A royal visit [closed]

[Izzyshipper]

"if your royal highness do not mind me asking but that do seem a bit late compared to most people I know!"

Sophia was slightly surprised at Prince's surprise. While she knew the Imerians had children young surely it wasn't unusual for people to have more children later in life as well.

"Well to be honest Your Royal Prince we were a little surprised ourselves. Our second last child was . . ." Sophia hesitated, thinking that as the mere term of birth embarresed the young man then she would be better finding a more politer term. "Brought into this world we were twenty two. We had thought that the . . . natural function exclusive to our sex was now a distant memory not to be repeated. But it seems God has graced me with another child to nurture, much to our eternal thanks."

[Imeriata]

"Brought into this world we were twenty two. We had thought that the . . . natural function exclusive to our sex was now a distant memory not to be repeated. But it seems God has graced me with another child to nurture, much to our eternal thanks." Primus nodded as he realised that he had been mistaken about the chronological order of the queens children and he had mixed up youngest with first and he could not really do anything but silently curse his own knowledge of modern Anglo-Saxon.

But as he had promised himself did he desperately looked around for something to change the subject before he turned to red in the face or before he said something stupid as he still felt like he walked on thin ice. His prayers were answered as another prof that they were indeed heading southwards and towards more inhabited territory as a trio of creatures almost two heads higher than a grown man with to long noses and arms to be humans something that where indeed confirmed as they strolled forth bent forward with their heads visible and a set of tusks visible as well as a tail that looked rather similar to the ones donkeys wore. Luck would have it that the car slowed down and the creatures took of their hats and bowed their heads as they steeped of the road to make way of the car when the driver angrily honked the horn

"Am I correct in my understanding of your royal highness own realm that you do in fact have none of the lower species as those trolls there living next to your royal highness own subjects?" surely he knew that it was highly unlikely as most nations where blessed with only humans that had not to sacrifice and suffer so the lower species where taken care of according to the duty all humans had towards the lower species.

[Izzyshipper]

Sophia's eyes furrowed when she saw the three lumbering creatures walk towards the car,noticing the unusual gait and what appeared to be some sort of tusks protruding from their face. Curious the Queen was about to ask if they were cripples before Primus preempted her question.

"Am I correct in my understanding of your royal highness own realm that you do in fact have none of the lower species as those trolls there living next to your royal highness own subjects?"

Despite the jarring effect the term lesser species had on her it was washed away with the astonishment she felt that the beings ahead were trolls. As they passed the group the stepped to the side and doffed their caps to them. Tilting her head slightly Queen Sophia replied to Prince Primus's question.

"No your Royal Prince, although they are plenty of legends about them" Sophia said, thinking of the strange trolls her Nanny said would turn into stone in the day and run away at the sound of lightning and church bells, in fact there was at least two rocks in Izzyshipper that legend say were trolls. looking at the creatures now she could hazard a guess that these tales were nothing more than a wild fancy to scare children.

"Mostly that they steal naughty children in the night, and other such nonsense. We see here that such myths are false, otherwise I doubt they would walk in Imeriata so freely!"

[Imeriata]

"Mostly that they steal naughty children in the night, and other such nonsense. We see here that such myths are false, otherwise I doubt they would walk in Imeriata so freely!" the queen said as the car managed to gain speed again and it was something that Primus would not put past them so he said

"I would in fact not be surprised if they did your royal highness as many texts and stories from the times they were forced to live free says that they did in fact did such things and I would take it that those human children were sacrificed to some dark pagan god or something in that manner and forced the lardlins with their huskarls to hunt them down!” he explained as he gave the trolls that disappeared behind the woods a suspicious look to make sure that they did not do something they were not supposed to do before he turned to the queen again "Although those glorious times are sadly far gone and they can now live under our enlighten rule protected and kept in check by civilized laws even if they do have far to go before we can be both responsible and proper men release them again to fend for themselves!" he shook his head before he continued "and still despite all we have done for them as educated them, civilized as many races as possible, build them proper housing, dressed them properly and given them work so do they still have the stomach to complain for various reasons!" he finished and shock his head and as he sometimes did wondered how easily humans that had grown up with the lesser species being nothing more than mere legends had it but the queens statement had woken a curiosity inside him

"However your royal highness mentioned legends might I ask how your own nation does look upon trolls and similar creatures?" he asked as he had always found a great pleasure in folklore both his own and that abroad even if most nations folklore seemed to be rather similar to things he could find in any biology book.

[Izzyshipper]

Queen Sophia listened in fascination at the Prince's description of the magical history of Imeriata, and however tinted with Imperialism it was Queen Sophia could not deny that it wasn't a rich and so very different from her own country. Her own ancestors where feuding lords and barons whose history was that of wars against enemy clans and nobles.

The Imerian History would have its fair share of such acts too, she was sure, but there's too followed a path of wars against fantastical creatures, where cold steel meet the fury of magic as well as more mundane methods of war. Too one brought up in a land devoid of such arcane practises she felt most enthralled at the mere mention of such things.

"However your royal highness mentioned legends might I ask how your own nation does look upon trolls and similar creatures?"

Queen Sophia smiled slightly at the question, remembering the old stories of mystic folklore her Governess had been keen to tell the eager girl she had been.

"Well in our Kingdom the majority of our subjects are mostly ignorant of such creatures, and we do believe that the fanciful tales have stepped in to substitute for reality. Our Governess as a child told us of Trolls who turn to stone at night and run away when church bells sound for example. Elves that swap babies for fairy offspring, and enchant a man to lose his wits or sanity, who run away at the sight of iron. Even our own farmers and workers of the field lay out milk to appease pixies who play tricks and like to hide small objects, or so they say anyway!"

[Imeriata]

"Well in our Kingdom the majority of our subjects are mostly ignorant of such creatures, and we do believe that the fanciful tales have stepped in to substitute for reality. Our Governess as a child told us of Trolls who turn to stone at night and run away when church bells sound for example. Elves that swap babies for fairy offspring, and enchant a man to lose his wits or sanity, who run away at the sight of iron. Even our own farmers and workers of the field lay out milk to appease pixies who play tricks and like to hide small objects, or so they say anyway!" The queen summarised her nations folklore and to his surprise so could Primus find that he recognized some of it from the various creatures that he and his species shared this land with.

"Actually so do not all of that do sound that farfetched your royal highness as trolls for instance have been known to suffer if they are too much out in the sun, sure they do not turn to stone but their skin do harden which makes it harder for them to move and fairies have been known to be attached to shining objects even if them taking human babies is something I have not hear happened in a large number of instances just as pixies while not sapient are likely not to make one’s life a total pain if they know that one are a source of food and if you do not treat them well so are they also known to make a trouble out of themselves!" he explained as he where a bit intrigued by the similarities between the queens native folklore and the various sapient creatures while he also remembered the time when he as a young boy had the bad idea to throw a rock at a pixie nest in the royal gardens which had resulted in the little semi-humanoid creatures had swarmed and bitten him and even today did he have a small scar on his right ear after a particular hard bite.

[Izzyshipper]

Queen Sophia listened with rapt attention to Prince Primus's narration. She was surprised at the apparent grain of truth behind the folklore of her Kingdom, although it had been wrapped in layers of misinformation and confusion.

There was some vague interest in magic in Izzyshipper, although at most it was practised by odd people who dressed in black and like to harness "crystal energy" and "aura reading", however Sophia wondered if perhaps with proper knowledge and perhaps even trips to this land many people would begin to develop this untouched field of study.

"It seems that our folklore has been based on some facts while however being so misinformed in others. While we of course do not wish to choke the rich tradition of our Kingdom's stories we do believe that some of Imeriata's books on such beings would be beneficial to the academics of our nation, perhaps we will donate them to the Royal Academy of Science."

[Imeriata]

"It seems that our folklore has been based on some facts while however being so misinformed in others. While we of course do not wish to choke the rich tradition of our Kingdom's stories we do believe that some of Imeriata's books on such beings would be beneficial to the academics of our nation, perhaps we will donate them to the Royal Academy of Science." the queen said and Primus nodded as it did indeed seemed like a reasonable idea as corrupting once past and history was something most Imerians looked upon as the worst one could possible do but as books on the various creatures existed in so large quantities that even commoners could afford them on a regular bases

"I do understand your wish to keep your own history alive as there is nothing as important to any civilized culture and with your royal highness permission so can I rather easily get a copy of any book on any subject your royal highness wished for to be donated to your own royal science advisory!" he said as for the second time the car temporary left the large forest behind them to roll over a field that where unfortunately mostly hidden as only the light from the car light up the darkening landscape that would soon be pitch black if Primus where to judge as the rain clouds would hide the moon and stars.

[Izzyshipper]

As Prince Primus spoke they left the thick canopy of the forest, and without the forest giant's leafy exterior blocking their sight, Queen Sophia could now see that night had fallen over the Imerian landscape. Looking out she could see the dark clouds that gathered across the sky, their stormy appearance blocking any of starlight that may have shone down on them.

"I do understand your wish to keep your own history alive as there is nothing as important to any civilized culture and with your royal highness permission so can I rather easily get a copy of any book on any subject your royal highness wished for to be donated to your own royal science advisory!"

Prince Primus offered generously, and Queen Sophia hoped that the Royal Academy would benefit and take advantage of this unique opportunity. Although she suspected that a lot of them would be dismissive as she had never met such a group of people with such inflated egos, and for someone used to mixing with nobility it was no mean feat.

"We thank your Royal Prince most dearly, and we hope that such literature of the magical races will broaden the scope of our Kingdom's knowledge and understanding."

[Imeriata]

"We thank your Royal Prince most dearly, and we hope that such literature of the magical races will broaden the scope of our Kingdom's knowledge and understanding." she said as Primus had offered her to give her some books he could find in the library back home so he smiled as he took forth a paper, an ink jar and a feather from one of the hand compartment and wrote down something while the queen spoke as he as often as possible so he would not appear rude, when he where done so did he breath at the ink to make sure that it had dried before he closed the paper and took forth a bottle of a red liquid that he held on the paper before he took forward a wooden stamp that quickly left his own personal heraldry on the solidifying substance which he gave to the closest elf "nar vi kammer fram så skulla ni taga ditta brev till bibloteket ach fraga after sa manga böcker am de lägre raserna sam äro urinvanare i den absoluta khöbliga federationen, äro detta farstat?"

The elf took the letter and put it into his pocket and answered in the same language "Ja dit äro dit min khöngliga prins!" However Primus had allready turned back to the queen to answer her to be bothered with the elf

"I am sorry to correct you your royal highness but to call the lower species 'magical' would be a bit wrong as it is actually rare and seldom documented any species other than the wharen and we ourselves had ever possessed that ability without any deals with ancient spirits or other otherworldly creatures!" he explained as he did not wanted the queen to have the wrong idea about anything, sure he had never heard really about anyone actually trying to teach one of the inferior species magic since the establishment of proper human rule on the continent but then again it would most likely be a waste of time so he dismissed the whole idea without any second thoughts about it.

"nar vi kammer fram så skulla ni taga ditta brev till bibloteket ach fraga after sa manga böcker am de lägre raserna sam äro urinvanare i den absoluta khöbliga federationen, äro detta farstat?"
When we do arrive so shall you take this note to the library and ask for so many books about the lower species native to the absolute royal federation, is that understood?

"Ja dit äro dit min khöngliga prins!"
Yes it is my royal prince!

[Izzyshipper]

Queen Sophia smiled when she saw Prince Primus compose his letter. The use of quill and ink was not a common one in Izzyshipper, and Queen Sophia enjoyed seeing the use of it. Sophia herself used it on the rarest of occasions, in which certain documents were signed traditionally in such a manner.


"I am sorry to correct you your royal highness but to call the lower species 'magical' would be a bit wrong as it is actually rare and seldom documented any species other than the wharen and we ourselves had ever possessed that ability without any deals with ancient spirits or other otherworldly creatures!"

Queen Sophia nodded as the Prince spoke, "There is no need to be sorry your Royal Prince, if we are wrong then should be corrected. Although we must say we are surprised, we believed the main reason we have never seen such creatures in our Kingdom is because of their magical ability, it seems however that we were mistaken."

Sophia answered, and it had indeed aroused her curiosity of the reason no other sapient creature had been seen in Izzyshipper. Perhaps the reason for their absence may be explained in the books provided by Prince Primus, it was certainly something she would have the Royal Academy to look into.

Looking out onto the cold dark landscape, Sophia could feel apprehension at leaving the comfortably warm car.

"We do hope the Royal Court of Imeriata does keep a well stocked fireplace this night your Royal Prince, then again if His Majesty does sit there I do not doubt there will be!"

[Imeriata]

"There is no need to be sorry your Royal Prince, if we are wrong then should be corrected. Although we must say we are surprised, we believed the main reason we have never seen such creatures in our Kingdom is because of their magical ability, it seems however that we were mistaken." she said and this was something he could answer so he did
"That would really not be that hard to explain your royal highness as the lower species have never really shown much talents in the use of technology as when we came to this lands with iron and steel so did we have to face them armed with stone and bronze so the fact that the lesser species are not seen in your royal highness domain could be that they were rumours from other places but never really visited your royal highness domains!" he said offering a rather reasonable explanation according to himself but then again so could he not help to feel a bit bad about himself for disproving her cultural heritage like that but as he had already said it so were there not much that could be done.

"We do hope the Royal Court of Imeriata does keep a well-stocked fireplace this night your Royal Prince, then again if His Majesty does sit there I do not doubt there will be!" the queen said as she looked out in the now pitch black night and according to Primus pocket watch so were it still about right time now even if it was not that far since he had eaten his lunch.
"Well indeed it do your royal highness as the stone are rather hard to keep war even during summer so we have no choice that to keep a fire going in most rooms inhabited your royal highness and other than that so do our warm clothing helps a bit!" Primus said as he gave his tunic a proud gaze as it had saved him from much discomfort during the cold Imerian winters, sure he had also gotten into some trouble with it and that time he fainted due to heat exhaustion in Ramsetia did came to mind as it always did when he thought about such instances.
the shameful feelings did however quickly pass as he imagined the smiling empress and for a moment did he wonder what she did at the moment, if she thought about him... No! those feelings where not fit for a man of his rang and he tried his best to shake them of as he wondered confused why he felt like he did when he thought about her as it did become increasingly annoying despite how good he felt when he thought about her.

[Izzyshipper]

"That would really not be that hard to explain your royal highness as the lower species have never really shown much talents in the use of technology as when we came to this lands with iron and steel so did we have to face them armed with stone and bronze so the fact that the lesser species are not seen in your royal highness domain could be that they were rumours from other places but never really visited your royal highness domains!"

Prince Primus answered, which Queen Sophia had to admit made some sense, and it was probable that whatever explorers from her fair Isle had heard such rumors of they Fey creatures would also be inclined to add their own fancy and imagination from the actual facts, in order to spice up their stories.

~*~

"Well indeed it do your royal highness as the stone are rather hard to keep war even during summer so we have no choice that to keep a fire going in most rooms inhabited your royal highness and other than that so do our warm clothing helps a bit!"

As the young Royal explained of the practicalities of clothing in high Imerian fashion, she thought wistfully of the fur stole she had gotten the Ladies to pack away, and how useful it would be right now in this cold night rather than the exceptionally thin dress she wore now, which for all its whisper soft silkiness it was not particularly effective for cutting out the chilling bite of cold wind.

She was about to speak to Prince Primus before she saw the most curious expression enter his eyes. For someone who had spent decades in politics and in general with a wide variety of people the Queen was skilled in reading people's faces but even still she found this particular one hard to decipher. It was curious mix of embarrassment and . . . was it shame?

Remembering the complexities of life as a nineteen year old Sophia smiled slightly at the poor Princes expression.

"I . . . see your Royal Prince, well we do look forward to see your father the King, we do not often meet other absolute monarchs at these times, and it is different to speak with someone who knows what the responsibilities that the position of our birth does burden upon us."

[Imeriata]

"I . . . see your Royal Prince, well we do look forward to see your father the King, we do not often meet other absolute monarchs at these times, and it is different to speak with someone who knows what the responsibilities that the position of our birth does burden upon us." The queen said as the prince nodded approvingly not only because he could take his mind of that girl, sometimes were he all but certain that she had put some spell on him or something and look towards more civilized thoughts like politics.
"Your royal highness are indeed correct that sadly do this most blessed of all forms of governments dwindle in numbers which is why we that still do stand civilized and proud must do our best to spread it to stop the outbreaks of democracy, communism and even the three times cursed syndicalism!" as he spoke the cursed word of the ideology that had managed to throw his beloved homelands into an eight year hell where brother had fought brother and father fought son in an attempt to either halt the barbaric hordes or to overthrow civilization itself so did he turn around and symbolically spit three times over his shoulder by making fake spit noises "or" he continued when he where finished "When that is no longer possible due to a lack of a royal family so must we sadly do our duty and bring civilization to them and make us ourselves their new ruling families!" but he remembered that he had begun to ramble a bit which he had as a rather nasty habit of doing when he spoke about those "new ideologies" that did indeed scare him a bit as they had so fast gathered a so large number of supporters so he said instead "However so am I sure that his royal highness would be most pleased to meet your royal highness in person as it would not be that often that his royal highness do meet anyone he could call his equal!"

[Izzyshipper]

"Your royal highness are indeed correct that sadly do this most blessed of all forms of governments dwindle in numbers which is why we that still do stand civilized and proud must do our best to spread it to stop the outbreaks of democracy, communism and even the three times cursed syndicalism!"

After the Prince spoke with an almost zealous hatred, (which was to Sophia's slight amusement, as democracy existed to an very small extent in her kingdom, and indeed communism was not illegal if not actually practiced) he performed what Sophia could only describe as an sort of ritual where he looked over his shoulder and much to Sophia's surprise looked like he was spitting, which she did not think was very Prince~like behaviour.

"Or when that is no longer possible due to a lack of a royal family so must we sadly do our duty and bring civilization to them and make us ourselves their new ruling families!" The Prince finished, and Queen Sophia could quite easily translate this from it Imperialistic language to "Invade". Despite her disagreements in the ideology in the expansion and rise of empires she could almost see the reasoning behind Primus's explanation, they believed it was in the nations best interests to take over their government and transform it into what they believed was the best one possible.

"However so am I sure that his royal highness would be most pleased to meet your royal highness in person as it would not be that often that his royal highness do meet anyone he could call his equal!"

To this Queen Sophia could only nod in agreement, "Indeed your Royal Prince, it is both the glory and the curse of a monarch to be raised and exalted as high as one can be in a kingdom. For we must be seen to rule without hesitation or flaw that such is the nature of humanity we must posses, and even those we have raised to be our equals" her eyes flickered over to her husband, and she felt a pang of sadness that he was so often overlook or overshadowed next to her, as was usual for royal concerts, especially male ones, "They are always aware that you are King, Queen or Sovereign and that high position is something we are unable to separate from our everyday life."

[Imeriata]

"Indeed your Royal Prince, it is both the glory and the curse of a monarch to be raised and exalted as high as one can be in a kingdom. For we must be seen to rule without hesitation or flaw that such is the nature of humanity we must possess, and even those we have raised to be our equals" the queen said as her eyes for a moment shifted away from him, what she looked at could he not tell but it was most likely either her husband or the window even if he could not tell exactly which it was before she continued "They are always aware that you are King, Queen or Sovereign and that high position is something we are unable to separate from our everyday life."

which then again sounded a lot like the burden of leadership he had always gotten described for him both in poems and arts
"for it is in you the burden of leadership lay, it is you the betters that have been bestowed that duty to always rule firmly and with love for those bellow while always only get their hateful looks as rewards is the worst burden a man can bear jet it is his duty to do so!" Primus quoted before he continued

"Indeed your royal highness is quite correct and I can only hope that when the rose ablaze forbid his royal highness dies so will I be able to take up the burden that will be placed on my shoulder and I can only hope that when I do leave this world for my own heir so have I made it a bit safer and a bit more civilized!"

[Izzyshipper]

"for it is in you the burden of leadership lay, it is you the betters that have been bestowed that duty to always rule firmly and with love for those bellow while always only get their hateful looks as rewards is the worst burden a man can bear jet it is his duty to do so!"

Prince spoke, and although it had the air of something that is being read out that had been memorised she could feel the truth behind the words, for even she, one of the most popular monarchs in recent times still daily felt the anger and hatred from those who disagreed from her political positions. Each time she called parliament she was faced with the constant complaints from her ministers who all too often forgot to address her with any respect. Each time she passed a law, she could feel the pressure of the public already focus towards her.

"Indeed your royal highness is quite correct and I can only hope that when the rose ablaze forbid his royal highness dies so will I be able to take up the burden that will be placed on my shoulder and I can only hope that when I do leave this world for my own heir so have I made it a bit safer and a bit more civilized!"

The Prince continued, Sophia guessing that "Rose ablaze" being a reference to the Imerian religion. She understood his position, as do all leaders, particular Monarchs whose reign would span greater years than the short-lived political lived of elected ministers.

"Indeed your Royal Price, as do we all. A Queen's legacy hangs around her heavily like a tombstone, its burden shaping all that we do, both privately and publicly."

[Imeriata]

"Indeed your Royal Price, as do we all. A Queen's legacy hangs around her heavily like a tombstone, its burden shaping all that we do, both privately and publicly." the queen replied and to be totally honest so had Primus expected that being king would be a bit easier than she pointed out as he had always thought that you could only do as you wished as history were yours to write and power in your hands alone if you counted away the various favour you had to give some of the noblemen to keep them happy and to ensure that you continued ruling without problem, he did however instead said
"I would have thought as much your royal highness as all the lives of your entire nation would depend on your decisions to be the correct ones!" as he said that did the forest once more give away for fields or at least what looked like fields from the lights of the car and the car took a turn to the right and left the muddy forest road behind it as it were replaced with a paved one and in the distance could some lights of the villages that laid closer to the coast be seen even if large parties of forest most likely obscured a rather large portion of them.

[Izzyshipper]

"I would have thought as much your royal highness as all the lives of your entire nation would depend on your decisions to be the correct ones!"

The Prince replied, and Queen Sophia thought sadly that while this was true there was times when she had heeded the advice of her Council against her own yet it would be she who would hold the responsibility. In the Imerian region she supposed their King did not have this experience, as his rule was absolute without the pressure from any democratic body. Despite her convictions in her nations political system, she could not help but feel a small pang of jealousy towards the King.

As the car progressed the rough countryside began slowly changing to a more refined and ordered appearance, making Sophia guess they were nearing more populous regions. Her suspicions were confirmed when she saw some villages shining their light in the dark distance.

"I see we are nearing civilization your Royal Prince, if these villages are any indicator."

[Imeriata]

"I see we are nearing civilization your Royal Prince, if these villages are any indicator." the queen said which made the prince smile a bit "the most civilized place on the our entire globe your royal highness!" he said with a smile "but yes your royal highness are quite correct that we have reached the more inhabited parts of the kingdom of Imeriata or Imeriata proper which would put the golden walls of Imerbürg only some hours away!" he finished as he remembered the golden like walls of the yellow sandstone the entire city were constructed of and made it shimmer when the sun hit it from the right angle and while he had been away for only most of the day so were the sight of the highly decorated city walls with its gargoyles, statues and the impressive rose vines cut into the stone of his home town still a sight to behold no matter how many times he had seen it.
"However I do assure you your royal highness that these mere farm villages would most likely be nothing of interest compared to the more populated southern regions!" he said as he realized that the queen might get the wrong idea of the distant lights that the small villages and towns and think that they were representatives of the imerian civilization which they of course where not as they lacked both the elegance and the greatness that often defined the cities his people build.

[Izzyshipper]

"but yes your royal highness are quite correct that we have reached the more inhabited parts of the kingdom of Imeriata or Imeriata proper which would put the golden walls of Imerbürg only some hours away!"

Prince Primus replied, and Queen Sophia guessed he meant the famous sandstone walls of Imerbürg, which the few poets of old that had travelled to Imeriata had always never failed to include in their descriptions. However according to past bards the walls were at their most majestic when the golden light of the day shone, so the Queen doubted she would be able to fully appreciate them in this dark and dull night.

"However I do assure you your royal highness that these mere farm villages would most likely be nothing of interest compared to the more populated southern regions!"

Queen Sophia rose an eyebrow at the young mans comment, "Even the smallest and most humblest of places, your Royal Prince, have hidden treasures that are of interest to all. After all, your Royal Prince, these small villages will one day be your Kingdom, and you should love them as you love the beauty of Imerbürg itself."

[Imeriata]

"Even the smallest and most humblest of places, your Royal Prince, have hidden treasures that are of interest to all. After all, your Royal Prince, these small villages will one day be your Kingdom, and you should love them as you love the beauty of Imerbürg itself." the queen said to Primus surprise as while he had always loved both the southern cities and the northern wilderness from the thick forests in Imeriata over the high Vedian mountains to the far north and clod northern iceplains so had he always considered the villages in the middle of all that important but better left to themselves and to their lords to rule themselves as they seemed to have handled that fine over the years they had lived there.
"While I cannot question your royal highness expertise so must I beg the differ your royal highness!" he begun "while those villages indeed are the lifeblood of the absolute royal federation and must be cared for extra as most of our food comes from them so should my first attention as a king lie in the foreign policy and the extra realm issues that might pop up and after that so should my duty be to the populated southern regions as the northern once had always managed to handle themselves and for me to only step in would a situation deteriorate out of hand or at least so his lordship magister Adolf auf kopparfält taught me when he instructed me in how to rule as duke and later on high king!" Primus explained, but then again that was how his old magister had taught him to look upon most of the issues in the federation, "leave them to the feudal system to clear them up and only step in if what happens is either barbaric or goes against your better judgment!" his old teacher always had said.

[Izzyshipper]

"While I cannot question your royal highness expertise so must I beg the differ your royal highness!while those villages indeed are the lifeblood of the absolute royal federation and must be cared for extra as most of our food comes from them so should my first attention as a king lie in the foreign policy and the extra realm issues that might pop up and after that so should my duty be to the populated southern regions as the northern once had always managed to handle themselves and for me to only step in would a situation deteriorate out of hand or at least so his lordship magister Adolf auf kopparfält taught me when he instructed me in how to rule as duke and later on high king!"

Prince Primus spoke, but Sophia thought he had rather missed the point somewhat. She did not mean to divert his attention from the most pressing issues of the state, but it was the way he had offhandedly dismissed the little village as having no value that irked the Queen. She had received her "education" on ruling while on the throne, from the old veterans of politics and long serving advisers to her father. They had always ingrained in her the importance of never underestimating those around and indeed, below her.

"Your Royal Prince I do assure you that we do not expect you to divide your attention equally on all matters of your realm, but that is no barrier to loving all your people. We Kings stand high atop our thrones your Royal Prince, but it is by the efforts and toiling of those below us that raise us so, it is our duty never to dismiss them or think less of them, otherwise we may see our throne topple."

[Imeriata]

"Your Royal Prince I do assure you that we do not expect you to divide your attention equally on all matters of your realm, but that is no barrier to loving all your people. We Kings stand high atop our thrones your Royal Prince, but it is by the efforts and toiling of those below us that raise us so, it is our duty never to dismiss them or think less of them, otherwise we may see our throne topple." the queen said to Primus surprise as not only would it seem that she thought that he did not care for the villages which he did after all that was why he gave up ruling them so those with better knowledge of the region could do so

"while your royal highness are quite correct, it is after all why I would give the power in the region to the lords that knew better of it, after all who is better suited to rule an area than those who grew up there and know both the land and its people?" he begun before he went on to the second point she brought up "however while I do indeed understand that I as king should care for my people so is that nothing you must show them as a ruler should be an inspiring figure of authority and respect something that humanizing and attempt to make the commoners see as a human would destroy that respect!" He finished as he while he know that he had to care for his people even if he still thought that love where a to strong word as he himself know some that had been smitten by that madness and it was not a nice sight as he had seen men throw away honour and position for a mere servant and he did hope that he would never have to suffer that fate.

[Izzyshipper]

"However while I do indeed understand that I as king should care for my people so is that nothing you must show them as a ruler should be an inspiring figure of authority and respect something that humanizing and attempt to make the commoners see as a human would destroy that respect!"

Prince Primus said, much to the disagreement of Queen Sophia. How could one expect to rule for the good of the people without their love and happiness? It was not the way she ruled, did not the stern and harsh ruler's respect turn so easily into fear? Fear in the masses spread like wildfire, and like fire it's nature could turn so unexpectedly, into anger or spite, if you were not careful you would be burned.

"We could not disagree more your Royal Prince! Do you not love your father? Yet you do respect him of course. Such is that relationship we should have with our subjects, we that do marry the realm could say our people are the offspring of that union, and we should cherish them so!"

After Queen Sophia spoke she though it especially fitting for her to defend such a sentiment, after all she had married a commoner. Edward had been from a wealthy family yes, but he was certainly not from any great family or any Noble House. He was nouveau riche as her aunt used to disapprovingly say whenever she met wealthy businessmen and suchlike, and indeed it was her who repealed the law barring non-royal marriages between members of the Royal Family.

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OOC: 100th Post, yaay!