Without any hesitation, I lightly poked pouting boy’s shoulder and greeted him.
“Hey! Don-” he paused as the knight nudged him, “...Do you not have anything better to do?” the boy asked with a raspy, high-pitched voice, again, kinda like I think I used to have. And still kinda did, at that point.
“Uh, yeah, kinda, but it can wait. What’s your name?”
“...Alex... I’m Alex Flamekin, the current ruler of the Grand Kingdom of Ara!”
“Ee~eehhh...? Ruler? But... aren’tcha ya just a kid?”
“I can be both!”
“God, no you cannot, Alex!” came the sharp and stern and annoyed voice of the knight.
“But I am.”
“Okay, let me rephrase that then. No you cannot be both and do it well.”
“I’ll be going now. Y’know, official inn-checking stuff for the Meiyadarin Palace. ‘Cause, stuff. And I do... y’know, stuff.” I blurted out, ‘cause of the situation’s awkwardness, to excuse myself outta there and get around to checking the other inns.
It took a while, but eventually, I checked out all the inns... an arrowrange away from the palace.
As I walked back tiredly, the dark blue-ish purple sky, all with the little silvery stars on it, had shown up. And, with it, came the threat of something leaping out from between the buildings on the main road.
A hoarse voice echoed around, saying stuff in a strange language, sounding something like: “Ka vad dull, a-vai-vik dark ad di-ho kar-coal uv-kay ki-rin do-rock-da-ruck. Ad a-vai rack-dov, a var ko ka-vo.”
Without any time to let the language sink in, I felt something soft cover my mouth, before I quickly passed out.
“Hey! Don-” he paused as the knight nudged him, “...Do you not have anything better to do?” the boy asked with a raspy, high-pitched voice, again, kinda like I think I used to have. And still kinda did, at that point.
“Uh, yeah, kinda, but it can wait. What’s your name?”
“...Alex... I’m Alex Flamekin, the current ruler of the Grand Kingdom of Ara!”
“Ee~eehhh...? Ruler? But... aren’tcha ya just a kid?”
“I can be both!”
“God, no you cannot, Alex!” came the sharp and stern and annoyed voice of the knight.
“But I am.”
“Okay, let me rephrase that then. No you cannot be both and do it well.”
“I’ll be going now. Y’know, official inn-checking stuff for the Meiyadarin Palace. ‘Cause, stuff. And I do... y’know, stuff.” I blurted out, ‘cause of the situation’s awkwardness, to excuse myself outta there and get around to checking the other inns.
It took a while, but eventually, I checked out all the inns... an arrowrange away from the palace.
As I walked back tiredly, the dark blue-ish purple sky, all with the little silvery stars on it, had shown up. And, with it, came the threat of something leaping out from between the buildings on the main road.
A hoarse voice echoed around, saying stuff in a strange language, sounding something like: “Ka vad dull, a-vai-vik dark ad di-ho kar-coal uv-kay ki-rin do-rock-da-ruck. Ad a-vai rack-dov, a var ko ka-vo.”
Without any time to let the language sink in, I felt something soft cover my mouth, before I quickly passed out.