Magnus Part 5

I was promoted to the post of the Commander.

It was a shocking decision at first, and not a lot of people obliged with it. There were uproars, privileged and more distinguish commanders found my promotion as an insult to them. But, there I was, unperturbed by any opinion other than my father's, who was adamant that I be given the post.

"How can a mere peasant boy be promoted to the post of the Commander?Has the King gone mad? Does he have no regards for any social hierarchy?" The others soon started saying all sorts of nasty things about my low birth and how I had somehow managed to bewitch the king into giving me the post.

"Did you hear that he had disappeared from the army from more than two years? I wonder where he went or what he did at that time. He said that he was severely injured in field and some kindly couple took him in and cared for him. But, I donot trust that guy at all, he can make up stiff from thin air!" The other courtiers snorted.