by OrendaSolace
“Killing the Queen was the easy part. Surviving the promotion is going to be a nightmare.” The world was supposed to end when the Witch-Queen ascended. Instead, the world watched in confusion as five lowly squires returned from the front lines with her head and a story that didn’t quite add up. The Trio—Allaric, Perric, and Caden—are the elite soldiers the kingdom thinks it got: disciplined, deadly, and dignified. The Duo—Aric and Osric—are the reality: two walking disasters who toppled an empire simply because they were too annoying for ancient magic to comprehend. Now, the "Five Saviors" are trapped in the greatest fraud in history. To confess the truth is to face the executioner; to keep the lie is to be sent on every impossible mission the King can dream up. While the Trio desperately tries to maintain the facade of military genius, Aric and Osric continue to do what they do best: failing so spectacularly that they somehow keep winning. The King is leaning in to grant them the Kingdom’s highest honor. The crowd is breathless. And Aric just whispered, "Wait....which one of us is supposed to be the smart one again?"
