Behind The Castle's

**BINDING THREAD**

Charles and Thomas were quite shocked and astonished when they had just entered the main hall of the parliament. Their special room. Because it was unusual and unheard of, his other brother-in-law, his hot-blooded and relaxed brother-in-law was already in the room.

Albert was still standing in front of the window with both hands in his pocket. Even though he heard the sound of the door being opened but his body and face were still pointing to the front of the window that had been in instead. His eyes were looking forward, out the window.

"Is the end of the world about to happen, Thom?" Charles chuckled amusedly while glancing at Thomas who was smiling amusedly because he saw the figure of Albert who had come before them. "Oh Al.. What kind of apocalypse came in your dreams last night?"

As Charles chuckled, Thomas began to approach his desk and stopped at the sight of an open letter on his desk. Charles, who saw Thomas's movements stop, followed Thomas's perspective. The two men's faces immediately looked at Albert with question marks

"Little apocalypse will happen"

Albert's remarks drew Charles straight to Thomas's desk as Thomas held the letter paper on his desk. Thomas's face paled when the contents of the letter could already be digested properly, Charles who also just digested the contents of the letter holding his hand that immediately trembled, his lips were full of disbelief and did not want to believe

"It's...."

"Who sent this?"

Thomas continues the words of Charles that he cannot continue. The two men looked back at Albert who had not moved a bit from the front of the window.

"His Majesty"

With great difficulty Cahrles gulped his saliva. Thomas who had always been calm had lost his composure and immediately put one hand into his pocket.

"So Charlotte survived?"

Albert was silent and did not want to look at or answer Thomas's question. Charles took a deep breath and opened his voice

"And Victoria gave birth?" Charles shook his head in disbelief and looked at Thomas to voice his head. "So this is the reason Victoria came back to Albany at the time of the great commotion in the palace? and this is also why Arthur's hiding Victoria's state doesn't even allow us to just meet Victoria?"

Thomas who got the question from Charles just kept quiet. The question obviously does not need to be answered because it has been answered clearly

Silence occurred between them until Albert turned to his two in-laws who were seen continuing to re-read the contents of the letter

"Are we going to keep quiet with their threat Thom, Char?"

"Is that young King really able to do this?"

Charles looked at Albert with a look of face for explanation and answers. Albert nodded briefly

"The situation is different now, it is very precarious and we can say that this war will be a small apocalypse for Francia if war breaks out. The young king is a Castalarox, he will do anything for this work including making us enemies if we do not respond to his threats. His Majesty, will use his means to destroy us" Albert smiled wryly. "He was more terrible and more cruel than the late King but the worst, he was not a person who had much concern other than for his kingdom"

Albert's words made Thomas immediately tear the letter and take out his cigar lighter with the mouth that co-chopped Albert's speech.

"And Her Majesty must be on his side"

Charles looked at Thomas, who had begun to burn letters, and his mouth fell on him

"Our nephew will be on his side, on his royal side" Thomas nodded in agreement with Charles and Albert just kept silent as he looked back out the window. Charles continued his words as the paper began to burn in half. "I don't want to be hated by the Victorian kids I haven't even seen" Charles said. "Thom.." then looked at Albert. "I....."

Thomas's hand threw the still burning letter onto the ashtray while nodding briefly.

"I'm also Char..."

Unbeknownst to them, Albert smiled faintly with his face still facing the window. Until quite a long time silence occurred, Albert turned to his two brothers-in-law again

"What is your decision...." Albert's face turned and looked at Thomas, his brother-in-law who was their leader. "Duke Thomas?"

Thomas stared in turn at Charles who seemed to be waiting for his decision, and Albert who was looking at him fixedly.

One of Albert's eyebrows swooped and Charles smiled faintly.

"Let's walk the same path"

Thomas nodded briefly and Albert smiled again with a face that looked back to the front of the window. His heart sounds

'Victoria my daughter, all this we do for you and for my sister'

"I'll prepare the meeting room"

"I've prepared it"

The words of Charles who was directly in the Albert sambar made his two in-laws directly look at Albert with full investigation but, they chose to be silent and turned their steps towards the exit. Albert chuckled amusedly at the thought that only he knew, and his feet began to move following the footsteps of his two in-laws who were already standing at the door.

The three middle-aged men began to enter the meeting room that was not too noisy, the gentlemen there were already waiting for them with curious faces but also still relaxed. It was still too early for them to tighten their neck veins to argue, moreover, there was indeed no topic of issue that they had to discuss.

Charles and Thomas immediately sat in their seats. Hot tea and wooden boxes to collect sound have even been prepared? The two brothers-in-law Albert looked at Albert full of investigation. Albert who could feel the gaze of his two in-laws leisurely and indifferently immediately dragged the chair into the middle of the room, sitting leisurely in the middle of the circular table all the gentlemen.

"Good morning dear gentlemen"

The gentlemen immediately replied to Albert's stale greeting with a short nod. Albet is back. "We don't want to be stale, we just speed things up" Albert straightened his feet and somehow walked to the front of his desk. Albert does not usually like his position now, standing in front of his desk while opening important topics.

"As you've heard, there's a thin sizzle saying that Vancia will attack?" Things became very quiet as Albert said his words, Albert continued. "And that's all true, there will be a great war just waiting for the time to fall and break out"

The three leader men immediately snatched their teacups as the voice in the room instantly turned bustling and noisy. They already know very well and know how the reaction of their 'home' residents especially because of the topic that Albert said. Long enough they let things get noisy until Albert hit his desk three times strongly.

After the table was hit, the noise and commotion began to calm down. The attention of the gentlemen began to return to the three men of the house owner. Albert began to reopen his voice, directly at the core of their discussion

"The palace is asking for help, His Majesty King Fredrick wants us to take part in the battle"

Albert's words immediately made the faces of the gentlemen look confused, surprised, not accepted and their various reactions immediately reflected in their facial lines. It is clear that those who during the generations always felt a quiet life and stayed to receive full protection from the kingdom, could not understand the maxut Albert especially the request of their new King. Did the palace ask them to take part? in war????

Albert, who had guessed the question in the head, all the gentlemen went back to explaining the point

"The palace asked for the help of the power of our territory to be sent to the palace. Soon, so that they could organize and prepare everything"

"Can't be Earl Albert!"

Albert raised his hand high. This time he seemed unable and unwilling to accept the words of the gentlemen's hearts. A gentleman who just spoke and all the other new mouths would open instantly shut back down, especially when he saw the two men who owned the other main room already stood in front of their table while crossing their hands in front of their chests and giving a firm look. This time Thomas, the main leader and the main owner of the parliament house, opened his voice.

"Send immediately your power to the palace, as soon as possible, everything you have"

Back noise and commotion ensued. Albert sneered in annoyance, his in-laws directly staring at Albert. They knew that if the Albert they had suspected from the beginning, the middle-aged cunning Arathorn would have already thought about this situation and they were just waiting while pulling the audience seats. As always.

Long enough Albert just silent while occasionally scratching his ears that began to heat up and began to be uncomfortable with all the commotion until...

The door of the meeting room suddenly opened strongly, all heads directly staring at the door. Except for Albert whose face seemed uninterested to see who was coming but, his lips smiled obliquely by crossing his arms to the front of his chest.

"I'm sorry for my delay"

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Ayukk traces yukk

Greetings dear all