True King's Ecstasy

"Things are getting really bad," Velian said while observing the town and the ground that is bustling with people, that came to witness the might of these warriors.

There were more than 800 participants, so the town was more bustling than ever with all types of merchants selling many things around the city.

But they were careful not to do anything illegal, even if they wanted none of them was able to ad Naomi's spying unit kept her eyes on almost all of the citizens.

With the sudden rise of dead young males, Juno was the one who ordered this increase in security because she understood that something is happening inside the city, that won't be favourable for them.

But Velian wasn't frustrated because of this problem, he just wanted to know why his both doppels went silent all of a sudden.

"Is it Andriya? Or some other person? But wait-" Velian thought for a minute.

If it's Andriya wasn't this his biggest chance to capture her since he knew her location? Without Aiko and other soldiers interfering with him, it was the ideal chance but at the same time, he didn't want to miss the tournament.

Not because of all the participants, but because he wanted to see whether there was anyone who can compete against Delviny and if there was someone like that, Velian wanted to question them.

He wanted to know what a competitor meant. He wanted to identify who else has the same power as Andriya and what their relationship with that black thing was.

The one Velian possessed had been rather calm after the previous war, so he had no idea what to do with it.

With his presence, mages tried to carry out some experiments, but all of them failed. But they were able to come to one conclusion.

"So monsters, trees, stones, birds and livestock animals are not affected by it, humans are its goal,"

Velian was thinking while looking at the development of the tournament ground, but then he noticed one thing.

"Oh! Interesting group, why are they here?"

With a subtle smile, Velian questioned himself. Since his vision was good, he was able to take a good look at the group.

"What was it called? Fire moon, Fire starts,"

Velian tried to remember the name of the group, and it took him a good amount of time.

"Ah yes, Blazing sun," Suddenly having a realisation, Velian said with his mind going back to the days when he used to be a normal person, instead of a king.

He didn't really feel any different even after becoming a king but, the work he had to do increased and that's all he got from being a king except he get to make decisions for people without getting led by another selfish ruler like him.

"I honestly, don't care about whatever happens to the Empire or the Malfoy kingdom, but this time, I won't hold back," Velian thought.

Earlier he was thinking about how to capture Andriya, but now he just wanted to kill her. Even if it means him losing the way he gets his information.

Velian only had another two doppel, one being his main persona, Davin Keller and the other in the Montero kingdom.

"Ou that reminds me, I heard how Delviny crushed the Montero army," Velian wasn't even surprised to hear that.

He knew that will be the obvious result, but since then the Montero Kingdom had become a lot tamer than he expected.

He expected another full-blown army just like what the former Rapidckaw kingdom did, but the Monteros were really intelligent, as they saw the power of the new government and decided to act carefully.

"I can declare war, but why should I even do that when I have all these problems to take care of,"

Leaving the room hoping to see Delviny getting ready for the tournament, Velian entered the garden only to see her still training with Aurora watching her with interest.

Velian slowly approached where Aurora was sitting and looked at his sister moving really fast with her sword, from time to time using magic together with it showing magic swordsman qualities.

"Isn't she beautiful? What do you think, darling?" Velian asked

Aurora leaned over to Velian hearing his words,

"Like her,"

Velian smiled at his daughter hearing her trying to compliment Deviny.

"Of course, my dear. You have the same fire in your eyes that your mother does. With hard work and dedication, you can become even greater than her."

Aurora beamed at her father's words and turned back to watch her mother. Delviny was now practising her footwork, her sword a blur in the air. Aurora couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and admiration for her mother.

"Mama!" Aurora suddenly called out, standing up from the bench.

Delviny paused mid-strike, turning to face her daughter and brother.

"Thank you, my dear," she said, smiling warmly as she felt Aurora hugging her. She wanted to say not to do it because she is sweaty, but telling something like that would disappoint Aurora so Delviny prevented her from doing it.

Velian stood up as well, walking over to his sister.

"You're going to win the tournament this year anyway, do you have to train so much?" he said, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.

Delviny laughed, "Veli, you know I don't feel good unless I do this, besides you're the one who told me not to underestimate anyone since there might be some powerful people,"

"Haha~ that's true, but I have faith in you, even if someone like that appears you will beat them," Delviny couldn't help but feel a sense of pride when Velian muttered words like that.

She couldn't even imagine where she would be without that day incident. She would have probably become a bride to a greedy noble because that's the fate of a woman in a noble society.

Even though the word noble meant something rather exquisite, none of the things that happened in the real noble society was even close to that quality.

Aurora watched her parents with a sense of awe and admiration. They were both so strong and capable, and she was lucky to have them as her family. She vowed to work hard and make them proud, just like her mother was doing now.