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[At Diana's hall]
[Liyana point of view]
Getting our phone ready for the upcoming call with Princess Diana and Nurhaliza, I bring some tea and snacks for Sir Ceanu, Sir Crow, Mrs Bladel and myself. It's just a regular update from both our sides, so a simple phone call should be more than enough, but given how we wanted to make sure all the fake Doppelganger hidden within us expose, a proper talk should be made.
(Since it's just a day after their departure, Princess Diana and the other Should be on the exchange land by now.) [Liyana]
So that mean they need to pass through
Exchange land --> Mountain dungeon alpha --> Mountain nation --> Mountain nation --> Mountain dungeon Beta --> Lyrue
As for Princess Nurhaliza, she should be resting inside her castle in Malsia now, and so does Queen Rinz in Kiserre. That makes King Leogris of the Beastman Kingdom and the Demon Queen who will still be traveling to their respective nation.
"Sorry I'm late" [Mile]
"Huh? Why are you here, Mile?" [Liyana]
"And you brought Ray as well" [Crow]
"Mrs Bladel asked Mile to be the replacement, and as for myself, I guess I am the representative of the Adventure guild" [Ray]
"Did something happen..." [Ceanu]
""Well..."" [Ray, Mile]
And the phone call from Exchange land ring. So does the one from Malsia. Not only that, we received call from Queen Rinz, Saint Louis team, The Beastman and Demon Kingdom groups as well. Why are they calling us all?
(Isn't this basically the whole usual people in our meeting then. I guess I can put aside my doubts for the future on hold for a little while) [Liyana]
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The exchange land. Given how prosperous with markets of various items, it's perfect place to go on a date with Diana, and winding some time with all of them, but given what happen inside the last floor of the ice dungeon before we arrived here, I should put my desire off
"Those are the ten heroes!"
"It's Princess Diana! So, that blonde gentleman must be..."
"THE BEHEMOTH SLAYER!"
"And the current Estel's adventure guild master... No, the former Paladin of the Demon Kingdom! Aries!"
"Thank goodness! We are saved!"
And they spared no time to gather around us, like ants swarming their preys...
"MAKE WAY" [Qis]
"Don't you see you're obstructing her highness!" [Alaric]
Qis and Alaric went down and try to control the situation. They're basically Diana's bodyguards, so they must be pretty familiar handling this kind of situation
""Karon"" [Lara, Nara]
"On it" [Karon]
"I guess I can pinch in as well" [Mara]
"I feel bad for them though" [Kara]
"Alas, we need to settle down first" [Sachmis]
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"I guess putting some illusion spell from my arsenal will help as well" [Savel]
"In that case, I guess I'll transport those two inside with my spell" [Linda]
"I'll help you with that part" [Singa]
Kara, Mara, Lara, Nara and Karon spares no time and set a soft earth wall barricades so that we can pass through the crowds safely inside our Camper van golem. I designed this golem so it can even survive monster attacking us, but that doesn't mean I wanted something bad to happen to it. Not even a scratch
"Phew" [Qis]
"That's one desperate stampede" [Alaric]
"I guess it must have spread even further than what we initially thought" [Diana]
"Partly because of the Sea Serpent Project, so those countries participating in this project should be less affected" [Charlotte]
"But for other..." [Savel]
"I understand, but for now, let just find ourselves a room" [Elise]
"Meow" [Behe]
"I know a place or two here, so I'll drive us there" [Rean]
"We been there with Ray, Lily and Kadeus before, as part of our mission with the adventure guild" [Muse]
And before we can go any further
"Isn't that!" [Linda]
"No doubt about it! Rean! Stop the bus...No. Linda, can we transport those two?" [Ash]
"Four actually" [Linda]
"Huh?" [Ash]
"I guess you only met Faris and Faizi before, but those two... nevermind, letting Linda here explaining it to you will be the fastest" [Zerolith]
"I'll trust you then" [Ash]
"I won't mind doing it another time" [Singa]
Even though the crowd started to disperse thanks to the earth wall and Savel's spell, I still feel a bit of hesitation to stop the Camper van golem, and for the second time of the day, those two transported someone from outside to inside the golem
"Faris, Faizi, welcome" [Diana]
"You know them? And judging from the sound of it, so does Zerolith, though I guess it kinda make sense, but the real question for me is, who are the other two?" [Ash]
"It's really been a while, Behemoth Slayer" [Faris]
"You two, just introduce yourselves to the other, though Faris and I still need to do the same" [Faizi]
Faris and Faizi, they are literally once the neighbors of Saint Louis, before moving out to the holy palace and act as an insider source, so it make sense that Zerolith would know of them, and as for the other two, I kinda get the gist of who they are. They're the former butler of the Holy Palace and the guard that work for the holy palace. Well, ex butler and guard I suppose, as they're now working closely with Faris and Faizi as well. I guess Saint Louis kindness really rub on them, and for the better
"Instead of the inn you wanted to stay, how about here" [Ex-guard]
"That's basically our branch in exchange land" [Ex-butler]
"Rean" [Diana]
"I will" [Rean]
Rean stop the carriage, before me parking the camper van golem inside my item box. The worker in this inn instantly recognize Faris and Faizi and start guiding us into a large VIP room hidden from plain sight. It's simply big if you ask me, that it can fit us all rather comfortably, albeit it's lacking in term of privacy part, so much so that Rean wanted to book a room for Muse
"Scandalous" [Lara]
"Indeed. Scandalous indeed" [Nara]
"What do you plan to do with me Rean?" [Muse]
"Muse!?" [Rean]
"Yes Rean, what do you plan to do with her?" [Diana]
"I guess my little brother is all grown up" [Ash]
"Stop teasing him. He's all blushed now" [Aries]
"Anyway, just rest here for a bit. We should prepare for the upcoming call with Estel's and Malsia's side" [Sachmis]
"I wonder. Maybe we should pitch in the other as well" [Elise]
"Then I'll tell Saintess Rumia about it" [Zerolith]
"I guess I'll call the Demon Queen" [Mara]
"I'll call grandpa then" [Singa]
"As for me, I'll notify Queen Rinz herself" [Diana]
Ain't this turning out to be our regular meeting then? Given what happen after we tested out the Sea Serpent Project and the thing we were experiencing on the last floor of Ice Dungeon, I guess this is just a perfect time