Futanari System

Time is Short

I made it up the stairs, and my mind was active. The Elders were calling me hopefully with good news but something that I needed to know. That was the best-case scenario that I could think of while I was coming up the stairs. As I reached the top of the tower, the elders were watching me. I winced, knowing that they left it on instead of turning it off.

"Elders," I announced my entry as they saw me.

"Ambassador Chelsea Loveknot," I heard a reply, and I saw my father talking. "We have news from the Elder that went out to sea to see if your deduction was correct." I schooled my face to make sure I showed no reaction. "The timing of your deduction has worked in our favor. When the Elder arrived, our ship with Ralph was under attack. They had just arrived within minutes of our Elder." I sucked in a breath at that timing. What reason was it that we arrived at the same time?

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"A fight between two A ranks broke out, and our Elder and theirs both survived. Many warriors on the boat died while they fought, but we kept our ship, and the Elder sped up their passage bringing the Traitor Ralph with him." I sighed with that news. "It isn't all good news, though. Ralph is holding things that I am sure that you would have liked to know Ambassador Chelsea," My Father told me, and I paid attention. "It seems that you were correct in your deduction that he has been compromised. I am also pretty sure that the Empires A rank our Elder fought, although technically it could have been the Kingdom of Arlin's. The chances of the Theocracy having an A ranker this far south is negligible at best. The Empire is within range to dispatch and would have arrived around the time when you deduced this. In the end, we were closer, which allowed us to arrive in time." My father leaned back, but none of the elders were smiling.

"Things are more complicated than that, though, isn't it?" I asked.

"Correct," My Father replied, "Ralph had a space ring, one of the surviving warriors told me. He used that ring to purchase his safety from the Human that took control of the boat. We were lucky when the Human didn't just kill all the Wizards and Warriors on the boat. In the end, though, we arrived at the moment that Ralph handed them the space ring, one of which was probably the missing files you have been complaining about." My father finished, and I frowned deeply. That was a lot of Spy information into allies and alliances in the Demon lands, and other information, not to mention background data and historical information lost to our nation. It was stupid we didn't have backups.

"We are suspecting that the Empire has learned our plans through us that our nations are done dealing with them and are preparing for war." My father told me his face was like stone, and I felt a wave of anxiety.

"Ambassador Chelsea," My Father said, and I felt solemn. "You will soon be recalled back to the Silvermoon tower, and formal written letters to bring you back for the war will be sent soon along with many other assets. We will have someone come to replace you, and we require you to tell us what it is you achieved in regards to the negotiations for the nation. Report!" My father ordered.

The suddenness of this moment arriving hit me like a truck. It was something I knew was coming, and suddenly without warning, it was here. I was being recalled to the nation, and someone would replace me and the work I had achieved here. I felt a wave of anger go through me as I was losing a lot leaving before finishing here and the vote coming soon.

I got my thoughts together quickly, though, and I nodded. "I have gotten a verbal confirmation from Queen Mira of the Illusionist Wizard tower that they will bring Illusionists for us to use with several conditions; did I secure this support," I said.

Surprised, looks around the table on each of the Elder's faces came with that report, and they all looked at each other. "What are the conditions to be able to bring their forces," My father said after they finished looking at each other. The elders were much more interested now in what I had to say.