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Chapter ten
Gunter entered Yuuri's room and dumped stacks of envelopes in front of the double black.
Yuuri slowly looked at the stack of envelopes and then to his advisor and raised an eyebrow to the silver haired advisor.
"They are marriage proposals, your majesty." Gunter said.
"Burn them." Yuuri ordered as he continued to sign his papers.
"Your majesty?" Gunter asked to make sure Yuuri was not joking.
"Burn them!" Yuuri yelled losing his patience. Since Wolfram left and there was a public declaration of the dissolution of their has been plagued with marriage proposals and suitors arriving at the castle every day. Now he had enough."My engagement just ended. Have they no modesty? They come here expecting to see a king who's all smile to entertain them. And possibly marry them! They send me all these letters, hoping for my reply. Have they never thought that I am busy in running a country? Keeping them safe and make sure the economy is blooming? Burn it!"
"B-but your majesty it is only normal! You are the king and single they will automatically send you marriage proposals. It is your job to provide an heir for the throne." Gunter reasoned in a shaky voice.
"Just get out…please and take this garbage with you." Yuuri made a gesture to the envelopes.
Gunter gave a very low bow before he took the letters and left Yuuri.
He stayed outside the double black's door and left when he heard Yuuri crying. Gunter went to Gwendel's office and entered without knocking.
He threw the stacks of letter on the soldier's table.
"He was very upset." Gunter said.
"Maybe those people you sent were not good looking enough?" Gwendel said. "Maybe he likes the ones with brown hair and eyes like the two maids and Conrad who he had fun with."
"How can we find a person good looking enough when he had Lord Von Biefelt already?" Gunter snapped. "I should've never stopped helping Yuuri to get Wolfram back! Look what state we are in because of you!"
Gwendel stopped writing and pinched the bridge of his nose. He was having another headache. And Gunter felt sorry for being the one responsible for it.
Gwendel has enough problems regarding the country. But it he was the one who influenced Wolfram the most to separate with Yuuri.
"I guess I was wrong to separate the two… Wolfram is in some kind of a funk too and it looks like he is planning something." Gwendel sighed.
"Of course it was wrong to separate the two! They were destined to one another Ulrike said it herself!" Gunter barked. "Wait… how did you know about Wolfram? The great sage and Wolfram will only arrive the Von Biefelt castle tomorrow. They will not write until they arrive because Wolfram's army is too small of an escort to two important people, Lord brat and the great sage. For an enemy attack. "
'I had Yozak follow them" Gwendel answered.
There was a long awkward silence before Gwendel spoke again.
"Just let them be, I guess. At least Yuur is working and he is not having "fun" with random servants anymore." Gwendel said as he started doing his paper works.
Gunter left without saying a word.
Gunter was walking to the library when he saw Lady Cheri at the corner of his eye.
Having known the ex-queen for several years, Gunter knew that Lady Cheri is planning something.
When Lady Cheri is planning something it's like Anissina looking for people to test her latest inventions.
The castle can't tolerate this with the depression Yuuri is in. Also the stress to make things better for the king on the castle staff's shoulders.
Gunter also remembered Lady Cheri telling him that they should find a way to cheer Yuuri up. Slowly Gunter approached the blonde woman.
"Hello Lady Cheri, may I have a sit?" Gunter asked. The blonde ex-queen smiled at Gunter. Happy that after several weeks someone approached has her and was interested in talking to her. She quickly gestures for the silver haired advisor to take a seat on the empty chair beside her.
"What are you doing there, my lady?" Gunter asked.
"Well I am writing a love letter and signing Yuuri's name on it. Could you check the hand writing if it looks like Yuuri's?" Lady Cheri smiled
"Lady Cheri you must not do this! I understand of you wanting to help but I was with his majesty earlier and he has expressed his feeling about dating again. I believe he is still in mourning." Gunter whispered.
"I understand… it's really hard to get over someone like my dear Wolfram." Lady Cheri frowned as she used her fire magic to burn the letter.
"Don't worry, my lady. If ever his majesty expresses any interest in dating I'll let you know." Gunter said.
Lady Cheri let out a squeal as she embraced the silver haired advisor and ran out of the library looking for someone to pester.
Meanwhile Gunter sighed in relief because he was able to stop Lady Cheri's plan.
Later that night Wolfram and Murata was having dinner at an expensive inn several hours away from the Von Biefelt castle.
Both men were silent like the way they have been from the start of their journey when they left Blood Pledge castle.
"You know I didn't sleep with him you know." Wolfram broke the awkward silence.
"I don't remember asking. " Murata replied coldly before taking a sip from his drink. But Wolfram knew that Murata was waiting for him to tell what happened the last night they were at Blood Pledge. Murata's face lightened.
"But it's literally written all over your face." Wolfram laughed. He decided to tease Murata more. It felt nice to joke around and laugh after a long while. Murata nearly choked on his ale. "The reason why I only told you about this right now is because… I wanted to keep those memories between Yuuri and me. But I guess that I have to tell you too. That night was one of the best nights of my life. Yuuri and I talked about the most random things! We avoided serious topics like Yuuri's cheating ways. We kissed and cuddled. Yuuri made several apologies through his actions. It was like our final goodbye. Well… it that was what it felt like. I never asked Yuuri what he felt."
Murata brushed away a stray tear from Wolfram's eyes before he embraced the blonde.
"I am sorry for being jealous." Murata apologized feeling guilty about making Wolfram tell him about the memories the blonde wanted to share only to Yuuri.
"I-it's okay its normal." Wolfram replied. But I think that we can't continue with this deal anymore. I don't want you going through the pain I felt when Yuuri was using me. I can't give you a relationship."
"I know Wolfram… it wasn't part of our deal. But I accepted it because I don't care if you don't feel the same way. I love you. As long as I get to wrap my arms around you in your coldest nights and treat you like the precious gem that you are. I am happy." Murata said.
Wolfram smiled at the great sage and excused himself so he could retire to his room.
The next day Wolfram and Murata acted as if nothing happened. But Wolfram's soldier won't be fooled.
It was obvious something happened since Murata is acting like his normal self again.
-End of Chapter
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