After the archbishop left the dining chamber, the gowned people took the initiative to assist the heroes and explain about the magical energy.

After learning that they could cast magical energy, they finally showed interest in it. But first, they were required to train. They were sent to the Blessed Church Academy the next morning, to learn about the magical energy.

Not only were they taught how to cast holy magic, but they were also taught different kinds of fighting methods as well in the Blessed Church Academy.

However, since their advancement was faster than the people in the empire, they easily surpassed their peers.

Everyone was so gung-ho as they stride to the outskirts of the city to kill some low-tier beasts. Some of them were able to manipulate fire and some could summon the other elements. There were also those who could summon a familiar. Each of them was able to learn unique and powerful abilities. It was one of the advantages of being a hero. They learned faster.

Gradually, they were taught about their responsibility as heroes.

Two students were seen to have good leadership skills. They also had the best stats compared to the other heroes and better improvement among them. Thus, they became the leader of the hero's party. Looks like in the flock of the same birds, there were always one or two who were destined to soar higher than the rest.

After a few months, they were brought to the empire's palace to introduce them to the emperor.

From there on, they were sent to some missions to further increase their experience, until the time to fight the demons came. They were sent to the frontline. There, they fought relentlessly against the countless demons. They became stronger after a few months of fighting the demons.

Back to the present, there was a grand dinner celebration in the palace grand hall. After returning from the frontline, they went directly to the palace to report their achievement.

The emperor went to greet them and even went to the trouble of preparing luxurious meals for them.

When the emperor stepped into the grand hall, the noisy conversations of the heroes died down.

"Your majesty, thanks for going so far as preparing these luxurious foods," said Kyle, sounding so humble as he tapped his chest to show his heartfelt gratitude and bowed slightly to show his respect on behalf of all the heroes. The others also said their thanks after him.

"THANK YOU, YOUR MAJESTY!"

The emperor looked at them and nodded his head. "Fufu," he chuckled. "Don't mind it. If you ever need something else, just ask the servants?" The emperor pointed to the servants standing around like statues.

After saying it, they heard a sudden coughing noise.

Cough!

They glanced at where the noise came from and saw a spiky red hair young man, the delinquent, Arthur. He coughed not because his throat was itchy. It was an intentional cough to grab everyone's attention.

The chair made a scraping noise when he suddenly stood up from his seat.

Everyone was looking at him in wonder. Before they knew it, Arthur walked and stopped beside a pretty servant. All of them gawked when Arthur rested his arm on the pretty servant's shoulder.

"This Arthur!" Exclaimed one of the female heroes.

The servant blinked her eyes before she noticed what happened. She shuddered in fright as though something akin to electricity crawled over her body in the brief moment. But, she remained quiet and controlled her emotions to not perform disrespectful actions towards his majesty's guest. Also, this person was one of the heroes, so she could not harbor enmity from him.

They did so well in protecting the empire, so she could not show discourteous behavior in front of the others as it could ruin the empire's reputation.

The pretty servant stood like a block of ice.

"Hehe, your majesty, are they available for special service as well?"

"Eh?!" The pretty servant exclaimed in shock. A flash of redness on her face as chill trailed on her spine. She knew what this special service meant. They went through a seminar about it. After all, there might be a chance that the emperor would call out for one among them. They must always prepare for the time to come.

Though, the emperor did not do it ever since she became the palace servant.

Regardless, they could not taint their body as it would be a huge traitorous action against the empire.

Upon hearing his words, the others looked at him with disgust, especially the girls. They knew what he meant by his words just looking at his lustful gaze towards the pretty servant. It wasn't the kind of words they wished to hear from a hero.

The emperor showed a troubled face when he noticed his trembling servant. He never expected that one of the heroes would say such a vulgar word.

"Uh, sorry about that, Mr. Hero, but I can't force my servants if it's against their will. Besides, if you want someone to satisfy your needs, we can arrange someone for it, those who are willing to accompany the hero," the emperor tried to show a smile.

It wasn't like he could not give him what he was asking. With just a word of the emperor, these servants would willingly comply with his order. However, he wasn't the type of leader who bossed his people against their will. He wanted to show them fair treatment, especially regarding that kind of stuff.

Upon hearing the emperor's words, the servant sighed in relief.

On the other hand, Arthur frowned while knitting his eyebrows.

"So his majesty could not even share one of his women for pleasure?" Arthur sighed as he spoke, sounding disappointed.

A knight clad in golden armor stepped forward while wearing a frown on his face, "Forgive me Sir Hero, but I think it's impolite to say that to his majesty, who is leading the whole nation," firmly said the Imperial Knight-Captain, who was also the personal guard of the emperor.

However, "Hey, pretty Miss, what is your name?" Arthur asked the servant, disregarding the talking Knight.

The knight captain's brows twitched secretly.

The servant seemed flustered as she looked to the emperor and the Knight Captain with teary eyes.

Arthur frowned when he noticed the pretty servant was disregarding him.

"Oh, could it be... the Imperial Knight-Captain has something towards this pretty servant?" Arthur sneered at the knight captain.

"Wha—!" The Imperial Knight-Captain almost bit his tongue when he stuttered with a flush of redness on his face.

"That's enough, Arthur." They suddenly heard an interjection. When they looked towards the person, they saw one of their leaders, the hero Kyle, making up a tired face and a gentle smile.

Arthur's brows frowned. He hated being bossed around, "Mind your own business, Kyle!" Arthur replied in almost a yell.

They noticed the slight change in Kyle's face. "I said stop." His voice wasn't asking, it was demanding him to stop. The cold stare he was having at the moment sent shivers to almost all of the other heroes around.

Kyle always had a gentle expression on his face, so seeing the change in his expression now really was surprising and brought some pressure.

Arthur clicked his tongue then turned around.

Tsk!

He walked towards the door and left the dining hall.

"Sorry about him, your majesty," said Kyle with his gentle smile again. He also said he's sorry to the pretty servant who return told him that there was no need to ask for forgiveness from her. Kyle smiled at her which caused the servant to blush slightly. Kyle also did not forget to ask forgiveness to the Knight-Captain for Arthur's rude behavior.

The emperor laughed. "Fufu, don't mind, Mr. Hero. Let gones be bygone."

The emperor paused for a moment and clasped his hands. "Right. Please enjoy the meals, everyone."

After the emperor said that, "Uhm! Yum!" They heard a loud moan of pleasure from someone. It was coming from Reena, the second leader of the hero party.

Looking at her, she seemed to be different from the rest of the heroes.

She was stuffing her mouth like a glutton. She looked so cute while stuffing the food as though afraid that she ran out of it.

The emperor chuckled briefly before excusing himself. Along with the Knight- Captain, they left the dining hall and sank his back to his chair. He wanted chat with them a little longer, but he wasn't at the mood because of what happened to his soldiers.

The hero's had different personalities. Some just didn't care about the situation, while some showed remarkable keenness and perception.

The emperor noted some of them. They were most difficult to handle. It would be bad if the Blessed Church took advantage of them, especially that he lost too much of his army.

The emperor let out a deep sigh. "If only I can find a reliable companion," he whispered.

Then suddenly, a figure of a young man appeared in his mind.

"Right, the process of turning over the old mining town's ownership was already done," he muttered. Then he took a quill pen and a piece of paper.

Only the scraping noises of the quill pen against the paper could be overheard inside the workroom of the emperor.

After a couple of minutes, he put away the quill pen and rolled the paper. Then tied it with a green ribbon.

"Guard!" He called out.

A guard rushed inside upon hearing the emperor's call.

"Bring one of the high-ranking messengers here!" He ordered.

"Yes, your majesty!" The guard left in haste after his reply.

On the palace balcony, Arthur was staring at the palace courtyard. His eyes had a cold gaze.

Suddenly, he heard stepping noises from behind him.

"What do you want?" He asked without checking who it was.

"Fufu. Nothing. Don't worry, the time that we rule over this nation will come soon!"

Said the person with unusual coldness on his face.

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