New Commission
Chapter 3
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A few days had past since the Butterfly council was formed. Chaos had shown itself sooner than expected, a few lesser daemons had manifested, and possessions had occurred, but these had been dealt with swiftly with Macha's help. Brok had already drawn up some plans for a factory and was teaching people how to work the machines it would have. Sindri drew up new plans for sewage treatment and organizing clean ups for the streets. Holo was teaching farmers about nutrients and crop rotation and Buff Frog was helping monster get situated back in Mewni.
Star, Marco, Tom, Macha, Kratos, Atreus, and Mimir were watching Francois evaluate the knights of Mewni and their squires. He paced in front of the gathering of knights, an unimpressed look on his face. He stopped and unsheathed his sword and pointed it at them "so far you are the sorriest excuses for knights and squires I have seen" he said. He pointed his sword at Higgs "squire, where were you all when this Ludo creature and his animals took over the castle." Higgs gulped nervously, not wanting to make the knights look bad but also not wanting to lie "w-we were guarding the corn fields, we thought we could starve them out" she said.
Francois's unimpressed look turned into a glare "so while the people of the castle and surrounding area along with your KING were being held captive you simply stood about guarding corn." Before anyone else could reply Francois continued "not only that but a major flaw in that plan was you'd be starving your own people, do you think an occupying force would care about the welfare of the people here" he said, "any food they had would no doubt be kept for themselves while your people suffered and died because of you." The Mewman knights found themselves unable to argue this point. Francois sheathed his sword and walked towards a square for sparring "now we are going to test you're fighting capabilities."
An hour later many knights and squires were bruised and despondent, Francois was merciless. A metal clang was heard, and a sword was stuck in the dirt, Higgs stood panting "you have good speed, but your form is poor" Francois said. While many weren't up to par some weren't complete disappointments; despite his age the squire Old guy proved to be decent with a sword, Higgs had speed, Baby man was skilled with an axe, and a few knights managed to hold their own for a short amount of time. The most surprising was sir Lavabo, the knight of the wash. Sir Francois couldn't fathom why a knight would do peasant work, yet he proved the most formidable, he said he had honed his skills fighting lint monsters, creatures only he and Marco had survived fighting.
Soon Francois had beaten the last knight "I will not sugar coat it, you are indeed some of the worst knights and squires I have met" many flinched at this "but I see there is a chance for improvement" he said, getting hopeful looks.
Meanwhile with the spectators "so what do you think father" Atreus asked Kratos. The Spartan snorted "even with Francois's help I doubt they'll last long in a real battle" he said. Star looked downcast, she hoped her kingdom's knights weren't as bad as she thought but she was disappointed. Francois dismissed the knights and squires except for three "Higgs, Baby man, Old guy; a moment" he said. They stood before him "when I asked your queen about what I would be working with she mentioned some troubling behavior" he said.
"During a competition in a place known as quest buy she mentioned that you three actively sabotaged the efforts of her squire" he said, pacing in front of them. Higgs swallowed and spoke "yes, but Marco only got the position out of pity and favoritism sir knight" she said. He stopped in front of her glared down "really, considering he survived something very few have and the fact he had been fighting alongside your queen for a year now I'd say he earned it" he said. "But that's not the worst part in my eyes; no, the worst part is the pettiness of your actions, a knight is supposed to be honorable" he said, his voice adopting an angry tone. "Does sabotaging someone because of some perceived slight or the decision of another, your current queen no less, sound honorable" he demanded.
The three hung their heads in shame "no sir knight" they said. "were it not for your queen's orders I'd have you three sent away in shame, so be thankful she is merciful, dismissed." With that the three squires left to join their knights.
Star then faced the Eldar and gods "alright I have important jobs for you three" she said. "Macha not only will you help us fight chaos but I'm putting you in charge of finding my mom" she explained "I know she left the magic realm with me, so she's bound to be out in Mewni somewhere." Macha nodded "very well; she's no doubt in a vulnerable mental state, making her a prime target for the great enemy." Star nodded and pulled out a piece of paper and approached Kratos "Kratos I need you and Atreus to find Mina Loveberry" she said, handing Kratos a sketch of their target.
"I know you two are pretty good at finding people, I want her returned alive and as unharmed as possible" Star said. Kratos nodded "understood."
AN: hey everyone, hope you like the chapter… that's all I got. Read, review, flames will get you sent to the fire realm.