The large-scale war that happened on the north-west border of the demon world was one of the reasons why the princes and princesses in the royal palace started to ignore Alexia El Pacio and the main reason why they didn't invite her in any faction back in the game. 

There was a total of 4 factions in the royal palace, each faction had 3 to 4 princes or princesses depending on the relations of the queens.  

Azurius' faction was composed of the first prince Beltarius, the third princess Almanax, and the fourth princess Frigost. 

Almanax was Azurius' younger sister, it was obvious that she was going to join that faction but Beltarius and Frigost only joined Azurius' faction due to the relation between the first and the second queen. 

Azurius was in fact not really loved by his elder brother, the first prince Beltarius. It was because both of them were fighting each other for the demon's lord's seat and it was only after the duel between them that Beltarius did finally give up on the throne. 

While thinking about such thought, Noboru finally arrived in the dining room. The room was totally empty without a single person like back the throne room yesterday and only Alexia could be seen sitting on a chair eating her breakfast. 

"Here you are, I hope you had a good rest. Just take a seat and eat your breakfast." 

While saying those words, Alexia looked at Louise who nodded and went to pick 2 plates of foods and gave one to Noboru. 

The breakfast was roughly consisting of a rabbit's stew and dry bread. It wasn't really filling for the stomach but Noboru wasn't a big eater. 

Once he finished eating, Alexia who already finished her breakfast asked. 

"Louise, did you explain him the situation as well as his first mission?" 

"Yes, my lady. As you ordered, I've explained everything to him more or less." 

Alexia nodded satisfied by Louise's answer. 

"Then Argus, although it's a bit short, can you gather enough people for the north-west border?" 

Argus didn't say anything for a few seconds then nodded. 

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"It will be hard to form a strong army, but it's not impossible." 

Hearing Noboru's answer, Alexia showed a satisfied smile and turned her glances towards Louise. 

"Fumu, bring him the money and guide him out of the castle. We're short on time, the quicker you start your mission the better it is." 

Louise who just finished eating her meal left the room and came back several minutes later with a purse on her hand. 

"There are 2000 gold coins inside the purse, I expect a lot from you Argus." 

After uttering those words, Alexia left the dining room. Louise who was still next to him guided him to the castle's entrance then spoke. 

"My lady is expecting a lot from you Argus, I don't really know where that trust for you came from though..." 

After leaving those words to Noboru, Louise returned inside the castle. 

"Me neither... Well, let's forget about it for now and let's go to the forest." 

***** 

Once Noboru was at the entrance of the forest, he summoned Felius the high elf commander. A magic circle appeared in front of Noboru and black smoke could be seen inside the magic circle. 

Once the black smoke dissipated, Felius could be seen inside the magic circle kneeling in front of Noboru. 

"It has been a long time Argus-sama." 

Noboru recalled the first time he summoned Felius, he was kneeling in front of him like right now but the only thing that changed since then was his equipment. He was wearing a full black plate armor gear, with a spiky black shield and a black sword coated with a black aura surrounding his sword. 

"It has been a long time indeed." 

As if he knows everything that happened yesterday, Felius said. 

"I can't understand why Argus-sama decided to help that princess to be honest." 

Slightly surprised by Felius' words, Noboru asked. 

"How did you know?" 

Felius explained. 

"Until you summoned me, I was like in a state of a third point of view watching Argus-sama since yesterday the moment you appeared inside the castle. This is only my supposition, but I felt that Anya and Noël were also watching you." 

"I see... As you know, I decided to help the princess because I felt that it was the right choice. I still don't understand the situation I'm actually in and if I started to roam in the demon world without knowing anything, the demon lord may notice me and started investigating on my whereabouts. On the top of that, I don't really like the actual demon lord." 

The demon lord Ragna, was a wise cold-blooded demon lord who doesn't care about his subalterns. He was the kind of demon lord that could sacrifice his descendant for the sake of conquering the human world but the other main reason why Noboru didn't like the actual demon lord was because of its hate towards the high elves. 

The high elves were a race that was proud of its origin and even though they were fighting against the humans, they still decided to refuse to join the demon races and was the third faction of the Azeldrius Online. Allied with the spirits races, they were a strength that could oppose both humans and demon races. 

"Since it was Argus-sama's choice to help the princess, I won't argue about this anymore. I understand your decision." 

"Alright, now let's go the goblins village first then head to the trolls' tribes after recruiting the goblins." 

While saying the main objectives of today's missions, Noboru and Felius headed inside the forest.