Chapter 48: Curious (1/2)

Albert left the seventh floor of the west wing in the demon king's castle and headed down, he could tell that for some reason his new master was mentally exhausted. Perhaps it was due to the circumstances that surrounded this castle and the fact that the red ogre settlement had accompanied him, or maybe he had expended a bit too much mana during the fight in the rocky plains.

Albert guess was that Lord Ty had most likely isolated himself for centuries and kept himself in a special state similar to sleep in other to recover from a certain injury. He wasn't completely sure about the details but it wasn't like it mattered to him anymore.

He had already used a demons pact when he offered his life to Lord Ty so he wouldn't betray him no matter who he was. Even without the pact he would still never betray him, after all, he was someone that had saved both his and Erin's lives. Going against him would do a lot more than dishonor his demon heritage.

Albert reached the first floor of the west wing and saw Azar waiting for him. The Chief of the Red ogre settlement turned to face Albert and asked with a serious expression. ”Well?”

”Well what?”

”Don't give me that. What did you think when you asked him about it? Does he think we were too presumptuous and full of ourselves or maybe he thought we were lying.”

Albert sigh as he shook his head. ”I think he was just caught off guard by your earlier request, especially since you're all freemen. Besides, It looked like Lord Ty wasn't ready for a large group of servants at the current stage of his plan. He had only went out to seek a healer for his two companions, well I am not entirely sure if they are his companions or not but he had only accepted our pledge out of his endless benevolence. It was obvious with our numbers and our few fighting force we would have died trying to find an unoccupied safe zone, if we had encountered the trolls on our own who knows how many lives we would've lost.”

Azar folded his arms to think and soon said. ”I guess you're right... Well, what's done is done. After saving our entire town twice, there was nothing worthy of our thanks than our lives. I'm glad Lord Ty didn't reject it.... By the way do you think Lord Ty is him?”

”I wouldn't know, besides I don't really think it matters who he was. My demon pact was made to the man who saved my life and not his past self. Whatever his plan is, i am sure the tides would be changing soon.”

”Huh what do you mean?”

Albert turned his head to look around the hall they were in, attracting Azar's attention before turning back to look at him in the eyes and spoke slowly. ”Can't you tell, No matter who he was before, Lord Ty is now the second coming of the king. Such a thing would most definitely stir the wheels of fate as the tides of our destiny shall be decided by our Lord's future.”

Azar looked at him with a complicated expression, and sighed loudly with a pwaa... ”You know, there are times that I just can't understand you at all.”

Albert chucked softly and changed the subject. ”How's the others settling in?”

”Well... This place is huge, just the servant quarters of this wing is enough to contain 1000 ogres, but it's quite apparent that this placed hadn't been used for centuries. It's exactly like the stories said, no... It's even more extravagant, everyone is really curious about the interior but...”

Azar paused, then he took a step forward and lowered his voice a little before continuing. ”We can't just wander around without permission so my wife suggested cleaning the castle instead. She was even more excited than she usually is and has already organized the women to explore... *Cough *cough. I mean clean the entire castle which is why I asked you if we could.”

”We?”

”Well of course, you may not know this but i always did love to clean... Hahahaha...”

Albert stared blankly at this half giant who was trying to deceive no one but himself and shook his head.

”Well, unfortunately i already asked and... Yes, he gave you permission to do as you wish but not to push yourselfs to much.”

”It's great that Lord Ty worries about us but we're ogres, this level of physical labor is nothing. Apart from the kids the men is also going to join in on the cleaning and make sure the entire castle is spotless before Lord Ty wakes up in the morning.”

”I see... So everyone was in on it. What about the trolls and kobolds?”

”Well the trolls must've been more terrified than we thought, they passed out the moment we set up some hay for them in the stables. As for the kobolds... well, most of them have woken up, their leader, the female Dragonwrought kobolds said her name was Tarka Harkail, she is explaining their situation to her people as we speak.”

”Oh...”

”Is there something you wanted them to do?”

”Hm, yeah but not now, they should get some rest till morning.”

”Alright then, I guess we'll get to explor... I mean cleaning immediately hahahah...”

”You seem overly enthusiastic.”