of the handcuffs weighing on her, her whole posture screamed the aura of a strong person
The whole ball silenced as they announced her arrival "ESTELLE NIENTE SALVATORE PRINCESS OF THE KINGDOM ZYON HAS ARRIVED"
Clank*clank*
Her pure gold color dress with white lace behind her intimidating her royal dress was in contrast with the heavy iron cuffs, she walked with her head held high, her aura dignified, not even stumbling once she stood before the throne to pay her respects,
She smiled at the king of Dragao and in the perfect etiquette she greeted him,
"Princess Estelle Niente Salvatore greets his majesty the sun who shines brightly the king of the kingdom Dragao Hilbert de Lecardia"
Gasp*gasp*
The hall filled with a great silence as soon as Estelle greeted the king the people present at the ball took a sharp breath, still, the smile on Estelle's face didn't weaver
The king Hilbert de Lecardia, remained motionless, after a few minutes he hummed in response to Estelle's greetings, Seeing the bright smile on her face, he became annoyed and wanted to wipe off that smile,
"Princess Niente, your dress is quite complementing the occasion of the ball" then turned towards the queen who was standing quietly to his side "my queen don't you think so,"
the king said with an authoritative voice that can be heard through the whole hall while passing the wine glass to Estelle with a bright smile
Contrary to the king's exceptional words, the queen's face remained stoic and devoid of emotion, Estelle smiled more brightly as she replied to the king "as expected of your majesty, you have very keen eyes, this the dress I wore for my coronation, I didn't expect you to recognize it" king Hilbert face changed abruptly
When he called her princess Niente he stressed the meaning of an empty princess with no power posing as royalty but when Estelle replied with the origin of her dress that the only cloth the royalty as in princesses were allowed to wear it highlighted her status as the Princess,
King Hilbert didn't back out and choose to deal with Estelle with a verbal war, he said "princess Niente was your journey here as the Peace treaty for stopping the ongoing war was peaceful, I assume?" taking a sip he waited for her response, his remainder of war struck a nerve to all the knights standing behind her
Estelle's face became serious her aura intensified "dead bodies of people were scattered around, some of the bodies were discarded in parts, those can recognize the dead cried endlessly, the honorable soldiers of Zyon kingdom who lost their lives were hanged to the gate of the kingdom, the land flowed with the blood of them didn't dry up even with heavy heat of the sun" her voice as cold as ice she stated
Her words erupted a volcano of rage inside the king, the queen's eyes quivered a little at the mention of the situation of war, the rest of the people in the hall didn't dare to breathe loudly for the fear of saying something wrong,
"Your majesty, about the peace treaty, shall we discuss" with that Estelle gave a cold smirk raised her glass towards the king, and took a sip while waiting for his reply
Behind the king were the former king and queen who stood there quietly to see how their son is going to negotiate, the former king raised his eyes at Estelle who stood her stance in this situation instead of quivering like a coward in a corner.
He never thought she would make it alive to their kingdom since the news he got from his spies mentioned her coma and possible death, he is patiently waiting for her move as a pawn.
Hilbert, the king fisted his free hand while he tightened his grip on the wine glass which he raised for toast, he smiled evilly as he drank the wine "Princess Niente you are quite brave, unlike your name, if that's what you wish for let's do it" saying he headed towards the dais and sat on the throne motioning the rest of the crowd to take their stance.
The servants moved quite quickly as they arranged tables and all, the whole hall quieted down, and the sounds of whispering aroused among the crowd since the only standing people were Estelle and her maid and the knights,
Sir Gilton pursed his lips tightly as he and the knights marched towards their princess, sir Gilton made the rest of the knights stand in their position as he called out to his familiar surprising Estelle while shocking the rest of the crowd.
Sir Gilton's familiar is a silver wolf and its quite big and ferocious well suited for battle, he made the wolf adjust its position to let Estelle sit, Silvia gulped visibly seeing the wolf, the smile on Estelle was priceless as she sat on the wolf and made herself comfortable while wontedly made sounds with iron handcuffs on her.
She turned towards the king who was sitting on the throne seething she savored his expression for a minute before saying
"My apologies Sire, I have taken my time"
The guards who were stationed at the hall moved a little when the former king stopped them by waving his hand, the former king for once didn't leave his sight from Estelle, he is very curious as to know if she came as a pawn or 3 points ahead as Knight.
He is now wondering if the information he got was even true or not, there are countless thoughts going on in Estelle's mind right now as she is facing the former king and his legacy new king, while the whole crowd's attention is on her a meek voice sounded in her head
Evelyn who was looking at the situation from the beginning through the system space shivered for her master
"Master I am scared I sense a lot of fear and hate everywhere around us"
Estelle's expression softened and her nervousness eased with Evelyn's voice, she purposefully stroked the head of a wolf and continued while waiting for the king's response,
even though she is the one asked for the start of the discussion he made arrangements instantly indicating the urgency to talk on the outside but the king was eager to show her place by humiliating Estelle.
The king cracked a smile in seer anger as he said "the blood flowed like a river; the honor of the knights was discarded you say? What do Princess Niente suggest apart from stopping war" he observed her calmness and continued
"I don't see why we need to stop the war the kingdom Zyon from the past ten years was being mysterious, along with trades between countries to ruling his own nation he had done nothing at this point you should realize the threat he possesses as an insignificant king to your kingdom"
The former queen gave a chuckle which made the crowd surrounding her laugh along with her, Estelle continued stroking the wolf's head and as she shook her head with a smile
"About that sire, my father who is the king of the kingdom has never visited me for once in the six years where I was in a coma"
She chuckled a little and said "you were right at pointing out the flaws of his ruling and deeming him unworthy but my sire I came as a peace treaty representing my kingdom and the innocent people who were suffering in the stead of an unruly king"
Estelle was observing his face quietly she can say for sure that the king was flustered by her, comment since he insisted that Estelle, came to save the king of their kingdom, where Estelle made her stance clear insisting by saying she came to save the people of her kingdom.
The king gave a low chuckle saying
"of course princess Niente, but the border of Kingdom Zyon was the place where commoners were settled and your kingdom responded with the peace treaty when we infiltrated the inner circle of the kingdom, doesn't that explain that even your royalty think some sacrifices were to happen to know the danger of the situation"
Estelle stopped stroking as she looked the king right in the eye while he continued
"The people who are lower should bend their heads to the royalty above to save their lives"
The former queen chuckled as she voiced "nicely quoted for the situation on the Kingdom Zyon, your majesty" as she raised her glass for toast which the king, in turn, toasted her back by raising his glass,
The former king's eyes were narrowed on Estelle when she smiled brightly and raised her glass along with them for toast,
Taking a sip, Estelle stroked the silver wolf's head softly "as expected of your excellency whose coronation as the king has ended a day before my arrival, his excellency has shown the kindness of overseeing the situation of my kingdom while you were busy on the throne"