The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 49: The Return to Stalaris

The king made an official request to the guild which I accepted. I would act as a diplomat to nations to ask for their aid. I also purified the demon army that swore loyalty to me. Silas also brought me to his army, which I also purified.

The two angelic legions prepared the defenses as I went and spoke to the king.

"Rose, I am not a dull king."

"Of course not. Why are you bringing it up?"

"So, why is a goddess kneeling to me?"

My eyes widened.

"Did you think I would not figure it out? You were able to hold your ground against multiple shards of evil and survived total possession. In addition, your goodness magic was too powerful for anything less than a god."

"I see, please do not spread it."

"I would not wish too, but be more careful, if a dragon asks, they will show their nature and decide, but if you show yourself as a god, then they will submit immediately."

"But lord-"

"I am a king, not a god. Please call me Dalis."

"Understood, yo- Dalis. But my power emanates now no matter how much I conceal it. The most I can do is prevent others from feeling it. The people and terrain will still be affected by it."

"Then that works well, if things get better, then they will assume you are blessed and respect you, but not submit as they would if they knew you are a god."

"I understand, where should I go first, lo- Dalis."

"I believe that you should head to the nation of Stalaris, they know you and will likely be more comfortable with your presence than another adventurer."

"I will set out immediately."

I turned to leave, but then the king spoke.

"Rose?"

I turned back to find him kneeling.

"Thank you for standing with us."

"You do not need to thank me. It is because I am here that these problems keep coming, I should be apologizing."

"But I thank you because anyone else would have left this nation and fled. I won't hold you any longer, good luck."

"Thank you, Dalis."

We smiled and then I left.

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I flew with no guard. Since my evolution into good, I was five times my previous size, I almost was as big as a quarter of the capital.

Even Dallel and Jalad were shocked by my size. I flapped my wings to get into the air and it caused the ground to shake. I flew off and realized that at my size I could get to Stalaris's capital in 10 minutes.

I flew over to the capital and landed outside and approached as a catkin. I wore an official diplomat badge and walked into the city mostly undisturbed. I knew I needed to visit the guild, but I didn't really want to.

'Why not, Rose?'

'The lolimaster is there.'

I shared my memories to the shards within me and they looked ticked off.

'How about we kill him.'

'Murder is not diplomatic.'

'...'

'...'

'Fine, but if he tries something we will kill him.'

'If he tries something, I'll kill him.'