The Royal Mark-Chapter 248: King and Queen’s First Day
"Chris, wake up, love. Hoven and the others are here," Elsa softly spoke while gently nudging her husband.
"Tell them I’m in pain and cannot get up yet," Chris said without opening his eyes and snaking his arm around Elsa’s waist who was sitting beside him.
"Erhm, erhm..." Hoven intentionally cleared his throat loudly, causing everyone to giggle.
Chris sighed and cursed, before slowly opening his eyes. "What do you want? This better be good, you are disturbing my time with my wife."
Hoven looked at the servants who were looking back at him waiting for his reply to Chris’ answer. If only it was back then when Chris was still a Prince he would yell at him and Chris would yell back before they laughed it out.
But this time it’s different, even though the coronation hasn’t happened yet, Chris is surely their King now and he must not act casually whenever other people are watching. But this new King of theirs is acting annoyingly like a kid in front of everyone.
"Good morning, Your Majesty. I have listed everything that you needed to accomplish today. First on your list is breakfast with the elders while the Queen will have breakfast with her ladies-in-waiting as Lady Alexandra leads her priming," Hoven explained calmly.
"Change that. I want to have breakfast with my wife, the elders can wait."
Hoven almost dropped his jaw since the elders are important members of the that even a King should not brush aside. Moreover, they are not alone. Even though he had chosen the servants who would serve the King and Queen carefully, he still had no total control in case they decided to tell this incident to others.
"I think that makes sense. The Queen is after all your main healer and you must be checked first before facing the council and our people. I will re-arrange your schedule. Next on your list is the burial of the previous king."
"Okay. I am good with that. Can you make our lunch, meeting with the Arcanis’ Elite Alphas and the Queen’s Mages? Also, include King Stefan and the Princes of Zemaria. I want a private talk with all of you," Chris instructed.
"I will do that, My King. Do you want your meeting with the council in the afternoon then? Since the Queen will visit, Laureen, Aeson, and Gavin around that time," Hoven confirmed.
Chris sighed and rolled his eyes. ’Do I have to?’ he asked Hoven through their link.
’Just do it, you lazy pussy!’ Hoven replied.
’I am not scared of them. I am annoyed and I might not be able to keep my cool once I face them,’ Chris said.
’You can’t avoid them forever,’ Hoven tersely said.
"Fine, I’ll do it in the afternoon. But, I want dinner to be with everyone. Like a mini celebration before the coronation. When will our coronation be by the way?"
"Five days from now, Your Majesty. We just need to clean up the castle ground, wait for everyone to be back in Arcanis, and also give time for the other royals of the other kingdoms to arrive here," Hoven answered.
"Fair enough. And I believe you have called in the best tailor and jeweler in Arcanis to provide the best gown and jewelry for our Queen," Chris uttered.
Elsa was taken aback by that unexpected comment from Chris and he felt her emotions so he squeezed her hand gently and gave it a kiss before winking at her.
"Absolutely! That was the first thing I did. The fitting will be tomorrow."
"Seems like it will be a busy day for everyone then. You can send our breakfast here, we will eat here instead. And give us an hour before you send the servants, my wife will check me first since there’s still some pain in me." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Elsa frowned and tilted her head since Chris didn’t seem like he was in pain this morning, unlike last night. She knew because he would block her from their bond every time he would feel his upper stomach aching.
But today, he seems normal and back to his one-hundred-percent-old self again. One of her eyebrows rises up, realizing that her husband surely has a different plan in mind which doesn’t include any medical procedures.
’Really now? You don’t look like you are still in pain, Christopher! Are you planning something dirty again?’ she asked internally.
’Of course not! Why do you think of me that way? Is it because, perhaps you want us to do something dirty? Because you are right. I am no longer in pain. My full strength is back and I can surely perform better than last night.
You may have enjoyed being in control last night but I am taking back the reins from you and it is time for payback. You were so good last night that I want to reward you tenfolds for what you have given me because I think My Queen deserved it,’ Chris naughtily declared.
’I have not thought of it yet. I just woke up,’ Elsa said nonchalantly and dismissed her husband’s early morning flirting.
"Thank you, Hoven. And Chris is right I just need an hour to complete my physical examination on him. I just need to do some tests to make sure that my operation yesterday was a complete success. And I hope the hecatolite didn’t really affect him that much," Elsa said and gave Chris’ hand a tight squeeze.
’Be careful what you wish for,’ she said.
Chris was overjoyed hearing that from Elsa and tried his best to hide his smile and excitement from everyone.
[You won the jackpot now, huh?] Yakabo decided to tease him more.
’Yes! Imagine how hard I tried last night to not pin her on the wall. But today, we are a hundred percent better.’
[Yeah right. You didn’t have to try that hard last night though... You were in pain, in case you forgot.]
’Shut up!’ Chris exclaimed before completely ignoring his wolf.
Hoven nodded at Elsa and looked at Chris, ’Don’t tire out our Queen you maniac! She will face our people soon and she must be perfect on your coronation day.’
’Who said I don’t bring out the best in her? Get out of here you grandpa!’ Chris replied through their link and both smirked at each other before Hoven and the rest left the couple.
Chris stood up and looked at the life-size mirror while touching his upper stomach, the part where Yvonne implanted the hecatolite.
"Does it hurt?"
He heard Elsa ask as she moved towards him. She hugged his waist and stared at his stomach in the mirror.
"No, it doesn’t hurt anymore. Maybe the hecatolite just slowed down my healing capability since it was inside me. You said you would do a physical examination right? Stab me..."
Elsa dropped her jaw at what Chris asked her to do. Even though she knows that he will heal, she still can’t bear the fact that she will be the one to inflict pain on him.
"Are you insane? I won’t do that. Ask someone else. And if doesn’t heal, I won’t heal you. Deal with it by yourself, it’s your idea anyway," Elsa said then shook her head and went back to bed.
Chris just looked at her and then searched for something sharp in their room. When he the stoker by the fireplace he immediately grabbed it and cut his arm.
He moved so fast that Elsa had no time to react and all she was able to do was gasp.
"I’m really healed," Chris said and raised his arm, "See... it’s healing!" Chris grinned and moved towards the bed.
Elsa shook her head at her husband’s crazy ideas. "I wonder what happened to Laureen, Aeson, and Gavin. I hope nothing like this happened to Aeson and Laureen."
"I doubt. They would have lost control of their wolf by now if they did. But enough of thinking about other people. Our one hour is running, we have to use it wisely and effectively."
"You’re right," Elsa stood up when Chris was about to hug him, leaving him confused on the bed.
"I have to check if you’re physical strength is back. Move here..." Elsa urged.
Chris smiled and swiftly jumped in front of her. "What do you want me to do, my love? I am your slave for the next one hour," he said seductively as he caressed Elsa’s arms.
"Really love? I am so excited to do this because this is something new for us. I really want to see how long you will last," Elsa replied as she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Yes, tell me what do you command me to do, My Queen?"
Elsa smiled and bit her lower lip before giving Chris a quick kiss. "Drop on the floor and do one hundred push-ups. After that, you will do a shuttle run test by running back and forth from the opposite sides of the room. Touch the floor whenever you reach the end. Do about 50 laps of that."
