King Arthur

Chapter 6: Advantage

The poor servant went out of Arthur's chamber, crying her eyes out. Although she felt the pleasure of being bedded by her king, the violation she experienced was one thing she cannot purify anymore.

She is no longer innocent. A gift she meant to give to her future partner.

Arthur is feeling great, though, a little guilty for coercing the girl.

He grinned when he felt Merlin's presence in his room. Unbothered by the fact that he is naked under the sheet while welcoming his uninvited guest.

"Merlin! To what do I owe this pleasure of you visiting me at the middle of the night?" Merlin, standing just near the door of his balcony, crinkled his nose when he smelled Arthur's drunken stupor.

"I know what you did, Your majesty." He met that servant on his way, bruises seem to start drawing in her arms, and love bites started to be more noticeable.

"What? Oh that?" Arthur innocently chortled. "That girl came to serve my wine as well as offered herself. Who am I to reject such scrumptious thing? "

Merlin shook his head. Arthur noticed his action and let out a low laugh.

"Are you going to reprimand me again?" He sarcastically asked as he laid his back on his bed and closed his eyes. "You know I have not vied for this place, Merlin. Neither nor was I ready to face the truth of my biological parentage."

"This is your fate, your majesty. Your destiny you know you can never avoid. This is your duty." Merlin had anticipated that the young man before him is not yet ready and prepared, he blames no one but himself for he was too late to take action.

"You could have just instilled anyone."

Merlin frowned, "Only Pendragon blood is rightful for the throne! Your majesty must be honoured for inheriting such legacy, which your father wholeheartedly does."

Arthur opened his eyes and looked straight to Merlin's.

"You could have been the one who raised me  Taught me things I should have already known by now. Prepared me for what is forthcoming." He spoke coldly. Loathing his naivety towards handling the throne and his subjects.

"I must never alter the course of fate, your majesty." Merlin have thought of raising Arthur by himself but he was too guilty and grieved his master's death. He went far away and came back only for his prophecy.

"You are always like that! You would not tell me a thing about what you know! You knew I am to sleep with that girl yet you did not halt me to do so!"  Arthur spat.

He found out Merlin's ability to foresee the future when he was told by him that he will desire a servant in a cold night. Which have happened a while back. He tried to alter this though, but the pull of desire seemed to cloud his mind that he forgot his plan to stop what Merlin have seen. Alas, his willpower is not strong enough.

"The choice is up to you, your majesty. You, yourself will pick if you will let your desire reign over you or your decency to stop before it is too late." Merlin softly said, "I understand that these may all be so sudden for you, like a blink of an eye, but try to accept what is meant for you. The power you uphold now is a thing you need to use properly, your majesty, not towards instilling fear to others." He added.

Arthur stood up, letting the soft blanket fall, revealing his nakedness, not minding Merlin, he wore his undergarment and trouser and tunic.

"Mayhap you have chose the wrong person to rule in your stead. For you know you absolutely cannot stop me from doing what I want." He took a swig of his wine, and looked at Merlin's unwavering eyes.