Ten years past. Princess Langwidere never confronted her father with what she overhead, she thought it best to keep it to herself.
She had grown more skilled in politics, King August at times thought her ideas were better than his own so he'd take his Crown Princess's advice.
The Royal Family were in a private chamber with a fireplace lighting up the room.
"Father, perhaps we should be building a new factory." Langwidere said looking down at some paperwork. "I was thinking that it can create more jobs for our people and help boost-"
The Princess stopped talking when she noticed her father wasn't even paying attention. The King was muttering to himself and wandering around the room as if he was looking for something.
"Langwidere, can you help me with something?" He asked.
"Of course." She said coming to his side.
The King looked her directly in the eye, "Can you help me find Randall?"
The question made Princess Langwidere take a step back to get a better look at her father, "I'm sorry?"
"Randall, our dog. I can't find him."
She took a step back to him, she observed him with worry as he continued his search. "Father, I think you should sit down."
Her words didn't reach him. When he went on his knees to look under the sofa, Langwidere couldn't watch anymore and pulled him back on his feet and sat him down, she took a seat close by his side.
"Langwidere, we need to find Randall." August said with urgency in his voice.
"Father, do you not remember what happened?"
The King gave her a confused look, his dark eyes hardly blinking, his daughter sighed and took his hand.
"Randall died, father. The dog died years ago…"
Those words from the King's daughter seemed to bring him back to reality for a while. His eyes widened and a shaken gasp past his thin lips. "Oh no…" King August recognized what was happening, he remembered when his own father went through the same thing. Apparently this was a disease that had run in his family going back generations.
"My dear Princess," August said and he began tapping his head with his pointer finger, "I fear that I am going to be leaving you."
Langwidere gently took both his hand away from his head and she stood up to kiss his forehead as he began to weep.
XxX
Princess Langwidere was in the Throne Room having a meeting with the captain of her Royal Guard. She was growing a little irritated...
"I am loyal to your father the King, but I don't know if he will be able to make the tough and important decisions in his declining mental state."
The Princess had her hands folded in front of her, resting in her lap. She was sitting in the chair that was always to the right of the throne.
"I understand that, but I will not force him to give up the Crown." Princess Langwidere said.
The Captain remained standing with his feet together and his arms behind his back. "My Princess, I know you are trying to preserve his honor, there is a way for you to do just that and still run the Kingdom for him... King August remains the king, and you become his Regent."
Why didn't the Princess think of that? "Yes, I can do that." She said and stood up standing tall, "Captain, inform only those who are of higher ranking, the less people who know, the better."
The Captain bowed, "Yes, Princess...Lady Ev."
XxX
The Princess opened the door to Jane's workshop. The scientist dropped to her knee with her head looking down.
Princess Langwidere raised her hand and the kneeling woman stood up, "There has been a big change today, Jane. I thought it best if I told you myself."
"Of course, Your Highness."
Langwidere sat in a chair looked at Jane and to another empty chair. The scientist caught the hint and took a seat.
"You are going to be seeing less of my father now."
"Is he sick?" Jane asked.
"He's not sick," the Princess said sternly, "King August is just leaving us."
"Leaving? I don't understand."
"That's the way he worded it to me." Langwidere said looking down before tilting her head back to the scientist. "I'm going to be in charge from now on."
"Oh…" was all Jane could say.
"I hope that's not a problem."
"No no, I just didn't think that day when you come to rule would be under these circumstances."
The Princess's lower lip pouted. "It's not ideal... but it can not be helped. I am Lady Ev-the King's regent, you must do as I say."
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