"I never said anything of the sort. I simply made a trade."
"A trade?" Yami questioned, and then he remembered what was said earlier about Honda. "You mean… you traded Maura for Honda?"
Maura blinked, "Who is this Honda guy?"
"The one who gave you your whip; he was once the head of the knights. But after Mokuba came and the problems relating to him he eventually became a problem and I demoted him and gave his rank to Bakura. He eventually was demoted down to guard and placed on guard duty in the maze. After talking with Mahaado he agreed that if he liked Honda that he'd give you a way to go to and from his world. Of course what I didn't tell him is that Yami will hold on to this device and you have to ask him for permission to go." Seto told her skimming over the details only telling her what was important.
"Honda went for this?"
"Not only went for it, jump for joy. Though I didn't say anything I'm sure the other guards have told him how stupid he was and how delusional."
Maura cocked her head, "Why? What's wrong with him becoming part of Mahaado's army if he was so desperate?"
"As far as I know only Yami and Yugi can use magic in this kingdom. That's not to say others don't have the ability or can't learn it, I'm simply stating that as far as I am aware no guard, knight or anyone else at least who works in the castle can use magic. So you see Honda is expecting to go to that kingdom and instantly become head knight and practically rule that small part of the kingdom as he once did here. Plus instantly be accepted by the other knights and guards whom I'm sure have very powerful magic and he has none!" Seto said.
Maura frowned, "I doubt any kingdom would just let you join them and instantly give you the same rank as you had in another kingdom. I'm not positive but it doesn't sound right. You have to earn those types of positions."
"Yes, exactly and I'm also positive that Mahaado would have only the best of the best in terms of magic users in his army and Honda thinks he can compete with no magic within him?"
Yami shook his head. "Well no one ever said he was too bright. He might even come crawling back here!"
"He can try but if he tries the only job he'll have is royal dog walker. He'll have to take care of the guard and hunting dogs and Maura's dog and clean Mokuba's cat litter box."
Yami laughed, "He won't be happy about that."
"I don't care what he likes. He never even looked at me to ask if he was dismissed or think twice about joining Mahaado's army. So I say good riddance to him."
They were interrupted by a knock on the door. Mai poked her head in the door and said, "Excuse me Sire, but King Mahaado and the rest of your guests are waiting for you in the dining hall.
Seto paled then glared at Yami, "This is your fault for not wanting to wait."
Yami rolled his eyes, "Let's discuss this later and get going before we're even later!"
Seto reached out and grabbed Mokuba's hand and just before they got to the dining hall Yami stopped him.
"What now? We don't have time to discuss anything!"
"No, I was thinking…"
"You know that's dangerous."
"Ha ha, very funny, but seriously I think it'd be better to do this formally. Maura should go in first, then Mokuba should follow her and then you'll follow me."
Seto knew Yami was doing this because he was holding Mokuba's hand and that he felt guilty about what he did to Mokuba. He also knew he was doing this as a way to impress Mahaado by doing things formally. He's never really bothered or cared if other kings didn't like if he didn't do things formally or not. So really he didn't understand why he should start now. But then an idea struck and he smiled, making Yami nervous as he knew when Seto smiled like that it meant trouble.
"Very well we can do things formally if you want."
Yami blinked, 'He gave in, just like that. No arguing, no yelling. He's up to something!'
"What are you up to? You're never this agreeable."
"Well you want to do things formally. Maura tell me where do you think Dylan will eat?"
Maura thought for a moment, "I don't know, if he's anything like papa's, the kitchen most likely. That is of course if Mahaado allows him to leave. Papa's assistant rarely got to go eat. At lunch papa usually told him to go grab a sandwich or something. He always returned before dessert, so he never got to eat what we did. At dinner though he was almost always forced to stand behind him. I guess he was only allowed to eat either after papa dismissed him while he spent time with us or after papa retired for the evening I'm not sure which."
Seto grinned and asked, "So he was never allowed to just sit down at the table with your family and eat?"
Maura looked at him like he was crazy, "No, Never, Why?"
Seto then turned to a confused Yami. "What don't you understand? You may be my brother but if we are to officially do this by formalities then you can either stand behind me or I can ask Mahaado to release Dylan and the two of you can have a nice chat in the kitchen."
Yami paled, it was his idea to do things formally so he couldn't exactly protest something he himself had asked for.