"If We do not act quickly it will turn into a civil war, all this anarchy ... All these events ..." Said the Felin a long, thin man with a light chestnut hair and a square jaw, wiping his aquiline bleeding nose
"What happened to you Charles?"
asked Victor the king of Porea, an old man with long gray hair, a long wrinkled face and blue eyes he was wearing a golden crown on his head and a long red cape in wool with white borders
The Felin rushes to the large windows of the room and removes the red and blue curtains. The king rises from his chair to advance to the window: A scene of total chaos, thousands of people were present in front of the castle manifesting loudly, trying violently to cross the wall of men that encircled the castle to protected it
"Close the curtain, I've seen enough". Said the king, walking slowly to his chair
"We have no more time, and the quest of Abreal is only slowing us, we must announce the war there's no other alternative". said Felin
"If we announce the war now we will lose everything, we have to fix all that without resorting to war"
"The Roof will collapse on your head and you say we must not resort to war"? said Felin with an angry tone and got out of the room slamming the door behind him strongly
The reigning queen Maria a long, thin woman with long black hair that fell down to her back, a white face, smooth skin and black eyes, was chocked after what his son has just told his father
"Victor Why do you have so much confidence in the quest of Abreal"? give up on them!.
"Abreal will never let us down they will help us I'm sure"
"And if they don't". Said Maria with concern
"If It's not the case I'm afraid that it will be a war without mercy, but for now let's put all of our faith on Abreal"
"I Never thought that Shia will fool us with their stupid rules, what a band of lower class, and saying that we sheltered them when they made war"
"We must never forget that everything they do is legal and if your son have read before signing the contract our kingdom would be in peace"
"if they look for us, they'll find us, we have the most strong army in the world we will crush them in a day"
"You Have to think about the people of Porea no innocent will die because of the imprudence of your son". Said the king Victor pointing his finger along his wife Maria
"Hate and grief are the worst motivation to accomplish anything if we do not have answers in three days a civil war will break out in the kingdom and we could not blame anyone". Continues the king, looking at his wife.
"if Felin has followed me on the throne I wish he changes his attitude, people must love their king"
"And who told you that your people loves you Victor?" Said Maria then she stood up
"I'll see if Narial needs something." She said .
While leaving Maria sees Lussien The Pig, servant of the castle in front of the door he was preparing to enter in the room, she blasted him with the look in her eyes then leaved sweeping the floor with her long dark blue dress
Lussien The Pig knocked the door twice then entered slowly lowering his head
"Lussien The Pig, what takes you here?" Asks the king without disturbing his concentration on the papers he has in his hands
"My lord, it is said that the son of the Sir of Hazel-Darg has not returned home since yesterday, he went hunting with his hunting master earlier in the day and since they did not returned .." Said The Pig with his hissing voice
"And?" Asks the kings without disturbing his concentration
"And the sir of Hazel-Darg asks to advance the order of the next patrol to find his son." Says the pig, lowering his head
"Who he think he is to give me orders? the next patrol will only take place on the night of the next full moon, if he is so worried about his son he go find him himself." Victor shouted, throwing the scrolls he had in his hands around the big table in front of him
The Pig took a few steps back, keeping his head down.
"You can go." Said king Victor with a stern voice
Lussien drops his head and disappears out of the room without making any noise.
The next day Charles The Felin was being driven to his new sword of black steel in the back garden of the castle his nose had stopped bleeding
"It Is a prince's sword. Christopher said", approaching the Felin
"Uncle Christopher!" Said Charles who quickly put his sword down to shake his uncle's hand
"You're Growing faster day by day" Said Christopher, passing his hand over the little light beard of Charles
"This Sword belonged to my father, and my father took it from his father and so on". Said Christopher holding the sword in his hands, he passes his thumb on the handle of gold and continues
"This sword beheaded the last man of the clan Valdowein during the Great Northern War". He hands the weapon back to Charles
"but Its owner threw it after killing the last man of the clan Valdowein with pretext that he will not have to used his sword anymore" Charles continues recovering his weapon
"something is preparing Charles, I want you to be careful, I feel that a war will burst here." Christopher said, holding the head of Charles with his hands
"Don't worry, I will defend myself." The Felin said watching his uncle in the eye with a piercing look
Christopher pat him on the back and said
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"In my way to here I heard that the son of the Sir of Hazel-Darg is lost since yesterday and They suspect the Collins but it's strange because our relation with The Collins is quite stable how they could believe such a rumor surely made up by the people of Shia?"
"its shabby, they occupy the territories of our borders and they put their noses in our business, I hate them." Said The Felin with a furious tone
"I hate them too, they are like a disease for our kingdom I will be glad to get rid of this disease if only your father could
make such an order."
"My father is wrong."
"A King is never wrong." Said Christopher away from Charles a few steps and then adds
"A prince either."
Narial was spirited humming the currency of the Kingdom of Porea
"Long live the wind of Porea, long live the snow-castle"
When her mother enters her room with a metal bowl filled with hot boiling water to wash her hair
"My Beautiful princess, what a pretty princess you are!" said Maria to her daughter while putting the hot bowl on the floor waiting for it to cool down
"When I grow up I'd be the prettiest princess in the world!" Said the little Narial
"You Already are my daughter, there is no more beautiful girl than you." Said Maria discarding the blonde fringe of her daughter and then continues
"You're from the Merdeth family, you must be beautiful, you have no choice and you know our beauty have been transmitted to us by the angels of heaven since the beginning of time, it is thanks of that that our family is reigning after all, it's because we are beautiful and pure."
Said the queen Maria playing with the blonde hair of her daughter Narial
Mom, if I am the most beautiful then I'd be the Queen? Asked Narial her mother.
Maria turned her head as if she was looking for something and answered her daughter
"so you think you are more beautiful than me? said Maria with a serious voice to her daughter"
"Yes !" said Narial pleasantly with a silly smile
"YOU SHUT IT!" screamed Maria and with a quick movement Maria takes the metal bowl and spills the hot water over on her daughter's face
Narial begins to scream and her face began to burn, strands of her blond hair falling to the ground, her pretty white complexion was spirited to melt allowing blood to escape from her chair, she tries to wipe his face with his hands but the oil is still burning.
Maria takes a tissue on the nightstand and essuit the face of his daughter crying.
"Help, a help!" Shouted his majesty trying calmed her daughter crying because burns
The woman landed in current room
Oh my lord! Said the wife of rooms looking at Narial
"What are you waiting for? Bring me water and bring me Victor." Shouted Maria at the servant
"All Is well my daughter, all is well my angel, it was an accident, all is well." Said Maria to her daughter to calm her
After a while the servant returned with a fresh bucket of water
"Take My majesty, my lord the king is not in the royal hall according to The Pig, a messenger of Abreal is at the door of the castle and my lord went to meet him in person"
"I Do not care about the messenger and Abreal, oh my lord my little girl." Shouted Maria while refreshing the burnt face of her daughter with cool water while dripping fake tears.
"What a terrible accident." Said the servant while helping Maria.
"My lord, my lord." Said the Pig breathless while entering the royal hall
"What is going on?" Said the King by standing. The Pig dropped his head and then continued
"It's terrible, The messenger of the Eagles have arrived, he is at the door of the castle"
King Victor crosses the room strides towards the front door of the castle
"But my lord ..." Said Lussien while running after him
"Lussien Shut up." Said the king in a loud voice
After crossing the great hall the king stops outside in front of the door of the castle and was a sign that the guards to open the large wooden door
The door was wide opened, in front of the door stands a big black horse that carries the messenger of Abreal dead on his back, a large arrow piercing his stomach.
The king approached the horse, everyone was silent, the colors of Abreal: Yellow and black worn by the messenger were spotted with blood, with a hand King Victor removed the arrow of the man's belly and discovered a note that was attached to the arrowhead he pulled it and read:
Prepare for the war Victor, People of Porea surrender or your fate will be as miserable as this messenger . From your worst nightmare Shia.
Victor threw the parchment on the ground and crushes it with his foot and shouted
"Enough is enough, prepare the army we sadly have a war to win"