Morkana’s eyes widened with surprise and her heart began beating fast. She immediately jumped out of her “throne” and ran out of the throne room as fast as she could. For 6 years she has waited and he was finally here (12).

EXT. PALACE’S ENTRANCE - DAY (13)

Morkana walked outside the palace’s entrance and saw a small raggedy figure with a big shining sword attached to his back. Flamewing looked dirty as if he had worked for years on a farm, his usual heroic hair was a mess, a beard grew over his face, his clothes were raggedy, his pants and boots had mud stains, and his eyes looked at her with both hope and pain. The famous Hero of Rayga was a mess, but in Morkana’s eyes she saw the man that stole her heart and he wasn’t an illusion. He was back home with her.

Morkana: “Arther.”

Flamewing: “Mork.” (14)

Just when Flamewing took one step, Morkana took a leap at high speed and hugged him and he hugged her back. The feeling of his arms around her was like heaven and that feeling made her cry without caring if she looked weak in the eyes of others. Her Equal was back and she wasn’t letting him go away again.

Just as a reminder, Morkana is 2 meters tall so she had to kneel to be able to hug Flamewing properly (15).

Morkana: “Why did you leave me for so long, you big idiot?! You left that day and I-”

Hearing the woman he loves cry made the hero’s soul feel the pain of 6 years of regrets be amplified thousands of times. He had committed a great sin as the result of being manipulated and choosing self sacrifice over his own happiness, and by trying to be too selfless he betrayed the love of Morkana.

Flamewing: “Mork, I… I did what I thought was right, but ruined everything. I seriously ruined everything! I fucked up!”

Morkana caressed Flamewing’s head as he began to cry.

Morkana: “It’s okay, it’s okay. You are here now and that is all that matters.”

Flamewing broke the hug and took a step back.

Flamewing: “It isn’t okay, Mork.”

The hero used to look at Morkana’s eyes with happiness, but now he had difficulty doing that because of so much shame. He was still able to do it and cried more (16).

Flamewing: “Jen and I… we had a daughter.”

That sentence. That single sentence made Morkana’s heart paralyze. Her eyes were wide with surprise, tears were forming again and her breathing became more difficult. She felt her heart was breaking and tried to catch the pieces, but the pain was too much for her (17).

Flamewing: “Her name is Helen and-”

Morkana: “I don’t want to listen to you!”

Flamewing: “Mork.” (18)

Morkana’s sadness turned to anger (19) and her yellow eyes irradiated an anger so great Flamewing hadn’t seen before. He had seen her angry about stupid things people do and angry about stupid things he has done. The anger he saw that day was the anger Morkana feels when someone betrays her in a personal way. Morkana glared at Flamewing as if he was her enemy.

Morkana: “I waited for you for 6 fucking years! I waited patiently and now I realize I was a fool!”

Flamewing: “...”

Morkana: “You left me when I needed you and flew off with that bitch to a lonely agrarian world, and you come back telling me you fucked her and the two of you had a baby?!” (20)

Flamewing: “Actually, she is 3 ye-”

Morkana: “Do you think I care about a spawn you had with that monster?! You ruined everything! We could have been a family… We could have...”

Morkana wanted to shout at Flamewing for abandoning her and their son. She wanted him to feel the guilt of leaving behind a boy who wants to meet his father. But Morkana thought it didn’t really matter because Prince was her son and she raised him without Flamewing’s help. The Empress cleaned her tears and stood up in an intimidating way.

Morkana: “Is there anything you can say to defend yourself, hero?” (21)

Flamewing: “...”

Morkana: “You know I am right. Get out of my sight.”

Morkana had nothing to speak to her former lover, so she turned around and began to walk back to her place of work (22).

Flamewing: “Mork!”

Morkana heard the sound of fire igniting and of metal crushing stone. She turned around and saw Flamewing pressing the Kaisword, the Sword of the Emperor, against the formerly polished floor in front of the palace’s entrance. Even as a raggedy looking person, Flamewing was scary looking when holding a flaming sword that can kill gods.

Tyrant Notes:

12)Morkana: "Finally, my tortillas are here."

13)The haircut lasts (the same German joke is repeated).

14)From Ork. Morkana: "Nano Nano."

15)KNEEL FOR THE HUG!

16)A male with human emotion who cries, how refreshing to see. He will be very healthy because he can cry.

17)A little bit overdramatic I would say.

18)Flamewing: “From Ork.” Morkana: “Stop it!”

19)Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Be careful not to land on the dark side.

20)Flamewing: "On the way back we also robbed a few casinos, killed a few thousand mobsters and pirates and blew up a mountain. You may hear about that eventually."

21)Flamewing: "I was incredibly horny and didn't want to masturbate."

22)She still had to reform the tax code.