48 Chapter 48 Praise From The King (2/2)
Spying the look of fear on his face, the king finally managed to calm himself, and sat down as well.
”Joseph, you are a very bright boy. I understand that you do not understand politics very well yet, but this has gotten out of hand. I cannot have the n.o.bles coming at me with your ideas as their own, trying to usurp my power like this. Is there any way you could refrain from stirring the pot so vigorously?”
”Your majesty, I honestly don't know what else I can do. I showed you all of my plans already, then discussed them with my advisors that you a.s.signed me. I need to make plans that will work in order to ensure the success of my father in his side of the contract. I was just trying to help you make sure that you could provide your side. I hated the idea of you falling through because you honestly couldn't keep up your side of the contract because of the war.”
”Boy, I understand you are only trying to help, but I a.s.sure you, I am not incompetent. If you would allow me the s.p.a.ce to rule my own kingdom, I will not fall through on my side of the contract.”
Joseph looked at the tired look in the king's eyes and knew that it was the right time to show the king his letter. Pulling out the forgery he had made the day before, he handed it to the king.
”I was trying to send you notes on my ideas, after you told me to just send them to you, instead of handing them to you personally, and this is what I received. I'm not sure who wrote it, but it had your signature…”
The note basically told him, in very flowery script, to deal with his own issues instead of bothering him, and was signed by the king. It bothered the king quite a bit, as he knew he was not the one to have written it.
”I will see into this. Thank you for showing this to me. Now, please, focus on your planning on the trip to the north, and leave the rest to me.”
”What of the problem with the marquis? Will you really leave him in charge of all the mages?”
”And have him in charge of the court mages as well? Preposterous! I will oversee it myself until I can find someone who isn't a snake to deal with it. Though, just between the two of us,” he leaned in very close to Joseph, which made everyone in the room very uncomfortable, but let Joseph know that he actually trusted him, ”I think you have wonderful ideas!”
Beaming, he stood up from his chair, and bowed before leaving the room. He was barely able to contain the smile when he pa.s.sed in front of the n.o.bles who were impatiently waiting to hear the king's decisions.
Joseph knew that the king had a lot on his plate at the moment, and that all of his ideas, while wonderful, were making his job even harder, but getting confirmation that he was doing a great job, from a king himself, made him feel good.
(CONGRATULATIONS! FOR GETTING IN THE GOOD GRACES OF AN ACTUAL KING, YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED 10 LIFE POINTS.)
Joseph couldn't believe it! All but skipping, he returned to his room to tell Stella, in private, the good news! Now, what to spend them on…
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