The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 166. Darkheim's King and Queen

We walked into the room as the light from the sun filled the room with warmth. The decorations that you would expect from a Throne Room of a Royal Palace were thrown all around the room. There were various things that stuck out to me, the sparkling candle holders, the chandelier, similar to the one in the Throne Room back in the Royal Palace of Blackstone, shone with a mixture of colors from being hit by the light of the sun. The thing that immediately caught my eye however, were the carvings into the wood of the walls that seemed to tell another story of the history of the Dark Elves. From what I could gather from glancing at it between the bodies of the people staring at me, it was the story of the destruction of the original Darkheim and the exodus that eventually led them to the Shadow Forest.

" I understand the curiosity, but for now, focus on the task at hand please, Darling."

Anna whispered to me as we walked forward. Delcan was in front of me and leading, Sarah, Anna and I to the center of the room, where I could see a man who looked like an older version of Delcan sitting in the throne and a beautiful woman standing next to him even though there was a similar throne sitting right next to her. I put the strangeness of that situation to the back of my mind as I responded to Anna's request of me.

" Right."

I whispered back as we walked. The stares of the people who were here reminded me of when I first arrived in Gaia, the feelings of me not belonging emanating from their stares would flow from me like water from a duck's back, if not for the fact that those gazes were directed at my wives as well. For now, I can't outwardly show any hostility. But the stares towards Sarah and Anna were pissing me off. 

" We knew this would happen. Stay focused, My Love."

Sarah whispered at me as well, I thought I was hiding my thoughts well, but I guess not."

" I don't like the way they're looking at you both."

" The feelings behind your words are worth more to us than any stare they could give us, My Love. Now let's handle this like proper Nobles."

Sarah responded to me one last time as we continued our walk. As we walked, I noticed Prince Delcan's ears began to twitch, it seems he can hear us. And judging from the slight hue of red, it seems he's embarrassed by our words. I guess our displays of affection can be a bit much for a world with social norms from the medieval era of my world. Each step we took, brought the man who was seated in a Throne and the woman next to him more and more into focus. Unlike Delcan, whose eyes were light yellow, the man had deep and dark amber colored eyes. The woman next to him carried the light-yellow eyes of Prince Delcan. Both the man and woman possessed the same white hair. The real difference came from their features. The man looked like an older version of Delcan, since Delcan already looked like the classic idea of a Prince, it seems he would mature into a distinguished gentleman as he aged. The woman standing next to the King... I guess that she would be the Queen? The Queen looked...

/STARE..../

/STARE..../

The Queen, in summation, would not lose to Aqua in terms of looks. I have no further thoughts about the Queen of the Dark Elves, so would my beautiful wives... Who would not lose in terms of beauty to any Queen, please stop staring a hole into the back of my head?

/..../

The staring stopped, judging by the looks on the Dark Elf men we passed as we walked, my wives seemed to be smiling beautifully. How can they tell what I'm thinking!? That thought filled my head until we finally reached the bottom step that led up to the throne. Delcan gracefully walked up the steps as Sarah, Anna and I stayed at the bottom. Once Delcan reached the top of the steps, he kneeled to his parents, and we followed his actions as well. Once we were kneeled, Delcan began to speak.