Once inside the castle doors I asked what she asked me in for. She then started to tear at the eye. I was shocked for I hadn't seen her ever show any emotion of true sadness. " Just promise me that you will still be breathing well when I come back." She sobbed. She hugged me tight, her tears ran down my armor. I held her close, "I will my king, everything will be alright I swear." I sat there for a moment until a the door came crashing down. I turned and pulled out my buster SS combo in an instant.
It was the same man who I thought to be dead. He charged me and Arthuria I charged toward him as well. I had my buster blade in front of my torso as a shield and my shortsword to the side of it. This time he was duel wielding two polearms. When we met in the middle his polearms went to each side of my buster blade, so I span my buster blade disarming him yet he still managed to kick me to the ground. I began to puke blood all over the floor, he started charging me again so I got back up and played defensive. As soon as he got close I swung my shortsword but missed due to my unstable stature. He broke my face with his punch knocking me to the ground.
By this time my weapons had scattered across the room and his foot was on my chest plate. I grabbed his foot and tried to move it but it wasn't gonna budge. He picked up the king by her neck and began to squeeze. I began to yell out "ARTHURIA ARTHURIA ", I lifted his foot off my chest plate and rolled out from under him. I then grabbed his broken sword off of his back and sliced his hands clean off and jabbed the sword into his shoulder. I looked over to Arthuria, she was knocked out. I grabbed her and took her back to my room at the Inn. I told Gilles to make sure that the Inn was only comforting us. He understood and let us through.
I laid her down on the bed and covered her up, that night I stayed up through midnight thinking of what I could've done to prevent this. The next morning she woke me, I had slept in the chair with my buster blade stuck in the wood boards with my arm crossed on top as if I slept I on them. " sorry my king I failed you and expect reassignment for it." I said in a depressed state. She hugged me once more and told me not to worry. "Thank you sweet night for you have done all you could, nothing could have saved me yet you managed " she complemented.
I had no idea how to react so I stood there comforting her. She kissed me on the cheek and thanked me once more and asked if I could grab some breakfast for the two of us while she got dressed. I nodded and exited the room. Gilles walked over to me and asked if I needed anything. I asked if he had any breakfast oats we could eat. " Only the best in the whole kingdom" He bragged. I walked over to the counter to watch him cook. He poured dry oats into two bowls and filled them with steaming water. Then he added cinnamon to the bowls after the oats were soft and to top it all off he put a mint leaf on top. I picked up the tray of oats and walked over to the tables.
I sat and waited for my king to come to eat. When she came out she was wearing a wolf pelt coat it was black, with an off-white shirt under, along with some blue leather pants. I was shocked not that she wasn't desirable but that she was out of her magic armor. She smiled and walked over. She sat down and we ate, "So how do you feel this morning?" I asked. She giggled and said " I'm well but I might go insane if you continue to dwell on it but how are you, afterall you put up a true fight." "I should be ok now thanks to my old friend here." I reply. "So shall I show you around then my knight?" she offered. I nodded and got dressed. I wore a brown full hooded jacket and black leather pants.
Once I left the room the king showed me around, we first went through the shopping district and saw all of the meat shops and bakeries. After that we walked upon the walls of camelot and met a school of children who were taking a tour around camelot. "Hey Laryxe shouldn't you be joining your class" she said as she laughed, I smirked and we continued on. Later on the sun began to set and we were on one of the archer towers.
AN: Laryxe is the mp
We sat down and watched the sun settle on the horizon. She turned to me and said, " When I was little I used to watch the sun set all the time but now I rarely ever see it." I replied, "There's only one more thing more beautiful in the world" I reached my arm around her and pulled her close. Her hands fell on my chest and she laid her head on my shoulder. " You know I will always come back to you no matter the cost right?" I said. She looked up with tears in her eyes as they were glistening in the sun and she kissed me and said "I will always wait for you Laryxe." We eventually got down and I held her hand as we walked back. That night we both slept in bed waiting to see what tomorrow would hold for us. That night I had a dream, that one day Camelot's people could rest peaceful once more.
When I awoke Arthuria was still sleeping with her arms wrapped around me. I just laid there peacefully. I then heard Gilles mutter something and then I heard a familiar voice. I grabbed the loose board from earlier and crept out the door. I slowly walked up behind the bandit who was bickering with Gilles and his daughter and cracked the board over his head. He was knocked out cold and I asked if everything was alright. Gilles nodded and I threw the bandit into a canal outside and told the guard to take care of him. I then walked inside and ate breakfast with Gilles. " I see the king is a close friend to ya lad, that must be hard for someone in your line of work huh?" Gilles asked. I shook my head and explained my efforts towards a better Camelot and how much the honor of being in the king's stature is up there in difficulty.
Arthuria came out dressed in battle gear and asked if training was still on my list of things to get done I nodded and left on horseback towards the training grounds at the castle. I was ready to improve my swordsman skills further but more importantly how to become king. It was almost like I was a kid again, Like the time when Gilles taught me how to ride a pony for the first time. I was always so eager to learn something new, that's why I can't wait to train under my king. When we got there she told me to grab a bow. " I don't get it why would I train in archery if I dual wield." I questioned. She looked over and gave a slight chuckle. "I thought you wanted to learn Laryxe, you must be ready for anything." she replied then she aimed at the target about 15 feet away up on a branch in a tree. I was surprised by her skill with a bow. I on the other hand have never used a bow before and couldn't shoot an arrow for the life of me.
I grabbed bow and pulled the pull string and put the arrow adjacent to the handle and let go for it to fall instantly. I tried once more this time with her leading me, I learned how to shoot an arrow that day. I spent all day practicing with Arthuria. When we were done we went back to Inn and I asked Gilles to make some dinner for us. Meanwhile I leaned up against the wall and talked to her through the door while she was getting herself ready for dinner. Once she was done we sat down to eat. Gilles joined us ate we ate lamb and corn. The next morning while we were eating breakfast someone walked into the Inn. My back was to the door so I didn't think anything of it.
I looked up from my bowl to see shock in Gilles face. I got up and turned around to confront the person at the inn door. It was the same guy who threatened the king's life. I was completely unarmed and wore no armor. I was shocked to see that he was still alive. He now had two metal hands that were forged to be used as weapons. It was almost as if they nailed it inside of his stubs. He grunted and said" remember me knight" then he charged towards me so I grabbed a bar stool and bashed him over the head with it.
He fell to his knees so I grabbed a wine bottle, broke it and continued to stab him in the head with it. He got up and smashed the bottle while it was in his head. He swung and I rolled under it towards the room and grabbed the bow that I had placed on the wall next to the doorway. I cocked the pull string and launched the arrow straight through his head.
After all was said and done Gilles still managed to crack so type of snide remark about how he could've done better. Arthuria punched him in the shoulder and he quit laughing. I moved the body outside to the Inn guard once more this time of course it was a different guy but the same principle. He was a young man who just made it through training, " I..is he d...dead!" I nodded and explained the incident and he sent the body to the morgue. I walked back in to talk to Arthuria. " So I guess you'd prefer to sleep in you bed instead of the room which is shared now." I asked. " Why of course but not alone, you must come with for as it seems trouble always follows you." she said. I grabbed my belongings and bid Gilles farewell. I mounted my horse and helped Arthuria up. On the way there she fell asleep so I held her hands while they were wrapped around my waist. When we got inside I rested her down on her bed and went down stairs to make sure everything was in order. I locked all the doors and went back upstairs and put a chair outside the king's room, sat down, and slept. That night I couldn't stop thinking about the mass amount of pressure that will be laid upon me in the oncoming days, what happens if I fail her will she see me the same, but I can't think of that now.