The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 343. Final Arrangements In The Meeting

" Continuing on, where should the location of the Summit be? There's no way the Elves would be willing to visit us, will they?"

" Yes, we'd need to find mutual grounds for the Summit, granted since it's at my invitation, they'll be pressured to accept it."

" Right, they wouldn't want to be seen as rude... So where would the Summit be taking place? Here?"

" No, not in the walls of Paradise, there's an old outpost not too far from here to the east that's been out of use for quite some time, I've already sent a team of construction workers to refurbish the building. By the time the Summit happens it should look like a state-of-the-art embassy. Or at least look good enough to hold some form of a dialogue. Would you like to add some of your own men to take a look and see if there's anything to add that would make the Dark Elves more comfortable?"

" That should work for me. I'll send a team of around 6 or 7 men to take a look, I'll take it that we should arrive at least a week early?"

" Well, you could come sooner if you wish to speak to your daughter beforehand, I'll probably end up doing something similar. I apparently have a vacation home here, last I heard."

With my mentioning that we should be discussing the actual Summit instead of hypothetical situations, King Warrick and King Leonard had started getting down to brass tacks about all of the things for the Summit, after around 30 minutes spent divvying up responsibilities like food and security. Once everything was said and done, they started discussing where exactly it was going to happen. And now here I am, stuck here in this seat as a King stared at me with a look that seemed to say, " why him and not me?".

" It just made sense, since I married his daughter and I'd imagine they'd like to visit said daughter, along with any children we'll have. Also, Princess Charlotte's home is big enough to house the entire Nyx family... Though your servants and guards wouldn't fit."

King Leonard leaned back in his chair for the first time in 30 minutes. It looks like my answer was merely satisfactory to him... Why does it look like he still wants to say something? I decided to ignore it and ask about something else.

" The eastern outpost that you're speaking about, King Warrick. It's technically not in the borders of Diablos, correct? Are you hoping to entice them with the idea that it'll be neutral ground? Paradise is only around 4 days away on foot. I'd rather my people not be blindsided, so I plan on preparing them accordingly."

" How do you plan on doing that exactly?"

" Reinforcing the walls and arming my people mostly."

" Will it be visible?"

" No, I'll make sure it isn't. I'm really only concerned if they try to something like what started this whole issue."

" Yes, you have your reasons to think like that. As I said, just make sure it's not viewable from the outpost. I don't want them to realize we don't trust them. If they can actually offer a satisfactory explanation, we could try to find a way out of this situation... If not, well... The people that know are preparing everything accordingly."

Warrick didn't seem to have much of an issue with what I said, it looks like he has his own plans as well depending on how the Elves act.

" Speaking of preparing, I wanted to announce here now that King Alan Mars will also be sitting in on the Summit."

" The King of Bestia?"

King Leonard looked confused for a moment.

" Yes, you see he and his daughter were visiting me when Marquess Matthew had come back to us to report his visit to Darkheim. I didn't see a reason to hide it from King Alan as we're quite close. He found the situation concerning so he asked to be included. I decided to allow him to join in order to allay some of his fears to rest."