I made a world map, this time without paint (owo)(owo)(owo)

Spoiler :

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Key

Houses = village of 300 - 600

Houses with clock-tower = town 601 - 2000

Castle = 2001 - 5000

Tower = mage compound

Ruins = church compound e.g. vaticant

Red dot = Megan

Blue dot = Ramangi

purple dot =Dravis

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(Ryan pov)

The foot traffic of the adventurers entering the dungeon increases, this is a good thing but the princess takes priority so I grab the leader of the investigation team and take him towards the small carriage that had a full guard detail.

Once we get closer to the carriage become easier to see in the dark and its easy to see its the princess's since its an orichalcum trimmed carriage that is reserved for royalty, I say its a waste of the metal but I digress. once the 2 of us reach the barricade of guards I can easily tell that they all were very skilled, I would estimate I could kill 3 of them before they would get a limb from me but ultimately after around 14 of them I would be dead.

the barricade parts to let us though to the carriage where a butler opens the door to let us in, once in we sit down a pair of individuals stand out.

The first person, who I knew was coming was the princess.

Her highness Velka Roenna Ramangi II's nationally known information is that she is 14 years old also she holds an Adventurer rank of C which is equal in power to the guards outside but we all know never trust the information of another, from a simple glance I can easily see shes just like me, shes at a higher rank strength but shes hiding it.

The princess has black eyes with long black hair in a braid resting on her shoulder making the braid go down her into the opening into her D cup breasted one piece dress that was white in contrast to her hair, she looked very annoyed with this arrangement since its essentially becoming a political prisoner in a huge dungeon.

I got a mana slap and normal slap for thinking that by the way.

the second person who came was someone I never guessed would come, it was my grandfather, Montgomery Gradus Colors Sr,

when I entered the carriage, I swear I saw a tear falling down his old face well there was one on mine too at this point, even after 2 years he hadn't of changed, his face is more that of a royal adviser than a family head on his face was a small beard that stretch from cheek to cheek, his hair is white with his old age of 62.

It was easy to see that the emotions of the 2 were polar opposites but the investigation leader could read the clashing moods and simply did his report and handed the princess the information before leaving us, I send a message to Megan to give him a chunk of gold as a drop for thanks.

from the 3 left the person to cut the silence was my grandfather.

"My Dear Ryan is that you" he said this with a slight whimper, i can understand why.

with tears in my eyes and a smile on my face I reply with "yes its me Grandfather, Its only been 2 years but your wrinkle covered face is undeniable even with all these tears in the way."

from hearing me point out his wrinkles he gets a very cheeky smile grows before he gets from his seat and hug tackles me, even though its not very effective since were in a carriage but the sense of family warmth is welcoming.

After a while my grandfather lets go of the hug and returns to his seat before putting on a stern face.

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"when I received your letter the family was shocked, most of them though another family sent it to assassinate us along the trip north but on the letter was the royal seal of Ramangi so it couldn't of been fake."

My grandfather paused, he used to do it when I was younger to grow tension. It still works on me now.

"because the remains of the house was divided between thinking it was true or another assassination attempt, I made the decision to rush north to see if the letter was truthful, now that your found we found a heir."

from hearing Grandfathers comments of 'remains','assassination' and 'found a heir' I become worried I reply with.

"Wait, What happened to the house while I was kidnapped grandfather."

my grandfather sighs before looking down.

"The family has been the target of an Dark guild for 6 months now, it started with simple caravan raids, then it escalated about 2 weeks ago with raid on the main house during a Family gathering to discus them, it was a bloodbath. they killed 4 whole branch family's, they also killed all your uncle who was the only heir.  After all the raiders were killed the only survivors were the elderly and some of the branch families young who were quick enough to outrun the raiders."

This sends a lightning bolt like shock though me, nearly everyone I grew up with are dead, but the survivors confuse me.

"I can see it on your face, your thinking on the result of the raid, only the old and young survived, this wasn't a simple raid it was an attack on our whole family, so when we were collected together so they could deal the most damage, but now there is a silver lining with you being found we have a heir again."

I reply solemnly with "I see so, im the new heir." 

"Yes Ryan, but I won't ask you to leave your dungeon but I have made a deal the king of Ramangi."

this slightly shocks me but I knew he would have to contact him eventually due to his job.

"The deal that was struck was that for the colors family will become nobility in Ramangi if we become assistants to the princess in her govern-ship of the dungeon as her prime minister."

This make me look at the princess who has been silent all this time who just shrugs while looking out a dark glass window of the carriage.

I actually suspected that since if you have a dungeon mangers family member as a prime minister the dungeon would be less likely to attack the country.

the princess  turns her head towards me then towards my grandfather. "Could you please leave us two alone Sir Montgomery."  

After it seems that my family issues are taken care of the princess seizes the initiative to send my grandfather off which is does in a rush, In my guess to inform the family the truth of the letter.

"well sorry for ignoring you up-till now princess, even though I just a young noble could I please ask you to allow me to speak with you on a first name basis since we will be working together for a long time to come."I say all of this while bowing in the carriage.

she replies with a cold smile, " sure since the deal you made with my father is me becoming your hostage for access to the dungeon so its better to be on a first name basis with my captor."

this causes a smile to break on my face, "well with some new information that i have acquired you won't be a hostage at all."

my smile grows when a confused face appears on her face, even more so when I reach towards the door and open it to the butler who was obviously listening the conversation, I whisper into the butlers ear causing his face to widens with a smile that I swear had a hundred teeth before he walks off to the guards to relay the orders I gave him.

Closing the door I look back to Velka and place my middle finger over my lips before saying "its a surprise for later."

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