"Clementine, why did you burn the parchment to summon me?" The Radiant Overlord ignored Hodan completely. Right now, all he wanted to know was what could have been so urgent that Clementine had burned the parchment to summon him.
Clementine said solemnly, "My lord, I'm not the one who needs to speak with you. This Lightning Paragon does. I merely helped him get in touch with you."
"Oh?" The Radiant Overlord turned to look at Hodan and saw that he hadn't knelt to greet him, but instead stood with a slight bow, just like Clementine. When he heard that Hodan was a Paragon, however, the Radiant Overlord's eyes lit up.
Still, the Radiant Overlord wanted to see for himself whether Hodan had truly reached Paragon. He released a trace of his Sovereign pressure, roughly equal to that of a Paragon. If Hodan really was a Paragon, he should be able to resist it with ease. This also showed consideration for Hodan's dignity; even a Sovereign had to give a Paragon the respect he deserved.
Hodan felt the pressure. A Prefect of Asura would probably have been crushed by it and made a fool of himself, but Hodan summoned his Willpower and took it in stride, then greeted the Radiant Overlord once more.
"Mm. Willpower. You really are a Paragon." The Radiant Overlord's voice softened. "What's your name? How about becoming my Chief Sovereign's Emissary? Oh, and what did you want to discuss with me?" The Radiant Overlord was quite amiable toward someone who had no grudge against him and might even become his emissary.
"Your Majesty, I'm Hodan. For now, I have no plans to become a Chief Sovereign's Emissary," Hodan replied calmly.
"As for what I wanted to discuss with you, could we go somewhere else and speak in