Chapter 136: Chapter 136 : Fort Wars (4 – Final)

    [Edward POV]

    "Hello there." I muttered.

    The jester looked up from the throne before pulling a lightsaber toy in his hand and replied, "General Kenobi."

    I laughed a bit and my eyes went to the 5 rope knot dangling on top of the throne before asking , "So, have you fallen to the dark side?"

    Abraham turned on the toy lightsaber in his hand, revealing a blue glow. "As you can see, the one who had turned to the dark side...wasn''t me."

    I noticed a lightsaber laid down near where I was standing, so I picked it up before turning it on. A red glow appeared on the lightsaber, in which I reacted with a chuckle.

    "So, by any chance if I told you... a story... a story about tragedy... the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, would you stand by my side again?" I said while twirling the lightsaber a few times.

    Abraham said angrily, "YOU RELEASED THE HOUUNNNDDDSS ON THEM!" He gritted his teeth and stood up before clashing his lightsaber with mine.

    " You promised to enact peace in your rule! But now? Those who challenged your rule, fell in disrepair. You''d unleashed a tragedy, akin to a nuclear war , onto this realm. Have you no regard for others...for human life?"

    My face changed from a smiling king to an evil overlord. "Don''t be so dramatic. It''s just... a necessary sacrifice. All for the glory of the empire."

    "YOU!" Abraham retracted his saber before swinging it at me continuously, in which I blocked every single one. Then, I side-stepped and tripped him, making him fall to the cushiony floor.

    "(Clicking tongue) Poor...Sad Jester. So what if you had seen my true face? You''re powerless to stop it." I teased before I walked slowly to my throne. I sat there crossing my leg while looking at him coldly.

    The camera-man zoomed into my face while crouching, with an excited expression as he filmed the whole thing.

    ...

    [General POV– Hounds]

    Sanjay Patel vowed to become a worthy rival to the lord of Fluffy-Shire, whether academically, or in charisma. And at the moment he was failing his ambition miserably, not to mention that right now, he had to face the consequences of challenging the throne.

    "Stop releasing the hounds on my subjects!" He said angrily.

    However, the citizens of his fort were currently melting as they watched a cute little corgi dog present their belly by rolling on the floor with its little dumb tongue hanging out of his mouth.

    "AWWWW." The citizens – or more accurately, the girls, exclaimed as they wanted to pet the dog. But its owner, Barnes of house Troy stopped them and said, " Sir Fluffy ''Hound'' Templeton the Second is a knight underneath the king, and also the official mascot of Fluffy-Shire. Unless you''re a citizen of our realm, you''re not permitted to pet him."

    "Aww..." The girls exclaimed sadly. Troy then added while holding a piece of paper in his hand, "All that could be subverted if you just sign this contract – selling the ownership of the lands to our Charismatic Leader, King Newgate the Third. You''ll keep the ownership of your fort, but you''ll serve under a rightful leader if you sign this. What do you say?"

    Sanjay was pressured by his group of friends, before his co-owner of the land, Haruna, pushed him away and took the contract paper from Troy. "We''ll serve the king." Haruna said before signing the paper quickly, her eyes twinkling as she stared at the dog.

    "NOOOO!!!" Sanjay screamed in despair as he watched everything he built was taken away from him.

    "Come on ''Hound''. We need to attack 2 more encampments in front of us." Troy pulled the dog leash slowly to remove him from Haruna''s embrace as they needed to finish their work.

    "We have 3 hours left before school ends. I hope we can make it." Troy muttered as the short legged dog looked at him while they were walking side by side.

    ...

    [Edward POV]

    Abraham swung the lightsaber towards me again and again, but I side-stepped to avoid all of his slashes. When our lightsabers clashed, we actually stopped its momentum just before it hit each other to avoid breaking the toys.

    I jumped on the throne and said, "It''s OVER Abraham! I have the high ground!"

    "You underestimate my power!!" Abraham said menacingly before trying to slash his saber at me, but I thrusted mine and penetrated underneath his armpit. Shocked, Abraham staggered while the saber was still sticking on him, and he slowly fell to his knees.

    [Abraham''s commentary]

    " I was confident to fight him, after all I had practiced fencing for over three years, but I still failed in the end."

    [Edward''s commentary]

    "Well...I had watched all the Star Wars movies...twice... So it makes sense that I won."

    [Commentary ends]

    With a huffing breath, he asked, "So, did my struggle even make you sweat?"

    "I wish I could say it did, but I don''t want to lie to you in your final moments." I said as I turned my back to him.

    Abraham chuckled and said, "Maybe...if it is you...you could actually handle the burden of being a...king..." He struggled at the end before he dropped lifelessly on the soft and warm floor.

    I sighed and I went to take back my lightsaber from him, but then I heard someone slow clapping from behind me. I turned and saw Mrs Henderson standing beneath the killswitch knot that I had engineered with an astonished expression on her face.

    "You kids'' commitment to your roles is really surprising. Too bad that it all must end now." She muttered before reaching out her hand for the knot. "It''s been fun Edward." She said with a satisfied smile on her face as she untangled the knot.

    But then...nothing happened...

    Confused, Mrs Henderson turned to look at me as I was helping Abraham stand back up after his ''death''. Then, a banner fell from the ceiling, shocking the teacher.

    [YOU LOSE!] The banner said.

    "What the-" Mrs Henderson widened her eyes before turning to me again for the explanation.

    "Did you really think Abraham would betray me?" I asked with a teasing smile on my face. "Although he likes Alex, it''s more like a deep admiration rather than love."

    "Yeah. I''m a SIMP for Alex! Did I use that right?" He whispered to me after declaring himself as a simp loudly. "Besides, I''m the one who gave everyone their roles. I''m the one who named the girls his harem members. Nice performance right?" Abraham said before he took a bow.

    ''Yeah actually, you could join the drama club.'' I said as I nodded.

    And quickly proceeded to continue teasing the teacher. "I know you were going to target one of us. Therefore, I decided to make a controllable target that you could easily reach out to."

    "Why did you think my hat had bells on it? It WAS to gain your attention." Abraham added while shaking his jester hat, making some ringing noise. Both of us laughed together while Mrs Henderson kept looking at us with a scrunched face.

    "Even if you had planned every second of it, Ed, you should have known that all of this was going to end when he led me to you. So why did you do it?" She asked, trying to find the answer for her confusion.

    I shrugged and said, "Because...I don''t need to continue this anymore. I have already achieved my goals."

    A scruffy looking man in a Guiness World Book of Records t-shirt suddenly entered the room and announced, "YOU DID IT! YOU BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD!"

    "With 652 meter square footage, you managed to surpass the previous record at Tiandle Community College. The record for the largest blanket fort in the world is now held by your school!" The officials announced.

    The camera-man pumped his fist in excitement as he witnessed the whole thing before getting back to his work.

    Mrs Henderson was blanking out for a bit before she muttered to herself, "Guinness... Book of Records?"

    I laughed and said to her, "How did you think I convinced the principal to allow me to do this? You''re slipping, teach. You''re usually better than this."

    The crowd swayed their body gently to the song as he sang. Jenna suddenly teared up from the thought of saying goodbyes, causing Elsa to hug her on the back to comfort her.

    "??I get stuck when the world''s too loud

    And things don''t look up when you''re goin'' down??"

    Edward remembered the days when he felt lost, and didn''t know what to do.

    "??I know your arms are reachin'' out

    From somewhere beyond the clouds??"

    He paused the music, looked at the sky before closing his eyes, and then hastened the rhythms for the chorus while reminiscing. Mrs Henderson nodded in understanding when a soft wind suddenly blew inside the assembly hall.

    "??You make me feel

    Like my troubled heart is a million miles away??"

    "??You make me feel

    Like I''m drunk on stars and we''re dancing out into space??"

    "Hmm? Drunk on stars...or star?" Enid sniggered as an image of a blonde artist came to her mind.

    "??Celestial!!??" Edward took a step back as he heard Alex and Billie sing the backup vocals and focused on the guitar before singing again, "Celestial~??"

    The crowd cheered. Jacob wiped his tears slowly as he fixed his gaze on Edward, not wanting to miss even a second of his friend''s performance.

    "??I see the light shinin'' through the rain

    A thousand colors in a brighter shade??"

    "??Needed to rise from the lowest place

    There''s a silver lining that surrounds the grey??"

    Ed unknowingly activated his [Soul Voice] as he sang from the heart, making all those who listened to him relate strongly to the song.

    "??When I get lost, will it come back around?

    Things don''t look up when you''re goin'' down??"

    The happy and bad memories that they had reappeared inside their mind, and the figure of those who always stood with them became clearer.

    "??I know your arms, they are reachin'' out

    From somewhere beyond the clouds??"

    "??You make me feel

    Like my troubled heart is a million miles away??"

    "??You make me feel

    Like I''m drunk on stars and we''re dancing out into space??"

    "EDWARDDD!" Jenna shouted in encouragement before the chorus.

    "?? Celestial

    Celestial, oh-oh??"

    "??We were made to be, Nothin'' more than this, Finding magic in all the smallest things??"

    "??The way we notice, that''s what really matters, Let''s make tonight go on and on and on~??"

    Edward sang, "??You make me feel??", and was continued by his friends.

    (Alex and Finneas: We were made to be nothing more than this. Finding magic in all the smallest things)

    "??You make me feel??"

    (Alex and Finneas: The way we notice, that''s what really matters. Let''s make tonight go on and on and on)

    "?? You make me feel

    Like my troubled heart is a million miles away??"

    The corgi who hadn''t gotten home yet also swayed his tiny tail as he heard the song.

    "??You make me feel

    Like I''m drunk on stars and we''re dancing out into space??"

    "??Celestial, oh-oh??

    ??Celestial, oh-oh??

    ??Celestial??"

    "??We were made to be

    Nothing more than this (oh-oh)

    Finding magic in all the smallest things (celestial)

    The way we notice, that''s what really matters (oh-oh)

    Let''s make tonight go on and on and on

    Celestial??"

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