Devilia was sitting on her bed when Ryder walked in.
"Do you need anything?" Ryder inquired as he stood in front of her.
"Yeah. I just wanted to tell you that we'll be leaving today. Everything Is decided, and the meeting of the Dukes will take place tonight. I want to introduce you to them, so let's get you prepared," Devilia smilingly said.
"Prepared? For what?" Ryder inquired with a frown.
"Well, of course, you can't go like that. We need to get you some good clothes. You need to look like a Prince, not like a random person," She replied.
"It won't take much time, though. I had already told my personal dressmaker to make some clothes for you. He sent them as well. You just need to get changed," Devilia said as she made a small gesture with her hand.
A small spatial portal opened in front of her. This was something akin to her own personal storage.
She brought the clothes outside and placed them on the bed near her.
"Alright. I'll be right back after getting changed," Ryder said as he picked up the clothes.
"What are you talking about? You can change right here. You don't need to leave. Brave men shouldn't be shy of anything. Don't worry about me. Just think that I'm not here if you still feel uncomfortable," Devilia chuckled as she told Ryder.
"Ah, Are you serious?" Ryder asked in surprise.
"Yeah. Do it here. You leaving and coming back will waste a lot of our precious time," She replied.
"That's stupid. I can't change in front of you!" Ryder insisted.
"Why? Do you have something that's making you ashamed? It's fine, I won't judge you," She said in full seriousness.
"I have nothing to be ashamed about! But still, I can't do it in front of you," Ryder repeated the same thing.
"Sigh, Alright. You can go to that room. Get changed fast," She finally gave up. She pointed towards the attached room.
"That's better," Ryder said as he left and entered the room. He closed the door just to be sure and started taking his clothes off.
What he didn't know was that Devilia was able to see everything. She had the skill that helped her see through a single wall.
"Hmm, I guess he wasn't lying. There is indeed nothing to be ashamed about," She chuckled as she looked towards the room.
Ryder didn't take long and got ready in a hurry before he left the room.
"You look better now," Duke Devilia praised him.
He was wearing beautiful white clothes. His white shirt had some charming design that made it seem like he was wearing beautiful silver armor. His short silver hair matched the clothes quite well.
The only thing that had a different color was his robe. He was wearing a different robe. The robe was a dark grey in color and had long-standing collars as well.
He also covered his hands with slim warrior-like gauntlets.
"Do I really need to wear gauntlets? Although they do look cool, I don't think I'm going for a war, am I?" Ryder asked with a wry smile on his face.
"Who knows, there might be a war after all," She said as she chuckled.
"I'm kidding. Don't worry; I'll protect you even if something does happen," She further explained as she saw the frown on Ryder's face.
"As for the gauntlets? This is something that His Majesty used to wear when he was ruling. So I thought it would be a good thing if you wear one as well. Anyways, Since you don't know about it, I guess His Majesty doesn't wear a gauntlet outside?" She explained before she asked another question.
"I haven't seen Master wearing one, so that should be true," Ryder let out without any change in his expression.
"Yeah. Anyways, now that you're ready let's leave. We can't be late," She said with a smile as she stood up.
"Yeah, If I'm not wrong, we should be in the capital city of the Demonic Empire. The meeting should be somewhere nearby, right?" He asked.
"Not really. The Dark City is much bigger than you can imagine. It should be way bigger than an average kingdom, so it would take quite a lot of time," She explained.
"That's why we should hurry," She walked closer to Ryder and held his hands.
She brought him towards her balcony and jumped right outside with him. She began flying with Ryder.
Ryder noticed that she was flying in the opposite direction of the forest that Ryder visited last night.
"I guess that's why I didn't see any palaces of other dukes or anything last night," He muttered.
They flew for a few hours, and Ryder did manage to see a few palaces that looked just as luxurious as the palace of Duke Devilia, but apparently, these were not their destination as Devilia didn't stop there and continued ahead.
It was evening, and the sun was starting to set when Ryder noticed another palace in the distant horizon, but it was different from all other palaces.
The palace was pitch black in color, and it was many times larger than the palace of Devilia. Even the door of the palace itself was as tall as the whole palace of Devilia.
There were no houses or buildings near the palace. There was nothing within the kilometer range of the palace.
He could see 6 other smaller Palaces that were surrounding the bigger palace like the guards, outside the kilometer range of it. Even though the 6 palaces were smaller than the big palace, they were still larger than the palace of someone like Devilia.
"You see those 6 places? Those are the Palaces of the 6 Great Dukes. And the palace in the center is the Palace that belongs to your Master. That place has been empty since His Majesty left us, but today, the Royal Hall will be opened once more," She said with a smile on her face.
"I can't wait to see the looks on the faces of those guys when they find out. It's going to be fun," She let out.
Soon, they landed in front of the Royal Palace.
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Ryder and Devilia landed in front of the giant gates of the Palace.
Devilia pushed the door open. She was so powerful that she easily opened the giant looking doors of the Palace with just a single finger of hers.
As soon as the doors opened, they saw a huge hall. There was a slightly raised floor at the end of the Hall, and a big throne was there. The throne was empty.
There were 20 seats on each side of the hall. The first 3 seats on both sides were slightly bigger and higher, but they were still not as high as the main throne.
The remaining 17 seats on both sides of the Hall were at a similar level. Although those seats were the lowest, they still looked like the seats a king can use without being ashamed.
All the seats were filled except the main throne and the 5th seat on the right side.
In total, the Demonic Realm had 34 Dukes and 6 High Dukes. They had other ranks like Marquis as well, but they were not allowed in today's meeting.
Devilia entered the place and walked under the watchful eyes of all the Dukes and High Dukes.
"You can sit here for the moment," She stopped before the 5th seat on the right and told Ryder to sit on it.
"Devilia? What are you doing! That's the seat of a Duke. By making that kid sit there, aren't you insulting us?" One of the Duke stood up and asked.
All the Dukes and High Dukes were ranked. The one that has just spoken was the 5th Ranked Duke. He was sitting on the seat on the right of Devilia.
"Orion, You have no idea what you're talking about. It would be more like I'm raising the prestige of our seats by making him sit here for a moment. You'll find out soon," Devilia said as she stood behind Ryder, who had sat on that chair without a second thought.
Ryder didn't want to make him look scared since he knew what was about to happen here, but inside, he was freaking out.
All the people here were so powerful. He couldn't see anyone's level, but he could feel their scary aura.
Before dying in the previous timeline, he had faced a level 200+ dragon, but he realized that the Dragon's aura was like a child while the people that were sitting here had the aura of the Heavenly King's.
To not die, he had to be brave. If he could succeed, he would at least become their Prince even if they don't make him King. He could create history in Divinity, and it was also quite possible that he would leave Lucifer way behind.
The High Dukes heard her words, and they all frowned except High Duke Oris, who had an idea about who the boy was.
He was just silently observing the boy from his seat.
"Orion, We can talk about that later. It's Devilia's seat so let her do it if she wants to. We have more important matters to attend to," High Duke Oris said before Duke Orion could speak once again.
Duke Orion just sat silently since High Duke had spoken.
"High Duke Oris, Can we know why this meeting was called? Is someone trying to attack our place? Or is it something related to the Death Domain? Have they risen again?" The High Duke, who was sitting on the seat that was facing High Duke Oris, said.
He was High Duke Magna. He and High Duke Oris were said to be the strongest in Demonic Realm after the Emperor himself. It was said that High Duke Magna was stronger than High Duke Oris, but since no one had seen them fight, there wasn't any proof.
'Death Domain?' Ryder thought with a frown. He had a feeling like he had heard of it before, but he couldn't remember.
"It's nothing like that. Since His Majesty fought with the Death Emperor, They had never left their Domain. We still can't see any movement from their side," High Duke Oris replied.
"What is it then?" High Duke Mila said.
She was the only female amongst all the High Dukes. She was also quite strong and said to be the 3rd strongest amongst all the High Dukes. She was quite old, but she looked like she had just turned 18.
"We all know that His Majesty left the Demon Realm a long time ago. We can't even find his traces, but we know how much power he has. Wherever he is, he is still perfectly fine, but we still couldn't help but worry for him," High Duke Oris said.
"Of course we worry about him. Why are you bringing that up now?" High Duke Mila inquired.
"Because we got the information about His Majesty. He is in the Human Realm," High Duke Oris replied.
"What?" That news came like a shock to everyone as everyone stood up from their seats. Only High Duke Oris and Ryder remained seated since they knew what it was.
"Did His Majesty come back? Where is he? Let me go meet him now. I want to see his fierce figure once more. This calls for celebration," High Duke Magna said with an excited look on his face.
"His Majesty didn't come back, but he sent someone else. His personal disciple," High Duke Oris said.
"His Disciple? Who? Wait a minute, are you talking about that boy? It can't be! He's so weak!" High Duke Mila said as she shook her head.
All the gazes turned towards Ryder, and they all looked like they couldn't believe it.
"I won't try to convince you guys. I'll leave it on him to prove it. You can sit down. Let's see his proof," High Duke Oris said with an amused smile on his face. Although he still hadn't seen the proof, he believed that Devilia hadn't lied to him.
They all sat down on their seats.
"Stand up, boy! Show us what proof you have?" High Duke Magna said as he glared at Ryder.
His simple gaze was so powerful that Ryder felt a chill run down his spine. He could barely control his body from shivering.
"Go on. Show them. It's the right moment," Duke Devilia said with a smile as she tapped on his shoulders.
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