91 Princess Darlene II (2/2)
”This is?” Darlene's voice had a small variation when she asked Joel looking at Glacia. The girls and women Darlene had seen since now were not even close to Darlene's beauty but the demihuman girl before her nearly shook Darlen's arrogance about her beauty.
”I'm Glacia, Princess” Glacia did a curtsy and introduced herself
”And are you?” Darlene wanted to ask whether she was a slave as having a demihuman beauty as slaves were usual among the nobles, however seeing Glacia's outfit and the way she conducted herself before Darlene had shown that she was not a mere slave.
”I'm the guardian for Mister Joel, Princess ” just like Darlene had thought she was not a slave. Warren saw the princess also flabbergasted at the point that this cute bunny was a bodyguard.
Unlike Warren, Princess Darlene's interest in Glacia peaked. At this moment Darlene didn't think about anything else but Glacia's strength.
Joel felt like he was invisible to the princess as she studied Glacia from top to bottom.
”So tell me Glacia, what level are you?” Darlene asked. Normally, mages or people would not ask about someone's life energy cultivation level because having an element of surprise in the battle was crucial to winning, besides this unwritten rule kept weak or low-level mages safe from being bullied by the strong as no one would no someone's level until they cast a spell or engage in battle.
However being a princess gave the privilege to ask such questions like this, especially to someone who's not a noble or royalty such as Glacia.
Joel and Warren felt uncomfortable when they heard Darlene's question but Glacia smiled ”I just entered into the great master level, Princess”
Darlene's heart skipped a beat when she heard Glacia. Darlene could see Glacia was younger than she is but reaching the great master level at such a young age would certainly be a rare talent.
”You are a talented one girl,” Uncle Steve said and nodded his head.
”Let's have a seat and talk about other matters, shall we?” Warren clapped his hands and the maids came carrying various refreshments.
After taking their seats, Warren dismissed the guards from the hall. Warren sat on his throne while Joel and Princess Darlene sat facing each other. Uncle Steve took the seat beside Princess Darlene as Glacia just stood behind Joel.
”I was expecting to see your King, Mister Joel” Princess Darlene put down the glass and said.
”Your request was too sudden Princess, His highness couldn't leave. You know how it is, running a kingdom”
Princess Darlene nodded her head
”Where's your kingdom, Mister Joel? To be honest I've never heard of Everlight before”
”Everlight is a newly found kingdom princess and it's too far away from here”
”Couldn't he stay in Emir? I know King Warren swore his loyalty to your King, doesn't it mean he's the true king here?”
Warren didn't take any offense hearing Princess Darlene since he knew what she just said was indeed the truth,
”That's because His highness has full confidence in King Warren's ability to rule Emir just like he would”
”We didn't mean any offense King Warren, Mister Joel”
Uncle Steve said looking at Warren and Joel as they both shook their head
”It's alright, the Princess's questions are reasonable,” Joel said and sipped some of his drink.
”I'll be direct with you Mister Joel, the reason I'm here is to ask for your King Don's help.it's a quiet sensitive matter that's why I asked your king to meet me in person”
”Rest assured Princess, talking to me is the same as talking to his highness. You can tell me what you want from us?”
Princess Darlene sighed and started to tell the events from her marriage union with the Agorian prince to her plan to get into the Cold Moon Palace as an inner disciple, she also didn't hide the fact she ran away from Korrinth without telling anyone.
When she finished telling her story, Warren wiped away his cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Joel.
Joel understood how the marriage union works and the consequences of breaking it but he didn't understand why the princess asked for Don's help or how he was able to help the princess with this situation.
”This is a tricky situation Princess, but I don't get why you are asking for his highness Don's help? I'm not sure how he can help you?”
The Princess showed her beautiful smile as she said
”I'm sure he can help me, Mister Joel. The question is will he help me?”
Joel still didn't get how can Don help with her situation and Joel waited for Princess to tell what she wants, however when Joel heard the princess he almost coughed up all the drink he had
”I want King Don to pretend to be my lover for two months,”