Chapter 1104: Sending congratulations

Chapter 1104: Sending congratulations



"Your majesty, thank you for taking the time to meet us before the ceremony."

The tone of voice of the priest that led this group was polite, which completely caught both me and King Nergiante off guard.

After all, neither of us expected this since we thought that the Holy Empire group had come with ill intentions. We thought that the Holy Empire group had come to cause trouble.

Only looking at them now, it seemed like they didn't have any intentions of doing so.

But we didn't let our guard down since it was possible that they were just acting.

After a moment of silence, King Nergiante went forward to say with a smile, "Thank you for coming to our ceremony. It would mean a lot to us to have a delegation from the Holy Empire at our kingdom establishment ceremony."

Though there was a smile on his face, King Nergiante's eyes were on guard since he didn't know what this Holy Empire group was here for.

The priest gave a simple nod before saying, "Of course. You're the one that ended the monster waves in this area, so naturally it's your right to lay claims on these lands."

Then after a pause, he said in a meaningful manner, "Just like the empires have done."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Both me and King Nergiante were surprised again to hear this.

After all, neither of us had expected the priest to admit something like this.

This was something that was regarded as a secret that everyone glossed over because there was nothing to gain from acknowledging and confronting the empires about this.

So for the priest from the Holy Empire to actually admit this...

Just what was his plan?

While both me and King Nergiante were caught off guard, the priest continued by saying, "The Holy Empire wishes to present our blessings and congratulations during the kingdom establishment ceremony. I hope that your majesty will not mind this."

Once again, both me and King Nergiante were caught off guard.

Both me and King Nergiante immediately knitted our brows after hearing this.

I had King Nergiante make this proposal to see what the response of the Holy Empire would

be, but this certainly wasn't the response that was expected from them.

It was almost as if they were conceding to all requests from King Nergiante...

It was almost as if they were being too cooperative that it became suspicious.

Which was why the next words from the priest weren't surprising.

The priest finally turned over to look at me and said, "Your majesty, I hope that we can talk in private now."

We had been sitting down, but King Nergiante stood up and moved in front of me after hearing this. The way that he stood there, it was as if he was determined to protect me if anything happened.

Even though the priest had spoken in a voice that was almost as if he was telling King Nergiante to leave, King Nergiante didn't seem to falter as he moved in front of me.

It seemed that all the time and effort that I spent on him really had paid off.

It seemed that he was quite the loyal person.

But this wasn't something that he could get involved in.

Or rather, this was something that he couldn't do anything about since this was a matter between me and the Holy Empire.

I had already expected something like this to happen since they had been so conceding, I just wasn't certain how they would do it.

But being direct like this was also a good thing.

I stood up and put a hand on King Nergiante's shoulder before saying, "It's fine, I'll talk to

them."

He looked at me with a worried look, but he still nodded in agreement in the end before leaving the room.