Me, Frisk, Toriel, and Alphys all left the Underground to be met with a beautiful sunrise. Off in the distance, a large castle could be seen, a large town around it with walls protecting them.
"Is that where you came from, Frisk?" I asked, looking at the child. The child nodded at me. "Then let's go." I said.
We traveled down the mountain and through a trail in the woods. On the way we decided to make small talk.
"How is everyone?" I asked generally, to get a conversation started.
"I-I'm still a bit shocked by you being a human," Alphys said.
"That was a little much to just bring up, wasn't it?" I admittedly sheepishly, rubbing the back of my neck.
"Well what am I supposed to say, that I am doing fine?"
"I for one am happy that the barrier has been broken and that my children have been returned to me," Toriel said.
"That took a bit of energy out of me to do," I commented.
"How were you able to achieve that?" Toriel asked.
"I used the power of the SOULs to reach back in time and take Chara's and Asriel's SOULs after they died and bring them to now," I told her, not seeing any reason to lie right now.
"I think their was someone else before you that attempted something similar," Alphys said.
"Someone before me that… I felt like I was forgetting something!" I suddenly exclaimed, stopping in place.
"What did you forget?" Toriel asked.
"I know who the person was!" I said, turning to seemingly nothing, holding my hands out and gathering power.
"What are you doing Sachiel?" Alphys asked.
"Damn, can't right now," I mumbled under my breath, re-absorbing the power. "Oh well, nevermind, let's keep going."
"Sachiel, what did you just try to do?" Alphys asked.
"Save someone that technically never existed but at the same time did." I said casually.
"Ugh, you can't be trying to save everyone. There is always a price to do so, whether you realize it or not." Alphys said.
"Well, I think it is certainly a noble goal to save as many people as possible," Toriel commented.
"Thank you, Toriel," I said, sending her an gratitude filled smile. I looked ahead, to notice us at a town that was about mid-way to the castle town, a small settlement with wooden walls. I heard a commotion coming from the walls, looking up to see archers with their bows pointed at us.
"Halt monsters," a guard announced with malice. "You are within the lands of his royal highness, King Amir, any step further and we will fire upon you."
"We respectfully request an audience with your king," Toriel said.
"We mean no harm," I added, inwardly hoping that nothing… drastic would need to happen for us to get through.
"Let them through," a guard in fancy armor behind the line of archers said. "My name is Lieutenant Bernier, the Sentinel."
"Names Sachiel," I said, grinning. "Thanks for stopping them, I didn't want to have to protect my friends here, we're trying to gain peace here, after all." I told him.
"I'll send a messenger ahead to alert the court of your group's presence and have an escort take you to the castle," Bernier said. "Please wait while I make the necessary arrangements."
"Thank you, Bernier, this is much appreciated," I told him, smiling warmly.
"It's no problem, I had noticed you had the child of Baron Risk," Bernier said to me.
"Yes, I found this group on my way through the forest and decided to help them reach the king," I said, lying through my teeth smoothly and easily.
"Hmm, sounds like an interesting encounter perhaps you could recount it to me later," Bernier said.
"Maybe," I agreed. "After talking to the king." I added, as an afterthought.
"Of course," Bernier replied.
Not too long after talking to Bernier, our escort arrived to take us to the king. On our way we received several wary glances from the townsfolk and faint whispers could be heard in the background. We did our best to ignore the looks.
When we finally reached the castle, we were asked to wait outside the king's court.
"We're almost there," I mumbled, before looking at Frisk. "Hey, where do your parents live, anyway?" I asked, wondering where we were going to need to take them.
"My family lives in the upper districts near the castle," Frisk signed.
"Upper district?" I asked, intrigued.
"I believe, I understand what Frisk means," Toriel said. "The city itself is divided by social class. The upper class, composed of nobles and wealthy business people, likely live in the upper district, while everyone else lives in the lower districts. Am I correct in my assumption Frisk?"
Frisk nodded in confirmation. I frowned the tiniest bit at this information. "I never got that, doing it that way means there's always going to be more 'commoners', and when they get sick of living like that, they can just overthrow the king since they have the number advantage and can get better equipment as they go," I said.
"Think of it this way Sachiel, if the 'commoners' truly disliked the monarchy, they would have overthrown it centuries ago." Toriel stated. "Currently all of the known world is unified under a single government, which would be impossible if the people did not agree with it."
"Fair enough, I suppose," I conceded, nodding.
One of the guards walked out of the entrance to the king's court. "The king is ready to see you now," he announced.
"Thank you," I said, nodding to the guard. We entered the king's court. It was a long room, with the king in a dias at the end of the room. There were two areas that looked like what a jury would sit in, people in armour on one side, presumably important military figures, and people in fancy clothing in the other, some Nobles.
I took a couple steps forward from the group, in between the two stands and giving a respectful bow. "Greetings, King," I said, respect in my voice, even it was false, just to start off on the right foot. I wanted the monsters to have an easier time integrating, after all.
"When I received word that monsters had arrived to our city, I was skeptical," the king said in a regal voice. "But now I see that monsters have returned."
"They have," I said, standing. "From what these ones have told me, they wish to peacefully return to the surface."
"I believe… we can work out some type of agreement," Amir said with a bit of hesitation.
"Thank you, king, I will let the Queen of the Monsters take it from here," I said, smiling and stepping back.
"Greetings, I am Toriel, Queen of the Monsters," Toriel said in a regal voice. "I and the Royal Scientist, Dr. Alphys have come to negotiate peace between humans and monsters. And to also return the child, Frisk, who fell in the Underground and aided in breaking the barrier that sealed us."
After the initial greetings, the meeting went smoothly. They talked about various topics, but I wasn't really paying attention to them. I was too busy eyeing the knights out of the corner of my eye, keeping an ear open for anything the nobles might do.
Suddenly from the crowd of nobles, I heard what sounded like the snap of a bow firing. My reflexes kicked in instantly and I turned to see a noble with an enraged face pointing a now empty crossbow… right at Toriel.