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[Light]

(Yeah XD)

TIME SKIP

Ludere leans her back against the wall, looking at the door leading to the room she had left the Young King inside. It should be done by now...

[~echo~]

A second later, the men from before walked through the door, muttering amongst themselves. The king sat, looking over several papers when he noticed Ludere. He smiled. "Good afternoon."

[Light]

Ludere walks into the room, her hands clasped behind her back, "Good evening, your majesty. I trust that your meeting went well?"

[~echo~]

The king snorted. "As well as a war meeting can go, I suppose," he said. "The old fools don't want to waste their troops on my war. They forget how profitable this war will be."

[Light]

She stops by the large table and relaxes her weight on it as she looks at him, "They won't fight with you then?" she asks, her eyebrows tilted downwards in thought.

[~echo~]

The king shook his head. "Old fools," he repeated. "They don't know a good cause when they see one."

[Light]

"What are you going to do now then?" she walks around, gazing at the papers with fleeting interest. "Hold off?"

[~echo~]

The king rubbed his eyes tiredly. "No, no. I will find others."

[Light]

Emerald eyes fix on a map, and she leans back on the table, her fingers brushing over the boundary line, "Your tired," she stated while looking back at him, "Take a break with me for awhile,"

[~echo~]

The king blinked. "Fine, fine. But only a half hour."

[Light]

Her face pinches, and she crosses her arms, "You have me brought here from across the sea to just spend about an hour a day with me? It's not healthy to spend so much time on work anyways,"

[~echo~]

He crossed his arms as well. "I am a king- I can't just take three hours off like normal people. I have important matters to deal with."

[Light]

"What's so important today then? More war?"

[~echo~]

"Trying to find more allies," he said firmly.

[Light]

"and you'll be sure to find them today?" she shakes her head, "No one will want to be your ally if they don't like the way you manage yourself,"

[~echo~]

He looked at her blankly. "They will join me because they see the power and might of my army and also the profit they will gain from fighting this war with me."

[Light]

"That's not all a leader thinks about," she sighs, her head tilting to the side as she looks out the window, "that's not all there is to war and conflict."

[~echo~]

"I wasn't asking you," he said with a sniff.

[Light]

"and I was just telling you," she hums.

[~echo~]

"Look, I'll take off forty minutes- take it or leave me be."