Transmigrated as a Ghost

After receiving Gwyneira's warning the king who looked like a child that had just been scolded by his mother and apologized to her before pulling out a sheet of paper and handing it over to Marcus.

"Here, these are the terms that we came up with to break off Mrazivý's engagement. And I just want you to know that earlier I just wanted to see how far you would be willing to go for my daughter and see how strong you are."

As much as the king had been acting obstinate and unreasonable, he really was just trying to test Marcus. He wanted to make sure that he was committed to Mrazivý and that he was not a pushover but could also be reasonable.

At the end of the day, he actually really did care for his daughter and wanted her to be safe, which was one of the reasons he wanted to force her out of adventuring and to settle down. 

Of course, he also had his position as a king to think about and using marriage as a tool for political gain was quite common. 

Still if he could have his daughter be happy and also bring Marcus on board to the kingdom even in a limited fashion, he would fine that acceptable.

Taking the piece of paper Marcus was surprised by how the turn of events had gone.

He thought he was going to be here for a negotiation and would have to fight for Mrazivý, but it appeared that everything had already been decided before he even arrived.

Looking over the contract in his hand, Marcus read through the details of what the kingdom wanted from him, and he found them to be far less restrictive than he thought they would be and that they would be perfectly acceptable.

In fact, it only had two real requirements of him.

The first being that he would give the kingdom three months of his time in whatever capacity they may need him in during each winter for the next ten years. And the second in the case of emergency to come and help if called for.

Of course, there was also a third clause to either marry or break off relations with Mrazivý within a year, but Marcus did not really consider this an issue.

He and Mrazivý were already getting pretty close, and within a year he was certain they would know whether they wanted to be together for life, or if it would not work out.

"Very well this should be acceptable. Though if you had already prepared this you could have just led with it, and it would have saved us both a lot of trouble." Marcus said with an exasperated expression.

He then signed the magically binding contract and handed it back to the king who but it away.

"Good, now we need to talk about you being a wanted criminal. Seeing as how Gwyneira has given her approval of you and your beast companion, I could have your wanted status revoked."

Hearing this Marcus perked up and said, "Yes that would be great. I would like to be able to not worry about having to be wary of bounty hunters coming after me." Marcus said with his face lit up.

He had missed being in his original form and being able to use it whenever he wanted again would open up a lot more options.

"Then it will be done. Now here take this." The king said as he pulled out an emblem denoting a personal employee of the royal family.

"When winter comes around, please report to the castle, and show that to one of the guards and they will take you where you need to go. I already have a number of jobs lined up for your unique talents that no one else can accomplish." The king said with a devious smile.

Shuddering Marcus was not looking forward to whatever was in store for him, but he had gotten what he wanted, and now Mrazivý was free from her engagement.

And while it was certainly unfortunate that neither of them won the tournament, at the end of the day all was well that ended well.

Certainly, Marcus would have liked it if he could have obtained some adamantine and even that bar of amethros, but he could worry about things like that later.

"Okay I believe that is all that I had to discuss with the two of you so you may be on your way." The king said dismissing the two of them.

Marcus and Mrazivý then both stood up and Mrazivý gave the king another bow before walking over to him and whispering in his ear, "Thank you father."

She knew that if he wanted, he could have made things far more difficult for them, and that one of his goals was to keep her safe.

Marcus and Mrazivý then made to leave when Gwyneira spoke up and said, "Actually before you go, I would like to talk to Mrazivý alone for a few moments."

Everyone in the room looked surprised to hear this since it had obviously not discussed beforehand, but no one was going to argue with the strongest being in the room.

A bit reluctantly Marcus exited the room and waited for Mrazivý to come back out.

A part of him wanted to stay and ask Gwyneira some more questions, but he figured he would have time for that later.

'To think that she was a lindwurm though. This was my first time seeing a beast take a human form as well.'

Getting lost in thought about Gwyneira who was a bit of an enigma, Marcus waited for Mrazivý and after around twenty minutes she came back out of the room with her face somewhat red.

"Are you alright Mraz you look a bit flushed." Marcus said wondering why she looked like she had just run a marathon.

"Oh um, she just gave me a bit of advice. She said that people like you from another world have different values, and just what to do in the future."

Looking at her Marcus could see that whatever Gwyneira had told her left her a bit flustered, but one thing about what she just said caught his attention.

"Wait what does she know about transmigrations like myself? Oh, did she maybe know the first king Boreas?"

Nodding her head and calming down a bit Mrazivý said, "Oh yeah, she is the first queen and Boreas' wife, as well as the protector of our kingdom."

A stunned look came over Marcus' face as he heard this.

He thought maybe that Gwyneira had been Boreas' beast companion or something, but it turned out she was his wife.

"Wait how does a dragon and a human even have children together. And does that mean that you are part dragon?" Marcus said with confusion all over his face.

Seeing this Mrazivý began laughing a bit forgetting about the embarrassing things Gwyneira had told her, and said, "Well you saw that she is able to take a human form, so it must have worked out somehow. And yes, I should have some of her blood in me, but it is very little, so I am mostly just a normal human. The only trait that we really have from her is our distinctive blue hair."

Mrazivý then turned around after saying this and the two of them began heading back to her private viewing box.