Chapter 4 End of the tournament introduction of the arrogant prince and aincrad's entrance in the game

Soon the final day of the tournament begins and quite a few have taken a intrest in the strange and seemingly carnivorous aggressive steeds fenced in near the tent of the aincrad representatives but none dare aprotch them after a horse thief got severely mauled and trampled by sead horse's only two of the warrior's having signed up for the jousting the lion kajit dro'khar and the wolf chief fenrir the tsaesci chief vek-drassi watches coiled next to Kathleen in the kings box

One by one opponents are unhorsed by the inhuman rider's from aincrad even the mountain gregor clegain meeting a swift defeat to the wolf warrior fenrir and being subsequently nocked unconscious after throwing a tantrum and beheading his own steed

Soon the two competitors of aincrad face one another dro'khar coming out the victor the end of the tournament is announced with one victory going to eatch of the chiefs respectively and eatch subsequently giving there respective winnings to the starks the king finding his friends reaction rather amusing the king once again inviting those of aincrad to dinner but Kathleen asks him and the royal family including the starks to join them instead at the ruby palace of aincrad

The king seeing no reason not to agrees tywin lanester taking a particular interest

As he's never gone to or truly heard of aincrad and his dauter being seemingly cowed and fearful of the snakelike chief in particular drawing his atention he gets rather a shocking surprise when he and the others are lead to a seemingly odd obelesk like statue in the royal gardens not thinking much of it at first

When Kathleen activates the teleport gate to the ruby palace those that haven't yet seen the structure are at a awed loss for words as the structure seems to actually be constructed from a insanely large ruby having already sent word ahead via the aincrad messaging system thing's we're already prepared and ready when they arrived

Kathleen pov

"Welcome all i hope you find the meal to your liking I've had a few of the rarer food item's prepared in particular the s class ragu rabit enjoy " with the warm welcome everyone finds themselves seats tywin in particular not yet seeing what would be intresting about rabbit for dinner till he takes his first bite

Tywin's eye's widen noticeably in shock before he addresses Kathleen directly his usually stoic demenor slightly trown off by how tasty the simple meal is "Kathleen dear im amazed at first i thought this not a sutible meal for royalty because of it's simplicity but i must say you're cooks have outdone themselves how much would it be to get regular shipments of this to castley rock"

Kathleen smiles softly after she finishes her current bite before replying "well hear in aincrad only the top inns serve ragu rabit meat usually as a stew and not very frequently as its a s class rear ingredient so its difficult to come by and a single serving usually goes for 500 to 600 col witch is about a 1000 gold dragons on average " having guessed it would be difficult to acquire tiwin lets the subject go for the time being

This shocks and surprised everyone at the table before lord stark reserved as usual asks " if its that expensive and hard to get then why serve it a second time " Kathleen calmly replies "it was the last i had in storage from the last hunt and i couldn't let it go to waist "

Soon dinner is over and after everyone had their fill of food and drink of choice everyone gets settled in the guest rooms of the ruby palace after receiving a warning not to go near the boss statue

The next morning a simple meal of egg bacon sausages and toast is served with tea no one complains as its tasty tiwin asking Kathleen about the breakfast learns that the boar meat is a regular and relatively easy and inexpensive to aqire especially if one hunts them yourself learning one automatically earns some coinage by hunting sutch game tho a very small amount was a surprise to all of the westerosi presant

Kathleen soon exsplans that it is part of the cardinal system that runs most of aincrad and keeps it functioning cerciy then asks somewhat confused "what would happen say if someone from westeros we're to move to aincrad "Kathleen simply exsplans

"If a outsider we're to move to aincrad they will first have to be registered with the cardinal system and seen as a new citizen if successful they'd be recognised by the system as a player and there name would appear in the iron palace on floor 1 and they would be integrated with a map messaging system and a 1000 col to start furter they'll need to hunt the fields do quests and when there ready enter the dungeons of aincrad where they'll fight monster's and earn more currency and other loot tho dungeons are dangerous and shouldn't be taken lightly "

Joffry with a incredulous look asks snidely "one has to enter prisons hear to earn rewards really " to witch vek-drassi explains amused as the young prince will soon be in his care "no hatchling there is a difference in aincrad between a dungeon and a prison dungeons in aincrad are mostly for earning levels, rewards, currency and clearing floors where as prisons are to imprison those who have committed crimes "

The prince has a thoughtful look while the tsaesci chief smiles "I'll teach you all of these things and more in time young one " cerciy gets a dark look and retorts agerly having apparently forgotten just how terrifying the tsaesci chief is "i would never allow my son to foster and be taught by the likes of a monstrous beast like you "

Kathleen and the other chiefs just sigh and shake there heads as the tsaesci chief hisses in agitation glaring at the queen "remember who you are talking to woman queen or commonar i will not hesitate to punish if you insult me again besides the fact your husband has final say is where your son squires he will learn well to be a good and efficient ruler in aincrad as those in sutch positions tend to have a need to learn well and fast i will not let undue harm come to the boy as I've given my word to teach him and treat him as my own hatchling and i have raised a fare number of hatchlings already "

Kathleen smiles replying softly "it's thanks to vek-drassi and the other chiefs guidance and leadership that I'm in the position of ruler of aincrad without them and what they taught me i probably wouldn't even be alive right now " lord stark gets a serious exspretion "what happened " he asks darkly

Kathleen and the chiefs smile as they recall the memorie

Flashback

Kathleen exsplans being only a low level adventurer at the time going into a random dungeon to earn more getting into a dangerous situation with enemy's that are too much for her and how the chiefs intervened just as a enemy was about to end her and how she came into service of them and how each of them taught her diffrent skills that eventually led her to challenge the final floor boss to gain her current position and how in turn she had helped the chiefs and there tribes to becoming the rulers of their own floors respectively

Flashback end

"So that is how things went i can say without doubt that joffry will have a difficult time hear but will come out a better man and ruller in the end "she smiles at the stunned prince knowing things for the boy will be particularly difficult as he will have to lear to do things on his own and not constantly have need of servants

As the meal is concluded the royal family and tywin are lead back to the red keep and joffry is instructed to get ready and prepare what he needed for his fostering as within the week he will be joining and living in aincrad for a few years

(Shorter chapter then usual as always disclaimer i don't own eanything but my own ideas sao and got belong to there respective owners)