Suddenly, the elf opened the door again and his head popped out, "I forgot to tell you that a vast legion from the human kingdom is coming this way. I believe this legion wants to meet you…"

"Wait wh—" He closed the door before I asked him anything about it…

What? A legion of the human kingdom, is this because of the visit from the Saintess Party before? They have met Chistera and Varania, it must raise alarm for them about me, who casually talk with these dumb demons. If what the elf has said is true, what must I do?

I was looking around and forgot about how this place was. It could negate any power and make any hostile have high gravity. In short, this place was an indestructible fortress. So, I didn't need to do anything, because the sun was almost set, I cleaned up from the elf before, and everything. Looking at the situation, there would be no customer again. I decided to close the shop.

After the shop had been closed, I went to my room upstairs. I didn't think anything about this legion and just took a rest with some scrolling smartphone as usual. Even without any social media that I couldn't access it, I found a way to get entertained. The internet somehow could access things like video, images, or books, however, these access only things that had been uploaded before I stuck in this world. This meant I couldn't access the new things. After some scrolling and searching around, I just fell asleep.

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The next morning, I woke up as usual and did as usual for the morning routine; took a bath, and had breakfast. A few hours later, I could hear a commotion from outside, which was the first time. Just imagine, the cafe was so high, that a commotion on the ground would be hard to hear from here. Yet, this one, I could hear it. I decided to go outside and took a look. As the wanderer elf had said, the commotion came from the legion that had been in front of the tree. They seemed to be trying to create a barricade around the tree, which they built with wooden walls. I could see three people trying to get upstairs by climbing it. Seeing that, I decided to go inside quickly. Inside, I was waiting for these people to come here and knock on the door.

Some minutes or almost an hour later, finally, some knocks from the door could be heard. I went to the door and opened it. As I opened it, the three people were two males and one female at the centre with fully covered plate armour. The woman didn't wear her helmet with blonde hair and somehow had a cape at the back of her; I assumed she was the one who took charge.

I said, "Is there something I can do to help you?"

The woman said, "You need to come with us…"

"Come with you? For what reason? And to where?"

"You will know that later after you come with us and we are on the ground…"

With that response, I assume this legion wants me to come to their kingdom. "How about you three come inside first before I come with you…"

The woman hesitated, and said, "We can't do that..."

"Well, to come with you, I need to prepare something, right? And I need to do something about the shop too…"

First, the woman hesitated, and a few seconds later, she seemed to whisper with the two males. After some whispering in front of me, she said, "Well, I will come inside, and the other will stay outside. In case, there is some trouble inside…"

"What trouble inside? I am not a bad human…"

"That's different from the order and the information I got."

"Whatever…Just come inside."

The woman's caution was evident as she entered alone. Immediately, I went to the back of the counter, and said, "After some climbing of the stairs, you must be tired, how about a refreshing drink?"

She was still looking around the shop, ignoring my words. I said, "Hei, do you hear me?"

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Immediately, she turned at me, "What?"

"I said, 'after some climbing of the stairs, you must be tired, how about a refreshing drink?'."

"What? Are you trying to drug me or something?"

"NO! Why do you think about that?"

"The information I got, the saintess party was passed out in here…So it must be from your drink…"

It's right, they come here because of the saintess. "I believe that's not the case…"

"If that's not the case, how the saintess passed out in here?"

I couldn't say there were some high-ranking demons in here. "Maybe, they were tired and passed out in here…"

"Nonsense…"

"If you don't want any drink, you can take a seat first, don't stand in there…"

She went to the table, not to the counter, and sat at the table. As she was sitting at the table, I decided to make a simple coffee. Seeing some creatures that had visited before, they seemed to delight with sweetness. I made up my mind that I wanted to make an ice latte with caramel syrup for this woman.

While I was in the process of making the coffee, the woman asked, "How long are you going to make me wait?"

I said, "You are the one who wants me to come with you, so it shouldn't matter for you, how long you are going to wait for me."

The woman seemed taken aback by my response. A few minutes later, I brought the drink to her table. As the drink was in front of her, she said, "What is this? I didn't say you could make me something or order you."

"Just enjoy it…It's on the house…"

"What is on the house?"

"It means free…"

"Are you putting some drug or poison in this drink?"

"Why do I need to do that?"

"Duhhh…To kill me, of course…"

"Again, why do I need to kill you?"

"T—"

"Aa, the more you give some reason, the more I will give you some questions…Just enjoy it while I am doing something to prepare to come with you…"

The woman looked at the drink suspiciously, as I walked towards the stairs. At the stairs, I didn't fully go upstairs, but stopped in the middle of the stairs, hiding from her sight. I tried to watch her, would she drink the coffee?

As I kept watching her, she kept staring at the drink. The ice started to melt, and the surroundings of the coaster started to get damp. I could see her hesitating, unsure of whether to take a sip. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, she cautiously brought the cup to her lips and took a small sip. Her expression softened slightly, and a smile appeared on her face.

After seeing that, I went to my room. Immediately, I walked towards my wardrobe. If this legion wants me to come to their kingdom, and it's because of the saintess, there will be an important meeting between me and someone from them. Suddenly, I remembered when Aella and Noella mocked my attire, I showed them the noble's outfits. I decided to go with that noble outfit, but not with Surjan. I remember my father had that outfit because of his job as a civil servant, so he needed to wear that traditional outfit every Thursday. I tried to find the outfit in my room and finally found it. The black colour of it, with big buttons, it was beskap. I didn't want to wrap my feet fully jarik. So, I decided to wear the beskap, with long black pants, and of course with jarik. However, I flipped the jarik, so it wasn't fully covering my feet, just my thigh until my knee. Do I need the hat? After some thinking about that, I didn't want to wear the hat or blangkon. I almost forgot, the ring that Lilith gave me, I needed to bring it with me. I put it on my pocket.

After changing, I went to the downstairs. As I was at downstairs, I was surprised that the drink was empty. She must have drunk all of it. However, I knew the risk to come with them. So, I sat in front of her.

As I sat in front of her, she said, "So will you come with me? As I see right now, you have prepared and changed with that outfit…"

I said, "I will come with you, with some terms…"

"Some terms?"

"I see you, a human with dignity and honour. The cape behind you must describe you. So, I need some terms from you."

"Again, what with these terms?"

"The terms are simple. I don't know it some terms or just one term, but I want you to ensure my safety as I come with you."

"What do you mean by your safety?"

"I believe, you have some information about me which connects with the saintess party, and I believe this information is crucial and describes me as a huge threat to you or the human. So, I want you to ensure my safety and my life. If you can't do that, I will refuse to come with you…"

"I believe you can't refuse, if you refuse, we will force you with the necessary measures…"

I giggled with that, and said, "Force me? Do the saintess or someone from her party tell you about this place?"

"I can't say anything about that to you…"

I stood up and said, "How about you try to force me right now?"

"If that's what you want…" She immediately stood up. She started to walk toward me, however, as she had taken two steps, and guessed what, gravity appeared and forced her to kiss the floor.

She was growling as she was trying to get up from the floor. She tried to speak some words, "W-What... is... this? Is... this... y-your... magic?"

I said, "No, it's not my magic. It's the skill or power of this place… I will tell you, this place is indestructible, and anyone who tries to harm or be malicious will face the consequences. So about the terms from me, do you consider it or not? I am thrilled to come with you and see your kingdom, however, again, you need to ensure my safety."