Chapter 57 - Successful Alliance

"We... we are sorry Master Rex! We didn't know that you too were a royalty..."

Rex was confused as he didn't get what they were trying to say as he hadn't found any difference in treatment.

So he said, "It's fine, raise your head."

They all hesitantly rose their head and sat guiltily. But the time was passing so the princess decided to begin the meeting even though she was ashamed on herself because at some part of her heart she also had looked down on Rex.

The meeting had started now and every elder who were managing some of the other affairs of the kingdom came forward and started to give introductions.

Different positions and different tasks that they performed were shown and told to Rex as well as others.

Rex failed to understand their intention of telling him about their internal affairs but he was curious too about their management since elves had a long history.

It was believed that other than the dragons, the elves were the oldest race that have lived in this planet so they were basically powerful at that time.

On top of that they modified and got adjusted almost perfectly and were able to build such a grand kingdom which has stood for many generations.

Rex took a look at their writings and files. They thought that Rex wouldn't be able to read the Elven language but surprisingly he could read them with ease.

Of course they knew that he was extremely talented in talking their language but on knowing that he knew to read too made them surprised.

However, Rex was just taking a glance at each page and everything was being stored in his brain. It was as if he was just scanning page by page.

Regardless of that the meeting proceeded and took a good amount of time in just introducing the state affairs and other political values.

After a whole 3 hours, the introductions concluded. Rex sighed with relief and sat upright.

But for some reason his instincts told that even though the instructions and introductions were over, the real part was about to begin.

All the Elven elders glanced at each other and finally started the real topic which was decided to be discussed right now.

The King started by saying, "So Master Rex, we can start talking about the contract that we mentioned."

Rex nodded as if he gave the permission to speak.

"Well, to be precise, it's not a contract that we want... the real thing that we want is alliance..."

"Huh!!!? Alliance?"

The way he rephrased it was intriguing. Instead of just normal contract he turned it into an alliance.

Rex was looking forward to what they wanted to say.

So now the King continued and said, "We told you everything about our country's ways of working. I hope it wasn't too bothersome..."

"Ya it wasn't, in fact it was quite unique in a sense."

"Oh my thank you... but what I am trying to say is, we want to merge our Elven kingdom Evan to your kingdom Rhone..."

"WHAT!!!?"

Red immediately stood up with sudden surprise on seeing which other elders were awed.

They thought that they might have offended him in some way and started to beg for forgiveness.

"Uhh... just be quiet for sometime..."

Rex sat down calmly after saying this. He started to think about it. Addition of the Elven Kingdom to the Kingdom Of Rhone would be highly beneficial for the royal family and Rex but he didn't understand what would the elves gain by doing so.

They all awaited Rex to speak. It was utter silence. The princess was closing her eyes tightly since she didn't want Rex to be angry at any cost.

"Hmm, I understand but what would you gain from this?"

The king now started talking the real matter.

"As you know Master Rex, our kingdom is strong and at an amazing place which is just next to Rhone, but the problem is that we can't manifest or prepare much people to defend ourselves... we merely seek protection...."

Rex thought about it for a bit and then asked a question which was more than enough to make him shut his mouth.

"Then does that mean if you find any other nation having more power than Rhone, you will form a contract with them when Rhone becomes weak?"

Everyone was utterly speechless. They didn't have an ounce of courage to say anything since what Rex said was completely valid point.

The elves seek safety and if they were to find their alliancing partner in danger then they might just abandon them and save their lives first.

'Is this why you can't trust elves?', is what Rex thought in his mind. In the past too the elves were selfish who had abandoned a kingdom in between during a war and from that time Rex had decided to hate them at all costs.

Rex already had a grudge against the betrayers and now that the elves were talking like one, he had no choice but to detest and look down on them too.

"Back stabbers...", Rex murmured.

All of them were suddenly agitated but lowered their head immediately.

The princess then immediately stood up and shouted, "That's not what we want to say you REX!"

Everyone as shocked when they saw the princess shouting at the almighty Rex and not even referring to him as Master.

Rex looked at her and stared at her for a few seconds.

She continued, "We know what we had done in the past was wrong, and to mend this our ancestors have given us something due to which we can't betray anyone and will never betray them..."

Rex's curiosity maxed and he was intrigued at what the princess was saying.

He immediately asked, "Oh, then tell me, what have you all been given?"

The princess lowered her head. She grit her teeth and immediately looked up.

She looked at all the elders who were sitting there. They all lowered their heads and looked down.

Some closed their eyes tightly so that they wouldn't be able to see anything.

Rex was confused at their actions.

The princess stared at Rex and lowered her gazes again.

And the act which she did after that made Rex completely baffled. He was speechless.

The princess stripped naked while wearing only her inners in front of Rex which made him confuse even more.

"What the heck? Why would you—"

Before he could complete his sentence he looked at the princess who turned her back towards him.

The moment he looked at her back all his confusion was immediately dissolved.

He just said one word, "Impossible..."

There was a golden-yellow symbol carved on her back which had a strange character imprinted in it. It didn't shine but still had a bit of it's glow.

Rex lowered his head for a bit and immediately vanished from where he was sitting.

He then appeared in front of the princess and put a prince of cloth on her with the help of which she covered her body. He then vanished again and returned back to his seat.

He was too fast to even been seen by any of the elders but they did see him when he paused for a second in front of the princess.

"Why...? Why do you have that?"

He asked the question while stressing himself.

To this the king answered, "This was given to us by the legendary hero for betraying him... his name was Chronos... and since you have his glow, you are our master..."

Little did they know that they were sitting in front of the legendary hero Chronos about whom they mentioned.

Rex was sighed and completely understood their situation. He even understood the reason why they weren't able to even defend themselves properly even while having large amount of mana flowing in their body and the blessings of the goddess of forest.

"Now I understand everything... you mean to say that..."

The princess opened her mouth even while she was flustered and said, "You are right Master, we are your slaves to begin with."

Rex could relate as to why they were calling him 'master' since the time he showed the golden- yellowish glimpse of his.

Not only that, they also formed such a one sided alliance because all they wanted was their survival and when Rex imposed the question they couldn't deny it since it was for their survival indeed.

Rex smiled and immediately said with happiness, "Very well then, I will write a new set of alliance and terms, you can give that to my father and say that it was me who asked this to happen."

All of them rejoiced and laughed. They thanked themselves but for some reason the princess was still flustered as she had just showed her whole body to a man.

This proved that she was even ready to sacrifice herself for the kingdom.

Rex went close to her and patted her head and said, "Don't worry much, I will take responsibility for it..."

TO BE CONTINUED...