"Is that so, then what excuse did he give to make your majesty who never forgave any mistake no matter how small is it, forgive the inconvenience and even compliment him like that"
" That's not what is important right now Acelina"
Mother said in her sweet voice trying to divert my attention from the topic.
I sighed inwardly and decided not to press on the topic, I can find it out myself anyway.
"I see mother, if you say so then I have no worries"
Mother was taken a back for a moment by my sudden give in, but she regained her thoughts quickly and smiled at me again, guess she still has no idea how far I can go to find things out.
"Acelina you are twenty years old this year"
aha...I know where this is going!
"yes, mother I am turning twenty soon, but at this moment I am still just nineteen " I said innocently
Mother and father always had the thought of engagement with another kingdom to lessen the worries and bring more peace to the nation, however they also have that thought that I shouldn't get engaged or be involved in any relationship until I turn twenty years old, for them being twenty years old means being able to face and carry all the responsibilities that the world might throw on you.
Although the world have thrown everything it probably could at me when I turned 10 years old, I don't believe that it could throw anything more at me that it already did, so my mind became twenty years old just when I was still but a ten year old who grow overnight.
I knew that I would have to deal with that in the near future, but I just didn't expect it to be so soon, they also didn't have any thoughts about that before their trip to Rucubia, what exactly happened there?!
"That's right but your birthday is just two months away from now" mother said with a smile then looked at father hinting him to pick up from where she left, father of course collaborated and continued "Since this will be your twentieth birthday, we are planning to hold a ceremony with the Dukes and royals attending"
"Sure I have no objection to that, I also needed to talk to duke Matthew about that last developments in the land, but I haven't found the time to take the trip yet so this will save me the exhausting trip" I said with a serious look on my face
"Other than the royals of our kingdom and Derana's we are planning to invite Rucubia's Royal family and prime minister" father said focusing at my face searching for any change in my expression but there was none
"It's true that we are on good relation with Rucubia right now, but I think that there is no need to invite the royal family, it's best to avoid any unnecessary connection that might bring problems, after all our relation with them has been rocky this past few years" I said reasoning out "Also your majesty just returned from Rucubia and there is no reason to invite them since everything was settled when you were there "
" That's true but there is more to inviting them than what's on the surface, dear" mother said
Of course there is, after all they decided to back stab us before so why wouldn't they do it again, I thought bitterly
"you know that ever since what happened ten years ago, the relation between us and Rucubia has been so sensitive and could be triggered by the slightest misunderstanding" Father continued switching to a serious face. "But that never happened thanks to your efforts Acelina, you always put everything under control before a problem can even occur, but I am afraid that later or sooner those who want our two kingdoms to be in war, will find a chance to make trouble"
"I understand your fears father, but you needn't to worry, I have all of these traitors under watch every second of their life, so they can't do anything without my people informing me " I said wearing the same serious face as father
I stayed silent for a few moments letting what I said sink in.
"Father, I believe you know that the only reason Rucubia isn't attacking us is because they know they have no chance of wining, but if we gave them such an opening then I can't be too sure of what will be roaming their minds"
"Acelina, I have never been worried about any matter I handed to you, but I can't have you live your whole life watching over some traitors and worrying when will this army attack, we need to put an end to this now and forever " father said
"War is not an option father, even though we have every potential to win if we started a war, but I won't have our people live in war fear because of this "
although I will be all too happy to declare war at Rucubia and get rid of them forever, I don't want my people to suffer the wrath of wars.
"We are glad that you are thinking like that Acelina" mother said and I could see some relief in her face.
Did they seriously think that I want to engage in a war?
"As you said war is not an option, but that only leaves us with one solution"