The crowd was murmuring as if they were too excited to look at her behind her mask as well. She was too tensed as soon as she heard Isagani's bold request from the emperor.
"I believe it is too early for that my lord."
"I am just too curious to look at you and discover how beautiful you are myself." he retorted wittily.
"We are a custom not to unveil a Bae your highness."
"Not unless they were betrothed, I believed."
Finding Elanga nowhere in her sight, she quickly found her parents approval to unmask herself. She inhaled deeply as she tried to remove them.
She stopped mid-air as if she was confusing the prince once more. Men would do for beauty as she believed.
"I would like to aware his highness that I am too unpleasant to look at that you might withdraw your choice your highness, would you like still choose me? I don't want you to regret in choosing me."
"I can overlook that matter, now may you unveil your mask?"
She removed her mask and showed her face at the audacious prince. Elanga used to compliment her that no beauty would rival at her. She wonders if those were true. Isagani was stunned as well as the crowd who witnessed at their betrothal. Some noble regretted not to consider the Bae's panubok as well as irritation diffuses coming from the maiden for the good looking prince.
Even the emperor and empress find the Bae unexceptional and wondered for its unheard beauty throughout the empire. Finding this a wonderful introduction, the emperor gave his final decree to the betrothal of the two households.
"She is cunning isn't she your majesty," the empress chuckled as sat down comfortably in the hall.
"Who would ever thought, the Suli have an exquisite fine young lady like her?"
"Indeed. This young lady is unheard." remarked from the emperor who shakes his head in disbelief.
Isagani grinned amusingly how his random betrothal brought him far. He could hear the controlled grits from the princes who envied him and the loud thud of the scabbards of the kampilan placed in the table. He looked at his bae who looked at him with deep irritation. He must have ruined the calculating plans of his bae as she tried to jeopardize her reputation as high noble lord's eldest daughter. He bowed before her with deep fascination but it somehow made her grow pestered even more.