Hello everyone. It's me again with a new chapter for you guys to hate on.
So Natsu and the others will be meeting the royal family of Fiore. Let's see how that turns out.
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Seven: Meeting Royalty
"Oh boy, I wonder what the inside of the palace is like." Nixxiom spoke as they were following the guards in order to get to the palace.
"Probably what palaces usually look like, all rich and neat looking." Moocluck responded to the blue colored armored male.
"Do you think they have beer?" Matty asked them, as the leather wearer could go for a drink right now.
"How should we know?" Ragtagg questioned back, as the warrior wished they were at the palace already so the others could shut up.
Natsu simply stayed silent, as he was rather nervous that he and the others would be meeting with the royal family. He didn't know why he felt nervous; maybe it has something to do with the green haired princess that he saw earlier.
'Why would I feel nervous about that?' Natsu thought to himself as he tried to shake the feeling off. Maybe the fire dragon slayer was just over thinking things. Yeah that must be it.
Eventually, the guards have brought the group to the entrance of the palace. The others couldn't help but look at the massive building in awe. It was a lit bigger when you're up closed to it. The group along with the guards entered the palace and began to make their way through the rather long hallway to the throne room.
"Man this is a long hallway." Moocluck spoke again as he looked around as they made their way to their destination.
"Yeah… why would they need something like this? I mean, is this really necessary?" Nixxiom questioned.
"Can you two shut up for like a minute?" Ragtagg asked them in an annoyed tone.
"…No." Nixxiom simply replied back, which got on the warrior's nerves even more.
Luckily, before anything could get out of hand the group have arrived at the throne room. The guards went up to where the two thrones were, where the king and princess were currently sitting.
"Your highness, we have brought the ones you requested." One of the guards told them.
The group managed to get a look at what they guessed were the king and princess. The king was rather small, and didn't have much hair on him. To Natsu, he reminded the pink haired male of Makarov. The king also had a crown on his head. On the other throne was the green haired princess from earlier. Natsu couldn't help but blush a little from seeing her again.
The king looked at the group behind the guards, but then noticed that there were more than what Hisui requested to come.
"May I ask why the other three with the two my daughter requested are here?" The King questioned the guards before him.
"Well your majesty, the two the princess asked for wanted them to come with them." The other guard explained. The king simply looked at the guards, then back at the group, before looking back at the guards in front of him.
"Well… as long as they don't cause trouble," The king spoke again, which got the guards to be relived that he wasn't angry, "Now bring them over. I would like them to introduce themselves." He told the guards.
The guards simply nodded as they turned to motioned the group to come before the royal family. Understanding what the guards meant, the five travelers went up to the king and princess.
"You're majesty." Ragtagg, Matty, and Moocluck spoke in a polite tone as they kneeled before the king.
However Natsu and Nixxiom weren't so formal.
"Hello!" The fire dragon slayer and the blue armored male simply spoke as they waved without bowing down to the king as if he was just some normal guy. This of course got on Moocluck's nerves from the two's disrespect.
"Bow you idiots!" The red robed male shouted at them with a tick mark on his head. The two jumped from his outburst at them, and then proceeded to bow.
To be honest, both the king and the princess couldn't help but find it a little funny.
"It's alright, you may stand up," The king told them, as the group then stood back up. The king then got off his throne, same with Hisui, as the two walked to where the group was now standing, "May I ask your names?" The king asked them, as he couldn't remember the names.
"I'm Ragtagg." The armored warrior answered the king.
"The name's Matty." The brown haired leather wearer replied.
"Moocluck." The red robed man informed the king.
"And I'm Nixxiom." The blue armored figure told the Fiore king.
Natsu didn't say anything as he was rather distracted by Hisui. The pink haired fire dragon slayer was blushing due to seeing her right in front of him. Natsu didn't know why he was acting like this, as he never felt like this before.
Seeing his pink haired friend not speaking, Nixxiom jabbed his elbow into Natsu's side. This got Natsu to snap out of his state and realized the king was waiting for an answer.
"Natsu. I'm Natsu." The pink haired fire dragon slayer answered to the king.
Luckily the king and the princess didn't seem to be bothered by his late introduction. Well technically the king was thinking this. Hisui herself was actually looking at the pink haired male with a blush on her own face. One of the guards in the room, the rather tall one from before, noticed the look and blush Hisui had. This got him to raise an eyebrow in confusion. He eventually let it go, thinking that it wasn't that important as he noticed the king speaking again.
"Alright then, it's nice to meet you all. Say, are any of you hungry by chance?" The king asked them. Since they were invited to the palace, might as well make these guests feel at home.
As he asked that, a large growl came from a certain pink haired mage. They turned to see the rather embarrassed dragon slayer as he simply smiled nervously.
"Heh… I guess I am kind of hungry." Natsu admitted.
"I want food as well." Nixxiom also wanted some food.
"Do you have beer?" Matty asked the king, who couldn't help but sweat drop as he noticed the excited face of the brown haired male.
"Yes, we have beer." He assured the leather wearer.
"Awesome!" Matty cheered as he was happy that he would get his drink.
"Follow me," Hisui began to speak, getting them to look at the green haired princess, "I will take us to the kitchen."
She began to lead the group and her father to where the kitchen was at. The tall guard from earlier also went with the group to make sure nothing happens to the royal family.
As they made their way to the kitchen, Natsu was simply looking at the green haired female. He didn't know why he couldn't just stop looking at her, but to him she was just too…
"Beautiful…" Natsu silently spoke. This however got Nixxiom, who was walking next to the pink haired male, to look at the dragon slayer in confusion.
"Did you say something Natsu?" The blue armored male questioned the former Fairy Tail mage. This got Natsu to snap out of his thoughts as he realized what he just said.
"I didn't say anything!" Natsu exclaimed at him. However Nixxiom simply raised an eyebrow thought you couldn't tell due to his hood, as he noticed Natsu answer a bit too quickly. Figuring it was no big deal, the blue armored male was satisfied with the fire dragon slayer's answer.
Natsu simply sighed in relief. That was rather embarrassing. He really needs to not say things like that out loud.
Luckily, they have arrived at the kitchen, which was rather large. The group couldn't help but feel awe by the size and look of the kitchen of the palace. The table in here alone looks like it was more expensive than anything they ever had. The king then turned to the group again.
"I will get the servants to prepare us something. You all may take your seats at the table while you wait." The King told them as he left to get the servants.
"Don't forget the beer!" Matty exclaimed so the king could hear him before he left.
Right now it was only the five travelers, the princess, and the guards that were in the room, which included the tall one from before. They were silent for a moment, but Hisui broke the silence as she spoke.
"Well, let's take our seats shall we?" She suggested to them, to which they agreed.
The six of them went to take their seats at the nearest table. Before Hisui could grab her chair, Natsu went ahead and pulled the chair out for her. This got the green haired woman to thank the pink haired male, who blushed from the thanks. This got the other four's attention, but then they dropped it. They figured it wasn't that big of a deal to worry about right now.
"So…," Hisui began to speak, getting the other five to look at the green haired woman. It looked like the princess was trying to start a conversation until their food arrives, "Are you all mages by chance?" She asked them, since she remembered Moocluck using magic earlier back at the music stage in the festival.
"I'm a mage." Natsu told her with a smile.
"I'm not a mage, but a warrior." Ragtagg explained to the green haired princess.
"I'm not a mage either, I'm a monk." Matty also informed her.
This got her confused; however she wasn't the only one as the other four turned to look at Matty in confusion as well.
"A monk? What's that?" Natsu asked the brown haired male, as the fire dragon slayer never heard of a monk before.
"Monks are masters of close combat, and we used an inner power that comes from ourselves to use special abilities. This is also known as Chi." Matty explained to them.
This got them interested, as they never heard of anything like that before.
"I never heard of anything like that before." Ragtagg replied to the leather wearer.
"Yeah, that's actually reasonable. There's not much monks around due to it being usually hard to learn since it requires a lot of patience. And I mean a LOT of patience." The brown haired man explained once again.
This got the group to be satisfied by Matty's explanation, as Hisui turned to Moocluck and Nixxiom.
"What about you two? Are you wizards, or are you something else?" The green haired princess of Fiore asked the two.
The two looked at each other before turning back to Hisui.
"Well… I'm a warlock." Moocluck explained. This got the others except for Nixxiom to be confused once again.
"What's a warlock?" Now it was Matty's turned to be confused about something.
"Well, warlocks are like mages, but they are different in a way." The red robed male informed them.
"Different how?" Ragtagg questioned him.
"I can't tell, it's a warlock secret." Moocluck told them as he smiled, though you couldn't tell due to his hood. This rather annoyed the other three members of the group, but they figured they would just ask him again later.
"What about you Nixxiom?" The green haired princess asked the blue armored male.
"Oh… uh… I'm a knight. Yeah… a knight." Nixxiom spoke to them all.
All of them, except Moocluck, couldn't help but feel like he was intentionally leaving out something else. However they decided to worry about that later.
Just as that happened, the king returned with servants who had a ton of food with them. Matty cheered as he saw the beer they had.
"Alright, you may eat to you hearts content." The king told them with a smile.
The five travelers did just that.
Alright, there's that chapter.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.