Elena; Queen of Ardorarias

Part 23; Regrets of James Rusgavosa

"Your Majesty the King, a few days ago I saw the royal family from Greekaloca coming to the palace. Did something important happen?"

The question simply came out of the mouth of Princess Arrietta's first son, James Rusgavosa. All eyes now looked towards Elena's cousin, especially the King who had just devoured a spoonful of pudding into his mouth, immediately placed the spoon on the table. The look in his eyes looked extremely sharp looking towards James, making the one being stared at immediately lower his head.

"Yes, I invited the Greekaloca royal family for a dinner. And of course there are many things to talk about that night, one of which is the plan of cooperation between Ardorarias and Greekaloca." The King stared at James much more intently at this moment, making James hesitant to look at the King, "I don't know if it turns out that you are very concerned with the Greekaloca royal family, James."

The King's words sounded very intimidating, making James' father raise his voice, "That's because James and Prince Steven are friends with each other. Seeing the arrival of Prince Steven to Ardorarias must have made him very happy, but because of the work that was too time-consuming, he did not have enough free time to meet and talk with Prince Steven. James must be very sad about it."

"Is that so, James? Are you sad that you can't meet Prince Steven?"

The King's question was indeed very gentle, yet it still sounded an extremely powerful intimidating aura. The more he looked at the King, the more James was afraid to answer the King's question.

"Yes, Your Majesty the King. It's been a long time since I last met and talked to Prince Steven."

"Job is too time-consuming?"

The king asked James again but the more James tried to think of the right answer, the more hesitant he was to answer. The King faithfully awaited James' response. He put the pudding back in his mouth, waiting for an answer to what James was going to say.

"James?"

Seemed increasingly afraid of the King, making the King more pressure on James. "If your work is too time-consuming, you should report it to me, James. You are the son of Princess Arrietta, of course I have to give you a little free time."

The innuendo of the answer given by the King made Princess Arrietta clutch her own palm. Elena just kept quiet and noticed the gestures of everyone in the room, especially the response from Princess Arrietta was very attractive to Elena.

"I think there is no need to go that far to my son and daughter, His Majesty the King. They should be able to emulate good things from you at work. No need to be too gentle to my son and daughter."

"I just want to hear the opinion of my own nephew. Maybe I was too hard to give him too much work. What do you think, James? Do you feel overwhelmed by work? You have to answer my question, if you don't answer how can I consider your work?"

Hearing the King force James to answer, James quickly replied, "No Majesty, I do not feel overwhelmed by my work. Forgive me if it makes you feel upset with my words earlier." said James mean it.

"Are you sure, James? With the power I have, I can easily reduce your work."

"No Your Majesty, I mean it to you, Your Majesty the King. Forgive the absurdity of my words."

"But isn't—"

"Your Majesty.." Elena finally opened her voice to quiet the atmosphere in the dining room, "Sorry if I sassy and cut the chat this time, but can dinner get here first? Since I just got a assignment, I need more time to learn my job."

"Your Majesty the King, what Elena said just now is true. After all, the night and tomorrow, we all still have to go back to doing our own work. We'd better end the dinner until now. Surely we can have dinner together next time. What about Princess Arrietta? Will you please fulfill my invitation to dinner next time?" the Queen said with a soothing smile.

"certain. I will gladly accept the invitation."

The king nodded and gave permission to everyone in the room to end the dinner. After obtaining permission to leave the room, each person in the room returned to their respective residence.

Elena who had just come out of the dining room was immediately greeted by Farel who was very faithfully waiting for Elena's arrival. Farel immediately approached and walked behind Elena.

"Daughter Elena, wait a minute."

Hearing her name being called, Elena turned her head towards the source of the voice. James Rusgavosa turned out to be the owner of the voice, managed to stop Elena's steps, he walked closer towards Elena quickly.

"Greetings to you, Princess Elena. I'm sorry to interrupt your break, but let me express my gratitude to you."

Elena's brows looked slightly raised, "Thank you?"

"Yes. Thanks to you, the King's words were stopped. I really feel grateful to you."

Elena chuckled, because it was too small, the one who saw would not realize that at that moment Elena was laughing, "You mistakenly thought. What I said just now was purely because I wanted to get some rest, not to help you get out of the King's intimidation."

James who heard it was a little upset, Elena looked back at James, "I really want to rest this time. I hope we can meet another time. Excuse me."

Elena quickly turned her body around and walked towards her residence. He was really tired at the moment. Not to mention he still had to study the work given to him.

"Farel, make sure you take a break. In two hours you'll have to meet me in my study."

After delivering a message to Farel, Elena went straight into his room. Seeing the Princess enter his bedroom, Farel quickly rushed to his room. The Princess gave him two hours to rest, and after that he had to go back to work and serve Princess Elena.

Within two hours, Farel had to clean up, recharge and rest for a while. Although previously he was used to a little rest, but this time he was a little nervous when serving the Princess. All work will begin tonight.

"Let's start our work, Farel."

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