The Bewitched Soul 31 The Fallen Leaf

The great king now looked like a lost child searching for his mother to get back to him and hold him tight in her arms.

There was a moment of silence. The breeze swept past their ears, the maple leaf was set loose from Alexander's grip. Looking at the flying leaf,

"Let's go, the meeting will start in fifteen minutes." Gerard turned around to leave.

Alexander stood there for a few seconds and then followed Gerard to the council hall. They climbed downed to the ground floor where the council meeting was about to be held. Entering the huge hall, Alexander saw three men in uniform, sitting and discussing something. The moment they saw the two Kings, they immediately stood up from their seat.

"Greetings, Milord. Greetings to the great king, Lord Alexander." both the councilmen bowed as they paid their respects to them.

"Good evening. I hope everything is organized as per the plan," Gerard smiled as he spoke.

"Good evening to you both," Alexander wished at the same time.

"Yes, Master. Everything is planned accordingly. The rest councilmen must be arriving in a few minutes. Please have your seats," one of the two councilmen spoke as he asked them to follow them to their seats.

"Sorry, he is James and he is Harold," Gerard remembered that he had forgotten to introduce them to Alexander.

Alexander observed the two. They looked almost similar.

"We are twins," James spoke as he held Harold's hand.

"I see. Nice to meet you both," bringing their right hands forward, they shook their hand and smiled at each other.

"Nice to meet you too, Lord Alexander." the twins spoke at the same time.

"Ah, the meeting will begin in eleven minutes. Where are the rest?" Gerard was very punctual. He was always before the time for any important meeting.

Suddenly, they heard the carriage horses enter the main entrance gate. James and Harold ran near the door as they saw three carriages park straight in a line.

The councilmen started climbing down the carriage and rushed towards the main hall.

"Hurry up! Both the kings have already reached," Harold whispered loudly.

"We're coming," one of the running councilmen laughed.

All of them adjusted their bow tie and dusted their suit before entering the main hall.

"A very good evening to the great Kings," all of them spoke at once.

"Good evening," Alexander wished.

"Good evening. Take your seats fast. The meeting will start in 7 mins." Gerard's face was expressionless and gave them a meaningful stare.

All of them hurriedly ran to their respective seats and started taking out files out of their bags.

James and Harold were young compared to the rest councilmen. Because of their unmatched intelligence and smart work, they were selected as the head of the council. They were orphaned at a very young when their parents died in a mission. From that day, Gerard took care of the twins as his own children.

"Three, Two, One.. and" Harold whispered looking at the giant wall clock.

"Let the meeting begin," James announced.

"As per the statistics, the trade between the Land of Ostbarrow and Land of Shadowlake has declined due to the recent storm which hit Shadowlake. The demands are high, but, the supplies from our province couldn't meet their demand." one of the councilmen continued.

"So, we've come up with an idea that we will start recruiting more workers this weekend or maybe the next."

"Don't we have sufficient workers for that?" Gerard sighed and he flipped the statistics file.

"Continue," he ordered, his eyes were still scanning the file.

"Next," James ordered as he took out a pink file out of the pile of files.

"This is regarding the black witches. Recently, a civilian saw a man being murdered for the ritual near the forest. The person performing the ritual was in black robes. He couldn't see the face as ran right after seeing the incident. The dead man was a human and the family now wants actions to be taken against the black witches. The villagers also demand the same." another councilman spoke as he walked towards Lord Gerard to hand him the file.

"a.s.sign ten warlocks for this task and ask them to watch over the whole village. Especially at night." Gerard's glanced at Alexander sideways.
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"Next," he ordered.

"Wait, I have a suggestion. May I?" Alexander interrupted.

"Yes, sure. What is it?" Gerard's face suddenly lightened up.

"Talking about the black witches, a few incidents have already occurred in the Land of Brookville as you all know. The warlocks currently are undergoing training. " he continued.

"As there a few such cases that will be taken to the council, I want my army to be a part of this mission." Alexander looked at Gerard, wanting to get his permission.

After a minute of silence,

"Okay, you shall now be a part of this mission."

Hearing to this, Alexander smiled gently.The smile was short lived and was soon replaced with a stern, determinant look.

Soon, the council meeting was dismissed. Alexander and Gerard moved out of the hall, followed by the councilmen. They all entered their respective carriages and started leaving.

Meanwhile, the two lords wandered around the palace garden.

"Only one more day left," Gerard smiled looking at Alexander.

"We will meet again," Alexander smiled back.

"Stay there! Right there..." Gerard spoke as he stopped in his track.

"W-what?" Alexander was confused. He stopped suddenly and looked at the ground.

"What is it?"

"This is where your father had seen your mother for the first time," Gerard spoke.

Alexander spoke nothing but stared at the ground and the surrounding.