Chapter 629: Royal Date and Stalkers (2) (1/2)

Everyone in Indra Seagloo knew about the royal date. The townsfolk cheered and sang about it, the bards played music in the square as actors acted out what they thought would happen on the royal date. Truen cringed at the kissing scene and confession as the crowd cheered for the actors embracing each other like lovers glued at the hips. He shuddered and picked up his pace, jumping from roof to roof. Bob told him Zero was almost ready to depart.

The dragon was tucked into Zero's shirt, and the doctor squirmed. He barely managed to get away with it when the maids suddenly intruded on him in the bathroom. Luckily, he was able to get them to leave quickly before Bob was discovered.

”Are you sure you don't want to go back to the mindscape?” Zero asked, and Bob refused. He was worried about his master's dignity and insisted on coming along in his physical form.

With a sigh, Zero left his room and resumed that cold poker face with King Charo's appearance. His poise and mannerisms were perfect to the point of passing off as the actual King Charo now.

Queen Leah was waiting for him at the foyer. A long line of maids and servants trailed behind her, and the royal coachman brought the carriage over, bowing to Zero in greeting.

Zero looked at the carriage. He didn't know how merfolks travelled. He imagined them riding on seahorses seeing those creatures were the closest to horses under the ocean. He was wrong. Instead, they were very advanced, and the carriage was fashioned from giant clam shells, pulled by a water engine, steered by the coachman. The giant clam shell was big enough to fit two people. Its interior was lined with cushions and colourful kelp fabric. The top of the shell can be pulled closed completely to give them privacy if they wanted, and Zero saw how some parts of the shell was cut and fitted with tiny glass windows lined with sea crystals. It was a very beautiful carriage, fit for a lady as beautiful as Queen Leah.

”Shall we?” Zero asked with a smile and offered his arm to the Queen who was waiting.

Ordinarily, the man should never keep the lady waiting. However, Eros taught Zero to make them wait. The more they wait, the higher the anticipation. Also, a man shouldn't apologise even if he is in the wrong according to the male God of Romance. That only gave women the power over him. Zero should uphold his arrogant dignity in front of a lady, acting cold and unconcerned while throwing in an occasional dash of attention.

Instead of getting angry with the prince consort who made her wait for a good fifteen minutes, Queen Leah beamed and held onto his hand readily with a skip in her step. Her royal attendants had never seen her act so happily in front of someone so rude, and even Priscilla clenched her teeth in anger at how Zero was treating their queen. Someone as good as Queen Leah deserved better!

They climbed into the carriage, and the coachman started driving once the top of the clamshell was pulled close. Zero let his icy character go inside the carriage and peered out of the tiny glass windows excitedly. Queen Leah's smile only widened when she saw Zero's reaction. Instead of feeling like a woman in love, she felt like a mother taking her child out to sightsee. It was a refreshing feeling.

Unlike all the other men Queen Leah dated who tried to impress her with their wits, knowledge and gifts, Zero didn't do any of those. In fact, he was just a handful who constantly made her worry about him. However, through that process, Queen Leah found joy in giving and taking the lead. As a queen, she was used to taking command over everything. Failure wasn't an option. She always thought that she wanted someone else to take away this heavy burden from her shoulders. However, Zero wasn't like those men she dated before. If anything, his nose for trouble and childishness only made him more adorable in her eyes. Queen Leah had never felt the want to spoil anyone. She always thought that she was the one who wanted to be spoiled in a relationship. It was surprising, but they did not have any problems getting along once they warmed up to each other. She could see now why he was the Chosen One.