Chapter 10 – Meeting in the Palace – part 1
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Seya is already fifteen years old, and he was grabbing some food and leaving the house. “Mother, we are going today, right? The carriage is already at the door!”
Anna rushed from her room, with some papers under one arm while biting one apple with her free hand. “Coming! I am ready, wait for me!”
Seya looked at his mother, and he smiled while shaking his head because of her always distracted behaviour. “Mother... I don't really mind, but maybe it was better if you put on a skirt or...”
Anna looked down and she screamed! How was that possible, always forgetting something!
“Ah! I forgot! Wait, I will be right back!”
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Anna was putting together her notes, riding in the carriage with Seya, that was looking outside, enjoying the scenery. They were riding at full speed for some time, with either Anna or Seya using Healing Magic on the horses and the rider, to arrive faster at the Palace.
Seya wanted to go using his Gateway, but his mother said it was better to go by carriage because on the way back, she wanted to make a few stops on some villages.
She sighed and asked him, already fearing the answer. “This is strange, going to the Palace because the King summoned you. What did you do this time?”
“I don’t know. But I guess it’s because of this year’s harvest that the farmers of our village delivered since the message came from the Noble Administrator responsible for this region.”
“That’s possible, I guess. At the end of last year, our village had the biggest harvest ever. And at the beginning of this year, the harvest was bigger than any other from the entire region!”
“Mother, you will see the harvest at the end of this year, it will be another record!”
“Oh, by the way, what did you talked with your father before we leave the house? It was something about the next harvest?”
Seya smiled while rubbing his hands like a madman. He always joked like that, to point out some crazy idea that he had. His mother knew that very well, and she always hid her face, embarrassed, every time he did that. And he always joked, when he was near her.
“Well, I am well prepared for any question that the King makes, so I asked father to help me from this side when I request the King some Ownership Laws for my ideas and equipment that the farmers used. If everything goes accordingly to my plan, I am going to be very, very rich!!! Muahmuahmuah!!!”
“The evil laughter... Why do you work so hard? Since you were five years old, you have been helping on the Market, on the Inn, or anywhere that needed a part-time employee. You even sold in the Market some hunt that you caught on the Eternal Forest! Your father brings home money from his work, I do the same, we are not poor, why are you always working like that instead of being just a normal child and playing with your friends?”
“I play with them, but I like to help and get paid! And I have some plans for my future, and those works and this meeting with the King, it’s all for that.”
“Care to share with me some of those plans?”
“It’s a surprise, but I will make you, father, and the Denar’ans very proud!”
“Silly, we are already very proud of you!”
“You are going to be even more! I will go down in history as the most outstanding boy of the last Millennia! All will kneel before the Mighty Seya 'Taly' Denar’an Hinamoto! Muahmuahmuah!!!”
Anna was hiding her face again, while Seya was impersonating an evil Mage while rubbing his hands. “The evil laughter again... he completely lost it now...”
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When they arrived at the Palace, the King got up from his throne and shook Anna’s and Seya’s hands, like he always did every time they went to the palace.
They were two of the few people in the Kingdom to whom the King acted like that. “Welcome, Anna Hinamoto and Seya. I am glad that you arrived!”
Anna and Seya greeted the King at the same time. “We thank you, Your Majesty.”
King Rohan pointed with his hand to several persons gathered in the Throne Room, that were smiling at Anna and looking with curiosity to Seya. “As you can see, I have here some people that I would like to introduce, at least to the young Seya, since Anna already knows some of them. The Administrator responsible for the region where you live, The Minister of Internal Affairs and Agriculture and The Minister of Finances. The Minister of the Military and The Minister of the Magical Division are here because I thought they need to hear and see the young Seya over here since he always pulls out something unheard off and I want to see their faces when he surprises everyone! Ahahahah!”
Anna hid her face with her hands, she was already getting nervous. “I knew it, what did Seya do this time, your Majesty? Did he get caught again escaping from the Palace with the Princess to go hunt on the Eternal Forest like last time?”
King Rohan smiled and he looked at Seya, very close to his face. “Nothing like that. Either they learned their lesson, or they became smarter on their continuous escapes from this Palace! They were never caught again!”
Seya tried his best to remain completely serious, trying to hide his nervousness. “I am not going to deny neither confirm anything, Your Majesty...”
King Rohan laughed, he realized that Seya was making an effort to not let anything slip. “Ahahaha!... Okay then, moving to the reason why I called you both here. Seems like the Administrator of your region on the last year received a surprising amount of harvested products. And at the beginning of this year, despite never happening before throughout the entire Kingdom, your village had a harvest that could compensate for the small harvest of every other village in your region. So, I talked with my Ministers here and I called the Administrator because no one could figure out a reason for that, and guess what? It seems the farmers on your village were just imitating young Seya over there!”
Anna was wobbling. Her son did it again… “I knew it... Can someone bring me a chair? I need to sit or I am going to faint...”
The Administrator quickly grabbed a nearby chair and place it near Anna, that was being held by the King himself. “Please take this one, Great Healer!”
Seya smiled, everything was going according to his plan. “Yeah, sounds a little weird, right? So, I guess my King wants to ask what is that I do differently, correct?”
King Rohan nodded. “That's exactly why I called you.”
Seya smiled and tried to look serious. “Well, my King sure remembers some years ago, when I came with my mother to help the Princess when she hurt her neck? I made a lot of questions at that time.”
King Rohan nodded, happily smiling, remembering what happened. “Yes, I never forgot that day.”
“I came prepared. Like my King told me that day, I have prepared some papers, drawings, and proofs for the sudden increase in harvest. I ask my King an Official Meeting to request for some Ownership Laws.”
King Rohan was surprised, he even lost his will to smile. “Some Ownership Laws?”
The Ministers were looking at Seya and then at each other, trying to see if any of them understood that. “…What?”
Seya placed his hands on his waist, so proud of himself. “Yes, some. I have some ideas and some new equipment that will revolutionize the farming production of the entire Kingdom. And of course, I want to be rewarded for that.”
King Rohan was puzzled. “Interesting. Please continue, seems that you got everyone’s attention. Except for your mother over there, she seems to be fainting.”
When Seya looked at his mother, Anna really had a bad look, all white and with blank eyes. Seya quickly went to her and tried to calm her. “Mother, breathe... air in, air out, air in...”
The Minister of Agriculture approached the King. “My King, what's the meaning of this? This child here is joking, right? The farming production of our Kingdom never had any problem. It is enough to feed the people on our Kingdom!”
Seya looked at the Minister and questioned him. “Maybe, but have you noticed that the land in many places is not as productive as it used to be? And it's not true that the sales of our harvest to other countries is getting lower because there are not enough products?”
The Minister of Agriculture became angry. Only a few people knew about that situation. “Where did you get this classified information?”
Seya just questioned him again, like if he already knew the answer. “It is true or not?”
King Rohan confirmed while his Minister was burning in anger and biting his lips. “Yes, that’s correct... and how is that related to the harvest in your village?”
“Simply put, I have been testing new methods and equipment for taking care of my fields on the back of our house. I have been doing that for some years, and I started selling on the Market the surplus of the harvest that I was having, twice a year.”
The Minister of Agriculture shouted, he was doubting Seya, and that last sentence was too much. “Ah, that’s a lie, there’s no way land can produce two harvests every year!”
Seya pointed with his thumb to the Minister while looking at the King. “My King, can you expel this guy over here? He doesn’t want to hear or learn anything, he is only interrupting me.”
“I agree. Minister, either you shut up or I will have you thrown out of this room.”
The Minister of Agriculture tried to excuse himself while pointing a finger at Seya and looking very angry. The other Ministers were also mumbling, feeling insulted. “My apologies my King, but this child...”
“Silence! You should all stay put and let him speak! Don’t underestimate him because of his age! Minister of the Military, you are a RabbitKind Warrior so you may have heard about Taly Denar’an, correct?”
“That’s correct my King, every RabbitKind knows Taly Denar’an’s name!”
“Seya, say your full name!”
“I am Seya 'Taly' Denar’an Hinamoto, I am the nephew of the RabbitKind King, and I was granted this honourable name five years ago when I passed the Denar’an Trials!”
The Minister of the Military had his mouth wide open. “You are Seya Denar’an? I have heard of a Human child that was on the Denar’an Trials five years ago from my brother, one of the Examiners at that time!”
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