章節 8: Chapter 8:Meeting the Queen
After finishing the check-out and saying goodbye to the beautiful receptionist, John went to the royal palace of Naboo, to meet the queen. During his stay in the city for the past 6 months, he had already become familiar with the city, during the short breaks he took between training sessions, greeting acquaintances along the way, most shop owners he visited, John found himself in front of the palace's grand staircase.
Rising slowly while admiring the huge statues on either side, he soon found himself in front of the queen's two security guards. Protecting the entrance.
'' Stop '', the two guards said at the same time, almost as if they had trained for it '', this is the Royal Palace of Theed, you are invading ''.
I take a quick look at the two guards, they seem to be equipped exactly like in the movies, red Plastfiber vests, which looked more like leather besides a ridiculous helmet that offered almost zero protection, in addition to blaster pistols ELG-3A, which can work for small battles, but it leaves a lot to be desired in a large-scale battle, like the one that will happen in a few months, but perhaps it is only the standard patrol equipment and not the battle equipment.
Deciding to start with a slightly more 'gentle' approach, I say, '' I would like to request an audience with the Queen. ''
The two guards looked at each other, as if discussing whether this was a joke and they should laugh, before turning to me again.
"Listen boy, go home this is not the place you should be telling jokes", he said waving his hand, as if he were scaring a fly.
Activating the 'Player's Mind' skill so I don't end up losing patience and strangle this guy, I try to be civilized again, '' Could you inform the queen that I'm here? This concerns her safety '', to impose a little more weight in my words, I lift one of my hands, and using TK I pull the two blasters from their belts, and let them float over my hand.
'!!!!'
This action instantly makes them tense, I notice the second guard swallowing, they then look at each other for a few seconds before the first guard says to the other, '' You go and tell Captain Panaka, I will stay and ... Watch it '' he hesitates a little before saying the last word, but still says.
The second guard starts to run towards the palace, leaving me and the guard facing each other, while the blaster are still floating in my hand ..., about 4 min later the second guard returns with a contingent of guards, with a that I recognized among them, Quarsh Panaka, Captain of the Queen's security forces.
Taking the lead among his guards, he approaches and begins to examine me with his sharp eyes before saying, "The queen has granted you an audience, I am the cap ...."
Before he can continue I interrupt him.
'' I know who you are, Captain Panaka, please lead the way, '' I say in a calm voice, without showing any emotions.
He raises an eyebrow at this, but says nothing, before starting to lead us along with the contingent of guards heading into the palace, while I pass the two gate guards, make a movement with my hand, and the blaster lands smooth back into your hands now, while cold sweat dripped on them back.
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As we walked through the palace, I could not help praising inwardly, the expensive tapestry along with the magnificent architecture of encrusted marble, embodying a sense of reverence worthy of royalty, truly a magnificent place, we meandered through several corridors overlooking the city and the forests of theed, before climbing a grand staircase, with a corridor leading straight to what I assumed was the throne room.
arriving at the doors of the throne room, two guards detached and opened the doors, while the rest stood guard, while Captain Panaka entered, with me following behind, the room was large with high, vaulted ceilings, walls and marble floors like the rest of the palace, with beautiful glasswork just behind the throne, which radiated golden light, giving those seated a divine sensation, but in addition to the table in front of the throne for queen and seats for councilors, the room was empty of furniture.
In addition to the various guards arranged in various corners of the hall, the only ones currently in the room were Queen Padme and her servants, I was a little confused at first, before remembering that in the film Padme used a decoy to take her place, checking each one of the maids, a small smile spreads on my face when I see Padme among them, and I must say that she is really beautiful, even in simple maid clothes.
'' What subject bring's you here ... jedi ?? '', Sabé (the decoy) says, while hesitating on the last word, it may be a little difficult for her to believe that a child could be a jedi.
Turning to her, I face her for a few seconds before saying, "I'm not a Jedi, I'm just a force user, and a very powerful one,"
* (for now at least) *, I add mentally when the problem of having to find a master comes back to me.
Before I face Padme again and say, "And forgive me for the rudeness, it is not you that I came to know, but the queen"
everyone in the room freezes, I can feel Panaka's sharp gaze on my back, while padme stares at me impassively for a while, before just getting up slowly.
taking the hint, Sabé also gets up and the two switch places, Padme erases the small smile she had when she acted as a maid, and now she looks stern and sharp, she looks at me for a few seconds before asking.
"How did you know I was the queen? Even a jedi shouldn't be able to tell who I am," she says as she narrows her beautiful light brown eyes
Having already waited for this question, I let go of the bullshit I had already prepared, '' The force brought me here majesty, and your identity is not the only thing she told me '', which is pure bullshit, although I have already started listening to the whispers of the force, most of them in dangerous situations in the forest.
She begins to study me as if she is deciding whether to trust me or not, before proceeding with the next question, '' and why exactly do you want to see me? ''
"I'm here to offer my protection," I say simply and directly.
"And why would I need your protection?", She said.
'' In 6 months, your planet will suffer an invasion and a military blockade, '' I say
'' Invasion? Military blockade ?, from who ?, Padme ask, with a frown on his face, '' we are a peaceful people, what reason would anyone have to invade us? ''.
'' I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but I can't say, because it can influence the decisions you make from now on, but what I can promise is that I will protect you with all my powers, '' I say, trying to alleviate her concern.
Panaka steps forward now, seeing that the queen is seriously considering my words.
'' Your highness, I don't think we should trust this child, he is very suspicious, we don't even know his name, besides that, even if such an invasion occurs, we can protect you, '' Panaka says.
'' My name is John, '' I say to both, '' and if my previous little demonstration didn't convince you, I think one more will.
With a movement of his hand, he and all the guards around him start to float, with another small movement, they all start to revolve around Panaka like a solar system, forming a very funny scene, some of Padme's maids hide their mouths behind the hand and giggle, I can even see the corners of Padme's lips tremble.
Thinking that they understood the message, with another wave of the hand, I take them to the previous positions, before lowering them slowly and gently to the ground, the guards begin to look at me with indignation and rage, Panaka himself seemed to want to kill me, and if a look could kill, I would be dead by now, while I face Padme, and act as if what happened had nothing to do with me.
With a little sigh, Padme turns his attention to me for a few and says, "Although you are really powerful, it is not enough to make me trust you."
'' Naturally I understand '', I say, '' one of the reasons why I got here right now is so that I can gain your trust, I believe it would have been much more difficult to believe me if I had just appeared during the invasion that it will happen. if i can do something that helps you believe me just say it.
She stares at me again, well, not to much that she can see, because all this time, I'm wearing a hood, so due to my height, only my lips are visible.
"You can start by removing the hood, and looking me in the eye," she says after a few moments.
lowering the head, as if I were considering her words, I bow a little while answering, "as you wish", before slowly bringing my hands to the hood and pulling it back, then I straighten up again, and look into her brown eyes with my blues ones.
I can see the surprise on the faces of all the guards, and also those of the maids and Padme, before they blushed slightly, honestly, it happened a lot in the last 6 months, so I got used to it.
(AN: before someone says something, it doesn't mean that they fell in love with the MC, this is just physical attraction that a beautiful person causes, along with shyness)
* Cough *
Panaka faked a cough to clear the strange atmosphere, and it just makes Padme and her maids blush even more and look away, I just chuckle as I think about how cute their reaction is, just now that I remember all of them he is only between 13-14 years old.
After a few seconds to compose herself, Padme turns to me before nodding and saying, "Okay, I'm going to believe you for now, and also hire you as my bodyguard."
Some of the guards seem uncomfortable with the queen's decision and Panaka steps forward, as if to protest.
"Enough, I already decided, this young man will be my bodyguard", she says before he can say anything, "" and what kind of remuneration would you like? "" She asks me.
* (Hehe, CHA status showing its usefulness, it's true what they say about being beautiful to open doors) *
'' A place to stay with enough space to train, in addition to meals, '' I say with a smile, which I could see, causes another wave of giggles among Padma's maids.
Padme narrows her eyes when she hears my reply, "Is that really all you want? Don't you want money or treasures?" She says with a small accusation in her voice.
'' I don't need money and treasures, actually I don't need anything ... '', I could ask her for money now and buy a generic lightsaber in the system, but without enough training, it just weakened me, '' but if there's anything I need, I'll let you know. ''
She looks at me for a few seconds as if evaluating her I am telling the truth, before giving a nod, "very well, Captain Panaka, escort our guest to your quarters," she says before getting up and leaving with her Maids.
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Barruch
Barruch I will start posting less from now on, this is taking up a lot of time in my day, and I wanted to stock up on some chapters.
but I will not stop writing.
besides that i need to start thinking more about the plot before writing.
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