Volume 1 Chapter 55 (1/2)

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Chapter 55

The king looked at the quill in his hand with a face full of concernAs he was unsure whether the decision he was about to make was a sensible choice or not, his eyebrows quiveredThe indecision left an unpleasant taste upon his tongue

Originally, when his son was born, he was happyHis happiness didn’t last, however It was quickly discovered that the prince had an incurable disease and for hi he would require a lot of careThis as stated to the king by every doctor, priest and Secret Arts Practitioner that came to check the princes condition

If any of the previous kings had a son with such a horrid disposition, they would have quickly and quietly reh, was a sentimental fellow and didn’t wish to kill his sonThus, he allocated a portion of the kingdoms funds for the care of the broken prince, as he would come to be known by the servants

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During the first few years of the prince’s life, the king spent a fair aht occur if he didHe prayed to ato the dehts to his advisers, they all warned hi abstained froerous actions

With the last idea he could come up with turned down, he started to look away fro the kingdohter was happy and hoped the king would forget about his son and only focus on her and her younger sister, as the broken boy would never be of use to the kingdoer sister, however, was only a few days younger than the boyBeing born froe, she wasn’t able to understand as going on and simply wished to play

The king would occasionally take theet better, that they would be friendly with each otherWhile the young girl looked at and hoped for hiirl looked at hidos of the previous generations were sensible for getting rid of the troublesome variables to keep order She could not understand why her father would take her to see the prince for any reason other than to show her eakness looked like

So it was, over the years, that the king spent less tiun to require areports from those on other continents and in the countries of this continent of bad weather stirring and bandits rising up with no concern for the lawThese proble co an increase in the ar the need for food As the Royal Capital of the continent was in the desert, most of it’s food was meat, imported from the other areas of the continent or even from the other continents

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It ithin the past year that a singularand offered an ay of people which could then be used by others – unfortunately theheard how expensive the amulet was evaluated, he was crestfallenThe adoy of many, many years With such a valuable ites attention and then offered a gli

”In this world, there are two things of importance:Status…And powerWhat could you offer me that could equal the price of this amulet?”

Thestruggled to understand his goalHe wasn’t really paying much attention to the merchant himself before but a closer look showed the eIt wasn’t unheard of though, for the corrupt people of this nation to have those types of interests

‘It can’t be that, right?It can’t be so…’

The king began stressing in his heard that thehiht though, as nobody would be as brace as to try and trick the current kingThe ain

”If you can’t come up with an offer, perhaps then, I’d be permitted to make a request?”

Thewas confused as to what he wantedWhen he saw that, he thought the king had too many burdens placed upon hi sleep was made

”You may”

The king granted him permission, even with the belief it would be a request that was irantHe still wished to hear it from the merchants mouth

”I ahtersWhile they , they are well behavedIt need only be one, but perhaps you’d be able to find soes 5, 11 and 18 They are intelligent and will be able to offer many perks to whomever you can find for them”

In hiswas in a state shockThe ain status!Sure, hter is co three! He could understand that intent behind thea daughter with the prince Surely the merchant knew that it’s required that the prince only marry a princess from another continent in order to maintain power?

‘Then…Is he suggesting that?’