Sparks flew even more than before within the room, and I honestly considered leaving the hut, but I just couldn't trust Loath enough to contain her temper.
"I'll consider it… but if you don't give me something in return, then I'll go to war. As long as it isn't an insulting amount, I won't care, so make the right decision,"
Loath slammed on the arms of the witch queen's chair, bringing her face so close to her's that it looked like they were about to kiss.
But, it was apparent both sides shook with anger and annoyance at each other… so I decided to end this little political dispute.
"Now, now, let's be civil with each other,"
Both women looked at me before clicking their tongues, splitting apart while I went to go talk to this witch queen now.
"How about you tell us what you would like in return? If it's within my capabilities, I'd be glad to help you out," I smiled at the witch, who sighed just a bit before sitting up in her chair.
"I want more land and more followers. Anybody and any race can become a witch, and I want my ways to be spread further across the land. I want everybody to know of our existence,"
"So you want to spread your ways like a religion?"
"Yes,"
"That is entirely possible, and the land will be easy to give since we have so much… unless, of course, you'd like to stay in the forest. Then, we could create a peace pact… no need to be absorbed into our kingdom,"
"I like you better than that elf over there,"
Loath nearly jumped up and sprinted towards her, but I caught her and pushed her back, making sure she stood down while we negotiated.
"But that doesn't mean we don't get anything in return. We want your military power since you may be a small village, but combined, you surpass the power of all of our armies combined. We would like together with you,"
"Psh… yeah, right. What do you need to defend from when you've conquered everywhere and united practically everybody? You will only need to quell civil disputes…."
"And that's why I need you. There is still tons of hatred between the sun drakes and demons… and we want you to help us just in case a civil war threatening to destroy us from the inside out rampages on,"
The woman seemed to think it over as her eyes shifted between myself and Loath, who had begun to calm down.
"Fine, I accept your agreement-"
"Wait, I'm not finished. I'm happy you approve of that part of the agreement, but we must seal the deal with something special… something more intimate, so I know you won't betray us, and so you can also trust us,"
"And what is it that you want?"
"Marry Loath or Ysal. Pick between the two, and then we won't have to sign a contract… which I'm sure you'd be happy about since witches usually don't participate in things like that. It will be a pseudo-contract between yourself and either Loath or my beautiful wife,"
The woman looked astonished, and Loath was even more surprised since she didn't expect this in the slightest.
"Huh?! WHY WOULD I WANT TO MARRY THIS WOMAN-"
"You said you wanted power, right? Then, this is the perfect chance to obtain some of your own power and become independent from Ysal. You can become something even greater with the Witches backing you up,"
"Yeah, but I don't want to-"
"I'll marry Queen Ysal… not this elven bitch,"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?" Loath shouted, trying to push past me and get to the witch who just sat in her chair, smirking lightly while enjoying the show.
These two really don't get along.
…
(Tether POV)
This honestly wasn't that bad of a deal, and on top of that, I don't even have a sign a contract, something which I was absolutely delighted to hear about when in exchange, I get so much while they only obtain my trust… I won with this deal.
"Now, you may enter," The two guards announced, opening the twin wooden doors to the massive throne hall, which was lined with demonic nobles and sun drake nobles who had all split to one side of the room.
The queen sat all the way up there on her throne, looking down at me, and as soon as I entered the room, I felt a blast of fear shoot through me.
The sun drake empress with her loyal dragon, Ysal, stood right beside her, causing me to sweat profusely.
I could probably kill the empress… but that dragon is just way too much for me to handle on my own.
"I was surprised to hear that you actually accepted the deal to marry Ysal since I thought Witches had more pride… I guess not," The empress seemingly taunted me, and just as I was about to shoot back, Ysal's glare stepped down on any ounce of confidence I had.
[Inspect]
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I couldn't inspect either of them, whether that be due to a skill from the dragon or just because I wasn't strong enough.
And to be honest, it most likely was a skill from the dragon because I couldn't inspect the empress, who was a tad bit weaker than me… just reinforcing the idea of how strong that sun dragon is.
"Alright, so you will marry Ysal, and in exchange, we have to lend you exposure to your witch belief, and of course, you'll obtain your own land… I'm sure the amount will be satisfactory,"
…
"What the fuck? I knew you were giving me a lot of land… but a third of the entire goddamn plane? Are you stupid, or are you planning something?"
