Chapter 487 Dinner In The Royal Palace

487 Dinner In The Royal Palace

"How did your men find him so fast?" Emmelyn asked Maxim as they rode toward the royal palace with the king's guards riding around them to protect the king. At that moment, Emmelyn could finally see Maxim was really the king of this country.

"Long live the king!"

Someone started shouting from the crowd and immediately followed by the others. Soon, they could hear the people shouting cheers and acknowledgment to their king and his entourage.

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"Long live the king!!"

Emmelyn started feeling overwhelmed. It was different from when she was in Draec. Mars was quite reclusive and didn't show himself a lot in public.

When he appeared, the royal family made sure nobody could get closer or touch him since they wanted to maintain his ruthless persona in public.

The Draecians could only see the crown prince from the distance and many didn't even like him since he was known as a monster who hated women. Only Emmelyn knew the truth.

Before knew him personally, she also thought Mars was the devil reincarnate himself as what the court wanted people to believe.

Emmelyn felt sorry for Mars and thought the public must know the truth. She wondered if Mars still maintained his old reputation now that he was already the king. Maybe she would never know.

Here, in Summeria, it was the opposite. Maxim didn't distance himself from his people. Yes, he looked aloof and overbearing, but the people seemed to love him and admire him. Their shouts and cheers accompanied the king and his entourage until they reached the palace gate.

"Welcome back, Your Majesty. I hope you are well," a middle-aged man, impeccably dressed, came to greet them by the entrance and bowed down to the king.

"Hello, Horatio," Maxim greeted him back. He pointed at Emmelyn and Kira. "These are my friends. Please take good care of them and give them the best rooms in our guest quarter."

"Welcome to my home," Maxim said to Emmelyn and Kira, then introduced his butler to them. "This is Horatio, our loyal butler. He will show you your rooms and get you everything you need."

"Nice to meet you, Horatio," said Emmelyn politely. "My name is Emmelyn."

"That's wonderful!" Kira smiled broadly. "I want to know if he is a handsome as the picture."

"Well, he is..." Emmelyn responded with a smile. She looked at Kira and was wondering if Edgar would be attracted to her. "However, I need to send him home to Draec as soon as possible. So... you might only meet him for a short time. I hope you don't mind."

"Yeah, sure." Kira shrugged nonchalantly. "I am just curious. I am interested in exploring Castilse and other places around it. Meeting your friend, Edgar, is just a bonus."

"I am happy to hear that." Emmelyn was relieved to hear Kira's response. She was worried Kira would demand to meet Edgar and spend more time with him to get to know each other.

Fortunately, Kira was more sensible than she thought.

"Where is your family, Max?" Emmelyn looked around them and noticed that there were only the three of them enjoying dinner. She remembered Maxim said he had several older sisters and his mother.

"My sisters are all married and live with their own family. My younger brothers passed away two years ago from a strange illness," Maxim sighed. "My mother said she was tired and couldn't see guests. Maybe you can meet her tomorrow."

The truth was, Maxim had not told his mother about Emmelyn's arrival in Castilse. He wanted to make sure his mother was in a good mood before he brought Emmelyn to meet her.

The queen dowager was against Maxim looking for Emmelyn in the first place. It was he, who insisted that Emmelyn was the right woman for him to marry.

His mother didn't know how special Emmelyn was and didn't approve of Maxim's choice. However, he hoped her opinion would soon change after she met Emmelyn in person.

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