*Evan POV*

As soon as I gave my ok, he lowered his spear and his followers followed suit. He then pointed behind with a nod and I must say, I must say I already hate where this is going. I didn’t had choice either so I had to sit behind him on the white horse, at the very least I’m not hugging his waist for support, that would look very gay.

Lucy and Oswald also sat on behind some of the other knights before we started moving. We proceeded towards the towering castle which was as big as a 20-floor apartment, more than 50 meters in height.

It was a bit embarrassing sitting behind this knight in shining armor as we moved on, but fortunately, the journey was only for a few minutes before we actually reached there.

My first impression of looking at the castle from afar was that this place was heavily fortified. I guess that's expected since this is a castle, but the door was massive, taking away about 1/10th of the total Castle’s height, it was standing at around 10 meters tall while there were a number of guards all around the door, and standing on nearby wooden towers.

“Shishou!” I heard Lucy calling for me. I turned around to look at her and she was trying to pacify me after noticing my foul mood. “Don't worry about her highness calling you. It Isn't anything Serious!... I think”

Yea that last part was not needed. I thought to myself as we finally reached in front of the massive gate leading into the castle.

All the knights stopped the horses including the one I was riding with. Once stopped, the guy I was riding with said annoyingly, “Get off.”

I looked at him in annoyance but complied. What is this Guy's problem? I complained to myself. It’s like I'm his old enemy or something... And that’s when it hit me.

Wait. Am I his enemy?

Since I don’t have Reid’s memories, I have no idea who I’m friends with and whom I’m enemies with. It’s highly likely that this leader of the knights is my enemy, or an enemy of Reid.

I was still trying to figure out whether this captain is my enemy or not when he suddenly called me out, “Follow me. If you do anything funny then prepare to meet its consequences.”

I looked at him and he had already dismounted his horse. He passed his horse reins to one of the knights and in the end, there was just me, this captain, Lucy, Oswald and a few of the knights left in the group.

When he told me not to do anything funny, I wanted to say a joke and watch for his reaction, his reaction would tell me if he’s my enemy or not but I suck at jokes and his silver helmet is covering his face so I wouldn’t be able to tell what kind of face he would be making. Regardless, “You can’t stop me from doing anything funny.” I said, testing the waters in which I walk on.

“I'd Like to see you try.” He said looking at me from the eye slit of his helmet. I couldn’t tell what kind of face he was making but I could tell that he was giving me a death stare.

Well, it was a useless tactic, because I have Pain-Immunity senpai backing me up, and let’s not forget the fact that I just beat up two Eyes of Cthulhu that can destroy kingdoms. So, I responded with the best shit-eating grin I could make.

“Follow Me.” He said as I started taking the lead. I could tell that he was annoyed based on his voice alone, but he didn’t do anything more than that so there’s a chance he might not be my enemy.

Lucy and Oswald stood by next to me as we all started following him through the giant doors leading into the castle.

We went inside and were greeted with a large hall. It is quite spacious in here. But not a lot of stuff that you would expect a castle to have. There were many closed doors and a red carpet on the cobblestone ground that would branch into different rooms. The celling was around just a bit higher than door we walked in from and was made of Smooth Stone bricks. Also, there were many chandeliers hanging down the arched celling.

I didn’t have much time to sight see when the Captain kept nudging us to follow him. We followed him through many different rooms that even I couldn't even keep track off. Lucy and Oswald remained silent and calmly walked by me, they didn't seem lost so I’ll assume that this is not their first visit in this castle.

We went here and there, upstairs and surprisingly, also down-stairs. I saw many paintings during our walk, statues, pots, armor stands etc. It's kind of easy to get lost in here, but I’m guessing that this place was built with that in mind. In case of an attack, the attackers would have no idea which place is where. Unfortunately, this means that even guests like are going to get lost in here without a guide.

A few moments passed until finally, there was a giant double door in front of me. Looking at the big Double door started giving me a false notion of fighting a boss behind it. It’s a notion most gamers have developed from countless hours of gameplay experience. I looked over to Lucy and Oswald and they were fixing their clothes. I'm guessing whatever’s behind this door is someone important.

The captains followers walked forward and started guarding the door. The captain nodded and started opening the big door with force.

The door swung wide open and there was a huge hallway in front of me. There were several guards standing near the walls and a red carpet that went from our position to forward towards a large throne. Seems like this was the throne room.

What immediately caught my attention was that, there was a... little girl sitting on the throne with two old dude's standing beside her. The girl had pink hair and was wearing clothing’s only a person from royalty would wear. She also had a golden Crown on her head with various colourful gemstones inlayed within it.

Okay, this is where I draw the line. I felt agitated. I can easily expect some old guy or woman in their 40's sitting on a throne but this is a flippen 15 Years old Girl!

I felt like I was in one of those prank settings where they will show me a camera minutes later and tell me it was all a prank. Regardless, I followed the captain who started walking forward. We went closer to the "Girl" before the Captain, Lucy and Oswald kneeled down.

Once again, I didn’t know what I should be doing here. Should I bow down? But I’m not even a citizen of this place much less a human like everyone around me. I just crossed my hands in the end to display my annoyance. I could tell that Captain who was already kneeling down wanted to kill me while Lucy and Oswald looked helpless.

I just kept staring at the girl who wasn’t even big enough to fit the throne. She didn’t seem mad at me and kept giving me a customer service smile. No matter what anyone tells me, there’s no way I’m going to believe that the one governing this entire kingdom is this one child.

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“Please rise.” The little girl sitting at the throne said.

The Trio who were kneeling down, stood up and kept a hand at their heart. I just stood there with my hands crossed since it wasn’t really garnering much attention from anyone beside the captain who was trembling with rage.

“At ease.” The girl waved her hand, “You know that I don’t like formalities between my friends.”

Wait, between friends? Is she a friend of Reid? My thoughts started racing but were immediately broken by the Captain in front of me.

“YOU BASTARD!” He screamed at me angrily. The Captain just turned around and charged at me with no context. I sort of expected this but I didn’t think he would actually do this.

I used the ‘side-step’ skill to avoid the Captain but put my foot forward. The captain hit my foot and fell face first to the red carpet on the hard ground.

“Wait! Trish!” The supposed girl queen stood up from her throne as desperately tried to stop the Captain. I put my guard up as I anticipated the other guards to attack me but no one stepped forward. They readied their spears but no one dared to step forward, they just kept looking at each other.

Looks like this captain’s name is Trish and he holds a higher rank then every other guard in here.

“But Your Majesty!” Trish screamed out from down the carpet, trying to justify himself but Lucy suddenly came in between us. She conjured up some Fire balls that floated on her hands as she screamed out.

“I dare you to hurt Shisho!”

At first I almost blushed for a little girl to try and protect me, but then I remembered that she's only after me for my knowledge in alchemy and that’s why she’s protecting me. But I my eyes went towards the magic she just used. There’s no magic like that in Terraria, how’s she doing that? Maybe I should ask her to teach me magic while I teach her alchemy?

Trish clenched his fist in anger as he slow stood up. At this point I had to ask, I haven’t really done him any wrong except be a little annoying, I don’t think that makes me deserve a punch to the face.

“Dude. What's the matter with you? Why do you act like I’m your mortal enemy?”

He stared at me for a moment before he said annoyed “Damn it, I apologize for my abruptness.” As he said that, the other guards also calmed down.

The hell is this dude's Problem?

“Please excuse him Mr. Silver Daemon” The girl on the throne said apologetically.

I looked towards her before speaking out. “Just Evan is fine.”

“Well then, Mr. Evan. I apologize for this sudden invitation.”

I quickly interrupted her, “Oh, so this isn't Kidnapping? Your guards gave me a different opinion.” I’m still a little mad and for a good reason, my stamina was still at around 9% left. My new silver daemon family is waiting for me at the guild and I don’t have time to waste on matters like these. I need to make a house and get the hell out of this world.

“I’m deeply sorry for this. My men tend to get carried away but I will punish them for their hubris.”

Well, she doesn't sound like a spoilt kid sitting on a throne so I’ll trust her for now.

“Please excuse my rudeness, but I need your help.”

Oh, Boy! Another Quest! I thought sarcastically.

The ‘Girl’ looked towards one of the old men right beside her who seemed like he was in his 70’s with white hair and long beard like a wizard's, while looking surprisingly young.

“If I may Frankly put it. We need your help with... the Unity of the Races.”

Please tell me this isn’t what I think this is.

He continued, “What I mean by that is, we need your help in joining the Human race with the Demi-Human races. Letting them have no boundaries with each other as they live with each other.”

It was exactly what I thought it was.

“What does that have to do with me?” I asked.

He nodded, “You see, we're selecting different representatives of each race. It’s to let them talk to their own race and let the races know of our mind to co-exist.”

Oh, so people are Racist, I see. I was just amusing myself at this point.

The Hell! I'm in Terraria Why in the hell are there racist people here too?

“WHAT!?!” Trish screamed out at the supposed Queen.

“Trish! Stand Down!” The girl queen scolded Trish but he didn’t back down.

“Why wasn't I Informed of this!”

“Trish. I know What you have been Through. But this is for the better of everyone involved.”

Lucy went on guard again but I put my hand on her shoulder to calm her down. She looked at me and I said, “Leave it to me.”

No way I’m letting a child protect me.

I started talking to Trish, “Okay, listen here dude I don't know what went through with you in the past. But maybe you should listen to your Queen.”

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY LIFE!” He screamed out as if he’s completely lost control over himself.

Holy Shit. The Dude's lost it.

“THEY'RE ALL THE SAME MAKING PROMISES JUST TO BREAK THEM.” I don’t know if it was just me but yellow lightning started sparking out of his body.

“Guards! Detain Him!” The Queen screamed out but it was already too late, I wasn’t imagining it, there was a bunch of lightning coming out of his body that made everyone stand away from him.

“NO! YOU CAN’T DO THIS! THEY'RE ALL THE FUCKING SAME!”

I think just heard the queen saying "I'm Sorry" in a really low volume.

Okay that's it, I should tell them of my own opinion on this matter by now.

“Alright, everyone, hold up for a second.” I said as I raised my hands a little bit. Everyone was looking at me as I continued, “Who said I'm going to help you all?”

The Girl on the throne was flabbergasted. She really didn't expect me to say that. Now, I don’t really care about any of these guys and their drama, but I’m going to need some real reasons to deny them otherwise their going to be stuck on my tail forever.

“First of all, going by Trish's logic, we're the bad guys, but you humans were the one who annihilated my race.” As I said that, one of the old dudes started to whisper something to the queen's ear. “The cultist formed a group and almost killed everyone I know. Right now, only Five of us are alive.”

The Queen looked like she couldn’t believe it.

“Just sometime later they almost eliminated the elves too but fortunately, I was able to warn them of the impending doom and they survived.”

I’m going to leave the part of me killing those eyes.

“Now Trish tell me if I have even once blamed you all humans for this.”

I saw him just clenching his fists.

“What? You really don’t like me huh? Fine.” I said as I took out my giant Wooden Sword. Also, for obvious reasons, I’m not taking out the zombie arm. “How about we do this the old-fashioned way?”

He Smiled in a sinister way. As if he was waiting for me to saw that, The lightning coming out of his body stopped as he unsheathed his Silver sword from his belt and ran straight at me while pointing his sword at me.

Woah Dude! Unfair! I only have a Wooden Sword.

When he got near me, my Reflex skill got activated which slowed down the time a little bit, I quickly side-stepped to the right to evade and he lost his balance after hitting empty air.

“Trish! Play Fair!” The queen screamed out but I calmed her.

“No Need. I only need this Plank of Wood to defeat him.”

“Cocky Little SHIT!”

He swung his sword at me and I just blocked it in its path.

Sparks flew from metal hitting wood. Trish was shocked that I stopped his attack while I was surprised to see sparks fly from our bout.

I quickly crouched down and kicked his legs.

He fell down and I equipped Wand of Sparking in my other hand and threw a small spark at him. Unfortunately, he was fast and rolled away from danger before standing back up.

“I will beat You!” He yelled out.

“How about this? if I win you stop working for the queen and go for retirement. That would suit you better.”

“If I Win Then I WILL KILL THE REST OF YOU!”

Shit just got real.

I waited for him to ran at me again but he just raised his empty off-hand at me before screaming out.

“THUNDERBOLT!”

A Giant yellow spark of lightning zig-zagged straight at me.

Holy Shit! What Magic is that? WAIT I NEED TO BLOCK!

My mind kept getting distracted by the new magic spells I see but I still managed to use Parry skill in the nick of time. However, the skill couldn’t block the lightning as the shock went straight into me.

-14

*Skill level up: Parry Lvl:2*

Parry (Lvl 2): Can now also block Magic attacks.

Awesome! Thanks for the upgrade my guy.

He looked at me surprised. “W-What!?” He said confused as to why I’m still standing.

“Okay, I'll be honest with you. I was just playing before.”

I used Spark Weapon enchantment on my Wooden Sword and it was set ablaze. Right after that, I switched the wand in my off-hand into one of the shotguns I had.

“But now, I’m getting serious. Let’s Rock and Roll!”