96 The King and the Princess (1/2)
Princess Darlene was standing and waiting for king Don to come to the throne hall along with Uncle Steve. After the confusion of thinking Joel as the king of Everlight, Princess Darlene didn't want to get into any conclusion until the king of Everlight introduced himself.
However, when she laid her eyes on the youth walking towards her, Princess Darlene couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath and identified him as the king of Everlight without a doubt this time.
He had shoulder-length wavy hair with the color of midnight black and his eyes were darker than his hair, framed by graceful brows. He had prominent cheekbones and perfectly well-defined chin and nose. Unlike many young nobles and men who were obese eating all the fatty food they could, King Don was not bulky but had a well-built body with muscles rippled across every part of his body that even with all the clothes covering his body Darlene could see the muscles protruding.
There was no doubt he was a fighter and a warrior. She���d never seen a man with those features, the aura of a king was radiating from him, unlike Warren who's walking beside him.
And when she thought as she had enough shock, Darlene received another when she saw the woman walking behind Don. The girl had black hair and perfect structure and an aura of a warrior radiating from her, she was not a country toppling beauty or beauty like Darlene but she had a unique charm and grace to her that separated her from the common beauties and delicate young misses.
Seeing the sword hilt on her back, it was clear to Darlene that she was king's bodyguard.
”Princess Darlene, meet his highness Don the king of Everlight and Emir”
”King Don” In the Moon Empire when two royalties meet each other they use a simple handshake as etiquette for greeting so did Princess Darlene.
”Princess Darlene” Don reached out his hand and shook the hand of the princess. When Darlene shook his hand, she recognized it was not a hand of a pampered youth feeling the roughness and hardness of the skin.
”King Don, meet my uncle and advisor Steven Rodric” Darlene pointed at the white-haired old man standing beside her.
”Your majesty” Uncle Steve lowered his head and slightly bowed towards Don as Don nodded in return
After introducing Uncle Steve, Darlene looked curiously at the girl behind him and waited for Don to introduce her
”This is my personal bodyguard, Adria”
Just to be safe Don decided to go with a false name for Arrora
”Your royal highness” Arrora bend and curtsied while Warren prayed that she doesn't ask the same questions she asked Glacia but fortunately Darlene kept her mouth close even though she had the curiosity
Without wasting any time Warren clapped his hand as the refreshment was brought to the hall by the maids while Don gestured at Princess Darlene to take a seat as he sat on the seat which was previously arranged by Warren.
Seeing Don didn't take the throne Warren sat beside Don as Arrora stood behind Don without taking the refreshment from the tray.
”So King Don, I assume you heard everything from Mister Joel”
”Yes, I did. Except for one thing, what do I get in return?”
Don had his own plans in his mind but for Don, it was never a wrong thing to have more
Hearing Don, Darlene sighed like she was hoping he would not ask this question before answering
”Well, King Don you've heard of ancient dungeons right?”
Don nodded as Princess Darlene continued
”Then you know about the ancient keys to access the dungeons, if you help me with this matter I will give you the access key given to Korrinth”
”The Princess must have gone nuts” that's what Warren thought when he heard Darlene and even Uncle Steve looked shocked and surprised at her
After telling what was she going to offer in return, Darlene expected either shock or surprise from Don but to her surprise, he didn't show any emotions even though any kingdom would kill each other to have one extra access key
”King Don, to my knowledge Everlight is not yet registered with the empire”
Princess Darlene frowned but her meaning was clear to Don, the access keys to the dungeon were only given to the registered kingdoms and Everlight was not one of those