"Arthur what's wrong?" Alfred asked. Worry and confusement was etched all over his features.
Arthur said nothing; instead he grabbed onto Alfred's arm and dragged him inside the castle.
"Call the highest ranking army officials, the advisors, Yao, King Francis and his court. Tell them it is an emergency of great proportions. The kingdom's safety depends on this." He said to his knights as we walked towards the meeting room.
He then stopped in front of Alfred's room, "Alfred stay here and don't go outside. Keep your brother indoors as well."
"Arthur please tell me. What is going on?" Alfred asked once more. Panic was starting to seize him but he put on a brave face.
"I'll tell you once the meeting is over, but please. Stay within the castle." He kissed Alfred's soft lips and went off.
Alfred stood locked in place for a while until his bedroom door opened revealing Matthew dressed to go out.
"Matt get back inside."
"What? Where were you last night? And why can't I go out? Did you do something stupid again?" Matthew asked annoyed. His brother so conveniently decides to disappear to God knows where and then won't let him leave the room?
"I'll explain later but now we have to stay inside the castle. Something bad has happened and I don't know what. Arthur is holding a meeting with all the high ranking generals, advisors and Yao. It must be really bad." Alfred quickly explained as he dragged his brother inside the room.
"Fine. But since we are going to be locked in here you might as well tell me where you were last night." Matthew crossed his arms.
Alfred blushed and looked away, "Um, he was so glad when I gave him his gift that he uh, let me sleep in his room." He ended his explanation with a guilty smile.
Matthew's eyes widened like saucer plates.
"Oh my god. . . you—"
"Well no he did—"
"So then he forced you?"
"What! NO!"
"But you still did it? Why?"
Alfred was now beyond embarrassed so all he said was, "He said he loved me."
Matthew stared at his younger twin for a good two minutes before he jumped up and hugged his brother, "I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!"
"Wait what?" Alfred was now confused. Not only that but this is the most animated and loud he'd seen his brother become since the snowball fight .
"Oh c'mon Al. It was so horribly obvious that you two were inseparable. But what I wasn't expecting was for you two to do it so soon. I should be mad at you but right now that doesn't matter." Matthew smiled.
"Yao said the same thing. Were we really that obvious?"
"Like a black spot on a white horse." Matthew replied.
Alfred frowned and looked away. But a smile crept onto his face, he can't help it. It felt nice to know that everyone knew of their relationship and no one seemed to oppose it. It was a great feeling.
"So who bottomed?" Well that just ruined the wonderful feeling.
"None of your business." Alfred tossed his pillow at Matthew's face.
"OW! HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"
"Aw c'mon that didn't hurt. It's a fluffy pillow. AHH!" Matthew beat Alfred upside the head with the abused pillow.
"Told you! Pillows hurt!"
They spent the following hour beating each other with whatever they could find that wasn't fragile or expensive.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~UKUS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"As you know there have been many reports about the Umbra Cor. But today I have received a terrifying and urgent message," Arthur opened the letter and turned to his court, "The Umbra Cor have escaped the barrier placed by my mother from the last Great War with them. We are not sure how they managed to escape but I ask all of you to unite once more to defeat the deamons. We weren't as keen to aiding each other before, which caused the death of the previous royals. If we fight them back now as unit we can defeat them."
"If we had beat them before and locked them in a barrier, what make you think that plan will work again?" One of the Diamond's advisors asked.
"We will of course have to find a way to destroy them, or at least place the barrier in a location that can be protected and be impossible to locate." One of the Spade's guards contributed.
"That would be a good idea but the Umbra Cor would need to be destroyed, we cannot have such tragedies as this happen again, aru." Yao countered with his worried voice.
"Which is why Arthur must locate his bride immediately." One of the oldest Spade advisors spoke up.
Arthur quickly turned, this man hardly ever speaks during any sort of meeting. But whenever he does, it must be taken seriously.
"How would a marriage solve anything?" Arthur asked completely confused and this strange turn of events.
"A kingdom is as strong as those who lead it. And frankly dear lad, you are missing a piece. Once one has their weapon and shield he can fight effectively. But, he can only get so far with just one. We must double our efforts in locating your complementary half if there is any way of defending this kingdom." The sage explained. His voice, so ancient that it was almost lost to the breeze.
"Now is not the time for weddings!" Arthur grew angry and desperate. "If the land had not chosen my bride yet, how many more would have to suffer and die before my bride will be chosen."
"Your father died before the skirmishes with the Umbra Cor had turned into a deadly war! The Umbra Cor targeted the royals because they knew what would happen. Due to that missing weapon, your father, your beloved mother, may she rest in peace, had to fight on her own. She gave her life leaving the kingdom to you at an extremely young age. I do not wish to see another Spade royal ripped away from their kingdom." The old sage's voice rose to a booming tremor. He had seen, heard, and lived though times of good and bad. It was a bittersweet blessing whenever he spoke.
Arthur stayed quiet. He knew the dangers of going into wars with the king or queen missing. The Umbra Cor had managed to kill at least one of the old royals from each kingdom. The remaining living ones passed the throne to their heirs once the age of Reconstruction had ended. The land had been so out of balance for too long.
"But I do agree that soldiers must be sent. You can start training your soldiers to fight and even send scouts to patrol your kingdom. That is my advice." The sage added lastly.
"Well it seems to be the most rational answer. I will spend more effort in locating the next Queen of this kingdom. Even if the new Queen isn't of age, they will be found and brought to the palace, aru." Yao looked towards Arthur. Waiting for his approval.
"Yes that will do, thank you. As for now all we must warn everyone from the highest noble to the lowest peasant, that the Umbra Cor are among us once more. No one is allowed to leave the kingdom without escort." Arthur finally decreed.
"This meeting is now adjourned."
~~~~~~~~~UKUS~~~~~~~~~~~~
Arthur sat worriedly on the royal throne. Things were going too fast now. Incredibly so, some higher being was probably laughing his arse off right now.
How was he going to tell Alfred, "Well ol' chap, that night was the best thing I have ever felt but I need to get married soon in order to declare war and save the kingdom so, good day." Yeah that's exactly what he had to say.
"This is not going to go well at all." Arthur rubbed his temples out of frustration. Sure he had promised Alfred that he would love him even after he got married, but if his kingdom does go to war, he wouldn't be able to see him anymore. It was basically going to turn out into a long distance relationship.
"For once in my life can something just be simple? Is that too much to ask!" Arthur called out to no one in particular.
"Well might as well tell Alfred. He probably hasn't sat down and is jumping around due to that curiosity of his." Arthur smiled as he left the throne room.
Little did he know that someone was listening and her forever frozen smile grew in size.
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