"You fight today! This evening, we get this out of the way."
"What?!" Silver exclaimed. "Your majesty, this is too sudden."
"I know but my daughter is growing tired of the wait. It is messing with my head. Let's get over with it already. I've seen you practice each one of you."
"Yes, we have but..." Brown's complaint was cut short by the king.
"No buts Brown, get to it already. Besides, you are all good. The longer you stay here, the more time you waste. Time that you would have spent on preparing yourself."
It was abrupt the princes thought once the king had called them in to announce the fight. However, they were up for the challenge each one of them dreading disappointing Shinja. They masked their nervousness and agreed to the king's order.
Silver in his room made final touches to the lance he was going to use in the joust. He tampered with its blunt tip making sure it would be of no harm to neither him nor his opponent. He had learnt during his training that he had to variate between high and low speed as he charged towards his opponent if he were to make it. They were going to engage in a joust while on horseback with the endgame being to unseat their opponent. Both riders were of noble lineage and an invite from the king had been made through Bolton to the rest of the kingdom nobility and villages.
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Brown was in his room too, practicing the words for his speech for when he won the fight. He was assured of his victory. He heard a slight knock on his door, rarely did he receive guests in his room since their arrival to Green kingdom.
He was amused and for that matter could not guess who was at the door. He opened the door and Shimi showed up at the other end of the door. She walked in uninvited and stood there as though she was meant to be there. As if she had been given an invite. Bold.
Brown was impressed by her balls. She held a fruit basket in her hands. Her caramel gown hugged her bodice, her bosom bulging out of the seams of her dress.
When had she got time to dress up so nicely?
All the people in the palace where up and down in preparation for the fight, even her sisters. Brown did not realize that he was lost in thought until Shimi woke him.
"I let myself in. You were quite dumbfounded, your mind elsewhere. Am I not allowed to come at such a time? Are you busy?" she asked with a smile. Somehow, she felt certain that he would not kick her out.
"It is okay. Please come and make yourself comfortable. I have to warn you. My room is a mess. I am preparing for the fight."
"I know you are that is why I am here. You do not have to worry about the room. I would be surprised if it were spick and span at such a time."
She laughed. He did too. He did not understand why he was being nervous around her. After all, she was the one in his room univited not the other way around. Why am I apologizing then?
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𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 #1 ✓
FantasyWhen Shinja of the Green Kingdom and Silver of the neighboring realm meet, their love promises a new dawn. But their union awakens the remnants of the Gipus Curse, a dark legacy from an era when evil reigned unchecked and wreaked havoc on their land...