James issued a message to the other kingdoms addressing about Aldrich's appearance and the political change in Darwarke. Aldritch was wanted in most kingdoms but the person was lazily going through fields heading towards Darwarke as he heard that Eva had succeeded from the ongoing rumors which had spread. On the throne of Darwarke a queen sat with a cold and detached appearance on her beautiful face. She was Eva dealing with the new issues of the kingdom. She had already taken over and killed the servants who remained loyal to the previous king gaining fear from her servants who were afraid of her. It was unheard of since those who stepped up in power of ruling a kingdom would be of royal blood but now it was acquired through brute force.
"Your Majesty, the kingdom of Mordant has declared war on us." Frowning her brows ,"Fine. Prepare our soldiers for battle." Dismissing her servant, she sat on a well polished chair in a grand room which had ample space. She was dressed in a scarlet red dress and shoes and her hair clipped in a bun.
She had been dealing in restoring the kingdom not to mention the opposition she faced from most of the nobles as they refused to be under her rule though she did kill most of them to remove the unwanted noise. The moment she stepped in power, other kingdoms seeing the opportunity to take over Darwarke as it was expected that the new queen would take time to adjust and the servants would be reluctant of her rule took advantage of this this an example with Mordant. She stood up and went to the window which overlooked the kingdom and sighed ,"It should be enough to repay him." Continuing looking over,an intruder snuck up behind her and gave her a small hug ,"Boo!" She exclaimed. Eva wasn't surprised as she had already senses her entering the room with her new profound level of power. "What do you want Evelyn?" She asked looking down at her small sister. "I was wondering if you were done as dinner is almost ready." Lately Eveyln has spent less and less time with her older sister as she was focused on looking over the kingdom but to compensate for this,her mother would often spend time with her.
"Just a little longer and I'll be done." Looking back at the window as she sensed Eveyln leaving the room with a carefree expression. She went back to her seat but to her suprise, there was a hooded individual seated on it. What shocked her was that this individual was able to bypass her and without wasting any time, she withdrew the sword handed to her by Andrew and swung at the neck of the individual. She had tested this sword which had a mundane look but it's limits were unknown. From iron to Ytterbium, it could cut through all and she knew what the other kingdoms could do if they learnt of this thus it was only disclosed to her,her mother and her little sister as she too was given one. She tried to appraise it to see what rank it was but the result was the same, it would show that it couldn't be ranked. To her surprise,the individual caught it with his fingers and let out a small laugh. She dodged backwards trying to figure out who could have sent this individual but she bumped into the individual who was seated a second ago. "Who sent you?" With a cautious expression on her face.
'Was this individual from Mordant?' To her surprise,the hooded individual hugged her similar to her sister but since they were the same height, it looked rather awkward. "You don't remember me? It really breaks my heart." Recalling where she had heard that voice she exclaimed making a slight graceful bow ,"Aldritch, I'm so sorry for my ignorance. It won't happen again."
It now made sense how he had caught her sword earlier. "I heard dinner is almost ready." Knowing what he meant,she lead the way out of her office giving a small tour of the place. The servants were weirded by the sight of their queen acting as a servant before this strange hooded man they had never seen before. After they were done, they went to where Eveyln and her mother were. The door was opened by the adjacent servant and Eveyln saw her sister coming in ,"What took you so long? Your food is getting cold." But she didn't respond and went to the side of the pathway making a slight bow. Bewildered with her sister's actions ,"Are you okay sister? You don't bow, the servants do." But who walked in made her stand up in shock and along with her mother made a slight bow before standing. Andrew went straight to Eva's seat as it was the most grand and they began their dinner. "Aldritch you're back." Eveyln squealed in excitement having a hard time keeping herself calm. Their mother had already been briefed of what happened after her death so without wasting any time ,"I'm eternally grateful for saving my daughters Sir Aldritch." Andrew busy with his meal ,"Just call me Aldritch." Before he asked another pressing matter looking at Eva ,"So, do you have any problems in ruling this kingdom." Eva hesitant with what was on her mind ,"Sort of. A neighboring kingdom has declared war on us and it's pretty hard to govern when most of the staff are in opposition of my rule."
"Anything else?" He asked drinking wine which was not far from him. "The economy of this kingdom is not fairing any better." Done with his wine he stood up and said ,"I want you to call of your subordinates tomorrow for a royal meeting or something. As for the war, I'll deal with it and the economy is something that should recover after dealing with the first two problems." He then went outside on the small gazebo that was present and looked at the starry sky. Not before long Eva came with a furry coat ,"You can wear this of it's getting cold for you." Seeing Andrew absorbed in his star gazing, she went up to the roof and covered him gently sitting next to him. "How romantic big sister?" Eveyln came over after an hour had passed. "This isn't what it looks like?" Eva stuttering through her words before Andrew jumped off. Eva followed suit and commented ,"I'll show you where you'll be sleeping." Andrew ,"Lead the way." "Sister, try to not fall for his charms on his bed." Eveyln jestered as she saw Andrew and her sister going inside before she too went in her room. Looking at the bedroom fit for a king Andrew asked Eva ,"Where will you be sleeping tonight?" Eva not thinking much of it ,"In a room adjacent from yours." She started leaving the room but suddenly Andrew pinned her on the wall looking at her with an interested gaze. Eva flustered asked ,"You gave me everything so don't hesitate to take what you please." "Is that so? It just so happens what I want is you." Eva not being in a relationship as most of her life was spent wallowing as a slave for hundreds of years was new in this circumstance. Considering what he had done for her and all he had given her, she resigned to his charms and the night was lively for the most part.
Eva waking up in Andrew's chest saw his peaceful expression and remained in this posture till she remembered what Andrew assigned to her during dinner. She got off the bed and wearing her dress clumsily got out of the room before running into her younger sister. "What were you doing in Andrew's room?" She inquired but seeing how she appeared, she gave a taunting laugh before scurrying off. She a appeared fifteen but she was actually one hundred and fifteen years old so she knew what really happened. Andrew was waken up by Eva who had now changed into a blue dress and her hair this time was falling freely unlike yesterday. In her hands she had breakfast and shortly after consuming it, Andrew got up and prepared himself adorning in blue and white clothing similar to Eva's and walked to the hall where the meeting was to take place. Eveyln was kept busy by her mother when such meetings occured and as tradition,they were the last to appear before taking their seats respectively with Andrew on the king's throne and Eva on the queen's. Many nobles were surprised by Andrew's appearance as they had never seen him but judging form his seating,it seemed that he was her backer. "Excuse my curiosity but what is the reason for this summoning?" A nobleman asked with a hint of resentment in his words.
Eva just like the rest wanted to know why and Andrew sated their question ,"In order for a kingdom to run smoothly, there must be cohesion amongst the people or it will face it's demise." Everyone looked quizzically wondering what he was trying to go with this ,"The reason why I have called you here is to ensure the cohesion is sustained and since most of you lack it, I'll have to instill it and integrate it till you submit." Most of them refused to comply just as Eva had mentioned but she was wondering how he would change them. She tried to intimidate them but only few yielded. Andrew stood up and went to the middle of the room amongst them all ,'At times,fear is required my dear.' he telepathically told Eva and raised his hands pompously ,"Surbodinates, I'm going to ask you who resigns their will to my beloved. If you do then I want everyone here to walk like a dog and kiss her shoes whilst seated on her throne." The hall drowned in eerie silence. "Please spare our dignity as we already have unwavering loyalty towards you and the queen." A nobleman man spoke but Andrew walked back and sat on his throne and told him ,"Then do it." As a man, there was no way he would let his dignity fall that low so he stood his ground and so would the rest. "I want to see how long you last before you break." Andrew joked before letting a small smile. Eva found that task to be too demeaning but she was under his orders so she wouldn't do anything to oppose him but none did it. The head of the nobleman suddenly burst infront of them and he told them to do it.
They asked for an explanation but one by one, their heads started to burst with Andrew and Eva seating with a nonchalant expression. The process continued till they realized that he would kill all of them. "If you kill us, then how will you rule this kingdom?" They asked but their heads continued to pop till only a handful left were still alive. Seeing how their comrades died, they forcefully went on their knees and kissed the queen's shoes. They went back to their respective seatings and Eva asked looking at the hall soaked in blood ,"It will be time consuming to find their replacements." Andrew snapped his fingers and everyone who had died was revived much to their surprise as a revival artifact never existed. They looked at Andrew and they mocked ,"I knew that you couldn't kill us." They joked before one of them burst completely and the cycle restarted. Everytime they revived and adamantly refused to degrade their dignity, they would die only to be revived. The process repeated itself with each time them dying in different ways over and over again till they forcefully resigned. With the last one kissing her shoes, Andrew spoke with a warm smile ,"If you had done that to begin with, then none of this would have happened in the first place." Most of them were mentally scarred of what Andrew was so they yielded. Eva commanding them to kneel in which they did with no hesitation.
She disbanded them and they went back to their tasks with no delay. "That's a little over the top." Eva asked Andrew as they walked along the halls with their arms locked. "Sometimes you need fear if respect doesn't work." Most of the staff were also present and witnessing the neverending torture the nobles faced, they took gave in removing their mockery and jesting in their task. The news spread all over the kingdom of how the new king reformed the nobles making fear starting to spread about him and the new royal family. "Time to deal with that war." Andrew murmured as he looked at the sky wondering how he would deal with it.