Help! My Fictional Knight Is Real?! Chapter 4

[Seren’s Room – Where Sanity No Longer Exists]

[🚪 The Door BURSTS Open]

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

SEREN WAGNER! IT IS 3 PM! WHY HAVEN’T YOU COME DOWN FOR LUNCH?!

Seren wagner (fl)

(frozen in terror) Oh no

Kieran, still standing in full knightly attire, turns to face the new intruder—aka, Seren’s mom. Mom blinks. Sees a strange armored man in her daughter’s messy room. With a sword. Holding a serious expression

She slowly takes off her glasses. Wipes them. Puts them back on

Still there

Mom inhales. Deeply. Seren can physically feel the disappointment radiating from her.

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

(calm but deadly) Seren

Seren wagner (fl)

(sweating) Yes, beloved mother?

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

Who is this… grown man… dressed like a Game of Thrones extra… standing in your room… with a WEAPON?!

Seren wagner (fl)

(brain buffering) Um. He’s… uh…

Kieran, being the chivalrous fool that he is, bows dramatically. Seren wants to die.

Kieran Valtor (ml)

Lady Seren was feeling unwell. I have sworn to protect her with my life

Seren wagner (fl)

(internally screaming) NO NO NO WRONG ANSWER.

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

(expression darkening) EXCUSE ME?!

Seren wagner (fl)

(panicking) WAIT—IT’S NOT LIKE THAT. HE’S MY FRIEND

Kieran Valtor (ml)

(raising an eyebrow) I am?

Seren wagner (fl)

(through gritted teeth) YES. YES, YOU ARE.

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

(eyeing her suspiciously) Really? (gestures at Kieran’s literal armor) Then why is your "friend" dressed like a medieval security guard?!

Seren wagner (fl)

(thinking fast, thinking dumb) Uh. Because. He’s a historical reenactor!

Kieran blinks. Seren prays he just goes with it. But of course—he doesn’t.

Kieran Valtor (ml)

…What is a reenactor?

Seren wagner (fl)

SOMEONE WHO SHUTS UP RIGHT NOW.

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

(pinching her nose) Seren, you are telling me—a man dressed like a lost knight from the 1500s—just walked into our house?!

Seren wagner (fl)

YES! I MEAN NO! I MEAN… IT’S COMPLICATED!

Kieran suddenly kneels. RIGHT THERE. IN HER ROOM. Like this is some dramatic fantasy scene. Seren’s soul leaves her body.

Kieran Valtor (ml)

Lady Seren is under my protection. I swear upon my honor as a knight.

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

(staring at the ceiling like she’s asking God for strength) Seren.

Seren wagner (fl)

Yes?

Eleanor Wagner (fl mom)

DOWNSTAIRS. NOW.

Seren wagner (fl)

(whispers to Kieran while walking out like a prisoner being led to their execution) Okay, listen, you’re about to meet my dad. He’s scarier than my mom

Kieran Valtor (ml)

(serious) A great warrior, then?

Seren wagner (fl)

…Yeah, let’s go with that (Internally done with him)

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