บท 38: True Jade Stone
After the events ended, the capital was slowly returning to what it was before. The barbarians that Lori brought with him were now dressed in decent armor acting as guards in the city. There were also soldiers from the Morrison Family patrolling around the city. They help in patrolling around as there were many guards that were either killed or imprisoned because of the battle that happened.
Inside the royal palace, Lori was already acting as the king of the kingdom. At this moment, he and his father was facing Princess Jean and Elder Red from the Molon Kingdom.
"I am happy to see you safe after all the things that happened. When I learned that you were poisoned I wanted to help you. But, after all, we are not people of this kingdom and I am a royalty from the Molon Kingdom. If I took action at that time, many people would certainly misunderstand my actions and spread a rumor about it" Princess Jean said solemnly.
"I certainly understand what the princess means" Lucas replied casually. He knew that if the Molon Kingdom acted at that time. Somebody will definitely misunderstand their intentions and sees their action in different views. They might think that the Molon Kingdom took the chance of the chaos in the capital to spread their influence in the kingdom.
As the Molon Kingdom was stronger than the Silverwing Kingdom, somebody will definitely think that it is their plan to control the capital. If that rumor spreads around, not only the two kingdoms will be affected greatly. Even the other kingdoms will be affected, they would then focus their attention on them.
Such an event will definitely attract the attention of the empire and they might even send someone to investigate it.
Princess Jean's limpid eyes glance at Lori and she praises, "You must be Lori, the one who stops the plan of the queen and her father. A dragon father will definitely not born a dog son. Really, an admirable talent"
"Such praise, I don't deserve it. As a prince of this kingdom, it is my duty to protect it against those who wanted to harm it" Lori said with his eyes focused on the princess. He had a feeling that there must be a reason for them coming here. Especially with a princess leading the group, so he asked, "The princess and her people travel for so many days to come in here. May I ask, what is the reason for the princess in personally coming here?"
Looking back at Lori, Princess Jean smile and sai, "Since the prince asked, I will tell you the purpose of our journey here"
Lori and his father listen to the princess. While Elder Red has his eyes close.
"We are here to seek an alliance with your Silverwing Kingdom"
"Alliance?" the one who speaks was Lucas, "Princess Jean you said this so casually that it's hard for me to believe it. Why did your kingdom suddenly wanted to build an alliance with us? And what would we get from this alliance?"
The princess saw that Lucas was interested and quickly added, "The borders of the Silverwing Kingdom in the north were constantly being attacked by the Redstone Kingdom. Our Molon Kingdom was willing to help you fight against them. With our combined forces, although the Redstone Kingdom was strong. We can easily defeat them with our combined forces"
King Lucas was really tempted by this offer. The Redstone Kingdom in the north was like a country of bandits that attacks the territory of the Silverwing Kingdom. This has been one of the sources of his headaches as he didn't have enough manpower to stop them. But if the kingdom enters in an alliance with the Molon Kingdom. They will definitely have the chance to defeat them.
"There is no free lunch in this world. Tell me what your Molon Kingdom wants?"
"Our kingdom just wants to ask for the treasure True jade stone. This stone is extremely important to our kingdom and I hope that the king would agree" the princess speaks straightforwardly.
A difficult expression appeared in the eyes of King Lucas as he looks at the two in front of him. It is true that he had a true jade stone, but he was confused about how the other party knew that he has it. And from their tone and looks in their faces, it was clear that they have enough information about the stone.
After a few seconds of pondering, he said, "True jade stone I can give it to you"
Hearing that the other side has agreed, a wide smile appeared in the princess's face as she joyfully said, "Then our two kingdoms will officially enter in an alliance with each other. When I return to the kingdom, I will immediately relay this good message to my father and we will quickly send an army to help you fight against the enemy"
"I hope the alliance of the two kingdoms will last longer"
The two groups exchange words for a few more hours before parting. When they were left alone together, Lori ask his father, "Father, can you tell me what if the True jade stone? And why did you agree with the alliance?"
Lucas knew that his son would ask him so he answered truthfully, "Son, I can honestly tell you that even I don't know the use of this True jade stone. I just happen to pick it up because of its beautiful appearance. As for how I knew its name, an expert from a faraway land told me about it. But he didn't tell me its use. As for why I agree with the alliance, their Molon Kingdom will be of great help against the Redstone Kingdom. Also, because we are in an alliance, we can trade more items with their kingdom much easier. We won't need to pay such a high amount of tax when delivering our goods"
While he listens to his father, Lori knew that his father must have thought that the True jade stone is important. It is just that they didn't know what it uses is. So it is basically useless for him.
"Father, can you let me see the True jade stone. I just wanted to see what it looks like" Lori asked. He was curious about this stone. And although he didn't know what it is, he can ask the system inside him to know its uses.
"Alright, you go to the treasury and you can see a jade box at the right corner of the room. The True jade stone was inside that jade box"
Lori left and head to the treasury. When he came inside, he immediately a small jade box in the right corner of the room. As he opens the box, a small jade the size of a thumb was there. Its surface was very smooth and its appearance was very beautiful. Lori thought that if a woman saw this jade, they will definitely want it.
Putting the jade in his palm, Lori asked the system, "System, what is this thing? And what are its uses?"
Ding! Host! This thing is called True Jade Stone and it is a precious type of jade stone. There are very few uses for this jade stone and one of them is to use it to help someone breakthrough. However, it is not an ordinary breakthrough or an increase in strength. It will also greatly strengthen the power of the soul which will make the future breakthrough much easier than normal. Their cultivation speed will also triple and their understanding will become much broader than before"
Listening to the system, Lori thought that someone in the Molon Kingdom will definitely use this to breakthrough. Since the princess was the one who personally went here, there was a high possibility that it was her father the king would be the one to use it.
'But from the mission of the system, the Molon Kingdom was planning a conspiracy. I don't know if this stone has a connection with it' while he was pondering, the system sounded again inside his head.
Ding! Host, if you wanted it the system can absorb the jade stone in exchange of a random ability from the system!
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