sbi royalty

one day more

Techno was always one for wanting to sleep in, and he usually would, if he could get away with it. Today, however, was not one of those days.

He had actual work to get done today, mostly ordering people around and then scolding them when they do it wrong; not the best work, but someone had to do it.

When his workload increased, he'd just delegate to lower ranks, though, he had to still oversee it as many, many things can go wrong very, very quickly.

So, a slightly (very) sleep deprived Technoblade slowly rose up from the soft embrace of his pillows and moved the red drapes of his four-poster-bed aside, gradually standing up. He stretched his arms above his head and then rubbed his eyes.

'This is going to be a loooong day'

Just then, his attendant knocked on the door and entered with a tray containing a note and a cup of tea.

"Good morning Your Royal Highness, I see you're already awake. Are preparations going well?" He said while placing the tray on a bedside table and unfolding the note.

"It is going alright, we shall see what today brings us." Techno replied monotonously.

Though, truth be told, Techno had a lot of people looking to him for leadership today, more so than usual, so he was rather aware that he was not in a position to make mistakes.

The servant clears his throat before speaking again, this time with his eyes squarely on the paper."The itinerary for today is as follows: breakfast in the dining room at 8; meeting with the head guard at 8:45; overseeing a duelling competition  from 9 until noon; a meeting with His Highness Prince Wilbur at 2..."

The man went on about Techno's many engagements for a good while still. However, Techno had most definitely stopped listening at some point, simply requesting at the end that someone should alert him when he had somewhere to be.

The servant left as quickly as he arrived and as Techno was once again alone, he decided to get ready early, truly, a sight as rare as diamonds.

Within twenty minutes Techno whipped open his door and strode out into the corridor. This caused the guards to snap upright, the slam of the door behind him shook their skulls and left them dazed for a brief moment, before dashing after him.

While Techno felt very much not awake, once he reached the outer doors an icy breeze swept through him eliciting a small shiver in him.

'When did it get this cold? I suppose I didn't bother putting on any actual layers did I...'

Since eating breakfast felt like a waste of time for him, especially on this particular day; too much to do for his liking.

On his way to his office in one of the more external towers, he crossed a large, open courtyard which held many towering statues that seemed to always be watching. While being very eerie for some, it was a popular hangout spot for guards who like a chat. Around halfway through, Techno spotted a chuckling Tubbo hanging out with some of the other recruits. He liked seeing Tubbo like that, since some of the older guardsmen would prefer just to tease the small brunette.

He continued on to get some work done before his various meetings later in the day...

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Techno lazily checked his watch.

'11:06. You've got to be kidding me, I've been watching these men essentially beat each other up for hours now, I didn't even realise it was a competition until about twenty minutes ago...'

He gazed off into the distance looking at no where in particular, when at some point he noticed the noise had died down significantly.

Confused, he looked around and couldn't see what everyone was looking at, seemingly just past him...

"Morning! Hope you're having a great day!" Wilbur teased seeing his brother's grim expression.

Techno jumped in his chair not noticing Wilbur standing just behind his right shoulder. They quickly greeted the newly arrived prince but got back to the fighting soon enough.

"Will what are you doing here?" Techno asked, curious as to Wilbur's motives.

"Just checking up on business, you know how it is." Wilbur answered vaguely.

"Uhhhhh, actually I have no idea, you want to sit down?"

"I'm fine standing, but thank you." Wilbur paused before asking,"Do you enjoy this kind of thing?"

Techno was slightly taken aback, but he tried to answer honestly."I don't know really, sometimes it's alright, sometimes it's a bit better or a bit worse. It's not like I talk with them so it's pretty boring..." Techno almost continued his rant, but stopped himself, not wanting to complain too much more.

"My job feels fairly similar, I'm probably cooped up in my study more though, which is actually why I'm out here! It's too stuffy in there." Wilbur let out a sigh before checking his watch.

"Man, I've only been here a little while, but I'm already late, guess I'll see you later!"

"Goodbye Will."

Techno slumped back in his chair and tilted his head to look up at the scattered clouds in the sky and zoned out once again...

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