Chen Yu bounced to the center of the long table, facing the three towering azure phantoms. After thinking carefully, he decided that, in order to maintain a Slime's gentlemanly image, he should begin with a polite greeting.
"Greetings to you, Ancestors of the Stonekin."
The phantoms swayed slightly at his mental voice, and their eyes condensed from azure radiance seemed to glimmer with interest.
A Slime Envoy? Now that was fresh.
"Interesting," Cameron remarked.
On second thought, since they were a Demonic Beast faction, sending a Slime as an envoy did seem perfectly reasonable.
What interested them more was the fact that a Slime possessed intelligence.
After a brief silence, Solomon spoke in a solemn tone. "Welcome to the Stonekin Territory, Your Excellency. We deeply regret that we could not greet you in person."
He paused slightly. "May I ask what brings Your Excellency here from so far away?"
Facing the three of them, Chen Yu puffed out his chest to maintain his bearing. "I merely escorted a knight attendant of the kingdom back to the homeland of his ancestors, and came by to take a look while I was at it."
For now, he did not know these Stonekin's attitude toward the kingdom, so he naturally could not rashly show goodwill.
Though they were all Stonekin, these fellows did not think like Yano's knights. They were far shrewder.
In any case, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
Yano performed a knight's salute. "Three ancestors, allow me to formally introduce him. This is an incarnation of His Majesty Slime."
"I am your descendant, Yano Belmont. I was originally an apprentice knight of the White Horse Kingdom, but later received His Majesty's aid and joined the Slime Kingdom."
His Majesty?
Calling a Slime His Majesty?
Lancelot frowned slightly and exchanged