"I apologise for the words spoken by my father, my lord. He must have misunderstood but then what is the reason for your presence in our humble abode, your highness?" she bowed her head and looked at him with glassy eyes to make a pitiful impact.
Finally a person who wanted to talk sensibly. Alcastra took a deep breath as he tried to curb the irritation from his voice. He did not want to ruin his image as a humble ruler or he would have already asked his knights to put everyone of them into prison.
"The man standing there," he pointed at Richard who was taken as invisible till now by everyone. "He is one of my good friends, so I wanted to have dinner with him and his wife. When the lady requested me to have a meal here so that she could introduce me to her family. That was why I was here.
But if they are going then why would I stay here?" and waste my time further in the circus!' he added in his heart.
