AGLOVALE "S CHAMBER"""" Wow!! a new day in the palace, I can"t believe I slept till midday, no wonder that dude behave like a spoiled beat, imagine waking up on this kind of luxury, who knows what he will be enjoying if a mere commoner like me will enjoy such luxury, "" aglovale, who have woke up but was still tossing around in his big bed, is busy conversing with him self """ I will have to enjoy all the goodies this palace have to offer before leaving... All the food.... All the fine girls... All the beautiful scenery... The status and prestige it will give.... And fredrick will probably give me some gold coin before leaving..... I might even get a royal portray of the king.... I can"t even think of all the merit of staying in the palace, wait!! Why will I even leave in the first place?? ... """
"""... It already day light and you are still dreaming??, someone please wake him up for me"""" fredrick intercept on his wishful thoughts as it is becoming amusing and his escorts and guards are finding it hard to resist the laugh
"""..... Ah!! Bro, you are hear??, wait how long have you been here?? And what are you even doing here?? """" the startled aglovale vomited series of questions in an instant as he walk over to the parlor of his chamber
Trying to maintain his royal status and authority in front of his servants """ is that how you address your prince??..... I think the guards should impact so manners in you"""
Aglovale was even more confused by the sudden change of fredrick att.i.tude but still try to cover up his shock """ am sorry, your highness I didn"t mean to insult you, please forgive me """""
In an authoritative manner "" go take your bath, in the bathroom water have already been heated up for you and new set of clothes to change into are there also, when you are done, you come down here, we have something important to discuss """" fredrick ordered aglovale around, feeling like the boss of the house
"""Alright, drop the dishes on his table and be gone, all of you; I need just two guards to stand outside the door and everybody is dismissed, "" using the same pitched voice fredrick ordered his escorts and guards to leave the chamber
Different thought runs through Aglovale"s mind, on his way to the bathroom """ wait, is that how the royal family boss people around??, all this while I thought he is a timid cat, afraid of stepping upon an ant, who will believe that he will actually order me around??,, or is it because of what he heard me saying??,, dam him..... dam the palace.... dam the prince... dam the king... am leaving this here the minute I get the chances, the thing I hate most is somebody bossing me around """
Examining the new clothes for him ""Those maid, I must say knows their work, how did they even know my size?? Well that is their work to figure it out,""" sitting inside the bathtub filled with water """" and the water temperature is just the way I like it but am afraid all this can"t keep me here as I have made up my mind to leave"""
Over the next one hour, aglovale is yet to come out and fredrick is getting fed up with the whole delay and heads to the bathroom
Knocking on the bathroom door, "" elyo what up bro??, what is keeping you there?? ""
Aglovale was still fuming over the bossing issue and was caught off guard with the next statement that came through his bathroom door, and he wonders if it was the same fredrick that was hash and aggressive, a while ago and is now being kind and friendly, what a sudden change of mood, """this is the more reason why I need to leave, I don"t know when he will wake up on the wrong side of his bed and use his royal power to bounce on me"""
Stepping out of the bathroom, the sight that greeted him was breath taking and struck him dumb, the table in his room chamber had been transformed into something else, a magnificent sight to behold, all the anger in him melted away instantly, like a b.u.t.ter on a hot pan, and he became hungry immediately
The table clothes is made of pure purple linen, its softness is visible and the dishes used for the food are porcelain plate with design all over its body like a piece of art moulded by an expert, and the food itself is something else from cereal to porridge to vegetables to meat, chicken and cheese to dried fish with bread, different kind of foods, all in one table ready to be consume , aglovale runs a mental calculation of how much all the food worth, all my life am not sure I have tasted all this, not even all the n.o.bles and elite can afford this kind of meal, even if a prisoner is fed all this, then he will grow fat and forget about his captivity, still immobile aglovale was lost in thought as he watch the sweet scenery playing out before him
""""Come, sit down and eat, we don"t have all day, and stop staring at the food, it won"t bite you!! "" fredrick dragged him when he noticed that aglovale is yet to move since he step out of the bathroom
"""" where do I start from?? The wheat?? Chicken?? Meat or bread??? Or cheese?? "" Aglovale finally found his voice, """why all this food?? What are we even celebrating?? """
"""Sorry about earlier, you know you are my friend and I will not exercise my power on you except when necessary, I only did that to retain my princely status in front of others and..... """
Aglovale who is now being control by what he is seeing cut him off as he start digging into the food """ tell me why I won"t grow fat if I devour mountain of food such as this everyday?? ""
""" you won"t grow fat because, you won"t be serve like this everyday except on a rare cases like an occasion, a ceremony, a banquet..... ""
"""" that means we are celebrating something, so tell me what could it be??"" Still with mouthful of meat he cut fredrick off again
Hmm breathing heavily as he watched aglovale eat his food with little or no attention given to him """ OK I will explain everything in details but please don"t cut me off again and... ""
""" alright you have my word, I won"t cut off your speech until you are done""" aglovale replied him still truncating his statement
Knowing fully well that there is nothing much he can do about it but wait for him to get satisfy with the food, fredrick watched him quietly and patiently as he scooped from every dish with no table manner, not minding the presence of another person
After what seem infinity, aglovale was finally done and is back to his senses, his table all messed up, the purple linen have turned to something else, even the floor was not spared with the littering of food particles
"""Am sorry "" aglovale immediately apologized for his mess
""That OK, I will get the maid to clean up everywhere, now you are done, I need absolutely all your attention ""
"""Fine, you have it all, so tell me what is going on?? ""
""The chief steward told me this morning that there will be a meeting today and the council of ministers are planing with my father to pick a wife for me and....
"""Well that is good news, or ain"t you gonna marry?? """
"""But, I don"t want any of their arranged marriage, you of all people should know better that I already have Celina """
""" now I get it, you like Celina but she doesn"t like you and you father want you to get married to someone else""""
""" I can"t even present her to the him and the council of ministers """
"""Because you don"t know if she will love you back and she is not of royal background"""
""She is not from any n.o.ble family, and it will be hard to persuade my father, not when all those power hungry ministers are projecting their daughters to be the princess and the next prospect queen """" fredrick explained everything to aglovale who is unusually quiet, but suddenly bursts out in laughter
""" bro this is not a laughing matter, am serious here!!! """ the frustrated fredrick yelled out
Still laughing ""Yeah I know, I know, but if you take life too serious, life will take you too serious and you can"t handle the serious part of life..... ""
""Spare me your lectures now, please I need a practical solution here dude"" shaking aglovale as he try to keep his frustration bottled in
"""OK, it good thing you are the rebellious type of son, so it won"t be difficult to get your father to do you wish.... First of all, you need to notify Celina of your feeling, and know your stands with her, then the issue of her status, you can fabricate one post for her.... """
"""That is the point, how do I tell her, that I love her, please you have to help me out here"""
"""What!!!, Wait you mean you can"t approach a girl??, well for me to help you, you will have to pay for that service... ""
"""Anything bro, I will pay you, please just make her like me and.... """
""""" your highness, the council of ministers have a.s.sembled and the king request for your presence, before the meeting can proceed """ a steward interrupt fredrick
"""Alright, go tell the king, that am on my way and will join them shortly """ fredrick ordered the steward away """" you see what am telling you, the meeting is about to start and.....
""""" calm down, you go to the meeting, don"t fight with them, you just returned to the palace and it will not be nice causing trouble just yet, embrace the ideal of getting married to pacify everybody but try to propone the actual welding...""""
""""OK but how do I do that?? """ the nervous prince asked???
"""" just think of something, I don"t know how the meeting will be preside, and as for Celina, I will try to clear the air and reduce the tension between both of you but you will have to confess your feelings to her... Now let"s get down to business """"" aglovale finished setting the plan and drag fredrick as he goes out of his chamber, "" so which way leads to her chamber?? ""
"""" hey you there get a maid to clean up everywhere in this chamber and take the clothes to the laundry and you, take my good friend to the other chamber, """" fredrick breathe out orders to the two guards standing at the door post
""Which chamber your highness?? "" the guard ask while the first guard goes out in search of a maid to clean the messed up chamber
"""The chamber of the girl in golden statue "" aglovale helped the poor guard who seem confused """ and your highness when coming to check on me, remember to bring the chicken and wine you promised"" aglovale bowed down in respect and walks away to Celina chamber not after making a special request