Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

The King, Prince, and Hero, left the room where they had the emergency conference and decided to check on Remuel for the state of affairs. They were having talks about how to deal with the nobility that will be against the marriage of Draxus and Olivia. The two of them remained on the room and started talking about the plans. With the king's permission, Olivia was delighted with the news and simply clung on Draxus's arm. Both of them were sitting down in that room and enjoying the blissful scenario, and a nice cup of tea.

In the meantime, the king had changed into his royal clothing and moved to the throne room. He called the prime minister to summon the noble retainers in the capital. "Prime Minister Theo, summon everyone, this is about the engagement of Olivia. Summon Sir Heimdal and Sir Baphomet too who are in the castle currently." The prime minister, named Theo Argentum, started moving around under the king's order. After some time, around nine o'clock in the morning, the nobles arrived on the throne room. Draxus, Remuel and even Begona were standing among the nobles that have gathered in front of the royal family and the hero Ulysses.

"I have called upon all of you today, so that I can announce the marriage of my daughter, Princess Olivia Yuriel Quisterion. However, this will be a private announcement to all the nobles only. We are not going to announce this to the public yet to allow things to go smoothly." Duke Elliot was among the nobles and stood out with his appearance. He had an aura similar to Ulysses and wore dark blue garments that are similar to the hero's attire. It was a design that Ulysses mentioned to Draxus and Remuel where he had to make it uniform for the hero's party. Eyes gathered around him and the nobles started to get noisy. Among them, Draxus was about to say something but Remuel decided to make fun of him. "Draxus, your next line is [I wanna sock his face]." To which Draxus who didn't hear much of what Remuel said ended up being predicted. "I wanna sock his face." When Draxus realized, he got [Joseph Joestar'ed] by Remuel and stomped his foot. Remuel, who was in the receiving end of getting his foot crushed, twitched grandly but kept his composure. Regarding Draxus's wish to beat down Elliot, that person had dark blue hair and dark blue eyes with a slit through one of them. He was pretty much like a warrior but his body shape doesn't seem to follow the template. In the view of many people, they were attracted to his appearance and aura.

The king shunned the nobles who are starting to get really noisy. The nobles then silenced themselves while waiting for the kings words to follow suit. Some were feeling proud, some were jealous, and some didn't want the princess to be married to that man who is possibly the person who aimed for the prince. "Sir Draxus Heimdal, would you step forward." Draxus, who was placed on the spotlight without any preparation, moved forward after a small push from the back by Remuel. He then bowed down and placed his hand on his chest. "This person, was summoned by our magicians from a different world. Most likely a world with much better ranking than ours. With Prince Oswald as the witness, upon their first week of arrival, Sir Draxus Heimdal went on a mock battle against our hero Ulysses Held, and drew the match." The nobles, once again became a lot noisier while having realizations. "Could it be...?!" Was heard many times as the jealous nobles started to add even more. Duke Elliot stepped forward while narrowing his eyes completely. "Your majesty, are you certain that the information provided by your son is conclusive?" Draxus turned his gaze to Elliot who stood beside him returned to the straight posture. He seems to have realized that this person holds some power in him but he remained silent. "I have been convinced already with the abilities of Sir Draxus Heimdal as he displayed on our private meetings. But Sir Heimdal, would you please show them your techniques?" Draxus who was called out, turned his gaze to the king and responded while letting out ice particles. "Very well." The nobles one by one become shocked as he brought out ice particles and formed them into orbs that orbit around Draxus. "C-Chantless..." Words came out from the noisy nobles that began to view the beautiful crystal orbs. Draxus manipulated his smartphone and decided to play some music. He used [Travail] once again and it resounded throughout the room. "[Tone of Heart]." With a fake chant, Draxus covered up the usage of his smartphone by a small chant and played along with the king as if they're telepathically communicating. The orbs that are orbiting Draxus merged into his hand and formed a bouquet of crystal lilies. The king and Draxus connected their gazes and nodded to each other while showing faint smiles. Draxus then turned his gaze to Olivia. "Princess Olivia, I Draxus Heimdal, who battled against Ulysses and drew against him, as somebody who you befriended personally after that battle, wish to remain by your side for eternity." Draxus presented the bouquet of crystal lilies to Olivia who ended up blushing in front of all the nobles. Draxus was smiling but in his mind was utter chaos against Remuel. His thoughts: "Remuel!!!! I can feel that you're recording this!!! Stop grinning damnit!!!" Contrary to his thoughts, Remuel was recording them with his smartphone stealthily while covering his face and grinning widely. The king then continued with his words. "As you may have heard from Sir Draxus Heimdal, Princess Olivia, my daughter will be engaged to him." The nobles started getting even noisier, Duke Elliot who heard the kings words turned his sharp gaze around and returned it to the king. "As you can see your majesty, the nobles will oppose to your words. Don't you think so as well Ulysses?" In the minds of Draxus, Remuel, King Oscar, and Prince Oswald, they turned their gazes to him with a thought of [He fell for it!]. Ulysses then followed along with the idea of the three. Draxus never knew anything about the plan but he knows how to do things on the spot. "If you may say that is the case then I object Elliot, I myself even recognize him with his abilities." Ulysses simply smiled and turned his gaze to Draxus. Draxus who noticed that connected his gaze with Ulysses and nodded. "If you do not believe that he holds such power then would you like to see me battle against him one more time?" Ulysses dropped the words that are the key to forcing the nobles to accept Draxus. "So be it." Duke Elliot snorted out words of displeasure while closing his eyes. Draxus then smiled deeply and brought himself into more trouble. "Then if I may arrogantly ask to fight with Ulysses Held, along with other people that could join his side in combat?" Duke Elliot who got the provocation of Draxus instantly turned his gaze to him. "Are you saying that Ulysses will lose? Very well, then us from the party Ulysses created will fight against you. It will be five versus one so if you lose, then you have no reason to complain." Draxus simply smiled and turned his gaze to Ulysses. "Ulysses Held, last time, I may have forced a draw, but this time, you might lose." The nobles who heard that provocation laughed as they misunderstood Draxus who forced a draw. The engagement announcement was concluded where if Draxus lost or drew the battle, he will hand Olivia to Duke Elliot for being unworthy. Remuel took a chance to report the matter to Serkyrio through a message. He got an immediate reply saying that Draxus is allowed any kind of tactic he uses.

The venue changed into a very wide area with water canals on the edge of the battleground. It was the private training ground used by Ulysses's party. Olivia was hitting Draxus lightly as she was worried. "What do you think you're doing! Against the five of them, you won't stand a chance!" Draxus simply caressed her head while laughing lightly. "Don't worry, I'll win this battle for you." Olivia pouted as she looked at Draxus with worry for doing something completely reckless. The nobles, including Duke Elliot, saw the interaction between the two and clicked their tongues. With annoyance in his mind, Elliot moved in position next to Ulysses in a formation. Ulysses brought out his glaive and activated his hero card immediately. "[Hero's Card, Unlocked Limiter]." In their group, was the current leader of the Royal Magicians, the leader of the Royal Guard, leader of the Scout Group, Duke Elliot, and Ulysses Held. On the other side, was Draxus alone who finished activating his headphones which glew a nice color of cerulean. Remuel who noticed that let out a retort. "He's using it early? Shit's about to get real I suppose..." The royalty group requested Remuel for an explanation. But Prince Oswald was the one that gave an answer. "Father, if I remember correctly, that's when Draxus used the abilities to shut all noise coming from the surroundings. It then plays something directly into his ears, causing him to be influenced by some sort of force and move extremely smoothly without fault. That's what I remembered from Serkyrio." Olivia clasped her hands together while staring at Draxus with hopeful eyes. "Well, aside from all that, I can say that Draxus might use his mysterious fortune cards in combat as well." Olivia who heard Remuel's remark turned her gaze toward him and asked immediately. "What will he use?!" Remuel pondered for a bit while making a small analysis. "Judging by the five versus one scenario, the best course would be using [VIII - Justice] to equalize the battle completely, or maybe even [XI - Strength]. But since it's Draxus we're talking about then he'll most likely use [X - Wheel of Fortune] or [XIV - Temperance] which don't have a [Compensation]." The rules were finally explained to the participants of the battle. There was only one key point of the rules which Draxus only needs to keep in mind, to not kill anybody. He immediately took out a tarot card which was outside of the expectations of Remuel. "That's [XX - Judgement]! What is he thinking!?" Draxus activated the card right before the duel began. "Judge the targets before me, [Fortune Card XX - Judgement]!" Draxus placed the tarot card into his breast pocket and formed a stance of a magician with huge destructive aura leaking out from behind him. "Begin!" Multiple glowing swords of different colors orbit vertically behind Draxus as he took the purple one out and dashed forward. He clashed against the glaive of Ulysses which dashed forward at the same speed as Draxus. Remuel gave a small comment with a smile which was only heard by the royalty.

"The [Elemental Dance] began."