Elysia in Another World

Chapter 20 - Luma Valentine

<Elysia: Elise Aindrea>

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"My name is Elysia Alexandria, and I am King of the World."

When I said that, the entire room fell silent. Every pair of eyes was on me, all of them shocked, except Maya.

"Don't everyone speak at once."

The monarchs began exchanging glances with each other in disbelief. Other than Maya, only Velarus and Alice looked as though they believed it.

"I understand something like this will be difficult to accept. If you need to take some time to think about it, by all means."

"Eli love, what made you decide to tell them?"

"There are measures I want to take to prevent another incursion like today. I want to build mana foundations across the continent and cast a collection of world magics to prevent more attempts on my life."

She took my hand and squeezed it tightly. "I'll help anyway I can. I can't bear the thought of losing either of you."

"You handled the poison incident quite well. I believe I was unconscious for less than two minutes."

"The fear of losing both of you scared me. It scared me into action. I've never wielded pink mana before." She held her other hand up, made a fist, and it was soon engulfed in pink mana. "But it feels natural."

"What do you mean, 'both of you'?" Mabel asked.

I exchanged glances with Maya. "Well..."

"May as well, but just my parents?"

"And Alice?"

"Sure."

"King and Queen Gallia, Princess Eglantine, King Wavecrest, King Serendell, pardon us for a moment." I snapped my finger and partitioned the room with an opaque soundproof barrier. "Okay."

"This isn't suspicious at all," Velarus said with a light smirk. "What secret do you have for us that you would only allow your and Maya's families to hear."

"Maya." Mabel was glaring daggers at her daughter.

"Uhh... seventh time's the charm?" She forced a laugh, but nobody was buying it.

"Uh huh. You two are dating, sure. That much was evident. Why did you say 'both of you', referring to Elise as two people?"

I held back my laughter, as difficult as it was, while watching Maya fidget.

"Maya." Velarus started bearing down on her with ocular daggers as well.

"...Elise?" Alice made a lazy attempt at mimicking Maya's parents.

"Eli, we can tell them, right?"

"Of course!"

"Maya, tell us what you mean."

Rather than say it with words, she whipped her tail around and rubbed the tip with her free hand.

"What does that mean?" I asked. Velarus, Mabel, and Alice already knew, each of their eyes widened.

Mabel's wide eyes quickly changed to excited as she hopped up and practically jumped over to me. She grabbed my free hand with both of hers. "Truly?"

"Truly what? What does that gesture mean?"

"How do you sleep with a catgirl and not know what that means?"

"Ah. That was her explaining it."

"So you two are engaged in Weltwald culture and married in Nacht culture," Mabel said.

Velarus smirked. "To think our daughter would go that far at only eighteen."