Holy lands - Kingdom of humans - midnight

"Your highness, he has arrived, the guest is here," a soldier announced.

"Send him in, and then leave us." I instructed.

"Yes, your highness!"

They opened the door to the throne room. A young man came through. He was wearing a coat that had a dark but light hue of blue that shared white outlines by its edges including his zippers. Belts on his waist as well. The short cape he was wearing on his shoulders shared the same design outline as the coat. He had a distinct air around himself, distinct, mannered, and most notably his inviting aura. On his hip was his sheathed weapon. I could make out the hilt and guard. The guard, in particular, was made with a cross design in mind. He had short blonde hair and his eyes were green.

"Welcome, representative of the Church. I am glad to have made your acquaintance. I am king Relius."

"It's an honor," the youngman spoke.

"As you know, you were summoned here because of the upper king. Just in case, I'd like to ask why is it that you are here?"

"I'm here to collect something."

"And this something would be?"

"I am not at liberty to tell you." The way he said it was with authority but it also came off as polite.

"All right then, at least tell me if this involves my people."

"No, it does not involve them. I will be conducting a solo investigation outside of the kingdom for something. As a result, I will not need to investigate your kingdom, if it is the case. I was also requested to stay here for the duration of my mission."

There was no sign of him giving up any information on what he's here for. In that case, I'll have to leave that line of questioning.

"Very well then, I'll leave you to your own. However, if you ever need help, do not hesitate to ask. As a matter of fact, may I offer to have you guided to your personal room," I humbly offered.

"Yes, I'll take you up on that offer."

"In that case, would one of you be polite enough to take our guest to his room?"

One of the guards saluted me and escorted him to his room. As soon as he was gone I called for another guard..

"Get surveillance on him. I want to know what he's doing in my kingdom."

"Yes, your highness."

Playing it nicely with him would be of interest to me for now. I have no idea what he's meant to be here for. An emissary of the upper king was sent a few days ago and told me that a representative of the church was being sent here to fulfill a mission. Since the upper king had him sent here, trying to get in his way for whatever reason might be a bad move on my end, even if he is up to something. Messing with the representative could ruin something he has planned and hurt my relationship with the king. So for now, I'll allow whatever is happening to happen.

"I grow tired. Are there anymore reports for today," I asked the soldier in front of me.

"Nothing to report. There was only that one incident today, your highness."

"Did anyone figure out how two motorbikes were smuggled into the kingdom?"

"No, but we theorize that both of them were using merchant licenses in order to get them in."

"Were they real or fake?"

"We could not confirm as we don't have them in custody but we assume they were real. The guard on gate duty stated that they speeded off out of the city and he couldn't get a good look at them."

"I see. In that case, we should up our entrance defenses. Enlist more guards to entrance duty."

"Yes, your highness!"

He saluted me and then took his leave.

"What is the upper king up to?"

All I could do was ponder his next move . . .

...

After I was guided to my room I took a second to collect myself. The room was luxuriously designed. It was meant to make a guest feel comfortable in this place. Whatever, if there's a bed it'll do. I placed my sword next to me as I laid down.

"An investigation mission? I wonder why they would send me...?”

Surely there were others fit for the task than I was, so why me? No use thinking about it, I might as well catch some sleep before starting my investigation tomorrow.

I shut my eyes to catch in on some much-needed sleep. Tomorrow was surely going to be a busy day.