'Til Kingdom Comes - The Banished Prince Vol 3: The Prophecy

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"Good morrow, Your Majesty. You summoned me to bring all the porcelain ware pieces that had been completed. Are you looking for improvements or anything, Your Majesty?"

Molly came in carrying a small wooden crate and had been filled with every single piece of porcelain ware that she was leading the workers to produce and fired in the kiln inside the factory.

She thought that we wished to reprimand her or maybe suggest some changes but nothing of that sort was mentioned at all.

Instead after peering inside the wooden crate that filled with unmarked pieces like the peanut butter and fruity jams, I was delighted and thanked her for it. "Once we had completed these projects, and if it needs to be, those working with you would be deployed to other production lines in other factories."

"As for you, maybe you would like to help out Alicia since she is alone at the moment and she would be handling a large work area all by yourself. You would still be paid under our payroll, as usual."

She had a look of alarm flashed across her face as she exclaimed, "Your Majesty, so you won't be needing my service anymore, is it? Wuwuwu... I knew that this trade is of no use in the long run. Wuwuwu... I still am a bull-headed person who still wants to learn this trade."

We were alarmed as well when she started to sob. For a lady that is not so young anymore and shouldering so many responsibilities in her life and at the same time spearheading an important team for producing fine porcelain ware, she thought that she would be redundant within a matter of time.

"Hush, Molly. Please don't shed any more tears. It's not that you would be redundant but because we are taking over to create these porcelain ware instead. At the meantime you would give us your support, will you?"

"Eehh? Your Majesty is taking over the porcelain ware? But... There's so much work to do and you need to have dainty hands to make those vials."

"Other than that, you may have so much on your hands and do you really have time to spare to do these as well?"

Molly inquired since she knew nuts about what we can do at the realm which could enhance the productivity. Furthermore, we are not entirely dismissing the whole line of workers but we sure need people to stick those labels right? I have yet to see how each so-called stickers looked like.

Eagle was still sitting there and was nibbling in a piece of fishball that he had in his hands and we nearly forgot about him since we need to discuss with him in private right after this.

"Alright Molly, just do what you need to do now and we would be calling you back once we are done to assign a new task for you."

"At the meantime, don't be too sad, alright? You are still with us and definitely, Alicia would need your help of making some apparatus to refine some of the things she had in mind when the Alchemy building had been completed."

"It would be ready somewhere in this week," I reassured Molly as she wiped her face clean of her tears earlier and then bowed slightly after leaving the crate filled with porcelain ware that she was working on and saw that these porcelain ware pieces were indeed fine and would make good collectables.

"Phew... This meeting had gone past its mark, don't you think so Eagle? I can't discuss this in front of the others but here... These are the trinkets that we had made last night at the realm."

"These are filled with blue sapphires and these gemstones were made to be tested by you only."

"See my earrings? They too had been socketed by blue sapphires, and for what I know, these gemstones are being used to increase mana points and also regenerate it over time."

"Here, take this skills book with you. Learn all the basic normal commands first and then try them out and let me know the results."

"These trinkets have 13 sockets but I only fill one blue sapphire each. By right it would be giving you a total of 175 on top of what you have now."

"I can see my own stats but I can't see yours and you can't see yours too. But from what my former self as Robin the Hood had done, I believed it should work for you too."

I handed the trinkets to Eagle where he held his palms together to accept them from me. He was so grateful to receive such fine things from me that his eyes were nearly brimming with tears.

He thanked me profusely and immediately put on the trinkets given to him. Once he had done so, he felt nothing had changed but he took the skills book along.

It was still the 'SHOUT' skills book that I had shown him earlier while I keep the rest of the books at the study.

If he knew that I have all the warrior classes as well as all their hex and spells along with all the materials to make one super overpowered, he would definitely drool right there and then. Hahaha.

"Thank you for your time, Eagle. Study well and let me know, alright? See if you can learn and see how fast you deplete a single command if used repeatedly."

"I should be thanking you, Your Majesty. Yes, I will give you a detailed report once I am done with the test of how many of the commands I could execute at this moment."

"After that, I would read and memorise all the basic normal commands in this skills book. If you say that these blue sapphires would help me to generate and fill up my mana pool, I'm sure I would be able to execute more commands later on."

I nodded as I told him that there 6 more sockets for me to fill with the blue sapphires. Besides, the blue sapphires are depleting in the realm and the only person who could conjure up is Priest Michael and it would definitely anger the dwarves if a lot of gemstones were being conjured up through the Priest.

We bade Eagle farewell as we went to our study and pushed the hand cart outside and into the balcony. We pushed all the items inside the study to be around us and this gives ample space for us to bring back those crates from the realm.

"Dear, I think its time for our pioneers to have their own house because we really need to have one of the rooms downstairs for our trip to and from the realm. Let me talk to them this evening, alright?"

Heather mentioned it to me and I kissed her forehead as a reply. It doesn't need words to say how much I appreciate her help since the three rooms would soon be vacated and would leave only the standby rooms for the domain soldiers and the main treasury room right at the end of the hallway.

Our twins were already in bed after we checked them since we had made such a ruckus shifting out things in the study room. After we got into positions to meditate, soon, we arrived at the White Room after we went through a series of the vortex.

"Ceres, could you repeat what you had said regards to the sticker thing that you had mentioned earlier?"

"I believe the person who would be doing them would be Heather here. I would be at the Fusion Chamber to duplicate all these porcelain ware to prepare for the production lines of tomorrow... "

I called out to Ceres and its voice sounded throughout the realm as I checked the wooden crate that was filled with the sets of porcelain ware that I would be duplicating through the machines.

"Heather, are you sitting down comfortably at your personal computer? If you are, bring up the desktop publishing program and then insert a new image on the screen. Yes... That's it, it's fine if it's just a thought bubble saying, 'Busy Making Money'."

This is a new printer setup so you need to listen to me carefully, yes? Click on file and print then stop where you are. Select the paper type, click the down-facing arrow, yes... That's it, it's right there."

"Alright, then choose sticker paper from the list of pull-down menu from imperial paper. Yes, that's it, Heather, you are doing very good indeed. Alright, click on the sticker paper listed there."

"Alright, it has brought you to the print menu, right? Check the number of prints and make sure its set to one piece and then click print." it's simple am I right? What you had done is to choose the type of media you want it printed on."

"Yesterday, you printed lots of copies on normal imperial paper but today you had printed out on a sticker paper. Go on, check the output tray and remove the printout."

"Okay, that's good. The printer is equipped with its own cut out accessory soo right now the edges have been cut slightly. Go on, peel it and see if it's sticky."

"Aahh...very good Heather. You had made the first sticker that's only available here in the realm and see if it could be stuck on the wooden crate. Oh... On your dress would also work very fine too...!"

Heather had peeled the sticker off from the sticker paper and instead of sticking it on something that could be seen and used prominently, she had stuck the paper on the blouse she was wearing instead...!

I had seen through all the processes of her handiwork right to the part where she sticks the cut-out sticker on her blouse and we both can't help laughing as Heather stood before me and pointed at the thought bubble sticker that says 'Busy Making Money'. Hahahaha...!

"Hey dear, how's this? This is perfect to make the sticker labels for all the products. I did bring your journal with me and I could list out the chunky peanut butter and the creamy peanut butter first. Hmm, the sticker would be able to fit in the surface of the mug, right?"

I bobbed my head and replied, "Yes dear, come, try to fit the sizes within this piece of paper." I took the printout that she had peeled the sticker off and I folded it into 3 lengthwise and then into many folds so that she would be able to fit in at least 15 images inside a single piece of paper.

"I will proceed to the Fusion Chamber to duplicate all these porcelain ware into a 1,000 pieces first. I would be heading back here soon right after, would that be okay?"

I highlighted to her and she agreed and sat her personal computer as she began to move the wireless mouse all over the surface of the table before she inserted a few images to represent some peanut butter and she did find something close.

A picture of a monkey nut, leaning against a bottle and wearing a top hat and a monocle on one eye.

She places the word 'CHUNKY' and positioned it into the bottle and then a similar picture but with the word 'CREAMY' in the other.

The words were bold and it was aligned at an angle and from the concentration that Heather had on her face, she was actually catching on to be the top desktop publisher there is and she is the ONLY one...!

"Alright dear, don't be too long. I want to see if the cut and paste you had taught me last night would work without your guidance and see if I could do it right. Go on ahead first, I would holler if I need you to come back here, alright?"

I gave Heather a thumbs up before I walked back a few steps and swiped the room to the Fusion Chamber. I made sure all the 10 machines were empty and had been reset to default before I opened up all the doors and inserted in all the porcelain ware inside the machines.

There were the vials for the perfumes, bottles for the Hungary water, large bottle for the hair shampoo, identical porcelain mugs for the peanut butter and all the fruity jams, porcelain ware for the Pomade, toothpaste and facial cleanser.

As some of the products have multiple types and varieties, the duplications were increased accordingly. As the need for the similar porcelain ware was needed for the rogue, blusher, eyeliner, eyeshadow and also the basic makeup foundation powder, the number of duplications for the round porcelain ware with its own cover was also increased.

Only the vials and borrows for the Hungary water and hair shampoo was set at 1,000 pieces and the others were set at 5,000. This would be more than enough to go round for the first batch.

I placed a crate into the marked out zone for the output since the whole realm was a spatial storage, I wished they I had gotten a handcart to haul the crates back.

"Why don't you visualise a handcart or two, Audemars. At least you don't have to enter back here to bring those handcarts to ferry those crates back to the real world." Ceres advised me and so I closed my eyes and visualised the same handcart that I had used to bring the crates of medals back.

I was unable to visualise two of the handcarts so I had to conjure them up on my mind to bring one at a time into the realm. I could feel a strain right after I had completed visualising those handcarts.

"Be careful, Audemars. You are at risk for the moment. You seemed to be putting on a strain on your mind again."

"Stay away from the realm and piggybacking for at least 48 hours, and then you would be fine. If you continue this daily, without your meditations and breathing exercise, you might put everyone at risk."

I heard what Ceres had said and I decided to return to the realm after resting for 2 days. At the meantime, I need to practise more so that my mind and body would get stronger. Besides, these few days had made me forget to run the Obstacle course and instead the feeling of not accomplishing my task.

I swiped the room across and came back to the White Room where Heather had heard the whole conversation and was worried that we could not go back to the real world.

She had left the machine before her and was waiting anxiously for me and when I appeared, she wanted to go back and let me rest.

"No, since we are here, I could sit on the sofa there, sip some tea while you finish printing a sample. Let me take a look and then you can save the project and print some more, alright?"

I spoke to Heather and gave her the encouragement and not to feel perturbed with such nitty-gritty things happening around me.

She nodded her head and made a sound as she went back to her machine and continue doing what she was doing while instead of me sitting on the sofa, I sat on my seat instead.