STORIES
343 - Relationship
2024
Phae Karanthir Zyfan
Tuesday in the dining room …
PHAE:
…. Wysh is now working at Magick School. Zyfan, it’s been wonderful.
She’s gone most of the day, and when she’s here, she’s busy planning
her lessons and grading papers that there’s no time for anything else.
PHAE:
… And Karanthir made it all happen. He's a genius!
KARANTHIR:
Oh stop, you’ll make me blush.
ZYFAN:
I would very much like to see that. I am so happy you thought of it.
KARANTHIR:
Really Zyfan, it was my pleasure. I’m over-joyed to have
that pixie out of our hair.
KARANTHIR:
… And now Cupcake - you must tell our prince what you
discovered about the Sabbatical.
PHAE:
You mean you haven’t told him?
KARANTHIR:
It wasn’t my news to tell.
ZYFAN:
One of you please tell me …
PHAE:
Well, while you were away, I became curious about the rules
of the Sabbatical, so I wrote my grandmother. She sent me the
laws pertaining to the One and …
PHAE:
… Long story short - it is written that the Sabbatical is to
be an uninterrupted 50 year period of time.
KARANTHIR:
Did you hear that my prince - uninterrupted.
PHAE:
Which means, since you’ve repeatedly been summoned to court,
your Sabbatical has not yet begun.
ZYFAN:
What? How is that possible? Are you certain of this?
PHAE:
I am. Grandma specializes in the Laws of the Royal Court. She
sent me the documents and it’s plainly stated. I’ve already
sent a letter to your parents reminding them of this …
KARANTHIR:
Yes, as we’re certain this has simply just slipped their minds.
ZYFAN:
Blessed ancestors! You wrote to my parents.
PHAE:
nodding head up and down
It was Vanni’s idea. He said I wouldn’t be going over your mother’s
head and your father would be sure it was carried out.
ZYFAN:
Vanni said that? He is very wise indeed.
ZYFAN:
… Phae, I am very interested in seeing these documents.
PHAE:
Of course. I’ll get them.
Phae leaves.
KARANTHIR:
Imagine it my prince - you’ll never be summoned away from me again.
ZYFAN:
It sounds … incredible. First Wysh and now this. It seems,
while I was away, you and Phae kept very busy.
KARANTHIR:
I must admit, she’s proven herself to be quite valuable.
ZYFAN:
Apparently.
KARANTHIR:
All right, there’s that look. What it is?
ZYFAN:
It is just … Well, you and Phae have become so … familiar.
KARANTHIR:
You told me to look after her while you were away.
I was only doing as you asked.
ZYFAN:
But, you and she now have this … relationship. Why, you almost
finish one another’s sentences.
KARANTHIR:
We most definitely do not. Really Zyfan, I hope you’re not
suggesting there’s anything going on between Cupcake
and myself. I mean really, she’s just a child and …
KARANTHIR:
… Oh now I see - you’re jealous!
ZYFAN:
That is not true. All I know is when I left - you barely spoke to one
another and now you have this … this relationship.
KARANTHIR:
There’s that word again. My prince the only thing she and I have in
common is you. We are nothing more than comrades in arms,
looking after your best interest - and doing an excellent job of it.
ZYFAN:
Yes, you are right. I was being foolish …
KARANTHIR:
Not foolish, adorable.
