#101 "The Queen's Wish" (part two)
Before the king and queen's promised divorce, the king allowed her to date other guys inside the palace. A secret rendezvous will take place in the queen's chamber every night. However, within the 12 nights, the queen didn't know that the twelve men she met are actually no other than her own husband, Arthur.
Magic stone is a rare gems that is also use to change the appearance of the user one at a time. It was the same stone the king used to hid his original appearance from the queen every time they meet at her chamber. Basically, he did show 12 different handsome faces to her and introduced different names: Wonwoo, Seungcheol, Jeonghan, Joshua, Junhui, Hoshi, Woozi, Minghao, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino.
King Arthur wanted to continue this, for he also enjoyed the queen's company. She's different that he thought... so different that he slightly regret not knowing her true colors for the past years. Then Arthur started to wonder if he made the wrong choice of telling her about their upcoming divorce.
'Should I really divorce my wife?' Arthur asked himself.
If he'll tell her that he's the person behind those men she met, (Y/n) will probably feel deceived. But if he won't, she might grow farther from his side. Whatever the right answer is, Arthur must solve the problem about the limited magic stones. There are only two stones left. He needs to wait at least a year to get an enough supplies if he wanted to continue his disguise in front of the queen! Fortunately, his trustworthy right hand/friend, found a solution.
"Do you think he'll come here today?" King arthur asked Jeremy. He was sitting while shaking his crossed legs, as if he wished time would fly so fast.
"The magician sent a notice that he'll come right away. Well, he knew he'll be in trouble if he declined the king's invitation. Unless he's an idiot." Jeremy rolled his eyes.
"Okay. Okay," Arthur nodded his head as he took a deep breath.
Exactly after five seconds.
"Why he is not here yet?" Arthur groaned.
"Maybe he's on his way, you're Majesty."
After exactly another five seconds.
"Then why he isn't here yet?"
"You're majesty, are you aware that you asked me the same question five seconds ago?" Jeremy sighed.
"I am."
"Then why do I need to repeat my answer?"
"Because that's your job, Jeremy."
"If only I know what will be my job, I shouldn't have accepted your request to be your knight, Dokyeom."
"So tell me, why he isn't here yet?"
"Argh."
The magician that the king badly wanted to see is known for casting a spell which change the appearance of anybody. He is really on his way to the palace but was stopped when the queen carriage passed by at the market. Busy people halted their works to gather and make a line along the carriage way, so they could show respect to the the second most important person in the kingdom. The magician also waited at the side and was excited to see the queen's carriage, since he just came from the countryside.
"How did you know that the queen's carriage will appear?" he asked at the person standing beside him.
"Only the imperial family has the golden dragon and lion embarked at their carriage," a reply he got.
At the exact moment, the prestigious carriage slowly passed at the magician's side. He watched it with hanged loose mouth, as if he's too amaze how gorgeous the carriage is and how many gold engraved at that thing.
"City near the palace is really amazing," he gasped.
Suddenly, the queen's carriage stopped. Everyone, including the magician, waited in confusion at the sudden scenario. Then, a frail white hand set aside the purple curtain. Blueish eyes, long blonde hair, skin as white as porcelain and pinkish lips, the queen's beauty that will put shame in any gorgeous painting in the world, captured the eyes of the people.
It was like a moment when you finally reached the stars in the sky or when you arrived at the peak of the mountain. Looking at her face sent a weird satisfaction in everyone's faint heart. That's how admirable the queen's beauty is. Even the magician who travelled far away and saw almost the most gorgeous views in Earth, was bewitched by queen (Y/n).
'She's really pretty,' the magician cheered inwardly.
Looking calm and elegant, the queen sent her gaze towards the magician. Wasn't sure if she's really looking at him, the magician checked his sides in panic.
'Is she staring at me?!' he wondered and even pointed himself.
When the queen nodded, his heart started to beat so fast. But when she smiled, the beating of his heart stopped.
The curtain fell down and the carriage moved again. Reeled and amazed, the magician clenched his chest as he murmured, "What was that?"
Because he was too bothered with the queen's weird behavior, it took him an hour just to get in the palace.
At last, king Arthur met the magician he's been waiting since last night.
"Greetings to the Kingdom's brightest sun," he knelt down in front of Arthur.
Arthur sent a gesture to Jeremy so he could check there'll be no one around the area. And so Jeremy went out, leaving the two all alone. Sensing this, the magician barely guess that his task will be a secret to many.
"Raise your head and introduce yourself," the king allowed.
The magician raised his head and smiled. "My name is Roberto. I am a traveller who goes wherever his heart lead him to. My spell to change someone's appearance within a day is what I used as my livelihood. But never did I commit a crime with this, you're Majesty."
"I'm aware," Arthur sighed.
"Then if may I ask, what could be the reason why you invited a lowly person like me in your palace? You're Majesty."
"I wanted you to change my appearance every night. Give me a handsome face, to be exact. I'll give you a place to stay here inside the palace and even pay you a bag of gold every time you do your job."
'Free accommodation and bag of gold?! Wow!' the magician rejoiced inside his head, punching the air with his fist in his imagination.
"But you need to keep this a secret between the two of us. You are not allowed to spill this to anyone, until the day you die. Or else, I'll take your life."
"This servant will surely do what you're Majesty wants."
"Great." Arthur smiled. "I bet you're tired from the long journey. Jeremy will bring you to your new room so you could rest."
"You're majesy, if you allow me, rather than going into my room, can I visit the palace's garden?"
"The palace garden?" Arthur frowned his brows.
"I heard that the imperial family have Frea roses in their garden. It is a rare flower that shine brightly like diamonds. As a traveller, I always dreamt of seeing a Frea roses with my own eyes."
The king let out a hoarse laugh as he agreed, "Okay. You can visit the palace's garden. I'll ask someone to accompany you."
"May the sun of the kingdome rise in the East," Roberto said to show his gratitude.
At the palace's garden, Jeremy left Roberto so he could enjoy sightseeing around. Green sceneries, flowers in different colors and Frea roses that shimmered along the sunset's light welcomed the visitor who came from the far away land. Roberto is so happy to fulfill his long time dream. He couldn't believe that a day like this, when he doesn't need to think what to eat the next morning, will come. A wealthy beautiful place and a job that pay enough to buy his own castle someday, he's so grateful to accept them from the king. However...
"Is it okay to hide my real name from the king?" Roberto murmured to himself.
To protect his identity, the magician never used his real name whenever he accepted a job. A spell that can change a person's appearance is rare so he's afraid to let his real name spread widely. But, is it really okay to hide this even from the king?
"Well, there's won't be a problem, I guess," he reassured. "All I need is to do my job."
"You got another job?"
Roberto eyes widened! How come he failed to sense the person who just walked closely behind him?!
Just when he turned around and saw the woman standing near, he was in grave panic. He quickly knelt down and greeted, "Greetings to the kingdom's shining moon, you're highness, the queen."
(Y/n) chuckled at his formal greeting which he didn't do at their first meeting; that's what she thought.
"You may stand," she allowed.
Slowly standing, Roberto kept his eyes down. He wouldn't dare look at her highness's face, even if he already did when he saw her at the carriage before.
"It's been a long time. How have you been?" (Y/n) asked which made him frown.
'It's been a long time?' Roberto wondered. 'I don't remember seeing her highness, except that time at the city.'
But even he's confused, he answered, "Y-Yeah, you're highness."
"So did you get another job that's why you didn't visit my chamber ever since that night?"
Blinking swiftly, he stuttered, "W-well", while thinking, 'What should I say? I never meet her highness at her chamber! What the hell is happening?!'
"You didn't know how happy I was to see you again, Wonwoo."
When the queen called his real name, the magician finally looked into her eyes.
"Your silver hair under the sunset is pretty. It looks like the Frea rose, Wonwoo," she said with an alluring smile that is as warm as the sun. ''
Roberto...No... Wonwoo, stared at her, thinking how she got to know his name and why his heart skipped a beat the moment he saw her smile again.
King Arthur was blessed with a power to dream about another's person's life. So whenever he's in disguised, he used the name and appearance of those people that was on his dreams. That's why, Seungcheol, Jeonghan, Joshua, Junhui, Hoshi, Woozi, Minghao, Mingyu, Vernon, Seungkwan, Dino are names of real people he used. And that includes Wonwoo, a man who lived in Youwi kingdom.
When Arthur used Wonwoo's appearance, he forgot to look at the mirror and observed the face he has that night. Thus, unable to recognize the man he used at the first night he met the queen is a huge mistake. And it'll be a big trouble, someday.
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