"How can I help you Sir Mero?" asked Nora as she and Mero stopped walking as they were a distance away from Lown and the others.
"I want you to be careful with that sprite" said Mero.
"You mean Lown?" asked Nora as Mero nodded.
"Yes him, be careful with him, and make sure to watch him very closely, I do not trust him" said Mero.
"You do not trust anyone" muttered Nora under her breath.
"What was that Nora?" asked Mero as he did not hear her clearly.
"I said that you do not trust anybody, you do not even trust me" said Nora.
"Who told you that I do not trust you?" asked Mero as he did not get it, was it only him or did it seem like she was upset with him or something.
"It is very obvious Sir Mero, you rarely trust anyone, and you especially do not trust me, you did not want me going to the Yonder Realm with her majesty, if not she insisted that I go" said Nora.
"Well you are mistaken Nora, I do trust you" said Mero.
"Of course you do sir Mero" said Nora.
"But I believe it is unfair for you to judge Lown, her Majesty has already forgiven him and she trusts him, and because of that I trust him as well" said Nora as Mero sighed.
"Her Majesty is too soft, if se gives her trust to every single person and creature she meets, she will put herself in danger, it is our duty to protect her" said Mero.
"Yes, I know that Sir Mero, and I do try my best to protect her Majesty, but in this sense, if she sees nothing wrong with Lown, then I see nothing wrong with him" said Nora as Mero did not even know what was going on right now, he thought that Nora would agree with him, but it seemed that she was against him as well.
"Alright Nora, fine, just know where I stand on this" said Mero.
"I do Sir Mero, is that all you wanted to say to me?" asked Nora as Mero nodded.
"I will take my leave then Sir Mero" said Nora as she turned around and walked away as Zuph called out for her.
"Nora, one of the kitchen maids are looking for you, they need your permission for something" said Zuph.
"Oh, okay Zuph, thank you" said Nora as she smiled.
"You are welcome" replied Zuph as he smiled and Nora walked in the opposite direction.
"It is only me or does Nora seem less timid than before?" asked Luc as he walked to Mero as Mero laughed dryly.
"You should have seen her when her majesty was captured by some giants thanks to Darla, she was ready to tear Darla's face off" said Mero.
"That does not seem like the Nora I know" said Luc.
"Well she changed, and she is obviously not scared of anyone anymore" said Mero.
"I saw the two of your arguing, what was that about?" asked Luc.
"Just make sure to watch Lown for me, I do not trust him" said Mero.
"Alright then" said Luc as Mero realized something, Nora referred to him as Sir Mero, meanwhile she referred to Elihu as just Elihu and Zuph as just Zuph, he had never realized.
"Zuph" called Mero.
"Yes Mero" said Zuph as he walked to Mero.
"What does Nora call you?" asked Mero.
"Zuph??" said Zuph in confusion, he was wondering why Mero was asking such a odd question.
"And what does she call Elihu?" asked Mero.
"Elihu" replied Zuph in nothing but confusion.
"Mero, where is this going?" asked Zuph in confusion.
"Nowhere" replied Mero as he walked away leaving Luc and Zuph utterly confused as Zechariah walked towards them.
"What is wrong with him?" asked Luc.
"I have no idea" said Zuph.
"I think it has something to do with his argument with Nora, and also, if you did not realize, Nora calls him Sir Mero, while she called the rest of you by your names" said Zechariah.
"But what does that have to do with anything? I doubt that Mero would care about that" said Zuph.
"Well maybe he does now, anyway, he seems to be in a really unstable mood" said Zechariah.
"Is that not the truth?" asked Luc as he shook his head.
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"And there my dear, this is the last of all the letters" said Nigel as he smiled and he signed his signature as he looked at Wura.
"Thank you Uncle, this should make things a bit less complicated" said Wura as she smiled.
"Yes my dear, these letters will be sent out to the entire kingdom, so there will be no problems to arise for you, the letter state that Liam has gone political mission for the Kingdom, and you are assigned to be in charge of the affairs of the Kingdom till his return" said Nigel as he smiled and Wura nodded.
"Do you know Liam's signature my dear?" asked Nigel as he smiled and Wura shook her head.
"Well you have to learn it, you will need to use it on some official documents, come over here dear" said Nigel as he smiled and Wura stood up to walk to his desk.
"That is his signature, you should learn it, sign it over here" said Nigel.
"Yes uncle" said Wura as she took the quill and she signed the letter.
"Not bad for your first try, you should get better with more practice" said Nigel as he smiled and Wura smiled.
"Which also reminds me, you need to sign your own signature as well, it will be sent to the church and consolidated at the signature of the Queen that will be recognized throughout the kingdom" said Nigel as Wura nodded.
"Sign here please my dear" said Nigel as Wura sighed.
"There" said Nigel as he smiled, he did not want to leave Wura alone to have to take care of everything, which was why he was putting everything in order before his departure, he wanted her to be calm and everything to be ready for her to take the throne till Liam was to return.
"Oh thank you uncle, what would I do without you?" asked Wura as she smiled and she hugged Nigel.
"You would do quite a lot my dear, I am just trying to make sure that everything is settled for you" said Nigel as he smiled.
"Thank you uncle" said Wura as she smiled.
"It is the least that I can do, I am sure that my nephew would want me to support his wife no matter what" said Nigel as he smiled and Wura smiled.
"Well let me go and order that these letters be sent out" said Nigel as Wura moved aside and he stood up from his desk.
"Alright uncle" said Wura as she smiled and Nigel walked out of his office as she sighed, she did not know what she would have done without Nigel here to assist her, it pained her so much that he was leaving her so soon, but she understood that he had stayed here longer than he had expected, and he needed to return back to his estate.
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"You called for me my Queen?" asked Lown as he flew in through the window in Wura's bedroom as he had turned into a bed.
"Yes Lown, I did" said Wura as she smiled and Lown turned back into his true form.
"Before you say anything my Queen, I want you to hear me out first" said Lown.
"Alright Lown, go on" said Wura.
"My Queen, I appreciate your hospitality and your trust in me, and I also appreciate you letting me stay here, but I do not just want to take advantage of your kindness and stay here, eat your food and live in your Castle" said Lown as Wura waited for him to finish.
"I want to work my Queen, work to earn what you are giving me, I can clean, that Is what I can do, I can clean the Castle in return for all your kindness and good work towards me, please allow me to do so" said Lown as he bowed down in front of Wura.
"Well if you wish to work, you can do so, who am I to stop you" said Wura.
"Oh thank you my Queen, thank you so much" said Lown as he smiled and he raised his head.
"I hope that you know you cannot work in your true form, you will end up scaring everyone" said Wura.
"I know that my Queen, I will find some other form to turn into" said Lown.
"Alright, now to why I called you here, actually your request happens to line up with what I wanted to ask you to do" said Wura as Lown nodded.
"I would like you to stay in the Castle, go around in the Kingdom, and just make sure everything is in order, you have a power that Is very useful, and I am asking you this because I read something unsettling of threats in the Kingdom, and I want to end them, if you can find out who the causes of these threats are, I will be forever grateful to you" said Wura.
"No my Queen, it is I that is forever grateful to you, you do not need to worry, I will do whatever you ask, and I will surely find the cause of these threats" said Lown.
"Thank you Lown" said Wura as she smiled.
"Is that all you want my Queen?" asked Lown as he smiled and Wura nodded.
"Alright my Queen, I will go into the kingdom now and start my search" said Lown as he smiled and he quickly turned into a little sparrow as he took off and flew away as Wura smiled and she shook her head, at least she could rest well that there was a search ongoing.
"My Queen, I have all the files you asked of me" said Nora as she walked into Wura's room with a pile of files that she placed on Wura's dining table.
"Thank you Nora" said Wura as she smiled.
"You are welcome my Queen" said Nora as she smiled.
"And what about the other thing I asked for?" asked Wura.
"Ahh yes my Queen, the maids have not touched his Majesty's quarters at all, neither his bedroom, or office" said Nora.
"Alright Nora, thank you" said Wura as she smiled.
"My Queen, these are many files, and there are still a lot more, I think that your room will soon become crowded by all these books and files" said Nora as Wura laughed.
"Well I agree, but if I am going to take over all Liam's duties successfully, I need to make sure to read about all of this" said Wura.
"I know my Queen, but your bedroom should be for resting not reading, how about I clear the her Majesty Queen Vivian's office for you to work there?" asked Nora as she smiled.
"No, I would rather leave her office untouched, Liam values all that pertains his mother, and his father as well" said Wura as she smiled.
"So what would you suggest my Queen?" asked Nora.
"Well maybe I will end up using Liam's office" said Wura.
"Alright my Queen" said Nora as she smiled and there was a knock on the door as Nora walked to answer the door, she smiled and collected the letter from the guard.
"My Queen, the consolidation letter for your seal and signature has arrived, and I did not open the letter, the seal of the church is right here" said Nora as she smiled and she handed it Wura.
"Thank you Nora" said Wura as she smiled and she opened the letter as she looked at her seal, which was a drawing of the sun, surrounded by a circle of white lilies and it had the other colours of Wyverdale.
"If you ask me Nora, this is all just so quick, I had expected waiting for at least 7 days till I received my seal from the Church" said Wura as she looked at Nora.
"May I speak freely my Queen?" asked Nora.
"Of course you can Nora, you are always allowed to speak freely" said Wura as she smiled.
"Thank you my Queen, I believe that his Majesty had all this arranged prior to all that had happened" said Nora.
"He and Lady Marli were just waiting for you to accept the Queen's role fully before all this could have been consolidated" said Nora as her words made Wura smile.
"Oh my darling Liam, he always thought of me before I thought of him" said Wura as she smiled and Nora smiled.
"I just miss him so much" said Wura with a sad smile plastered on her face.