Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 34

In the rush back to where they were staying, nothing was said. The King gave commands to Marcus, that he alone should destroy the tablet, and he looked back at Mahnu in worry.

He believed that she could read minds, but...If it were true and Sedric was thinking of taking her...

He couldn't deny that he was worried, even though they had people here to protect her.

"I cannot defend myself anymore." Her voice shook a tiny bit and King Richard held her close.

"William will watch over you...Marcus too." The King could only think of adding more guards to her full-time protection...Who other then give her the best, which was Marcus.

"No, Marcus is your Loyal Knight, he does well for you." Before the King could talk, she continued, "Give me another, so that William will be able to rest. He does well but...He puts me first too much. Let him be able to sleep a good rest every day."

The King let her go and walked to William. Even though William had stoked his honour to his woman's safety, the King pressured him to find another that could guard only Mahnu.

William bowed, saying he would do so and that he would tell Marcus on his return.

"Actually," The King said, stopping him, "Get two more instead of one...Trustworthy Knights, loyal to you as well, William."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Mahnu sighed, it was still midday and she already felt like she had a long day. Laying on the bed, she felt herself drift into sleep easily.

She remembered the times of wanting to sleep like this when she was a God. How ironic, she thought, now I can't do without it!

The King walked back in to the room, to find Mahnu sleeping. She seemed already out to the world as he took his place sitting next to her on the bed.

She didn't move or anything and it had only been a few minutes since their return to the room!

Moving a strand of her hair out of her eyes, he remembered how she looked when she wore all of her hair down. Now she has it up a lot and he missed it down...He also wondered how she had fallen asleep so easily with her hair still up.

Wasn't it uncomfortable?

Finally letting her sleep, he reads over memorials and waits for the return of Marcus.

When, finally, Marcus returns from smashing the tablet, he asks the King quietly, "Would you like to use the remnants of it, Your Majesty?"

King Richard looked at the bag that held the tablet, that could no longer be read. "Either that or scatter the pieces to make sure...I will leave the decision to you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Marcus left and William spoke to him about Mahnu's safety, in which Marcus agreed to two more knights to guard her.

Afterwards, the doctor came, and Marcus spoke to her before she entered the room that Mahnu was sleeping in.

At first, he was astonished to find the doctor as a female, but it was not rare, just uncommon. He wasn't sure if it would be an advantage or not, as Mahnu was also female...Nonetheless, Marcus thought that if he needed to, he would just get a third doctor in if he had too.

William told him just earlier that doctors were strange here and had heard some strange rumors about them, but rumors tended to lead one away from the truth...So all Marcus could do, was see how this doctor did...

The doctor nodded her head to Marcus's words and fully accepted them, as though she was already on the job, taking it very seriously.

Seeing her like this, Marcus was very happy and did not waste time. After everything was said, he stated to the King that the doctor was here, and the doctor was allowed in not too long after that...