Invitations were sent to other kingdoms for the much awaited day in the Kingdom of Nielsen, the coronation of the Prince. Aristocrats, nobles, royalties, even the citizens were invited in this event. The Prince took the courage to write a "personal" letter to Queen Shekinah (Ariya) inviting her to this big event.
King Conrad strode towards the Prince's room and saw his son sitting on his study, smiling brightly. The sun kissed his skin which add glimmer to him and his eyes were shimmering. The maids that followed the King witnessed this and giggled. The King noticed this and ordered his servants to wait for him outside. The Prince still didn't notice the King so King Conrad feigned a cough.
"Oh, Father." Prince Lance stood and bowed slightly.
"You're busy with?" King Conrad inquired.
"This is a personal letter inviting Queen Shekinah." He excitedly replied then sat down. The King frowned on this because he still doesn't approve of the Lady after what happened at the council meeting.
"Father, please..." Prince Lance stood and went to his father. He patted his Father's shoulder reassuring him.
"I know what I'm doing."
He smiled at his father and went beside the window. He watched as the gentle breeze caressed the flower garden and the petals danced with it.
"This is my first time being interested in someone. Would father take that away from me?" With that, he looked at his father with a saddened expression. The King sighed heavily looking at his son. "Ok, if you say so. Whatever you want you spoiled brat." He said with a 'humph' that made the Young Prince chuckled.
"Why do you want to be crowned king as soon as possible? As I remembered, my 'spoiled' son never wanted to be a king." His son looked at him and grimaced.
"Just watch and see father. This coronation will be interesting." The wind blew harder almost making the flowers bow to the soil. His son has become vicious and cunning that it made the King shivered, but nonetheless ignored it.
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"That cheeky little bastard." Ariya said in a gritted teeth. The room went silent as their Queen smashed the letter on the table. The letter sent by Prince Lance was full of admiration to the Queen.
"I hope that the Queen of Layla would grace me with her beauty and visit me on the day of my coronation. I am hoping to see you there My Queen....? My...Queen.....MY QUEEN?!" Raymond, their head chef, read the last two lines in disbelief. Ariya shot him a murderous look and Raymond back down a little.
"Right, if he wants to play fool with me, I'm going to make him regret it!" She said with a smirk plastered on her face. 'Let's see who'll bow down first' this thought made the Queen grimaced.
"Clementus, prepare everything for the Prince's coronation. I'll be there." Clementus was hesitant but Ariya didn't gave him a room to argue. "I'll go alone, heed my order. Now!". Ariya closed her eyes and sighed heavily, "Raymond bring me some talismans, I think I'll be needing that." Raymond hurriedly left the room and prepared as the Queen ordered. "I'll play with your silly games for now Little Prince, and you'll see who's the real game maker." A glint of murderous aura was visible in the Queen's eyes. 'Poor little Prince, he just offended someone he should not in the first place' Her subordinates thought to himself.
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The Palace guards are positioned in every entry, the maids and entertainers were preparing for this very big event to happen. Today is the Prince's coronation day! The beloved prince of Nielsen is bound to become King. Though this rush decision shocked most of the aristocrats, they still supported the 'soon-to-be-king' of Nielsen. The Herald is already at the entrance doors checking then rechecking the names of the guests.
"You're not nervous?" King Conrad patted his son's shoulder giving him assurance that everything will be alright.
"Not if Father's here." The King rolled his eyes at his son's reply. The chatted for a long while and was interrupted by a knock. "Seems like father and son have a good bonding." A Lady in her early 40s went inside the room. Her blonde hair swayed back and forth and her teal blue eyes made her more beautiful and alluring. She smiled at the two men before her. She strode towards her son and arranged his collar for him and even dusted it. She now looked at her son lovingly. "I know you'll be a great King." And gave her son a peck on the cheek.
"Let's go now My Queen, let your son think over this for the last time. " He winked at his son and left the room.
"Frida, go get the things ready. Make sure our plan this time works." He demanded. The lady within her 20s nodded. Frida is a sorceress, despite being young, she's a skilled sorceress.
"Also, make sure everything is clean. Hide your face well or it will stir trouble." He took a last glance at the lady in front and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The girl was overwhelmed with his kiss. Her cheeks turned scarlet and her body became hot.
"Do well and you will be rewarded, fail and you will meet death." The girl vanished in an instant. After waiting for a while, one of his butler knocked on the door.
"Your Highness, it's time for the coronation." The Prince strode his long legs towards the door and followed his butler.
After a short walk, the prince arrived at the royal hall where everyone is waiting for him. He opened the door and all eyes were on him. A handsome young man bound to become the king made the young ladies giggle and hearts beating so fast. He scanned the room looking for that familiar face but found none. He sighed heavily but still kept his composure. When he stepped at the podium, he saw a familiar figure slowly walking down the aisle. She is dressed in a red mermaid gown that highlighted her figure, she tied her hair in a bun exposing her slender neck.
The prince is in awe with the goddess that have just walked in. The noble men are staring intently at her, some gave a look of admiration, some look at her with lust, suddenly a dark aura was suddenly felt by these young men. They looked at the Prince darkened expression, and then suddenly met with a smile. 'It must be just my imagination' they thought.
After giving his lengthy speech prepared by his courtier, the King finally bestowed his son the blessing to take over the throne. The whole kingdom applauded and the people outside the palace cheered at their new King.
" All hail King Lance!" shouted the people outside. The new crowned King smiled and walked hurriedly towards the beautiful figure and greeted her.
"My Queen..." before he could finish he was cut by Ariya.
"Oh, it's the skirted prince again." The Prince eyebrow twitched but kept his smile on and the queen chuckled at this.
"That's quite a speech you have there." She added. Ariya seemed to notice that Lance is staring at her intently, she shot a glare at him which made King Lance shocked.
"It's impolite to stare at a Lady like that." She reprimanded.
"It's more impolite not to admire a such beauty." he rebutted.
Awkward silence~
"You're losing your mind." As she was about to turn around, a strong hand grab her wrist which made her turned her heels facing him closely. Ariya noticed the young man's face, his eyes are beautiful but dangerous, his lips is inviting--a pure ecstasy, and the scent of sandalwood made him even more tempting.
"It's impolite to stare at a young man like that." He whispered in a husky voice. Ariya pushed him slightly and smirked.
"It's more impolite to chase after skirts, not to mention a king." Ariya walked away from him and talked to the other guests. Prince Lance cannot help but smile at her. 'She's just so interesting and cute' he thought.
"This gets more exciting."