Chapter 47:
Arthur's Point of View
Lestrania Thousands of Years Ago
With my plate of food still in one hand, I twisted out of the way from the spell flung by Aydan, and launched my foot towards Elias. Being adept in his magical nature, he teleported out of the way but appeared behind . That made it easy to twist once more and knock him out with my foot once more.
However, everything ca to an abrupt halt when Mara stood up, and a wave of magic froze almost everyone in the hall. "Enough!" She shouted in a firm tone and turned her attention to Elias and . "Sir Mordred..." Mara started in a worried tone as she saw my foot stopped near her brother's surprised face.
"Yes?"
Aydan put his student down, who moved back warily as he kept an eye on . "Please calm down. I understand that you did not co here to be insulted, and you are clearly not one to bow down to another, but please ignore their threats for the ti being." Gesturing around the room, she continued. "Would you be interested in getting your reward and perhaps-"
"There will be no reward!" Rudnurth seethed and glared at his sister. "You dare go against my order and subdue my soldiers?!"
To my surprise, Mara's face contorted into more of a husk of its forr liveliness as she turned to her brother. "Do not think to threaten , brother." She warned. "Or we will find out if that crown is truly as infallible as you believe."
Elias backed away from as Aydan was trying to decide how to proceed. "This isn't the ti for your squabbling!" The Great Sage bood throughout the hall, which gained the attention of everyone. "We-"
Mara, to my surprise, turned on Aydan rather quickly. "Hold your tongue, Sir Aydan!" She ordered. "I will handle this how I see fit!"
Elias moved over and started arguing with Mara as he agreed with Rudnurth. Aydan just sighed as he watched on, and I moved next to him with my plate of food. They were arguing on all sides of the table as I ate, and the Sage turned to before shaking his head as I took another bite.
"This is nice, isn't it?" I inquired, and Aydan just eyed warily. "I ant them not all focusing on . Not the arguing. Their screaming is starting to give a headache."
Aydan crossed his arms. "Is this what you wanted?"
"Not at all. Mara stopping all the soldiers in here surprised , though. I was preparing to knock them all out." Taking another bite with a shrug just got him to cover his face. "Glad that one of them sees reason, though. Are they always like this?" Aydan gave a confused look, and I gestured to the oldest siblings as Arceana and Elincia stayed out of it with frowns on their faces. "The whole sibling rivalry thing."
"Every now and then." He answered.
"So, I touched a nerve?" Another nod. "Neat."
Shaking his head, he replied. "I'm starting to think bringing you here was a mistake."
I just chuckled in return. "Starting to?" Aydan groaned and put his hands on his hips as he watched the siblings argue. "Nice to see at least one of them in my corner, though. I take it Mara actually cares about her sisters?"
"They all do," Aydan answered. "Rudnurth just has more on his plate with ruling and bringing together three different races into one cohesive kingdom."
Checking back into the argunt, Mara was practically yelling at both of her brothers. "Sir Mordred saved our sister, her n, and returned them to us! Not only that, but he defeated a Ghoul and helped Sir Aydan fend off a horde of thousands of Demons! Do you really think antagonizing such a man is a good idea!?"
Leaning over and whispering to Aydan, I agreed with her assessnt. "I an... She's not wrong."
Aydan just snorted slightly before returning to a more serious look. "The King may have antagonized you, I admit this, but you have returned it several tis over."
Holding up a hand as I gestured to him, and I explained. "I let people I et set the tone. Like you, for example. You were nice and very forthcoming, which is why I followed you here for my reward. It wasn't ntioned that I had to et the king, and I had no interest in doing so, but I ca because you were very amicable."
"So, you returned my friendly nature with indifference and caution?" Aydan questioned.
I shrugged. "Kind of. To be fair, there is a lot going on that I would like to discuss with you in private. That's another issue entirely." Then I pointed to Rudnurth. "Threatening with numbers and a show of force isn't any way to get to comply. What happened when Mara offered food?"
He sighed this ti. "You accepted and were indifferent during the al." Aydan then eyed . "You're a strange individual, Sir Mordred."
"As I said, I let people set the tone. Rudnurth and Elias are both assholes." Picking up a carrot, I threw it, and it hit Elias in the back of the head, which caused him to freeze. "Thus, I try and take the lower road of the two in these types of situations."
Elias turned around with wide eyes. "Did you just throw a carrot at ?" He asked in disbelief as he looked down at the vegetable that rolled to a stop on the floor.
Taking the opportunity to throw another one at him, his veins seed to pop in his forehead as another carrot hit him on the cheek. "You have no proof." Was my simple reply.
In turn, he pointed his sword at again. "I will kill you where you stand!" Elias roared while Aydan just gave a pained look.
Taking a drumstick from my plate, I pointed it at him. "This is my drumstick! There are many like it, but this one can be yours!" I shouted in return.
Elias teleported in front of and tried to slash as Aydan moved to stop us. However, it was an easy enough blow to dodge, and I slapped the drumstick across his cheek. He froze and looked at , wide-eyed with a hateful expression. In this mont, I took the drumstick and thwacked his forehead as his siblings stopped as they witness what transpired.
"You-" The High Elf began, but as soon as he opened his mouth, I stuffed the turkey leg in it.
"You'd think you'd learn by now." A smirk ca to my lips as I wiggled the leg around. "How's my at taste in your mouth?" Eventually, I removed my hand from the turkey leg and he stood there frozen in disbelief from the sudden oral violation.
To my surprise, Mara started laughing heartily as she put a hand on Arceana's shoulder to balance herself. "By the gods... That is hilarious. Elias, that's a good look for you." She said in between breaths.
"You know, I'm starting to like her more and more." Was my response as I just chuckled lightly at Elias and then turned to a stunned Aydan. "This is usually how I deal with things." Taking a bite of my food, I asked the Sage a question. "However, there is sothing bothering about all this. Davost, who is a Goddess of sorts, delivered these children to all of you to rule, correct?"
Nodding numbly, Aydan replied. "She did, indeed."
"Why?"
"They were delivered to us in our ti of need by the Goddess Davost herself." The Great Sage explained as he crossed his arms. "If that wasn't the sign for them to rule, then why were they given to us at that specific mont."
"That sounds like a horrible excuse. Almost as dumb as pulling a sword from so random stone and becoming the King of a great land because so water lady said you were." I comnted idly as my gaze drifted back to Rudnurth's brother who had removed my at from his mouth. "Don't you think?"
Of course, this confused Aydan. "What?"
Ignoring Elias obviously just made him angrier, and his hands started to glow as one fired a spell at . It was a fire spell in nature but had a white glow around it to probably increase its power. Seeing that he was only a few feet away from , they all expected to hit as Aydan teleported away this ti. Holding up my free hand, I grabbed the spell with one hand and crushed it. The flas dispersed quickly as the entire room beca quiet.
Shaking my hand from the stinging sensation for a mont, I grabbed a carrot and popped it into my mouth as Elias stared at in horror. "That's not possible." The High Elf said shakily.
"So, now that this is happening, I must say I'm looking forward to it."
Aydan and the others beca more cautious. "What are you referring to exactly? What is happening?" The Great Sage inquired, worried.
Pointing at Rudnurth, I explained rather bluntly. "I'm not letting him keep that crown. It's clear he is still young and shouldn't be ruling, so I'm going to borrow it for the ti being." Taking another bite of my food surprised people more, and I continued while eating. "Now, there are two ways we can do this."
"Kill him!" Rudnurth ordered.
Releasing a wave of killing intent over the entire room froze everyone as my energy started to fill the room. "You can hand it over and think of as a temporary replacent, or you can struggle and have take it by force." Rudnurth looked at fearfully, as I continued to eat. "The choice is ultimately yours. It just depends on how badly you want to hurt by the end of all this."
Aydan summoned his magic and took a combat stance against . "I will not allow that to happen!" He roared as the Sage glared at .
"You should."
If I had learned anything from my ti in this world so far, it was that I was far stronger than I gave myself credit. So far, only the Ghouls gave so difficulty, and that was only in a group. The other was Tor, but no one here, not even Aydan, could compare to him.
Plus, if it was true that Lestrania was a newly ford nation now, it concerned that this was how it started out. Rudnurth was an ass, and so was his brother, but both were apart of the Royal Family. Perhaps if I took control, trained, and taught them, things might be different in the future. Besides, it's not like I was going to be here too long.
"Enough. You are powerful, but we've fought worse before."
I shrugged. "Maybe that's because I'm not trying to kill any of you. rely act as a very forceful guiding hand."
In response, The Great Sage stated to teleport everywhere around the room, but he left behind a close of sorts every ti he disappeared. This was slightly amusing to . Aydan was the biggest concern I had, and the others were frozen in place with only him to rely on. That showed just how green they all were.
However, a sinking feeling started to fill my stomach when the first spell was launched. Much like you would expect from an Elf, it was green, but this was different. It held no specific form or structure and didn't appear to be an elental spell, like fire or water. Reaching out with my hand, my eyes widened as it got closer, and I brought my arm back on instinct as I moved out of the way.
The spell crashed into the wall, and for sothing that seed to be about the size of a basketball, it destroyed almost the entire wall instantly. My eyes moved back to Aydan, who had disappeared into his grouping of clones, and I frowned as they all raised their hands with magic. One was obviously the real one, but I still knew very little about magic. Thus, I was unsure if these clones could actually hurt .
"What's wrong, Sir Mordred?" Aydan's voice called out from around the room and multiple clones. "Not going to stop my spells?" He taunted.
Stuffing the rest of the food on my plate into my mouth, I dropped the plate, and it shattered on the floor. It took a mont to chew, but Aydan seed kind enough to wait until I was sowhat ready. Moving to the table slowly and passed a frozen Elias, I grabbed a drink before turning back to one group of clones.
Smirking, I brought both my hands up as I started to focus on the clones to find the real one as I moved towards them. "Give a minute. I just finished eating my dinner."
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