THE NORTHERN CONTINENT'S EMPRESS

Chapter 2 The mysterious guest (2)

*Author saw 12 readers on first chap and is happy,

Drew a fanart of Cale last 3 weeks ago, ehehe.

Enjoy~ ♡◇♡)

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When the carriage stopped at the front of the mansion, the person who was waiting for him was Butler Hans.

He watched the criticizing look on the butler's face before he meet his gaze.

"Let's go inside, Young master, we need to hurry and prepare before the guest gets here," Butler Hans said and escorted him towards the floor of his bedroom.

"Are you not going to tell me about that mysterious guest?" Cale asked Butler Hans while he leisurely walked behind the butler.

"The Duchess and the Duke will tell it personally to you, Young Master. Here we are, the bath is already drawn so you can soak now, Young Master," Butler Hans said to Cale.

"Butler Hans! I want cookies!"

Raon took this chance to ask for snacks and Butler Hans readily obliged.

"Why yes of course, Raon-nim, I will bring to it you shortly," Butler Hans responded with a bright smile.

Cale went inside the bathroom to clean himself before he dry his body with the white towel and changed his clothes to a presentable and classy attire.

When he got outside the bathroom, he saw Raon eating cookies while looking outside the window.

"What is it Raon?" Cale asked the black dragon before also looking at the scenery outside the window.

"The flowers are all white, red and blue!"

Cale looked down and did saw a bunch of different flowers with the majority of colors blue, white and red just like what the young dragon has said.

'Is there some kind of ritual or festival that needs a heap of those colored flowers?' Cale who doesn't know the occasion speculated with Raon while the two of them were eating cookies.

After a while, A butler knocked on the door and told Cale that the Duke and the Duchess were calling for him.

"Let's go,"

"Alright, Human!"

The human and dragon tandem went to the study room of the Duke and saw the Duke and the Duchess sitting at the long couch inside the room.

"Cale, come and sit down," The Duke offered him the couch next on the opposite side of where they were sitting while the Duchess personally pour him tea before offering him the tea cup.

"The Crown Prince mentioned to me earlier that there's message for me?" Cale said in a confused tone.

After that big fight, the Crown Prince really did keep his promise and Cale was thankful that he was now holding his slacker life, however, what could the announcement or message be for the Crown Prince to envy him?

The Duke made a light cough before looking at the Duchess beside him. The Duchess got his hint before sighing.

"Cale, how old are you right now?"

"Hmm? I'm currently 24 years old... Why did you ask Duchess?" Cale tilted his head in confusion, did they perhaps forgotten about his birthday? Wait, how does that even connect to the message?

"Is everyone doing okay at the Forest of Darkness?" The Duke asked,

"Of course, they're all strong individuals, Father. There will not be any threat to them inside the Forest of Darkness," Cale said with a bit of a smile on his face.

"However... its not related to what we have to talk about, Yes?"

Cale asked as he put down his tea cup and put his full attention on his parents.

"Recently, there were some immigrants who came from the North and the South Continents, their main focus was the Roan Kingdom... and the Heroes," The Duke said while looking at his expression.

"Hmm? What do you mean by that? Is it related to tourism or was it related to them?"- Cale asked referring to the everyone who was now living in the Black Castle.

"Their talking about you,"- The Duke said with a bright expression. Cale started to feel a sense of dread after he heard those words.

"There are some who were idolizing your people as well, but the larger mass were looking forward to seeing and interacting with you... The Crown Prince did his best to divert those foreigner's attention and instead let them enjoy the Capital, though there are still some foreigners who are like free spirits and some of them were already inside the Duchy." The Duchess said and calmly took a sip from her teacup.

"I see..."Cale doesn't know what to reply about that and awkwardly looked down his teacup.

'Does this mean I will have stalkers going to the Forest of Darkness? Goodness please no!' Cale suddenly felt like his slacker life was trembling from his iron grip, wriggling to escape.

"You don't need to pay attention to those people, rest assured that we will not let one person inside the Forest of Darkness just to see you... however you do need to stay here for a few more weeks because of the news related from what the Crown Prince's message for you," The Duchess said after looking at the awkward look on her eldest son's face.

"The Crown Prince recieved a foreigner empress' arrival to the capital," The Duke started and looked at the expression on Cale's face.

"The content of what they talked about were still confidential, but he told us the most crucial part of their conversation," The Duke said and took his teacup to drink tea, The Duchess took this chance to follow the conversation.

"The Foreigner Empress was looking for a potential spouse in the Roan Kingdom,"

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"What does that have to do with me?" Cale who was still bewildered, cannot help but ask with a frown.

"That... The Empress' only candidate was you, Cale," The Duchess said with a sigh, but Cale can see the satisfied look on their faces.

'Who and what exactly does that empress can do to make his parents seemingly approve this... proposal? Wait..  I could potentially be married?! I'm being scouted as a marriage candidate? A fiancè?!' Cale froze for a bit in shock.

"Human's Dad! What's a marriage candidate?"

Roan asked curiously seeing how shocked Cale has been.

"It's a potential spouse of Cale and they could possibly marry, just like the Duchess and I, Dragon-nim," The Duke said with a warm smile on his face.

"???"

Roan plopped down the free space next to Cale and put his head on his lap, looking at him with curiosity filled in his deep blue eyes.

'Urk! I forgot this child is here,' Cale pursed his lips before sighing,

"Raon, go back to the black castle first, I will call you when this is settled," Cale said and patted the Dragon's head.