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“Yeong!!!”
“Yeong!!!!”
“Yeong!!!!!”
“Your Majesty.”
The different voice made the king look up from his notes filled with mathematical gibberish that only he understood at this point.
“I didn’t call for you. Send in Captain Jo.” The King ordered then went back to look at his notes.
“Your majesty, the captain is not in the palace.”
This made the King look at the guard a little startled. “Where is he? I did not assign him any tasks. He should be here.”
“He is on his leave Your Majesty.” The guard informed him.
“Leave???” The king was confused!!! He had known Jo Yeong since he was 4 years old. He had joined the military at 16 and the royal guard at 22, in the 4 years of him being the Captain of the Royal Guard and 22 years since being his unbreakable sword he had never known Yeong to take a day off. His Captain, friend and brother had always lived for his job.
“You can go now!!!!” Lady Noh ordered the guard away as she entered the King’s study.
“Lady Noh!!!! Yeong is on leave without informing me!! I will have him beheaded for this!!” The King complained childishly.
“Your Majesty!! It is in his contract!!”
“Contract?? You mean he gets days off? I’ve never seen him take even a single day off.” The king mused loudly.
Lady Noh chuckled warmly, “Your Majesty, Yeong has taken days off before too. He usually does it when your schedule does not require him to be there.”
This struck something deep within the King, he doesn’t remember a single day where he and his unbreakable sword were even separated for so long that he had felt his absence.
“He leaves after meeting you in the morning and comes back before you go to sleep. Usually its on days where you are occupied with cabinet meetings or summits for whole days. I think last year he took leave when you had locked yourself in the study for one of your mathematical problems for 4 days.” She answered his unasked questions.
“How many times has he done this till now?”
“3 days every year!!” then she sent him a stern look and continued, “Don’t ask him of this. He will stop. Let him have some time to himself too, he already has a lot on his plate.” She took a break then added “Your Majesty.”
The King understood what the Head Court-lady was suggesting. He nodded his head in agreement, then went back to his notes.