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After his tryst with Braith, Mark heads towards the hallways.

"Christopher?, yes I know where he might be at this time." He thinks.

Knowing where he has to go, Mark takes a turn towards right and after walking for a couple of minutes he stands before a door.

He reads the words encrypted on it -'Royal Advisor'.

He knocks on the door and heads inside when he hears the words 'come in.'

"Good afternoon, General. What brought you here at this time? I thought you might be training the new soldiers." A man in his early twenties speaks while putting a letter in a scroll.

"Good afternoon to you too, Royal Advisor. I was with the king. He is asking for you."

"Oh so he is the one behind that wound right?" The royal advisor says pointing towards Mark's lips where the wound was with the blood dried.

"Listen Christopher, it's none of your business. What happens between Braith and me should not be a topic for your concern. You don't have any right to speak in this." Mark says angrily.

"For your kind information, Mark this is a topic of my concern and" he pauses, keeps the scroll on the table and walks towards Mark. "I have each and every right to speak in this." He says with gritted teeth.

"The king hurts the General of the army. There must be a valid reason for this act. And as the royal advisor this is my duty to check what's wrong and speak against it." Christopher says strolling in his room.

"If you speak against the king, you will regret dear Christopher because the consequences would be painful." Mark says touching his sheath.

Looking at  Mark's hands and where they were heading Christopher smiles and says," Is this a monition?"

"Oh the royal advisor is  so smart! I thought he was dumb." Mark says sarcastically. Within fraction of seconds his smily face changes into a stern one.
"Yes it is a warning." He says glaring with gritted teeth to Christopher.

Christopher keeps calm and says," Thanks for the warning General. I will keep this in my mind."

"Great! Now go to the king Advisor. He shouldn't be kept waiting." Mark says anger still plastered on his face.

"Yes Sire." Both bow before each other and head in opposite directions.

Being the royal advisor Christopher should always think good of the king and for the king. But, he was total opposite of that.

He knew what kind of monster Braith was and he hated him for that. He pitied the people struggling under Braith's reign. He always thought of the subjects and felt sorry for them.
He made each and every effort to make the lives of the people better.

Many of them thought that Christopher should be the king but Braith was a very powerful man. He had the support of all the noble lords around the world.

In other words he had power. He also had one thing that Christopher would never have. Fear. The public feared him a lot and that served as a plus point for his strength.

"May I come in Sire?" Christopher asks with  respect in his tone.

He was obliged and forced to talk honourably with the king.
Both of them Braith and Christopher knew that this respect was fake.

"Yes Christopher." Braith says drinking his wine and emptying the glass.

Christopher bows before him. Braith shakes his head in acceptance. Looking before them no one would think that these two despise each other from the bottom of their hearts.

"What a bad atmosphere it is!" Braith exclaims looking at the thick cloudy sky.

"Is it the sky or me Sire?"

"Yes you are right Christopher. It's you." Braith says indignantly.

Christopher rolls his eyes.

"I saw that Chris." Braith says clenching his jaw.

"Sorry Sire."

Braith smiles. "You didn't understand your majesty. Let me complete my sentence first. Sorry Sire but don't call me Chris. You can call me Christopher or The Royal Advisor. But not Chris.

"The people who are close to me have that right Sire."

"Ain't I close to you Chris?"

"No your majesty."

"Oh."Braith sighs. He was gripping the glass so tight that it broke into million pieces. Blood started flowing from his hands.

Christopher runs towards the king.

"I am fine advisor. Bring the royal physician here." Braith says holding his bloody hand.

"Yes Sire." Christopher says.

Moments later the physician was in the king's bedroom. Christopher was standing outside.

"Thank God you called me Sire. The wound was deep. I took out all pieces of glass from the hand."
Christopher tilts his head to see the physician coming out of the room.

"How is he now?"

"Yes he is fine. He asked for you Sire." The physician says before going.

Christopher opens the door to see a Braith sitting on his bed.

"A king must not have anger issues like this." Christopher says.

"Not one bit interested in your nonsense."

"I was speaking the truth. It's true that truth is always bitter." Christopher says a little amused of irritating the king.

"You never disappoint to chafe me Christopher right?" Braith says with gritted teeth.

"You are absolutely right King." Christopher says smiling.

"How dare you insult me like that! You are bound to worship me. Bound to serve me. Bound to be loyal to me!" Braith shouts with a twisted look on his face.

"You are wrong Your highness. I am not bound to you by any means."

"Oh really? Being a royal advisor that you are it is your responsibility to think good of me." Braith says.

"My loyalty is to the kingdom. I serve to the people. It is my duty to do what is in the benefit of the subjects. Kings are temporary. They will come and go but the kingdom, it stays forever. So I am loyal to the kingdom not to someone who will not be here for eternity." Christopher says with composure.

Braith rolls his eyes and says," So you want me dead? Sorry kid but that will happen only after your death."

"We will see." Christopher says still not provoked.
Sometimes Braith felt surprised that how calm Christopher can be.

"Just wait and watch Christopher. By the way how are the arrangements going on?"

"They are going nicely. We won't disappoint the guests."

"Good. You can go now." Braith says keeping his head on the pillow and closing his eyes.

Christopher bows before him and closes the door before heading outside.

It was again another day with clashes between Braith and Christopher.

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