Lord of war

Homecoming

The queen crept up the stairs ghostly such that her footsteps were perfectly silent.She was happy generally since she had absolutely fooled Ludwig for the second time .She knew he would either get severely punished for that or he would be told to personally hunt her down. She wanted neither of those,she didn't hate the man ,but she wasn't sure if she loved him.She played numb but deep down she knew she wanted him.These thoughts made her lose her focus and she unknowingly bumped into Klaus,who was walking into the basement to look for Ludwig .She quickly pulled the flintlock from under her skirts but Klaus quickly slapped it out of her hands .
He tried to grab her but she quickly slipped from his grasp picked the flintlock and ran up the stairs .Just as she reached the basement door and opened it Klaus grabbed her foot.She slipped , fell on her face and accidentally fired the flintlock into the air .Everyone outside was quickly scared as a few soldiers ran inside and searched around for the source of the noise .Klaus quickly grabbed her and threw her on his shoulder as he descended down the stairs .The queen bit ,kicked and fussed but he wouldn't let her go.He snatched the keys from her hand and opened the cell door .On the floor He saw a topless Ludwig hopelessly laying on the floor calculating something that he muttered silently .He was suddenly blue with embarrassment as Klaus opened his mouth and laughed hysterically.
"Well ,well well if it isn't the guy who never learns his lesson,"he laughed as he helped him up.
"You never learn ,do you?" Asked the queen in a soft voice.
Ludwig remained silent as he put his shirt on .He knew he was wrong but he didn't like the teasing .
   "You know you're lucky i got to you first ,"whispered Klaus to the queen. "If Ludwig personally escaped ,which he would ,he would have done to you what even those soldiers up there wouldn't !"he said as he shut the cell door
  Ludwig decided to visit his mother the next day .He had been in war all that time and forgot to even check in on his mom.
He roughly grabbed his flintlock from the queens hand and stormed outside and up the stairs quickly .He was followed by laughs emanating from the cell. His savior and perpetrator were laughing at him .They mocked his weakness. His mother always warned him against falling blindly for a woman .She mentioned that his father was also a maniac as he fell for a woman who did all sorts of malice to him but his obsession with her never ceased .He had begged her many times for the real identity of his father but she never cracked .She guarded the identity with her life .With time ,he grew up and adapted to the german people  as his family .
"A letter from your mother ,"said Klaus after laughing all the way outside .He grabbed it from his hands and pried it open ready to read it .He had wanted to write to her after the whole operation but she wrote to him instead . In the letter, her mother wrote that she had found him a bride and he was to just agree to the marriage and it would be official. Below the letter was a statement in which her mother inquired if the rumors of him being the new general was true .
Deep in his heart he knew that either Klaus or himself were to get appointed as the general of the German armies after Otto took power .He didn't care whether he was general or a peasant as long as he served the german kingdom.
Shortly after the queen was condemned to be locked in the dungeons for the rest of her life ,Ludwig travelled back home .He hadn't seen his Mother and half sister for a year and he was very anxious about it .He quickly prepared and on that morning 8th June he woke up  to go visit his mother .
    He took a horse ,4 pounds or silver and 120 grams of diamonds that he had looted after their battle with Italy. He also took with him a few purple linens that he had gotten as a gift from King Otto .He however had to come back by the end of the week so that they appointed a new army general and assistant General as the former assistant general had secured his position as prime minister .
    Klaus had no family to visit ,nobody knew his origin but he looked greek according to his facial structures and body aesthetics. Many people said he resembled Apollo the sun god while others said he resembled Adonis the god of beauty .All in all he didn't care .
     Ludwig had asked him to accompany him and stay with his family for the last 4 days before the coronation and appointment of generals and all the other ranks in the german kingdom. He humbly denied the offer saying he will visit the inn as he has an appointment with a beautiful maiden he met at the brothel.As a token of appreciation Ludwig gave him a  quarter pound of gold which he didn't turn down. Klaus never turned down any money since he was in it for the money after all.
    On that morning after settling everything in place ,he put all his gifts in a bag and placed it on one of his horses. Two men were appointed to accompany him all the way home as he had a lot of gifts to take with him .He quickly rode away into a small town in the eastern part of the german kingdom. His village men welcomed him greatly and held a major feast on his arrival .He was praised for his feats of bravely in the battle field as he was part of the two man operation who infiltrated the Italian army camp and took down more than 30 men silently in one night and scorched all their battle plans before attacking them tomorrow even before the break of dawn .That level of skill was very superhuman and some even worshipped him.
     Some praised him for fighting against Napoleon's army at the battle of waterloo. Despite their loss they held Napoleon at bay  forcing him to retreat back to Paris without ever infiltrating Germany. As he came down atop his horse ,he met his mom who tightly hugged him and kissed him slightly on the cheeks .
   "Meine Gott!! You have greatly grown !" Her mother said kissing his forehead.
  "Danke ,you are aging gracefully mama," he replied kissing her cheeks .
  His sister came in for a hug and he smiled embracing her .
   "Not yet married I see ,"he joked
   "You're not doing any better either," she replied with a smirk .
    Every man,woman and child gathered around him some even after just touching his coat . Some begged him to be the ruler of the village but he declined he said it would drive him away from the main goal which was to fight for Germany.
    That evening as they took dinner ,he avoided talking about the news where his mother had found him a wife ,he simply didn't want to hear it. His heart was the queens but he couldn't tell it out openly and look like a disgrace .He looked around to see who had the potential of being his  wife but he saw many people,the whole village had gathered for the feast and he couldn't pin his finger on who the lucky maiden was.
    As soon as his mother took a deep breath and was about to announce the maiden he cut in sharply claiming that he had gifts. He said this because he didn't want the whole villages to know about his love life .He quickly gave his mother her gifts giving random poems and quotes to pass time away so that everyone left and the woman was not announced. He then went ahead to give the village leader several pounds of silver ornaments to put in the village budget .He was pleased with himself when the villagers started to bid him goodnight as they left for their homes .He knew after everyone left he would remain alone with his mom ,half sister and the maiden.
    He quickly excused himself saying that he had a long travel and that he should rest early and his mother quickly ordered his sister to prepare his room.She stood up followed by a maiden as they went to prepare his room but only his sister came back.
    He didn't notice it because he was actually very tired and he sat there telling random comical jokes to his mother. They laughed as they missed each other until his sister told him his room was ready .He quickly stood up and walked into his room and without looking around he quickly stripped off his weapons placing them on the table .He turned around to close the curtains when a soft voice broke the silence .
    "Welcome ," said the voice and he turned around to see a petite maiden of about 19 to 23 years old half covered laying on the bed .