The Knight's Duty
His Royal Wisdom
''What do you mean she declined?'' exclaimed prince Finn and hit the table with his fist. ''No one declines my offer! This has to be a mistake! I demand that you return to the forest and save that girl!''
He grabbed his chicken leg and angrily munched at it. After he gulped down the meat, he drank his glass of wine, having it immediately filled again by one of his servants.
''But your majesty…'' Knight Noah tried to open his mouth while awkwardly standing in front of the dining table of the royal family, his steel helmet in his arms. The Queen, the King, and their two sons were eating dinner at the same time as they always did. The room was a huge place with a long dining table in the middle, well laden with meat, vegetables, and a few bottles of wine. There was a fireplace behind the Kings huge chair, but there was of course no fire burning, as it was quite warm.
Four servants were standing around the table, each serving food to one of the family members. There were a few more servants around the room, just standing there and most probably dreaming of eating that food on the table and two knights at each door, guarding the dining room.
''Silence! I want you to go and take as many men as you want! The Princess must be under some kind of spell! Why else would she decline my proposal!'' the brown-haired, tall prince asked, rolling his eyes in bewilderment and annoyance as if he was talking to a dump person. Knight Noah thought that it were those heavy and large clothes making him uncomfortable and therefore behaving like the world was against him. Even the prince had his sufferings…
''Um… Your highness…'' the knight tried again, scratching the back of his neck.
''And that she was walking freely through the forest? Nonsense! No one would let a lady walk around by herself!'' continued the prince with his fantastic logic, reaching for slice of bread.
''She said that she's not a pr-''
''Oh, what did they do to her?'' the prince seemed concerned now, waving around his arms dramatically, the slice of bread still in his hand. ''What if she really was bewitched? What if she doesn't know who she is? What if she doesn't know that she loves me?''
''Enough.'' Exclaimed the king, also hitting the poor table. The man looked at his son in obvious annoyance, his face and head (he was bald) red with anger. He massaged his temple and sighed in desperation.
''Finn! Close your mouth!'' he told his older son and made him pout his lips like a child.
King Burt continued, finally realizing that it was time to explain his son the actual problem with this story. ''She can't know that she loves you because she apparently has never seen you!'' he exclaimed and bid into his roasted duck. While he was munching the meat, his other son Kurt picked at his food, trying not to eat too much for not becoming fat. He yawned here and there and looked at his nice nails.
''But fath-''
''Shut your mouth!'' Burt lost his patience completely and rolled his eyes. His sons were the most spoiled brats on earth and he had no idea what he was going to do when his time will come. His kingdom will fall with those two in charge. The older one was as stupid as a plant and the other one was obviously gay and not slightly interested in the crown.
What in the world was he thinking when he allowed the people in his castle to spoil his children.
Oh, right…
He was not even there…
He was too preoccupied with fights at the southern border…
''Noah, just find that girl and … explain the situation to her. If she still won't want to come then-'' he signed with his head for the knight to come closer.
''-then just… I don't know… Make her, kidnap her, force her… If that won't do then just find another… Alright?'' the king glanced at his huge son and was glad that he did not hear a thing. Finn was preoccupied with whining to his mother about his teenage troubles.
The prince not having at least a fiancée at the age of 18 was a disaster in Finn's mind. But his parents knew that there is no need to rush for the king was not that old and was most probably capable to rule the land for another thirty years. The only reason Finn wanted to marry a princess was his unbelievable inability to silence his raging hormones and lust.
To make it simple: prince Finn became the epitome of a horny pervert.
Finn knew it himself, which is why he listened to his mother's advice and started to look for a princess – meaning; he sent a couple of soldiers around the kingdom to find the right girl for him. Feudalism made it possible that there were many princesses, but none of them had been good enough for him.
Therefore, Finn decided to dig a little deeper and finally heard about the mysterious legend about a princess trapped in a tower in the middle of the cursed forest. Of course, the story was reliable. He heard it from his father's servant's servant, who eavesdropped the conversation between the three cooks; one of them hearing about the story during one of his drinking nights at the public house, where the drunk waiter was telling the story his mother told him, after she heard it from her neighbour's husband's cousin, who lived outside the kingdom.
It must have been true!
People do not lie to him!
And if so many people know about it, then it surely is true!
So he finally decided to take action and started looking for her. He send his brave knights to travel through the huge forest everyone tries to avoid and waited patiently for his love to arrive.
And now this!
The girl is a challenge!
She surely just wants to test his personality!
Oh, she will see…
She will see…