Indivisible: Dhar Reincarnated

Chapter 5 -- Guarding a Factory

Word Count: Almost 3k words

Dhar and his friends were at Princess Mary's castle after a victorious battle against the Neo-Ravannavar Army. In the throne room, the princess rewards them with medals that were shaped like cogs. As much as Mary is glad to see that her people are safe, but in the back of her mind... Something was bothering her. This caught the heroes' attention, "Princess? Is something the matter?" Zebei asks.

Mary walks her way to the window, viewing her people repairing the damages in town square. She places her hand onto the glass and tells her woes, "Sorry... I'm worried that the Navar Army might strike again if they actually go to my factories.. The technology they have... It's remarkable that it puts me into shame and disgust. They took down half of my robots by draining the life out of them! They almost killed Antoine and Eurynomos too."

She clicks her tongue then swiftly moves her feet to face Dhar, Zebei, and Kushi.
"And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving them. As Princess Mary of the Iron Kingdom, I heed your assistance for a little longer. Is that alright?"

The 3 warriors looked at each other then smiled. They looked back at the princess as Dhar was first to speak, "Of course, your majesty. Anything to help you and your people."

"Ah! That's wonderful to hear. Now come with me, warriors.
Especially you two, Antoine and Eurynomos."

Everyone leaves the castle, now guided away by the princess. A moment later, Princess Mary stops abruptly alongside the others. They saw they were in front of a big factory with guards that had a cross symbol on their helmets, patrolling the place. Mary points at Antoine,

"Mr. Antoine, go guard the entrance of the factory wiiiith..." She hums, analyzing her roster until she eyes on Dhar, "Him! With Dhar!"

"Of course, Princess Mary," The knight looks at the other man and grins,

"You're lucky to be paired up with a fine knight like me!"

Dhar blinks, "Really?"

"Yes! I'll tell you everything I know about the might of a warrior!"

Mary laughs awkwardly and crosses her arms,
"Antoine has a bit of pride in him, but I think he'll do well around you for the job," she remarks. She looks at Zebei, Kushi, and Eurynomos, giving them orders," You two, Zebei and Kushi. I want you both to go around town if there are any suspicious people. As for Eurynomos, guard my most special possession... ESTHER."

The robot bows and heads inside the factory while Lhan's protectors go to patrol the town. Dhar curiously raises his hand,

"Princess Mary? What's ESTHER?"

"ESTHER is a defense weapon that stores slime and converts it into power and energy. It is in its beta stages though... I want to find a way to not be a hazard in my kingdom's environment..."

Mary explains as she sighs, adding on,

"I want it to be good enough."

"I think expressing the amount of work you've done is more good than it is."
The princess simply smiles and leaves with no other answer, but to leave her men at charge.

With nothing else to do, Dhar and Antoine simply stand in front of the entrance as the seconds go by. The knight casually grooms his thick pompadour while the swordsman(despite his sword remains to be upgraded) looks up at the sky. He was used to seeing it green in the kingdom but when being in a higher area, they're blue. The clouds were puffy, they can still manage some shapes though.

So, he started to look through one of them. They look like... A mountain, a boulder, a pebble, a rock... another rock... another rock–Oh hey a diamond!
Not sure why he was thinking about rocks for a minute there. The others look like a ship, a flower, a vase, and... a ro–Sword. A sword. Just thinking about his blade makes him hope that Kampan will finish it soon. With a groan, Dhar sits on a crate and crosses his arms.