A.N. Birthday week started! This is the story for it! :}

I decided that I had enough with prince!Luffy and want something different. So this idea was born, enjoy sweeties, and don't forget the best birthday gift for me you can give is a review. ;}

P.S. I don't know a sh*t about coronation, so it's all out of my head and snippets of what I remember.

Summary: I will be truthful. I won't be a king you expect or want me to be. I will break every written and unwritten rule of how a king should act. And I will still be the best one you will ever have.

Warnings: Yaoi – Manxman, LawLu, King!Luffy, AU, magic, a bit more serious side of Luffy will be portrayed here, so a bit OOC…

Information for the story:

These are the ranks of nobles (grounded of British nobles) highest rank is first and the lowest is last:

Duke,

Marquess,

Earl,

Viscount,

Baron.

Sometimes the Things You Need Aren't the Ones You Want

"I will be truthful. I won't be a king you expect or want me to be. I will break every written and unwritten rule of how a king should act. And I will still be the best one you will ever have. This throne, was thrown onto my head without any preparation or grooming with hopes that I will crumble under the pressure or make a mistake that will let the next family in line take it.

Well, I've news for you – it won't happen. I will live a long and happy life. As a king. I will not throw balls every week to satisfy my nobleman, I won't stand boot licking to get a better post at the Council and I will not let them dictate my decisions.

With taking this crown I'm making a statement – I will shake this old-established regime. So get ready – reforms are under way."

Luffy watched as the crowd of nobleman, high priests and solidiers of highest rank – all watched him with different kinds of astonishment, from plain gaping, to carefully hidden surprise. Every single person in the room hadn't known what to expect of their new ruler, but this definitely wasn't it. The new king noticed several nobleman who seemed to be a little delighted by such news, so he memorized their faces so he could know from who expect a little bit of brain power.

As no one dared to talk after that kind of speech for a full minute Luffy became a little annoyed; how long will he have to stand in front of his throne – why on Earth they brought it to the cathedral only for his coronation, if he didn't even sit on it, he had no idea – and wait for someone to make any kind of move?

Deciding that he had enough of staring, the young king threw his orb and scepter on the throne, tilted his new crown a little, so it would be more comfortable to wear and left the cathedral with three of his guards trailing after him. He was sure that he now had more than enough servants to bring everything back to their places without him asking them to do so.

It was strange that he was a king now, when he thought about what future career he could have this one was definitely not it. He thought about becoming a knight, maybe even a royal guard at one point! He also had the opportunity to join in family business – grape farm, but never ever had he thought he would have such a boring job as a king.

Of course, being a king wasn't a job, he couldn't leave his work worries alone and go home to sleep, he couldn't just go on vacation and not worry about work problems, because being a king was a life style. And Luffy agreed to take it. Because in the end it was fascinating.

Fascinating what a king could do, how he lived and how everybody had to listen to him, he was the highest point in hierarchy, nobody could boss him around. He could make deals with foreign kings, but they couldn't command him. It was the ultimate form of freedom.

Many would disagree saying that king had tons of duties, he had to always look appropriately and have the best language skills. But that was the catch – Luffy wasn't going to be the average king, he already declared that loud and clear, for everyone to hear. He will live life as he pleases, it is after all – his.

Marquess Law Trafalgar was an official bachelor. At the age of twenty seven he wasn't married, engaged, courting anyone and didn't even have a bastard child. His cousins were rubbing hands in delight, the moment he will die one their children will become the head of the family and will earn the tittle of Marquess.

And to tell you the truth Law was absolutely fine with that. He didn't care that his offspring won't control his family or that his 'legacy' won't continue on, he seriously didn't see a point in all that, so he had no problems with being alone, women after all were absolutely bothersome.

But there was one problem in Marquess Trafalgar's life – it was boring. The king was already old and sick, his medical knowledge told him that he will probably die in a year – or quicker if he will get helping hand – and held no entertainment. There were no catfights between noble women who wanted to please him and have his favor, there was no subtle boot licking from other nobles, no one wanted to be a dying king's favorite, there was no point.

At least he knew that things will get interesting pretty soon. The king had no children as all of them died, the king's brother died without marrying and quite young. The king had no bastard son with any noblewoman who could try to reach for the throne. All that left where several cousins from the late queen's side and a bunch of cousins from kings. After the royal burying – and maybe even during it – the big catfights will start.

Law grinned as he left the castle, if there was nothing fun in it, he might as well leave it and have some time for himself without young ladies trailing after him like puppies with hopes he will make one of them Lady Trafalgar. No way in hell that was going to happen, so he might as well go back to his manor, it had been some time since he was at his own home for longer than several months after all.

A.N. This thing is a bit short, but next chapter will be longer! If you want to you can count this as prologue… :D