A Royal Legend ~ Phan

Part 14

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We stood before one of the greater wizards as she stood studying us. "I forgot to extend my congratulations after your ceremony, I apologize."

"It's perfectly fine," Dan spoke, "A greater wizard must go where they are needed."

"The both of you truly will be wonderful leaders. I'll pledge my unwavering loyalty and allegiance to your kingdom."

"A very kind offer; thank you." I spoke as she turned and worked on what we were there for.

"I also," She stretched for a tinted bottle on a high shelf, "Apologize for making your families wait outside my home. None of my pets will cause them harm, but it's considerably safer than unwittingly stumbling upon this... procedure."

"It's perfectly fine. We wouldn't want anything to go awry." She hummed a simple response, twirling around her work area majestically as she made her newfound... Thing? I truthfully don't know what it is exactly, but we should know for sure in no time.

"And," She drug out the 'a', dropping one last thing into her pot. "Done!" A faint smoke curled out of the dark container as she turned to us. "Ok, so..." She looked between the both of us and pointed back and forth questioningly. "Who is to be the, uh, submissive?"

Without even thinking, I pointed to my wonderfully beautiful husband...

And then I got slapped...

"Phil!" Dan's eyes were bulging.

"What?"

"We should at least talk about this before we go and decide willy nilly."

"But you're younger and smaller and cuter, and also," I quickly put my finger on the tip of my nose, "Nose goes!"

"You're such a child!" He tried to seem mad, but he quickly chuckled and groaned out a, "Fine!" A small, feminine, snicker could be heard around us.

"You two are too cute!" She practically squealed, before regaining her composure. "Ok, so now that that is figured out..." She swirled her hand above her creation in a circular motion and multicolored smoke arose and twirled until it formed something solid in the palm of her hand. She did a tip-toed quickstep to us before handing whatever it was in her hand to Dan. "Once you put this in your mouth, it'll dissolve immediately. It will leave a liquid in your mouth which must be swallowed and followed down by water. Take it now; I'll get you water."

Dan popped the capsule in his mouth and a weird look crossed his face. He looked confused! then delighted, then happy. Why? I don't know...

"Now swallow then drink this." She handed him a cup which he reluctantly drank from.

"What was that liquid? It tasted delightful."

"I don't know actually... What did it taste like?"

"It tasted warm, delightful; it had a sort of home-y taste. Also the color blue... The color blue and chocolate!" He sounded so childishly excited that I couldn't help but giggle.

"Interesting.... Interesting... Blue now has a flavor, ok..." She paced a few steps before looking to us again. "Ok, so... Ohmygoshthisissoawkward!" She coughed slightly. "When the, uh, pene- penetration occurs... What I just gave you should... Activate... And you should be with child in less than a weeks time! Yeah, cool, right?"

We nodded and she started to speak again, although faster this time. "Oh, and it should take the same time of a female, healthy cycle. I'm not going to go into specifics with you right now, not only because I don't know; everyone's different, but because I can't have others trying to imitate this; it's rather a delicate process!" She took a deep breath before continuing once again, slower. "This will last a week before it wears off and you have to receive it again. It'd be better that you not; who knows what could happen? You're free to go now. Tell your families nothing. Oh, and I expect an announcement to arrive soon for good news!"

"Thank you so much, Your High Wi-"

"Please just call me Nerdy! I'm at your beck and call."

"Thank you, Nerdy, and we will be expecting you by the end of the week. You have an agreement to sign..."

"Yes, Your Highnesses!"

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We lay on the bed, rather exposed except for a slight blanket. Dan was curled up to my side as his heartbeat slowly went back to its normal pace. I leaned down slightly and placed a kiss on his sweaty forehead.

"Oh my god, Phil!" His voice was no more than a whisper; it'd be a crime to completely lose this comfortable silence. I let out a content hum. "We are going to be parents!"

"Why yes my darling dear, we are, and we will be the best!"

"But what if we're not? What if we do something wrong? What if our children don't like us?"

"Shush your mind!" I tapped his forehead. "They won't like us, they'll love us! Don't worry about a thing... I love you, Dan."

"And I, you."

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My father has started the process of handing the kingdom over to myself and Dan, but for now he is still the king.

With that in mind,my parents and I were sat in the throne room for the weekly congregational meetings. Dan said he'd be there at some point this time; we haven't exactly announced the child to come yet, but he's rather far in, to where a bump in prominently shown. We figured we may as well have people know now, as so they can prepare for a celebration of birth.

"Ah, may the next kind fellow step forward?" My father addressed the group before us as my mother looked to me slightly worried.

"He's to come today, correct?" She whispered as an elderly gentleman walked forward and I nodded slightly.

"I'm just hoping he didn't become ill."

"Your Highnesses," He bowed. "I'm here to give you the monthly report on the outlying crops. It seems th-"

The sound of a door opening distracted me from his report as I looked for the culprit. The door closest to the thrones opened slightly, revealing to me who was behind it; Dan. I stood quickly causing multiple pairs of eyes to turn to me questioningly, but I didn't pay much attention to them as I walked down the steps and towards the door.

Dan had stepped out and smiled at me when he saying me coming. He leant up slightly as I bent to kiss his cheek and I asked him quietly, "You sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, just had to waddle here! Let's just get to the thrones."

"Of course." He held one arm over his stomach and used the other to grip onto me as I wrapped an arm around him. The gentleman who was giving the crop report continued as if he hadn't noticed us, though I knew most others did.

We walked steadily towards the steps to the thrones and at some point the room became utterly silent, though I knew it wouldn't last too long considering the sight before them. A chorus of outburst mutterings escaped the lips of the people now behind us. We made it to the thrones and I helped Dan sit down before I turned back to the throng of people and held up my hand in order for silence.

"All shall be answered in the end, but for now, let's hear the kingdom's reports."

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The kingdom was ecstatic once they knew what was happening and that the kingdom would soon have another royal child. We couldn't exactly travel to Dan's kingdom to spread the news of the child, so we had to send a scribe who would announce the news. Along with that, we sent plans of a joined celebration of birth for the two kingdoms. They would continue as two separate kingdoms until Dan and I would have our coronations, becoming the kings, and then joining them into one, larger kingdom.