@ somewhere in the palace of Massalia
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Everything was dark in a room with two people discussing, it happens to be a male and a female, and they are both lovers.
It seems they just finished making love, but they still want more of time, they want to be together for some more time, however, the condition of the relationship they are, does not permits them to have enough time like they always wish.
In time, the search for one of the two who happens to be famous begins.
They had no choice but to let go for now till another time. ***********************************
: - It is the high time for me to go.
: - I don't want you to leave now, please stay with me more please, stay with me a little longer, my love.
: - (smiles) You know my love, i really want to stay more, even more than you wanted me to stay.....but, i left a long time ago without telling anyone of where i am going to, and soon, soon, if not now as i speak, they would have been searching for me.
: - Oh gods!!!
: - You know my love, we can't continue to live like this forever, we need to let my father know about our relationship.
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One of them, the male lover, stood up to put fire on the touch (the ancient wooden touch), he took the tiny reserved fire and put it on the touch to make the light on.
And, everywhere now lighten up and we can see their faces.
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Hectourrous : - What?!!
Agnes : - Yes, we need to let my father know!
Hectourrous : - Knows what?
Agnes : - We have to tell him, i will if you are afraid to face him.
Hectourrous : - You mean you want to tell the king?
Agnes : - We can't continue living like this my love.
Hectourrous : - You want to tell him??? You always claims you love me!
Agnes : - Yes my love, i do!
Hectourrous : - You do but you still want my head on a pike?
Agnes : - No!, i will trick him into it..... I will, i am his daughter no matter what,,,, i just have t....
Hectourrous : - You knows your father, you knows what he can do, you knows how dangerous he can be..... Please, don't think of telling him please, never do such thing!
(Then, the city bell sounds)
Agnes : - I need to take my leave now you know, i told you they would be searching for me by now..... And, there it is, they are searching for me now.
Hectourrous : - Okay, i have no choice but to let you go,,,,, but, whatever you do, please remember not to tell your father about us please.
@the palace, that same night.
Alanis : - (low soft voice) I don't want to loose that girl, she's the only thing i have left of her mother.
Hector : - Relax your majesty, nothing will happen to her!
(Elias rushes in, to inform the king about the missing daughter)
Elias : - My king, she has been found.
Alanis : - (angry loud voice) Where is she?
Alexopoulos : - (comes in holding her) Here she is my king, she must have sneaked out again.
Agnes : - (so frustrated ) Leave me alone!!!
Alanis : - (angrily) Where have you been? Where?
Agnes : - Am i a prisoner in my father's palace? Can't i go out to wherever i want!
Alanis : - Don't tell me you went to that farmers place again to go stay with his daughter.
Agnes : - I am not a prisoner father, i should be able to do whatever i want.
Alanis : - Whatever you want can get you killed!
Agnes : - (shouted) I am not a kid anymore! .....
Alanis : - Good! You are truly not a kid anymore, and that brings us to the point! You can all leave, i have things to discuss with my daughter.
Antoni : - Good night, your majesty.
Hector : - Sleep well my king!
Elias : - I will be waiting outside my king.
Alanis : - No need you can go too.
Alexopoulos : - My king?
Alanis : - And you too Alexopoulos.... Only her guards should wait to see her to her chamber.
Alexopoulos : - Yes my king, good night!
(they all left, and only her gaurds waiting at the corridor just like the king orders)
Alanis : - Let us start from where you stopped, my princess! You are not a kid anymore, perhaps you ought to have chosen one of the princes to get married to.... Is there anyone , i mean any of the prince you have already chosen?
Agnes : - How could i when i am not allowed to go out on my own, how possible is that going to happen?
Alanis : - My princess, it is not that i don't want you to be free, but, people out there are dangerous, they can do anything to you, they can do something bad, they can harm you!
Agnes : - No! perhaps if you are more generous to them, you will see they are not bad, you will see they are just fighting to survive.
Alanis : - This is not the matter of being generous, (getting angry) they are bad, they are rude!
Agnes : - (breaths heavily) Sit down father!
Alanis : - (angry) What for?
Agnes : - Please, sit (being polite)
Alanis : - (sat down) They just hates me for nothing sake, gods!
Agnes : - There! you are angry again... stop being like this father, please.. perhaps that is why they seems not to like you.
Alanis : - You think?
Agnes : - Yes father!
Alanis : - I am a king, i have to back my decisions even when i am wrong.
Agnes : - Yes, there you are right,,,,, Where i think you are wrong is you never seems to correct it next time, you still makes the same mistake over and over again!
Alanis : - I can't keep everything on my head, the kingdom is big and it consists of mad people, really really mad people, they will never comply with me taking this kingdom forward.
Agnes : - My king, no one will ever comply, we all are different people with different opinions and habits ..... The only thing that can easily brings them together is peace, they will comply when you listen to them, when you give them goods, when you draw them together. And you talk about not being able to keep everything on your head, that is why you have lords, your majesty, they will keep tracks of everything for you, and always listen to their advices.... Even if you are not going to do all they say everytime, because they too could be wrong sometimes.
Alanis : - They will not say anything anytime.
Agnes : - Who?
Alanis : - Them lords!
Agnes : - Because you never listen to them perhaps.
Alanis : - Okay, i will change!
Agnes : - Good, thank you father!
Alanis : - You are wise my princess.
Agnes : - Thank you father,.... Father, must i marry a prince?
Alanis : - Oh! You made me forgot the main point, yes you have to, my princess.
Agnes : -Why?
Alanis : -One, you are too expensive for common people, two, when you get married to a prince it will form another ally for the kingdom.
Agnes : - (shouted) fire!!!
Alanis : - What? Where???
Agnes : - Down there, Lord Hector's chamber !
Alanis : - Guards!!!
Soldiers : - My king!
Alanis : - See her to her chamber and stay with her!
Soldiers : - Yes my king.
Alanis : - Agnes bar the doors and have a good sleep, we will take out the fire.
Agnes : - Good night father.
Alanis : - Good night ( kisses her on forehead).
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Moments before, as princess Agnes left, Hectourrous went to his grandpa's medical room to get some medicine secretly and then, something terrible happened due to his mistake and because he doesn't want to be noticed.
He took the medicine he came for, on turning to take his leave, he mistakenly dropped a bottle filled with unknown liquid, the liquid on dropping to the ground splashed and spit on a near by touch.... And, fire went ablazed, setting some things on fire too.
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Hectourrous : - (he quickly quench some fire) gods! What have i done?!
Hector : - (rushes in) What is this? What are you doing?
Hectourrous : - You can see i am putting out the fire.
Hector : - What happened? How did it all start?
Hectourrous : - Stop asking me questions and join me, help me!
Hector : - (joins to help) Move to that side!
Hectourrous : - What are you doing?
Hector : - Helping, you said i should help!
Hectourrous : - Leave, you are too old for this!
(then Alanis and the guards joins them)
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They managed to put out the fire before it destroys much things.
Afterwards, the king and the guards left leaving Hector and Hectourrous in their chamber after everything has been cleansed.
Then, when Hectourrous went to his room, Hector joins him to ask questions.
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Hectourrous : - gods! you never knocks, you don't knock again.
Hector : - Where were you before?
Hectourrous : - Huh!
Hector : - We were all at the kings court searching for the princess, only you and Gabris are not seen there.
Hectourrous : - I went to your medical room to get medicine because i am having headache. You wants me to come join the search with my headache?
Hector : - I don't trust you, you must surely have something else you were doing.
Hectourrous : - You said it yourself, you said, Gabris and I are the only ones not there.... It is not only me that is not there, Gabris too is not there!
Hector : - Hmm! (closed the door and left)
Hectourrous : - (laughs) I knew it will work.
@the palace Massalia, a day later.
Alanis : - You said you wanted to have some words with me frangos, what is it??
Frangos : - Aye my king, it is about that young man, one of the participants in the tournament, Kearyhaz... The one you gave your bow.
Alanis : - (anxious) Yes!!! How is he? did something happen to him in the tournament or what, tell me, what happen to him?
Frangos : - No! my king, nothing happen to him..... That boy is really a threat to the strength of this kingdom.
Alanis : - No, he's not!
Frangos : - My king??!!
Alanis : - Okay, Now tell me, how is he a threat... Explain to me Frangos!
Frangos : - Yes my king, people of the kingdom believe he is now the one in power, not you anymore.
Alanis : - He's my subject, i rule over everything, and that includes him.... Him!
Frangos : - Yes my king, you rule over everything and him, but, every of your decision on him always makes whoever is against him disappointed, and the more that happens, the more powerful and bold he becomes, and that alone makes him kill whoever he wanted to kill in the tournament, now he kills everyone in the tournament, he walks around the city going to places collecting whatever he wants in boldness without anyone brave enough to question him because of you, he also killed an innocent boy and you let him live... The people of this kingdom were all surprised when that happened, they knew you but you disappointed them with that decision of yours, they once believed in you, your majesty, make them believe again.
Alanis : - They have no choice but to believe in me, i am their king!
Frangos : - I want you to remember also that you promised the winner of the tournament those prices, my king!
(Alanis Thought for a while and remembered what his daughter told him about listening to advices from the lords)
Alanis : - Okay, i heard you Frangos, what do you want me to do now?
Frangos : - My king, now that most people of the kingdom are against you, i think one of the ways to get back to them is hold Kearyhaz on those things he has done and let the people have justice.
Alanis : - Is he fighting today?
Frangos : - Yes my king!
Alanis : - Elias?
Elias : - Yes, my king!
Alanis : - Wait for Kearyhaz when he finished his match today, tell him i requested for him.
Frangos : - I think my king, that should not happen in public, let Elias follow him to his chamber and inform their.
Alanis : - You heard him, when he finished his match, follow him to his chamber and inform him, to see me immediately.
Alexopoulos : - (entered into the throne room) My king, i don't think that will be best thing to do.
Alanis : - Why did you say such?
Alexopoulos : - Perhaps people will think you don't want to hand over to him the prices you promised..... Lord Frangos, i am not to go against you, i also so much want him dead like you do, he killed an innocent boy, he killed a knight which have so much trained, and that brought shame to me, not to mention the fighters he killed in the tournament.... However, if the king go ahead and kill him because of all this, people will not understand, they would think it's because the king don't want to give him the promise gifts.
Frangos : - You are right my lord, what can we do now, he is likely to win the tournament.
Elias : - He will win, no one else in the tournament can stop him.
Alexopoulos : - I can, i can stop him!
Frangos : - But you are not in the tournament.
Alexopoulos : - Then i will join, it will be a pleasure... That the king can order! Killing him just like that will be ponitless.
Alanis : - So be it! You will fight him in the tournament!
Elias : - My king, should i still inform him to come?
Alanis : - Yes, i have to get him weak with my words.
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That very day, Kearyhaz killed another man in the tournament, this time, the way he killed his opponent was different because he chop off his head in style.
Kearyhaz got home to his chamber, he was so excited on how he won his last fight and some spectators are now liking him, chanting his name "Bull head" after the bow the king gave him. He entered into his chamber forgetting to bar the door due to excitement.
Elias on the other hand who has been following him secretly was about to enter when he over heard Kearyhaz, he stayed closely behind the door and listen.
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Kearyhaz : - (laughs) What a fool they all are, including their stupid king, (laughs) ....None of their fighters will be able to stop me with the help of this my powerful sword.
(he brought out a burning sword from its sheath, the fire on the sword is so much burning but did not burn its sheath even Kearyhaz that is holding it is sweating from the heat of the fire)
Kearyhaz : - (continues) That stupid king killed my brother and burnt down our city.... I will avenge my brother's death and also make way for the witch, I will take down this kingdom starting from this capital city, i will kill the stupid king!!!!
Elias : - (silently) gods! (surprised and lost) What?
Kearyhaz : - This powerful sorcery will never stop giving me power, and i will never stop killing them until i destroy everything completely, it will never fail me.... Not when the fire is alive.
@the palace, Palamikous.
Colistous : - Brother!?
Armitous : - Yes.... Princess, my lovely little sister.
Colistous : - King Alanis....
Armitous : - Shut it!!!.... You have started again, i have never seen anyone hates fellow human being like you do to that king.
Colistous : - It is because he is too cruel, he's cruelty is so bad, he treats his people badly all the time, all the time brother.
Armitous : - Yes! I know that too, but it's not happening in our kingdom, so leave him be.
Colistous : - Brother??? Don't you know if it continues to happen like that, he will gain so much power that, it will later be a threat to our kingdom too!
Glakous : - You are right, my daughter, something needs to be done. It can't continue to be like this!
Colistous : - Yes! Thank you father!
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King Glakous of Palamikous called all the lords of the kingdom together to discuss the matter with them.
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Oremitous : - Yes your highness, something needs to be done.
Telamikous : - He doesn't even fear our army.
Glakous : - Do you think we should invade that kingdom or warn him first?
Hideous : - Your highness, Massalia is a very big kingdom, but they can't stand our mighty army "the Trojans".... They would all be dead in days when we invade them, your highness, your wish is my command, if we need to invade them, give the command, but i don't think it worth doing!
Oremitous : - You are right, they won't even dare to come near here, and the sea is also there.
Glakous : - His arrogantly behaviors gives my daughter so much concern, and, i can't pretend not to feel bad about that.....With that, it makes me jump to conclusion that we should perhaps invade, however, i shall see.
Hideous : - When it's time, your highness!
Glakous : - Bring me the prisoners and their families too, we could be free today!
@ the town of SPAR
Tamos : - Slow down Dennis, what exactly are you talking about?
Zailas : - Ser Tamos, perhaps you will sit down to listen to me sire!
Tamos : - You knows me very well Zailas, if your friend here doesn't. I am a business man , i mean i don't have time for unreasonable things.
Dennis : - This is not unreasonable thing, Ser Tamos.
Tamos : - It is to me, why would the king destroy the town?!
Dennis : - You travels a lot Ser Tamos, you have seen a lot of things, you also knows what our king can do..... If he decides to burn down this town like he did to other, then, the towm of SPAR will also be forgotten, and if at all we are to stand a chance when that happens, we need to start planning now!
Tamos : - I am not a soldier, the little i have are to guide my family and business..... They are not trained to go to war, so why are you telling me all these?
Zailas : - You have about ten thousand men Ser,... Ten thousand trained soldiers.
Tamos : - They are not meant to start rebellion..... They are sell-swords.
Zailas : - Sell-swords?
Tamos : - Aye! You make an offer to me, and, i will give you as much as you want.... How do you think i get so much money and wealth?
Zailas : - I don't know Ser!
Dennis : - I have no idea!
Tamos : - You make your offer, i give you the worth of your offer.... If anything happens to my soldiers, you pay more..... If you want to fight the king, make your offer, i will give you my soldiers.
Dennis : - Ser we...
Zailas : - Dennis, let us take our leave.... Thanks for your time ser, i hope you give us another chance whenever we have something else to discuss with you ser?
Tamos : - I am always available for business, you know that!
(They left, but starts planning for another way)
Dennis : - Why did you say we should leave, i could have changed his mind.
Zailas : - I knows him than you do, Dennis, he will not change his mind at that moment.... When you ask him for something, if his first answer is no, you can't change that!
Dennis : - What now, we look for someone else?
Zailas : - Don't know for now! I have to go check my farm. I was told the workers needs me.
Dennis : - Oh! i nearly forgot, you bought new land, is it for farming?
Zailas : - Yes, for farming.
Dennis : - Your work is really growing my friend, i am happy!
(their discussion faded away).
@the palace Massalia, Kearyhaz Chamber.
Elias : - (enters) gods!!! Kearyhaz you have been cheating, you have been winning your matches with the help of magical power. Now i see how you have been fooling the king, the king must hear about this, i must inform the king!
Kearyhaz : - Don't think of doing such thing.
Elias : - You want me to support you on this? No, never!
Kearyhaz : - It is for your own sake!
Elias : - You are cheating because of those prices, the prices that you won't take any with you when you are dead..... You will burn in hades for this!
Kearyhaz : - Don't ever tell anyone!
Elias : - The king will be the first to know!!
Kearyhaz : - I will kill you before you even get to him!
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Kearyhaz stretches his hand to reach for his bow and arrow, Elias noticed and quickly rushes out of the chamber.
On the corridor not far from Kearyhaz chamber, Elias met Hectourrous, he quickly told him about Kearyhaz's magical power and ran off.
"But, this is not the first time Elias will say something that is not real to people, he does it to catch fun though, so when he explained what he saw and heard to Hectourrous, Hectourrous do not even think of it for once because Elias is a playful person. "
Afterwards, Elias keeps running to meet the king, on getting to the throne room, meanwhile, a little discussion was going between the king and the lords, he explained all he heard and saw to the king, the king doesn't believe him, the king orders him to calm down and explain himself properly, He explained the situation again but, the king still doesn't believe him, at the very time he finished explaining himself, an arrow hits him from the back, penetrate to his heart and killed him, he falls dead into the hands of the king.
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Alexopoulos : - (shouted) Lock all the exits to the palace now quickly !!! All of you, stay with the king, protect him!
Frangos : - This arrow is Kearyhaz's, my king!
Alanis : - (shouted angrily) Why do you always mention him whenever something happened???
Hector : - This is the same design of arrow that killed that young boy the other time, i mean injured nearly kill him until i sa.... I mean killed the boy, my king! This is it!
Alanis : - No! It can't be him, no, perhaps an assassin is in the palace, search everywhere until the assassin is found, search everywhere, keeo searching until he is found!
Alexopoulos : - My king, we need not to search anywhere..... This is Kearyhaz's doing,,, your, your majesty!
Frangos : - He is right, my king!
Alanis : - Do as i said!!!..... Hector how is he? how is Elias?
Hector : - He's dead, my king!
Alanis : - The assassin tried to kill me not him, find him, find him.....
Antoni : - My king?!
Alanis : - You know how darely i loved Elias like my son, search until you find the killer! Kill anyone who never allow you to his or her house!
(Alexopoulos left the throne room angrily)
Alexopoulos : - (fumes) This is "KING'S FOOLISHNESS