If Cruxal wasn't the arrogant man who had said such a thing to him, the king would unsheathe his sword and behead the person then and there. However, he had seen the kind of reverence in Cruxal's eyes. This woman… must be the same big shot that the demons crowded around earlier. She… must be very capable then.
His eyes glittered for some reason. However, he suddenly noticed something strange. Archduchess of Ellis Plains? Wasn't the archduke without a family? Would that mean that she's…?
"Your Majesty, King Volen of Novaska… with all due respect, Artie is my wife." Larkin was in the same generation as this king. He had no problem reading the look in the king's eyes. Creadan remained to be unmarried, his kingdom without an incumbent king. Now that the hard one among the siblings received a marriage proposal, it was now their problem to find a queen for the incoming king.
