"My loyal subjects! Friends from other countries! Thank you for joining us, for many years we have waited for this day, and it has finally arrived, the Heroes Assemble Ceremony! And may I present to you, the members of the 7th Generation Heroes Band!" King William IV addresses the crowd, his voice volume being amplified by some sort of magic. There were also a few magical mirrors floating on the air, projecting the image of the King to the crowd.
As soon as the King presented the heroes to the crowd, the image of the magic mirror changed to project the image of the heroes, which the crowd went wild by cheering and applauding.
Xiao face down to the ground to hide his face as he notices his face was being projected to the crowd.
(I've already expected that the ceremony will be floating with people, but I never thought of this unimaginable amount of people! Don't they have better things to do, other than standing under a hot sun, cramped with people, this ain't a concert for you all to be so excited about it!)
The other heroes were posing their most confident looking face to the crowd, except for prince Adolf as no one can see what is under that helmet of his, he only raises his left hand with his hand open, significant a "Hi" gesture.
The most confident and prideful looking one was Hatta, he was doing a heroic pose to the crowd. Princess Leya has a slightly different expression than usual, not like Xiao can notice anything different as she still has this arrogant looking face as she looks at the crowd like they are some kind low life being. Mila Mila was doing a cute pose as she made a peace sign while beaming an innocent smile.
After a while, the King calmed the crowd and continued his speech, the magic mirror also shifted the image back to the King.
Xiao slowly lifts his head and expresses relief as the pressure of being watched has temporarily lifted from him.
(How long am I going to be standing here? Let's just hope this ceremony thingy can end quickly so I can go home.)
Xiao completely ignored the speech that is currently given out by the King, as the speech was about the upcoming war with the Demon God and its army, the power of the alliance, the power of the heroes and some honor and glory stuff, which Xiao deem that it's not something important for him to listen, for he has an important thing to worried about, and that thing will be happening soon.
(Are we seriously going to do that?! I mean, yes, it does boost the morality and display recognition to the crowd of their new heroes, but still...can I be excluded from it?)
"You have weird clothes."
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As Xiao was stretching his hair, worrying for the thing that is going to happen later, Mila Mila calls on him while scanning his outfit, which was his school uniform.
"Umm, yeah, haha..." answered Xiao awkwardly as Mila Mila asked him in a childish like tone and an innocent smile.
"Is that one of the reasons why you're so weak? Hehehe!" Mila Mila covered her mouth as she laughed, as to try to keep it down while the King is still giving his speech.
"...haha..."
Xiao makes a wry smile as he embarrassingly laughs it off from Mila Mila insult, he has no idea how to deal with her.
Mila Mila quickly shifted her attention to the crowd as she continued waving her hand, which Xiao let out a sigh of relief.
(Ha..... this is tiring, dealing with these heroes is mentally exhausting, and to think we will be working together as a team from now on, guess I need to level up as soon as possible and prove my worth to them.)
The King's speech was quite long, the crowd who were quiet before started chattering among themselves as the King went on and on with his speech.
Hatta and Mila Mila daringly let out yawns after yawns, which affected the guards around them, except princess Leya and Pope Baton, they were listening vigilantly. As for Prince Adolf, no one knows.
Although Xiao was not showing any sign of boredom nor yawning, he didn't pay attention to what the King was saying, he was daydreaming about the life he will have in near future, the training for magic and weapon, the adventure with the other heroes, and if possible, meeting his true love, settle down somewhere after saving the world and build a small happy family.
"Now, the main event that you all have been waiting for, let us shift our attention to our Heroes!"
The King suddenly raises his voice volume, which startled many people, Xiao got pulled back from his fantasy to reality, Hatta and Mila Mila instantly felt awake, and the chattery of the crowd also stop, and even princess Leya, who Xiao thought was paying full attention to the speech, jumped a bit from it.
The crowd goes wild after what the King has announced, the royal march band starts playing the trumpets to signal the beginning of the event.
(So it begins...God damn it! This is nerve-racking.)
This is what Xiao was worried about from the start of today, Pope Baton told Xiao that the heroes are needed to present themselves to the crowd by giving a simple introduction, what hero are they and end the presenting in whatever way they want, as long as it raises the morality of the people to fight against the Demon God and its army.
(And I'm guessing I won't be the first one to do it, even if I want to...)
Xiao was right, the moment the King announced, the trumpets blowing and the crowd cheering, someone instantly hyped up while letting out an exciting roar.
"Keep you guys waiting! Your strongest hero, the Hero of Fire, Hatta Acqui, stands before you!"
Hatta was already standing more forward than the King as he presented himself to the crowd in a daring fashion, the King let out a wry smile as he slowly backed away from the front, leaving the spotlight to Hatta.
Explosive reactions from the large crowd with the thunderous applause and loud cheers on Hatta's daring and confident opening line, as it also marks the beginning of the Heroes Band public presenting event.