The King of Tricks and Magic

Chapter 198: The Reunion Of The Three Imperial Figures (1)

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 700, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]

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With the recent battle with the part of the demon’s main army, the kingdom takes two days of brief rest. But not for the high officials such as the royal family, and as well, neither do Druid Oz.

“We’re going to split up our forces. With the mountain of magic cores we received from the battles with the demons, we’re not short in money, and we’re not capable of making more magic items than before as well. After giving the nobles that had been supporting us the most the magic cores, they managed to strengthen their warriors as well,” (The Galhala King)

“They’re by no means weak, but since they have suggested that they’re going to attack the demonic base themselves, it will make them dissatisfied and felt that the royal family didn’t trust them if we refuse them, that’s why we’re going to split our forces, which is into several waves of attacks,” (The Galhala King)

“The king, the queen, and I had discussed that it would be the best decision considering the minor role the nobles had been lately. And since if we’re taking the lead too much this time, it will break our trust bond and at this rate, they’re going to underestimate the strength of the demons too much,” (The Prime Minister, Allomere)

“And after discussing it, we decided that we need your input in this decision, Ren. Since from every person in this kingdom, no, continent, I believe that you’re the one that understands the gravity of the situation the most, please give us your opinion,” said the Galhala Queen with her usual smile, but this time, her smile is emitting a different vibe which made Druid Oz felt slightly pressured.

All these times, the queen had been only standing beside the Galhala King with her gentle smile and occasionally join in whenever the Galhala King had crossed the line or forgot himself. But this time, the Galhala Queen is joining the meeting herself, at that time, Druid Oz finally realized.

(I see… The dots finally connect…) (Druid Oz)

Most nobles in this kingdom believed that even though the Galhala King present himself as a musclehead that only believes in strength and justice, he’s secretly a genius at the same level as the prime minister as it’s impossible for the prime minister to withstand and maintain the balance of the whole kingdom himself.

Even though the prime minister is extremely capable himself, to be able to gauge and guess all of the opinions and thinkings of all of the nobles and generals of the kingdom are impossible even for Druid Oz. Since the list menu of tasks that the prime minister needs to handle and think about because of the musclehead king of the Galhala Kingdom is very many, maintaining the good moods and favor of all of the nobles as well is of course with a doubt could be considered as an impossible task.

But since the Galhala King’s muscleheadness is irrefutable, then there must be another figure that had been maintaining and considering the mood of the kingdom’s nobles. Druid Oz had been suspecting the Galhala Queen for a while, but she’s too pressuring, and the fact that she’s always pushing the topic of Druid Oz and Claria’s marriage made him didn’t want to let the queen enter his mind.

But since Claria had enough negotiation and scheming ability as she’s well respected not only amongst the generals but with the nobles as well, it clearly shows that she’s not a musclehead like her father. It means that she inherited the ability to negotiate and scheme from her mother.

(For Charnia… Rather than musclehead, she is more like an airhead for me, though… If she heard I said that, she’ll definitely nag me and pout…) (Druid Oz)

“Um… Ren? Well, you must still be surprised about the scary side of the queen. Even if you have expected it, it’s still surprising, isn’t it? I know that feeling very well, Ren,” said the prime minister, Allomere, as he nods his head.

“Oh my, I wonder what do you mean by my scary side, Allomere, fufufufu!” The queen laughed. Even though her eyes are laughing as well, there is a special aura emitted from her that made both the prime minister and me shiver.

“I-I mean the spectacular side of you, my queen… P-Please, forgive my slip of tongue…” Apologized the prime minister.

(But emitting it’s a slip of tongue is like adding fuel to the fire, don’t you think…?) (Druid Oz)

But rather than the calculating and genius side of the queen, Druid Oz is more surprised by how afraid the prime minister, Allomere, is towards the Galhala Queen.

“Well, I’m sorry, Ren. Even though I told you to call me mother and decided to consider you as my own son, I still hide things from you. But it can’t be helped, because of my ‘great’ husband, I can’t let others know about this side of mine, after all…” Apologized the queen.

“HAHAHAHA! Of course! I know I’m great!!” (The Galhala King)

(That’s not a praise, musclehead king…) (Druid Oz)

“I-It’s fine, mother… I’ve expected it as well, but it’s just that expecting it and seeing it directly is different. But it’s fine, I don’t really felt betrayed or anything since I understand your situation,” Replied Druid Oz with a gentle smile.

Hearing Druid Oz’s reply, the Galhala Queen’s gentle smile return as she let out a small sigh of relief.

“It’s lucky that I, no, the kingdom, could have such a caring and respectful son-in-law like you, Ren. Please marry Claria quickly and replace my husband as fast as you could,” (The Galhala Queen)

“HAHAHAHA! Of cour-D-Dear!?” (The Galhala King)

“Um… That’s…” Druid Oz got confused with how fast the topic changed.

“Anyways, let’s go back to the main topic. We need your input in this matter, Ren. Please give us your thoughts,” said the Prime Minister, Allomere, as he returns topic to the main topic.

Druid Oz exhales a great amount of breath as he regains his composure. He’s thanking the prime minister inside his mind for saving him from answering the queen’s words.

“Personally, I would like to avoid having any unnecessary casualties on the kingdom’s side, but considering the situation, it’s the wisest decision. I’ve roughly measured the strength of the demons and the soldiers of both the nobles and the royal family. And I agree in sending two waves of attacks on their demonic base,” (Druid Oz)

“So you agree with our decision?” (Prime Minister, Allomere)

“Yes, I will definitely suggest the same opinion if you were to ask me how the kingdom should attack the demonic base. Since it’s a demonic base we’re talking about, the more the information we could get, the more the success rate of the attack will increase,” (Druid Oz)

“In these past few days, I’ve been trying several things to infiltrate and I had been trying to trigger any kind of traps or magical traps on their base, but it had been futile. My summoned insects couldn’t last too long in the capital of the Griftania empire because of the dense amount of demonic mana,” (Druid Oz)

“And because of that, we’re going to need two waves to attack, huh… If Ren agrees with it, then I believe it would be the right call,” (The Galhala Queen)

“But I need to add one thing, please tell the nobles to use everything they have. Tell the leading nobles to not lead the army themselves and try to obtain the most fame or something similar. Let the generals and the soldiers do their portion and use their best armors and weapons. No need to hide anything, the battle will be fierce, and since we still didn’t know how many traps and unknown dangers are ahead, it would be best to prepare a great number of sacrificial pawns such as golems or anything similar,” advised Druid Oz sternly.

“Noted. Sacrificial pawns, huh… It’s a strategy that is very not the king’s way of fighting, but for this time, we need to take into account everything and use every tactic we could use, I’ll inform the nobles that had been using golems for their battles, thanks for your input, Ren,” (The Prime Minister, Allomere)

They usually call Druid Oz ‘Lord Ren’, but since they have grown closer in every day and every meeting, they started to call him ‘Ren’ without adding ‘Lord’ for formality. Druid Oz didn’t really bother by it, but the whole kingdom considered that act as how the royal family and the prime minister had accepted Druid Oz as the general princess’s partner.

“Once again, thanks for being here, Ren,” The Galhala king unusually thanked Druid Oz.

“It’s my pleasure to be able to help,” (Druid Oz)