Roleplay with TheNovaSwag

Chapter 39: Royal Duties

M:   "Well, I do have plenty of duties to start that have been piling up since two days ago," Mandoria said, "Sir Rowen has helped with them of course but there still is a lot to do."

Mandoria took out a leather-bound journal, which just so happened to be the one that England kept knocking over, and opened it.

"I always keep a calendar of my duties so I never forget anything," he commented, "today I have a land dispute to settle between two farmers on the outskirts of the city, a meeting with the mayor of Dewhurst to discuss building a new church, and since the British put tariffs on our products I have to announce to the kingdom to be careful of how much they harvest so nothing goes to waste."

N:   "If I may suggest," Anglo spoke up, "if Saxon and I could go to the farmers and settle the dispute, and England can go to the meeting on your behalf to the mayor of Dewhurst. And perhaps, after you have done your announcement, Sir Mandoria, that you could rest from your injuries."

"But you're missing something," pointed out Saxon, "I doubt that we, as English, are going to be well appreciated when the Mandorians hear about the tariffs."

"It's that or they start bowing down," muttered England as he placed his fork down on his empty plate, "someone would probably keep an eye on us." He faced Mandoria, "as for the tariffs, I hope that they will be lifted as soon as possible."

M:   Mandoria shrugged, "I hope so too, announcing something to the kingdom isn't terribly hard, my kingdom is quite large so I have my scribes write down my speech and royal announcers ride to the many towns and villages to inform the public. And although I very much appreciate your offer of assistance, I don't foresee it being successful, as I'm fairly certain none of you speak Mandorian."

"I can go with them, Father," Mandara offered, "I can help translate and it can help me learn what to do when Derogan and I take over the kingdom, we can go find Sir Rowen so he can help too."

Mandoria hummed at the proposition, not seeing too much wrong with it, "I suppose, but what about the rogue nations, how do we know the Prussians were the only ones, it could still be dangerous to wander the kingdom."

N:   England hmmed in realization when he remembered that they don't speak Mandorian, but was thankful that Mandara stepped in to help.

"Then we'll make sure that we do our jobs efficiently," Saxon shrugged, "and maybe for extra protection we could have a couple of knights accompanying Sir Rowen."

"But I'm sure that Sir Rowen has been able to organize the patrol of the Kingdom," the winged country spoke, "and with Celtica's advice, he knows where to look."

"I might as well come with you guys," muttered Johann, "I don't really have anything to do, so I might as well start learning more about the people, and the language too."

M:   "Yeah it'll be fun," Mandara said cheerfully, hugging Johann, "we can show you the kingdom and what it's like to live here, it will be an adventure."

Mandoria chuckled at Mandara's enthusiasm, he then called for a servant to bring him a map and inkwell. When the requested items were retrieved, the king plucked a feather from his good wing and dipped it in the ink, then started marking the map.

"The feuding farmers are at the northwest outskirts of the main kingdom, approximately 15-30 minutes on horseback," he said as he marked the destination and best path to it, "Dewhurst is two hours east by horseback, normally a 20-minute flight but obviously England didn't get Anglo's half of the genes. I personally recommend that Rowen goes with England since if something does go wrong he isn't fully capable of defending himself at the present moment with his injuries, no offense England."