North America / Kingdom of Yorkania (Crownlands of Manhattan): November 12th, 1517.
It was a beautiful day for the world.The birds were chirping their songs as mankind went about their daily routines with smiles on their faces at beauty of the city, but also sad looks on their faces at the horror of it whether it be financially, emotionally or physically, yet if you were to look closely at a kingdom. To be more specific, Inside of a castle, In a chamber you can see three very unique looking individuals.
(Morgan's POV)
"Your majesty, have you been experiencing any pains." Asked merlin calmly as he felt my pulse on my right arm.
I glanced at him and said calmly "I have, it is a very recurrence, I've felt it long before I even got an assassination attempt."
The chamber was silent.
"Really. What have you been feeling." Asked merlin calmly as he rubbed his chin with eyes frill of curiosity.
I looked straight into his eyes and said calmly "Incompetence, that is my symptom, I hear complaints every single day, yet I have not see a single result so far. Not one, it is truly sad and I am taking into consideration of relinquishing titles and looking for people who actually care."
The chamber was absolutely silent. Merlin's eyes unmoved.
"Hah…hah…th…that sounds like a excellent idea…y…your majesty." Said anna stuttering and breathing heavily with a face full of sweat as she struggled to put a pen in the mountain of natural white hair in front of her face.
I nodded slightly with my eyes closed and said calmly "See, someone agrees with me for once."
Anna started sweating even harder as she caught the pins and shoved them back into the hair before they came lose and said with a nervous laugh "Haha, yes your majesty."
"Your majesty." Said merlin calmly with a smile on his face.
I glanced back at merlin and waited for him to speak.
"I do not care about what you have going on in court. Tell me your symptoms, my concern is your health. Not your affairs." Said merlin with a gentle smile on his face.
I stared at him for a a moment and asked "I never quite got your name. Although I don't see the reason for your fake smile, you can stop. It's not working."
Merlin bowed slightly and said calmly with his eyes closed "My name is merlin your majesty, I am the former 33rd head royal alchemist."
"Hmm…ah…hmm…" I said calmly while rubbing my chin with my left hand.
Merlin opened his eye while still in a bowing position and said calmly "Your majesty."
The chamber was absolutely silent. The sound of only anna's hands and hair sounding throughout it.
"I have a proposition for you. How would you like to take up your position as the head royal alchemist again. I will also grant you title and land." I asked calmly while squinting my eyes at him.
Merlin had a unmoved look on his face and said calmly with a genuine smile forming on his face "I will be honored your majesty. No one has ever rewarded my work so genuinely until now."
"Merlin, competence counts the treasury, feeds the people, and secures the borders like I have. Incompetence calls that tyranny because it has never achieved anything itself." I said calmly with my eyes closed as I massaged my painful right arm.
Merlin still had the genuine smile on his face and said while going back over to my arm and checking my pulse "You have exerted yourself to much yesterday your majesty, you need to take it slow."
"This reminds me of my painful workout boulder dragging routine during the 2 years, I wasn't talented at all in any weapon, my talent in swordsmanship was average and the only reason I'm so adept in it is because I added kendo and kenjutsu with the yorkania style swordsmanship so at best. If I had to rank myself in strength it would be advanced" I thought while looking down at my calloused hands as memories of my training resurfaced.
"How long until I am expected to recover." I asked calmly while clenching my left hand an looking up at merlin.
Merlin let go of my right arm and rubbed his smooth chin for a moment with his left hand and said calmly "In your current condition it should take about a week for you to recover."
"I see." I said calmly while continuing to press down on and massage my right arm with my left hand.
The chamber went silent. Anna finishing up the pins in my hair.
Merlin adjusted his throat slightly and said calmly with a serious look in his eyes "Your majesty. I have something to Inform you about, I've yet to have the right moment to tell you."
The room went silent, no continuation.
"Continue…I'm listening." I said calmly as I pointed at a huge white and gold combined jeweled headress in the middle of other lined up luxerious headdresses.
"It better be what I think it is. Specifically who I think it is that tried to kill me" I thought while looking at myself in a big mirror at my makeup desk.
Merlin closed his eyes for a moment and said with a sigh while opening them as anna went passed and gently picked up the luxerious big headdress "The poison that made you the way you are now is mainly used by the church.The catholic church."
The chamber was absolutely silent. Anna's eyes wide as she put the huge luxurious headdress on.
"They did try to make yorkania into a christian kingdom in 1516, they failed of course when I had their ship bombed at shore, 5 times with different outcomes" I thought while rubbing my chin with my left hand.
"I see. Thank you for informing me merlin, you and anna both will come with me to the first ball." I said calmly while getting up from the chair.
Merlin bowed and said calmly "Yes your majesty."
"I…sh…shouldn't your majesty." Said anna with a grateful stuttering look on her face but shook her head with her arms crossed into a huge x.
I stared at anna for a moment and clasped her cheeks into my hands and said calmly "You will come with me. This is not up for debate, it is an order, you need to be there."
"O…ok." Said anna stuttering and nodded her head.
I nodded in approval and pointed at a dress I decided not to wear and said calmly "It might be big but it'll work, change into it and meet me in the throne room."
"Y…yes." Said anna stuttering with a sudden smile on her face.
Merlin smiling in the background.
I made my way over to the chamber door and quickly walked out of it with guards opening it.
Percival's eyes lit up and signaled for a man in a luxerious attire to come over and said while following closely behind me "Your majesty if I may have just a little bit of your time, the ambassador of eng…"
"In the throne hall chancellor wood pecker. I have titles to relinquish and matchmaking to do." I said calmly as I walked quickly down the grand hall with my left arm outstretched a little and my gloved hand rubbing against itself. Merlin following close behind me with his arms behind his back.
Percival's haw clenched subtly while closely following behind with an important dressed man behind him and said quickly "But your majesty. This is very I'm…"
"Chancellor wood pecker, your greatest flaw is not incompetence but timing. You always manage to sound most important precisely when I have already moved beyond needing you. I will see you gentleman in throne hall do not test me." I said calmly with my voice high in pitch as my back faded down the grand hallway with merlin.
Percival stopped in place, his fists clenched.
(Percival's POV)
"I will excuse myself lord wood. I'll give you time alone and not embarrasse you any more than my presence dose right now." Said the luxerious dressed man with a laid back smile as slowly to his leave down the grand all in the same direction as me.
Percival gritted his teeth and said with a shakey voice "I'm trying your majesty. I'm trying to earn back your respect for my betrayal. I will earn it back."
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THE END…