Draconia Offline vol. 1

66.1. We're Family - Part 1

"Yes, it's true, I'm coming," I confirm but I'm not particularly happy about it. I want to visit my homeland, I really do, but I don't want to be forced into it like this. Unfortunately, there's no other way. Japanese Celestials were preparing to leave and only my coming over could stop them.

"That's the most wonderful news, Your Majesty!" Gavreel celebrates and Celestials squeezing into the camera's scope around him are also overjoyed.

Gavreel is a Celestial in his late thirties with grey wings and long blond hair who's been acting as my sort-of deputy for Japan. I haven't had many opportunities to deal with him personally, it's been Liana's job up to this point, and I also don't know him that well from the game because he belonged to a different guild.

But he has a great resumé with twelve-year experience in salesforce so we decided to appoint him our future Minister of Commerce. He was actually the only Japanese Celestial who was directly invited to join our inner government. Little did we know back then he intended to bring all Japanese Celestials with him.

"We'll start to prepare for your arrival right away," Gavreel continues enthusiastically. "Forget about booking a hotel, you're staying with us!"

"Do you have proper accommodation for our Emperor?" Liana interferes, frowning. "It has to be a secure area, a random apartment won't do."

"One of us is offering her mansion in Osaka," Gavreel boasts. "It's perfect. We'll secure it beforehand so you don't have to worry, Your Excellency."

"Seriously, how many more players are millionaires? What are the odds?" Erik grumbles.

"Sunako-chan isn't a millionaire, Royal Consort," Gavreel sets the record straight, unperturbed by Erik's rudeness. "True, her family has noble origins reaching to the first shogunate but they are nowhere near our Viceroy's level. In their case, it's more about keeping tradition than wealth."

"Chan?" I get curious about the name suffix because the Japanese language usually uses it for children.

"She's only twelve," he explains quickly.

"Wasn't the game 16+?" Erik narrows his eyes.

"Poor Suu-chan used to be bedridden so she got an exception. She actually spent most of her life in VR," Gavreel reveals. "But the transformation healed her completely, it was a miracle."

"The transformation healed her?" I widen my eyes, pleasantly shocked.

"You didn't hear about it from the media because her family kept it secret. Anyway, Sunako-chan is really looking forward to meeting you, Your Majesty" Gavreel smiles. "You should have seen her when she flew for the first time considering she couldn't even walk before."

"But Osaka is too far from Tokyo," Liana opposes.

"So what?" Gavreel shrugs. "His Majesty will be crossing the globe, surely the Prime Minister can travel to Osaka."

"He's right, let Ichikawa come to us," Gotrid agrees. "We should make it look like our Emperor is benevolent, not compliant."

"Okay, send us the blueprints of the mansion," Liana concedes.

"It'll be much safer than a hotel," Gavreel assures us. "Oh, Your Majesty, we're so looking forward to your arrival. You have no idea how isolated we feel without you. I know that you're from Prague and an EU citizen but there're more Celestials living in Asia than in Europe. If you'd only consider moving your headquarters to Japan, we'd take care of everything."

"Ehm...," I don't know how to instantly respond to that, the sudden proposition caught me off-guard.

"That's not the topic right now," Liana clicks her tongue.