North America / Kingdom of Yorkania (Crownlands of Manhattan): November 10th, 1517.
It was a beautiful day for the world.The birds were chirping their songs as mankind went about their daily routines with smiles on their faces at beauty of the city, but also sad looks on their faces at the horror of it whether it be financially, emotionally or physically, yet if you were to look closely at a kingdom. To be more specific, Inside of a bustling pub. You can see a man and a few other people with rather Interesting opinion of there own.
(Michael Bailey's POV)
*BAM*
I gruff looking man slammed a big cup of booze onto the table while wiping his mouth with his left hand and said with a serious look on his face as he stared at another gruff man "Michael did you hear that the queen mother has collapsed."
"I did…" Said michael uncaringly while downing his cup of booze.
The gruff looking man squinted as he stared at michael for a moment and asked "Do you have no opinion of your own."
*BAM*
"Why should a woman have power over us. I completely understand that the livelihood of us yorkanian's have Improved but I just don't see a future. I am about to lose my land that my ancestors have farmed on for generations and the commoner's day is around the corner were we express our worries to the monarch. How can I face a woman sitting on the throne." Said michael with a clenched jaw and his face in his hands.
The gruff man sighed and said with a shrug "I like having a woman ruling over us. It gives us commoner men a chance to be a consort and rise in status."
Thr table was silent. Michael just sighed while grabbing his booze and chugging it down and slamming onto the table.
"How did I even befriend a unserious person like you." Asked michael while looking down at his own calloused hands.
The gruff man laughed loudly and said "If everyone was serious in yorkania. It would have run to shit long ago."
Both Michael and the gruff man bursted out laughing.
"You boys going to the dome." Asked the voice of a woman from out of nowhere as she refilled both of the booze cups.
The gruff man looked at the chubby dark skin woman and ogled her breasts for a moment and said with his cheeks reddening "Yes hilda."
"You, michael." Asked hilda with a smile as she slid michael's overflowing booze cup In front of him.
Michael sighed and said while moving the cup of booze away and grabbing his sword "Yes. I need to enter the dome."
"GAHAHA. ATTA BOY. HAIL, HAIL" Said a old man loudly with his booze cup raised up in the air.
"HAIL, HAIL." Said other middle aged and old man loudly in the pub while laughing.
"Quiet down you old horse dung, he hasnt registered his name yet." Said hilda with a sigh and wave of her hand.
The old man laughed loudly with the middle aged men in the background as the pub became lively again.
"Michael If your luck is better then mines you could attain wealth and status. Unfortunately my strength isn't enough." Said the gruff man while looking up at the roof with a sigh at the life he could have had.
Hilda winked at the gruff man and said while jiggling her chubby waist side to side "If you can handle all of this, my father would choose you to Inherit the pub and become my husband."
"R…really." Said the gruff man as he gulped a large amount of spit down.
Michael watched the bustling pub and said with clenched fist "Hail Yorkania. In this kingdom, it's every man for himself."
(Percival's POV)
"WILL MY SHE BE OK." Asked blanchefleur loudly while pacing back and forth as she bit on her fingernail.
A middle aged man sighed and said while wiping his sweat filled forehead "My lady, please be at ease. this is a very natural occurrence when a patient has tuberculosis. She should breathe normally by tomorrow, all I have to do is manage her condition."
The room was silent. Blanchefleur's face was extremely ugly.
"Head doctor, are you sure this is tuberculosis." Asked percival with a serious look on his face as sweat trailed down his face from his forehead.
The head doctor flinched slightly and said with a serious look on his face "I am sure lord wo…"
Screaming was heard outside the chamber.
"Y….YOU CANNOT ENTER." Said a guard loudly and stutteringly from outside the chamber.
A snicker was heard along with a very deep and loud voice "MOVE YOU INGRATE."
*BOOM*
The double doors slammed open.
"Tch…young people these days." Said a very beautiful 6'5 slim muscular pale skinned man with a long, slight heart shaped face, very long white hair, and chartreuse eyes clicking his teeth as he made his way into the chamber with a luxerious white, gold attire.
Percival's eyes Immediately lit up and said while making his way over to the beautiful man "Merlin. Thank you for coming even though you've step down as the head royal alchemist."
"Not a a nuisance at all. It is a honor to uptake my former duties after stepping down during the unfortunate death of king cassius vII manhattan." Said merlin with a wave of his right hand and he made his way over to a dark skinned yet very beautiful woman on the bed with her eyes wide open.
The head doctors eye twitched slightly and said with a ugly look on his face "What is this nonsense lord wood. I am in the middle of her majesty's treatment."
The chamber was silent. Blanchefleur's face was even more extremely ugly.
Merlin leaned in closer towards the beautiful woman's face and asked "Look at me if you are still alive."
The eyes looked straight Into merlin's.
"I see. Head doctor, I must inform you sadly that you're services are no longer needed here." Said merlin with a wave of his right hand uncaringlt while stand back up straight as he sat a brown bag on a table full of things by the bed.
The head doctors face turned angry and said loudly "IT IS TUBERCULOSIS YOU DAMN FOOL. I WAS JUST ABOUT T…"
"Bleed her out. That is not happening while I am still alive, your teacher would be ashamed if he were still alive that your adapting the way of those europeans." Said merlin with a very disgusted look on his face as he placed his left smooth hand onto my forehead.
The head doctor gritted his teeth and said with a glare "Don't you dare mention my teacher with your commoner mouth."
"Watch your tongue boy. I may look like this but I have 89 years of experience and 99 years of wisdom that far surpasses what you have not achieved." Said merlin calmly with a cold look in his eyes.
The head doctor bowed his head with gritted teeth and started taking his leave from the chamber.
*Boom*
The chamber was silent. The atmosphere heavy.
"D…do you know what is wrong with my sister lord merlin." Asked blanchefleur stutteringly as she gripped her gown tightly with both of her hands.
Merlin stared down at me in the bed and said calmly while rubbing his chin with his right hand "Indeed. I know exactly what this is, she was poisoned."
"What…poisoned." Said percival with widened eyes. His jaw visibly tightening with a vein appearing on it.
Merlin leaned closer to my face again while feeling both of my cheeks with his right hand and saying with squinted eyes "Both of the nerves in her cheeks are to far gone. This poison is mainly used by the catholic church and it will be hard to recover the nerves in her cheeks so she will likely have facial paralysis for the rest of her life, she will still be able too blink and but she will not be able too smile or anything else."
"What…catholic church" Thought percival with his jaw clenching even tighter and his fsce turning extremely angry.
Blanchefleur had widened, horrified eyes and asked Immediately "Will there be war."
"Don't spout such nonsense and please take your leave. There should be peace and quiet while I operate." Said merlin with a sigh and a wave of his right hand as she grabbed a strange looking metal tube and placed it upon my chest while leaning his ear against it as he pressed down his hand against my stomach.
"Hoo…" Said the air exhaling from my mouth slightly.
Marlin nodded with closed eyes and said with a very intuitive look on his face "Her breathing is slightly affected but should be addressed at once. She is not dying chancellor, you have a strong queen mother."
The chamber was silent. The sounds of relief being heard from both blanchefleur and percival as he showed blanchefleur out of the chamber.
*Boom*
"Now then your majesty . Let me get you back on the throne, we can't have you dying any time soon." Said merlin with a chuckle as he grabbed a strange looking bottle with a silver and gold mixture inside of it.
Percival closed the double doors and came back over and asked with a serious look on his face "Lord merlin, are you sure this will work, few rulers survive such things."
"Don't doubt my knowledge and skill lord wood." Said merlin with squinted eyes as he opened my mouth slightly and poured it into my mouth as he messaged my neck with his other hand.
The fluid went down smoothly.
Percival watched momentarily and said with a clenched jaw "I will leave her in your care. My wife, baroness wood will be coming to nurse her, expect her presence."
"Excellent. She will be back on her feet by the commoners day, You have things to at court do you not." Asked merlin as he slightly glanced at percival.
The chamber was silent. Percival taking his leave from the chamber.
"Indeed." Said percival nonchalantly. His eyes extremely cold.
Percival opened one of the double doors and glanced back at me on the bed and thought while leaving "I shall not disappoint you, your majesty."
*Boom*
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THE END…