Grizzled
#S2 Episode 8
“Honestly, I was picked up and made queen only to be used ‘kan?”
The atmosphere suddenly felt silent and cold ever since the question escaped from my throat. Luska looked at me straight back.
“Everything depends on Your Majesty's own views. If saving thousands of lives makes His Majesty feel like a tool, then I myself am also a tool. We are all being a tool to suppress the bad possibilities that will happen,” replied this thin-browed man.
“It is not pleasing, but you can ask me for any help without coaxing me into becoming queen, making up stories that I am a descendant of the Alba nobility, this is it and other nonsense. If my strength is to be expected, there is no need to impress me like a materialist who must be bribed with power and luxury for the sake of helping hands. You drove me back to where I came from that was enough,” I replied.
“I know Your Majesty is indeed nobler than anyone expected, but the blood of the Alba nobility that flows in Your Majesty is not a mere story,” replied Luska, for some reason the tattoo on his forehead seemed to glitter in an awesome silver color.
“After the parallel interunia portal is closed, not just anyone can go in and out. The arrival of His Highness who is not denied is strong evidence that His Majesty is indeed a descendant of the Alba nobility, as well as the next legitimate heir to the throne.”
I just sighed, too tired not to believe everything. If this is not a dream, then I have to face it as reality –duh, yes?
“Alright, whatever! What can I do to help?” my many.
“Why is Your Majesty in such a hurry?”
My eyeballs are twisting, “You are really hard to understand! Here's my situation now, I'm at the end of my secondary education, a leap stone to my ambitions and my future. I really want to help your problems, but I don't want to mess up my future.”
“Isn't His Majesty's future in Alba?”
Stumped. I put a book in my hand on Luska's face. Dad once told me not to throw books because it was a body of science, but .. enough is enough, my patience evaporated after my head was boiling.
“WHEN DID I EVER AGREE TO THAT?!” my bursts of anger, “and stop showing your snorts! You're obviously a hobby pisses me off!”
“Of course, because with that frustration Your Majesty can slowly love Alba,” he replied.
“Don't dream!” my reply grumbled out, walking in any direction hoping to find a way home, but considering this kingdom is above the clouds it means ... Geez! I will never escape! Goddamnit!
“Your Majesty, the internal museum of the castle is not in that direction,” said Luska who was a few steps behind me.
“Bodo highly! Who wants to go on an excursion?!” reply continued to walk without turning his head, continuing down the corridor that ended up going nowhere.
“Sorry for that, Your Excellency ...”
“Yes, yes, I'm sorry. Now stay away, don't touch me!”
“That means His Majesty is still angry.”
“Fuck! I want to go home!”
“But His Majesty is heading to the artillery control room, misguided! Your Excellency ...”
Luska's words were cut off along with the sound of an explosion that shook the walls of the corridor. My frustration also suddenly evaporated, changing into an overwhelming anxiety. A few moments of silence filled the air.
“So what explosion?” tanyaku who is now crouching hugging his knees.
“No idea,” replied Luska while watching around.
“Why don't you know? You should have known!” my protest, his “ did not collapse ‘kan?”
“Eh?”
“The land of clouds where this castle stands! Just be careful if it gets broken and I fall from a height!” I said I was actually scared to death.
“Your Majesty may stand, it will not happen, but honestly, I do not know the source of the explosion earlier,” said Luska. It just adds to my anxiety.
Shortly thereafter, the conversation echoed along the corridor. That angry voice I guessed belonged to Ladra. My guess was correct after he appeared with some of the people who were also in the conference room.
“Yes my goodness, Your Majesty! Are you hurt?” tanya Ladra hastily approached me, “Luska, why is Her Majesty here?”
“Tadi ...”
“Don't mind me,” I said before Luska spoke a lot, “Head of the Board, please settle matters out there. I know there's an uproar worried about the whole country. Explanations and others I will collect from Luska .. and please do not cover up.”
I stood up, left. Some people behind me didn't react. Luska finally followed me after a while.
“Yag Your Highness! Your Majesty, sorry, do not wander alone when you do not know the way,” he said. This time I managed to find the door that led to the courtyard. The two courtiers standing guard lowered their heads as soon as they found me passing by. The sky had darkened outside here and the scene seemed to ease the turmoil of my emotions some time ago.
I looked up, stunned to see the star-studded like spilled glitter powder, twinkling spoiled so beautifully. Something that suddenly changed my mood much more amazing, the moon crystal circle peeked behind the clouds. Really, I've never seen a moon this close and this big! In the heart was afraid if at any time the moon fell rolling into the castle yard.
“If circumstances permit, I would like to take His Majesty around outside. The view of the city behind this thick wall has its own attraction at night,” said Luska woke me from the reverie of admiration.
“Yes, unfortunately the situation is not possible,” my reply finally sat on the edge of the fountain pool in the middle of the page, “tell me the situation that does not allow it!”
Luska sighed, “Your Majesty doesn't like high places?”
“Obviously you know that! Don't make small talk or switch the conversation!”
“Yes, yes, I know. I am confused where to start?”
“Tell me what commotion interrupted the conference earlier!”
“Oh, that was .. It seems like there has been an expansion of the Grey World, again,” replied Luska.
“Well, there should only be two worlds. That means the Grey World is a world that should not exist, was never expected, and should be put aside for bringing doom.”
“Your Highness doesn't like high places ‘kan? It must have been terrible to imagine living in a civilization above the clouds. It was the thinking of the Alba residents before we finally had to move up here. At first we lived on the surface, just like the people in Nigra,” Luska said.
“Then why should you move?” my many.
“Everything is still related to the issue of power vacuum. Parallel world portal opened a thousand years ago. In the space of two hundred years, there is still no problem in the search for a legitimate heir. However, things got even more difficult after the next period. Eight hundred years ago, the mark of the rightful heir began not to be found among the nobles of Alba.”
“A legitimate heir sign? This power?” ask me while deflecting the direction of the shower with bare hands without touching it. Lately I've been pretty good at mastering my telekinesis. The side effects were no longer felt after I used them.
“Yes, that's only a part of the power of the legitimate heir sign. There are still many more amazing powers that will continue to grow. Perhaps His Majesty started it from telekinesis, then slowly one by one another sublime force followed,” replied Luska. Whoa, is that right?!
“Back on the power vacuum. After that what happened?” my many.
“The head of the Board told him about it during the conference. Someone who is not entitled to finally be appointed as king, forced because a lot of affairs that must be immediately resolved. However, that rash attitude ended up paying havoc,” Luska replied with a dim look in her eyes.
“The universe that answered. A dark dome appeared in a patch of our kingdom. At first we were not aware of it, did not know that the dome turned out to be under other powers, preventing any access for us to a small patch of land earlier.”
“A small patch of land, absolutely priceless compared to all the existing territory, but one day we finally understood that there should not be a single piece of land that should fall to other powers. Such domes one by one appeared elsewhere, continuously expanding. We just examined it after the area that was taken reached one-sixth of the total area. Yes, a small number, but the territories taken over are vital areas and densely populated villages.”
“It turns out what exactly is the dark dome that wrenches this kingdom?”
“At that time we did not know for sure, but until now we called it the Grey World, the third parallel world that should not exist, which is held in control by an assortment of demons. We never knew what was in it because no one could ever get in there, but the terrible creatures in there turned out to be able to come out and mess up,” explained Luska.
“Gruesome creatures?” ask me to imagine some kind of undead, a kuyang, a vampire, and his friends. It must be torturous living in the midst of such terror.
“Yes, consider it the pet of the demons ruling the Grey World. Alba has since lost her peace. For hundreds of years we have been trying to suppress that mess, but the longer the situation becomes more worrying. Not long ago, about decades ago, the demands of the people to get rid of the dark dome were everywhere. Our defense forces are on the move, but most fall without a trace of victory.”
“The Grey World is apparently not a battlefield where our flagship ammunition can boast. Our troops could not even break the dome of that world's magic shell, dying before even getting into it. Up to two centuries, resistance that feels futile continues to be carried out. The recruitment of soldiers was carried out massively and massively also who no longer returned. Our population and territorial area are drastically reduced. This is a universal event in response to the appointment of the wrong king, disaster,” said Luska this time closed his eyes, not daring to see the disaster even if only in his own flashback.
“The policy to fight the Grey World has finally shifted to saving the rest of the existing population. The surface had been overrun by most of the Grey World and more and more monstrous creatures were roaming about. Finally, scientists are busier looking for ways to build civilization on the clouds and ... and the result is the White Country where our feet rest.”
“Wah, your population was saved. Thank goodness!” my reply finally heard the good part after tragedy after tragedy after tragedy I heard from earlier.
“Yes, unfortunately, the political situation is even getting worse. The only next legitimate heir we found committed suicide because of distress, feeling burdened with great responsibility. So the Body of the Internal Council was formed as it is today. The government is back to normal even in the middle of the vacuum,” replied Luska.
“Well, isn't it the same? You finally got a leader with the title of Head of the Board. Why still bother looking for a legitimate heir?”
“Oh, obviously different. Ladra is indeed the Head of the Council, our leader who holds all policy control, but he is not an absolute single leader like a king. He has no clarity of thought and sublime power as great as a legitimate heir, that's why everything he decides should be considered with other board members who represent the support of the people.”
“Wah, democratic, so ya?”
“Ya, that sort of thing. So far the performance of the Internal Council Body under his control is quite good, but occasional mistakes occur, making the Grey World continue to expand down there, he said, while this land of clouds cannot continue forever to be our home. The search for the rightful heir should still be done to defuse the chaos and restore peace.”
I took a long breath. Ease the chaos and restore peace? I was chosen only because I could do little magic? Never mind tidying up the universe of the White World, a patch of my own room was never neatly arranged.
“The demands and expectations of the people this time are the presence of a real legitimate heir, who does not run away from his responsibilities ... and this time, have heard all the lara of his ancestral land,” said Luska.
The night wind was rustling softly, but strong enough to scramble my haircut. Concerns and worries remain in the crevices of the mind, but the empathy that begins to spread cannot be prevented.
“I ... I actually don't intend to run away from responsibility,” I murmured slowly.
“Means His Majesty is willing to help us?”
Ah, briefly. The words coming out of my throat must be properly ordered. How do I want it? Of course I'm determined to help, but I don't want to stay here forever. Leaving Alba after isn't leaving the throne void again? And yeah, that's the problem.
Before my teeth turned into words, one of the people in the council chair appeared with a breath of breath.
“Young Knights ... Sorry, Your Honor ...”
“What's up?” much worry.
“Sorry, the Head of the Council asked Young Knight Luska to secure His Majesty. Crowds had gathered outside the castle and threatened to break through the guard,” the man said.
“Cih, what exactly do they want?!” luska asked furiously and immediately pulled me away from the courtyard. The commotion in question began to sound behind the thick walls of this castle. The cries of those who asked me to appear rang out mingled with loudspeakers from the side tower warning the masses not to be anarchist.
“Shortly, Luska! They want me!” my word.
“Yes, I know, Your Majesty. Since the news of your arrival, the public has been impatient to wait for the clarification of the legitimate heir and policies to deal with the problem, but they are in a hurry after the expansion of the Grey World a few hours ago,” replied Luska.
“Well, that's why I have to calm them down.”
“No, Your Majesty! Not at the moment! His Majesty still doubted himself. What would you say in front of them?”
“Sead ... I'll deliver anything as makeshift!” I answered trying to get my hand off Luska.
“Oh, no, no! The public doesn't like what it is! They will only be filled with distortion and manipulation! Something that is as it is a little bit satisfying.”
“Instead of saying something as it is, we better start making what will be delivered it into something,” said Ladra appeared at the door where I came out earlier.
“The Body of the Internal Council has prepared a closed conference. If Your Majesty does not want to run away from responsibility, the policy to suppress the expansion of the Grey World must start to be hacked tonight as well.”
.Seriate.
