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Keeping A Secret

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"Soren!" Elincia called, moving as fast as her royal attire would allow to catch up with the sage.

With a heavy sigh of annoyance, the spell caster halted and turned to meet the emeralde. "Yes, Your Majesty?"

"Have you seen Ike? I can't seem to locate him anywhere! On top of that, the entire west wing is closed down under his orders! I'm forbidden to enter a wing of my own castle?!"

"Calm down. The wing is closed for renovations. As for Ike, he is meditating; I'm sure you'll trouble me to find him," the tactician replied, his tone flat and annoyed. He spoke to the Queen as if she were a child.

"You're his adviser, aren't you!?” she shot back. "I expect you to get him. His meetings start in three minutes. And as for you, I don't appreciate the tone in which you spoke to me! I am the Queen, and in this castle, there is a high respect towards its leaders, regardless of your status!"

Soren's expression remained indifferent through the Queen's rant. Elincia's words never seemed to effect the sage, and it bothered her to no end. "If you will keep your tone down to a civil level, I will gladly locate the King."

Elincia looked as if she wished to explode on the black-haired male. "I don't care if you are Ike's most trusted and favorite adviser, I demand the rightful dignity and respect from you. If I had any say, you would not be an adviser at the castle. I would have you dismissed at once."

Again, Soren looked unchanged.

The pair saw Ike emerge from around the corner, walking their way. He reached them in no time, with his large steps. "Is everything okay?" he asked looking between the two.

Soren nodded to his close friend and said, "Your wife was just filling me in on my fate in the event that I--"

"Your adviser is making a mockery of--"

"Elincia, I'm talking. Don't interrupt me again," the sage commanded softly, never once raising his voice. He turned back to the king. "I was just informed that if Elincia had her say in my future, I would not have a place in this castle."

The King looked at Elincia, his eyes bearing down upon her. "Is this true?"

"Well...." the Queen shifted her feet. "Your most trusted adviser has not shown me any respect what so ever since he arrived here. His tone and words are most unkind, and he talks to me as if I were a child, Ike! Is there any way you would tolerate this?! I just let him know that if it were me, I would never keep such a person who exhibited this behavior."

Ike was quiet for a moment before he turned to Soren. "Thank you for informing me. There is much work to be done as you know, I wish for you to attend to it."

“As you wish, King Ike," the adviser said with a small bow and walked away from the royal pair to attend to Pit.

"And, Elincia... What I don't get is that you praised Soren for his bluntness back in the war, but now you'd throw him out for it? In all these years, he hasn't changed, so why is it a problem now?" the King asked, his tone hard.

"I-I don't know Ike," she said. “Maybe I'm just not feeling well today… It's just he's shown no ounce of respect. He hardly even acknowledges me. It's as if I'm the weed in his garden."

"He's never cared about anyone else but his close friends..." Ike started.

"You're his only friend, Ike," Elincia interjected.

Ike sighed. "He treats you no different than anyone else, and I'd like it if you would stop using everything he does to criticize him."

"Are you serious?" the Queen asked. "Ike, you are asking me to let it go as if it isn't important. Don't you care how people treat me!? I am your wife!" she yelled.

"I know that. But I am asking you very kindly to stop attacking my friend. I will have a talk with him, but there is nothing I can forcefully do to change who he is," Ike explained.

"Just do something, or you and I will have a problem," she concluded harshly pushing her way past the King. "Good day to you."

The bluenette dismissed his wife's behavior, chalking it all up to hormones. He went through it with the two daughters before; Elincia was always less tolerant of Soren when she was pregnant. Ike had no intentions of changing his adviser's behavior; he merely planned to warn him to stay out of the Queen's way in the future.

With a heavy sigh, the former mercenary attended to his meeting.

(End Chapter)

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Keeping A Secret

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"Soren!" Elincia called, moving as fast as her royal attire would allow to catch up with the sage.

With a heavy sigh of annoyance, the spell caster halted and turned to meet the emeralde. "Yes, Your Majesty?"

"Have you seen Ike? I can't seem to locate him anywhere! On top of that, the entire west wing is closed down under his orders! I'm forbidden to enter a wing of my own castle?!"

"Calm down. The wing is closed for renovations. As for Ike, he is meditating; I'm sure you'll trouble me to find him," the tactician replied, his tone flat and annoyed. He spoke to the Queen as if she were a child.

"You're his adviser, aren't you!?” she shot back. "I expect you to get him. His meetings start in three minutes. And as for you, I don't appreciate the tone in which you spoke to me! I am the Queen, and in this castle, there is a high respect towards its leaders, regardless of your status!"

Soren's expression remained indifferent through the Queen's rant. Elincia's words never seemed to effect the sage, and it bothered her to no end. "If you will keep your tone down to a civil level, I will gladly locate the King."

Elincia looked as if she wished to explode on the black-haired male. "I don't care if you are Ike's most trusted and favorite adviser, I demand the rightful dignity and respect from you. If I had any say, you would not be an adviser at the castle. I would have you dismissed at once."

Again, Soren looked unchanged.

The pair saw Ike emerge from around the corner, walking their way. He reached them in no time, with his large steps. "Is everything okay?" he asked looking between the two.

Soren nodded to his close friend and said, "Your wife was just filling me in on my fate in the event that I--"

"Your adviser is making a mockery of--"

"Elincia, I'm talking. Don't interrupt me again," the sage commanded softly, never once raising his voice. He turned back to the king. "I was just informed that if Elincia had her say in my future, I would not have a place in this castle."

The King looked at Elincia, his eyes bearing down upon her. "Is this true?"

"Well...." the Queen shifted her feet. "Your most trusted adviser has not shown me any respect what so ever since he arrived here. His tone and words are most unkind, and he talks to me as if I were a child, Ike! Is there any way you would tolerate this?! I just let him know that if it were me, I would never keep such a person who exhibited this behavior."

Ike was quiet for a moment before he turned to Soren. "Thank you for informing me. There is much work to be done as you know, I wish for you to attend to it."

“As you wish, King Ike," the adviser said with a small bow and walked away from the royal pair to attend to Pit.

"And, Elincia... What I don't get is that you praised Soren for his bluntness back in the war, but now you'd throw him out for it? In all these years, he hasn't changed, so why is it a problem now?" the King asked, his tone hard.

"I-I don't know Ike," she said. “Maybe I'm just not feeling well today… It's just he's shown no ounce of respect. He hardly even acknowledges me. It's as if I'm the weed in his garden."

"He's never cared about anyone else but his close friends..." Ike started.

"You're his only friend, Ike," Elincia interjected.

Ike sighed. "He treats you no different than anyone else, and I'd like it if you would stop using everything he does to criticize him."

"Are you serious?" the Queen asked. "Ike, you are asking me to let it go as if it isn't important. Don't you care how people treat me!? I am your wife!" she yelled.

"I know that. But I am asking you very kindly to stop attacking my friend. I will have a talk with him, but there is nothing I can forcefully do to change who he is," Ike explained.

"Just do something, or you and I will have a problem," she concluded harshly pushing her way past the King. "Good day to you."

The bluenette dismissed his wife's behavior, chalking it all up to hormones. He went through it with the two daughters before; Elincia was always less tolerant of Soren when she was pregnant. Ike had no intentions of changing his adviser's behavior; he merely planned to warn him to stay out of the Queen's way in the future.

With a heavy sigh, the former mercenary attended to his meeting.

(End Chapter)