Nero alphs.
West of sumaka.
Soran was restless as he was walking towards the hall of ashen. The mysterious old man in the robes eyed him and raised his hands to stop him in his tracks.
Soran paused and shook his head with a sigh and said "what?"
The old man in robes replied with a hoarse voice "you might not want to get in the middle of this".
"He is my voice, and he has rode towards south to fight lancelot. The guy i want to be my voice next". Soran replied with haste.
The old said solemnly while looking at soran with his eyes that seemed to be shining like a jewel in a night "he has gone reckless and a kingdom like nero aplhs does not welcome a careless fool like him".
Soran was looking at the old man in a slight angered way but he quickly composed himself and replied "what do you even know about my kingdom? The history of this kingdom was set stone with the betryal of rysen arjen and then every king after that betrayed his father to become the one who rules".
Soran added slightly while raising his tone "only my father was a good man who didn't betray his own father but in the end he was killed by the delusions of grandfather who thought the history is going to repeat".
Before the old man could say something, soran interrupted and added "I was only fourteen when that happened and then bhagdatta came and told me to do certain things to rise. I was a naive young boy who thought that i would inherit this kingdom in my later mature days, something that i would probably do when i would actually grow up but no i was wrong. Perhaps i should have read my history more instead of focusing on spending time with my family".
The old man said with a low hushed tone "almost every other kingdom has a history that is set upon a betryal but that doesn't stop them from building a great kingdom".
"I think the king should do whatever he pleases and nobody should stop him, not even crown mother, advisors, or the voice". Said soran casually as he walked through the hall of ashen.
"The order of king should be absolute and none shall oppose him no matter what". Soran with his massive build sized up the old man as he said that.
The old man chuckled and whispered "No matter how big the king be, there is always a figure that is going to oppose him".
Soran looked at the old man and said in a deep tone "really? And what figure is that?"
Soran added sarcastically while smiling "the thing is i am not smart as you wisdom seeking olds, so I cannot understand your way of talking. Forgive me for being a foolish ruler that acts on a whim".
The old man straightened up and looked at soran while he was mocking him, clearly feeling offended.
The old man chuckled and said "I thought that you were deserving. The passionate anger about wanting things like Lancelot, the princess of lunaverth and the sword is what really drives you, and i am not going to lie but I really liked that passion of yours but you are nothing but a half knowledge ruler who is as reckless as his voice".
Soran lowered his head and said "I want all those things but i do not want to be controlled by anyone".
The old man summoned a thick wooden stick and said casually "I want to make you stronger. A god that stands above all".
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Lunaverth kingdom.
Freya was sitting in a silence towards the lake as Grisha approached her and sat beside her.
Both of them were silent for a good while and then grisha thought of breaking the silence.
"I am not going to ask reasons for why you agreed to marry the king but don't you think you are clouding your judgement to satisfy our father". Said grisha while holding a blue flower.
Freya didn't reply for several mintues as she looked lifeless and weak.
Grisha tried to deliberate her words before speaking but freya interrupted her and said in a soft voice "I am grateful that you fought for me".
Freya looked towards the lake again as she nodded and then looked back at grisha with a positive smile.
Freya added without any thought "no matter what happens to me in the red kingdom, i will always try to survive besides i saw a vision again but this time it was finally a good one".
Grisha looked at freya with shocked eyes and said "why are you seeing this visions so often nowadays. Previously it was very minimal but now it seems like an every day occurrence".
Freya turned her head towards the lake and said "perhaps something is wrong with me".
"What did father say when i told that a medium hair warrior is going to kill the king" said freya as she tried to divert the topic.
"Well after you said that father left immediately and then when i saw him in the hallways again and asked he just casually brushed it off by saying "ramblings of a mad women and nothing else" and then i tried to talk more but he was not interested". Said grisha as she tossed the blue flower into the lake.
Freya gave a hint of disappointed smile and said "even after agreeing all of his demands, he still calls me that word".
Freya added "also the vision i saw was that i will be of somewhat happy there. There is going to be sad times and happy times both which honestly I don't mind as long as everyone approves of me".
Grisha looked down as she got a little emotional and said "I am really going to miss you".
Freya smiled and said "so am i, and also your melodious tunes of harp".
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The red kingdom.
The round table of sanguine wardens.
Lucien opened the doors towards the round table.
He breathed a sigh of relief before entering.
All five of the sanguine wardens present there immediately straightened themselves up before bowing towards lucien.
Lucien nodded and acknowledged all of them and said "Lancelot would be in his way of wizpuri market right?"
Lasken replied "yes my lord".
Lucien said "alright, how is your training going ashton?"
The young ashton smiled and said "it's really going great my lord".
Lucien laughed and asked lasken "you are teaching him really good but careful don't teach him about what you do at night".
Lucien added "you are really more interested in that rather than training".
Lasken with his beautiful long hair smiled clearly embarrassed and said "no, not at all my lord".
Lucien acknowledged renly and said "you really did great defeating those filthy mud rilers with lancelot".
Renly with his pale skin and grey eyes smiled and said "whatever i can do to aid my king towards the better future".
Lucien then looked at wisdom eyed sam and asked "How much time till the "nevera sevants" attack?"
Sam replied with his deep voice "those are just empty threats my lord. You need not concern about them, we will handle them".
Lucien smiled proudly and said "always reliable".
Sam nodded and smiled back.
Lucien looked at vishkron and said "Is it only me or are you really growing like a beast day by day".
Vishkron with his tall and muscular build replied "all thanks to the blessings of god and you my king".
Lucien looked at all of them and said "So should we commence the meeting".
All of them nodded and followed their way around the round table.
Just then all of them heard a faint knock on the door as a minister walked in opening the golden wooden door and said "my king, do i have the permission?"
Lucien nodded.
The minister was clearly exhausted from the haste and as he catched his breath he said "my king, lancelot has returned with a young boy. Both of them injured severely and needs your immediate attention".