Chapter 361 - The King Arrives

Mercury stepped in, narrowly avoiding the spear trust as he bent his upper body backward to avoid the speartip he placed his right hand on the ground and lifted up with his legs sending a kick right towards the jaw of the mercenary that narrowly avoided the kick by stepping back, as they were fighting there was two groups of mercenaries watching, the ones that Mercury already had beaten and the ones that were still hopeful, along with them there were the guardsmen and a few ordinary people watching the fights, it was now the 3rd day that Mercury had been 'educating' the mercenaries by essentially beating them up, the deadline that Julia had given the king was due in 3 days

"Got you now!"

Mercury showed a smile as the mercenary trust out with his spear before he disappeared from view and reappeared right behind the young mercenary as he asked

"Do you now?"

"Wha---"

Before the mercenary managed to say anything Mercury had grabbed his arm and brought him to the ground while twisting the poor lad's arm, Mercury sat down on his back and asked the audience

"So people… What did we learn?"

One of the guardsmen raised his hand, Mercury pointed to him and he quickly answered

"Not to announce our attacks?"

"Yep"

THen another mercenary raised her hand, Mercury pointed to her

"Not to close the distance when using a spear?"

"Yep, now let's move on to the next person"

Mercury stepped off the mercenary before he helped him on his feet, he looked a little dejected as he took his seat along with the group of mercenaries that Mercury already beat, then he waved the next mercury forwards, things continued like this for a long time until it was evening and the party got started for real, people brought carpets, alcohol, and food and began to make mary, Mercury chatted with the mercenaries and the guardsmen and partied long into the night along with the girls…

Time passed quickly until the day finally arrived and with it, the king soon arrived, around midday a sky carriage landed in the middle of the city, it was a splendid crimson color and had gold lining around the edges when it landed the entire plaza fell silent before the people keeled down as a figure stepped out, it was the king, dressed in a royal uniform he stood with stitch back and showed a smile on his young face as he waved at the crowd, then he turned one of the royal guards that stood next to him and spoke in a voice clearly audible to the common people

"Would you inform Judiactor Julia that I have arrived?"

"Yes, my liege!"

"I will take a rest in the lord's mansion in the meantime, bring her there"

"Understood!"

Escorted by most of the other royal guards the young king walked into the lord's mansion before the royal guard that had received the task of finding Julia stood up and spoke out a loud voice

"Does anyone know where I can find Judicator Julia?"

After chatting with some of the common people the guard got increasingly confused and asked one of them

"What do you mean outside the walls?"

"Just outside the south gate, I would dare lie"

The royal guard nodded before she spoke

"Then would you show me the way there?"

"Sure…"

The royal guard followed after the old man and soon the two of them arrived at the south gate where the royal guard saw a few people sleeping up right outside the gate, covered by some blankets, she nearly popped a vein before she turned to the old man and asked him

"You're telling me that a judicator is sleeping outside the walls like some sort of criminal?"

"No she isn't the criminal, her lover is… I think his name is Mercury, looked the guy in the middle"

The royal guard gazed over at the young man in the middle, he was sleeping upright while the others leaned against him

"So judicator Julia's lover is a criminal?"

"...Not exactly, see he's the one that the false bounty is on"

"Ah… I understand now, anything else?"

"No… Not other than he's been teaching the young mercenaries how to fight for the past 6 days, that and making an awful racket partying at night with the guards too"

"I see…"

Then the royal guard walked over towards Mercury, as she stepped closer her heightened senses could feel a void where Mercury was sitting, she paled at once

'This guy is unfathomable… The women are no pushovers either…'

"Are you done peeping, young lady?"

The royal guard shuddered slightly when Mercury spoke, she had been pretty sure he was asleep, in fact even now she was pretty sure that he still was asleep

"...Excuse me, it's an occupational of habit"

Mercury opened his eyes before he commented

"Sure it is… Julia wake up"

Julia stirred slightly when Mercury called her, so did the rest, eventually, they all woke up, after Mercury gave them some good morning kisses he told Julia

"The king's here"

Julia nodded before she then stood up and stretched, then her presence seemed to change slightly before she spoke

"Let's go, Marie, Asma"

Mercury sat back down on the carpet before he muttered

"Priority defense"

The royal guard looked around quickly, she felt like something was watching her from above but all she saw were birds flying overhead, she quickly shook her head before she noticed that Julia now stood next to her with a calm smile on her face she spoke

"Let's not keep the king waiting"

The royal guard nodded before she lead the way towards the lord's mansion, soon they stepped into the plaza, there Ben and Jey stood and waited for Julia and took their positions behind her and followed after her in silence when they arrived at the mansion soon after the royal guard stopped as she sensed that Julia nad the others had stopped following her, she turned around and asked

"What's wrong?"

Julia stood in silence and looked towards the temple that also was located at the main plaza before she eventually sighed and spoke

"We got it under control you know?"

The royal guard was confused for a moment before she felt something, something divine, and kneeled down at once, the next moment an avatar floated out from the entrance of the temple and soon appeared next to Julia, Marie and Asma, then something unexpected happened

"Party!"

[Julia!]

The avatar hugged Julia, then Marie, and finally Asma before it turned its pink eyes towards the royal guard and asked

[What's your name?]

"My name is Jenny"

[Who do you serve?]

"The Klaman island's people, but foremost the king, his highness All"

The avatar showed a faint smile before it looked towards the lord's mansion, then it looked towards the south gate and looked conflicted for a few moments before it decided on something and spoke to Julia

[I'll keep him company… Make sure he gets a fair trial]

Julia nodded, then the avatar snapped its fingers, and Julia was suddenly dressed in a judicator uniform with half her face covered, Julia showed a smile, then the avatar floated down the street towards the south gate, after it was out of view the royal guard stood up and gazed in the direction that the avatar had floated away in before she sighed and spoke

"I'll show you to his majesty now"

Julia nodded before the group followed after the royal guard into the mansion…

Outside the south gate, Mercury sat and meditated when suddenly his eyes were covered from behind as a voice sounded out

[Guess who]

Mercury showed a smile and spoke at once

"Hye Party"

A giggle was heard from behind him before he felt something land in his lap, he opened his eyes and saw Party's pink eyes gazing at him before she leaned closer and smelled him, then she showed a frown and asked

"When did you shower last?"

"Hmm… About a week ago? Yeah right before I went to the academy with Max"

The frown on the avatar soon turned into a smile as it leaned in and hugged Mercury before it commented

[You smell wild]

"Is that bad?"

[No it's very manly]

"I see… Wait that was a lewd comment, wasn't it? That's not very becoming of the divine and noble you?"

The avatar looked straight at Mercury before it burst out laughing

[Ahahahaha! Divine? Noble? Oh my stomach, it hurts ahahahaha!]

"Come on now, that was a compliment..."

[I know… Thank you!]

The two of them was about to share a kiss when there was a cough from the gate, the two of them stopped before they looked over and saw the guardsmen kneeled down in respect for the divine avatar, it was unknown who of them had coughed but Party was clearly peeved and spoke

[Mortals should know when and when not to interrupt me!]

Mercury sighed and patted her on the head to pacify he