North America / Kingdom of Yorkania (Crownlands of Manhattan): November 2nd, 1517.
(Morgan's POV)
"Yes, your majesty." Said percival calmly as he stepped up and bowed.
The grand hall was silent. Some of the ton had stressed looks on their faces.
"You have my attention chancellor wood pecker." I said calmly as I chewed and swallowed a scrambled egg.
Percival sighed and straightened his back while saying with a serious look on his face "The royal treasury is empty your majesty."
The grand went silent for a moment. It suddenly erupting into heated debates as if the ton was unaware.
"What. Why is it empty" I thought plain and simply as I slammed my fork back on to the table hardly.
*BAM*
The grand hall quieted down. Some of the ton still cursing and accusing others here and there.
"What do you mean by empty." I asked calmly as I stared straight into percival's serious eyes.
Percival closed his eyes and said calmly "I mean absolutely nothing. No coin or treasures."
The grand hall was silent. The atmosphere heavy.
"Your grace. Why are you trying to hide." I said calmly with a voice and closed eyed smile on my face. Seeing galahad's tall 6'9 frame in full plated black armor try to shrink behind some of the Important ton.
Galahad had a surprised look on his face and stepped up with a sigh and said while taking a knee "Your majesty. My sword is yours to command."
The grand hall was absolutely silent. Some of the elderly ton fainting and completely losing the respect of the others.
"Good. You won't be disappointed." I said calmly with a wave of my right hand for him to rise.
Galahad sighed again and stood back up and made his way up the stairs and took his place next to the throne like a complete statue.
Percival had a shocked wide eyed look on his face and pointed at me with a shaking finger and said loudly and stutteringly "Y…YOU CONTROL THE MILITARY HOUSE."
I was silent. My face unchanged.
"I was unaware. I knew house bronx had strong ties to military but I didn't know that they controlled it completely. I only recruited him for his looks and skill, what queen won't want a handsome man with a nice body to save her" I thought as I glanced at the frozen galahad beside me.
I looked back at percival and said calmly "Do you know the names."
The ton had confused looks on their faces.
"Y…yes." Said percival with gritted teeth. Knowing exactly what I meant.
Percival adjusted his throat loudly and turned towards the ton and said loudly "WHEN I CALL YOUR NAMES PLEASE STEP FOWARD."
"BARON SMITH." Said percival loudly while looking at baron smith and seen the betrayed look on his face.
Baron smith had wide eyes and was about to rebuke but noticed that galahad was staring right at himself and just sighed at stepped up and took a knee.
"DUKE STATEN." Said percival loudly while looking at a very wrinkly old gandalf looking man.
Duke staten stepped up while stroking his long white beard and asked politely while bowing slightly with a shakey trilling voice "May I have permission of speech your majesty."
"It is permitted." I said calmly while looking at the elderly man with a medium to deep brown skin tone, a diamond shaped bearded face, hazel grey eyes, long white grey hair and a 5'5 ripped muscular body that couldn't be hidden underneath his luxurious attire.
Duke staten smiled gently and said calmly "I cannot kneel your majesty. I am to ol…"
"Cannot or will not." I asked calmly, suddenly as I stared at duke staten.
Duke staten sighed. The smile on his face disappearing as he said with a scary look In his eyes. His trilling voice turning Into a very hoarse, deep one "You misunderstand your majesty, I am 117 years old. My knees aren't the same."
The grand hall was silent.
"Hahahaha." I said laughing out of nowhere with my left hand covering my mouth.
The grand hall was silent. The ton had a look of hope on their faces.
Galahad leaned close to my right ear and said whisperingly "Duke staten is telling the truth. He was born on the year, 1400."
"Ah. You may stand then your grace." I said as the smile on my face disappeared as soon as it came. The look of hope on the faces of the ton getting crushed in a instant.
Percival adjusted his throat and said loudly while looking a familiar short white chubby nobleman with a long and pointy mustache which made his face turn extremely ugly "MARQUIS CRAGFACE."
Marquis cragface had a face full of beads of sweat and suddenly shoved through the ton at olympic speed toward the double doors of the grand hall while screaming loudly at the top of his lungs "FUCK."
"GUARDS. RESTRAIN HIM." Said percival loudly as he pulled out a dagger from his attire and started sprinting towards marquis cragface at unbelievable speeds that proved he was not weak.
*BOOOM*
Guards bursted Into the grand hall and Instantly tackled marquis cragface and pinned him hardly against the floor.
*Boom*
"THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM." Said marquis cragface at the top of his lungs as he grunted in pain from the hard floor.
I stood up from the throne and said calmly "That's what I w…"
"This is what her majesty would like to know you pest. I was wondering why 2 billion coins were drained Instantly from the royal treasury. I gandalore de' staten, duke of staten and the master of coin, sentence this man to death as a spy sent from the jersey commonwealth." Said gandalore with a scary look on his face as he made his way over to marquis cragface at his own pace. The luxerious cane in his right hand hitting the marble floor as it Impending doom was near.
*Tak* *Tak* *Tak*
I sat back down on the throne and thought "I forgot that this kingdom was a retro - modern, aristocratic capitalistic renaissance type but it is still stuck with the coinage system while the european powers are using dollars with the faces of kings and emperors on it."
The guards dragged marquis cragface toward the stair of the throne, gandalore and percival following closely behind.
"With your approval. I shall put this worm to death." Said gandalore coldly as he pulled a long sword out of the cane.
*SHSK*
I stared at the pleading look on marquis crack face and asked calmly "Where is the money."
"I WILL GET IT BACK. I PLEAD TO YOUR MERCY. YOUR MAJESTY." Said marquis cragface loudly with tears streaming down his face from his eyes.
"So it really is this jer…jersey….wait new jersey. What the hell" I thought as my eyes widened slightly since their right next door to yorkania geographically.
"And how exactly will you get back 2 billion. Do enlighten me. Are you even aware of the damage you've caused to the citizens of this kingdom." I said calmly while standing back up from the throne and walking around the table as galahad helped medown the steps towards marquis cragface.
Marquis cragface had beads of sweat trailing down his face from his forehead and said stutteringly "I…I can't. I'm actually a former commoner and was put in this position by king joseph I of the jerrsey commonwealth. Pope leo x of the catholic church and baron smith of yorkania."
The grand hall was absolutely silent. The ton with shocked looks on their faces and some with a look of realization.
"Take a look around." I said calmly as I look at the luxerious grand hall.
The ton looked around at the luxerious grand hall. My eyes sweeping past every middle aged, young and elderly while saying calmly as I pointed at the floor with my right pointer finger "This place was built In the year 518. Ad, it has survived everything Imaginable and is still standing in the exact place that rulers thrived and fell on. Don't tell me that you will give up your yorkanian honor for a little greed and coin."
The looks on the faces of the ton Immediately turned angry. Only for a laughing voice to break the atmosphere.
"HAHAHAHA. Well said, well said indeed my dear niece." Said a deep and elegant voice from out of nowhere. It being a flamboyant, beautiful man with a diamond shaped face, hazel like eyes, styled jet black curly hair, caramel brown skin and 6'0 in height with a slim muscular body in a absurdly flamboyant luxerious like attire. His name being lancelot de' brooklyn, the current duke of brooklyn and also my uncle.
Lancelot stepped out from behind the crowed of ton that made way for him and said with a wide smile on his face and his arms spreaded widely and grandly "My dear we needn't be so hasty in times such as this."
"What is your offer uncle." I asked calmly as I glanced back down at marquis crack face that was crying with w snot nosed face and looked back up at lancelot.
Lancelot suddenly grinned Inhumanly and said as both of his hands rubbed together "If you give marquis cragface and baron smith to me to fight in the dome of brooklyn. I will pay you 100 million coin for both of them and get my hands on european dollars. If you accept my deal that is."
The ton started whispering amongst themselves. Speaking on how the deal could help the royal treasury situation even if a little while others disagreed and spoke how the amount was to little.
"I accept but I want to be payed in european dollars Instead. Until I get my money, both baron smith and marquis crack head are my slaves and hostages for the time being. Court dismissed until further notice." I said calmly as I started leaving the grand hall. My back carrying the weight of the kingdom on it.
*Boom*
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THE END…