The Peculiar Sovereign

VII :: Peculiar Sovereign

Haruki

"We're almost there, sir." One of the knights said.

I don't care, don't they get it? I don't want this. I don't want the route my life is following. I don't want this happening. I don't want to be the prince consort.

"Did the queen really ask you to do this?" I asked.

"Yes, sir. May memo pa nga po kami, oh."

They handed me a paper. "Take Haruki Aidan Realton to the castle and protect him. The prince consort must be kept in a safe place always. - Queen Satori" I read out loud. The memo also has the queen's signature on it and it doesn't look forged, so the queen really did order this. But why?

Sure, I can just say that I aint the prince consort and all, but sorry to disappoint you. I have already done that. The result? Nothing. They didn't listen to me at all. I insisted that I wasn't the prince consort but they ignored what I said like it was just a sound wave passing through their ears.

"Look, I still have classes to attend to. I am a student." I said. Thats it! Thats just the excuse I needed, and the excuse that should excuse me from this weird shit that's happening.

"Don't worry, sir. We took care of that. We talked to the school's president about it, and they approved."

Nanlumo ako. Damn, even the school isn't cooperating with me today. This day is even worse than three days ago.

I reached my pocket to get my phone. "What the," I muttered as soon as I realized that my phone isn't there. "Where's my phone?" I asked.

"You mean this, sir?" One knight asked, showing me the phone that was in his hand.

"Yeah, that. Give me that." Aabutin ko sana 'yon nang ibinigay niya sa kasama niya yung phone ko. "Oi!"

"Sorry ho ser, pero utos po kasi ng mahal na reyna na kunin daw ho lahat ng gadgets n'yo." What the heck?

I glared at them. "Give that back or I'm going to slaughter all of you." I taunted.

"Ah ser, kung nag-aalala ho kayo para sa pamilya ninyo, natext na ho namin sila, pati iyong kapatid ninyo."

I clenched my fist, "Just return my goddamn phone! I'm not joking, I'll slaughter all of you if you don't give that back!"

No, I don't value my phone, but heck, I value what's inside my phone. Porn? No. Believe it or not, I haven't laid my eyes on those yet, not even once. Social media accounts? No. Applications? No. I don't value those. I value the documents I saved on my phone. I paid for books. There were a lot of law related stuff inside that phone, and I need those to keep me alive. Nerd? Well maybe you could label me that.

"Ano daw?" One knight whispered to another. They all murmured, asking each and everyone what I said.

"Slooter daw. Search mo nga, may free data ka naman diba?" Bulong nung isa.

"Hindi yun slooter tanga, squatter ata yun." Bulong naman nung isa. Damn it, I don't think they'd return my phone no matter what I do. Darn, I'm just going to get that later.

I glanced at the clock inside this limousine. It's nine in the morning, and I'd probably be eating sandwich in the canteen by now. If only I were still in school.

Inimbita nga pala ako ni Ichirou kanina. I won't be eating with him though, even if I were in school. He's a pain.

"Nandito na tayo, ser."