Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

"Your Majesty," Leon said. "First and foremost, she is a friend. So, I trusted her when she said that she wasn't aware of the plot to murder your son. However, her teammates also used her as a hostage in order to kill me. She led the mission, which ended up causing the death of your son, but while the others received the mission to kill him, her sole mission was to steal the water dragon's scales. That crime must be punished nonetheless, but I wish to ask for Your Majesty to be lenient."

"I see... in that case, I will trust your judgment." Makoto nodded. "About the punishment, I don't think anything will be necessary. Thanks to you, we are obtaining a lot of resources of the dungeons you cleared, and since you also taught Ren and his subordinates how to use Earth Manipulation, a lot of people were learning the basics of magic."

"I'm glad to hear it," Leon said.

Leon didn't recall giving Ren the order not to reveal that kind of information to anyone. Besides, now that many people in Las Vegas could use it, that information was bound to spread.

"That being said... I'm a bit disappointed, Leon." Makoto said. "You defeated those three, but gave their position to others. Why didn't you decide to become the new leader?"

"I don't think I would become a good leader," Leon said. "If I can lend a hand, I will, but I don't intend to solve all the problems of the Allied Forces. I would rather spend most of my time close to my sister and playing with my niece.

"Is that so," Makoto smiled. "It makes sense; you worked hard to reunite with your family; I guess you deserve that. Well, about the directors... after we interrogated them, we discovered a few interesting things. As you had expected, they received those legendary items from someone."

"Is that so…" Leon frowned.

"Yes, they didn't know that person's name, but they said they found him inside a dungeon," Makoto explained. "By the look of things, that person wasn't a human. It was a creature that came from another world… I guess we should treat that as an enemy, even though it had a human shape, it also had dragon scales and a tail."

"A creature that could talk with humans and had human shape…" Leon frowned. "I suspected that they obtained the items from someone that came from the dungeon, and I would eventually investigate it… but I guess it is useless."

"Why do you think that?" Makoto said.

"Because just like our world, I think the world of the monsters is connected to many others," Leon said. "It is impossible to determine where that creature came from. It looks like a dragonnewt, but I have never heard of a dungeon that has those creatures."

That's right… Dragonnewt a creature born between a dragon and a human." Makoto rubbed his chin. "I guess we have no choice but to wait until that monster decides to visit us again."

"Did they say anything else?" Leon asked.

"Yes, it looks like the creature tempted them with sweet words," Makoto answered. "They had to become the leaders of our world in order to save it. Because in the future, a calamity would come, and the world had to be under the rule of a small group to survive the torment. That creature gave them those weapons in order to 'help' them."

Putting the sweet words aside, Leon wondered why the monster gave them that kind of information. Maybe that would happen, so Leon and everyone else had to prepare themselves, but what would the creature gain by doing that? That was what Leon was most concerned about.

"It looks like you are very worried about that," Makoto said. "But I believe we can overcome whatever happens if Japan and the Allied Forces of the North-America work together."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Leon nodded. "I believe we can do that while respecting our differences and traditions. Let's also work together to convince the other nations that we don't have time to fight against ourselves."

"Of course," Makoto nodded. "What is your next plan of action, Leon?"

"For the time being, I want to learn a new skill, and I noticed that your daughter could perhaps help in that regard."

"…How?" Makoto frowned.

As expected, Makoto was quite the over-protective father. He worked hard for the best of Japan, but the subject was family, he was extra cautious.

"I want to learn how to heal wounds that recovery cannot do anything about it," Leon explained. "So, I think I can find a few clues if I talk with her or if I observe her working."

"… Very well, you can observe her working and ask questions about her skills." Makoto said. "However, information about her cannot be spread."

"Of course, I won't share what I learn about her powers with anyone," Leon said.

"All right, Ren. You should accompany Leon since you two are close friends." Makoto said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ren got up and bowed.

After that, Leon, Betty, and Ren left the meeting room.

"Long time no see," Leon said. "It looks like you got promoted.���

"Hahaha, you helped to pave the way that led me to my current position," Ren said. "Before I forgot about it, here are the coins that I obtained when I sold the materials."

Leon accepted Ren's handshake and then obtained 150000 coins. He was supposed to be happy to receive that, but he still had no idea how to spend those coins. While he thought that, they left the main building of the palace and as if Betty held her breath for the entire time, she sighed in relief.

"Phew… that was scary." Betty said and offered a handshake. "Nice to meet you. My name is Betty."

"Hello, you can call me Ren." Ren accepted the handshake