Isekai: The Eight Soul Fragments

It was around dinnertime when Draxus, Arlesk, and the rest of the group had went to the dining hall. All of them were having a simple dinner with the knight kingdom's food palette. However, the lineup and seating arrangement had changed up a little. Draxus was sitting next to the royalty group as he's next to both Matilda and Olivia. Arlesk was sitting in front of him while grinning. They had a peaceful dinner while making sure to avoid behavioral problems like talking while eating. After some time, Draxus had finished his dinner first as he ate in his own pace, the others aren't even halfway finished with their food. It led to the surprise of the royalty group which Arlesk had explained. "Draxus has a weird habit of eating too fast. When he's told that, it was known that his pace for eating is kinda crazy. He probably got used to the work atmospheres of harsh schedules." All the people that are dining continued on peacefully as Draxus asked for a second serving which he finished just before everyone could finish their meals.

"Once again, we would like to offer out thanks to Draxus who had saved our daughter." Currently, they are using one of the private rooms in the castle to discuss things regarding the princess's life being saved by Draxus. In the private room were the knight king, queen, prince, and princess Matilda for the Paladia's side. While only Draxus was sitting in between Arlesk and Olivia. Pantheon was sitting on a couch as he drank his tea. "In all honesty, it was really hard to believe that people can become even stronger than us heroes. In a situation of one versus a thousand, I would barely live in that. I wonder how you guys train that well?" Pantheon turned his gaze at Arlesk and Draxus as if probing into their skills. "Father, I'm glad that I get to be standing next to Draxus. He really showed what it's like to be a determined knight. To fight against anything regardless of their number and strength, and he never gave up at the very end. It made me feel... Ehee..." Draxus turned his gaze on her and gave a light smile. "Actually, there is a thing if Serkyrio is to approve of the marriage. It's just to never give me a position in this country. He's intending to create a country in the Mythical Lands and will grant me a position that's just below him. As long as that is fulfilled I have no issues of becoming Matilda's fiancé, and her future husband." When Draxus mentioned about becoming a husband to her, she blushed hard and looked downwards while fidgeting. The knight king, Pantheon, and Arlesk began grinning. "What about the goal of world peace?" The prince pondered for a bit while asking the question. "That final goal will be rough since the amount of wars that had occurred between various countries are a lot. But it's something that we can reach if we invest everything we have into it." Arlesk answered the prince's question and checked the time. "It should be about time, we'll be sending the king here, and then I will have to make a report to our leader. Arlesk brought out his phone and contacted Harold first to send the king. After a gate has been opened inside the room, what greeted them was King Oscar accompanied by Remuel. After looking around the room, he saw Draxus talking to both Olivia and Matilda who are standing on one side of the room. The queen and prince had left the room while Draxus was urging the two to go towards Lily and Julie. "Drax has a new harem me- Ow!" Draxus shot a rubber bullet straight to Remuel's forehead before he could ever finish his sentence. After Remuel was introduced to the knight king, the talks regarding the alliance had gone through very smoothly. It ended with a good handshake between the countries of Quisterion and Paladia with the three of them and the two heroes being witnesses. Afterwards, the three made a report to Serkyrio. "Now that we have finally connected with another country, it's time for us to leave the Quisterion kingdom and develop. Don't worry that much, everyone has earned quite a substantial amount for us to buy the materials of getting a castle built." Serkyrio's voice came through the phone as he looked around the room. "The country's name will be decided on a future meeting but we will be the host country that will get everyone to be invited for the alliance meetings. By the way, congratulations for achieving two important parts of battles. Arlesk, for killing an enemy hero, and for Draxus, for facing an army at the heart of their base alone. Now, all of you are quite famous already it will be good if the founding of our country gets a lot of interest. Though, you guys need to learn construction magic soon." When the three heard that, they immediately let out a voice of realization in sync. """Ah!""" Serkyrio simply shrugged it off and continued providing instructions. "And by the way, after training, we shall meet at the town of where I'm staying. There seems to be some troublesome action going on with the Kitrixia Empire and it could pose a big threat. From the info I collected, the empire seemed to have formed an alliance with two more countries and is amassing a large army here. We'll be having some fun first before making a country." The three then smiled while the kings and two heroes are somewhat panicked. "W-What do you mean?! They'll invade Quisterion?!" Ulysses shouted a little bit inside the room but the three calmed him down. "Relax Ulysses, our group will be handling the reception for the four armies. It'll be perfect for us to demonstrate our abilities to its maximum level. Draxus might need to compensate a lot though, but I'll be allowing final abilities this time. There will be no problem crushing their armies and leaving them vulnerable for the time being and allowing us to force an alliance against them." Sekyrio's slack voice echoed through the room which got the kings and heroes confused. "You're serious about your group handling it alone...?" Pantheon let out a mutter to Serkyrio's words. "Yep, it'll be one army and one hero each right? There should be no problem, and the battle will be recorded from the skies by a summoned beast. You'll be able to see out fighting prowess for real this time." After convincing the kings and heroes, the meeting was adjourned and the alliance was formed. Everyone returned to the Quisterion kingdom as Matilda followed Draxus. After returning to the castle, Draxus invited everyone for a small overnight party and got them all teleported to the town of Beryll where they went towards Crystel's place. Needless to say, the chaos had once again unfolded as Arlesk's group, Remuel, and Harold even joined in the party this time. Keimach queued the [Pillarmen Theme] as he, along with Wesley and Addy, brought out six bottles of wine each from the interdimensional storage. They then urged Draxus to get drunk once more as he drank most bottles. "Celebration for Matilda's addition to Draxus's harem!!!" Remuel shouted with a smug face as the group loudly celebrated inside Crystel's inn that they had reserved. Lily, Julie, Hecate, and Amber helped with the cooking while everyone was getting Draxus drunk. Pauleen, Juniper, and their group were also enjoying the party as they messed around with Draxus who was being forced to drink. Arlesk found the chaos which made him record everything in the party. He went around and talked with Draxus who was starting to get dizzy. "Yo, you good?" Draxus was swaying back and forth slowly as he answered. "Shit's getting real~... I can't believe I'm getting a harem!! It's makes me, fuaa!! Really fulfilled!" Remuel sat down on the other side next to Draxus. "Heh, seems like Draxus was really aiming for a harem after all. There's no need to worry about him going insane." He turned his gaze to Olivia and Matilda. "Those two will definitely take care of his sanity. By the way, let's make bets on how many princesses will Draxus get before marriage! Closer one wins! Fifty gold coins this time!" Remuel began a weird bet while raising his mug which was filled with wine. "I'd say five, with how the things are going." Arlesk made his bet first while Draxus wasn't even listening. "Hmm, seeing as he has two right now, it would be around seven. I don't think he'll get most of them but I'm sure he won't get too many girls." Remuel urged Arlesk to raise his mug which was also filled with wine. "Have you two made yar bets~...? Then, raise~!! Let's chuuug!" The three of them chugged down all the wine from their mugs. Draxus got completely drunk while Remuel passed out after some time, Victorina had a little bit of trouble dragging him around. Arlesk, who remained standing went out with Hecate and Amber and talked until midnight. "Everyone gets along quite nicely." Arlesk smiled as he stared out to the moon. It was around midnight and the three of them were talking quite happily. "I hope everything will be like this from now on." Amber was the first one to tell them about her wishes. Hecate then did the same. "Yeah, I don't want anyone to be harmed now that I got to know them..." Arlesk turned his gazes left and right before looking down drowsily. "Well... Surely with a country being formed soon... We'll become part of the strongest country of the world... But I will still... Surely... Protect you both..." Arlesk who had the least amount of sleep for the past few days dozed off in between Amber and Hecate. Seeing his vulnerable sleeping face, Hecate and Amber closed both of their faces near Arlesk and kissed both of his cheeks simultaneously. ""I love you Arlesk..."" They then leaned their heads on his shoulders.

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The spectacle was captured by Remuel who hid perfectly after waking up just before midnight.