krystalkatzficz | The Wall part 19

Satoshi tapped his fingers against his chin as he waited to be announced. His eyes roamed around the vast splendour of the palace. He had been surprised to receive the urgent summons when he had arrived home that morning. All he had wanted was to crawl into his bed and sleep, Sho having kept him up all night drinking and gambling or matches, but alas he was sitting on an uncomfortable chair listening to the sound of the servants pacing back and forth. The blue and gold door opened soundlessly and then a stiffy man in a powdered wig and a suit that made him look like a clown came out and cleared his throat rather loudly saying in sweeping tones;

“Her majesty will receive you now, Lord Ohno”

“Thank-you” Satoshi smiled wanting to very pointedly remind the stuff old man that he had been summoned and hadn’t requested an audience. Instead he nodded his head and rose from the uncomfortable chair and followed him into the queen’s parlour. Her majesty was sitting stiffly at a table eating a luxurious breakfast and Satoshi was almost ashamed of how loudly his stomach rumbled.
His God Mother, Her Majesty Toyama Azami, had been a beautiful woman when she had first ascended the throne a week after the death of her father and even now, with the passing of years she still was. Her figure was kept trim by the thick and heavy corsets she wore but her complexion was like that of a peach which was rarely decorated with anything more than a dusting of powder. Heavy make-ups were forbidden from touching her face until they could be proved without a shadow of a doubt that they were safe for her skin. It wasn’t only vanity that had prompted the action but also the knowledge that several of her friends had grown sick with poison heavy powder.

“Your majesty, Lord Ohno Satoshi”

“Thank-you, Gii, you may go” She said stiffly placing down her golden fork and picking up a goblet of water “Satoshi come and join me, they always bring me too much for one woman”

“God-Mother” Satoshi smiled happily and then moved to sit at the table ignoring the harsh look that Gii shot his way before leaving them alone with just the dogs for company. Satoshi piled his plate with as much food as he thought polite and then began to eat with relish as his God mother finished her own meal “Your husband should join you more”

“He will never do that, he likes to laze around in bed…I can’t tell you how happy I am to see you again my boy!” The queen said brightly all formality gone now it was just them. Her shoulders relaxed a little as she readjusted her corsets around her ample bosom. “These bloody things! I swear I would get more done, if I didn’t have to keep readjusting myself every five minute”

“You summoned me to talk of your corsetry?” Satoshi asked with amusement watching as the older woman’s face when a very healthy pink colour as she realised just what she had said. She had always been a little bit of an airhead. It wasn’t as though she stupid but there was a touch of the forgetfulness about her which made her endearing.

“What? No of course I didn’t though if I had less restriction I might be able to think more clearly, as it is all I manage to do all day is remind myself to breathe!” She whined a little again before pouring them both a cup of tea.

“We both know that you’re lying god mother, you think more than any of your members of parliament do”

“This is both true, and the reason that you will never be heard in the house, Satoshi, you never play the long game! But that isn’t what I called you here. Rumours are circulating that you are going through with the sponsorship programme” Azami hummed leaning forward in her chair her face bright and expectant and Satoshi nodded wondering who had spread those rumours.

“Yes, it is true, is there an issue with that?”

“No! Of course, there isn’t, but I do have admit that I find it all rather fun. You’ve never even shown the slightest bit of interest before” She probed and Satoshi gave a shrug thinking of Nino “You have to tell me everything, my boy”

“I never had you down as a gossip”

“That I am not! Just concerned about you, my dear boy, now spill”

TBC
A/N: Phew the Queen has been introduced…I hope she’s okay Xd