When Xanxier took his sit on his throne, he had to look around to see if all the court officials were present, his graze fell on Vane wondering why he was present before taking a look at the Prime minister that had not been able to attend a few court meeting because he came down with an illness.
After confirming the Prime minister was okay, he faced the problem he would be addressing when his eyes came to rest on a girl that seems to be in her early twenties.
He noticed her because she was so beautiful that Xanxier had to acknowledge to finally see a lady that could rival Krista's beauty.
She had raven dark hair that Xanxier guessed it was braided in a single braid, her eyes was so green like an enchanted forest that it shone brightly it could hold a fly transfixed, her figure could make a man have a dirty thought, her skin milky and luminous. Her pink rose bud lips was so perfect fitting her small cute nose, without makeup she stood out like a jade. She was so beautiful that few officials eyes were darting to her but she seemed not to notice.
Xanxier graze shifted to the girl called Tutina standing next to her, her hair was also dark and seems to be braided in a single braid, they were also the same height and she was pretty with large dark doe eyes but she didn't stand out much not in the presence of her subordinate that looked like a goddess.
What made Xanxier singled them out was because of their hair and attair. He had seen a dark braided hair fell out of the helmet. The way they dressed like a warrior and he would have thought they were a personal guard to some nobles. He wanted to tell them to turn so take better look at their braids, to check the lenght and to make sure it was a single braid but he doesn't want to be labelled as a pervert but he was the King and could always find out later.
Xanxier thought about the story they said which made him took a glance at the two identical swords on the floor before turning to the beautiful girl.
"My name is Kamigani your Majesty, I only went hunting and when I came home I was arrested." Kamigani said calmy.
Xanxier didnt break his graze from her as her sweet voice filled the room. He noticed she was trying hard to steady her graze looking slight pitiful like they just committed a sin against her.
Xanxier was no fool, he would never be a fool to beauty and fall for her innocent look. "With two sword?" He asked trying to see her expression and also trying not to miss the girl Tutina's expression.
"Yes my Lord to be on the safer side." Kamigani swallowed a lump on her throat. "Since there was no bow and arrows." She quickly added trying not to leave a space to connect her to the Assassin that infiltrated the palace.
"You have no bow and arrows or you have none in your house?" Xanxier's voice rang and the people's present knows that Kamigani would not be having it easy.
Kamigani licked her lips nervously. "I have no bow nor arrows."
"But you have it in your home?" He asked as he turned his graze to Tutina which made them confused who he was asking.
"No your Majesty." Kamigani quickly replied since she doesn't want Tutina to reign curses at her later. She turn to look at the weapons on the floor and her heart fell when she spotted Huare's bow among the weapons on the floor.
She turned to see Xanxier looking at her like he was trying to look into her soul. She knew they were not supposed to be staring at him but she heard stories of the King making sure people look into his eyes when he was addressing them. Now Kamigani could see it was his way of reading people.
Kamigani could already hear him sentence her to death for the plotting of his dismiss.
"Kai." Xanxier suddenly called.
Kai who was shifting nervously jolted before he quickly straighten up. "Your Majesty." He bowed.
"I know you should be at home with your daughter, is there someone with her?" He asked.
"Yes... your Majesty, my wife is at home.. and the guard was able to report to the physician who went to see my daughter before I was arrested." He stated so fast between breaths that Xanxier had to take few seconds to digest it.
"Next time this shouldn't happen." Xanxier glanced at Daminas.
Daminas nodded to a guard that brought a small box and opened it. Daminas walked down the steps and took a small pouch containing silver coins out of the box and gave it to Kai. Kai accepted it with shaky hands.
"Courtesy from his Majesty for your daughter's treatment." Daminas told him.
Tears welled up Kai's eyes like he was just shown a kindness he never thought he would recieve. Anybody caught during curfew would have expected strokes of flogging with a rod and Kai was already mentally preparing himself for at least sixty strokes of flogging.
He fell on his knees and kowtowed. "Long live him Majesty." He cried as Daminas told him to leave, Daminas had to help him stand and he continue bowing before leaving all the while Xanxier was looking bored and anybody could guess he had seen similar situations times without number.
"Weini." Xanxier graze fell to the woman next. She was shaking a bit like a frightened cat and trying so hard to mask her fear as she raised her eyes to meet Xanxier before her graze fell on her feet. Anybody could see she wanted to be anywhere else.
"Your Majesty." She said and kowtowed trying to avoid looking at the King as she waited for a judgement, praying to Heavens to get her out of this one and she would pray at the temple regularly.
"Make sure you gather the firewood before nightfall." Xanxier said feeling a little guity that they had to sleep in the cell for days. "You can leave."
"Long live your Majesty....." She said before scrambling to her feet dashing out of the room like they were chasing her.
Xanxier usually released those caught during curfew in a day even though the punishment was for them to sleep in the cell for a week, he lets the Prime minister to deal with them and he was only notified if they caught a suspicious person.
In this case he had to address them personally since Daminas thought it was wise for him to examine them if he would be able to figure out who the intruder was.
"Elae.." Xanxier graze fell on the woman that was standing still waiting for her judgement. Xanxier would have suspected her but she was a blonde and her dress was yellow.
"your Majesty." Elae bowed.
"You should be home with your son but you are here, is there someone at home with him?" Xanxier had to ask. The last thing he wanted was detaining a woman who had a little child waiting for her at home.
"My sister is at home." she replied.
"How old is she?" He asked thinking of the punishment he would bestow on the guard that arrested her if Elae's sister turns out to be a minor.
"She is sixteen your Majesty." She replied calmly.
Xanxier nodded mentally giving Goutra a medal for training the guards well. He glanced at Daminas who collected a fruit basket from a guard and gave it to the woman.
"A gift for your son, you can head home." Daminas told her.
The woman placed the basket on the floor before she slowly knelt on the floor and kowtowed. "Long live your Majesty." She said before raising up and bowed to Daminas. She carried the fruit basket and left.
"Dom." Xanxier turned to the man that had been on his knees looking so guilty.
"Your Majesty." Dom replied sharply as he planted his hands on the floor, his head lowered.
"I hope you were only caught because of the quarrel you had with your wife not because of some mischievous deeds?" Xanxier asked since Dom looked so guilty like he was caught doing something bad, he could even see that he was sweating.
"I swear on Heaven.... your Majesty." Dom replied as he kowtowed trying to masked his shaky hands.
Xanxier wasn't ready to investigate about Dom and his wife. "Go and make amends with your wife even though she may be in the wrong but there is no shame in apologizing first."
Daminas turned to Dom. "You may leave."
"Long live your Majesty!" Dom yelled before jumping to his feet almost tripping on his foot before walking briskly out of the room.
Xanxier's graze fell on the three left, wondering how to thread their case.