Quick Recap. On: A New Age of Warfare...
Our Main boi James had died on the spot by our favorite Isekai transporter: Truck-kun. But when James opened his eyes... his in space for some strange reason, then he met Archon the Observer in his Universe tasked by God himself. He said that he was sorry for what happened on Earth so he gave him a second chance in a new world where Fantasy and Magic is real. Our boi accepts the offer then gets whisked away...
This is where his story starts...
For he will bring A New Age of Warfare...
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Talking: "Hello how are you? I'm under the water... please help me"
Shouting (All CAPS!): "BRUHHHHHHH!!!"
Whispering: "I'm in danger :D"
Telepathy: 'I have come bearing gifts
Thoughts: "It is what it is"
Background/Action: *Sheeeeeeeeeeesh*
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Location: Unknown Lands
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Location: Grizalan Kingdom
Date: November 4, 904
It was a nice day for the Grizalian people in the Grizalan Kingdom. A peaceful Kingdom with an abundance of fertile land. The kingdom is placed between two nations on the West and the East side, and in the South lies its Military/Industrial Sector. It is protected by a Mountainous Region behind it, in the North lies its Navy/Port Sector, and its population is up to approximately 2.8 million people scattered in the kingdom. Its capital Ardwood has a population of approximately 603K people in its city and there are 4 Major cities in the kingdom:
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Vlares - Western Region - Agricultural City- [Borders with the Quan Dynasty]
Number of Forts: 3
Number of Garrisoned troops of each Forts: 3000 Swordsmen, 900 Archers, 30 Mages, 15 Griffon Riders
Number of Infantry and Mage Units at each Fort: 2 - Light Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 1 - Heavy Infantry Regiment (including Archers) 2 - Mage Battle-Group 3 - Griffon Scout Squad
Total Garrisoned Troops in the Western Region = 11835
Population: 260k
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Olkford - Southern Region - Military/Industrial City - [Mountainous Region]
Number of Forts: 6
Number of Garrisoned troops of each Forts: 6000 Swordsmen, 2400 Archers, 60 Mages, and 90 Griffon Riders
Number of Infantry and Mage Units at each Fort: 4 - Light Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 2 - Heavy Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 4 - Mage Battle-Groups 18 - Griffon Scout Squads
Total Garrisoned Troops in the Southern Region = 38340
Population: 402k
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Polis - Northern Region - a Port/Naval City - [Oceanic Sea]
Number of Forts: 5
Number of Garrisoned troops of each Forts: 5000 Swordsmen, 2000 Archers, 75 Mages, and 60 Griffon Riders
Number of Infantry and Mage Units at each Fort: 3 - Light Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 2 - Heavy Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 5 - Mage Battle-Groups 12 - Griffon Scout Squads
Total Garrisoned Troops in the Northern Region = 35675
Navy: 500 Rono Class Ship (Corvette), 140 Valkras Class Ship (Frigate), 24 Polis Class Warship (Ship of the Line), and 10 Olkford Class Griffon Carriers (Wooden carriers )
Population: 231k
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Valkras - Eastern Region - Agricultural City - [Borders with the Ushia Kingdom]
Number of Forts: 3
Number of Garrisoned Troops of each Forts: 3000 Swordsmen, 900 Archers, 30 Mages, and 15 Griffon Riders
Number of Infantry and Mage Units at each Fort: 2 - Light Infantry Regiments (including Archers) 1 - Heavy Infantry Regiment (including Archers) 2 - Mage Battle-Group 3 - Griffon Scout Squad
Total Garrisoned Troops in the Western Region = 11835
Population: 201k
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While towns only consist of 20k to 60k Population. The Kingdom of Grizalan has been here for 100 years since its establishment in the Plains. The kingdom has endured two major wars with its 2 neighboring nations:
In the East: The Ushia Kingdom
The West: The Quan Dynasty
The Ushia Kingdom declared war on the Grizalan Kingdom 70 years ago because of its vast fertile lands. While the Ushia Kingdom outnumbered them 2 to 1, they lack the equipment to arm its vast soldiers, which ultimately resulted in the defeat of the Ushia Kingdom.
The Quan Dynasty, however, declared war on the Grizalan Kingdom 40 years ago because of its ridiculous claims of territory that the Grizalan Kingdom owned years ago. While they have sufficient equipment and trained soldiers. Their arrogant Leader and Commanders thought they can defeat their enemies by simply charging at them with their superior technology and equipment, because of this they always simply let their soldiers charge the lines which results in heavy casualties. Ultimately the leader got disposed of while a new leader declares unconditional surrender.
30 years later. The two nations have a bitter relationship with the Grizalan Kingdom because of their defeat many years ago, they seek revenge, but their military is in shambles and its economy is in disarray because of the wars that raged years ago. These two nations shared and discussed a meeting, they have the same goal, to defeat their common enemy, The Grizalan Kingdom. They created the Quan-Ushian Pact, a pact when the time is right and the two nations are ready, they will both declare war on the Grizalan Kingdom at the same time to create a two-front war that the Grizalan Kingdom can't fight against and share the wealth that they have conquered (like Poland being split between Germany and The USSR in the 1930s). Over time these two nations have been building up troops at the border of the Grizalan Kingdom. The Grizalan Kingdom has been pressured into a two-front war that they can't manage.
Now back to the story
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At the Grizalan Castle, Castle Gardens
Time: 4:30 P.M.
3rd Person P.O.V.
*BOOM*
*Cracks were heard*
A young woman was being accompanied by a Griffon Knight with his Griffon simply sleeping in the Gardens, the young woman's name was Princess Ashley, a 19-year-old woman who is currently practicing magic with her staff, with her personal guard, a Royal Griffon Knight Captain, Noah Adams, a 50-year-old man with 20 years of experience in combat training and swordsmanship. While he doesn't know how to teach the princess magic, he can at least train her in close-quarters combat if her mana is low.
"I think... this is okay... for now," Ashley then sits on a chair, "Phew... I’m tired," She said as she wipes her head from the sweat she accumulated during her practice.
"Indeed you are Princess," While she sits on a chair, Noah who is sitting right beside her, gave her a drink, "Drink up princess, you need some rest today," He said as he gave her a drink.
Ashely then looked at Adams with a smile, "Adams, drop the formalities for once," She then sips the drink that Adams gave her, "You can call me Ashley you know? You have my respect, and as a friend," she puts her cup at the table.
Noah then chuckles at Ashely, "You know I can't do that Princess," He then put his hands at the back of his head, "It’s the rules you know," He then puts a grin on his face.
Princess Ashley rolls her eyes in an annoyed but playful manner, "Fine, if you insist," She then sighs as she looked at the Gardens while her mind is elsewhere.
Princess Ashley sits on a chair admiring the Gardens. Adams notices that the princess is in a bit of a sad mood. This made Adams worry about what was going on in Ashley's mind, "Princess, you seem troubled," Adams said with a worried tone, "Are you alright?"
Princess Ashley then sighs, "I'm just nervous that's all," she then looked up in the sky, "This is the reason that I trained all day."
"From what? The possible war?" Adams asked Ashley as he too looked at the Garden.
Princess Ashley then looked at Adams and nodded at him, "Yes, I fear that a possible war could happen," she then sipped her cup, "I only wish that the diplomatic missions or discussions are at least working," Ashley then sipped her tea again, but then she sees her cup empty.
Adams noticed this and grabbed the water pitcher to pour in more water, "I know princess," he then poured some water into Ashley's and Adams' cups, "But I don't think that the diplomatic missions can work on those two nations," he then sipped his cup, "I also heard rumors that the two nations created a pact a while ago," he said as he put his cup on the table.
Princess Ashley looked at Adams with a fearful look, "And what was the pact all about," she asked while looking very nervous.
"To attack us at the same time," Adams said releasing a sigh.
"That is not good at all!" Ashley exclaimed at Adams, "With the pact they created, they could do a two-front war!"
Adams sighs and nods sadly at the revelation that the princess said, "I'm afraid that's the case, Princess."
Princess Ashley then face palms at the current problem that had been discovered today, "This is not a good da-" However, her sentence was cut off by a loud rumbling and thunderous sound, She and Adams noticed this and then looks around the Garden and saw nothing, but then clouds start to swirl above them. They look up.
A portal was forming above them.
Princess Ashley noticed this and looked at Adams with a fearful and nervous expression, "Adams, what is that up there?" She said as she points at the forming portal above them.
Adams looked at the forming portal which has no signs of stopping from getting bigger, "I don't know princess, but that portal says trouble. We need to evacuate your highness," Adams as a Griffon Knight Captain tasked to protect her highness, suddenly jumps into action as he goes to his sleeping Griffon mount and proceeds to wake up his mount. The Griffon suddenly opens its eyes and notices its owner as it starts licking him.
Adams, despite how much he loves his dear pet/mount, is rather getting annoyed, "Griff... S-stop th-this ri-right n-now," The Griffon stops licking his owner and looked at him, "Come on now, something is happening above us. We should be ready," The Griffon nods as he unfurls his wings he then lets his owner mount him on his back.
Adams then prepared his mount to take off, while he does that, he looked at Princess Ashley, "Princess, we must return to the Castle. For whatever comes out of that portal, we can't deal with it right now," he said as he sat on his mount with an arm outstretched to her.
Princess Ashley then nods at him. Despite her training in the Gardens, she doesn't have any experience in combat whatsoever. She grabbed Adams's hand and Adams help Princess Ashley to get comfortable on the Griff. Adams then signals the Griffon to move now. The Griff then flaps his wings, and within seconds they were in the air. Adams then said to Griff to go back to the Royal Castle, Griff screeched and proceeded to the Royal Castle. While there on the way back to the palace, Princess then notices the portal closing.
Princess Ashley notices the portal closing, "Adams look," she then points at the fading portal, "The portal is closing."
Confused at Princess Ashley's saying he then looked at the portal above them a while ago, "Huh?" he was confused at the portal, which is now closing, "Why is it closing?" Adams signals Griff to stop moving and the griffon starts to hover, "This is strange. Why is the portal closing? The portal was formed a while ago, but why is it closing already?"
Princess Ashley then notices something or rather... someone falling from the portal, "Adams, someone is falling from the portal," She then points at the falling figure from the portal.
Adams then looked at what the Princess was pointing at, "Huh?!" He then squints his eyes, a shocking discovery he found, "It’s a human!" Adams exclaimed.
Ashley then noticed that the person was panicking and shows no signs of stopping to his doom, "ADAMS!!! His not slowing down!" she franticly points at the falling person, "Adams save that person!!!"
Adams looked at the falling person, whether should he save the person or not, "But princ-" he was cut off by Princess Ashley.
"No buts! As a part of the Royal Family, I command you to save that person right now!" Princess Ashley said with a commanding voice.
Noah then sighs at Princess Ashley, he then shrugs as he can't do anything against a Royal Order from the Royal Family even as a Prince or Princess, "As you wish your Highness," Adams then tells his mount to save that person from falling to his/her doom.
Meanwhile with James
James P.O.V.
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Do I have to explain what is happening? Well then, let me explain...
As you can see... I’m falling in the sky because an Archon decides to, I don't know, they messed up my fucking drop zone. With no way to land safely, I was panicking on the inside and the outside, flailing like a fish out of the water. "FUCK YOU ARCHON!!!" I shouted at Archon, hoping to hear my possibly last response. As I was hurdling to my death I saw something in the distance.
"Huh?" I saw something coming towards me. "Maybe that thing will save me!" as I was excited to be saved, I looked at the figure that is coming closer... A fucking Griffon coming straight at me!!! "OH SHIT! THAT’S A FUCKING GRIFFON!!!!!!" I internally screamed, seeing a myth that was sought to not exist coming towards me, with talons opened! With that, I attempted to swim away (XD), but it was too late, the Griffon grabbed me from its talons and then carries me to a castle.
I pray to fucking god that the griffon will not eat me, "Please don't eat me, please don't eat me, please don't eat me..." I said that multiple times as I was carried to my possible doom.
After what seemed to be a minute or three of flying, I then spotted a castle. The Griffon then carried me to a... castle of some sort, mind you the Castle was beautiful and it is situated on a cliff. This Castle is amazing as fuck, I mean, the walls are tall, those towers are tall too, and those exterior on the Castle. Looks like they love this Castle so much. "Hmm... well that would make a siege hard considering that the castle is placed on a cliff that gives the people a height advantage," I thought in my head, although I would've admired the castle a bit longer but me flying in the air with a griffon holding you is making this hard for me.
After a minute to the castle. The griffon suddenly moves downward and then stops to drop me down on a rather large balcony, looking around at the surroundings, the balcony is big as hell. You could do a mini concert here and mind you that I landed on my ass hard, ouchy... multiple looking silver knights then came out of nowhere and surrounded me, forming a shield wall, and then just stand there. Remind me not to mess with the knights because they are fucking intimidating as hell.
As I was surrounded by what it looks to be 20 to 30 knights. The Griffon who was flying above me started to land right beside me, the winds it makes made me cover my eyes to protect them from debris. After a while, feeling no wind and hearing a loud thud, I lowered my eyes and looked at the griffon with amazement and fear, that Griffon will make my world a frenzy as a fantasy creature who can only be seen in fictional books is fucking real. While I was observing the griffon, from the corner of my eye I saw something or rather someone coming out right behind its back. I saw a high-ranking officer of some sort who is wearing thick silver armor like the knights and was wearing multiple medals with a long carved sword and a beautiful woman who is wearing fancy clothing and a tiara at her head, a princess I think.
"Well this is a fantasy world alright," I said in my head. I then asked the people who captured or not captured me, "Who are you people?" can't hurt to ask.
The high-ranking officer-looking guy asked me with his sword unsheathed, "We should be asking you the same thing," he then pointed the sword at me, "Stranger."
I'm shocked that he can understand English. Well since I’m surrounded by armed men, I probably should comply, "M-my name is James Ramos, N-nice to meet you-?" I said with a meek tone and asked nicely to the person, hoping to remove any discontent on his face.
The guy who pointed the sword looked at me while his eyes squinted at me, "Well then, the names is Noah Adams, Captain of the Griffon Royal Guard," he then starts to slightly thrust his sword at me, "Now the question is, what are you doing here?" he asked me with a threatening voice, while slightly thrusting his sword at me a little, making me flinch and unconsciously go back in a few inches.
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As much as I love his badass title, the person who is now identified as Captain Adam is making me nervous and anxious, "N-nice to meet you, Captain Adams," I then pointed at his sword while my finger is shacking, "A-as much as I want to thank you for saving me from the fall, no need to act hostile towards me, I cause no harm to you all," I then lifted my arms to show them that I am unarmed.
Adams looked at me thoroughly, like he was deeply checking my body to see anything that might harm them, to which he slowly lowered his sword, "No need to thank me, thank Princess Ashely for seeing you" he then slowly removed his sword at me as he sees me as an unarmed individual. He turned around to tell the knights who rushed here to return to their posts, telling them that there was no threat, and after a minute, the group of knights was gone. While there are two knights guarding the entrance of the balcony.
I then sighed happily as Adams's sword was removed from my sight and the hostilities ceased, thank god he didn't stab me with that or slashed me, I looked at the person he pointed at earlier, which is the princess, "Thank you, your majesty, for saving me earlier," I bowed to show my respect and gratitude for saving me.
Princess Ashley then laughed lightly at me, "You’re very welcome strange one," she looked at me while waving her hand at me. With that, I looked back at the princess and smiled at her.
She also smiled at me, mind you her teeth are fucking white... I mean very white, "Now that the introductions are done" She looked at me with a curious look, "What are you? Where are you from? Why did you fall from the sky?"
Okay, that's to be expected, considering that I fell from the sky and literally got revived by a very powerful individual, I don't know if I should tell them or not, "Considering that I'm complete stranger to them, I think I’ll speak half of the truth, I don't think they'll believe me when a powerful being revived me in this world" I then picked the former, "Well for starters, As you can see," used his hands to present himself, "I'm a human like you guys."
The Princess looked at me with a deadpan expression, "We can see that, although why did you fall from the sky?" she asked me.
I sweat-dropped at her response when I said that I'm a human, woman you asked what I am and I delivered! Anyways no need to argue with the princess, after all, she's literally a royal figure, don't want my head to get chopped off. But I scratched my head about her other question, "Well... the thing is..." after that I said nothing, I couldn't really come up with some other excuses that they might believe, but I'm stupid, so that's an issue, and also seeing them looking at me and waiting for a response, I sighed, "I'm from another world you see," I told them. Technically telling them the truth that I came from my world.
Noah then looked at me with an eyebrow raised, skeptical of my answer, "From another world? That’s a ridiculous claim young man," he said to me with a questioning look with his arms crossed across his chest. Great I got Noah questioning me.
I was about to further solidify my claim, and the princess suddenly talked, "I think he is from another world actually" She pointed out my clothing. Which I felt something missing behind me, putting a hand behind my back to feel that I somehow lost my backpack, much to my dismay and absolute horror. While I was having a bit of a mental crisis about my backpack, thank goodness the two didn't notice and the princess kept talking about me, "Look at his clothes, it's different from the rest in this place. I have never seen such clothing and weaving before in my life," she said as she looked at me while circling around me.
Adams looked back at me for a minute, before he shrugs at the Princess, "Well if the princess believes you then I should believe you too, although I’m still watching you," he then pointed at me with two fingers at me and at his eyes.
I sighed as I got the trust of the Princess, although Adams might need some time before trusting me, "Phew nicely done James" I looked at Princess Ashley," Thank you for believing me," I smiled at Princess Ashley, who is still taking more observation of my clothing, like a curious kid who just held a brand new toy. While that was happening, my stomach suddenly made a gurgling noise, making me embarrassed about it.
*Stomach growls*
I clung to my stomach area with one of my hands while also looking at them with an embarrassed look, much to Captain Adams and Princess Ashley's amusement, I blushed lightly when they saw I suddenly got hungry, although how I got hungry when I literally ate a grilled cheese sandwich earlier before going here... Great now I want some more grilled cheese when I think about it.
"Oops, looks like I’m hungry," I looked at them with an awkward smile. Princess Ashley giggles at my embarrassed state, "Don't worry about it James, it's okay, since you are hungry, we must get you something to eat. You must be starving from the falling," she said.
I then looked at the Princess with an eyebrow raised, "Are you sure Princess? I mean, I don't want to intrude on you," I said to Princess Ashley. Despite that I am hungry, I don't want to intrude on the princess, considering I'm literally a stranger.
Then Adams decides to join in the conversation, "I agree with James your highness, we just met him that didn't even reach an hour. Then you want to invite him to eat?" he said with an eyebrow also raised, questioning her as to why she invited me in.
Princess then looked at Adams, "Stand now Adams, yes I know we met now. But he’s an interesting person, to say the least," hmm... what 'interesting' am I to the Princess, and that interesting could mean a lot of things.
Adams sighs at the Princess' remark, probably seeing no point arguing about her, "As you wish princess," dang, he looks defeated.
Princess Ashley clapped her hands in a happy manner, "Goodie, then we should be off now, come on now James," she then walked to the exit of the balcony, "You coming?"
I looked at Adams and Adams looked at me, we both shrugged, "Well, lead the way, princess," I walked towards the exit with Adams behind me.
Me, Princess Ashley, and Adams proceeded to go to the so-called 'Royal Dining Hall' to eat lunch. As we then move to the hall, I noticed that there is a lot of people running and carrying some sort of scrolls and books. I got curious about what is happening around me.
"They seem in a hurry" I then looked at Captain Adams and Princess Ashley, they also saw the passing people but they never seem to take notice of it, a curious fellow I am, I can probably ask about it, "After all, it never hurts to ask,"
"Princess Ashley and Captain Adam, I have a question," I asked both of them.
Princess Ashley and Captain Adams looked at me and answered, "Yes, James?" they both said at the same time
"What’s with the people running and carrying stuff like scrolls and books?" I asked them as I got curious.
Princess Ashley then looked around to see multiple people carrying books, scrolls, maps, and many more items, "Well... my nation is preparing for a possible upcoming war."
Okay, now that is a surprise that I didn't prepare for, "A war? For what? This place seems peaceful enough," to go into war while this country or kingdom is peaceful. Although considering that some peaceful nations tend to get invaded back in my world so there might be multiple reasons is to why.
Before Princess Ashley was about to continue, Captain Noah beat her to it, "It's about something from the past, from what we could remember, we have two wars with them in the past, one was early and the other is late. They attacked us first so we retaliated and won both wars. But a simplified version is they want revenge," he explained to me, so the reason they are going to war is because of the past.
"Revenge for what?" I said with a questioning look, "I mean you defeated them in the past so that may be the reason, but I guess some old grudges are still present."
Princess Ashley sighs when I finished, "I guess your right about that one," with that, we didn't talk for a while as we walked through the halls of the castle.
As we continued to walk to the Dining hall, I can't help but admire the architecture in this place. If this is what the inside of a castle back in the past then I gotta say, it's beautiful. But from what I saw from the pictures or illustrations back home, this place looked more great than back home.
After admiring the decor, eventually, we arrived at a pair of large doors, which I presume is the dining hall on the other side. Princess Ashley moved close to the doors and knocked three times, probably calling someone to open the doors. A few seconds later, the door is slowly being opened with a bunch of maids coming out of the door.
"Welcome your Highness" The Maids then bowed at Princess Ashley.
Princess Ashley, the kind princess she is, smiled at the Maids, "You may rise."
"What are your orders, your highness?" The Maids then looked up to Princess Ashley and asked them what their food will be delivered here.
Princess Ashley then pointed at me, "We have a special guest in this room and you may address him as Sir James. That is why we request the Royal kitchen to prepare their finest work for us to eat," she said with a professional voice with experience.
"Of course your highness," they bowed at Princess Ashley and began to leave the room towards the Royal Kitchen. Most likely to tell what Princess Ashley wants to eat, considering they have a guest which is me, they'll probably bring something more extravagant than usual.
When that is done, we began moving towards the large rectangle table, with a lot of seats, which could probably accommodate twenty people at once. Princess Ashley was the first person to sit down and pat a chair next to her while looking at me, which made me think that she wanted me to sit next to her. Mind you that the chair we’re sitting on is comfy.
Princess Ashley looked at Adams with a smile, "Adams want to join us for lunch?" she pats the chair right beside her, inviting him to us for lunch.
Adams, however, shakes his head, "As much as I like to eat your highness, I must continue my duty as Captain of the Griffon Royal Guard for the time being," Wow, this guy is seriously dedicated to his work, but seriously what a buzzkill.
Princess Ashley's smile faded then sighs, poor Princess, "That is fine I guess, you can continue in you-" Princess Ashley's sentence was cut off from her talking when the door was opened. The three of us set our eyes on the door where we came from to see a guard poking his head from the door.
The guard surveyed the room for a few seconds before his eyes landed on the princess, then looked at the Princess, "Ummm... your Highness pardon for the intrusion, but the King and the Queen will be here shortly to discuss the event that transpired today," the guard said while slightly bowing to the Princess.
While the two people with me looked calm, a little bit surprised to hear that the King and Queen are coming here, but me personally, I'm panicking, meeting the rulers of the kingdom is something I wasn't ready for, because I didn't meet any royals back home! "Crap... I’m meeting the king and the queen in this kingdom. What the fuck should I do???"
While I was having a mental crisis once again, Princess Ashley thanked the guard, "Thank you guard, is that all you have to say?" she asked the guard before he leaves.
The guard shakes his head, "That is all your highness."
Princess Ashley then waved her hand like she is shooing something, "Then proceed to your post."
The guard bowed and retreated his head back and closed the door. While that transpired I’m fucking panicking. Like meeting the Princess is fine and all, but meeting the fucking rulers of the kingdom. I'm not ready to meet them for gods sake. Right now I don't know what I'm gonna do and panicking heavily... similar to when the French's Maginot Line was bypassed.
help pls D:
But enough of that, I'll continue panicking if I met the rulers of the kingdom, right now I'm hungry.
We waited for about thirty minutes when I saw three maids carrying big trays with a lot of food on top of them. The smell alone was delicious that almost made my mouth water, but I held on and wait for the food to be put on the table. When they start putting the trays on the table, the food looked amazing, so amazing in fact that even Gordon Ramsay would want to know where the location is. But sadly he won't because it's in another dimension.
Anyways when the food was put on the table, I was tempted to eat right now but I manage to keep my composure and simply wait as the maids were preparing the plates and the food for us.
A while later the maids finished their preparation, after that, they bowed down and proceeded to leave the room for us to eat privately. Adams also bowed down and left the dining hall because of his work. That leaves us alone in the dining hall to eat.
Grabbing a plate while also grabbing a spoon and a... knife? Okay, where is the fork? I'm Asian, it's not like I don't hate the knife or anything, but it's weird to use it more than a fork. But I suppose I don't want to argue with the princess about my utensils, I can handle it.
Me and Princess Ashley already finished picking the food of our liking. As I was about to eat, like the good Christian I am, I prayed first, to say to god, "Or whatever god is in here," for thanking him and his blessing for the food that they gave us. When I finished praying, I felt someone watching me from my side, looking at my side I saw Princess Ashley looking at me with curiosity.
"James what was all that about?" she asked me with a questioning look.
I then looked at Princess Ashley with an eyebrow raised, "Me? Praying?"
Princess Ashley then nods at me, "Yes, praying."
I answered her with a bit of knowledge of my world, "It's a practice in my world to thank god for the gifts that he has brought us," I looked at her curiously, "Wait, you guys don't pray?"
"We do, although we don't usually do that when we were eating, besides we do prayers every day in the morning so I think it's suffice for the whole," She answered my question, what a weird practice to do but I guess I'll respect that.
Satisfied with her answer, I started putting a spoonful of food in my mouth. Savoring the deliciousness of the food that is brought in front of me. Seriously this food can par with some fancy restaurants back home.
As we ate our food, Princess Ashley decided to start a conversation while we were eating, "I must ask, you did tell us earlier that you came from another world right?" she asked me.
With that question, I nodded to answer hers, "Yes I came from another world, didn't I tell you guys about that earlier?"
Princess Ashley nods, "Considering that you came from another world, what is it like to live back there?" she asked, grabbing a spoonful of food and putting it inside her mouth.
Well, time to tell her about what my world is like compared to here, "The big key difference here is that my world is more technologically advanced than here. From what I've seen, your nation is like the medieval ages," that's a true fact, this world is far behind in terms of technology and look like more of a medieval era from what I can see. Although, the big difference between here compared to mine is they have magic, while mine does not.
"Medieval Ages? What's that?" she asked me, tilting her head as she was curious.
"It's a word that describes a certain period of my world, the similarities of which are similar to here, although your world is more different than ours."
"How so?"
"Well for starters, our world doesn't possess any mythical creatures like your griffons, we also don't have any creatures that we can ride through the sky unlike yours. I can assume you guys have some fantasy stuff here that I didn't see, but I can guess that you have more wonderful and dangerous stuff here than mine."
"Wow, that's different alright, I can't imagine how your people will feel the air passing by as you fly high towards the sky," she said while moving her hands, mimicking the movement of a flying griffon, "But what about your technology? you said earlier that your world is more advanced than ours. Care to explain?"
With a nod from me, I proceeded to explain what my world is like, although I try to simplify it so that she can understand, "My world has been through a lot of significant changes over a few thousand years, from a humble start of a fire to towering buildings that reach to the sky," I said with a dramatic tone, making the princess giggle at my display.
"We've made a lot of inventions back then that helped us in our effort to improve our living, but when the Industrial Revolution began, a lot more inventions got created because of that. Thus that improved the standard of living in my world. For example, a simple sailboat it was slow and hard to use, but we've made it even better by removing the sail and replacing it with propellers to increase the speed of the boat, with that it was much easier to use and faster than a sailboat."
Princess Ashley then looked at me with astonishment, "Wow, that's incredible. I bet magic helped your people a lot coming up with those inventions."
I scratched my head, time to prepare myself to tell her the shocking news that she will receive, "Well... the thing is my world doesn't have magic per say."
Princess Ashley then looked at me puzzled, "Your world doesn't have magic?! How did your people achieve that many advancements without magic!?" she shouted at me in surprise, not believing that my world doesn't have any magic whatsoever.
I just shrugged at her loud response, "Through trial and error I guess."
Princess Ashley just looked at me with a blank look, probably not satisfied with my answer, "Really? Is that all? surely your people have done more than trial and error."
"Well most of our inventions were made from trial and error, I'm not sure why are complaining about it."
Princess Ashley pouts at that answer but sighed after that, "I guess that you are right about that, but still it's impressive to achieve those advancements without magic," she said, grabbing her spoon to scoop up some food into her mouth.
After that, we just talked about my world, we exchanged our cultures and differences between our worlds, while she was awed by my world when she talked about hers, I too was in awe about this world. Thank goodness that I've read some novels and played a few fantasy games because, without it, I wouldn't have a slight clue of what she's saying.
During our talk, we already finished our food but we still kept talking after that. I felt that we'd talked for a while now, and I decided to check the time on the grandfather clock. It's 6:00 right now, when I came here it was 5:00 if I’m correct. This means we've been here for an hour right now, not that it's bad or anything, I've got plenty of information about her world while exchanging mine in the process, as we kept talking about my world and hers too. The doors suddenly opened, making our conversation stop to look who opened the door.
As we looked at the door, I looked at the doorway to see who it was, much to say, I'm starting to sweat profusely.
"Hi Mother! Hi Father!" Princess Ashley shouted from her seat, waving her right arm.
Apparently, her parents are the King and Queen of this kingdom. Which is to be expected because she's a princess after all.
Oh shit... I'm nervous like I'm reciting in class...
The King noticed her daughter waving at them from her seat. In turn, he waved back, "Hello my daughter, I was wondering where you've been," the King said with a smile.
The Queen also noticed her daughter waving, "Hi sweetie," she then noticed me, "Who's he sweetie?" she pointed at me while asking Princess Ashley.
The King finally noticed me sitting right next to her, at first he looked at me with a surprised face but his face quickly turned into a very pissed one. One that has malicious intent and that intent is pointed towards me! Seeing my presence next to her daughter alarmed him and proceeded to unsheath his sword and point it at me, "Who are you? And what are you doing with my daughter?!" he said in a threatening voice.
"Oh shit I'm going to die!!!" I screamed internally, sweating even more as his eyes glared in my direction.
Fortunately for me, thank god, Princess Ashley shouted at her father, earning his attention towards her, "FATHER!!! Stop he's not a threat, he's the guest that you guys heard about," she said as she waved her hands around, trying to cool down the situation before I get sent to the dungeons. If it's the same from the medieval ages, then I'm going to die of starvation.
The king looked back at me with a glare and eyes squinted, still shivering in fright and still sweating, I don't know what he's thinking about but I pray to god that I don't get sent to the dungeons. When we made eye contact he looked hesitant at first, not believing that I'm not a threat, but seeing me here with no harmful intentions, he sighed and listened to her daughter. "Well then, if my daughter trusts you," he slowly sheathes his sword, "Then I should too."
This made me sigh in relief, seeing the king's posture loosen, but he glared again which made me flinch, "However if you do something to my daughter, I won't hesitate to throw you into the dungeons, any attempts to resist will be met with instant death," he lifted his sword partially to show the glint of the sword. Mind you that the sword looked very sharp, he can literally easily decapitate me with that thing on his hip.
"I promise sir-r." I stuttered.
After that fiasco, Princess Ashley gave her father a stink eye, probably telling him that it was unnecessary to do that to me, which I wish he didn't actually do when we first meet. But she nudged me, making me look at her, "Well, since my parents are here, why don't you introduce yourself." she said with an innocent voice.
Woman, did you see what your father did to me earlier? how the hell are you calm after that?
With that, I looked back at her parents, who are waiting for my introduction, "Well here it goes... hope I don't get thrown to a dungeon" I prepared myself, physically and mentally, and fixed my voice by saying 'ahem' multiple times to make myself look professional, after that I'm now ready to introduce myself. Here it goes, "G-greetings your Hig-Highnesses, My n-name i-is J-James R-Ramos, p-pleasure to meet you!" I smiled awkwardly after that.
Fucking nailed it......
pls don't kill me I’m still a virgin D:
The couple looked at each other for a second, then they both chuckled at my introduction to them, which made Princess Ashley smile and me sighing in relief, although I'm also a bit embarrassed because of my stuttering earlier, at least the couple laughed so It's a win for me. The couple looked back at me with the King looking rather amused, "Very well then, hello sir James Ramos. My name is Solomon Mitchell, King of the Kingdom of Grizalan."
"Nice to meet you too sir James Ramos. My name is Elizabeth, Queen of the Kingdom of Grizalan," the queen said to me, then she looked at me with an apologetic look, "Pardon my husband's action earlier, he tends to do that when some guy is near her daughter."
"No problem, it's just what fathers do I guess," I said to the Queen, telling her that it was perfectly fine what the father did to me, it's understandable that fathers sometimes can be a little bit overboard when their daughter is close to a male so its all fine, minus the killing me with the sword part.
With that I gave a sigh of relief, as they don't show me any hostilities now, "Nice to meet you your highnesses," I bowed to give them respect.
King Solomon laughed lightly, "Nice to meet you too Sir Ramos, I'm very sorry about that earlier, like my wife said, I tend to do that when guys get close to my daughter."
I chuckled, "Don't worry sir, it’s just what Fathers do for their daughters," I said with a smile, earning a laugh from the King.
Queen Elizabeth smiled at my interactions with her husband, "Now that the introductions are done," she then looked at me with a curious face, "Where are you from? I heard that you’re from another world, is it true?" she said with a questioned look. I nodded at the Queen, "Yes your Highness"
As we proceed to talk, they asked me questions, like what Princess Ashley talked about earlier, from 'What is it like in your world?' 'What is that clothing?'. But one question that caught me off guard was, how did you get here?
I scratched my head, I really doubt that they will believe me when a powerful being revived me here, "Well... to be honest... I just suddenly blacked out, and the next thing I knew I was falling earlier," I know I lied, but I doubt they'll believe me.
The King looked at me with his eyebrow raised, "You don't remember how you got here?"
I nodded at the king, after that, the parents took a seat on the opposite side of the table and proceeded to talk about my world, while also getting more information of their own world because I still don't know what's out there.
As we continue to talk about my life on earth, I noticed from the windows that it was dark outside, meaning that it was now nighttime, looking back at the grandfather clock, it's 9:00 PM now, which means we talked for 3 hours straight.
King Solomon noticed that I was looking at the grandfather clock in the dining hall, he looked at the clock and was surprised to see the time, "Goodness it's nighttime," he said, making both the Queen and the Princess look at the clock, looking at it with a surprised face just like the King.
The King proceeded to get up from the chair, stretching his body as he stood up, making us three follow suit.
"Come on now, let's head to sleep," the Queen yawns, "I'm pretty tired from all the talk."
The King looked towards the doors where they came from, "Guards!" he shouted, although not loud enough to cause someone to stir awake, but strong enough for the people on the other side of the double doors to hear. After a while, the doors open and two guards presented themselves to the King.
"Guards, would you mind escorting Sir James to the guest room?" he told them.
Both of the guards bowed, "As you wish my lord."
The king nods, "Very well, we should get going now, come now sweetie, let's go to bed."
Before we go to our separate ways, Princess Ashley gave me a wave one last time and a goodbye before we moved towards our own rooms, "See you tomorrow James!" she said. I waved back, and after that, we parted to our own rooms to sleep for the night. The King, the Queen, and Princess Ashley proceed to their chamber to sleep for the day, having a bit of a lengthy talk took a toll on both of them. The two guards proceeded to guide me to the guest room, which took a few minutes to walk since it was close to the dining hall.
We then stop at a door in the hallway, which I presume is the guest room. One of the guards opened the door to reveal the inside of the room, which is a fairly furnished room with a drawer, a large size bed for me to sleep in, and a small bathroom to the side.
"This is your guest room, sir James," one of the guards told me as he looked at me, "Hope this room is good for you," he said to me.
I looked at the guards with a slight smile, "It looks good to me," then I gave both of them a bow of gratitude, "Thank you for escorting me here, I'll take care of myself here."
"No problem sir," they both said to me with a bow of their own, "We'll get going now sir," one of them said, "Have a goodnight rest, sir James."
"You too," I said, waving to them as they leave and return back to their post.
When they left, I entered the room and closed the door, "Dang, what a hectic day" I muttered to myself, walking towards the bed as I sat on the edge of the bed, although sleeping with my uniform will be uncomfortable, it's the only clothing I have so I'll have to adapt to it.
As I was about to sleep, something happened that surprised me... very surprised me.
Calibrating...
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Calibration Complete...
Welcome Host, it’s nice to meet you.
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