Chapter 325 - The Husband's Talk With The Elven Queen!
Chapter 325 - The Husband's Talk With The Elven Queen!
The Elven Queen was from Forest Elves, but no one here would add 'Forest' before her title. She also called herself with 'The queen' very often, so the husband and Hana had been calling her as such.
After the greetings, the queen took them to a wide balcony where the table and tea had been waiting for them.
The duo also learned about her real name, but it felt somewhat awkward to be so close and both of them felt stiff by just imagining the talk.
That was why Kyoya and Hana mostly answered the queen, but they also were fine with asking a few questions.
"How is the tea?" The elven queen, Octavia, asked.
She saw that Kyoya got a little stiff after drinking it. His reaction exposed many emotions and it seemed like longing could be seen within his eyes.
The queen rarely saw such pure emotion, so she literally got forced to ask this question.
"It's good. Thank you, the queen," The husband answered, his smile weak and awkward.
As the queen's confusion got stopped by Kyoya, he quickly added, "We would love to become the friends of forest elves."
This term was the crux of this whole meeting.
Becoming friends with the forest elves would give Kyoya a new home in one of the ascended kingdoms. He also would be able to meet with foxes who weren't bad people to ally with.
This whole floor was also kinda lenient on the husband since he had his aura that helped him numerous times.
The help from ladies and this attention could stroke ego and Kyoya would lie if he said that he felt nothing, but pride was the domineering aspect in this regard.
"Yes…" Octavia faintly smiled, her eyes narrowing. She displayed a daydreaming self that was a bit too charming on her mature and elven beauty, "I would love to see you on the battlefield… A party… A family that can change the morales and influence the battlefield filled with various foreign races with their warmth and trust… I would love to see how united such allied forces would be under your banner."
The queen's daydreaming self then shattered and she reverted to her majestic self, "I am certain you two have heard it already, but the times are changing… It's my duty to look out for every promising ally. Hence, my race will begin to provide you with our Resin Wood."
"Resin Wood? Eh?" Hana unconsciously reacted to the words and spoke rather too casually, but the queen just smiled at her.
It wasn't weird for the blacksmith to react like that as the wood she had seen was looking rather like a normal one.
Of course, its properties were far from normal, but Hana felt like she was about to see the ultimate form of this very resource.
"I hope you will reach the great heights with this wood and strengthen us in the future," Octavia said, then raised her slim hand. Her ring shone brightly and glittering wood with amber light slowly rolled to the blacksmith.
Hana was literally drooling and no longer seemed capable of speaking…
"How about we let her inspect those at ease?" The queen said, her body slowly standing up.
Knowing that Hana was still somewhat stopping herself from acting too vulgar, Kyoya stood up and followed the queen.
Both of them went to the balcony's ends and grasped the rails.
"I don't think I would even ally myself with forces from all the floors… And even if I did, that is for my future self. For now, I should reach out for what I can, right?" Kyoya smiled and spoke more comfortably.
Was it because they were alone? Probably so!
The husband's words brought a nice smile from the queen, "If there were to be someone who could unite the whole floors and open the way to another world pillars, then it would be you, Mr. Kyoya."
She raised the cup with tea, relished on it, then continued, "But let's face the present now. If I am correct, then Mr. Kyoya's main weapon is the knife?"
"Yes," Kyoya replied.
"A knife, cards… and high speed… The husband's abilities suit the infiltration. In this age where all floors might oppose each other, I think such abilities would prove to be useful… It's no secret that we forest elves are bad at infiltration." A little after, "Ah, forgive my blunder…"
"It's fine. Everyone calls me the husband anyway," The husband reassured, "I think the forest elves would be good for infiltration in the forest, but it depends on the floor and I think other ascended floors's masters have their lands infiltrated with their energies…"
"Yes, that's right," Since the queen agreed, Kyoya could only nod to her words.
But even he could imagine that the elven forces would have a lot of variety if they were united. There were forest, moon and sun elves! This already screamed with nice variety that could oppose many enemies.
But it was a pity that they would unite only if death knocked their doors.
"The information is the key. I agree with that… In the future, I will think about it and help if possible. For now, my plan is to rest and my family is about to get bigger soon."
These words couldn't be mistaken, so the queen replied, "Congratulations," She then fished out two necklaces that were purely made out of the tree branches, leaves and bright yellowish gem.
"It's the necklace that guides the young elves," Octavia explained.
"Thank you." After thanking the queen, Kyoya also got a small vial from her. He became confused on the spot as this vial consisted of water that was oddly similar…
"It's from the Forest Pond," The queen's words cleared all confusion and Kyoya just raised his eyes to look at her with a little hesitation.
He didn't know how to answer that.
"It's not as strong as in the Forest Pond, but it should help in extreme cases outside. Please, use it wisely and don't die," Since she was so keen on getting a promising ally, Kyoya nodded confidently and hid the vial in his inventory.
Both of them continued to talk about minors matters then.
Since the queen and Kyoya had different views of the world, even small talk about the party creation and battles outside was interesting for the elven lady.
The more they spoke, the more the queen called him 'the husband' and at some point Octavia just ended up calling Kyoya with this title only.
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"W-W-Wingman…" Hiro uttered with disbelief on his face.
"I don't understand… So let me repeat myself," Fusia replied, then said, "As per queen's order, I am here to enter Mr. Kyoya's party! Pleased to make your acquaintance!" The blonde elf already joined the husband's party as he confirmed it during the talk with the queen!
For a few seconds, Fusia could see the queen and the husband together and her mind somewhat shook with unspeakable things.
Her imagination went kinda out of her control, but the feeling was the feeling.
Then, this imagination faded away and the lady began to enjoy Hiro's reaction as he was totally into her.
Though he was weaker and needed a lot more experiences on his path, Fusia already became his teammate, so she was ready to nurture that relationship.
Who knew how would it end? For now, she planned to see more of Hiro's genuine eyes that had been attracted to her and enjoy the time here.
But she was a little perplexed by the man who began to cry.
Tears welled up in Hiro's eyes, then he cried about friendship, "The husband! That is the husband! Our party's husband! The wingman!" His wife needed to slap him or he would continue to cry like that.
"How weird. What does wingman exactly mean?" Fusia asked while laughing, then Hiro's wives explained the term.
She bursted out with even more hearty laughter, "Haha!"
Later this day, Kyoya returned and spotted the elven elf…
He wasn't that charmed since he had a close talk with the queen, but not even enough time was given to him!
"KYOYA!" Hiro ran faster than Xaya and appeared before the husband, "My brother!" He jumped and hugged him, then yandere claws threw him outside the house.
"How dare you be the first to greet the husband?!" Xaya's words roared through the whole elven forest and a few leaves fell off the trees!
"S-Sorry…"