4 Party of the King (1/2)
The party was held in the great hall, a great architectural accomplishment of the old kingdom. At the very end was a great staircase with an empty throne. There were tables upon tables of food, enough to feed a village for days and too much for the few partaking in it. The hall was filled with the voices of nobles and the laughs of there mistresses. There were a number of attending guest, generals from the battle field, ambassadors, rich men, and other unsavory guest.
you could tell the gropes from each other. You have your generals in the corner of the room seemingly content with there drinks and there own company. You rich men gathered around the eating tables there wife's and dates hanging off there hips like jewelry. Flint lead him to the corner with the other generals, clearly inpatient with his lack of drink.
”I will be over hear with the rest of my kind. You may go and do what you do best.”
”And that would be?”
”Gather information. When you get enough come back to me and give me a report. I know how uneasy you can get with out doing something with your hands.”
Alex nodded and walked off, the old man was right. Alex acted like he was getting some food from one of the tables with an entire roasted pig on top. The food consisted of fish, deserts, bread, cake, and multiple cuts and types of meat. He grabbed a plate and got some bread and cheese and pretended to fiddle with some meat as he listened on into a nobles conversation with the guard captain.
”So, Henrik, what do you think about the attempt of the kings live. You were there correct, what happened. ”
He grunted and looked around and slid closer, but Alex's ears were too keen and he could hear every word.
”Apparently the underground had something to do with it. There were four assassins, and it took nearly twenty men to hold them off for the king to escape. When we searched the bodies they carried insignia with the likely hood of dragons. I know nearly every criminal background in the city, but I have never seen the likes of these.”
Elias new the insignia they talked about but his concentration was broke when someone bumped into him causing him to spill his plate.
”Oh, sorry bout that, it seems iv'e had just one too many.”
A younger man, nearly his age turned around. The amounts of jewelry hanging off his necks suggested this was a wealthy individual, and that he'll probably develop back problems in the future. Alex could tell he wasn't very sorry as the smirk on his face seemed to grow. Alex could barely contain his threatening aura before he could draw it back in. He simply smiled as cheerfully as he could muster.
”No my lord, the fault is mine. Please excuse me.”
He walked quickly away stepping through the crowd of growing people as he made his way back to the General. It was then he noticed everyone looking at the stair case. He turned to see the king being escorted up the steps and too his throne. Besides his six guards there was also another smaller figure besides him. It was the girl from before now wearing a grand blue dress and a gold and gem encrusted tiara. Alex was stopped dead in his tracks as he saw her, but he didn't know why.
An announcer than began his introduction.
”All hail King Rupert, and his Daughter, Princess Vanessa!”