Someone was pushed into the court room where the meeting was being held. It was a man. The crown prince Alexandro looked confused but kept that face he gave everyone except Celine.
"What did he do, Patrick", the queen asked. She knew him because he fought hand in hand with her husband. "Greetings the court , your highness and your majesty", he said bowing low.
" Yes, Patrick, what did he do?" She asked again. The young man was accused of theft. " He had worked for us for ten years , I didn't think he could steal the trophy, you personally gave me", Patrick said.
Murmurs like dust made by galloping horses rose. The crown prince Alexandro looked at this man. He was dressed poorly and wasn't on shoes. " Did you do it, young man?" The queen asked.
The young man shook like a fish caught in a hook. He looked like he would die if fear and not of punishment.
For once, the crown prince Alexandro pitied someone that was not Celine.
" Did you do it, you unscrupulous piece of dirt!" She thundered. " I have sinned against God and the queen... I... I ask for your mercy", he said trembling in the floor.
This man must have children to feed, a wife to love and relatives to take care of . But here he was begging for mercy. " You deserve death!" Proclaimed the queen.
" Forgive me your highness, my daughter's were ill so I could not... Could not... Please..." He broke into tears. The queen looked unmoved.
" It is people like you that destroy the society", she said and stood up from her throne.
Sir Patrick was with a sword. She took it and weighed it. Yes, she was a queen, but she was also a man.
"Mother, I suggest you pardon him", the crown prince Alexandro said.
The queen looked at him. " This is unacceptable. He stealing from the high authority is like stealing from the temple", she said not looking at her son.
" Let us take him to the slaughter house ", the minister of defense said. The queen shook her head. "I'll do it myself ", she said and finally looked at her son.
"That's what a real king would do, uphold the law", she said and with that, she cuts the head of the man.
No last words.
No prayers.
Just head , body and blood...
***
"You heard him, he has no one to cater for his sick daughters ", the crown prince Alexandro said standing and facing his mother. "A true king would Keep to law", she said.
"No, a true king would show mercy with his left hand and punish with the right", he said and the queen nodded.
"What kind of king would you be? One who let's people off? " She asked accusingly. " No", he said shaking his head.
"By the way, the lady Gwendolyn is coming back", she said standing from her seat.
" The reason you did this was because you had and have an unrequited love for the late king, my father's best friend", he said and the queen widened her eyes at such blasphemous truth.
"Knowing sir Patrick loves violence, you decided to act_" he sighed. "_ you know you did wrong. He knows this and that is why he uses you to his own advantage"
"You..."
" I even think the late young man did nothing, sir Patrick must have ..."
"Enough! The girls and the mother would work in the palace as maids", she said holding her head.
"That's all you can say, you are best idiot cilia has ever encountered "
And with that, he left his speechless mother and went away. Angry.
***
Celine sighted the crown prince Alexandro and went to him. "What happened, you look white", she said and he forced a smile. "Mother put someone to death "
"Or you mean killed?", She asked and he looked surprised. " How...?"
"Rumours are the most efficient thing in the world ", she said and he kissed her nose.
The crown prince Alexandro suddenly sighted a man, he was keeling on one knee and the other was raised. Sharps things were kept above the raised leg, so if he shifted his position, the sheapnels would slash through his leg.
His right hand held different books and an apple at the top. If the apple fell, he would be...
His left hand was placed sideways and sharp objects were kept above it just like the leg.
"What did he do?" He asked and she smiled. "He insulted me", she said and he looked at the man. "I don't want to kill him. Leave this to me, your highness ", she said.
His mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth. "Should I forgive you, John ?"
He said nothing. " Should I?"
Nothing.
Then she turned to face him. "Then I should..."
"No, miss Celine", he said with his gagged mouth. Celine looked at crown prince Alexandro and smiled. "See, if he talks, he'll get injured, if he didn't, he also would"
"Make sure you leave no space for your enemies", she said and he rubbed her back.
"You sweetheart, makes my heart beat faster than normal", he laughed.
When his men first saw him smile, they were scared. He didn't smile to them instead to Celine and when he kissed her. Rumours, as everyone knows was faster than light and very much effective spread.
Though it quickly died down, the soldiers were grateful for a lady Celine in he, their prince and boss life.
"Treat your enemies with kindness that they have no other choice but to take their own life", she said to him and he nodded. "How?"
Celine laughed. "This_" she pointed at the man who was serving punishment and continued. "_ is kindness", she said.
"It's how you treat your enemies"
***
"So, when your so called plan is in place, how do we advance on the kingdom?" , Marcuse asked.
The crown prince Logan laughed. "Do not worry about tomorrow, my dear friend. Let tomorrow worry about itself", he said.
"I have the perfect plan"
"Tell me"
The crown prince Logan smiled. "I'm not a murderer or a bad person but, I want to take the life of Alexandro Aiden the first..."
"... So, let us wait..."
Smile.
The only invisible trait the Segovians had.