The King´s New Lady
AN ANGEL OR DEMON ... IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE
The pale king was in his office, one would expect it to be full of papers and scrolls, rune stones and other items that required his seal and immediate attention...
But the truth ... is that his once vast desk overflowing with paperwork ... was neatly organized ...
on each side were three baskets, those on the right were new papers and scrolls that required review and on the left those which had already been reviewed...
His office once surrounded by bookshelves and whose only light other than that emanating from the king himself had been a simple desk light, now had a bookcase only behind him to his left a bookcase and cupboards, and to his right a large window with an armchair next to him and a table for tea ...
But let's go back to his desk ... on his desk there was a vase in which a delicate flower rested ... and next to it a small painting ...
something normal to have on some desks ... but nevertheless every time an insect entered the king's office, He always took a few seconds to look at his desk ...
That and the door attached to the side of the window ...
which was opening right now...
- "Good morning wyrm, today you look less spent than yesterday ... Didn't you have a meeting this morning with the representative of the fool's coliseum?" said a mocking female voice
- "ha... ha... ha.... Very funny ... my dear, very funny ... and in case you didn't notice my laugh was sarcastic" said the once very up tight, pale king.
-"it was? I didn't realize... of course your little bug boy, I noticed... I taught you to be sarcastic, and I couldn't be more proud "said the female voice who took all the scrolls, runes and papers and placed them in a basket.
- "My lady, I know ... and is so hard not to use it when annoying diplomats come to me with problems so monotonous and of such little importance" he said rubbing his face while a hand placed a cup of dark tea in front of him ...
- "Blessings to the god who put you in my path" he said taking a big sip of tea and leaning back comfortably in his seat, which was a small armchair instead of a simple chair ...
- "Of course, of course, having brought me and our knowledge of plants, especially the tea with the highest caffeine you can find," said the woman with a little amusement in her voice.
He looked at her with eyes full of humor ...
she just smiled at him before putting on the mask she wore on her head...
- "Well wyrm, you better finish your tea ... because you have a meeting with the representatives of the Sanctum, I already had a huge cup myself ... those guys always get me on my nerves" she said shuddering...
The pale king laughed, he could understand it ... even he disliked those guys ...
but they were a necessary evil until proven otherwise...
which for that reason he was excited for this meeting ...
Alice has been planning this meeting for months and finally accepted that those insects returned to the palace ...
but not for what they had in mind ... and he Pale King couldn't wait ... his lovely human was soft, gentle and extremely maternal to his subjects ...
except those who gave her the creeps ... she had a great sense of empathy and could feel the aura of insects doing unconsciously alert to your intentions...
She called it empathy and a great sixth sense ... he called it being susceptible to the intentions of the souls of others ...
whatever it was she was literally a "lie detector" and he couldn't wait to see her in action.
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PALE KINGS POV
As I walk beside her down the hall I can't help but take her hand to guide her through the corridors of the palace...
From that first day, that in the same way I took her hand to guide her through the intricate labyrinth of corridors and corridors of which the palace was made up ...
from that first instance, I did not stop doing it ...
In those first days it was more a convenience to prevent it from straying and getting lost... at least that's what it told me in mind.
Now I know better ... it's my fear of losing that person who freely offered to be by my side...
I diverted my gaze to appreciate her walking by my side ... so much has happened since she is by my side ... that I thank whoever was the god who brought her to my side...
Who would say that practically a stranger would become his pillar, to move on, after being on the brink of death and the destruction of his kingdom?
She brought him back from the spiral of madness, negativity and chaos...
Who would say that 10 months would have passed since that destined meeting...?
.-.-.-.-.-. - 10 months in....
Alice proved to be a specialist organizer ... she found all the survivors of the castle and organized them to bring to life such a neglected place, as I revived the ancient void knights...
She used some of my kingmoulds to go all over the city of tears and its surroundings to search for and bring in survivors to the castle...
This is how we found Ogrim, oh my loyal knight, I was so happy to see one of my loyal knights alive ... Alice gave him the task of starting to clean the city of tears from infected insects along with various kingmoulds ...
It was when we were able to bring more survivors, including warriors, who were given training to be part of the royal guard...
There were two very promising warriors, a young woman named Cloth and a young man named Tiso ... they were excellent warriors both in close combat...
We were able to find a nailmaster who did not want to be part of the court at first, but Alice has a fluency in words that it didn't take long to convince him, his name is Nailmaster Oro.
We were very lucky in our explorations, we found many more individuals, such as a nail smith and other more survivors ... some of which caused me to have a breakdown that ended with me in bed...
We arrive at the throne room, where there are three thrones, I sit in the middle one, my beloved Alice sits on my right side and on my left another insect taller than the two of us ... I look at them and smile and smile and they nod gently at me an Alice...
The doors open and the representative of the sanctum enters ... the same soul master GARK ...
This is going to get good...
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NO ONES POV....
The soul master entered the palace gates as if he were the owner ... he entered the throne room with fanfare as if it were an honor to have him there...
and that was one of the things that Alice hated the most ... this arrogant being ... thank god for her clothes ... her mask covered her face.
The soul master looked at the king and greeted him with fanfare and then directed his gaze to the insect that he was most interested in impressing...
the very secretly and mysterious "amethyst lady" ... an insect who came from distant lands to stand by the pale king and give him her infinite knowledge and power to rebuild hallownest ...
powers and knowledge that he wanted to possess.
So mystical and above all intelligent and clever ... to clever ... which was dangerous for him...
- "O pale king my discoveries in the art of soul manipulation will be of great use to your new order of knights, if you allow me to instruct you in my knowledge ... if you supported my initiative ... I would see how this catastrophic infection would find its finally, for the sake of hallownest bugs "he said very proudly.
the king scratched his chin, while the soul master was still talking "after all the void warriors cannot manipulate the soul but with my knowledge they could obtain that power, I know that you my dear lady amethyst, will agree that giving that power to void warriors would be beneficiary for all" he said smiling smugly... but staring at Alice...
-"don't you agree, my dear lady Amethyst?" he said... looking at her as if she was a delicious snack...
if someone looked at the king they would think he was calm and collected ... but if you were next to him you could hear the sound of a hiss full of annoyance and contained anger ... they all knew very well that trying to act in a way beyond respectful or venerable towards the wise and respected "Amethyst lady" was absolutely forbidden ... to do so is to place yourself on the black list of the royal family...
only the royal family could speak to her in such a familiar way and especially touch her ... touching her ended in someone losing a hand if you were not from the court and that was still rare ... only the royal family could touch her and still so under her explicit consent ... only the pale king could freely touch her only him.........
And this insect maybe ... it couldn't be, it wouldn't be so stupid in.... there he goes... getting near the royal thrones...
in specific... towards hers, looking at her directly ... and there he goes, stretching his hand. .. Here someone is going to.......
"Click" the sound of snapping fingers
"WWWWAAHHHHHHHHHH MY HANDDDDDD" yes ... someone lost a hand ... what a shame ...not really...
A very sharp nail was pointed to the face of the offensive bug...
The bug full of pain and anger stared at was in front of him...
a huge nail wielding bug in front of lady amethyst, and her hand raised with her hand showing her finger in in a snapping position...
In front of him was the bug that was seated beside the pale king on his left side...
no other that the one time called the HOLLOW KNIGHT....
now know as PRINCE HOLLOW...
And the king, was...slow clapping.... –"nice time reaction my dear son, very nice"
-"WHYYYYYY???" He screamed in shock about this outcome... then suddenly to guards came inside and tied him in void torn tentacles...
Lady amethyst got up and walked to stand in front of the bug...
-"you dare to ask why? ok let me number the reasons for your tiny brain to comprehend..."
-"1. You came here to try and lie to the kings face your way of getting permission to experiment on bugs... something that you have being doing..." she said and the soul master got dead still
-"2. You have been kidnaping bugs to experiment and also conspired to take the kingdom of hallownest by making a pack with the radiance..."
-"THOSE ARE LIES.......... MY KING I WOULD HAVE NEVER BETRAY YOU MY LORD...PLEASE BELIEVE ME" he begged to the king
The king just stared at him... -"are they?" he asked amused...
-"YES MY LORD; WHAT PROOF YOU HAVE AGAINST ME?" he asked angry at the female bug... mystic or not he will not be defeated by a mere weird bug...
The lady amethyst came to the center of the room, while the guards opened the door to let more important bugs come from behind a room with a crystal wall....
They were very important bugs who were looking at the meeting the whole time...
Lady amethyst walked slowly towards the disgusting bug...
-"glad you ask.... Evidence A: left over of you experiments" she said and a huge bug came pushing a stroller containment with failed soul bug experiments....
-"Evidence B: whiteness of you deeds" she said and a very weak snail shaman came on being carried by Ogrin...
-"Evidence C: your soul concentration has fail and you orange eyes are showing" she said with an amused tune...
The soul master exploded in a soul aura and went directly at her... only to be stabbed to the ground by two huge nails... of other two huge knights....
-"how.... Only.... One...hollow....ki..giht.....???" he was spluttering near his dead...
The king got up from his throne and walked towards the insect ... and stood beside lady amethyst and took her hand giving a small kiss to it...
She keep staring at the disgusting bug....now dying bug...in the ground...
- "Did you think I only had one child? That was your mistake, suppose things beyond your knowledge ... that and try to obtain things that are beyond your possibilities ... especially ... try to touch my dear lady "said the king, taking Alice back to the thrones to sit by his side....
- "you charmer" she said making a fan gesture ... he laughs a little ... and that was the last thing the soul master saw ... he tried to obtain a treasure that was beyond his possibilities .. . He wanted to touch the sun and was burned...
When Lurien entered the throne room, and watched the scene ... always knew that the soulmaster would end badly...
The king stared at lurien and smiled at him... as calm as ever...
"oh lurien, how good you arrived, take two of my children and a squad of kingmoulds to the sanctum and close it ... leave it free so that monomon can go with his investigators to analyze what they find there ..." he said smiling the king to his very faithful follower ...
The king call out –"GROOT, IVY" the two vessel who took their nails from the soul master's lifeless body..., turned to come near the thrones
-"oh, sweeties be good to lurien and try to not mess to much you cloaks down in the sanctum.... Also try not to brake too much soul flasks, they can be useful, also...." Said lady amethyst, she scratched both of their chins...making them trill happily....
-"be safe and take care of each other's back, and also be sure to keep lurien safe ok" she said booping them between their eye sockets... They both nodded happily,
They walked towards the "Watcher", he only nodded -- "Whatever your majesty orders" Lurien said and was followed by the two young vessels who were cleaning their nails from the soul master dead body... Once lurien left and the other people who were witnesses, the three one in the thrones stood up...
- "Hollow, dear, could you go for your brothers to the queen's garden, it will be time for lunch" said Alice ... hollow nodded and left.
- "Ogrim take the esteemed shaman to the medical wing, he must rest, and please ask the servants to please enter with the cleaning squad, we do not want the throne room to be contaminated with the plague of this FILTH "Alice said ...
Ogrim nodded slowly ... Lady Amethyst was a very noble and maternal lady, but extremely cold-hearted towards those who tried to wrong her ... she was someone to fear ... and the king was totally crazy about her ...
They were Lucky she was on their side...
There were times when they kind of pity the radiance...
She did not know what would come to her...
Once Lady Amethyst's plan to disarm her was executed...
And knowing her. ...
It would be extremely sadistic...
In that lonely office, across the palace, the one that belongs to the pale king... you can tell it's a magnificent work of art...sturdy and functional....
But...
Adorning their sides and front... you can see drawings and paintings adorning his front and sides... and toys around the base...
All belonging to his children....
Hand in hand the pale king walk to the family dining room with his new lady... his own and only true friend... the amethyst lady...
And joining behind them... the once called vessels... know new named the royal children...
Their children of the abyss.........
Bugs who see the royal family walk by have two thinks in mind... what a great family a proof of the kingdom becoming prosper again.
And the other...
What expended children... future knights.........
And the other...
What group of talented children... future knights.........
........and....what a splendid little army in the making
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.-"Dear can i ask you something?
-"sure bugy boy"
-"why did you draw this?"
-"grubs are cute?"
-".....ok?...but why the hat and the monocle?"
-"...why not?"
-" ???? "
-"what?...not your fancy?"
-"oh my light....i knew it was for a PUN"
-"got yah"