91 Princess Darlene II (1/2)
”I see,” said Uncle Steve as he was about to nod, but suddenly he realized what Princess Darlene had just said. ”Wait WHAT!!, you are playing with me right Princess? ”
”No, I'm being serious Uncle” Princess Darlene was calm and cool as there was no uncertainty in her mind about her plan.
Unlike Darlene, Uncle Steve felt like he was just about to have a heart attack
”Princess, you didn't even meet with the king of Everlight? And what made you think he would agree to do this?”
”Uncle, have you ever heard of a kingdom called Everlight before?” Princess Darlene asked.
Uncle Steve rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment before answering
”Now you are asking, indeed I've never heard of it till a couple of weeks ago”
”Exactly, what does it tell you?”
”Either it's a newly found kingdom or a small puny kingdom,” Uncle Steve said.
”For a king of such a small kingdom, he would do anything that gives him a chance to develop his kingdom and also he's just a man. How could he refuse to help a helpless Princess like me?”
Uncle Steve knew the Princess would never do something that she was never sure about and seeing her calm demeanor, it was clear that she's not going to back away from her plan. After thinking about Princess Darlene's he had one last question to ask
”Tell me Princess what are you going to offer him so he would do this bidding of yours?”
”I'm going to give...” suddenly Princess paused and looked at the door
”Who's there?” as the Princess asked, Uncle Steve saw the maid of King Warren slowly opened the door and stepped forward
”Princess, my lord they are here”
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”How's your journey, Joel?” as Warren greeted Joel, he gasped his mouth full of air seeing the girl stepping out of the carriage behind Joel.
The girl was young, fair, and beautiful, her slender figure looked like a perfectly crafted statue. As she finished stepping out of the carriage, Warren realized she was not a human girl but a demi-human noticing the fluffy long ears above her head, she was a bunny girl nonetheless she was extremely cute. Her black hair was as waves of pure clay, gently reflecting the light of the sun as each strand was swaying loosely in the breeze, a compliment to her black leathery dress.
”It's an honor to meet you, King Warren” The girl had a voice that's so gentle and sweet that it almost sounded like music in Warren's ears.
”Honor is mine, miss?”
”You can call me Glacia, King Warren.I'm just a bodyguard to Mister Joel ”
”You bastard, you have such a cute girl as your bodyguard” Warren's inner voice cursed Joel but he couldn't afford to show his emotions like that given he's a king now.
Awkward silence for a moment between the three of them.
”King Warren, I assume we have guests waiting for us?” Joel asked and broke the silence.
”Yes, follow me” Joel and Glacia started to walk towards the throne hall following Warren with his four guards following them.
Entering the throne hall, Joel saw the newly decorated hall of former King, King Hedor. A long red rug was spread down from the throne for a few meters before coming to an end while rounded banners with adorned tips were swinging gently from the walls.
At the end of the hall, a striking throne made of mahogany sits under an impressively decorated canopy like structure and was adjoined by two smaller and less fancy seats which one of them was for most likely for Loren as Joel thought.
”He looks...” Princess Darlene pondered seeing the blonde youth following King Warren.
”Ordinary?” Uncle Steve said standing beside Princess Darlene.
No matter how Darlene looked, the youth was not what Darlene imagined in her mind. Although the blonde youth had a well-built body and seemed a little handsome, in Darlene's mind he had no aura of a king just like Warren.
Princess Darlene was slightly expected more from the king of Everlight when she heard the events that happened during the final stages of the rebellion in Emir from her spies. However seeing the ordinary looking youth before her, Darlene was sure most of the stories were fabricated or exaggerated. Nonetheless, Darlene was not going to back away from her plan and from her experience, she believed that normal looking guys like him would certainly be mesmerized by her beauty and do anything just to have a chance of talking to her let alone helping her and earning her favor.
”Thanks for coming to see me, King…?” This was the first time Joel seeing a Princess in a hand reach distance. The girl before was the definition of beauty, with her cherry lips and rosy cheeks, she would never fail to raise a youngster's heartbeat. Her sweet voice was every bit as stunning as her beauty, her golden dress was tight enough to show her flawless figure.
Seeing the princess reaching out her hand for a handshake, Joel lowered his head and bowed towards the princess
”Your Highness, Princess of Korrinth I'm Joel, just a messenger for His Royal Highness Don, the king of Everlight”
”That explains it,” Darlene thought to herself and noticed the demihuman girl standing behind him.