Chapter 1: Council Crush
"OW! Stop pushing me around!" King Alfred forcibly whispered to his three subjects behind him. But they were all giggling too much to follow Alfred's orders. He sighed.
"We are inside the Council Building. Keep your voices down!" The King was losing his patience.
"Okay, guys stop." Blade commanded. "Just make sure that you won't slip over what you're going to say today!" Blade added to Alfred. Once again the hallway was filled with loud laughter coming from Bors, Alfred Early, and Gancelot.
A few hours ago, inside the Council Room...
"I will be the representative of Oracle Think Tank for now, as milady Tsukuyomi is not feeling well today." CEO Amaterasu explained to Great Silver Wolf, Garmore, the acting head of the council in Asura Kaiser's absence. King Alfred pleaded not to be the council head, and they had all relented. Now, Alfred was speechless, his eyes glued to the beautiful ray of sun before him. He flinched when she sat beside him, and his face instantly turned red. For the rest of the meeting, he was fidgeting in his seat, stammering whenever he was asked a question.
"King Alfred, how is the status on your side of the United Sanctuary nation? Are there any boundary problems, rogue units, anything?" Garmore asked.
"Uh...umm... n-no, there a-aren't any problems..." he self-consciously stood up. Garmore noticed the King's discomfort. "King Alfred, are you okay? You need anything, a glass of water, maybe?"
"N-no, I-I'm fine..." he sat down again. He hoped that the attractive woman beside him ignored him, but she faced him and asked, "King are you okay?" She asked casually. Alfred became redder and looked at Amaterasu. "Y-you look b-beautiful today-I mean, y-yes, I'm fine..."
But she wasn't persuaded. She moved closer and touched his forehead. That broke the string. King Alfred fainted in front of everyone. Garmore was sure he needed rest, and had the King sent to the infirmary. Now, before the break ended, he was already on his way back to the room, but the three troublesome knights intercepted him and started teasing him.
But back to the present...
A door opened somewhere in the hall and a zombie stuck his head out and bellowed, "I'm trying to get some sleep here..." before closing the door again.
"I wonder if zombies even sleep," Bors asked aloud.
"Oh, yes they do, young one." A crispy, rickety old voice behind him said. All four people turned around to see...
"Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus!" They chorused. Gancelot paled and passed out. Everyone panicked except for Alfred. "Just bring him to the infirmary. Now get, before I completely lose my patience."
"King Alfred, what's with the flowers?" Cocytus asked after the three knights scurried off carrying Gancelot. The King instantly turned red as Dragonic Overlord.
"Aahh... just shut it! This is... this is... for... umm..."
"Ah. Lady Amaterasu, is it?" Cocytus finished the sentence, a knowing smile spreading over his old and creepy face. Living for more than a century has its benefits, for Cocytus. In this case, reading people's minds through their expressions and movements. And plain old common sense.
"Q-quiet! She might hear you."
"Might hear who?" The sweetest voice the King of Knights ever heard said those words... from behind him. He turned redder than ever. Alfred turned around, careful in keeping the flowers from her view. But that maneuver was fruitless.
"Who are the flowers for?" Amaterasu asked softly, stepping beside Alfred to hide Cocytus from her gaze. His looks were giving her nightmares. Cocytus noticed this, sighed loudly and sadly, and left the two lovebirds. No one ever liked him, especially girls.
Alfred stuttered and stumbled over his words, the red color on his face intensifying. "I-it's f-f-for... y-you... I-I mean... no, it's..." he couldn't say it directly to her. From his peripheral vision, he could see the two troublesome knights peeping from behind a wall. He gave them his best Royal glare (which he will pass on to Blaster Blade), took a deep breath, and assumed King mode.
"Lady Amaterasu, these flowers are to be given to someone special to me."
Amaterasu's face fell. "They"re not for me?" She said in the cutest way she could, pouting like a little girl. Alfred saw this and breathed in deeply. He seemed calm on the outside, but his inside was like a roller coaster ride in Galaxy Blaukluger's theme park.
"I didn't say they're not for you, did I?" He tried smiled handsomely, in his opinion... and hers. Quickly, Amaterasu's face brightened like the rising morning sun. He high-fived himself mentally, and continued. "Well, since we're at this point now, I present you with these flowers." he suppressed the panic in his chest and breathed deeply. He handed it out to her.
"Awww, how sweet!" Amaterasu accepted the flowers gladly and admired them. She took a moment to smell the flower, then faced Alfred. "well, I uess you deserve something in exchange for this..." she said softly.
"Ahahaha! Not really, no need to-" he began, but he never finished it because Amaterasu planted a kiss on his cheek. The two knights hiding behind the wall couldn't stay quiet any longer. "Ayieee!" They chorused. Amaterasu heard them and she blushed, quickly leaving the King alone, standing, his gaze straight and his hand caressing the place where she kissed him. Then, without delay, he fainted for the second time that day.
"King? King Alfred?" Someone was calling his name, but it sounded far away from him. He opened his eyes, and the lovely face of Amaterasu welcomed him. Immediately he sat up. "D-did I do something?" he stammered.
"Not really," Amaterasu giggled. In her opinion, he does look charming. "Look, uh... after the council... can we... umm..."
"Go out and have dinner? Sure!" She said excitedly. A smile erupted from the pits of Alfred's heart and surfaced to spread across his face. Thy stood up and chatted while walking along the corridor, completely forgetting the meeting. Meanwhile, the two young pages watched in contentment. "Maybe they'll be married." Alfred Early whispered.
A few years later...
Wedding bells rang all over the United Sanctuary as the two leaders of two clans, Royal Paladin and Oracle Think Tank, were married. With Alfred and Amaterasu was their young, adventurous and brave 4 year old son, Blaster Blade, and his older brother, Blaster Knight (soon to be Blaster Dark).
"I told you they'd be married!" Alfred Early said to Gancelot.