The Window

Dropping The Crown

Luna started to like the story even more. But what worried me was that she started seeing unfamiliar things. She couldn't tell what ware they because each time she wanted to take a closer look they just used to vanish, as she claimed. 

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Roger told Gwen about his dream, or what he thought was a proof. Gwen was as happy as Roger, and she didn't realize that he wasn't believing her at full face before. He started getting a dream like that each time Gwen told him about a new creature she saw. Each dream with all the previous creatures, and the new one. They both weren't understanding what was happening. All they knew was that it was a new adventure they were living together. A new mystery to solve.

Roger decided to leave the castle. Not just the castle, but this whole royalty thing. He wanted to no more be a prince. 

"Queen Gabrielle", he said to his mother one day when he was at the castle that he couldn't call  home. She looked at him waiting for what will come after getting her attention. "Queen Gabrielle, where's king Martel?", he asked, "I need to inform both of your majesties a serious matter", he added. The queen seemed a bit amazed. "What matter Roger?", she asked with a superior tone she never lost while speaking to him. "Mother, I insist. May the king please be called to talk about a serious matter?", he repeated in a slightly different way. "If that's what you wish. Sandy, the king is in his bedroom, call him for me, immediately", she ordered a maid, "Your wish is my command", said Sandy. Moments later the king came down. A look of selfishness and superiority never left his old face. He was one greedy, mean, racist, merciless king that nobody liked, not even his family. "What was i called for? Why was my majesty disturbed?", he asked with a high tone. "Prince Roger claimed he has some "serious matter" to discuss", said Gabrielle. And yes, their relation was this formal. "Therefore, I was cut off my rest upstairs JUST to listen to this..someone called Roger?", he asked, a rhetorical question, yet it was answered by Roger, "Yes king, yes"." And to make things more clear", he said looking at Gabrielle this time, "I wasn't intending to discuss a matter with you and the king, your majesty, i was intending to inform you with a matter, a decision i made". "If you are going to keep this tone, no matter shall be discussed nor informed!", said the king somehow fiercely. Roger nodded and smiled, "I shall proceed", he said not waiting for a permission. Then he added, "Your majesties, I intend to leave the castle, not just the castle, but the whole royalty thing. I want to be a person living his life without a crown on his head". There was a moment of silence that later was broken by the king's words. "I cannot tell. I cannot tell how great my desire was to suggest this". Then he added, "Tomorrow, at one o'clock at exact, Roger Edmond shall drop his crown in front of every living organism in Martelstan kingdom. Everyone shall know the great king, Martel Edmond, got rid of a second burden out of five", he said, again with a high tone, and looking above Roger's gaze. Gabrielle's eyes ware being filled with tears, not because Roger was leaving the castle AND the royal family, but because she knew the "first burden" was..Bill. But she couldn't say anything, Martel was such an indisputable beast. Then Martel said looking at Roger this time, "Nothing you can take with you but what won't be keeping you bare tomorrow, besides your poor self. No coming back. The crown is deprived to be placed back on the head that removed it once". Then he left.

The next day, at one o'clock sharp, Roger dropped the crown in front of the village- that was named after his father-and walked away with the cloth on him.. and his proud self.