Chapter 12 Reclaim Your Throne

Noctis' POV

Rain began to poor down as stared at the people bowing down to me in shock.

"After King Regis died and the kingdom of Lucis fell into the hands of the empire, those who served the Lucian royal family had to go into hiding", Cor started. "From that moment on, we decided to wait until Prince Noctis, the last surviving member of the Lucis royal bloodline, came of age when he turned twenty years old, and was old enough to reclaim his throne, and take his rightful place as king."

After Cor said this, he summoned a weapon into his hands.

"Here Prince Noctis", he said. "Take it."

"What is it", I asked in confusion.

"Your father's glaive", Cor replied. "I managed to retrieve it, and have holding onto it for you."

"Dad's…sword", I said in shock.

Then…slowly…I took the sword from Cor's hands into my own.

I looked at it, and saw my reflection in the blade.

"Take this as well, your majesty", Ignis said before holding up a fancy looking box.

I took it from him and opened up the lid.

Inside of it…was a ring.

"The Ring of Lucii", I whispered.

"That's right", Cor said. "Not only does the ring harbour the spirits of past kings, it also allows the wearer to harness the power of the Crystal of Eos."

As I continued to look at the ring and my dad's sword in shock, a flag with my family's crest was raised, and everybody raised their weapons as well.

"In front of the late King Regis' grave", Cor started. "We swear to take back our kingdom from the empire, and to aid Noctis in reclaiming his throne, and taking his rightful place as king!"

As everybody yelled in determination, I found myself becoming overwhelmed with shock.

I felt myself getting dizzy, and then…everything went dark.

I'm so pathetic.

Not only did I end up fainting in front of all of those people, I somehow ended up getting a fever.

I was now back at my apartment, and I was sitting in the bath, staring at the Ring of Lucii in my hands.

"King Noctis Lucis Caelum", I whispered.

"I'm coming in", I heard Ignis say before he did just that.

"I don't know why I'm so surprised", I started. "I've always known that I would take back the throne and become king when I became old enough. I guess…it didn't really hit me until now though."

Before anything else could happen, Ignis suddenly took the ring from my hand and put it on the counter.

"Ignis", I said in confusion.

Ignis didn't answer. Instead, he put a towel over my head and started drying my hair.

"You don't need to worry about all that now, Noct", he stated. "Just rest for now."

With that, Ignis pulled me close to him and rested my head on his chest.

Rest? Okay, I'll do that. For now.