My Beginning After the End

Speech Pt. II

An hour and half later, I was walking toward the teleportation gate with Lance Aya. I wasn't trusted to be alone, Elder Virion and others thought I would make a run for it.

All the people that lived inside of the castle got to leave early to find seats in front of the balcony. The speech was taking place in Etistin, which didn't make sense to me with all the ships heading there.

"Are you getting nervous?" Lance Aya asked me as we got closer to the teleportation room.

"Not if I don't have to speak." I told her honestly. "Which I don't have to, so we are fine."

"Oh, does Veer have a fear of public speaking?"

"Sort of." I didn't really like to speak in front of large groups, but I don't really fear it. "Could you speak in front of the entire continent?"

"No, I suppose I couldn't." Aya answered me as we turned down the hallway where the teleportation gate was. "Don't get scared on me now."

The guards aligning the walls bowed to us, and the guards in front of the teleportation door opened it up for us, inside were two Lances, a dwarf I suspected, and the royal families. I noticed that Lance Mica was not here, and well, we knew that Lance Olfred wasn't going to show up.

"Tch." I made a noise as I pulled myself into the room with this armor set dragging me down.

"Very dashing." Queen Eralith said as I walked into the room, the elven royal family was to my immediate right. "You look very good, Virion."

"Thank you, Queen Eralith." I said with a bow to her, I appreciated everything she's done for me. I turned toward King Eralith. "It's good to see, King Eralith, I feel like it's been a while." I bowed to him as well.

Both King and Queen Eralith were wearing silver clothes, he was in a silver tunic, and she was in a silver dress, It made sense that they were matching.

"It has been, Virion." The King sent me a smile, and I returned it.

"Veer, how does it feel to wear armor finally?" Tess asked me from beside her father, she had a fight with Arthur last night, so she probably won't speak to him unless he approaches her.

I went to speak, but Queen Eralith spoke before me. "What do you mean to finally wear armor?" She looked at Tessia, and then at me.

I took a peek around the room; everyone was staring at us as we spoke. I turned back to the Queen with a smile on my face still. "Uhh." I shook my head at Tessia. "When I am out there in the field, I typically don't wear armor."

"What?" Both of them said at the same time.

"I tried to get him to wear some more, but he didn't listen to me." Tess told the two of them. "Isn't that, right?"

"It is." I answered honestly.

"Tessia, you should go now." Elder Virion spoke up and motioned for her to enter the portal.

"Okay." She sent me a smile and made her way to the portal. "I'll see you soon."

"Virion, you should wear armor when you are there." I think King Eralith was trying to figure out how I defeated a Retainer dressed without armor.

"I know, I'll consider it." I shrugged, and then turned to the three Lances, all wearing the same colored uniform as me. "Lance Varay, Lance Bairon, it's good to see both of you."

"Likewise, Virion." Lance Varay told me, looking amazing in her white uniform that went well with her hair.

"Virion." Lance Bairon said seriously, we may be on better terms than my brother and him, but I could still tell he resented me a little. "Where's your brother?"