The Creation Lord Palace is located somewhere in the middle of the Ustrela sea and Caskvalor sea. It is in the southeastern part of the Ustrela Kingdom's territory.

In the Ustrela sea, a fleet composed of 30 ships were sailing in the middle of the ocean. It was the fleet of the Ustrela Kingdom.

On the fleet's flagship, King Ferdinand is standing, looking dignified. His line of sight directed towards a certain island in the horizon, his eyesight enhanced.

"Hmm, so this is the island. The pirates were really gone, huh." Ferdinand muttered, amused.

"Yes, Your majesty. From the looks of it, no one seems to be in the Island. But the bizarre-looking castle looks new." The Ustrela Kingdom's knight commander, Roel Saufort, replied respectfully.

He is Ferdinand's most trusted aid, who fought life and death battles together with him.

"How mysterious, huh. So, what are we going to do once we get there?" Ferdinand said, adding a question.

"How? What are you trying to say, your majesty?" Roel questioned. He and the king have been best friends since they were young, so the king and the others wasn't bothered by how Roel sometimes casually treat Ferdinand.

"I'm saying that what if there are treasures in there? Or what if the island is empty, will we start a base in there? Or will we name name it as our territory? " Ferdinand said teasingly.

"Haa, you're the one who should make these kinds of decisions though, your majesty." Roel sighed as he said the last part sarcastically.

"Hahaha! You never change huh, Roel." Ferdinand laughed.

"But your majesty, seriously speaking, what should we do if there really is someone living on that island?" Roel asked in a serious tone.

"If they aren't hostile towards Ustrela Kingdom, then we should befriend them." Ferdinand replied seriously. He then directed his gaze towards the island in the horizon.

After that, they continued chatting for a while.

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As they got closer to the island, the silence of it made the soldiers slightly uneasy.

"The island is quiet. Too quiet. Everyone, be prepared. We don't know what's coming." Ferdinand said cautiously, his hand holding the hilt of his sword.

Roel and the others also followed.

Then, a few moments later, they landed and docked their ships without a problem.

However, once they started getting ready to go down the ship, a giant flying object suddenly appeared into the sky. It's black body and large size blocked the sunlight from reaching the ground, casting a shadow towards everyone on the ship. It's domineering appearance made everyone on the fleet, including Roel and Ferdinand, very tense, sweat running down their faces.

Suddenly, dozens of red streaks of light shot down from the black flying object, hitting the bodies of water not far away behind Ferdinand's fleet.

A huge wave of water was made after the impact, making the ships tilt left and right.

Ferdinand and the others grabbed on to the ship tightly, so they won't fall down. A very panicked expression appeared on Ferdinand and Roel's face for the first time.

"What in the world was that!?" Ferdinand shouted to no one in particular.

"There was never a weapon like that in the history books." Roel said in a serious tone.

"Wait, Roel! Look over there!" Ferdinand yelled, pointing at a figure who appeared out of thin air.

The figure was a boy around 10 years old. His handsome features were also exceptional. He has a black hair and crimson eyes. Furthermore, the boy was floating in the air.

Then, the boy smiled.

"Welcome, everyone. Where are you from? And what are your intentions?" The boy asked, still smiling calmly.

Everyone was surprised by the boy's sudden appearance, but Ferdinand gained his senses instantly.

"We are from the Ustrela Kingdom, and I am it's king, Ferdinand Ustrela. We don't have malicious intentions, we just heard that a castle on this island suddenly appeared, so we've come to check it out." Ferdinand explained, hiding his fear.

"Oh, is that so. However, why is the king also here?" The boy asked.

"You may not know, but I'm also known as the Adventurer King, so I love going on adventures." Ferdinand said as he observe the boy's reaction.

"Hhmm.. right.." the boy said in a thinking pose.

"Um, it may be rude to ask, but who are you?" Roel asked the boy, slightly nervous.

"Hm? Oh, that was rude of me. I forgot to introduce myself. Well then, let me tell you." The boy said with an amused smile.

Then he clapped his hands. Immediately after he did that, hundreds of metal figures with the same size as an average adult person emerged from the water. Furthermore, a giant metal ship also emerged. It has a size of over 1000m long, the there are also countless metal figures standing on it.

Ferdinand and the others could tell if the figures were male or female, because when the armor is worn by a woman, it will look famine.

"We are the Creation Lord Palace, and I am it's Palace Master, Kiryuin Asahi. From now on, this island will be our territory. It's nice to meet you." As the boy said that, his body began being covered my metal, then his figure became the size of an adult. His body is now similar to the other metal figures. However, anyone could tell that the boy is the strongest among those other metal figures just based on how his iron body looks drastically drastically different from the others.

"Ah...." Everyone, including Ferdinand and Roel, widened their eyes. Both surprise and fear appeared on their faces. Sweat run down their bodies.

There was no way that they couldn't be surprised. After all, the things they see right now were things that shouldn't exist in this world. Or atleast, these things isn't one of the blessings that the goddess Ceres gave the people back then in the Holy Era.

After a moment of silence, Asahi -who now has a figure of an adult and has a body of metal- landed on the Ustrela Kingdom fleet's flagship.

He then walked towards Ferdinand.

Seeing this, Ferdinand bacame tense. He grabbed the hilt of his sword tightly. Roel also stood in front of Ferdinand, trying to protect him.

However, the boy dissappeared from their sight, then reappeared on beside Roel, kicking his side. Roel was thrown to the corner, but he wasn't injured. Asahi held back his strength.

Meanwhile, Ferdinand swung his sword toward Asahi, but he catches it with his hand.

"There's no need to be on guard so much, I just want to talk." Asahi said.

Hearing him, Ferdinand thought for a while, thinking of what action he will do. Then-

"What can we talk about, sir Asahi." Ferdinand asked cautiously.

"I just want to ask you something. For now, why don't you all enter my ship. It's more comfortable there. We can have a proper talk."

As Asahi said that, Ferdinand made eye contact with Roel, they then nodded.

"Alright, sir Asahi. Please take care of us." Realizing that they have no other choice, they agreed.

After that, Ferdinand and his subordinates entered the large battleship. They're eyes widened as they got inside. The view inside of the ship looks like a civilization not from this world.

Soon, they arrived at the upper deck of the ship, where the outside view can be seen. Meanwhile, their subordinates were waiting in the ship's hall.

Ferdinand and Roel sat on a chair, a rectangular table in front of them.

On the other side of the table, Asahi sat down, still on his robot armor. Two female figures also sat down on either side of Asahi, they also wear a robot armor.

(Are they his women?) Ferdinand thought on his mind, seeing them.

"Oh, let me introduce them to you, King of Ustrela. These two are the Creation Lord Palace' Vice Palace Masters." Asahi said.

"Hello, I'm Nemo Raunne. Nice to meet you."

"And I'm Chloe Ozobell. Nice to meet you."

The Vice Palace masters said.

Ferdinand's, as well as Roel's eyes widened after hearing Nemo.

"Raunne... are you perhaps.. related to the fallen Raunne Kingdom?" Ferdinand asked.

"Yes, that is correct. But it's not what the Palace Master wants to talk about right now, so please."

Nemo said in a stern voice.

"Y-yes, you're right. And sir Asahi, you don't have to call me 'King of Ustrela'. You can just call me by my name, Ferdinand." Ferdinand said.

"Alright then, sir Ferdinand. But before we begin, I want to introduce you to our ship. This one we are riding right now is one of our 6 Creation Lord Palace Ships. CLPS Minerva." Asahi said, his voice filled with pride.

(What!? Are you saying that you have more than one of this kind of ship!?) Both Roel and Ferdinand thought.

"Well, moving forward, what is your country special at?" Asahi asked.

Ferdinand was surprised by his sudden question.

"Well, not that I'm boasting, but our kingdom has the largest fishing and seafood industry on the continent." Ferdinand replied, pride can be seen on his face.

After that, they chatted for more than an hour. As they talk, they began knowing each other more. And Ferdinand's fear and wariness towards Asahi lessened.

Asahi then proposed an international trade to Ferdinand. But he didn't trade any military items. Only everyday goods like high quality clothes, soap, or fertilizer, in exchange for Ustrela Kingdom's food products. Then, after a while-

"It's time for us to leave now. Thankyou, sir Asahi." Ferdinand said, preparing to do a handshake.

"Same here, sir Ferdinand. It's a pleasure doing business with you." Asahi said as he shook Ferdinand's hand.

After that, they left.

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On their way back towards Ustrela Kingdom-

Inside the Ustrela Kingdom fleet's flagship-

"Thank goodness that ended well. I thought we were going to die." Ferdinand said as he sighed in relief.

"I agree with you, your majesty. The Palace Master may look like a child, but I feel that he really isn't." Roel said, glad that they came back alive. "Your majesty, if we were to fight them, what do you think will happen?"

"What do I think? Even without their battleships like that CLPS Minerva, the unknown flying object that we saw earlier was enough to destroy our capital in a single night." Ferdinand explained.

"Haaa... I'm glad we didn't make them our enemy, then." Roel sighed as he said that.

"Yeah, it is really a miracle." Ferdinand said with a smile. "Alright! I can't wait to get home. After all that trouble, I want to see my precious wife and daughter now!"