(Everyone is telling the truth.)" (Nix)
Regardless of their motives, I've been keeping in touch with Nix to see if they're telling the truth or not, but it seems like they're being honest about their motives, at least I can understand selfish natives like the King wanting to befriend someone he considers capable. to do great things in the future.