A few days later, in a large meeting room within the Holy Kingdom of Serenity, representatives from four other nations sat at the table with Desaray sitting at the head. “Let me first start by saying welcome to my Holy Kingdom of Serenity. It is good to see that all of you are willing to form an alliance with my kingdom to fight alongside each other against an enemy that can threaten the entire world.

“If any of you have any immediate questions before we get started, please ask now. Otherwise, please wait until after we have gone over the subjects at hand.” Desaray wanted to keep the meeting orderly, so she was doing a before-and-after questioning system. This way, those who had questions not related to certain topics could ask them now and after, and those with questions about the subjects at hand could ask them during the meeting.

“I do! I do!” A fairy tried to fly towards Desaray but quickly stopped and shivered before retreating.

Desaray smiled warmly as she said: “Please, be careful. My aura is not something I can control. I do not wish for anyone to come to harm, which is why this meeting room has been expanded multiple times now and why heating has also been installed, or else you would all be very cold by now. Now, what is your question.”

The little fairy blushed and lowered her head before swaying back and forth. “I just wanted to know how to become as beautiful as you.”

“Hehe. You are already quite cute as it is. If anyone says different, then they are blind.” Desaray replied, which made the little fairy blush even more. She flew back to her group and hid behind her companions, feeling very embarrassed.

“I also have a question.” A woodlyn elf raised his hand, copying the fairy just now. Unlike the other elves, who had an air of arrogance, his aura was quite mellow and more serious. 

“The one I worry about is the Demon Queen of Darkness. Her abilities are close to the demi-god level. Unlike the others, her powers are also strange and not easy to deal with. While we do have a light dragon to help counter her, there is no way of telling how useful it will be. Not to mention, if my kingdom were to go into this alone with the hordes of enemies we would need to fight, we would end up exhausting ourselves before we even managed to fight with the demon queens. They are likely not to show themselves unless they have no choice. However, I will be taking out the Demon Queen of Lust right away. Luckily, to pinpoint her location, I have my close friend, who was once known as the Demon Queen of Cinder.” Desaray explained. She felt that Trintan’s question was very good.

“I see. That does make sense. From our records, the Demon Queen of Darkness has always been the one that took the most resources. But you must be careful with the Demon Queen of Lust. She might not use it often, but she can also control females with her powers.”  Trintan wanted to make sure everything went smoothly, so he had looked into things beforehand before coming here.

“Yes, as Tristan said, the Demon Queen of Lust seems to be hiding most of her powers. We also do not know why.” The dragonkin representative cut in.

“We will talk about all of this during our main meeting.” Desaray decided to end the conversation for now. “Any other off-topic questions?”

“Very good question. We will take an inventory of all magic weapons, their fuel, and ammunition. If anything is not accounted for, we will then do a search of every kingdom involved until it is found.” Desaray looked at everyone present. “We are all in this alliance together. We are not here to steal from others, so those who might have such an idea, please forget it now. I would hate to have to accuse an ally of stealing. This is not how alliances work. So please make sure you tell the people who will be trained to use such equipment that if they dare to have ideas, they will be put on an international trial. This could not only mean their own death but the death of their own families for high treason. This goes for all those involved, whether they be the king or queen.” 

“Well said!” The dragon representative replied. He really liked how Desaray handled things. There was no means for unlawful action under her watch. If someone dared to have ideas, they would suffer along with the kingdom they are from. This would push those kingdoms to keep their people in line.

“Yes, I also agree with this.” Trintan nodded as well.

“Fairies have no use for such things, so we also agree.” The fairy representative flew forward.

“Then I do not see any future issues with this. We will be able to have the representatives do an investigation alongside one of my own people as well as people from the dwarven kingdom. No one will be accused of wrongdoing unless evidence is in hand. I do not wish to condemn someone to death if they are not truly at  fault.”