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Chapter 51 - Chapter 19 - The King [3]

Asu continent, east coast...

 Protoss Island, royal palace...

 Laboratory...

- Arthur Treadway (in royal robes, welding something)

- Alfred (in Arthur's mind) "Boss, the design you chose has a 90% probability of succeeding."

- Arthur Treadway (concentrated) "Great Alfred!"

- One of the scientists (in lab clothes, behind Arthur, worried): Lord, please let us do that, if the queen sees the king working, she will think we are not doing anything, and will be furious, please...

- Arthur Treadway (concentrated): Calm down, she's not going to do that, you keep doing your thing and ignore me, I'm going to finish everything...

- One of the scientists (sighs) "How can we ignore you..."

- Princess Alexia Aesir (walks into the lab with a basket of food, behind him): King, I've prepared something to eat... (leaves it on the table, opens): Your favorites...

- Arthur Treadway (concentrated) "What she trying to do now?!": Thanks Alexia, what's the name of this island anyway?

- Princess Alexia Aesir (exchanges glances with a scientist): Protoss, lord. It's Protoss...

- Arthur Treadway (sighs): Interesting name, thank you... (concentrated, eats a grape)

- Princess Alexia Aesir (looking at him) "He's so busy lately...": Did you know that it was Emperor King Pendragon who gave it that name?

- Arthur Treadway (concentrated): Is that so? Interesting...

- Princess Alexia Aesir (sighs, smiles) "Maybe another time..." (leaves)

Next day, morning...

Eurus Continent...

 Greece, Athens...

 Royal palace, Hera's apartments...

- Princess Hera Olympus (standing still, some servants measuring her body, sighs) "I can't believe I'm going to marry my father, and everyone here thinks that's normal..."

- Princess Aphrodite Olympus (enters the room, observes Hera, smiles): Hera, what was life like outside of Athens? I bet living with insects was good, you didn't even visit your father and older brothers...

- Princess Hera Olympus (sighs) "And my older sister, Aphrodite, spreading her poison, as always...": Isn't that true? (smiles)

- Princess Aphrodite Olympus (annoyed, grabs her neck) "This kid isn't afraid of me anymore.": Listen here, kid! Do you think you're something just because you're going to marry our father?! You're trash! Know your place!

- The handmaidens (step back)

- Princess Hera Olympus (struggling to breathe) "And me being the victim, as always...": F-Forgive m-me...

- Princess Aphrodite Olympus (lets go of her neck, smiles): We are understood, now, be a good girl and serve me breakfast in my room, I don't want servants, I want you serving me... (walks away)

- Princess Hera Olympus (coughing, runs her hand on her red neck) "I thought I'd never go through this again..."

Asu continent, east coast...

 Protoss Island, royal palace...

 Meeting room...

- Arthur Treadway (in royal robes, a cape, and two swords on his back, giving instructions to Lancelot, Qin-Shi, Persival, Ryu, Orion, Collen, Jarvis, Windsor, Bedesvire, Cassilda, and Rohan)

- Lancelot Chamberlain (smiles) "This is interesting..."

- Commander Windsor Ashura (admired, laughs): For a young man to know all this, it's astonishing... If we knew that, victory would be in our hands...

-Queen Andromeda (enters the room, sees everyone sitting and armed): Is it today? You could have said, I'm going too...

- Arthur Treadway (looks at the queen): Mother, we'll talk in a moment, let me just finish here.

- Queen Andromeda (looking at Arthur, nods) "Why do I have the feeling that I'll hear a no...?"

- Arthur Treadway (looks at them): That's it! The rest we will talk about on the ship. Go, get ready to go!

- Everyone (rises): As you wish, Lord! (leave)

- Arthur Treadway (looks at the queen, hugs her): Remember when I said I need you? (the queen nods): Exactly, now it's more than ever, you're my mother queen. I need you to stay and be a queen, take care of the girls and the people. (smiles): Can I count on you?

- Queen Andromeda (smiling, lowers her head): You can... (puts her hand on Arthur's cheek): You've grown, now you're ordering me...

- Arthur Treadway (kisses his mother's forehead, smiles): I'm taking care of you, like father should've... 

- Queen Andromeda (looking at him, with her hand on his cheek): Don't blame your father so much, he made bad choices, but wasn't a bad person...

- Arthur Treadway (looking at her, rolls his eyes) "I won't talk about that man...": Another thing, I thought about building another palace, bigger, modern and beautiful, and I want to put a garden in it for you. I know that the last few years have been very difficult for you...

- Queen Andromeda (with tears in her eyes, smiles): Thank you for noting...

- Arthur Treadway (leaving): I love you, mother. And I was serious about the garden, and much more about the palace.

- Queen Andromeda (smiles): I doubt it very much, there are not even resources for that... (wipes away her tears) "He is not a child anymore..."

- Arthur Treadway (leaving the room): Challenge accepted... (closes the door)

- Queen Andromeda (smiling) "It doesn't even look like he leads an army, wait...": My son is going to war?!" (runs after Arthur)

In the port...

- Lancelot Chamberlain (with two swords on his back, giving instructions): Remember, we have to arrive before 12 o'clock... (seeing some soldiers getting on a ship)

- Queen Andromeda (in training clothes, running towards the ship): Arthur, wait...

- Arthur Treadway (appears in front of the queen, looks at her)

- Queen Andromeda (bumps into him): Oh, what a pain! Where did you come from...? (looks at Arthur): Ah, son...

- Arthur Treadway (looking at the Queen): Go back, mother!

- Queen Andromeda (nervous) "He's much taller... 1.83 or 1.85 cm?": It's just that...

- Arthur Treadway (looking at the Queen): I understand that you need some company, but I need to go, don't stop me!

- Queen Andromeda (sighs) "It's true, now I'm a simple servant, how can I be the mother of a king...?": Yes sir, have a good trip... (smiles)

- Arthur Treadway (leaving): I realized what you did there, are you making fun of me?

- Queen Andromeda (chuckling): Maybe... "I love you, son."

On the ship...

- Arthur Treadway (enters, and the gate closes behind him)

- Everyone on the ship (armed, crouch): Lord!

- Arthur Treadway (looks at everyone): Let's go!

3 weeks later...

Eurus Continent...

 United Kingdom, Camelot...

 Royal palace, throne room...

- A servant (enters the throne room, crouches): Sovereign... (shaking)

- Queen Farah (sitting on the king's lap, stands up in annoyance): Useless servant, do you have no respect?! You deserve death!

- King Aca (sitting on the throne, drinking wine, sighs): Shut up woman! Why are you always talking?! Peasant, speak!

- The servant (trembling full of fear): Sir, there is an army coming here, we don't know their exact number...