Dragon King's Harem Chapter 75. Whitevalley Village III
The bowls and plates on our table were empty. What was left were our mugs of beer in my and Eir's hands, also two cups of tea in front of Evelina and Jyne.
"You mean the Lizard tribe's Baron is here?" Evelina said just as I finished my story about the Wyvern egg thieves.
"Yes. With his assistants and knights," I said in an emphatic tone since I was sure that's why all the rooms in this Inn were full. My hand brought my mug closer to my mouth and I took another gulp.
Meanwhile, clear displeasure was evident on Eir's face.
“The Lizard King only sent a Baron to meet you?” he said in a disbelief tone. He tightened the mug handle in his hand.
"How dare he..." he hissed in anger.
"What does The Lizard King want from you?" Jyne asked.
I put my mug on the table and smirked.
"Check on me. What else?" I said in a relaxed tone.
"I believe The Lizard King doesn't know that His Majesty has awakened," Evelina added to my explanation.
"I know. But… why did he send a Baron?" asked Jyne again. She knew a king would not send a Baron to another king as his delegation except in an emergency such as in war to ask for help.
"He just wants to mock the king," Eir hissed. Although I didn't want to think badly about this, I couldn't think of anything else besides that. After all, I had been asleep for 10 years and in the past, a Dragon King never slept longer than 1 month. The Lizard King had good reason to start belittling me and I was guessing he sent his Baron to find out what my subordinates could do in my absence.
- Brak!
The sound of the door opening loudly startled us. We turned in the direction of the sound, looking at the group of Lizard Tribes that had just entered.
"Speak of the devil," I said casually. My hand brought my mug to my mouth again and drank the rest of my beer. My eyes were still fixed on the group of Lizard Tribe who were wearing the Lizard Tribe's Knight uniform. It was easy to tell who was the Baron since he was wearing the typical dark green Lizard Tribe's noble uniform. From his face, he also looked older than the rest of the Lizardmen. The Lizard Tribe Knight's uniform was very different from the Dragon Tribe uniform. Since they didn't have armour skills like the Dragon Tribe's, they needed real armour to protect their bodies. So a typical medieval Knight armour covered their bodies complete with Lizard Tribe's signature weapon on their waist, Morning Star.
"Where are those stupid bastards! Didn't they say they would bring my order today!" the Baron snarled in anger. The sound of their noisy footsteps following him with the noise of the chairs being pulled as they filled the empty seats in the room.
"Maybe something delayed their journey, My Lord," said one of them. And I knew who they meant.
"But they're too slow! I'm tired of staying in this pathetic rotten place!" said The Baron as he plopped to his chair.
"And I'm tired of this Inn's disgusting food!" he complained shamelessly even though the Inn owner was near them. Although I could say the food at this Inn wasn't good, I couldn't complain since it was just a small village in the middle of a harsh environment.
"As usual, My Lord?" asked the Inn owner politely, it seemed the Baron has been staying here for a few days so he already knew his nature.
The Baron turned to the Inn Owner and glared at him.
"Do you have anything else besides that disgusting food?" he said in displeasure.
"Okay, I'll bring it right away," said the Inn Owner with a smile. Then he bowed and left.
The Baron turned to one of his knights.
"Is there any other news from those slow creatures yet?" His tone did not change.
"As you know, there's no word from them yet, My Lord," said his Knight.
The Baron snorted in annoyance and turned his gaze in another direction.
"Tch! Dammit! Is it that hard to get that thing?!"
"You have to be patient, My Lord. That's a high-level monster. That's why 'that thing' is very valuable and hard to get," answered one of the Knights.
"They have arrived near the forest, maybe something happened to them there. They should arrive tomorrow morning," said another.
The Baron turned to the Knight and glared at him.
"It doesn't make me feel any better," he hissed.
That knight could only lower his head in sorry and pressed his lips.
The Baron turned his gaze forward, his finger tapped the table in restlessness.
"This place doesn't even have a brothel. How can I have fun in this boring village?" His grumble was more suitable as a complaint since it was too loud. Unlike prostitution in my original world, in Igixar, prostitution was a terrible thing for women. Because women who wanted to take up this profession had to drink a potion that no man could claim to be their wife. Unfortunately... The potion also sacrificed one of their basic abilities as a woman, their fertility. So if someone had decided to be a prostitute, she would not be able to live a normal life anymore.
Upon his words, Evelina and Jyne quickly covered their heads with their hoods since they didn't want to be that Baron's target.
'The Lizard King has sent his 'best delegation' to see me,' I thought. A smirk on my lips. I knew some nobles do have bad manners, but I had never seen anything this bad before. After all, except for the king and his descendants, a lowly noble like him shouldn't dare to do something like this in another kingdom's territory.
Seeing his bad behaviour, left me with another speculation.
'Did The Lizard King send him to make a fuss here on purpose?' That guess suddenly popped into my head. Although the guess sounded random, it strengthened the reason why he let The Baron take the road and also the reason why he sent a Baron to me. Since even though the Baron had the lowest rank in the aristocracy, he was still a noble, his position was above the commoners. On the other hand, if a Baron made a mistake, The Lizard King could sacrifice it without hesitation since a Baron's power was insignificant. In fact, he could silence those who try to rebel because of this incident with ease. So it could be that The Lizard King wanted his Baron to make a fuss with the commoners to lower my people's trust in me.
"Here ya go, My Lord," said the Inn Owner as he placed the same bowls of soup as us and a plate of bread on their table. Two other people also helped the Inn owner to serve the others.
"Do you want some beer, My Lord?" asked The Inn Owner.
"I don't need that shit!" The Baron cursed unhappily.
"Alright, I'll bring you your usual drinks," Then The Inn Owner bowed and left.
After that, they ate in annoyance.
“I've never met a rude noble as bad as him before,” Jyne said in displeasure. Her voice made me turn to her.
I could see her irritation and how bad she held herself. So was Evelina. They were royalty so they knew how nobles should behave.
I knew I had to engage him to solve the Wyvern Egg problem, but I didn't want to involve Evelina and Jyne. Especially after they said they were looking for some women. Unfortunately, even though we wanted to go straight to our room, we had to pass them to get there. I was sure they would be happy to block us since they needed some 'entertainment' in this place. And I didn't like him disturbing my women, so we had no choice but to stay here until they left.