Travy was nervous. Travy messed with the collar of his coat for the hundredth time since he arrived at Uta and he sighed loudly as he found that there was nothing to arrange in his attire. His outfit was perfect and he was just making himself look like a fool with how much he was touching his collar. Travy needed to calm down.
He looked out the window of the hallway he was standing in and he saw a group of giants demolishing one of the churches near the castle.
Travy couldn't believe this. He could see it right in front of him, but believing it was still difficult. The demon lord actually did it. He took back the entire continent of Aradite from the hands of the humans. For a very long time, Travy has been living with the humans and he has seen just how difficult it is to win against the humans. There have been many people that tried to gain control over the continent in the past hundred years but all of them failed!
Travy thought that these people failed because they didn't have the support of the humans themselves and that they needed to gain more support before they would be able to win, but Travy was wrong. Those people failed because they didn't have enough power to place the humans under their thumb. With enough power, anyone can do anything they want. Those with power write the script and those without power have no choice but to play the roles that they have been given.
And Floid was definitely one of those with more than enough power. Floid took control of the continent so quickly and so efficiently that it scared Travy.
Travy is a businessman and he always tries to analyze the people around him whenever he meets them. This will allow him to make the best decisions about what he is going to do in the future. Travy's analysis would tell him if a person would be a good business partner or if the person would be able to become a major player in the aristocratic scene in the future. It is this ability to read people that allowed Travy to become so rich in the first place since he only associated with people he believed would be successful in the future.
Travy did the same thing to Floid when he first met Floid and Travy thought he understood the potential that Floid has. He knew that Foid would be great in the future and he knew that the smartest choice he could make is to follow Floid. That is why Travy was more than willing to submit to Floid's command. But this is too much. Floid captured three great kingdoms in just under three years and he managed to do it without even giving the humans a chance to retaliate. It was just too scary.
"Sir Travy -"
"Ah!"
Travy almost jumped out of his skin as he heard a monotone voice speak behind him. He turned around in shock and he was surprised to see Pyra standing behind him with both hands joined in front of her. He swallowed and muttered a silent apology. He was just too nervous right now and he needed to calm down. Travy felt like he was about to meet a celebrity for the first time. He wasn't even this nervous when he met the king of Trad!Travy immediately took in a calming breath and smiled at the stoic Pyyra. How can he show such an unpleasant sight to the demon lord?
Pyra didn't even care about the scare that she just gave to Travy. She continued talking like she didn't notice anything about his nervousness.
"The demon lord has requested to meet with you elsewhere. Please come with me,"
Pyra waved her hand down the hall as she started walking and Travy diligently followed after her. Travy couldn't help but be impressed by how Pyra handled the situation just now. She didn't make him feel awkward by pointing out his mistake. It was very professional of her.
Pyra led Travy towards the room at the end of the hall and she opened it and allowed him to enter. The room was a dining hall with a long table in the center. There were more than twenty maids inside the hall and they were busy making sure that everything in the room was perfect. They checked every crevice and corner and ensured there was nothing that the demon lord would not like. They hung up paintings and they changed the lights in the room to dimmer ones.
On the table, Travy could see a lot of food arranged beautifully! There was so much food that Travy couldn't stop himself from swallowing sightly. Travy loved food! He loved food so much that food was the entire reason why he entered into the merchant business in the first place! After all, how can you get the best food if you don't have a lot of money?
But even with all his money, Travy has still never smelt food this good before! It smelt like they reared this meat right from when it was a baby just so they could kill it today and serve it to the demon lord! It was like heaven was entering his nose!
"Put that painting straight before I come over there and tilt your head backward! You over there, what do you think you're doing? Is that how to set a table!? Fold the napkins at a forty-five-degree angle!"
Travy's attention was immediately drawn to the woman talking and he saw the Head maid of the castle, Rosavellt commanding the other maids with a small scowl on her face.
Rosavellt was shouting at Quinn as she tried to show Quinn how to fold a napkin properly. This was only a small dinner, but with the way Rosavellt was acting you would think that they were about to have one of the most important dinners in history!
Travy wasn't surprised by this at all. He knew how highly Rosavellt held the demon lord. The demon lord was everything to Rosavellt and every demon knew it. It wasn't surprising that Rosavellt would treat a simple dinner like this.
Quinn had a scowl on her face as she finally managed to fold the napkin properly and she went to do something else. What the hell was all the fuss about!? Wasn't it just a dinner that Floid wanted to have!? Rosavellt was acting like Floid was coming for some important event and he would kill us if we made a mistake! Quinn scowled as Rosavellt commanded her to go and do something else and she reluctantly turned to go and finish that job as well. She was very annoyed by this, but she didn't have a choice since she was also Floid's maid
"The demon lord asked me to collect the reports for the past few months that he asked for. Do you have them with you?"
Pyra said this from beside Travy and Travy immediately produced the reports from inside his jacket and handed them to her. Pyra collected the papers and Travy hummed curiously as he watched Pyra speak to Rosavellt before she came back to guide him to his own chair at the side of the table. Travy wondered why Pyra wasn't also a part of the preparations. Wasn't she also a part of the demon lord's household? Surely, there are lesser maids that could handle these small things and she should be doing something more important.
Travy had no idea that Pyra was doing this because she was terrible at housework! Rosavellt and Pyra both knew that Pyra would break something and embarrass the demon lord if she ever joined the dinner preparations! Even Floid knew that Pyra would break something and that is why he allowed Pyra to be in charge of entertaining the guest while the other maids handled the preparation.
Rosavellt suddenly perked up as she felt the demon lord's aura coming from the other side of the room. He was already on his way here! She shouted out an order for all the maids to immediately line up beside the door and everyone immediately obeyed and moved to stand on each side of the door.
Travy just watched in stunned surprise as they moved with extreme agility. They didn't even take ten seconds between when Rosavellt spoke and when they finished lining up! Travy stood up from his chair and stood away from the table as well! It would be disrespectful to be seating when the demon lord enters.
Ka-cha!
The door to the room finally opened and Travy saw Floid enter with a regality that would be impossible for most people to even think of replicating. Alucard and Dragonnel were behind Floid and they walked to the side once they entered and allowed Floid to move forward alone.
Floid was wearing the same white shirt and trousers that he has on before with the jacket over it.
Rosavellt immediately came forward and Floid smiled at her and allowed her to take his jacket from him. Rosavellt blushed a little once Floid smiled at her and she had to force her face to remain stoic as she bowed and moved back again.
Floid looked from left to right calmly and Travy swallowed nervously again as Floid's eyes landed on him. Floid moved towards the table and took his seat as he spoke to Travy.
"Seat down. We have a lot to talk about,"
Travy immediately went back to take his seat as Floid spoke. Floid rest his elbow on the table and put his cheek ok his closed fist as Rosavellt brought the first dish for Floid. All of the other maids had already left the room and only the members of Floid's household and Quinn were still in the room.
Travy stared at Floid as Floid was getting ready to eat and Travy grinned happily as Floid waved him on to start eating. Floid didn't like talking about business in the middle of a meal so it would be best to finish eating first.
The meal tasted just as good as it smelled! Travy couldn't believe that it is possible for anything to taste this good and he couldn't stop himself once he began eating! There were many plates of food on the table and Travy had to try his best not to reach out and grab any of the plates and draw them closer himself. Pyra was standing behind him and she helped him to bring forth more food whenever he finished the one on his plate. Travy didn't want to seem like a barbarian by reaching for the food by himself!
Even though he was an imp, Travy has trained himself in etiquette and he knows how to behave properly at a table.