King Theon is now interested. He leaned forward from the throne out. "Well, this girl is in rags and you..." He looked at the king, queen, and princes. "Are wearing fine robes and expensive jewelry." He looked into the eyes of the king, feeling amused with the reaction he was getting from him.
"Of course, I did it to protect her." The king said, trying to be a good father in front of all the people in the ballroom.
"Then why did you say that she wasn't a civilian earlier?" King Theon asked. "I didn't know she was a princess until you said it out with spite and anger." He chuckled. "How contradicting."
"We did it to protect her!" The queen shouted.
Clara chocked in a sob, making Sir Hosa look at her with a saddened and worried look. King Theon noticed this. 'If the king and queen treasure their daughter, why would only the guard look at her with that expression?'
What surprised King Theon more was he started to notice that not only every other guard and soldier they captured looked at the young princess, but also did his assassins look at her.
Sir Hosa lifted his head off the ground in anger. "To protect her?!" He looked at Hing Theon with pleading eyes. "King Theon. I beg you, give me a chance to show them and the whole kingdom what they need to see. After all, you want to take down the king."
The eldest Prince, prince Cersi, turned to look at Sir Hosa. "You bastard! How long have you known this?!"
The second prince, Prince Leon gritted his teeth. "You traitor! You planned the fall of Kingdom de Bleu with this scum in front of us?!"
The creepiest part that Clara could see was the stare her brother, the third prince, prince Gilbert gave her. His eyes were sleepy but filled with malice. It's like he didn't give a damn that he's been captured by a foreign power.
King Theon tilted his head. "The king killed my father. Betrayed him even though he helped him win the war between the foreign lands." He sat up from the throne and crossed his arms. "It's no use. I'll be killing every single one of you at the end of the day."
Clara swallowed a lump in her throat. As a young girl, she doesn't want to die. She also doesn't want to see innocent citizens being killed as well as seeing Sir Hosa being put down in front of her own eyes.
Clara started to panic. 'Think Clara. You need to do something!'
She thought that when King Theon mentioned war with other foreign powers, he'll be declaring war soon. She looked back at Sir Hosa and remembered something vital.
She looked at King Theon, her heart pounding out of her chest. With a loud voice, she declared. "I have the royal seal which controls the soldiers, the royal army, and all the men in this kingdom. They will obey to any order by that seal."
King Theon looked at the young princess with curiosity. "A royal seal you say." He slowly approached her spot and looked down at her. "What are you trying to imply?"
Clara looked up at the King and stared at his glowing green eyes.
She seemed to be lost in them.
"I'll give you the kingdom's army and all the men to be in your power. To be included in your army!" The assassins holding her in place could feel her shake from nervousness. "Please let the people live."
King Theon crouched down and looked at her in the eye. "I'm afraid that's not enough to cover for what your father did to my father."
Clara shook in fear as the king stared her down.
"Then kill me." she said softly to the king.