"Danger! Protect the King!"
Someone was screaming like a hen which had lost its eggs. Fei heard the noise. He forced open his sleepy eyes and focused on a bright object flying towards him. Fei's brain slowly identified the object as an arrow, which was hurdling towards him so fast that the air appeared to rip in front of it.
"Damn, what's going on? Which asshole is shooting at me?"
Fei was immediately scared awake, with all the hair on his body standing on its end.
However, the arrow hit him before he was able to react.
Beng ———-
The arrow clanged against his helmet.
The arrow had not penetrated but had shook the helmet, disorientating Fei. Fei felt his ears were ringing, the sky and the ground were spinning and stars were circling before his eyes. His body was knocked back, like a Barbie doll blown away by a shotgun.
"Ah.....Shit!"
He cried out in pain as he felt his body ragdoll through the air.
"Oh God! The king is wounded! Help!"
"Soldier! Catch the king!"
"Andy! Andy!! Why are you still standing there? Go get the priests and mages!"
"Hey! Those son of bitches down there are trying to overtake the castle again!" A soldier pointed at the army dressed in black that surrounded the castle.
"Shit! Shit! Someone tell me why they have siege ladders!"
"Archers Ready! .... Shoot!"
Fei heard the commands being shouted and the chaotic footsteps while he was still airborne. He was confused. The king? Mages? Priest? Archers? Siege? Where is this? Is this in the middle of a movie shoot? What the hell is going on?
Immediately, he felt his body collide with the cold stone floor.
His butt made contact with the rock solid ground first before his helmeted head smashed into the wall.
There were more stars dancing before his eyes. As the noises was getting louder and louder around him, his mind was slowly blacking out again.
"What king? Why does it feel like they are talking about me?"
"Fuck! Who gives a shit about kings or queens! You guys better not let me know who shot that arrow, or I'm gonna fucking kill that guy!" Fei thought vaguely.
His head was almost punctured by an arrow when he had just woken up. He was so scared yet mad at the same time, so he couldn't help but swear in his mind.
Suddenly, the sensation of pain flooded his entire body. He collapsed on the floor, just like a dog that had eaten a ton of chocolate, choked a couple times and fainted.
...…
...…
Don't know in how long, Fei woke up for the second time. His head felt sluggish and he could only vaguely perceive his surroundings.
He felt like he was lying on a soft cloud, but as he tried to move, sharp pangs of pain and soreness declared his body's unwillingness to move. His head was still heavy as if someone had clobbered him with a stick. He couldn't open his eyes either. All he could gather was two female voices whispering around him.
"Angela, you're so silly. I wouldn't care so much about him if I were you. If he dies, you will easily own everything in the Chambord Kingdom and you don't even have to marry this royal idiot."
From the crisp voice and sweet giggles, Fei estimated that they were young girls around the age of 15.
"Watch what you are saying!"
Another gentle voice interrupted slight angrily. After a few seconds of pause as if she is adjusting her attitude, she continued. "Emma, my silly little sister, do you know what you are saying? Don't ever say such things….. After all, Alexander is my fiance!"
"Alexander? Who the heck is Alexander?" Fei thought. He had absolutely no idea of what was going on.
He smelled a little fragrance. The natural sweet body odor of women.
Fei tried hard to open his eyes, and as his heavy eyelids finally budged, he was surprised by what he saw.
He found himself inside what appeared to be a luxury medieval European palace, with magnificent decors, royal furniture and an lavender scent; as if he was in a dream.
He was shocked. He started observing his surroundings after he felt that he had control of his neck again.
Two perfectly postured females appeared in front of him.
The one that was farther away was a young girl dressed in a maid uniform, her blonde hair was simply styled into a pig tail. She pouted her mouth. Clearly, she was unhappy to see him awake.
"She must be the one who didn't care about the Alexander." Fei thought, "Although she is young, she is too cold blooded."
As his sight moved closer, he realized that he was lying on a dark red, gold gilded king sized bed. His head was resting on a soft velvet pillow. A beautiful girl was sitting on the side of the bed with worry written all over her face.
Her silky black hair was like dark cloud tied together with a purple string. Her skin was paler than snow and smoother than ice. The violet tunic skirt elevated her curves, making her appear like a goddess that most men would dream of seeing. She was just perfect
"kokokoko.." Fei coughed intentionally to get their attention.
"You are awake!?"The black haired beauty Angela bent over. Her expression quickly became one of surprise and happiness. "Alexander, how are you feeling? Are you still in pain? Priest Evan said that you have to rest properly…"
"I … em,,,,,, What happened?" Fei didn't know what to say. Right after he said it, he was shocked!
He discovered something unbelievable
Angela was using an ancient and weird sounding language. Although Fei was a student in the graduate program at a university that specialized in language, he never heard of this type of speech. However strangely, he doesn't just understand the language, he can speak it as well.
"Alexander, did you forget? When you were leading the soldiers protecting the kingdom, a sneaky enemy shot you with an arrow. Thank god you were wearing your helmet, or else you might have had to pay a larger price." Angela explained.
She gently placed her left hand on Fei's forehead. It wasn't hot. Surprise flashed through her eyes. " Great! Your body temperature is back to normal. Priest Evan said that as long as you don't have a fever, everything will be alright. Alexander, you are a brave king!"
"Me? Alexander? King?" Fei didn't know what was going on.
"That's right, our young and brave king of Chambord. It's all because of you! You appeared on the fortress walls just in time and boosted the morale of our soldiers so they could fend off another wave of attackers from the invading army!" Angela said with a smile on her face.
Fei felt strange. For some reason, he felt like the tonality of the girl was like a kindergarden teacher trying to comfort a crying kid.
"He is no brave king."
Emma, the blonde girl said with a tone of hostility "if it wasn't for General Bizzer's repeated request, Alexander will go up there voluntarily? I remember that he almost peed his pants when he was putting on his armor. Boosting morale? If seeing the king got shot off the defense wall like a moron the moment he got up there counts as boosting the morale, then I guess he did."
Although Fei didn't know if what Emma said was true or not, he didn't have time to figure that out.
His mind was messed up.
"What the hell. Didn't I got smashed by something on the head at the doorstep of my apartment? Then when I woke up, I'm at this Chambord Kingdom that I never heard about and I'm the king Alexander? And this beauty in front of me is my fiancé?
Fei gave himself a few tap on the forehead.
"Is this a prank? Or am I in a different universe?" Fei thought. "This doesn't seem like a prank. The beauty of Angela is out of this world, who would pay her to prank me? And that Emma is super cute too."
"Most importantly, I could understand and speak this strange ancient language that I never heard about…" Fei quickly analyzed his situation.
Mass release 1/12 for today
Angela held on tight to the edge of the bed, her mind anxiously racing as worry filled her widened eyes.
"Poor Alexander, I hope the fall didn't damage his brain. Although he wasn't very bright before, at least he could talk."
At the moment, a loud, arrogant echoed from beyond the doorway.
"Alexander! I heard that you were injured." A grimace flickered across the girls' faces as they turned towards the source of the sound. The voice drew the tone out as if to mockingly be concerned.
"Is everything alright?"
Fei looked up and noticed that a well-dressed, chubby man had barged through the doors to the palace bedroom. An icy laugh slipped between his crooked lips.
"Gill, what are you doing here?" Angela said coldly. Fei felt the tension between the shady, obese newcomer and the beauty beside him.
It was clear that they were not on good terms.
"Haha… Angela, my angel, whatever do you mean? I heard my dear friend Alexander got injured and was worried. What's wrong with me coming by to check up on him?"
The fat noble casually walked up and sat right on a side of the bed as if it was his own.
"Gill, what are you doing! How dare you to sit on the bed of the king!" Emma angrily exclaimed.
Gill shot a look at Emma. Lust and malice flashed through his eyes. He licked his thick, sausage-like lips and retorted. "Shut up, you low class slave. Don't say anything that you'll regret." He then leisurely turned around and glanced at Fei. The expression was not someone showing empathy for an injured friend, but more like the gloating of looking at an injured animal. Fei was looking at Gill at the same time.
He felt the scorn, malice and sarcasm in Gill's eyes; Gill was not hiding his feelings even a little bit.
Fei was confused. "Is this ugly meatball really Alexander's friend? His face has so many chins, yet he's brave enough to show that mess to even the king? Does he have a strong family background as well?
As Fei was thinking, Gill started to squish Fei's face with his oily hands as if it was a toy. The move was so natural that it seemed like Gill has done it thousands of times.
"Alexander, looks like you are fine, Haha. I have a few important guests this afternoon to host, so how about you come with me?" Gill was smiling, but the tone at which he said it was not like an invitation but a command.
He squished Fei's face a little bit more, and slapped it a little. Gill loved this feeling — treating the king like a pet.
He then started thinking out loud, about how was it possible that someone like Alexander became the king. "He has a three year old's intelligence at the age of seventeen, yet why does the god love him so much that he gave him the throne?"
When Gill was enjoying himself, something unexpected happened.
"Slap!"
Gill covered up his left cheek with his hand. A vivid red hand mark had appeared on his cheek just like paint being flung onto an abstract painting. His expression was the textbook definition of shock.
Both Angela and Emma had felt uncomfortable when Gill appeared but the slap had shocked them as well. They couldn't believe what they saw.
Alexander had always acted meek and cowardly and thus he had always been picked on by Gill due to his unwillingness to fight back.
"He just smacked Gill's face! Did that actually just happen?" Although it was shocking, they were thrilled. They had tolerated Gill for a long time.
"How … how dare you!"
"Fag, if you touch me again with your disgusting hand, I'm gonna shove my foot up your ass!" Fei said.
Gill had made Fei very frustrated, and Fei was not a gentle person when dealing with people that make him upset.
Gill shoved a fat sausage finger at Fei and screamed. He was so mad that all the fat on his body was shaking as if he was a Parkinson inflicted pudding.
"How dare you slap me, you bastard!" Gill yelled again and again.
Fei didn't respond. He was trying to push his body up.
"How dare he yell at the palace?" Fei was perplexed. None of the king's guards showed up like they were supposed to. "Could he really be someone that important that a king can't punish?"
As Fei was thinking, Gill had made a mad decision. He pounced at Fei, seeming like he wanted revenge.
"Stop it!" Angela commanded, "Gill, you are just the son of a Minister, how dare you do such a thing!"
No matter what Angela was shouting, nothing affect Gill as he kept his eyes locked on Fei. Angela and Emma tried their best to protect Fei by pulling on Gill's robes.
However, there was no way the both of them were any match for Gill.
"Slap!"
Frustrated Gill slapped Emma across her face. The force send her back a couple yards. Her pretty face was swelling up on the cheek as tears filled her eyes.
Gill grabbed Angela by her wrist next and pulled her towards him. He lowered his head onto Angela's neck. He sniffed a couple time enjoyably and pervertedly said: "Beautiful Angela, this retarded Alexander is never going to be good enough for you. Look at him, he doesn't resemble anything of a king. He had made a mess of Chambord Kingdom after just inheriting the throne. Hehe, Angela; how about becoming my women."
He was holding tight onto Angela's wrist; the warm and smooth sensation of her body broke down the last bit of his reasoning. He forgot he was inside the king's palace and Angela was the future queen. In the momentum that came from his loss of sanity, he tried to kiss Angela's lips forcefully.
Suddenly.
"Peng!"
A metal helmet "kissed" his forehead instead. But with that amount of force, it was more like a smack of a hammer.
This attack was so sudden that Gill didn't even see it coming. Surprised at the blood gushing out of the wound, he screamed as he fell back and let go of Angela's wrist.
Angela once again witnessed something that she thought wouldn't happen in this life time and was speechless.
As Fei picked up the helmet off the ground, he sneered: "How dare you touch my woman, you fat motherfucker! How dare you touch the King! I'm gonna beat you until you become quadriplegic or, I swear to god, I'm not the King!"
He was feeling better as he swore, thinking to himself. "Man, I was scared by this fat tub of lard. I thought he was some important figure, but it turned out that he is just the son of a minister. I can fuck him up any day of the week!"
It was dead silent in the royal bedroom. They could hear the sound of a needle dropping onto the ground.
Although there were already many times Fei's actions had shocked both Angela and Emma, This time, they sensed that something was different. "It is not possible! How could it be?" They stared at Fei "It feels like the seventeen years old retard Alexander who listened to Gill all the time has … changed."
Gill was lying motionless on the floor. His mind was blank. He sensed that Alexander's personality has changed too much.
Fei's actions in Alexander's body had scared Gill due to how out of character it was. That blow from the helmet was full of power and felt as though Fei was actually trying to kill him.
After a couple seconds, he calmed down. He thought about why he came to the palace today and he decided to give it all he's got.
He lifted his left hand and a strange and mysterious spell rolled off of his tongue. A ball of fire was forming upon his hand and a burning sensation was filling the whole palace.
Gill forgot how he felt earlier and suddenly became a lot braver. He mocked at Fei: "You, the King? Ha. Except yourself, who do you think considers you as our king in the entire Chambord Kingdom? How dare you hit me? Alexander, prepare to feel the wrath of a prestige mage!"
Fei was still posing in a brave posture trying to impress Angela and Emma. But when he saw the fireball forming, his pupil contracted a little: " Ma..Mage? Holy shit this dumb fucker is a mage? Looks like he's got some skills. What should I do? Man I shouldn't have made that decision under impulse. If I knew this, I would have tried to talk him out of it rather than using force…"
Fei was trying to think of a solution to this hot mess.
He looked at the burning fireball on Gill's hand and the dented helmet in his hand and thought: "What the hell is this? If we are going to fight, at least give me a sword or some sort of weapon." He thought for a few seconds and started yelling, "Guards… Guards! Assassins! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"
"Haha, that's no use!"
Gill laughed as he flicked his hand and the red hot projectile flew toward Fei's face like a bullet.
Mass release 2/12
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