My Little Queen's
Chapter.2. The Decree of King Edward
"Your noble consort, Princess Artha wants to see you." a lady-in-waiting told the news gently to the empress of Anastasia.
The empress, who was pensive on her bed, nodded her head.
Since the disappearance of princess Arabella, Queen Anastasia always cried and daydreamed in her room, she did not want to eat and only mourned the departure of her first daughter.
"Mother!" princess Artha ran to hug her mother.
The two of them broke back.
"Hiks.hiks!".
"My daughter...!" said the queen Anastasia.
"Has your brother been found?" he asked slowly, as if he knew his hope was just hope.
Princess Artha shook her head slowly.
"Hhhhh, is this the end of the kingdom of Pulchara" said the empress Anastasia with a heavy sigh.
"Mother, don't talk like that!" princess Artha hugged her mother tightly.
"I'm sure there will be a way out of all these problems" said Princess Artha, although she herself was not sure of her words.
"Artha, the marriage of your brother and prince Enzo of the kingdom of Magna is half full again, at this time surely the kingdom of Magna has heard the news of the disappearance of your brother" said the empress Anastasia.
Artha let go of her embrace.
"Mother, didn't king Edward Magna befriend the father of childhood, couldn't they forgive us for this?" ask princess Artha plain.
"Artha, a king is not only responsible for himself and his family, his decision must be based on many considerations, besides it must be based on agreement by many parties, especially royal advisers and royal councils." obviously the queen Anastasia
"And you know Artha, for the elders in the royal council the disappearance of Arabella before the wedding to the crown prince Enzo Magna will be regarded as an insult to the heir to the throne of the kingdom of Magna" Anastasia said, her tears broke again remembering that.
"Mother don't cry anymore, please!" Artha hugged her grieving mother.
In the kingdom of Magna, members of the royal council came to King Edward Magna in the royal hall.
"Her Majesty King Edward Magna, we royal councilmen came to the front" the head of the royal council bowed his body followed by other royal councilors.
King Edward Magna sat dashingly on his throne. He had expected the royal councillors and ministers to take the matter to the royal court.
"Yes, I accept your arrival", King Edward said with a heavy and firm voice.
"Your Majesty the King, the last few days we heard rumors about the disappearance of the princess Arabella of the kingdom of Pulchara" the chairman of the royal council began his report.
"And even more shameful than the news we received recently that princess Arabella escaped with her private bodyguard who was a lowly soldier" the other members of the council sounded blasphemous and mocking the situation.
The nobles of the Magna kingdom are famous for their arrogant attitude they feel that their status as nobles is very important and high.
The status of a person becomes their benchmark in establishing relationships, both friendship and marriage.
The royal prime minister Markus who stood behind the king grinned happily at this.
"That is a shame to your majesty, they are like smearing charcoal on the face of the crown prince Enzo and his majesty King Edward and the kingdom of Magna that we love, your majesty!!" exclaimed the head of the royal council with fury.
Other royal councillors have called for the same.
"Sorry, what I'm saying is embarrassing, but it's an AFFAIR!!" exclaimed the fat royal council members more fiery again.
The atmosphere of the hall became noisy by the whispers of the councilors and some ministers who were there.
Everyone present in the hall was shocked and speechless.
"Do you think I'm not thinking about this? I'm ashamed of what happened." King Edward clenched his hand.
"Yin...!" a moment of silence in the hall after they listened to the king's words
"Yet, your honor, your rank and the dignity of the great kingdom of Magna will be trampled upon if we remain silent and do nothing to the kingdom of Pulchara" said the royal prime minister with an emphasized tone.
"I know Mark, but we give the kingdom of Pulchara a chance to solve this problem, if in two days the daughter of Arabella is not found or there is no solution to this problem,we will deploy troops to attack Pulchara's kingdom." the voice of king Edward Magna echoed throughout the hall.
All the councilors and ministers applauded the king's decision.
The royal prime minister clapped loudly, his grin looking scary.
In his private office, King Edward sat behind the desk, looking at him with his hands propping up his chin.
"Ow..!" he breathed out a breath that sounded heavy.
However, King Alfredo Frederick was his best friend from childhood, even their children had been hanging out since they were children.
Prince Enzo is 21 years old at present, 4 years adrift of the second son of the Magna kingdom, 17-year-old Prince Adrian.
Princess Arabella is 18 years old, while her sister daughter Artha is 16.
It was because of the friendship of the two kings that they finally betrothed their eldest son Enzo and Arabella since they were children, they hoped that by marriage they could unite the two neighboring kingdoms.
Even their two daughters and youngest son Artha and Adrian have been best friends since childhood until now.
"Tok.tok..tok!"
The door of the room is knocked.
"I'm a noble Valentine" said the Magna royal defense minister.
"Come on Valentine" replied King Edward.
Valentine entered the room, he knew exactly what if the king was currently in a state of mind and wanted to exchange ideas.
"Am I too weak Valentine?" king Edward stood staring out the window at the white rose forest, the not-so-extensive forest that separates the Magna kingdom and Pulchara kingdom.
"Sometimes our weakness is our greatest glorious strength" Valentine told the king.
"Haha.you are so able to speak Valentine's words" king Edward laughed meaninglessly.
"This world is so cruel, does a friend have to kill his own best friend to survive?!" king Edward let out all the grievances in his heart.
Valentine was silent, he could not answer the king's question.
"You look at Valentine, you can't answer my question yourself" she said with a grin.
"Sometimes we just live out a glorious destiny." replied Valentine
"Hhh..destiny said?!" king Edward was stunned again.
"Yes, Valentine's just destiny will solve this problem." tuturny.
"Thank you for listening to Valentine" he said.
"I permit his noble resignation" said General Valentine, leaving the room behind King Edward, who was still staring out the window.
