
Emerald Kingdom, Spring
The blue bead slowly opened. From the one that originally hid behind the white and soft eyelids, it began to be confident to present itself to the world. His eyes flickered for several times, with full of gentleness and with confusion. A trace of innocence flashed across her adorable face. His naturally pinkish round cheeks seemed to invite others to bite him.
"Mother, why is Amore this sweet? I want to bite her cheek."
Hearing what her second son said made Euraselle sing a smile filled with sincerity, compassion and love. He stretched out his hand wrapped in white gloves, and rubbed his son's cheek. "That's because Amore is Callisto's sister. So, Amore is as sweet as Callisto."
Callisto looked at the mother with a smile before eagerly looking back at the sister who was still lying on the cot. Blinking innocently to him and occasionally moving his hand as if he was about to reach him. Callisto's heart warms. His gaze softened, and he was filled with happiness as he slowly stretched out his hand and gently grabbed the little fingers of the younger brother.
"Amore~" He called gently.
"Amore, you will always love and love you. I promise I'll always protect you."
Although he was still six years old and looked around gently before calmly looking at the younger brother. Her beautiful sister, her sweet sister, her perfect sister. He will grow up filled with love.
"Oh yes, mother. Where are the father and crown prince?" Ask Callisto.
Euraselle smiled and answered Callisto's question. "Your father and brother are taking care of something together with the officials, Listo. That's why, go play with Amore, huh?"
Callisto nodded excitedly. "Yes, mom!"
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"I will not accept it, Your Majesty! Working with the kingdom of Arbel will only make them profit, but not with us."
"I'm against it too. We should be working with the Mampian Kingdom instead of cooperating with the Arbel kingdom. The kingdom of Arbel is not a great kingdom and there is no potential that we can make as payment for the cooperation and protection that we will provide. The reverse is not worth Your Majesty."
The atmosphere of the room was tense and cold. Although the room was designed with beauty and comfort, but still it was a room where the King had to face royal officials who always debated the problem because of differences of opinion. So even though it was laid out in such a way, the room was still filled with negative emotions.
"My son will explain."
King Arcles looked at the officials calmly. The teenage boy beside her quietly began to raise his voice. "We don't see this cooperation from mutual relations. But we will see this as a favorable prospect of cooperation in the future."
"Kingdom of Arbel is a kingdom that is in the strategic path of the continent. They do not have many resources, but we can make their kingdom a transit or a stop for other royal traders, he said, so that we can make the kingdom of Arbel also as a point to monopolize the price of goods in the market."
"We only need to provide protection for up to two or three years while we provide them with a supply of labor to build a trade center. We will also spread the news about the Arbel Trade later."
Archles looked at his eldest son who explained to the officials smoothly and calmly. Archles smiled with satisfaction. His son, without being asked, already has the spirit of leadership and wisdom and ingenuity that a leader should have. He had a Queen who was loving, understanding and always supported him, had a perfect crown prince, had a second son who was obedient and intelligent, then she also had a daughter who was as beautiful and pure as a gem even when she was just born.
King Arcles felt that his life was perfect.
"The decision taken will not change. The Emerald Kingdom will cooperate with the Kingdom of Arbel." Strictly Charles made the King of Arcles nod his head.
The officials quietly lowered their heads and sighed. If the crown prince had spoken and the King had stopped the meeting, they could not do anything else either. The words of the crown prince must already have many facts, and the pure words of the King were an absolute command. When King Arcles and Charles left the meeting room, officials took a breath and began to talk about their discontent behind the Arcles and Charles.
"She may have considered this cooperation as a form of her gratitude because her noble daughter was born well and with many blessings."
One official chimed in on another word about the newborn princess of the Emerald kingdom a few weeks ago. "Until now what the princess looks like we haven't been told. Why was he so afraid to reveal the appearance of the princess? Though the people were already very much looking forward to seeing what the princess was like."
"Maybe he was worried that the princess would get hurt in case of carelessness. Noble enemies, many."
The others nodded. "true."
The man sitting in the corner looked at them coldly. "Stop talking about the Princess and let's talk about something more important. However, we must stop the supply to the Kingdom of Arbel. We must think of something we can do without risking being discovered by His Majesty the King."
Some of the officers hesitated and stood up. "We'll be back first. Please continue chatting."
The man in the corner looked at those who left with a sharp and dismissive look. Those who left were only the weaklings who took refuge behind the name of King Arcles and had no intention of amusing and contributing to the kingdom as they tried to do. As a high-ranking official, Hison looked at those who were still holding out to sit at the negotiating table and calmly revealed a suggestion.
"We may not be able to stop the supply, but we can reduce the amount of market power supply so that the longer the work lasts, the more time it takes to guarantee them under Emerald. His Majesty will soon realize that Arbel is nothing more than a parasite, and will surely soon remove Arbel from cooperation."
"Mr Beron, please send to your acquaintance traders to spread that Arbel is not a suitable place to trade."
Getting the direction from Hison made Beron nod in understanding. He understood about this plan and the big-bellied man immediately resigned himself to having a simple communication with his trading friends.
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Stepping into a room together, King Arcles and Charles saw Erasell sitting beside the bed reading a book as Callisto lay in bed with Amore's sleeping baby. The two seem to be in harmony. With their hair the same golden blonde, they looked like two suns juxtaposed together.
His second hair was down from Archles who had blond hair. While his green eyes dropped to Callisto and Charles. Euraselle dropped a pair of blue beads on Amore and a silver mane to Charles. The family looked like a jewel that made the people admire and love them. Not only from appearance, but also because of their populist and so wise nature.
Having her husband and eldest son come, Euraselle was about to stand up when Arcles first held her back, gently rubbed her cheeks and turned her gaze to Callisto and Amore who were asleep in their dreams.
"It's so quiet they sleep." Charles leaned slightly to Callisto and Amore, commenting softly and lightly.
"They must be tired from playing together, right, baby?"
Euraselle smiled and nodded her head. "Yes, they are very close and love each other. Perhaps because Callisto was the one who played with Amore the most, Amore loved Callisto so much and even cried if Callisto was out of sight. That's really sweet, isn't it?"
Aecles nodded his head with a gentle smile perched on his face. "Very sweet."
Euraselle smiled and muttered, "I hope they become brothers who will take care of each other and love each other and will never leave each other. May they always bless and love one another."