Merlin. Merlin that sweet little girl from the sweet little village was becoming a much bigger problem than Nimueh anticipated. Merlin had learned the spell to easily for destroying Valiants shield. That spell should have taken weeks to learn. Not moments. She also stopped her Afnac much to quickly, and while sick. All it took was a little fire spell. And poof gone.
It seemed that she would need to get rid of Merlin herself.
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Today was the day Bayard was coming. Lord Bayard of Mercia was coming to sign treaties. For the last couple of days she'd had been lonely for Ewan and Leon were out on a mission or some thing like that. Morgana has been busy, arranging something for the orphanage, and Gwen was helping Morgana.
So who she really had was Gaius. And Arthur.
Speaking of Arthur, Merlin was helping Arthur with his clothes when she noticed he was nervous.
"Alright, Sire. Now is the time when I ask you what's wrong and you respond with nothing, even though I know something is. So then I have to pester you all day about it. So just to save time, why not tell me now." Merlin said as she buttoned his jacket.
"Noth-" he went to say but was stopped by her finger on his lips.
"What did I just say?" She asked sarcastically. Arthur sighed and walked over to the window.
"Lord Bayard is coming today, as I'm sure you know. And well, if the treaty isn't signed it will turn into something awful. A world war."
"World war?" She asked standing next to him watching the people.
"Well, half of the kingdoms will fight with Bayard and the other half with us. It will tear the kingdoms even more apart." He said turning to her.
"And it's just I don- I'm sorry, this is probably stuff you don't want to hear. I mean it's also more than you understand when it comes to politics." He said and started to walk out.
"No I get it. And it's just that don't want to be the one to clean up your father mess. Instead of fixing his mistakes, you want to stop them from happening." She said causing Arthur to freeze and turn to her.
"You never cease to amaze me." He said and smiled.
"And what does mean?" She asked ready for their banter.
"How one moment you can be this beautiful, intelligent, wise woman. And the next your a clumsy, idiotic, wise-ass." He said seriously.
"Me a wise-ass? At least I'm not a fat prat." She smirked.
"I am not fat!" He defended himself.
"You know a couple of weeks ago that belt only had four holes." She said and turned to grab his breakfast trays. She knew that he checked the wholes.
"Your joking." He stated unsure looking at the fifth hole.
"If you say so, Mi'lord." She said and left the room smirking.
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The next time she saw Arthur was just before Bayard's arrival. She could see Arthur nervously staring at one of the bottoms on his coat. She stared at him for a while deciding. Finally after a moment she left her spot with the other servants and quietly walked behind him.
