Chapter 22

The Feast continued with many nobles showing off or trying to compete with one another in many ways, others tried to improve relationships or find new acquaintances. Some were just trying to have fun and enjoy the mood. Near the end some entertainers came and started to perform all kinds of tricks. Vincent was with Victor and Victoria as they watched a performer juggle sixteen balls with his eyes closed. While Vincent's stomach still hurt he was feeling better than he did an hour ago. The Juggler was one of the last performers remaining. The Kings and Queens of both nations had already left the garden alongside many of their most trusted aids, thus James too had already left alongside the King. It seemed that the 1st Prince and the Second Prince of Frent both joined their father in the meeting. The rest of the Princes and Princess remained in the Garden alongside the nobles of both kingdoms and the families of the Advisors as well as the Aids that weren't invited into the meeting. A Stage was set in the garden with the chairs rearranged for the guests to view the upcoming play. The Princes and Princesses were to sit on a raised dais behind the rest of the guests thus Vincent couldn't sit next to Victoria or Victor. After looking around for a while he saw Denis again. Vincent sat next to Denis and Denis nodded at him. The play began with a actor wearing a white tunic. He started a monologue.

Actor: "I am Theodicus the man who turned a small town into a bustling city at the center of a great Kingdom. When i was but a boy i lived in fear, the times back then were times of barbarity where the savages of each town would do horrible things to their neighbors just in the name of pleasure. However i found out that i was good at building and digging, i led my fellow townsmen to dig ditches around our town and fill the surroundings with elaborate traps. We built up a barrier around the town and defended it."

The play continued by reacting the battles fought to protect the town, and than about the expansion of the town until it became a city and its conquest of its neighbors until by the end of the play the Kingdom of Altooga was formed with Theodicus as its first King. Altooga was a small Kingdom that used to exist somewhere in what was now northern Frent however the kingdom fell hundreds of years ago due to multiple continues civil wars.

The play lasted for about four hours. By the end of the play Vincent wanted to just fall asleep. On the other hand Denis seemed to enjoy the play. It seemed that most of the nobles enjoyed the play as they clapped and cheered asking for more. Vincent did not enjoy the play and he quietly hoped for less.

Denis: "You know there was a time i wanted to be a actor?"

Vincent: "Why don't you still want to be one?"

Denis: "Because i discovered that ministers need to act and do so even better than the actors up there on the stage."