The Good King

'The Strongest'

The sky upon their heads turned navy as they kept trying hard to cut that tree in half.

The first day came to an end and no one of them was able to do it.

The disappointment of loss on their sweaty faces was unbearable.

As if they have already lost forgetting that they still have four days ahead of them.

Riding their horses back to the palace with no single word to be heard.

Usually they would be more talkative and energetic but not that day.

The red haired knight felt a little bad for them but if they don't figure it out then that was how far they can go and there was not a single thing he could do about it since he went through the exact same thing many years ago.

And the deadline back then was one single day.

"Remember when you were their age!"

Alexander while riding his horse closer to Asher's.

"Yeah"

He simply replied.

The old man seemed to be getting some flashbacks and could not keep them locked in.

"I remember how you were the third trainee to do it"

The general said.

"I really expected you to do it first, seems like I looked down on those two, especially Hiram"

He looked up towards the starry night before he continued,

"I always thought he was the weakest but he was the second one to figure it out"

Asher smiled at those words remembering his old childhood prince and the only king he has ever acknowledged in his heart.

"He was strong"

The red haired knight said.

"But not stronger than the other kid"

Alexander added.

Asher was taken back to the past as well when he found himself replying,

"Yes"

"Ivor is the strongest"

The general smiled before continuing,

"Hiram always said that"

Those words were true and Asher said nothing about it since he knew very well.

Even if everyone in the kingdom thinks of him as the strongest, Ivor would always be stronger.

Just because the king's advisor doesn't use his sword very much it never meant he was becoming any weaker.

Ezra and the second prince were all ears to that conversation which took Ezra back to that time but only made Louis wonder if those words were true.

'Ivor is the strongest?' He wondered to himself.

Evan walked into the room straight towards Mirai, she grabbed his chain and smiled asking,

"Are you leading this one?"

He stepped back replying,

"Yes"

She sighed grabbing the wooden chair behind her then sat on it as she asked,

"What are we doing this time?"

Mirai was having a hard time right there.