“The White Witch Priestess… Princess Alice, is it?”
In an extremely luxurious villa estate in local Rome, Roy stood in a room with an antique, Baroque style, holding a stack of documents, his fingers tapping lightly, and an interested expression appeared on his face.
Red, soft carpets covered the entire room, decorated with valuable wall paintings and armor from the Renaissance, the chandelier above seemed like a starry sky, fully demonstrating what luxury and nobility were.
It has to be said that almost all of the most famous ancient palaces in Rome, Italy, are owned by the church, but that kind of place is more suitable for office work or sightseeing, not for living. If we talk about the more suitable living attributes, modern villas are more comfortable.
Roy wouldn't treat himself poorly. Except when he needed to go to the Vatican to read quietly, most of the time he stayed in this villa when he was in Rome. And for the local magicians, it was truly a blessing that the 'King' could stay at home 'peacefully' like this.
Just as Princess Alice in Greenwich, England was studying Roy, Roy was also studying the princess.
"'King', this is all the information provided by my uncle, Paul Brantly. As for more detailed information about Princess Alice, I'm afraid it can only be found in the Greenwich Sage Council's archives."
In front of the mahogany desk, fourteen-year-old Alica, wearing her signature red dress, raised her head slightly and confidently said.
Her round and white shoulders held up the well-fitting dress, shining even more brightly under the light, like a layer of water-like luster.
"I heard that your uncle often traveled back and forth between England and Italy in the past, fighting with the Black Prince as Princess Alice's knight, and even once saved the 'Sleeping Beauty' from the beast's claws, rescuing the sleeping princess and staging a knight rescuing the princess act?"
Roy threw the document aside, leaning back on his chair and laughing teasingly.
Although the 'King' seemed to be joking, Alica dared not act silly, she shook her head and said, "… Those were my uncle's adventures in his youth. Now the 'Bronze Black Cross' is loyal to the 'King', my uncle is no longer Princess Alice's knight, but your subordinate. If the 'King' has any requests, the 'Bronze Black Cross' will definitely obey your orders."
Alica calmly expressed her loyalty.
"Didn't your uncle develop any knight-and-princess love story with the princess?"
Hearing Roy ask such a gossip question, Alica was also a bit helpless, but she still smiled and replied, "… My uncle is about twenty years older than Princess Alice. It happened ten years ago. The princess was only about eleven years old at the time, while my uncle was almost thirty years old. I think that kind of age gap is impossible."
"No, Alica, you're wrong, there are always some perverts in this world who like little girls who are only eleven years old… Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."
Alica was speechless now. She really wanted to say that her uncle wasn't that kind of pervert, but seeing that Roy had skipped the topic, she also cheered up and waited for Roy's new question.
"This princess's spiritual power is the strongest in Europe. She belongs to the Sage Council. She has no 'Slayer' protection. Let's start with her."
Roy pointed at Princess Alice's photo in the document and said without room for rejection.
Alica thought of the 'Solomon Artifact' Roy held on that luxurious yacht, and then she saw that Roy needed witches and priestesses with powerful spiritual power. She immediately thought of an event that happened two years ago. The Marquis of Walban captured many witches and priestesses around the world to summon the Non-Beings for himself, and many witches and priestesses died in the ritual during that event.
She knew that Roy was probably trying to reproduce the Marquis of Walban's tyrannical rule, and his first target was Princess Alice, who was well-known throughout Europe and even the world!
Alica didn't dare to say anything about Roy's decision. During her time with Roy, she had come to understand his personality. She knew that this 'King' would allow others to advise him, but that required you to have a good reason. Otherwise, be prepared to face the 'King's' wrath.
And Alica currently didn't have any reason to advise him. Should she tell the 'King' that summoning the Non-Beings might lead to many sacrifices? No, the 'King' in front of her wouldn't care about that. It would only make him angry.
Therefore, Alica had no intention of advising him, only following Roy's thoughts and saying, "… 'King', Princess Alice and Alexander Gascoigne, the Slayer of England, are openly hostile, but their relationship is not very clear. Will capturing Princess Alice lead to the Slayer's hostility? Should we try to appease her and let Princess Alice cooperate with us?"
"Don't worry, Alica! Alexander Gascoigne is too cautious. When he encounters something he can't understand, he always chooses to wait. And people with this kind of personality are prone to missing opportunities. He won't appear in front of me until he's sure he's not in danger. Besides, what if he appears? What's there to fear?"
Roy laughed nonchalantly, "… Alica, do you know what the princess's role is? It's to live in a magnificent castle and wait for the dragon to kidnap her. Although I'm not a dragon, I am the 'Demon King'. The princess has been waiting in the castle for a long time. This 'Demon King' can't let the princess wait too long."
Hearing Roy's cold joke, Alica could only remain speechless.
"Also, there's this priestess in the Far East called Yuri Manriguchi. She was one of the survivors of the Marquis of Walban's Non-Beings summoning ritual two years ago, right? It seems the Marquis of Walban had a high opinion of her. Since that's the case, let's believe the Marquis's judgment and capture her as one of the priestesses in the ritual. If she refuses, we'll treat her the way the Marquis of Walban did. She has no right to refuse."
Alica nodded slightly, indicating that she had heard Roy's order.
There's a saying, 'If your friend dies, so be it, but don't let your own life be lost'. For Alica, she didn't want to care about what would happen to Princess Alice and this priestess called Yuri Manriguchi. As long as her 'King' in front of her was happy, nothing else mattered to Alica.
"However, just having these top priestesses is not enough. I need more priestesses and witches to participate in the ritual. Only then will it be possible to summon King Solomon…"
Roy played with the ring in his hand, the ring that symbolized the wisdom bestowed upon King Solomon by the gods, and said slowly.
As Roy's exclusive knight, Alica naturally needed to solve his problems. She furrowed her beautiful brows in thought, and said hesitantly, "… The Five Prisons Holy Church in the ancient Eastern country has excellent nuns who can rival the White Princess, but the head priest wouldn't allow you to capture 'priestesses' from her territory. It would cause a conflict between you and the head priest."
"… I'm not saying you'd be afraid of the Eastern head priest. It's just that for your grand plan, you should slow down your pace at this stage."
Alica said cautiously, trying to control her words, lest she touch Roy's pride.
"Alica, your advice is good. It's indeed not the time to conflict with the head priest. My actions now have probably caught the attention of the Black Prince and the Marquis of Walban. Adding a head priest to the mix might actually make me fail."
"… But right now, I don't need witches with 'quality' like Princess Alice, just quantity… Oh right, I remember seeing a girl named Liliana from the 'Bronze Black Cross' at the 'She-Wolf' headquarters in Rome. She's also a good witch, right?"
Alica, who had been expressionless and offering advice to Roy, finally changed her expression this time, looking shocked.
"'King', do you need Liliana?"
She asked nervously.