King's Soldier

Lessons Learned

4 years later...
"Jack, come here!"
"Yes sire?"
"My army needs someone to lead them."
Jack faked a smile, "yes sire. I understand sir."
King Richard smiled happily and started walking through the gardens of his castle. Jack followed close behind. King Richard was bald with blackened green eyes and a long, hard face.
"What is this garden called sir?"
King Richard stopped walking and knelt beside a bush of black roses, "This is the garden of Emilia, the Queen of my heart."
Jack frowned, "what happened sire?"
King Richard thought about what happened long ago with Emilia.

^ "Richard, are you ready for tonight?" Emilia smiled.
Her long, wavy black hair was tied up in a bun on the top of her head.
Richard smiled and nodded, "I love you so much."
Emilia kissed Richard softly as she slowly let her towel fall to the ground.
Later the night Emilia laid beside Richard, her head snuggled into his chest. "Are you happy?" Richard looked down at Emilia with her small, soft, naked body curled up to him.
"Of course I am Richard. I am yours forever."
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Richard walked into the throne room to find Emilia naked in front of another man, kissing the stranger. Richard smashed the stranger's face in, "who the fuck do you think you are?!?"
Emilia grabbed her dress and pulled it over her body.
Richard killed the man, strangling the him to death. Emilia ran outside and went...where no one knows. ^

King Richard stood and turned to Jack as he shook his head, "nothing happened that you need to know."
Jack bowed his head "of course sire."
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A tiny child was caught red handed by Jack, stealing an apple. Jack pulled the boy up by his collar and looked at him with mercy in his eyes. The young boy's eyes filled with tears as he hung in Jack's hands. "What are you doing boy?"
"I-I was hungry sir, I'm sorry..." He pulled his hands in front of his face, ready to be punched.
Jack put the boy down and held his arm. Jack payed for the stolen apple and bought another apple. Jack turned to the boy and smiled, handing him the apple he chuckled "if you ever need something don't steal it, come find me and I'll get it for you."
"Th-thanks sir." The boy bit into the apple and smiled.
A soldier walked up to Jack as the boy ran away happily. The soldier's voice was hard and cold "what do you think you're doing?"
Jack turned around to face the man, "he is just a child and he was hungry. I payed the price for it and no one got hurt."
"You haven't payed the price, at least not yet."
"You have no right to talk to me in that tone!" Jack's shoulders stiffened and his eyes burned into the soldier's own.
Jack smiled and patted the man's back and started walking towards the castle, he spoke loudly over his shoulder "sometimes you have to show mercy to those who need it."
The soldier mumbled "and sometimes you need to kill those in your way."