30th of October, 1655.
It is the day that Charles has been waiting for, the day he would take revenge for his father and mother.
Borough Camden, St Pancras and Sors Town Ward, London, Commonwealth of England
A luxurious carriage bearing the emblem of the Stuart Family arrived at Royal College Street.
The person who stepped down from the carriage was none other than King Charles II Stuart of the Kingdom of Scotland.
Charles had changed quite a lot from his 20-year-old self when he beca the King of Scotland. He had a longer and bigger beard, and he had gained so weight and muscle. He now stood at 6’8’’ inches tall, taller than most Dutch who were known for their height.
Charles lazily walked through the streets of London in the direction of the Palace of Whitehall, where Oliver Cromwell was located.
Surprisingly, Charles didn’t seem concerned about being spotted and reported to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, for behind him marched an army of Scottish knights in tight formation. They carried the latest Flintlock muskets, accompanied by a few cavalryn. What struck observers most was the lack of opposition; it seed as though they were openly welcod into the city of London.
Even more peculiar, any attempts to question or halt this rebellion were swiftly silenced by their own superiors, for reasons unknown.
This was because Charles had ticulously infiltrated his n into every layer of England’s society alongside the royalist forces. Propaganda spread by Charles had also swayed the common people of England. Moreover, with His Excellency Oliver Cromwell aging and his son proving incompetent, many in London believed that transitioning the Commonwealth into a kingdom wouldn’t be so terrible after all.
*Step step step*
As Charles walked through the streets of London, the nobles, who were nowhere to be seen a mont ago, suddenly appeared one by one. They quickly stood as welcoming guests for His Highness Charles II. It was as if they were welcoming their king ho.
While most of the nobles present were aligned with the royalist forces, the successful execution of their plan, where Charles faced no opposition in launching the coup, was a significant testant to the intelligence and political acun of these nobles. Sensing victory was imminent, the nobles knelt down one by one In order to make their allegiance clear as Charles passed through the street.
With a gentle expression, Charles nodded at them in gratitude, acknowledging their support and assistance.
By the ti Charles had reached the Palace of Whitehall, the whole of London got to know about the return of the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of England and the son of His Majesty Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria.
The citizens of the empire soon learned about the rebellion launched by the royalist forces, or Cavaliers, against the parliantarian forces, or Roundheads. This event was very similar to what happened in 1649, where the opposite outco occurred, ending with the death of His Highness Charles I.
Charles, upon opening the door of the palace through so unconventional ans, After neutralising the guards guarding the palace with the help of his army, saw the old man, Oliver Cromwell, who was lying on the ground embarrassed, surprisingly, alongside his son.
Charles was initially taken aback by the existence of Richard Cromwell, but then he felt very happy that both father and son were gathered together in this auspicious event.
As Charles clenched his fist, the bones crackled under the pressure he exerted. mories flooded back, each one a testant to the hardships he endured since his teenage years: an orphan in a foreign land, pressured to forsake his faith.
He recalled the sight of his mother struggling in poverty after his father’s death, and he rembered the embarrassnt and sha of having his sister under the alms of sobody else.
Charles walked towards Oliver, who had just fallen on the ground. Every step he took made him more and more unable to control his emotions. His face beca red at a visible speed, and his blue eyes turned red with rage.
To his dismay, before Charles could take any action, the old man suffered a sudden heart attack and passed away. Witnessing this unexpected turn of events, Charles, already consud by rage, stood frozen in stunned silence. The outco was far from what he had anticipated, and he struggled to co to terms with this abrupt and undesired conclusion.
He had put a lot of thought into how he would take the life of this old bastard. But what was the aning of the old man suddenly dying like this without even facing him? He knew that the old man was approaching his 60s, but who knew that the old bastard who had his father killed and mother banished would die so easily?
Charles couldn’t shake the image of the last look on Oliver’s face—a plea for rcy, mixed with heartbreak as he gazed at his son.
As soon as he rembered this scene, Charles quickly ran forward and started punching Richard Cromwell who was still alive and stunned by the events that transpired
"Your... *bham* maj... *bham*, Ple... *bham*," Richard, who was punched continuously, couldn’t even utter a single sentence, and Charles was even more furious because the cowardly bastard did not even fight back.
Due to this, when he increased the force of his punch, the weak and untrained scum passed away.
He imdiately felt disgusted seeing this coward.
" ’Tsk’, not even worth my ti," he said to himself out loud. Charles quickly tried to get rid of the blood stains on his hands, feeling as though if the blood existed on his palms even for a mont, it would dirty his body with this cowardly and traitorous blood.
"Robert, take him outside and behead him for everyone to see. It should be the sa way how my father was executed. Let those Roundheads feel my wrath," Charles ordered his emotions now under control.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Robert replied as he ordered his subordinates to do the job.
On the eventful day of October 30th, 1655, one of the strongest naval powers of the world, the Commonwealth of England, had fallen, and in its place, The Kingdom of England was ford with its king Charles II Stuart, the Lord of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the king of three Anglo-Saxon states.
This news caused shockwaves throughout the European continent as it happened abruptly. Although most countries always felt that this event was bound to happen given the discontent of the nobles and the advanced age of Oliver Cromwell, they did not expect it to happen so soon.
The main rivalling nations of the British—the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and other naval powers—could not judge whether the return to the monarchy of the British was a good thing or a bad thing for them.
Unfortunately, there was no way to take advantage of the situation, as although theoretically what happened was a coup, in practice, it resembled nothing more than a shift in majority ownership within a company, using a corporate shareholding structure as an analogy.
Oliver Cromwell held the majority shares of the Commonwealth of England before, but as discontent among the senior directors, employees, and smaller shareholders grew with the president of the company, aka Oliver Cromwell, it beca inevitable that a vote would be passed in the company to replace him.
And this is exactly what happened, as Oliver Cromwell was replaced by the young King of Scotland, Charles II Stuart.
Hence, no civil war occurred, and all the military and offensive capabilities of the country were fully retained, including the benefits obtained from past wars. William III of Dutch felt very bitter with this realization, but there was nothing he could do.
The only change in the Commonwealth of England or the Kingdom of England now is that Charles II has gone on to bridge the gap between different duchies of the kingdom in order to achieve better unity, which was sorely lacking during the reign of Oliver Cromwell.
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