Part two to the Royalty AU

Ruel comes out from his room, security guards on his front and his back, and walks to the throne. Everyone gets on their knees and don't look up. Ruel sits on the throne and everyone gets up from the ground. Two guards come in the palace, bow in front of Ruel and stand back up. Ruel nods at them.

"What news do you have for the court today?" Ruel asks.

The first guard pulls out a scroll of paper and opens it. He clears his throat before he begins to speak. "Prices of tamarind has increase in the market, allowing profits for the shopkeepers. Our trades with neighbouring countries are moving smoothly, especially after we signed the peace treaty. And in the neighbouring kingdom of Slathen, the heir has been captured and a person died in the kingdom. They are sinking more and more in corruption."

"What's happening in Slathen?" Ruel asks worriedly, bringing his hand up to his mouth, rings on his fingers gleaming under the bright lights of the palace.

"The heir is captured, your majesty. The current king isn't the rightful ruler. Word is that he has captured the heir and the heir is also to be executed-" A minister begins but he gets cut off.

"WHAT?! EXECUTION!" Ruel gets up from his throne, a look of anger and worry all mixed up on his face. All of the people in the palace, his ministers, his subjects, everyone looks at him with wide eyes, not able to think what he's going to do next, but suspecting him to do one specific thing.

"I want all my guards coming with me to Slathen to free the real heir and kill the current king-"

"But, your majesty," The same minister begins, "we aren't even in any sort of contact with the Slathen. We don't trade with them, we have never met the king there, we just don't know them."

"But that doesn't mean we aren't going to help them," Ruel states, "whoever willingly wants to come with me, can. Otherwise I am going alone." And with that, Ruel walks out of the palace to the horse stables to get his horse. Four of his guards do follow him, ready to fight against them with Ruel. They all get on their horses, and pick up their weapons - swords.

The five kick off on their houses and go out of the stables and come on the road. Whenever the normal people see Ruel, they all bow in front of him, paying him their respect. Slathen is around 4 hours away from Kamor when you travel on a horse. It may take more if you take breaks in between for rest. But Ruel is determined to reach their as quick as he can, ready to not take a break and to just ride his horse.

"Your majesty, can we... can we rest?" A guard says, panting loudly. Its been two hours and they have been riding continuously. The other guards nod and mumble 'yes' and 'please', entirely breathless. Ruel sighs and nods at them, and all of them stop. They are currently next to a river. The water is flowing, a beautiful voice echoing in their surroundings. All of them sit down at the river bank and one of the guards pulls out a bag which has food in it. He opens it and hands everyone a rice cake. Everyone eats a rice cake, resting at the bank and enjoying the voice of the flowing river.

"Your majesty, what's our plan? How are we supposed to defeat them, and have the real heir on the throne?" A guard asks, washing his hands with the water from the river.

"I don't have a plan, we will just attack. I don't want the fake ruler ruling on the kingdom," Ruel explains. He gets up from the ground and so do the guards. "Come on now, we should get going to Slathen." All the guards nod and everyone gets back on their horses and begin to ride to Slathen.

The light of the day slowly fades away as the afternoon descends into the evening. And that's when the five reach Slathen. They enter the kingdom, seeing the market roads. There are heaps of spices, chocolate, clothes, jewelry and what not being sold in the market. The people slowly begin to notice Ruel and his guards walking in their kingdom. They all begin murmuring among each other, sharing their opinions regarding Ruel's unknown visit.

"That's the king of Kamor isn't it..."

"Yes that is Ruel Van Dijk, their king..."

"He treats his subjects with utmost respect..."

"Everyone wishes to have a ruler like him..."

"Why is he here though..."

Ruel and his guards reach the palace of Slathen. All along the way people keep murmuring around him, recognising him as the king of Kamor, appreciating him. Ruel is a very good leader, and has done nothing but work for the welfare for his subjects; he does everything he promised at his coronation. Ruel isn't married yet, but his family does want him to get married before he turns 25.

At the entry of the palace, there are guards standing, who are not letting Ruel and his own guards enter inside.

"State your business." One guard says.

"I want to meet your king," Ruel says, "I'm Ruel Van Dijk, the king of Kamor." The guard goes to the other guards and talks to them in hushed voices. After a small discussion he walks back to Ruel.

"Your highness," he begins, "the king is busy with his own task-"

"I DON'T CARE!" Ruel yells. He pulls out his sword and inserts it right into the guard's stomach. He drops on the ground, even before he could process what happened. The other guards at the entrance run up to Ruel with their spears in their hands and attack. A guard moves his spear ahead to kill Ruel, but Ruel kicks out the spear from his hand and kills him with his own sword. Ruel's other guards defeat the Slathen guards and soon all the Slathen guards are on the ground, dead. Ruel gets off his horse and pushes the gate of the palace and runs inside. His guards follow him, right on his heels, without their horses too.

In the palace there is a path, which has gardens on its left and right. There are various fountains, flowers and shrubs in the gardens. He follows the bricked path and reaches the court. There is a red carpet in the court, which leads to the throne. But, the court is empty. There is no one, not even a single soul.

"Y/n y/l/n,"

Ruel hears a deep voice booming in the distance. He runs to the back of the court to see an entrance. He walks out the entrance to see the most horrifying sight.

A girl, with a noose around her neck. She isn't hanged yet. The king is right in front of the girl, and there are other various guards. As soon as all of them hear Ruel and his guards enter, they all turn their heads to look at him.

The king, instead of being frightened, begins to smile widely. "Well well well, if it isn't Ruel Van Dijk, the king of Kamor."

"Yes it's me," Ruel begins, "and I demand for this execution to stop!"

"Oh perhaps you didn't hear me properly," the king says, a fake innocent look all over his face, "I said 'if it isn't Ruel Van Dijk, the king of Kamor'. I said Kamor, not Slathen. The king of Slathen is me, and everything here is under my control."

"Oh how I wish I cared."

Ruel walks to the king whilst pulling out his sword. The king pulls out his own. With a scream Ruel strikes his sword ahead but the king blocks it with his own. Ruel's guards attack on Slathen's guards. The voices of swords and spears clacking against each other echoes in the surroundings.

"You... will... never... beat me!!" The king yells, bringing his sword in front of Ruel's stomach, but he blocks it.

"I demanded you to free the girl, but you didn't!" Ruel bellows. The king screams and brings his sword next to Ruel's neck, but he ducks at the right time. Just as he ducks, he moves his sword towards the king's stomach, and inserts it in there. With a grunt he pulls his sword back out, and the king drops on the floor, dead. Ruel turns to see his guards trying to get y/n off the noose, since they kill the other guards before Ruel kills the king.

"Leave, I'll her free her." The guards nod and walk out of the place. Ruel runs towards y/n, dropping his sword on the ground. He removes the noose from her head and frees her. Just as y/n gets freed, she instantly wraps her arms around Ruel.

"Thank you for saving me," she sobs. Ruel moves his hand up and down her back softly, trying to calm her.

"It's okay," He says softly. Y/n pulls from the hug and Ruel holds her face in his, ever so delicately, caressing her cheeks with his thumbs. "Are you okay?"

Y/n nods. "I'm fine." She gives a small smile, which Ruel acknowledges back.

"I'm Ruel," he says.

"I'm y/n."

Author's note

Soooo... this is the second part. Yuhh I hope y'all like it! I am not good at writing fighting scenes, so I apologise if they are horrible (which they are)

This chapter is out for many reasons. First, Miss bella_stylinson91 forced me all morning to publish it.

Second, lolavandijkk's Ruel imagines hit 14K!! (read it if you haven't yet 🔪)

but the biggest reason is that RUEL AND SUNDAY ARE OFFICIAL YEAHHH I'M SO HAPPY SUNDEL SUNDEL SUNDEL MY SHIP IS FLOATING YUHH

THEY ARE SO COOT TOGETHER 😩🥺

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With love through health and sickness
Keziah