At the palace.
"My Lord, this man refuses to take his claim off my land. After what happened to our land and the Queen, blessed Athena came to our aid, there have been misplacements of lands. Which was owed to the destruction caused by those animals from Aiowa. But then after the rain and the land was fixed, returning into a state much better than the way twas before. This man had thus taken that opportunity to steal what is mine, conning his way into my own property. And I have brought this before you, my Lord."
The old man stopped talking. His cloth was ragged and his face wrinkled. He reminded Vulcan of his old self.
Vulcan sat well in the throne. Athena was next to him. He was glad that she was. He sincerely didn't have the mind of this trouble the citizens were bringing to him. What did he know about being a king?
He signalled Athena who took a stance,
"With the honor given to me by my Lord, I shall take this matter in
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