Chapter 233

Chapter 233

“My name is Arsha van Sekhmet, and I am the King of the Macallan Kingdom.”

The King of the Macallan Kingdom was a colorful woman of great beauty. Blonde hair, blue eyes, sharp yet subtle jawline, milky white skin, and beautiful curves. Arsha’s beauty seemed to be screaming that it was the definition of beauty itself.

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[Arsha van Sekhmet]

[King of the Macallan Kingdom]

[A beauty above all beauties. She captivates men who have laid eyes on her.]

[Type: Named NPC]

[Level: 77]

[Sex: Female]

[Age: 22]

[Affiliation: Macallan Kingdom]

[Position: King] Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

[Class: Lord of the Macallan]

[Titles: Macallan’s Star, Beauty, Top-Tier Beauty, Distressed Young Lord, Flower in Danger]

She was so beautiful that Siegfried discreetly flashed his Rune of Insight at her to check her details.

“It is an honor to meet you as well. My name is Siegfried van Proa, King Arsha,” Siegfried greeted.

Then, they went straight to the point.

“I have heard of your exploits from General Overlock. I heard that Your Majesty has racked up quite the accomplishments during your time at the Arachnid Temporary Outpost?”

“He was just flattering me...”

“The report I received states that... Your Majesty is the hero who saved the Macallan Kingdom from peril.”

“Not at all; it was just a coincidence. Please do not overestimate me.”

Siegfried acted humbly when his achievements were mentioned, impressing the Macallan Kingdom officials with his humbleness.

‘He is truly an amazing hero!’

‘Oh!’

‘Hoo! How can such a young hero be so humble as well?!’

‘It looks like the Proatine Kingdom will be flourishing from now on!’

The officials didn’t suspect that Siegfried was faking his humbleness.

They thoroughly believed that Siegfried was a humble man of honor, and it was all thanks to the effect of Siegfried’s passive skill from the Great Hunter title—Great Honor.

[Great Honor]

[Effects: +500 First Impression, +500 Affinity with NPCs, +500 Presence, +500 Charisma]

He had obtained the Great Hunter title by becoming the Dragon Slayer, Vampire Lord Slayer, and Lycanthrope Lord Slayer. The title’s passive skill was amazing. It seemed like the NPCs were hallucinating while they were looking at Siegfried.

A good example of the effect was if Siegfried was sitting on the bench staring blankly into the space in front of him. Ten out of ten Adventurers would think, ‘What’s that dumbass doing?’?without a sliver of doubt, but NPCs were different.

There was an extremely high chance that the NPCs would marvel at Siegfried’s dumb look. The NPCs were probably going to say something along the lines of ‘Wow! He must be deep in thought about something important!’?or ‘He looks like a man of wisdom...’

This was the exact reaction of the Macallan Kingdom’s officials.

‘His confident strides! He is a man of all men! His stride alone makes me certain that he is indeed a hero!’

‘I thought he was nothing special when I heard he was the king of a small kingdom, but who could have known that he would be such a dashing young man?!’

‘Hmm... Those deep eyes filled with wisdom... That handsome face on top of those broad shoulders... He’s not a normal person, that’s for sure...’

‘I want to make him my son-in-law!’

The officials of the Macallan Kingdom got extremely infatuated with Siegfried the moment they laid their eyes on him.

[Alert: The Officials of the Macallan Kingdom likes you!]

[Alert: The Macallan Kingdom’s Officials’ Affinity with you has increased by +100!]

[Alert: You have completely captivated the Officials of the Macallan Kingdom!]

“Not at all; we’re the grateful ones, our hero and savior.”

“Haha...”

“But... By any chance...” Arsha muttered, seemingly hesitant.

“...?”

“Are you not curious about me...?”

“Pardon me...?” Siegfried tilted his head with a confused dumb look.

He looked extremely dumb as he stared blankly at Arsha.

‘What’s with that question...? Am I supposed to be curious about something?’?he wondered. He racked his brain to try and decipher the meaning behind Arsha’s question.

“Your Majesty?” Siegfried said.

“Y-Yes...?” Arsha responded, looking slightly flustered.

“Is there something I have to ask...?”

“Huh?! What do you mean by that...?”

“That’s...” Siegfried muttered before he decided to come clean, “This is my first time meeting Your Majesty, and we are meeting as one ruler to another... so how can I commit such discourtesy of asking you all sorts of personal things...?”

“B-But... I have already asked you all sorts of things!” Arsha exclaimed. Her face turned bright red.

“Ah!?Please do not misunderstand! I am not saying that Your Majesty was rude or anything! Not at all!” Siegfried exclaimed in response after realizing that what he said could have been misunderstood.

He tried his best to explain what he meant, as what he said could be offensive regardless of whether he meant it or not.

Well, it was true that what he said could have sounded quite offensive since he basically stated, ‘I didn’t ask you anything since it’s discourteous of me to do so, but you asked me hundreds of questions despite this being our first meeting, right? I’m not as uncultured as you!’ or something like that...

‘What if she takes back all of my rewards...!’?Siegfried started panicking.

Hamchi was quietly watching the entire thing unfold before his eyes, and he shook his head out of frustration. ‘Kyu... it seems that there truly is a reason why owner punk has been single since birth... Yes, there’s a reason behind it...’?

Hamchi realized that there was indeed a reason for everything, and it was impossible for there to be smoke without fire.

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Fortunately, Arsha didn’t seem to be offended by what Siegfried said.

“Then... You are not curious about anything about me...?” she asked.

“Not really...” Siegfried tilted his head in confusion. He didn’t try to curry up to her and simply replied as honestly as he possibly could.

“Is there something I should be curious about? But I am not really curious about anything...” he said.

“I-I see...” she muttered in response. Then, a strange feeling started to well up from inside her heart.

‘This is my first time meeting someone like him... How can it be possible that there isn’t anything he wants to know about me when everyone else tries to ask at least one more question to me...?’?Arsha was baffled.

Siegfried’s actions felt quite foreign to her, and she—who was a beauty among all beauties—could not understand what was going on in his head.

‘I want to know more about you!’?she exclaimed inwardly.

Something seemed to have been triggered deep inside her heart.

A message popped up in front of Siegfried’s eyes.

[Alert: The King of the Macallan Kingdom, Arsha, is extremely curious about you!]

It was a very straightforward message that plunged Siegfried into confusion.

He couldn’t make heads or tails of the situation, so he decided to ask for help.

“Hey, Hamchi,” he whispered.

“Kyu?”

“Why does it keep saying that this woman is curious about me?”

“Owner punk...”

“Yeah?”

“Hamchi will get cancer because of you...”

“Why...?”

“Just cut that thing off, will you?” Hamchi said while pointing at Siegfried’s dingdong.