After the market incidence,
At King Otis palace
'Father have you heard about what happened in the market square?' Diana chimed in during the leisure hour of the king and his family.
'What is it you have heard again Diana?' Queen Dena asked her daughter.
'It is everytime she sees something that needs to be discussed' Daniel rolled his eyes at his troublesome sister.
'Don't mind her mother and brother.What is it you want to talk about my beautiful princess?' King Otis asked his daughter.
'I have told you to stop spoiling your daughter,huaband.You can see how well trained Daniel is,you are too leinient with her.The next thing we will hear now is about what she did wrong that she needs you to clean up for her' Queen Dena complained.
Princess Diana ignored her brother and mother words and then said to her father 'something unexpectedly happened to the merchant daughter at the market square today.I would suggest you call the guard you asked to guard the girl for the main time untill the prince arrival'.Then the king ordered someone to call for Elliott who had come to the palace after dropping both the physician and Euphorial at the Cross mansion with the intention of seeking the king's forgiveness for failing in his task of protecting the merchant daughter.
'I'm soooooo sooorryyyyyy your majesty.I had failed to fulfill your order please spare me' came the pleading voice of Elliott who is now on his knees hitting his head on the floor.
'What happened to the girl?' The king asked.
"The lady asked me to bring the bought items to the carriage and meet her at the market square.When i got to the market,i saw her being beaten by the villagers who ran away when they saw me coming.I swear i have nothing to do with the girl i even called a physician for her and took her home.Please pardon me your highness" Elliott pleaded with his tear filled eyes.
'Why will he pardon you? What is done is done,there is no correction to it.It has happened already' prince Daniel said to him in a cold voice.
'I agree with my brother you should be punished for your negligence before the first vampire prince is back.It is better to receive punishment from my father than from the prince',the princess smiled evilly in her mind:if the guard is punished now before Ephraim comes he won't be able to suspect me or anyone in the royal palace.Moreover,the guard will definitely be killed for knowing the identity of the vampire prince,that was why she intentionally mentioned the word "vampire" in her sentence (she smirked).
Elliott looked at the smirking evil princess.He is sure that what happened to Euphorial is as a result of the evil plan of the wicked princess which was carried out without his knowledge.If he had known that that was what the princess was planning he wouldn't have asked the innocent girl to go to the market that day,he had blindly trusted the princess.It has alreadily happened next time he wouldn't listen to the princess,wait there will be no next time for me because i have known about the existence of the vampire prince which was supposed to be Mr.Ephraim the black market owner for me,now i can't escape death.Euphorial should please forgive me when she become conscious again (Elliott prayed in his heart).
'Father i think it is time for you to announce his punishment' Daniel words called Elliott out of his thoughts and then he looked up at the royal family,the one he has pledged to serve with his life on the line on his knightship ordination and weeped sadly.
'I King Otis of Ariel kingdom hereby relieve you knight Elliott of your knightship and also from the royal army at large.You are to be sentenced to death'.After the king's edict Elliot was dragged out by other guards to be killed.
Princess Diana sighed in relief and said in her mind:Even if i can't have Ephraim at least i took away his future wife self esteem and dignity.Now the girl won't be confident in herself again which is a bad thing for a royal.I will see how she will fair well in the vampire kingdom without her confidence.She smiled in satisfaction.
'No one must inform the prince about what happened to the girl' The king ordered.
'But father what about the Cross family what will you say when they ask for Elliott? By the laws,Charles was supposed to punish him' Daniel reminded his father.
'We will tell him that i punished the guard by relieving him of his post since he was not around to punish him.That is the excuse we will be giving the prince.It is better to not say anything when he comes to the palace until he goes to the village to pick up his fiancee'.The king ordered everyone he then stood up and went to his room.