"What are mortals doing in our palace? Princess Aurora what is the meaning of this and you were able to bring them here?" the king's voice rose, obviously angry.
Princess Aurora couldn't speak immediately because she was so shocked and scared, so I just tried to answer in a polite way.
"Forgive me dear king if we did not inform you of our sudden visit, my friends and I went here to the kingdom to safely deliver the dear princess and her friends and to formally introduce you to the dear queen,"
The dear king frowned and seemed to be watching me carefully, observing and perhaps reading my mind as well as the content of my entire being.
"I see your intention but it wasn't enough, It's an act of audacity for you to come here to the kingdom," his voice was full of insults and contemplate.
"My dear king, they didn't just come here by accident. They brought us here to the kingdom willingly, I beg you to let them explain and introduce themselves, Lance's attention to me is clean and he is not a bad person, you can probably read the content of his whole personality and I know in myself as well as in my heart that he loves me so he sacrifices and does everything to keep me safe, he also taught me to be humble and forgive despite our big argument, his will is pure and good and he is not like other mortals who commit extreme violence or use other people for personal interest, please trust in his goodness." Princess Aurora was pleading, she defended me from her father.
The dear queen descends from the throne. I was a little nervous, it was my first time to observe the queen up close and I was really afraid of her regal beauty, she looked like Snow white's aunt, she was only covered in silver and gold clothes but she looked snob and grumpy.
"Is what my daughter princess says true?" she challenged me with a question.
"Yes, dear queen. Princess Aurora and Avena went to the world to get away temporarily from the fight and chaos in the palace, we took care of her in the world and advised her to return to the palace to watch over the dear king because of his illness, I am also a child who has respect and love for my parents that is why I know what she is going through, my intentions are also pure in my love for her that is why I respect her as well as her femininity, I am here in before you to formally ask for your approval for Princess Aurora to be my girlfriend,"
All of a sudden my friends started cheering which really worried me.
"Shut up mortals!" irritated the queen's order.
And suddenly my friends stopped cheering.
"Indeed, now that we know your purpose for coming to the kingdom. I have decided to allow you to stay in the kingdom but I do not allow your relationship with my daughter but I have a proposal for you," said the dear king.
The dear queen interrupted.
"Now that the dear king is sick, we have decided to have a duel between the lovers of Princess Aurora including Prince Azahil, the competition started yesterday and Prince Azahil won over the ten lovers of the dear princess. So and now we will give you time to practice, tomorrow at sunrise you will go to Gervana Falls, and there your duel will take place, if any of you wins the duel, he will be the boyfriend and husband of Princess Aurora, and he will also be crowned as the new king of the palace. Do you accept the challenge, mortal?"
The dear queen doesn't even call me by my real name, she still hates me.
"Yes, I respectfully accept the challenge," I accepted the challenge without fear even though I feel that my life will be difficult and dangerous, what am I against the powerful fairy? I'm just a mortal and I don't have experience in fighting especially in war, I don't even handle deadly weapons.
My friends came to me, especially Princess Aurora who looked worried. When we turned to the throne, we noticed that King Gaul and Prince Azahil were standing on opposite seats, and seemed to be entertained by what was happening.
"My dear king, who came up with that proposal?" asked Princess Aurora not taking her eyes off King Gaul, I'm sure King Gaul is the mastermind of such a plan to overcome his secret agendas in the palace.
"With the help of my friend, King Gaul, we thought about such an idea, another thing is that I need to rest and pass the entire kingdom to the next successor, so the winner of the duel tomorrow should be the new king," answered of the King.
Princess Aurora rolled her eyes at King Gaul who seemed to be teasing us, we were also annoyed because we felt that he was gradually controlling and manipulating the king's decisions in the kingdom.
"Please excuse us, my dear king and queen but I will take my guests to the visitor's room first so they can rest." Princess Aurora said respectfully to the King and Queen.
The King and Queen signaled approval, they let us go to the room, we followed Princess Aurora. When we arrived at the door, Princess Aurora spoke to me.
"Are you sure of your decision? It's a big mistake. Lance, you can back off, your life is dangerous when you fight Prince Azahil." Princess Aurora's voice was worried and annoying.
"And what do you want to happen? I'll let him be king and he'll be your husband? No way! I'll die before he can claim you," I said.
Princess Aurora shook her head a few times, maybe she couldn't believe my stupidity, and now I would rather die to protect her, she rolled her eyes before she opened the door.