Myriad Tales

A long long time ago, there was a kingdom. The kingdom was ruled by an honest and upright ruler, his name was Alexander. His kingdom was situtated in the far south of the continent.

His kingdom was not too wealthy nor too powerful, economically nor socially nor in military. He was a person who hated war, and would heed the calls of his people. He was beloved by the people, soldiers, merchants, and even nobles.

He had no concubines, nor a wife. He had no offspring and had no relatives. Before his rule, the kingdom was a declining kingdom, people starved, soldiers were disposables, and nobles who went against it, were beheaded.

But then Alexander appeared from god knows where, when the people had no more hope for the kingdom. He cleaned the streets, and helped the people. He made trades with merchants, and slowly upheld the kingdom.

When the kingdom had become good enough for his people, he slowly became distant from his subjects. Then one day, he vanished.

This is a story, of how The Beloved King: Alexander, went to become one of the most influential figure in the Kingdom of Flugal, and how he disappeared, without leaving behind anything for his people to face.

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In a place far far away, was a kingdom. The Kingdom of Flugal. It was a declining kingdom, and its ruler was incompetent. In one of the cities, lived a commoner named Alexander. The child had light yellow hair, beautiful blue eyes, and was an energetic child.

He and his best friend, Raymond, had been friends from their childhood. Raymond however, was a child with a calm composure, and had eyes of an intelligent person. He had black hair and a darker blue colour of eyes.

They were of the same age, and went to school together, played together, learned together and sometimes even slept together. Alex had a loving mother and father, while Ray only had a mother, and had never seen his father.

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In a green field somewhere.

"Hey Ray! Why don't we go and join them! Let's play hide and seek!"

A boy shouted to his friend.

"Heh, what's the point in denying it. You're going to somehow pull me into it anyway."

Hearing this, the boy named Alex giggled.

"Hey guys! Can we join too?!"

The boy shouted to a couple of kids in the distance.

"Ok!"

Then Alex pulled Ray, then they went to play with the other kids. There were 5 kids in the group that they went to, and a particularly sweet and lovely child was present.

Seeing how Alex stopped for a moment, Ray knocked Alex, and whispered to him,

"Hey, it's Ann."

Keeping the straightest face he could muster, he replied back,

"So what?"

Alex answered back with a stiff voice. Although his voice didn't reveal much weakness, his face betrayed him. Seeing this, Ray began to shout,

"Hey Ann!! Alex lik-"

Alex quickly shut Ray's mouth with his hand, then proceeded to pull him back.

"Hmm? What is it Alex?"

"Uhh, no-nothing. Ray's just messing with you."

'Ray don't ever tell that to Ann or else I'll pull you to and fro through the kingdom then annoy you for 1 month'

Alex whispered to Ray.

"Well I wouldn't want you to annoy me so i guess I'll keep shut."

"They always play by themselves. Hmph, i want a childhood friend too."

One of the girls in the group said. Hearing this, the other kids laugh.

"Ok we're ready. Let's play now!"

"Ray you're the seeker! Now let's go and hide guys!"

Alex quickly said and ran away to hide. The other kids did the same.

"Hey I thought we would do rock paper scis- huff. Okay I'll count till ten."

"One, Two, Three.....Nine, Ten! Ready or not here i come."

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"Found you Alex!"

"How'd you find me so early?"

"Secret"

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"Tiffany"

"Walt"

"Howard"

"Fill"

"Ann"

"Found you all! Now Alex's the seeker. Let's hide everyone!"

"Heyy, that's not fair."

Then Alex covered his eyes, and started to count. This went on for a few more times, until they eventually got tired, and lied on the grass to rest.

They started to talk about their dreams.

"You know, i want to become the king." Ray said.

"Why though Ray?" They all asked in unison.

"So that i can make the kingdom a better place."

"Hehe, then I'll become you're advisor."

"But you're dumb Alex."

"Hey! I know how to count, and write words."

"Really? Write 'The Kingdom of Flugal' on the grass."

Then Alex took up his finger, and pointed it at the grass. He stayed silent, looking as if he was thinking hard on how to spell. It was clear that he didn't know how to spell it.

"Hahahaha!" They all laughed.

"Hmph, you deliberately chose a hard sentence."

"Then what do you guys wanna be?" Ray asked.

"Well i really want to be a gardener, look after the flowers and plants." Ann said

"I would love to become a shop owner. Whenever i feel like it, i would walk around my shop and eat some snacks from the boxes!" Tiffany said.

"Well we would like to become knights." Howard and Walt said.

"I want to become a teacher!" Finn said.

"What about you Alex?"

Alex thought about it for a moment, and said happily,

"I would like to become a father. So that i can take care of my son just like my dad!"

"That's,,, not bad. You will have to earn a good amount of money to become a good father." Ray added on his sentence.

"Hehe, isn't it a great dream?" He puffed proudly.

After talking about that, they started talking about other things. Eventually they all slept.

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[15 Years before The Event]