Chapter 221 (1/2)

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at 19th of August 2019 12:35:09 PM

Chapter 221

”I'll talk to you later,” Stella said stiffly, and her mother, suddenly deflating as she seemed to realize Stella was not pleased, nodded in understanding .

Disappearing from view, before she even left the room, she watched her mother look around for a moment, then shake her head and return to doing the dishes . At least these kids get dishes to need was.h.i.+ng . Gritting her teeth, she turned and left . She still needed to talk to Stu about the food prep for the wedding . Joseph was going to have the FOOD college handle most of it, but Stu was in charge of the cake . She wasn't going to let him mess it up .

x.x.xxX

GATE-CREATE GATE .

Joseph walked through, into the elven capital, in front of the palace . He had thought about teleporting, but figured it would be a little too sudden . Gate gave people more time to mentally prepare . At least that was the theory he was testing out . Honestly, the elven guards looked stunned speechless but n.o.body dropped their weapons or stumbled, so Joseph wasn't sure the difference was enough to bother with .

”I came to see the royal family . You can let them know I'm here,” he said to the nearest guard, making a little shooing motion when the guard didn't move, but then he turned and ran .

The city looked much livelier . He had wanted to get back sooner, but stuff just seemed to keep happening . Some of the elves on the street stopped to stare at him, but he got that in his own kingdom, so he was somewhat used to it . The forest was cycling mana now, so stepping into the kingdom felt somewhat pleasant, like stepping on soft gra.s.s barefoot .

Mana began to coalesce on his left, and a very nice-looking elf appeared . He remained semi-transparent, like a hologram projector on its last legs .

”h.e.l.lo, elven G.o.d . ”

”h.e.l.lo, Joseph . May I ask why you are visiting?”

About that time, the king arrived, coming down a set of stairs, rather out of breath, and stopped to stare . His gaze traveled first to Joseph, then to the G.o.d, before going back to Joseph again .

”I am adjusting to my new form for a few days before I head to the world tree,” Joseph replied to the G.o.d with a smile . ”I told Stella I was going to come play with my siblings before we were wed . The royal elven family was to be invited as well,” he added .

s.p.a.cE-STORAGE .

He pulled a golden invitation out of his pocket dimension and turned to hand it to the king .

”There's not many of these,” chuckled Joseph as the king took it .

”Do you mind if I take them to another realm? The royal family, I mean,” Joseph said, turning back to the G.o.d .

”What do you mean?” asked the G.o.d, wrinkling his forehead .

”If I take the elven royalty to another realm for the wedding, will it cause problems? Do you want to come? I wasn't planning to invite any G.o.ds, but I'm ok with you, TIBBLES, or ENACRA coming . I didn't think you would have recovered enough to manifest yet, so I didn't figure you could make it . ”

”Well, I'm recovering quite quickly now, thanks to the boost you gave my avatar . ”

”Good, remember to pay for that when you get better . ”

The elven G.o.d's face lost a little color, which was interesting because he was partially transparent . ”Don't worry! I will . I expect to pay you back before the gnomish G.o.d . ”

”That's good . King, you should say something . ”

”What happened to you?”

”A lot . Are you going to invite me in to see the kids?”

”Um, yes . Both of you please come this way . ”

”It is fine . I only wanted a chance to talk to Joseph because he arrived so suddenly . ”

Joseph smiled at the G.o.d, ”Worried?”

He flinched, and responded with, ”O-of course not . ”

”Relax . It's the kingdom my little sister and brother are going to rule . I wouldn't break it . ” Joseph rolled his eyes before turning to the king as the G.o.d quickly disappeared .

”King of the elves, what sort of things are you offering, in exchange for Laeroth being able to train other mages? I only told him I'd teach him . I never agreed he could pa.s.s that knowledge on . ”

The king looked at Joseph with wide eyes, and swallowed . ”I'm not sure just yet . Let us go inside and discuss this?”

x.x.xxX

”I believe the queen is busy changing, so as to be presentable to you . She is a tad worried about the weight she gained during the pregnancy, so her daily sword practice has picked up rather enthusiastically,” said the king, making small talk as they worked their way through the castle .