World Of Revelations Part 5.5: Diplomacy

Queen Henriette certainly didn't want to be surprised, at least in a bad way, more for the remaining time this war would last.

The whole situation with Marth's army had caused a panic effect on the nobles, who now feared more armies could enter their world through different Gates.

The Kingdom Of Askr had always attempted to remain hidden each time a Gate was opened, most of the time they were only interested in studying the history of the local world, and by extension the past of their planet, and extracting some minerals. This had ensured they had avoided being detected for most of the nation's history, especially because the Gates usually appeared in secluded or remote places that wouldn't have a dense population around, but this worked because Gates remained active, in most of the cases, only a month.

But now that there was a precedent of an army suddenly appearing inside their territory, the nobles of Askr wanted them to be closed the soon as possible.

This wouldn't help to clean up her son's image...

She, at least, had to ask a lot about the fact Anna had left a report explaining that Roy had gone back to his world to get reinforcements to fight against Embla... otherwise, the surprise may have been too much.

At least she had managed to calm them down by explaining that none of the Gates were opened to a moment in time in which the armies the heroes had fought were still around, the only hostile force that could exist in the worlds of the Gates was the Emblian army and there wasn't a single Gate in their current controlled territory that could still have troops of the Empire around.

However, the universe just wouldn't allow the queen to take a break.

An unexpected letter had bent sent to the castle from the harbor town known as Izaiburg.

The reason for this message to be that important? it had the seal of the Niflian royal family.

The diplomatic associations with the north neighbor couldn't be described as very tight but they were still rather decent. The lack of conflicts with Nifl in recent history plus the particular detail that a king four generations before her had married a Niflian princess made sure that peace was a thing between the kingdom of ice and the kingdom of gates, but the relationship was mostly just about business.

That was the result of being separated by the sea and without the much modern technology of the Terran Metal World.

So having a letter saying that one of the current princesses of Nifl was visiting Askr meant this was a far more important situation than just exchanging wines, fishes, and crops.

The letter mentioned discussing a deal for refugees... which was the reason why Fjorm had requested a formal reunion at the castle... but the queen knew that letting foreign soldiers walk toward the capital would cause more panic. Due to this, she had sent a letter back saying she would visit Izaiburg herself to discuss matters.

It had been at least a week and half of constant traveling, Henriette had to thank the capital wasn't that far from the coast, but it had paid off when, after exiting the royal carriage, she had put a foot on the harbor town.

Her escorts were the few elite soldiers that didn't work for the Order Of Heroes, at least fifty warriors trained to protect her.

Once they had marched towards the actual port, the queen smiled. It had been a long time since she visited the sea... maybe she could enjoy the beach a little before leaving.

"Your majesty, the Niflians are approaching."

She could see them, soldiers wearing armor gold and light-blue armor.

In front of them, a blonde girl wearing a noble white dress. She had a tiara and what seemed to be a belt, both things in perfect gold, with their respective gem and snowflake-shaped design.

Fjorm made sure her soldiers had their weapons sheathed and were in a just standing stance.

Of course, when you wanted to start a diplomatic deal where you practically had to ask for everything, the princess of Nifl doubted that showing any hint of "pride" would help her with that problem.

There were a few awkward moments as both groups looked at each other. And so, the queen of Askr decided to begin.

She turned to see the man who knew enough of the Nifl language to start the conversation.

While the accent was very different to what she was used to, Fjorm more or less understood "Bienvenue à Askr, princesse Fjorm. Elle est la reine Henriette, elle a reçu votre lettre et elle est ici pour discuter des termes de votre demande. (Welcome to Askr, princess Fjorm. She's the queen Henriette, she has received your letter and she's here to discuss the terms of your request)"

…although she needed at least one repetition.

As Fjorm considered her words carefully, she then gave a message to her translator.

"Princess Fjorm is grateful for your presence here, queen Henriette. The reason why she has visited Askr… is asking for help with a certain situation regarding a war."

Henriette's face quickly denoted she didn't like this.

A war?... another one?...

She sighed.

She seriously hoped Nifl didn't expect them to give them military support right now...

"Le royamu du Askr est encore très occupé avec un guerre contre notre voisin du sud… mais sa majesté est disposée à écouter ce que vous voulez demander (The kingdom of Askri is already very busy with a war against our south neighbor… but your majesty is willing to listen to whatever you wanted to ask for)"

Fjorm frowned. She had already been informed by the locals that they were also dealing with an armed conflict.

Asking Askr for help with troops was an idea she knew she would be unlikely to gain, but this simply discarded the idea entirely.

Therefore, the only important thing now was the people of Nifl and Nidavel.

Queen Henrietta, after receiving a detailed explanation of the Northwest continent's situation, had to rub her face in frustration.

Askr could not have rest according to what the will of the gods seemed to dictate.

In summary. Muspell, the kingdom ruled by the god of the same name, had begun an expansionist policy.

Nidavel was now under their control, leaving Nifl as the last bastion of resistance.

However, Nifl was a nation of low temperatures, as a result, they didn't think they could feed all the refugees.

That alone was enough for Henriette to understand what all those transport ships meant from which a large number of civilians were being disembarked.

"La reine dit qu'il aurait été plus sage d'envoyer une requête diplomatique avant de faire venir tous ces réfugiés (The queen says it would have been smarter to ask for a diplomacy meeting before bringing all these refugees)."

Fjorm wished Gunnthra was here, she would know how to deal with this situation.

"We understand that, and the kingdom of Nifl apologizes deeply for this but unfortunately there weren't many options left. The winter was approaching and it was calculated the harvest wouldn't be enough to feed everybody and with the army of Emperor Surtr about to reach the frontier, our only option left to try to save these people was to send them here."

Not even the soldiers protecting the queen seemed to be satisfied with this kind of response.

As far as the war had advanced, the kingdom of Askr had also had its problems managing food resources given all the territory that had been stolen from them.

Getting it all back…just to continue the scarcity by having to feed more mouths wasn't exactly something they were willing to do.

Fjorm… then knelt, she needed to demonstrate how much they needed this.

Her translator soldier hesitated for a second before he started explaining why she did this.

"The Kingdom of Nifl is willing to pay for the sake of these people. Losing them would harm our diplomacy with Nidavel, but also would decrease a lot the extent of our population in the future."

We present you." As the soldier spoke, some others brought stuff to put on display: a lot of artifacts made of gold "what could help you to improve your situation. Taken from the royal treasure of Nifl. It's just a part of it, of course, the rest is at the ships."

Henriette put her left hand on her chin as she watched… all of what they are offering her.

"Notre reine voudrais voir tout le trésor que vous avez avant de faire quelque decisión. (Our queen wants to see the entire treasure you have before making any decision)."

That was fair, or so the princess of Nifl believed. She was here to make requests, so complaining about even this would do her no favors. Henriette followed her to the ships, where she could see that the storages of several of them had more resources loaded.

Most were made of silver and copper, which made her understand that Fjorm had wanted to show her the most valuable objects first to better try to convince her.

The queen was still not entirely convinced... but remembering the low temperatures of Nifl, as well as the fact that from now on Askr would have military support from many of the worlds they had finally liberated...

She then nodded as she gave the translator a message.

"Notre reine acceptera ces choses en échange de protéger à votre population… mais elle voudrait utiliser une région de Nifl pour commencer autre projet comme la condition finale de l'accord. (Our queen will accept these things in exchange of protecting your people… but she would like to use a region of Nifl to start another project as the last condition for the deal)"

Fjorm certainly had a hard time understanding exactly what she meant. Beginning a project?

What type of project and why was it necessary for it to be in Nifl?

The queen herself smiled when the questions in question were translated for her.

Kiran had been asking them to try to find any place, even within the other worlds, with the following characteristics: cold, with a natural temperature of between -3 y -6 °C, even if it meant a place on the top of a mountain, and if it was in an isolated island, better.

Even the queen wasn't certain of what he wanted with such a bad place, although it was clear that he was not going to build his house there, but...

"Si vous obtenez la permission d'utiliser une zone de votre pays pour cela, surtout si c'est sous une montagne... il y a une possibilité de que autre personne vous donnera plus d'argent pour aider ces réfugiés. (If you obtain the permission to use a certain zone of your country for this, specially if it's under a mountain… there's a possibility that a certain person will give you more budget to help these refugees)."

The Nifl princess had difficulty understanding the strange nature of this request.

It was permission to use the snowy areas for an experiment, that was clear as the crystal of her homeland, but… why a mountain?

When she asked if they needed a very specific mountain for this, the queen of Askr commented that if it was on an island far enough north to be isolated and in an area where there are no records of earthquakes, it would be better.

Fjorm still didn't understand why... but if that was all it took for Askr to agree to take care of the refugees from both Nifl and Nidavel...

So be it.


Receiving that confirmation letter was a marvel thing for the order of heroes.

At last, a victory that hadn't required multiple fights.

A situation where the "cards" had aligned themselves enough to allow this to be resolved in a peaceful manner... which, for people like Robin or Corrin who were used to everything going from bad to worse, was something that could be greatly appreciated.

Once the part of the army that had visited the island returned, and with the company of the Nohr army, both strategists shook hands to celebrate a job well done.

They weren't the only ones happy to see someone who had come back after a mission accomplished.

Raigh rolled his eyes when he saw two green-haired figures running in his direction.

"Hey." He raised a hand to greet them, but his gaze focused on looking to the right as he continued to narrow his eyes.

Nino quickly gave him a hug… to which he shook his head and slightly pushed her away. "I only left for like two weeks and I'm fifteen, it's not that big of a deal."

"Raigh..." Lugh crossed his arms. Although he had never been the more aggressive of the two, even he had limits on how much he could see Raigh treating their mother like this.

"I was afraid of something going wrong." Nino glanced down.

"Pfft, did you doubt me?" Raigh smiled wretchedly as he took the Breidablik out of his pocket and spun it. "Please, who do you think ended up summoning the strongest hero? ha- O-ouch! hey!" Raigh patted his shoulder as Lugh had hit him on the shoulder.

"The strongest hero?" Nino blinked a few times until Raigh simply pointed with his index finger in Ike's direction.

"Well, he certainly looks strong." Lugh paid particular attention to that two-handed sword that Ike could wield without much trouble using only one.

"What do you want me to tell you? I do my best." Raigh snapped his right hand's fingers and moved his left index one up and down. "And that indicates the best of the best." He then stretched out his hands to relax. "The prince was scared because the lady in black armor, whose name is Camilla by the way, wanted a proper duel if she was going to even consider the idea that we can summon legendary heroes. So the prince ordered me to summon and well, el resto es historia (the rest is history)."

Raigh then began to walk…until he stopped and hit himself on the head. "Eh… where was the dining tent? I'm hungry."

Nino put her hands in a similar position for praying as her eyes began to shine.

"Do you want me to make chicken broth?!" Raigh rubbed his chin as he considered the possibility. "Why not?"


The radiant hero, newly arrived in this area of the multiverse where multiple warriors united for a common goal, found himself eating large doses of meat.

He had access to that much food because it was an order from the prince, giving the one who had saved them from having to fight Nohr whatever he asked for to eat and as much as he wanted.

Or at least to the point it was reasonably possible.

The radiant hero didn't like being selfish like that, but he wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to eat foreign recipes.

Also, having so much meat at his disposal kept the radiant hero's fighting instincts low enough that he didn't go around asking every hero he encountered to duel him.

Although that didn't change that he liked to eat outdoors… and it helped that the current weather in the area wasn't too hot.

His attention was caught, however, by the sight of magicians traveling from one side of the camp to the other… mounted on something strange. It wasn't a horse... but it looked like a cart for a single person.

Which didn't seem to make much sense if he was asked about it.

"Hears." He approached a magician dressed in pink, who had a green jewel on her forehead and brown hair.

The woman in question simply stopped her path and placed her leg as a support to keep from falling off her bike. "Do you need something?"

The radiant hero began to walk around her as he inspected the artifact. The magician, fortunately, knew to recognize what he was doing to her and she did not confuse his actions with… observing her.

Ike scratched his chin. "What's the name of that artifact you're riding?"

"Oh, it's a bike. It is a one-person transport that is intended to replace the horse for city travel, but it is also useful for mages… or at least that is how it was described when it was given to me." Normally that would sound like the gossip of someone wanting to rip somebody off… but Linde wasn't about to complain when they gave it to her pretty much for free.

Ike was feeling extremely curious due to seeing this thing… almost as if his inner child was resurfacing. "Do you mind if I try it?"

Linde considered the idea for about two seconds before she shrugged, got down, and offered him the seat. "Go ahead, it's not perfectly comfortable, but from what I'm told what we have today is just a primitive version of what they have in another world."

The Terran Metal World was perhaps the most mysterious universe for all those who had made contact with the only person who had information regarding it or had simply received the replicated products.

Ike proceeded to sit on the bike and hold the grip.

It was a bit small for someone like him...

"At first it's hard to keep your balance." Linde decided to help Ike by doing the typical thing, holding him with her hands.

"Now, put both feet on the pedals and try to move." Ike did as he was told on the bike… and it only took him a few minutes to understand.

Using one of those he could move at more or less the same speed as running without having to exert the same effort.

This was something that mages would certainly like to use.

"Not bad." He nodded slightly in satisfaction once he stopped and got off the bike.

"I don't have many complaints, the seat could be comfier... but as it is, it's a nice gift." Linde laughed lightly.

"I can also imagine that walking around with one of these things might be relaxing…it makes me want to get myself one." The radiant hero shrugged as the thought crossed his mind.


Once the Nohrian army and the other half of the Order of Heroes had finished placing their tents and everything they needed, it was decided that the current leaders of the entire army would need to properly introduce themselves to the Nohrians.

Robin sat right next to the hero-king Marth while Camilla and Corrin were right next to each other.

Technically Chrom would have been present too had Robin not been there, but technically she counted as the leader of both the Ylissian and Askarian factions.

That didn't mean the prince of Askr wasn't there though.

"So, you're the provisional leader of Nohr?" Robin rubbed her chin.

Another person inside the tent was Hinata who, once more, translated messages for both the princess of Nohr and the king of Valla.

Camilla moved a part of her hair obscuring her vision before answering.

"Indeed, the actual leader would be my brother Xander but he's currently, or at least that's what the letters I've received say, at the Emblian's capital city."

Alfonse, who had his arms crossed, nodded. "We would have like to give you more recent information about his situation," he sighed. "but unfortunately it has been a very long time since we crossed paths with him... and I highly doubt he would be willing to give us a new letter for you."

"Speaking of letters," the princess of Nohr had crossed her arms too, but she displayed plenty of fury. "I've spoken with my brother, compared what we have, and it seems that our "allies" have been interfering with the missives that my dear brother and I sent to each other.

Not only Corrin's letters had never reached her, but they have falsified his answers... and this meant there was the possibility that Xander received fake ones too.

Corrin also didn't seem pleased with the whole situation. "This means Hoshido may be in danger too... not sure how but..."

The Hero-King decided to give him at least some "good" news. "According to our scouts, they haven't found Emblian troops in the few areas of Hoshido they have explored... which means they are doing an excellent job at hiding... or they are farther away."

Robin nodded slightly. "We decided to stay in this bottomless canyon due to it being an excellent natural barrier for defense in case of being attacked from the west or east... but it seems we do require to proceed if we want to free this world completely.

Camilla made a noise of confirmation before answering. "We know Hoshido's terrain like the palm of our hands, we can guide you." she had transformed her hand into a fist while speaking. "If they are doing something bad against our neighbors, these Emblians better prepare themselves."

She had already sent a secret message to Leo to tell him to start investigating anybody who looked suspicious back at Nohr.

Marth made a suggestion. "I presume we should leave in three days, your troops are probably tired and not eager to start marching again."

"Plus we need time to integrate the Nohr part of the army with the other half of the Order Of Heroes." Camilla was satisfied with the offer.

"All right, let's do that." Robin nodded.

They decided to discuss how to manage the space they had in the canyon before finishing the meeting.


Another kinda transitive chapter. I wanted to continue the arc regarding Fjorm.

Again, we need to start the war against Muspell soon... well, BY "soon" I mean as fast I can release these chapters.

I remember people commenting if Fjorm might have been somehow related to Sharena and Alfonse... or at least a drawing in which the summoner asks this to them while they say no... and then the artist points out at their gold royal outfits plus the same blonde hair for both Sharena and Fjorm... but I just decided to say they share an ancestor. I mean, medieval times so you see.

Plus I don't plan to ship Fjorm with Alfonse, I honestly have another girl in mind for him and it would be far more interesting.

I don't think we'll see Loki or Thorr in this version of the story though... I just couldn't find a method to have her transformation skill using realistic logic. I mean at first, I thought about her copying DNA... but how exactly do you modify your entire body's DNA to have a viral transformation? even the idea that all is an illusion makes me ask stuff like: how do you modify the photons to make the light display something that is not really there? and without her transformation... I don't truly see anything to use with her that I couldn't give to Laegjarn or Laevatein to make them more interesting... I mean at best Loki would only serve to try to seduce Kiran Mark but... yeah, it wouldn't work.

Back then when book 2 was the last one, my first idea was that she actually would be the evil dragon of the story that maybe would want to take over Kiran's body similar to the case of Robin and Grima... but I guess that just can't be anymore lol.

Apparently, I also didn't explain that given the fact Roy, and his friends Raigh, Lugh and all the others, are post-game versions of themselves they are older. I was having a conversation with Half-beastdragonsoul2013 and she was confused about Raigh, who she thought was meant to be 10, doing an autopsy with Kiran... when in reality he's 15 here.

By the way, besides Linde (who would return along with Marth) I think it's safe to asume Kris is around there, still as a novice but he's around.

Yeah, the joke of Ike on a bike was absolutely something I needed to do, the main reason for introducing the bikes was for this joke XD.

I got help from a user called ScientistXXXX, who made an intense effort of creating a lot of worldbuilding that will definitely help this story. Expect to see interesting details regarding dragons and more technology. All my thanks to you, man. You are the best.

Talking about more personal stuff, I enjoyed the new tracks of the Mario Kart DLC... and it seems a leak confirms the system prefixes for the next waves! what's amazing is that the moon cup and the spiny shell cup end with a 3ds and Wii tracks respectively... so I presume those will be the Rainbow Roads! dang! I can't wait for december now!

And... I don't have something else to say. So I hope you enjoyed it and see you next time!