Dusting off old muse

[the_black_sword]

Once again you seek to bend my will to yours, how vexing. Though judging from your actions as of late, you will fall short in this venture as you have done in the previous ones solely due to your lack of focus. It is pitiful. Unless you find your determination somewhere inside that object you claim to be a "mind", I would suggest you stop this before you embarrass yourself.

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[faeryqueen]

The Shadow Knight?

[You're the last person she expected to see here around these parts, Oswald. Definitely not a welcome sight for Elfaria to behold, but she isn't so crass to state that.

Though, he will be met with a wariness.]

How ponderous. I take it that my nephew has sent you here.

[the_black_sword]

Queen Elfaria?

[He thought you were dead, though at the mention of Melvin a tinge of bitterness, sorrow and anger ring in his heart.]

Melvin has nothing to do with me being here. [He says Melvins name with such spite, anymore would make the sky turn dark.]

[faeryqueen]

[The queen sighs heavily. She could clearly hear the malice in his tone.]

What of Melvin, I wonder. Has he...become what I suspected?

[the_black_sword]

He sought to take the throne of Ringford for himself but failed. Your daughter, Mer-.....Queen Mercedes and her forces defeated us. Melvin perished, and the Halja came for me as my power had diminished due to Belderivers curse.

...

You should be proud of your daughter, your majesty. She became a fine queen.

[faeryqueen]

[She closes her eyes once he began to speak of her beloved Ringford. It would seem that her passing indeed bring chaos to her kingdom.

Long ago, she suspected that Melvin would soon cast his bid for the royal throne but she hoped otherwise. Too much grief had already claimed her realm in the form of the war she waged against Odin. She had hoped that her nephew would act as her daughter's adviser, and not her enemy.

How foolish of her to have hoped.]

I see.

[There's so much more she wishes she could say, but she won't show her emotions here. Instead, a hint of a smile forms at her lips once the Shadow Knight speaks of Mercedes.]

I always knew she would make me proud.

[Her eyes open.]

She would be a fair queen, a just one. May her reign be a peaceful one.