My Free Will System: Transmigrating Into My Favorite Immersion Game

In the grand dining hall, the king, family head and the queen all sat and dined together while they talked about the next step to take forward, following the recent events.

With unsteady hands, Elias wolfed down the different food spread out in front of him. His mouth was flooded as he chewed, his movement of his jaw sent a wave of relief through his starved body.

"This is preposterous, what we need is to reassure the safety of the people, not throw a damn party!" Lord Varric thundered

"I agree with you, but what better way is there for us to reassure the masses than to throw a party.

That shows that the incident that happened three days ago does not phase us in the slightest," King Alaric said, plucking a grape with his teeth from a bunch suspended above his mouth by a servant

"With all due respect my king, that doesn't make any sense, we can assure them by stationing more guards around and increasing security in the Kingdom!" Lord Varric insisted

Lord Thane stood up, "I agree with my King,"

"Of course you do Thane, you have your tongue so far up the King's arse that you agree with everything he does even though it's driving the kingdom into the ground," Lord Varric barked
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Lord Thane clearly took offense with Varric's words, "Watch your mouth in the presence of the King, Varric!" he hissed

Lady Isolde rolled her eyes backward, "I think you boys should relax, bickering and throwing words around would take us nowhere.

Elias Ashdown, what do you think we should do? You should have a say, after all without you, our conversation here would be a different story," She said

Everyone immediately turned to face Elias who was still generously wolfing down his food. Sensing the attention on him, Elias swallowed the last of the food in his mouth and wiped his mouth clean.

"Free the Flares," He said flatly

"What?! That's not an option we absolutely cannot free the Flares, need I remind you that we would not be having this conversation if it wasn't for the Flares," Thane flared up immediately

King Alaric's gaze tightened, "We cannot free the Flares, just as Thane said, they are very destructive,"

Elias' expression remained unchanged, "What happened would not have happened if the Flares were free.

It was your imprisonment of their kind that forced their hand, after seeing no way other than death or imprisonment they chose to revolt.

Free them or I guarantee you that this won't be the last of these types of situation," He said

"Is that a threat?!" Lord Thane barked

"No, it's a fact," Elias replied

Lord Varric stroked his beards, "Come to think of it, why are the Flares in collars again?" He asked

"Because King Alaric deemed them a threat with no other reason than their 'spontaneity'" Lady Selene replied

Soon the hall became filled with talks of how the Flares are calm, kind people, and how they shouldn't be in chains. Lord Varric and Lady Selene supported while Lord Thane antagonized their claims. Lady Isolde remained neutral.

"Enough!" King Alaric shouted, after the bantering had become too much, "The Flares will not be free, they are too dangerous. We have talked about this Elias Ashdown, bring a better solution and I will gladly accept," he said

"Alright," Elias said as he stood up, "You all can carry on with your conversation, I'll be on my way. Thank you for the food King Alaric. Let's go Imaya,"

"Leaving already?" Queen Seraphina asked

"Isn't it obvious?" He said, "By the way King Alaric, I hope you remain true to our agreement and fulfill your end of the contract,"

Elias left the hall, and Imaya walked closely beside him, she almost gave him no space to breathe. Elias looked at her,

"You look like you have something to say," He said

She looked down at her feet, "Thank you," she said shyly, "For fighting for me."

Elias stopped, "Were you there? At the arena?" He asked.

"No" she said, Her voice filled with guilt, "I didn't want to see you get hurt because of me,"

"You didn't have faith in me. You thought I would lose, that's hurtful," He said, laughing lightly

"There were five Expert-level mages after all. How was I supposed to know you would beat them all and even slay a Dragon!" She said, for a moment her eyes flashed with excitement

"It was a makeshift, a false Dragon," Elias corrected

"But still, it's very cool" she said, smiling warmly

Elias faced her and looked at her. He wasn't very tall, but he still stood above her. Imaya's face flushed red and she averted his gaze by looking down at her feet.

Eliss lifted her chin up and their eyes met, "From now on, don't doubt me, okay? If I say I will or can do something, it is because I am capable of it, so don't doubt me again okay?" Her said as he brought her face closer to his, she could feel his eyes peering deep into hers

"O..okay," she said, bringing her face closer to his. Their lips were only few centimeters apart,

"Am I interrupting something?" Lady Selene's voice cut through the tense atmosphere and Imaya immediately pulled away, her face red as host Iron

"Lady Selene, you have the most inept timing," Elias said

Lady Selene shot him a warm smile, "Pardon me, but I must see you Elias Ashdown. It's quite pressing," she said

Elias looked around, "Well, you're seeing me aren't you? Carry on," He said

Lady Selene's eyes drifted to Imaya implying that she could not 'carry on' with a third party around. Seeing Lady Selene's gaze, Imaya got the message.

"I'll excuse myself," She said, before hurriedly walking away

Elias tried to stop her, but she was already gone, "Your pressing matter better be pressing," He said

Lady Selene flashed him a warm smile, "Walk with me," She said