Chapter 44
As Luna had left, Twilight, Sunset and Celestia or anypony else was also away, I didn’t really have a way to go find out what was going on unless I wanted to go limping through the castle, be carried or even worse of an idea, flying.
I could teleport, or could have but somepony put an anti-teleport field across the entire town.
So I ended up doing something actually responsible and summoned my accountant and got down to some other business.
Compound Interest flipped a paper laid out on the table between us before sliding it over to me, “And the bottom line is that in the accounts I manage, investments, royalty and various earnings ends up with eighty three thousand five hundred thirty one and a quarter bits.”
He was a short, wide unicorn. Not fat or muscular, just stocky. White coat, blonde short cut mane with a cutiemark of bits raining into a half filled money pouch.
That was a lot more than I expected.
Then again, almost two years since I checked it and he managed my investments. That combined with money coming in from various sources. Books, that small shipping company. Technically some investments I made into Silver Leafs stuff, but he had orders to pour those back into the business as soon as they showed up.
“Okay,” I agreed, studying the paper from my place on the couch, “Transfer everything but three thousand into the Nocturnis accounts. You know what to do with two thousand of the remaining. The last thousand we’ll use as necessary.”
Compound sighed softly and then nodded, “As you wish, your highness. But I do wish you would allow the accounts to grow. If you simply waited a decade or two, the bits would do a lot more to help.”
I sighed softly and nodded, “I know, Compound. I know. But we need it now. Later would be ideal, but ideal is the enemy of good enough.”
He nodded, “Very well. It’ll get it done.”
There was a knock on the door and I looked up, “Enter.”
Shade Leaf entered, Leaf Shade following her inside, “You wanted to see us, your majesty?”
Compound got up and gathered his papers, gave me a bow, “I’ll get it done, Prince Page,” and left, closing the door behind him.
I nodded to them, “I did,” I said as they moved to stand before the table before pushing myself up to sit, “I would like to thank you.”
They shifted uncomfortably before Shade spoke up quietly, “But we failed you, your majesty.”
I smiled and shook my head, “Shade, Leaf. You didn’t fail. You succeeded amazingly.”
They looked at me in slight confusion, “But you…”
I raised my hoof to interrupt Leaf, “Your job is to keep me alive. Something that you did amazingly. Not only did you stop the bleeding long enough for a medic to get on site and get me to the hospital, but you also stopped the assassin from getting a second shot.”
She closed her mouth with a frown, “But-”
“But you got hurt on our watch,” Shade said quietly.
“And nopony could ever be able to prevent that,” I told her seriously, “Seriously, nopony without pre warning could have done any better. Unless I walked around with a shield constantly around myself, that arrow would always have hit me. But what matters after is what you did after. Kept me from bleeding out, kept things from getting worse, kept the assassin from getting a second shot. Because a second shot would likely have killed me.”
They didn’t look at me and I smiled, “I asked you to meet me because I had three things to tell you,” I said and that did get them to look at me, “One is a thank you personally. Two is to give you a reward.”
They blinked at me, “A reward?” they asked as one.
I smiled and nodded, “A thousand bits each transferred to your accounts. A personal gift from me.”
Both of them looked like I smacked them with a live salmon. In fact, I think they may have looked less surprised if I did.
…Damn, I should have had a photographer! Damn it, why didn’t I think about that!
“And my third thing,” I said with a smile, “And if you thought a thousand bits was big, you may want to sit down.”
I gave them a second to process before I smiled, “No? Okay then. Princess Celestia intends to reward each of you with the Equestrian Star.”
Both Leaf and Shade sank down to sit with a thunk. They just stared at me.
The Equestrian Star was the highest award that a member of the Equestrian armed forces could receive. In fact, nopony alive had it. Buck, it had not been awarded to somepony for over two hundred years.
I didn’t even have it!
Not that I was eligible anyway, I wasn’t in the guard. War mages didn’t count anymore and I was only very technically a war mage.
By tradition, it was only rewarded for one thing. Extraordinary bravery, sense of duty and the protection of an alicorn.
Last time, it was a private in the Solar guard that discovered a plot by a small group of ponies that wanted to overthrow Celestia and… well, restore the mare in the moon. Luna worshiping cult.
And I had to admit, they had the spirit but were a little confused. Why pick one alicorn to worship? It’s much more fun worshiping several at once.
Shade and Leaf both looked like they were trying to speak, but nothing came out.
I smiled at them, “As you saved me, I thought it was only fair from me to warn you it was coming. And fairly soon too, she wants it revealed before we head back to Nocturnis.”
Leaf managed a small choking sound before the door opened and Luna slipped inside.
She smiled at Lead and Shade as she crossed over to me, lowering her muzzle to whisper into my ear, “We got him.”
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Now to see who the culprit is, got me extra curious now
Whoever "He" is, his life is about to be full on BUCKED!!!!
Also nice to see Page doing a bit of responsibility. Even if we know that Adulting Sucks, we still do what we do because we must.
Nice.
after page is done with whoever shot em give him to the changelings! We must feed
Better keep the investigation going for a while, just to make sure they're not just the fall guy
great chapter i think the changelings should get him after they are done with him
Page has it right
Magnificent chapter!
Assassin is found? I am surprised the Assassin didn't get...assassinated. Unless it will happen after they talked to him?
What will it be?
- Jealous noble pony?
- Storm bitch king?
- A brother from another mother?
- A Assassin from the future send to the past to prevent the present Blank Page to start the age of Alicorns? One foal at a time...
Oh, please let it be Neighsay.
Luna:
"Its a golem from the future..."
Page:
"What?"
Luna:
"Apperently Twilight Sparkle accidentally created smart golem and somecreature hacked their control matrix and turned them against Equestria!"
Page:
"You got to be kidding me..."
Celestia:
"Also there was apperently another Golem that was sent for your protection."
Page:
"This can't be happening..."
Celestia:
"Apperently it was send here by the Alicorn resistance group of all your children to safeguard you from future attacks."
Page:
Cadance:
"The golem is also female~♡"
Page:
Leaving us on a cliffhanger? Damn
Dangle “him” on a big ol’ fishing pole back in Nocturnis to catch one of those big meaty dinosaurs… but maybe that would erroneously cross jurisdictions?
Thanks for the chapter!
Have a great day!
time for a good ol fashion hanging boys.. YEEEHAWWWW
Let the Heads roll
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...this is not an airport. No one cares about your departure time announcement.
Luna:
Oh Page! You missed all the action. The assassin was super agile and darted around all the sharp street corners of the city! We went thru multiple disguises at one point to get close enough to corner him.
Page:
Oh wow. Even with four alicorns after him?!
Luna:
Admittedly it took adding the guards as well to take the assassin down. Don't know why...but it almost felt like cheating...
DRAMATIZATION OF THE CHASE FINALE...
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I assume she meant the would be assassin, and not Osama Bin Pony
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You stole who I was going to accuse
Is it Prince Blueblood? I feel like it's Prince Blueblood..... "BUT I'VE BEEN FRAMED!!!"
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Reminds me of a story where Blueblood wanted to force attention on him by murdering a foal Nightmaremoon that was a human soul bound to a construction of magic in a attempt to bring vack Nightmaremoon.
Unless it's willful ignorance and stupidity, what don't fit Blueblood im this story well... Naysay would be more reasonable aber he actually made sure he has produced a heir so his bloodline don't end with him.
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The lone Changeling on Madildas wedding.
There are a surprisingly big numbers with Kevin as side or main character.
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Bi (female&male), gay(male exclusively while male) is usually used for someone exclusively liking males, while being male themself. Unless outside of Germany it's used otherwise.
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Nah tPrince Blueblood is chill in this series.
Duties
Chapter 46
My comment than: 2021
Yeah... Any non Chrysalis Ling/ Hive will hunt Page... Hes a treat to them all...
Batpony worldbuilding
Damn... I had totally forgotten about Blank Page abilities to see through illusions and shapeshift up close!
So, I assume we got the cats paw for the story, let’s see what they can get out of him. 😊
Two things:
First of all, it's Leaf. Not Lead.
Lastly... Well...
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