The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 345. Hot Springs Dip 2

                                                                 Warrick Dreadnaught's Point Of View

" I understand why our ancestors visited these places so much in the past... I wish the Shadow Forest had a place like this as well..."

King Leonard slowly sank into the hot water as the tension in his body seemed to give way to the heat of the water entering his body. I could understand the feeling. I was also sinking deeply into the water. These tubs for the hot springs were big enough for even a Demon as tall as I am to stretch my legs and relax.

" Dad, don't get so sloppy. It's embarrassing."

" You're only saying that because you've grown accustomed to it, Del."

" Yeah, Del. How can you think it'd be abnormal to act like this. I bet you fell asleep in here the first time you entered..."

The men of the Nyx family were having a petty spat between the three of them. They were all sitting to the left of me, meanwhile...

"..."

John was huddled against the wall of the tub like a solider looking for a moment's reprieve. Perhaps my thinking about the past few days was wrong... I originally only wished for John to take a break from governing for a few days. What exactly did the Nyx family do to make him look so tired and defeated? Also, shouldn't his recovery ability be heightened by being a Paladin? Maybe the fatigue isn't from his body, but his mind? This is definitely not what I wanted for him; I only wanted him to feel refreshed at the end of our visit here. Maybe I shouldn't have stepped in here at all? Should I have just requested for King Leonard and Queen Crystal to visit us in Blackstone? I guess it's too late to wish for something like that. I'm sure the next few days will be more relaxing for him since Aqua and I won't need any guides for walking around Paradise.

" He's still like that? I wonder if we should take him out of the hot springs?"

Prince Donatello spoke under his breath as he turned to see the state that John was in, I couldn't help but ask the thing that's been on my mind for a while now.

" What did you guys do to him? I thought he only acted as a tour guide for the Nyx family?"

Prince Donatello listened to my question and his answer was somewhat surprising to me.

" That's exactly what we had him do, the issue however wasn't the guiding part of his job. I'd argue all of the stress came from when he joined us for meals."

" Meals?"

" Yes, meals. You see... My family got a little... Too spirited when it came to asking him questions. While some of them were mostly harmless, things like Mel asking what his favorite color was... The questions from my parents however were a lot more difficult to answer for him."

" What kind of questions?"

" Oh, you know... It started simply enough. " How much would a home be to purchase here?" to " How exactly do you enact these ideas of yours?". Then they morphed into other questions that required... A more delicate touch since he was answering to a King and Queen."

" Don't tell me... More marriage talks?"

Princes Donatello laughed at me for saying that.

" He wishes it was something like that! He probably has some good answers for them if that was ever to come up with them."

Prince Donatello eventually calmed himself from all of his laughing. He looked at me and with a straight face he began to continue his answer.

" More like " What do you enjoy about living here in Diablos?" or " How come we don't have one of you around.". I don't think it's hard to imagine how difficult answering those kinds of questions would be coming from a King and Queen that you're trying to have enjoy their time in your city. To be honest with you, my parents didn't seem to mean it with any kind of ulterior motives about it, at least none that I'm aware of. He just seems to bring that kind of curiosity out of them, maybe it's based on the fact that they expect him to become their Son-In-Law at some point and really want to see how he ticks. I can't say for sure."