Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 272: Lavender's Family

Following behind the Maid, we walked through the hallway, heading towards who knows where, but I could only assume it was where the Queen was, so maybe the throne room or some other place I've no clue exists.

'Man, this castle is way too freaking big.' Thought Alexander lightly as he gently shook his head, having spent a few minutes merely walking to their destination.

It shouldn't take someone multiple minutes to reach another room in a place you live, but I suppose that's just a lifestyle I'm not used to.

'Well, technically...' Mused Alexander with a faint smirk, only to shake his head.

While we were walking, three Dryads wearing fancy clothes and jewelry passed us, prompting the maid I was following to stop as she bowed toward them; not knowing what to do, I copied her actions and bowed as well.

'Hmm, they must be royalty. Ahh, family.' Thought Alexander with a raised eyebrow as he gazed at three Dryads that disappeared behind a hallway, only to chuckle in amusement.

Once we stopped bowing, we continued our leisure walk, taking the same path as those three Dryads, until we eventually arrived at a set of large double doors with a tree engraved between the two; green jewels were used to represent the leaves.

"Queen Vestalis is just inside, Esteemed one." Said the Maid as she deeply bowed while gesturing to the double doors, prompting Alexander to nod.

Taking a deep breath, I reached forward and pushed open the doors, which was much easier than I had anticipated, before entering what looked to be the throne room, though I momentarily froze when I saw how many people were waiting for me. Inwardly cursing, I closed the door behind me and began approaching the group in the distance, though if it weren't for my trait, [Heart Of a Hero], I would definitely be nervously sweating, and the fact only my footsteps could be heard wasn't helping.

Along the way, I happened to use [Heroes Gaze], though what I saw caused me to wince; although it seemed like the people in front of me were the only ones, there were an extra fifty people hidden throughout the room, each one concealing themselves using magic. Of course, I couldn't accurately judge their strength, but from how much mana I could see within their bodies, the weakest was comparable to the Boss of the Yemen Mercenaries, with multiple being much stronger.

'Especially the one hidden within the Queen Shadow... She is extremely strong.' Thought Alexander with a wry expression, only to sigh deeply, calming himself.

Now that angering them was entirely out of the equation, not like I planned to do that in the first place, when I arrived close, I dropped to one knee and lowered my head. I actually had no idea if I was supposed to do that; I just copied what they did in movies from my past life, though seeing how none of their emotions changed, I was doing something right.

"Y-You're not L-Lavender." Said Azalea softly with a frown as she narrowed her eyes at Alexander, who wryly smiled while shaking his head.

"I am not, um, M-Miss..." Replied Alexander respectfully as he turned and glanced at Azalea, only to slightly widen his eyes.

I'm sure the average person wouldn't have been able to notice it through her aged and weathered appearance, but I spotted it almost immediately; she looked nearly identical to Master; it was honestly crazy how similar the two looked.

"You may stand, and if you could remove your hood." Said Violet softly as she coughed to grab Alexander's attention, her words causing him to nod as he stood up while grabbing his hood.

"Um, please don't attack me." Said Alexander softly, his words slightly confusing everyone, only for their eyes to slightly widen in surprise as he revealed his face.