Heavenly Castle

"Yu, kidnap!?

When I say that, the Dukels snort deeply.

"Honestly, if Lord Tyki is serious about hostility to the Atul kingdom, the kingdom has no other skill than to surrender."

"Perhaps even the mighty Blau Empire will do the same."

Dukel and Heilart said that at a glance.

"... so if I tell you that I kidnapped Eira, the princess of the kingdom of Atul..."

When they say so, they snort again.

"Both, if people came out of this flying island, some kind of contact would be attempted. So you can just write a letter stating that you kidnapped Princess Letitia. If we just send a letter unilaterally, we won't let Lord Tyke have any trouble after that."

When Heilart explains that, Dukel agrees.

"Anyway, I can't come to this place. You won't even be able to complain."

Listening to those two dialogues and roaring, Eira frowned and opened her mouth.

"Oh no... to defile the name of Taiki, the Great Mage for me..."

Dukel and the others face each other in Eira's words, but I smile bitterly and shake my neck left and right.

"It's not a big name."

"Well, that's not why I'm here. You should be treated more than a king of a great power if you are supposed to be. Yet because of me..."

"Yes, no, princess, this place is courtesy of Lord Tyki..."

How dare you kidnap me?

As I put a scratch in my heart at Hylat's words trying to forgive Eira, Dukel said, "Oh!," he raised a mysterious voice and slapped his hand.

When everyone's attention is drawn, Dukel coughs to correct his residence.

"... Lord Tyki, I have a plan for you..."

That's what they said with an extremely serious face, and I felt my face cramp.

"I have a bad feeling..."

[Atool Kingdom]

"Written......!?

A man in a luxurious robe nodded the paper in his hand as Reizent raised his dismay. The man moves his gaze from the top of the paper to Dukel, who stands at the entrance to the hall.

"In the writ, the Lord of that flying island... no, a request from a man named Tyki, the king of the castle of the sky... shall we call it a unilateral proclamation? It says so."

To the words of a confused man, Reizent roars with a hurried face.

"Ah, living on that flying island, saying you're a king...? After all, do you mean the legendary Great Mage? But what kind of proclamation does such an unusual being make to our country... Minister. What does the letter say?

The man called the minister sighs and stares at Dukel, sidelined by a lighthent with a lifeless look like a sinner awaiting sentencing.

"What the hell has the General been talking about... the letter says he will receive Princess Letitia"

"Princess!? Are you saying Retizia is on that flying island!?

Dukel, who had remained silent until then, replied in the affirmation as Reitzent, sitting in the chair, stood up and raved his voice.

"Sure, I checked with this eye"

To Dukel's words, Reizent opens his mouth without even hiding his frustration.

"Tell me everything you've looked at in detail. A flying island is a castle in the sky, and if there is a king, his people... and what is the name of Tyki? After all, like the legendary archmage depicted in the painting, is he an old man like a dead branch who deserves to have lived hundreds of years?

Reizent inquired early in the arrow, but there were no questions for the princess in it, and Dukel's brow butt rose.

"... The flying island is about the size of a large city and is about the same height as a cloud. The castle in the sky is more luxurious than I've ever seen. There were a lot of things that went beyond understanding whether making was also a magical thing. I haven't seen much of the people, but there were many white houses lined up. Probably sheltering inside the house while intervening in the battle."

Duquel briefly explained that, pinching his jaw with his fingers as he thought.

"Later on about Tyki, the king, but... what can I say"

"Good. State what you thought or felt."

To the roaring Dukel, Reizent rushed ahead.

"Right...... Lord Tyki is definitely one of the great magicians of legend around manipulating and flattening the three golems in front of him. You just look like a late teenager. I've never even seen clothes."

"Teens...... no, that means you never get old? Not that immortality exists."

"You haven't heard that much."

As Dukel shook his neck from left to right, Reizent sat snuggly in the chair with a tongue slap.

"... may be a better dowry than the Fourth Prince of the Empire, but the problem is the Empire's reaction. There's no way I'm gonna believe a princess on that flying island when she says she's married."

When he squeals like that, the minister stares at Dukel.

"Totally...... why did you do the messenger's imitation in an arbitrary manner, etc. Negotiate in favor of the Atool Kingdom if I go..."

As the minister was complaining about the bumps, Dukel narrowed his eyes and raised the edge of his mouth.

"What kind of negotiations are you going to have with someone who can also destroy the country if you order the Golem to say one word? Besides, this Dukel Klein, not only can you work in battle, but you can also do diplomacy"

When Dukel said so, the minister peeled off his eyes and pulled his cheeks, instead Lytzent opened his mouth.

"... I'm not sure, but you mean you passed this request for something?

When Lytzent asks him that, Duquel squeezes his expression and looks up.

"Ha! This Dukel Klein, the King of the Skies, has made a temporary alliance with the Kingdom of Atul!

When Dukel told him so, the minister as well as Reizent stopped peeling his eyes.

Against the two immobile, some good looking Dukel opens his mouth with his index finger up.

"That the messenger from this Atool kingdom is always this Dukel Klein or General Hylat. And every six months to once a year, he sends a golem to take a messenger from a castle in the sky. Later, if the kingdom of Atul does not take hostile action, then the king of the sky is a friend of the kingdom of Atul,"

"Ma, wait, wait! Wait a minute, Dukel!

Lytzent pinched his mouth against Dukel as he stood one finger at a time and talked about the contents of the alliance.

"An alliance is important enough to exchange signatures between representatives of that country. It's like that kind of promise..."

"Oh, yeah! Besides, why is General Heilart's name......!?

As the minister tried to strangle Dukel on Lytzent's verbal butt, Dukel leaked "Ah" with an obvious face.

"I forgot to report that, just like this king's capital, Falbe also had the great army of the Golem descended from the castle in the sky, and the Imperial Army was forced to withdraw," Hailat said.

"Ha!?

Reizent leaned against the back of the chair as the minister's scream stuck to the hall.

Exhaling deeply with a tired face, he turns to the ceiling.

"What day is it? Receive next reports that exceed expectations"

That said, Lyzent's face was seeping through the colour of fatigue, but his blood was feeling better than it had been until earlier.

Lytzent looks at Dukel when he laughs with such faces as bitter laughter.

"... good, okay. In the meantime, you don't have to worry about this Atool Kingdom being crushed by the Blau Empire. The next time the kings and generals of the sky can be relative, let them have the script from here as well. General Dukel. Negotiation with the King of the Skies, was daunting"

"Ha!"

Thus, the kingdom of Atul became the first country in history to form an alliance with the castle of the sky.