The Silent King (Au)

The Beginning of a Hero and a Mentor

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He briefly remembers the process of how he became mute.

First, no one believed him when he'd warned them about The Lady Bone Demon. And he had been harshly punished.

He stopped warning them.

Then, one day after a heated argument with his brothers, the golden circlet was used and his skull split severely due to the spell.

He stopped defending himself, only speaking when spoken to.

Finally, he stopped speaking completely after he had killed his beloved; Macaque.

His moon.

His Liu'Er.

Of course, Wukong still chirped and groaned. The more expressive sounds were somewhat necessary when communicating with his subjects, along with his exaggerated, cartoonish expressions.

And that was enough.

Until MK came along...

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Wukong had used a clone, completely forgetting one tiny detail.

Clones were very bluntly honest.

And had zero facial expression and looked deadpanned all the time.

MK had stared up in shock, "M-M-Monkey King?!" The clone nodded with a gleeful tone of voice despite his resting face, "The one and only! Kind of. So, DBK got the staff?" The younger hero groaned, "I am so sorry! But now you can go fight--"

'Wukong' cut him off, "Sorry, bud, but Monkey King is retired."

The actual Monkey King facepalmed from his hiding spot.

MK didn't pick up on the third-person narrative, though, "Oh... What do I do?" The clone bent down, playing with blades of grass, "Fight DBK! You, my boy, are Monkey King's successor! That staff is rightfully yours! So take it back!"

MK sighed, "Yeah... Yeah, you're right!" 'Wukong' cheered, which only creeped out MK since he did it with a straight face, "There ya go, bud! Uh, so tell ya what, I'll drop you off since you're basically stuck."

The real Wukong panicked, the stupid clone was going to expose him at this rate!

Luckily for Wukong, however, all the clone really did was speak in a seemingly third-person narrative. And spoke with a tone full of emotion despite his lack of facial expression.

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Mei cheered, "We save the city!"

The city was destroyed, but kudos to the team! They all hugged, relieved the fight was over.

MK cheered, too, "WE DID IT!!" Tang adjusted his glasses, "So...what was Monkey King like? All you said is that he claimed you to be his successor."

The young hero shrugged, "He was...weird. Spoke in the third person, and has s super expressive tone but had literally no facial expression, and just felt... Off."

Mei gasped, "Do you think he's hiding a SUPER SECRET secret?!" MK gasped, "Yeah! But what?"

"That he's mentally ill?" Pigsy bluntly offered. MK frowned, "Well, he's Monkey King! He...he should know what he's doing!"