[Tink-Tink]
The sound of the small bell on the door ringing as the door opened as Gaster walked in followed by Asgore who was a bit large had to turn to his side a bit walking into the building. Everybody was quiet until they saw the king as there was a sudden rush of whispering as it was still the library and people had to be quiet. Asgore rarely went to the library. With that Gaster began walking up right to the front desk where the young boss monster sat behind her desk while Asgore followed behind with nervous steps. Raising her view from her desk she saw Gaster as she greeted him with a smile as she noticed Asgore behind him. Giving him a few glances but her expression not changing.
"Good morning Gaster, I have the books you requested in the back as they are freshly printed." With a soft melodic voice she spoke as Asgore seemed almost memorized by it as he looked over at her.
"Good morning Toriel, it's always nice to see you. Thank you, I brought my friend with me this time."
With that Toriel slowly stood from her chest as she turned to look at the king as she spoke with a small bow as the previous king had people bow to him.
"A pleasure to meet you your Majesty, welcome to library. Can I help you with anything?"
"Oh n-no, I'm ok at the moment. Please you d-don't need to bow, I never been much of a fan of it. You can just call me Asgore."
"Well it's a pleasure your Maj- I mean Asgore." Toriel stated with a small giggle as Asgore gave a nervous smile.
With the awkward silence Gaster cleared his throat breaking the awkward silence. Soon noticing the book Toriel had on her desk which was a romance novel.
"A romance novel? Is the teacher in training currently having some kind of fantasies?" Gaster said with a small smile as Toriel simply blushed as she stared down at the book trying to cover it with her hand like paws.
"Well its…ummm…"
"We all have fantasies, it's nothing to be ashamed. Plus from the cover I can tell you are quite fond of bearded men."
"A beard huh?" Asgore whispered under his breath as his hand reached up to touch his chin.
"Well ummm…Anyway let me get those books for you." With that Toriel scurried off to the back.
Gaster turned to look over at Asgore as he cocked an eyebrow.
"So, now you know her name and she likes tall big bearded men. Well there you go."
"What? But she is so sophisticated and I'm just…me."
"You're the king, how much more sophisticated can you get? Trust me, just be yourself and talk to her. You'll be fine."
"A-Alright, alright."
"But you'll do your romancing later, we have to first look over the kingdom."
"Alright."
Finishing up as Toriel came back with a few scientific books as she handed them to Gaster as he needed them. They were mostly about magic powered electronics, scientific theories by older scientist, and one joke book stacked on the very top. It was definitely a weird mix but Asgore knew Gaster long enough to know he liked telling jokes but due to his serious nature and being usually serious his jokes tended to be rather bad and only made the situation awkward if not scary depending on the joke.
"Well I'll be seeing you around Toriel, stay safe." Gaster stated holding his books.
"You too Gaster."
"Well umm…It was very nice meeting you Toriel. I hope we can meet in the future."
"I hope as well Asgore."
With the awkward goodbyes Asgore left with Gaster as they headed out of the library as they came out soon noticing Grillby waiting outside for them with a letter. A little burned around the corners due to Grillby being made of file but for the most part he knew how to control his heat. Soon handing the note to Asgore as he read it.
"Thank you Grillby, lets see…It seems Gerson is calling for a meeting. It seems he has some news for us, lets head over there Gaster."
"Alright, let's see what is happening with Head-Warrior Gerson. He usually comes to tell us the news but it must be important if they sent Grillby."
Soon heading off toward the north side of the kingdom near the castle as the warrior base was held, the sound of grunting monsters and steel colliding. It was the training ground for the warrior monsters. It wasn't a huge army due to the number of monsters but they were all well trained by Gerson himself. The knights outside training in the field as Asgore and Gaster made their way toward inside walking into the building headed straight for the General's office room. The knights opened the door with Gerson looking down at a map of the area as he seemed focused with a few reports left on the table. Gerson was known as the "Hammer of Justice" in some circles as he had been able to save monsters from crazy wild life and even was able to hold off some humans while monster citizens escaped. He was quite the muscular turtle with a large shell for protection.
"Asgore, thank you for coming on short notice. I have a report for you on the current situation."
"What exactly is going on Gerson? Is it about the human situation?"
"Yes, we have been spotting humans slowly increasing their kingdom to the point we can't just turn a blind eye to it. Especially with the event of 2 weeks ago where a fight almost broke out between us for finding a human rather close to the kingdom. It was quickly de-escalated but it has been having my monsters on edge."
"So they are expanding to the point they are getting too close. We had a peace treaty signed by their leaders with the previous king. They know if they break it means war…"
"I'm wondering if they are really loyal to their word as there have been some savage humans that have attacked us but they tend to scare off once we show we are a threat." Gaster stated suggesting an idea to Asgore without really over stepping his boundaries of being the royal scientist.
"The best course of action would be to double the guards on the perimeter facing the human's kingdom while not purposely initiating a confrontation but rather showing that we are ready and patrolling the area in case of something. Do you agree Gerson?"
"I agree Asgore. That would be the best course of action."
With that Gerson cleared his voice quickly barking out orders to the rest of his soldiers before joining Gaster and Asgore.
"Its been a stressful day, why don't we go off and get some drinks?" Gerson said with a hearty chuckle.
"A drink? This early? Its not even lunch time and your already thinking about drinking?" Gaster spoke shaking his head.
"What? Come on, you need to loosen up Gaster if you keep going like this you're never going to get a lovely monster lady by your side or…Is a gentle monster more up your alley?"
"I don't have time for such romantic quarrels, I have many scientific discoveries to do."