Chapter 221 - Bk 2 (4)

Seeing King Maliak's choked look, King Adrian frowned with worry.

"Are you okay King Maliak? Someone bring him water!" King Adrian ordered and a servant rushed over with a cup of water. The moment he saw the cup he truly choked this time and went for the cup hurriedly, regardless of his embarrassment.

"You were considered the late king's friend while he was alive. It would be a shame if you worried yourself to death over the mistakes of children." King Adrian said

"Since you have said that it was a child's mistake, I ask Your Majesty to return my daughter for me to punish." King Maliak asked humbly.

"Your daughter is betrothed to Prince Thelmus. She will stay back and fulfil her promise of marriage no matter what state she is in." King Adrian finally spoke seriously.

"Even if this is so, you still intend to marry an unknown girl? Even in the midst of several possibilities from different Kingdoms?" he said with a worried look on his face. The single ladies and their mothers were happy with this development. They had not heard at all of Lord of Merve getting engaged and were already bitter that the next queen chosen for Prince Thelmus was from another kingdom. When Lord of Merve ended up king, another girl had stepped out and taken the man without giving the others a chance of a fair fight. At least the last one was a princess. What right does this one have to exist?

These thoughts were as good as written on their faces at this moment, and Amie took time to memorize each and everyone. They did not bother to hide their expression when they discovered they had been caught, instead smiled at the situation as if to say that the king will have no choice but to see reason.

"You wish to interfere in the matters of Juhntt?" King Adrian asked mildly and King Maliak froze. Just this moment he was asking for his daughter's release with the excuse that she was a child who did not know her place, was that not interference? Now it seemed he was doing the same thing.

"Of course not, you are the King of Juhntt, declared the root of the broken tree. It is only right that other kingdoms worry about you." he answered and the representatives around saw this as an opportunity to voice their concerns. They approached under the eyes of King Adrian, unaware of the cold glint hidden in his blank look.