The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 164. Darkheim's Entrance

"We'll be arriving at the Royal Palace after stepping into this room."

Prince Delcan presented an unremarkable large red wooden door as he announced we've arrived at the final stop.

" I assume there's teleportation magic behind the door?"

Delcan smiled at us as he began to speak.

" Something like that. Here, take a look."

Delcan opened the door. I expected a room with some kind of a magic circle, instead it was just pure darkness. Like staring into a shadow.

" Old man Rob, you can go first to show our guests it's safe."

" As you command my Prince."

The old man walked into the darkness and disappeared.

" So, the door is the conduit that connects to another door that's actually at the Royal Palace."

" You sound familiar with the concept?"

Sarah spoke to Delcan, she sounded unimpressed with the door. She seems to be thinking of Paula's magic as she explained her theory of what the door was. She smirked as she began to respond to Prince Delcan.

" My Mother is the greatest magician in Diablos, I'm quite conditioned to seeing special magic."

" Wait, are you talking about Aqua Dreadnaught? The Demon Empress!? Wait your age... Are you First Princess Sarah Dreadnaught?"

" Do the Dark Elves truly wish to be so isolated they don't even look for current information? Yes, my name before my marriage to My Love was Sarah Dreadnaught. I prefer my new name after my marriage however."

Sarah grabbed my hand and looked at me with a confident smile. I had the sneaking suspicion she was referring to my true last name and not " Drake" as she smiled at me.

" How did a Princess of Diablos wind up marrying a Human?"

Prince Delcan was quite shocked to realize a Human married Sarah. A part of me wondered if he was more surprised at the fact a Princess of Diablos married a Human or just the fact that a Human married a Demon.

" Simple, I wanted him so I took him before anyone else could. As a true woman of Diablos would!"

Sarah tightened her grip in my hand as she happily gloated about our relationship.

" But wait, aren't you both married to Marquess Drake?"

" Of course. Anna is my husband's 2nd wife."

" But... You just said..."

" All due respect Prince Delcan. But I'd rather not explain my marital status now. I'm here because I have a job to do."

I interrupted the conversation as I'd rather not share private matters with a foreign Prince. Sarah seemed to think it came from jealousy and was poking my cheek as she, Anna and I all walked through the darkness in the doorway. In an instant we arrived on the other side, and I was shocked at what I saw. A giant cityscape was laid out before us. The sun was shining down on it as the citizens moved in the streets going about their day.

" Quite a sight for what was originally a settlement of refugees. Wouldn't you say?"

" Yes, I'm surprised that your people can hide this big a city in the forest. I'm assuming magic helps with that?"

" You'd be correct."

The Prince entered the door immediately after we did and seemed to want our opinion of Darkheim's beauty. It was a beautiful city. If Blackstone was like a medieval castle town with some special materials from Gaia that showed it wasn't a city from my world, then Darkheim was like a city made of treehouses. The giant trees of the Shadow Forest were gigantic. Like skyscrapers from my world. The Dark Elves have built into them to create giant dwellings for the people to live in. Outside of the trees, the town was full of cabins made of different colored woods. While looking at the houses, I couldn't help but wonder about something pretty silly since most likely, the Dark Elves already thought of an answer to the problem I thought of. I turned to Prince Delcan and asked him a question.