Seventeen Imagines III

#101 "The Queen's Wish" (part two)

Before the king and queen's promised divorce, the king allowed her to date other guys inside the palace. A secret rendezvous will take place in the queen's chamber every night. However, within the 12 nights, the queen didn't know that the twelve men she met are actually no other than her own husband, Arthur.

Magic stone is a rare gems that is also use to change the appearance of the user one at a time. It was the same stone the king used to hid his original appearance from the queen every time they meet at her chamber. Basically, he did show 12 different handsome faces to her and introduced different names: Wonwoo, Seungcheol, Jeonghan, Joshua, Junhui, Hoshi, Woozi, Minghao, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino.

King Arthur wanted to continue this, for he also enjoyed the queen's company. She's different that he thought... so different that he slightly regret not knowing her true colors for the past years. Then Arthur started to wonder if he made the wrong choice of telling her about their upcoming divorce.

'Should I really divorce my wife?' Arthur asked himself.

If he'll tell her that he's the person behind those men she met, (Y/n) will probably feel deceived. But if he won't, she might grow farther from his side. Whatever the right answer is, Arthur must solve the problem about the limited magic stones. There are only two stones left. He needs to wait at least a year to get an enough supplies if he wanted to continue his disguise in front of the queen! Fortunately, his trustworthy right hand/friend, found a solution.

"Do you think he'll come here today?" King arthur asked Jeremy. He was sitting while shaking his crossed legs, as if he wished time would fly so fast.

"The magician sent a notice that he'll come right away. Well, he knew he'll be in trouble if he declined the king's invitation. Unless he's an idiot." Jeremy rolled his eyes.

"Okay. Okay," Arthur nodded his head as he took a deep breath.

Exactly after five seconds.

"Why he is not here yet?" Arthur groaned.

"Maybe he's on his way, you're Majesty."

After exactly another five seconds.

"Then why he isn't here yet?"

"You're majesty, are you aware that you asked me the same question five seconds ago?" Jeremy sighed.

"I am."

"Then why do I need to repeat my answer?"

"Because that's your job, Jeremy."

"If only I know what will be my job, I shouldn't have accepted your request to be your knight, Dokyeom."

"So tell me, why he isn't here yet?"

"Argh."

The magician that the king badly wanted to see is known for casting a spell which change the appearance of anybody. He is really on his way to the palace but was stopped when the queen carriage passed by at the market. Busy people halted their works to gather and make a line along the carriage way, so they could show respect to the the second most important person in the kingdom. The magician also waited at the side and was excited to see the queen's carriage, since he just came from the countryside.

"How did you know that the queen's carriage will appear?" he asked at the person standing beside him.

"Only the imperial family has the golden dragon and lion embarked at their carriage," a reply he got.

At the exact moment, the prestigious carriage slowly passed at the magician's side. He watched it with hanged loose mouth, as if he's too amaze how gorgeous the carriage is and how many gold engraved at that thing.