Years ago, Flamewing was horrified by the stories he heard about Morkana and the Birds and he thought they were as evil as King Aureon, but after having to work with them and getting to know them he found the truth isn’t black and white as he expected. The Birds were initially recruited from the female population of Blitz affected by the authoritarian measures of Aureon: widows of soldiers, beggars, nuns, disinherited nobles, magic academy dropouts, prostitutes, strippers, thieves and outcasts. (44) These women were offered a standard payment and the chance to improve their living conditions in exchange to serve Morkana’s goals, but through their successes and the results of their actions on the world around them, they became loyal to Morkana and saw a brighter future. They have killed corrupt politicians responsible for mass murders, and the fortunes they have stolen from mobsters and rich tyrants has been used to improve the lives of billions of people. (45)

Flamewing: “I just wish there was a better way.”

You and me both-Hey, did you just… Sorry dear readers, sometimes I get confused and don’t realize when someone is or isn’t breaking the fourth wall, and since Flamewing is scratching his butt now that means he didn’t pay attention to what I said. Hmmm… He has a cute butt. This is probably one of the reasons Morkana is attracted to him. The limitations of prose writing don’t allow me to show you his butt, dear readers, so I will leave this to your imagination. Damn, Mork touched that butt for 6 years! You go, girl! Mom is so proud! (46)

INT. IMPERIAL PALACE - NIGHT. (47)

After a long day at the military headquarters of the capital, Flamewing finally had time to spend with his daughter. The little girl needed her bedtime story to sleep.

Flamewing: “And then the mighty space marine and the beautiful tech priestess married and lived happily ever after. The end.” (48)

Helen: “Yay!”

Flamewing: “Now it’s time to go to sleep, Little Wing.” (49)

Helen: “Daddy, will they have babies?”

Flamewing: “Yes… Good night, Little Wing.”

Helen: “Good night, daddy!”

Flamewing kissed his daughter’s forehead and left her room. Meanwhile in Prince’s room Morkana was telling her own bedtime story.

Morkana: “And then the Fox Prince used the seeds he stole from the evil king and created a field to feed the people of the land. The end.” (50)

Prince: “Do they switch the crops with the seasons?”

Morkana: “Of course.”

Prince: “Yay!” (51)

Morkana: “Good night, my Prince.”

Prince: “Good night, mommy!”

Morkana kissed her son’s forehead and left the room. It was moments like this that made her feel that all her work done for the last 2 decades has been worth it. She went from a traumatized and abused teenager to the most powerful woman in the Known Worlds and her actions have saved so many lives that even the Church of the Goddess unofficially considers her a saint. Sadly, she carries the burden of all the crimes she has done to be where she is. (52)

Morkana: “I need more fairytale ideas. The one that always had the imagination for this-”

Just as Morkana went to the kitchen for a midnight snack, she found Flamewing there, with a plate of cookies. (53)

Morkana: “...”

Flamewing: “...”

The two stayed there in silence for an awkward moment, and then Morkana broke it. (54)

Morkana: “You look better now shaved.” (55)

Flamewing: “Thanks. You look nice too with your night dress.”

Morkana turned around, but then reconsidered and looked back at Flamewing.

Morkana: “Let’s be clear. I hate you and I hate what you did to me, Mr. Hero. In fact, I think I deserve to tell all the things about you that have annoyed me during our time together: you are overprotective, you take many risks, you don’t consult people when doing stuff, you are very judgemental about movies and sports, you get too angry if people ruin a comedy sketches, some of the animes you watch have old sexist tropes, you forget to wear deodorant unless you are reminded to do it, and you want to save everyone, even if you can’t.” (56)

Flamewing: “That’s… all true.”

Morkana: “Then tell me what you hate about me. I will allow you to vent, heck, I will allow you to eat those cookies you have taken without permission if you tell me everything you hate about me.” (57)

Morkana expected insults she had heard many times before. She has been called a bitch for so long it was a name she took as a defiance against those who hated her. The Bitch of Blitz couldn’t be offended easily. (58) However, Flamewing’s actions were more powerful than any word as he left in a table the plate of cookies.

Flamewing: “I don’t hate you and I won’t.”

The hero left the kitchen and Morkana stood there in silence, but with tears forming and a heart beating fast.

Morkana: “How dare you…” (59)

Morkana walked towards her room at a fast pace and she was crying rivers.

Morkana: “I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!”

After entering her room, she opened a drawer from her night table and took a photo of her and Flamewing from a date the two had a long time ago.

Morkana: “I hate you! I hate you! I hate… I-I...”

She was tempted to rip the photo apart, but instead she pressed it against her chest.

Morkana: “I-I loved you so much! You were my equal, the person I trusted the most! Why did you have to leave me?! Why did you have to be a hero for her?!” (60)

The memories of every time he comforted her were still vivid. His hugs and kisses were kind and his words were full of honesty. He would say the truth to her, even if it was something that would make her angry. He was the person she wanted to marry and have twenty kids with. Well, at least three since giving birth to Prince was really painful for her. (61)

Morkana: “I can’t forgive what you did to me, Arther Flamewing. I can’t forgive what you did to me and my son.”

That night Morkana ordered Robin to hijack the plumbing of Flamewing’s bathroom to give him a few problems for him to solve on his own. Robin felt uncomfortable with these petty acts of revenge. (62)

END OF CHAPTER 3 (63)

The magnificent Tyrant Tennebaum presents: Flashbacks of Flamewing and Morkana 2.

The two lovers are naked and resting on Morkana’s bed. Flamewing is the little spoon.

Morkana: “Arther, why do you love me?”

Flamewing: “Well, I really like you a lot.”

Morkana: “You know what I have done. I have killed many people for what I consider a ‘greater good’, I have manipulated many others in the past, and I barely see you with all I have to do.”

Flamewing: “Nobody is perfect.”

Morkana: “I am older than you by almost a decade, and I wasn’t a virgin when we met. I want to know what you see in me that can be loved besides my body.”

Flamewing: “It’s because I know you that I love you. You care for the wellbeing of others, and I have seen how you and your agents behave like a family.”

The tall goth cries and kisses the head of her boyfriend.

Flamewing: “You aren’t a broken bird that needs help to fly. You are already flying and I just want to fly along with you.”

Morkana: “That is the most beautiful and ridiculous thing someone has told me.”

Flamewing: “I love you, Morkana.”

Morkana: “I love you, Arther.”

End of the flashback.

Tyrant Notes:

44)Don't forget to mention the former Goop employees. The worst of the worst.

45)Seems as if the heirs of Bernie Sanders went radical.

46)I DO THE RIFFING HERE! By all the gods, it is my job to comment everywhere.

47)The imperial toilet was clogged.

48)I read enough grimdark science fiction to know that this never happens.

49)Now go and wing it!

50)I prefer the Version in which the Fox Prince also kills the evil king and feeds with his corpse the hungry dogs.

51)One seldom meets little kids who are so happy to hear about agriculture. Well, let ya little scamps let me tell you about animal breeding.

52)I wonder how St. Morks part in that church's bible will read like. Maybe like this: "She is neurotic and idiotic and likes to sleep with an otaku."

53)Flamewing: "C is for cookie, that is good enough for me, Cookie starts with C!"

54)Break the sound... Of silence.

55)Like one of my favorite characters from that next generation show about starships and science fiction socialism. I think his name is Riker.

56)Your criticism should concentrate on one topic and not flip all around the board.

57)Morkana: "I will even allow you to drink milk with the cookies. But not cocoa, never cocoa."

58)Better than the title "The Pedophile of Poland".

59)Morkana: "You took the last pudding! YOU WILL DIE FOR THIS INSOLENCE!"

60)Stupid overdramatic tsundere.

61)It was even worse than normal considering for some reason the body of Prince was coated in chili powder during birth.

62)Overflowing his toilet? How predictably lame.

63)But Flamewing will return in Chapter 4 called: "The gender neutral person with the golden rocket launcher".